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revealed. right now, the nations focus returns to the u.s. capitol as we await the most comprehensive account yet of crimes committed against the united states on this sacred ground. welcome to cnn special coverage of attack on democracy here on cnn. >> im jake tapper, about an hour away from the rare prime time presentation on this committee and lets be clear, what will happen in the hearing room tonight is not just about the mob that stormed the capitol on january 6th, specifically...

tonight, the january 6th hearings. good evening. thank you so much for being here with us tonight. we know that you have a lot of options for where to watch and how to watch tonights hearing. it makes us all the more grateful that you have chosen to be here with us on msnbc. im rachel maddo with joy reid. tonight is a big night for us. a big night for american democracy. we have had a few other instances in our modern history of big, public hearings. all the networks scuttling their sc...

least legitimate committee in american history. over the next hour, well drill into what happened january 6th. well look at the revelations that may come out tonight. well ask what effect the january 6th riot has had on american democracy, and the way it is seen around the world. with the context — attorney and former mayor of baltimore stephanie rawlings blake, ron christie, former senior adviser to president george w bush, and former federal prosecutor joe moreno. hello, welcome to...

from the outskirts of the city. tonight with the context, in london daily mail columnist sarah vine, and from washington, stefanie brown james, co—founder of collective pac, the group campaigning for equal representation in american politics. hello, a warm welcome to the programme. zeneta everhart is the mother of a 21—year—shop worker who survived the mass shooting in east buffalo. his name is zaire, and each day for the past three weeks, she has been dressing his wounds. he has...

with lester holt good evening im savannah guthrie in for lester. tonight, the impassioned calls for change in this country, from the uvalde teacher, the lone survivor of his classroom among 11 dead students, to a grieving son of buffalo in a hearing room on capitol hill to the white house briefing room where this afternoon the actor and uvalde native matthew mcconaughey made a surprise appearance, eulogizing the dead in heart wrenching detail, down to the green high tops the only ide...

because it is a concern, as you said, as its close to the affluent neighborhoods. its something they dont want to see, and people want to be necessarily herded into shelters either. >> let me just tell you it is a profound crisis here. this is just in the city. theres over 50,000 people living on the streets, who have pitched tents and a lot of different places. and we do absolutely have to get people off the street right away, but my concern is that our city kind of has two choices to...

was a blatant attempt to use force, to destroy american democracy and the rule of law. thats what made that day so uniquely terrifying, such an existential threat to the democratic order. the organizers, the rioters, wanted to topple the rightful government, and install a wrongful one, using mob violence to do so. the president backed them on, as some of the people closest and participated in the planning. in the variety of wannabe paramilitary groups, they view january six as a testin...

national election. we had left the 1960 election, which he lost narrowly to john f. kennedy with bitterness. in a sense, the election had been stolen from him. this allowed the demons that he always had within him to play during elections. >> its about lust for power and absence of morality. >> it was all about holding on to power. no one can find out about this, whatever it takes. >> when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal. >> i told the american people i did not...

party you probably not want to hear this forecast from election experts political analysts -- he posted this tweet last week projecting that republicans would gain a hefty 20 to 35 seats in the house in november midterm election. ouch. exactly the kind of defeat that president obama was called special lacking. republicans are already planning for that victory, full control of congress. what are they going to do? ill tell you this. its not gonna be health care policy or tackling prices....

texas, and buffalo, new york. now, this is sad and infuriating ritual to go through ever going list of mass shootings every time we go on the air. this week, biden said enough. he said enough 12 times in a rare primetime speech to the nation. but apparently, enough isnt enough, because no substantial legislative solution appeared on the horizon. the president believes there is some, quote, rational republicans who might be willing to address this gun violence endemic. senator mitch mcc...