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go to the american public and tell them to stop this. >> he has to go to the american public and stop this.me kevin mccarthy was not the only republican callings on donald trump to put an end to the violence that day. we learned 11 other republicans congresswe reached out to the white house or made some kind of public statement that day to implore the president to do something, to do anything to stop the violence. in fact, his eldest son, don jr. texted then white house chief of staff ...

Beginning of the attack until trump told the rioters to leave. but moving to the bigger picture, the -- what the committee is likely to do with this hearing is try to get into trumps mind at the time of the attack. committee members stressed how they really want to figure out what exactly was in trumps mind as he, for example, put out his tweet attacking mike pence. what was -- why -- when did the white house- figure out there s violence going on? when did the white house know the capitol was br...

Hes going to leave d.c. why? not about politics. its about family. hes got a daughter coming. shes due in october, and theres a challenge they didnt expect. i want to bring in representative shaun duffy. we go toe to toe on this show on a regular basis, but we do it with decency. i spoke to him moments ago about the choice of why he has to put his family first. congressman, thank you for joining us on primetime. >> its good to be with you, chris. thanks for having me on. a >> i always apprecia...

You to know? the truth about who is holding up the funding and the truth of this other deal potus keeps teasing. big guest to start the week. lets get after it. >> now bill mar aint subtle. he takes on the right. takes on the left and now hes taking on las vegas with a residency at the marage. tonight hes here with heavy concerns and fears. >> what a pleasure. bill maher joins us on primetime. >> great to be here. >> thank you for taking the opportunity. >> so so much to ask you about. how much ...

Is impeachment a must or a must not? and his biggest fear about what he thinks might happen after this election upcoming. tomorrow night youll get all of that right here on primetime. has to be tomorrow. we couldnt fit it in tonight. too much news. this crazy twist on the assassinated half brother of kim jong un. well tell you what it means ahead. and the head of homeland security has a message for you. hes going to be with congress tomorrow but you get it here tonight. next. shaving has been di...

And welcome back to primetime, good to have you. what is the reality that americans need to know. >> good to be with you, chris. the reality is theres a crisis on our border. 144,000 crossings last month. one day with 5,800 and then large groups like the group of 1,000. that group was made up entirely of people from central america, guatemala, honduras and e el salvador and 60 unaccompanied children and a fua adults. that highlights the crisis there. >> so youre getting it both ways. because fro...

Kim jong un was assassinated about two years ago? now theres reports he was working with the cia. was there despites brother killed for being an american spy? we have breaking details. and we also have the presidents acting dhs secretary here on the eve of his new desperate plea to congress for help with these kids at the border. what does he want congress and you to know? the truth about who is holding up the funding and the truth of this other deal potus keeps teasing. big guest to start the w...

Now this presidents criticism about the crime bill is easy to dismiss. after all, his ugly and false accusation against the central park five falsely accused of a rape in the late 80s was part of what lead for calls for punishment in the 94 crime bill. and majority whip james clyburn has a message for them. >> mr. majority whip, thank you for joining us on primetime. >> thank you for having me. >> lets start with this controversy for the weekend. first, looking at it broad view, do you leave tha...

Of now. one senator already wrote a letter to the president calling for the nomination to be withdrawn before the hearing. who? democrat kiersten gillibrand. we talked to her not long ago. senator, thank you for joining us on primetime. >> hi. >> in a world of shock, a bigger shock today, the president seemed to dispute that and said in his press conference, everybodys going to get a chance, theyre all going to get a chance, every woman is going to get a chance. then he had another wild case o...

The hearing with brett kavanaugh and christine blasey-ford. will go forward tomorrow. as of now. one senator already wrote a letter to the president calling for the nomination to be withdrawn. before the hearing. who? democrat kiersten gillibrand. we talked to her not long ago. senator, thank you for joining us on primetime. >> hi. >> in a world of shock a bigger shock today. the president seemed to dispute that. and said in the press conference everybody is going to get a chance. every woman ...