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Role was in this attack. and what led these extremists to do this and be able to organize and what kind of security failures took place on that day for them to be able to enfill straight the capitol. and i also want to talk a little bit about some of the republicans who continue to whitewash what happened on january 6th. house minority leader kevin mccarthy said he didnt even watch the hearing because he was in back to back meetings. and then congress than andrew clyde who made news because he c...

We invited him to testify at the impeachment trial. he refused, which i think showed a consciousness of guilt for his conduct but i hope the select committee with less time pressure we had in a senate if they think hes a valuable relevant witness is able to seek him. >> how much do you think this investigation, how much do you expect it will focus on donald trumps role in the insurrection versus security failures, other factors that led up to that deadly day? >> certainly we need to know as a de...

Their attacks on pelosi and tried to blame her for the security failures even though to be clear the capitol police dont respond to the speaker of the house, they respond to an independent capitol police force. the challenge for that effort will is mccarthys own party has members that are going out and defending the rioters. they have members who are out there going after the police officers who shot and killed one of the rioters and tried to storm the building. even marjorie taylor greene are h...

Importantly, not do. but second, donald trump, as i saw as an impeachment manager, don, he incited this mob. he aimed the mob. and once the mob went to the capitol, de nhe did nothing to them. i was convinced, after that trial, that but for donald trump, that dark day never would have happened. we invited him to testify at the impeachment trial. he refused, which i think showed a consciousness of guilt for his conduct. but i hope that the select committee, with less time pressure that we had in ...

Vetoed also said he didnt have much time to watch these hearings. mccarthy and his allies are trying to keep a message focused tightly on the security failures in the capitol that day. i talked to some republican source whos said theyre very, very reluctant to be seen as anti-cop or impuning the testimony of these police officers. yet at the same time there are conservatives in the party like matt gaetz and marjorie taylor greene who held a press conference outside the doj calling them political...

Walking this very fine line. they opened a press conference just moments ago, praising the police officers who were there that day, but they are trying to distract from the larger issue. they are talking about security failures and specifically they are blaming speaker nancy pelosi for those security failures and what happened on january 6th. lets listen to the leaders of the republican party at this point, and well talk about it on the other side. >> speaker pelosi will only pick on people, on ...

She gave minority leader mccarthy an opportunity to put real, credible, dedicated folks on this committee and some that are and some that are not given their statements and actions in the fast. and now shes tried to continue to do that. this is a bipartisan committee. with subpoena authority to try to actually get at truth. so i think what shes done lines up exactly with what the senator has said. and i would hope that republican leadership takes heed of senator toomeys comments as well. >> what...

Lives in the capitol that day. it will be pretty powerful stuff. >> right. melanie, you and so many other reporters were there, in the middle of all of this. >> reporter: yeah. >> before we go, one part of the mccarthys statement on this yesterday that leaves something big out. he said basically the senate already did this. right? bipartisan senate committee already did this. thats not exactly right. that was limited in scope. >> reporter: yeah. >> can you explain to people why that was not corr...

But i would argue that democrats are going to try to make this a discussion about what led up to this, what the motivations were, how did such a large group of people make it to washington, why did they feel like they were emboldened to go into the capitol, to break and enter the u.s. capitol. meanwhile, i think republicans are really looking at those security failures. that was what they were trying to talk about in the days leading up to this decision by pelosi yesterday. they were arguing tha...

This commission, thinking that if pelosi said no, he would then be able to say, look, its a partisan commission, we can boycott it. what i think was interesting today was his talk about having a republican investigation of january 6th, which raises all kinds of questions that im not sure he wants to answer, such as does that mean youre going to release texts between you and president trump from january 6th? what are you going to do without any subpoena power running your own republican investiga...