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He knew, and he is responsible for what happened. but a couple of things here. after all of that, that was him in trying to influence a witness, what it means for the next election, and what does it mean for the former president? stick around, we will be right back. to help you feel connected. upload your logo or start your design today at customink.com in two seconds, this family will realize... theyre going to need a yard. we got to sell the house. or skip the hassles and sell directly to open...

Today. you said it caught you off guard. tell me about this moment, and what was said. i know i spoke to you after the hearing, but i want the audience to hear what you thought of it. >> yeah. i dont remember what exactly mr. ayers said to me. like i said, it kind of caught me off guard. but, to the extent that he apologized, not to take away from his apology. i am not looking for apologies from anybody. i am not looking for apologies from the former president. and those who supported him on jan...

Last month. i was excited to -- i found a couple of weeks ago but i also passed the lieutenant test, based on my scores. and instead of me celebrating that, now i have to plan, possibly, my life after being a police officer, because my career has come to a halt. because of genera six and the people who perpetrated it are still living their life, and they dont care about how many lives he ruined. just for his loss of power. >> and still saying that he won an election that he lost. >> correct? >> ...

Historian Kate Masur, an expert on the 19th-century, discusses historical events referenced by House Jan. 6 committee members, and observations from the testimonies of former Oath Keeper Jason Van Tatenhove and Donald Trump supporter Stephen Ayers.

Back now with philip, ashley , elliott and alice. cheney dropping bombshells that trump contacted a witness we had not seen yet, claiming that prison never picked up instead telling their lawyer who told the committee and informed the doj. what does it tell you that trump himself made the call, instead of a staffer? >> right. to find out who the person is. if it is ivanka trump it may not be a big deal. if its another witness it may very much be a big deal. it depends on number one, who he calle...

January 6th? >> for me personally, you know, i was, you know pretty hard-core into the social media. facebook, twitter, instagram. i followed president trump -- you know on all the websites. you know - he basically put out -- you know come to stop the steal rally. i felt like i needed to be down here. >> mr. ayers, when you enter the capitol last did you believe that the election had been stolen? >> at that time, yeah. everything i was seeing online, i definitely believed that that was exactly t...

Worked in practice, what it meant that day in very practical terms that trump supporters who thought they were being summoned to the capitol for a trump rally at the ellipse outside the white house soon found themselves somewhere else. soon found themselves directed by president trump that they should leave the white house area, leave the ellipse and instead walk cross town and go to the u.s. capitol building. this was testimony today from stephen ayers who did help storm the capital even though...

Members of the capitol police in d. c. metropolitan police who were injured during january six or at the hearing today just watch the proceedings. mr. ayers spoke to each of them and reportedly apologized to them about his role in the capitol attack. im not sure the apologies from him went over well with all of those officers, buddy detective personally. that testimony from him about being there that day, responding to president trumps call. responding to president trumps call to go to the capit...

In its depravity and cynicism, its blatant disregard for the Constitution, the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol is unprecedented.

>> weve also talked about today in previous hearings the extent to which the president himself was told that the election hadnt been stolen by his justice department, by his white house by his campaign, how it had not been stolen. would it have been made a difference to you to know that president trump himself had no evidence of widespread fraud? >> oh definitely. who knows i may not have come down here. >> mr. ayers, you were in that crowd to the rally in the crowd marched to the capitol. when ...