Enters talks about pay. You are watching bbc news. Now our north america correspondent Anthony Zurcher takes a look at the long awaited Senate Report into the storming of the us capitol back injanuary. There are flashing images in this report. Its going to happen. Somethings going to happen. Chanting whose streets . Our streets if mike pence does the right thing, we win the election. On january sixth 2020, thousands of donald Trump Supporters on january sixth 2021, thousands of donald Trump Supporters stormed the us capitol building, intent on disrupting the certification of the 2020 election results. Hundreds of Police Officers were injured. 0ne, brian sicknick, would later die. Ashli babbitt, a protester, would be fatally shot by Law Enforcement during the attack. Another rioter would die in the throng of people pushing into the building. The crowd that gathered at the capitol that day ransacked the offices of congressional leaders, and posed for photographs in the Senate Chamber itself. A year and a half later, legislators who were trapped in the capitol complex that day began their investigation as to how it happened, and who was to blame. Donald trump made a purposeful choice to violate his oath of office. Gavel bangs. The select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the United States capitol will be in order. The january sixth committee was set up after democrats and republicans failed to agree on an independent commission. Instead, the democratic Speaker Of The House named the committee, chair Bennie Thompson and six other democrats and vice chair liz cheney and one other republican. This is cbs newsflash. The Public Hearing of the house. The first hearing was broadcast during prime time. It is an historic evening. 20 Million People tuned in, the kind of audience normally reserved for a Sunday Night Football game. The Committee Conducted more than 1,000 interviews and issued over 100 subpoenas. It spoke with witnesses within the trump administration, and state officials that President Trump had urged to reverse his electoral defeat. Some refused to co operate. Former trump adviser steve bannon was convicted of contempt of congress. Ive got a great legal team and there will be multiple areas of appeal. He took responsibility. He started overpowering. The hearings included emotional testimony from people who were in the capitol on the day, including Police Officers who had come face to face with the rioters. Were trying to hold the upper deck now i couldnt believe my eyes. There were officers on the ground, they were bleeding, they were throwing up, they were, you know. They had. I mean, i saw friends with blood all over their faces. I was slipping in peoples blood. It was carnage, it was chaos. The fox news decision desk. To understand how the events of January 6th 2021 unfolded, the committee had to go all the way back to november 2020, Whenjoe Biden was poised to win the presidency. Im here to tell you tonight, we believe were on track to win this election. Cheering. And donald trump was refusing to accept the result, claiming the election had been stolen. This is a fraud on the american public. This is an embarrassment to our country. We were getting ready to win this election. Frankly, we did win this election. Cheering. Trump and his allies claimed Voting Machines had been tampered with, and floated far reaching conspiracies involving democrats, an election tech company, and foreign leaders. None of these allegations could be substantiated. Former Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann spoke of the feverish atmosphere in the white house as he described heated exchanges with trumps allies. What they were proposing i thought was nuts. The theory was also completely nuts. It was a combination of italians and germans, i mean, Different Things that were floating around as to who was involved, i mean, hugo chavez, the venezuelans. He was not the only republican official to question what was happening. The Committee Heard that other in the former president s former circle did not support his plans. I told them that the stuff his people were shovelling out to the public were. Wa � the claims of fraud were bleep. Armed with these false narratives, trump and his allies began trying to overturn the results of the election. Firstly by putting pressure on officials in states he had lost, like georgia and arizona. Thank you, please be seated. Rusty bowers, republican speaker of the Arizona House of representatives, told the committee that he received a phone call from President Trump and rudy giuliani, who was part of the president was my personal legal team. Of the president personal legal team. So mr giuliani was claiming on the call there were Hundreds Of Thousands of undocumented people and thousands of dead people who had purportedly voted in the election. Yes. And you asked him for evidence of that . Idid. Did you ever receive from him that evidence either during the call, after the call, or to this day . Never. We are going to file | suit in pennsylvania. Its a shame that we have to do that. But trump and his allies continued to peddle their unfounded accusations. The president s lawyers filed 62 lawsuits in states and federal courts in key battle grounds like nevada, michigan, wisconsin, and georgia. They lost all but one, a case that only affected a few votes in pennsylvania. Twice the Trump Campaign and its supporters appealed to the us supreme court, and twice they were rebuffed. Donald trump, the Committee Heard, was running out of time. On friday december 18th, his team of outsiders paid him a surprise visit in the white house that would quickly become the stuff of legend. The meeting has been called unhinged, not normal, and the craziest meeting of the trump presidency. The meeting included trump attorney sidney powell, a businessman and former Trump National security adviser, michael flynn, who trump had fired early in his administration for lying to Vice President mike pence. Flynn screamed at me that i was a quitter, he kept on standing up and turning around and screaming at me. And then at a certain point, i had it with him, so i yelled back. I had to come over. Bleep back down. At 1 42am on december 19th, 2020, shortly after the last participants left the unhinged meeting, trump set out the tweet i with his explosive invitation. Trump repeated his big lie and claimed it was, | statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 election, before calling for a big protest in dc on january sixth. Be there, will be wild the committee pointed to this tweet as the spark that lit the fuse leading directly to the capitol attack. Applause. As the year came to a close, trump continued to promote january sixth as a pivotal date, turning his attention to his Vice President , who would preside over certification of biden� s victory. I hope mike pence comes through for us, i have to tell you. Cheering. I hope that our great Vice President , our great Vice President comes through for us. Hes a great guy. Trump wanted pence to reject the electoral votes from a handful of states, requesting that they formally investigate whether the original results were fraudulent. Let me ask Professor Eastman to explain as easily as we can, i know this is complicated. But even the architect of the plan, conservative lawyerjohn eastman, had doubts about the Vice President s Legal Authority to do so. Hello, america did john eastman ever admit, as far as you know, in front of the president that his proposal would violate the electoral conduct . I believe he did on the 4th. Pences former chief of staff, marc short, said that when pressed by trump, the Vice President refused to sign off on the plan. Was it your impression that the Vice President had directly conveyed his position on these issues to the president , not just to the world through a Dear Colleague letter, but directly to President Trump . Many times. And he had been consistent in conveying his position to the president . Very consistent. But trump continued to pile on the pressure, culminating in a phone call with pence on the morning ofjanuary 6th. The conversation was. Was pretty heated. I remember hearing the word whimp. He called him a whimp. I remember he said, you are a whimp, you will be a whimp. Whimp is the word i remember. It was a different tone than i had heard him take with the Vice President before. As that drama was unfolding, more than 10,000 Trump Supporters were gathering for a Stop The Steal Rally with their president here, a short distance from the white house. Some of them would go on to make the half hour walk to the capitol. Mixed in with ordinary Trump Supporters were militant right wing organisations, with names like proud boys and the 0ath keepers. They had been planning organised activity, and some of them were armed. The white house had been warned about this. Proud boys chanting. But the Committee Heard that President Trump did nothing to de escalate the situation. Violence happens, like, it happens, but were not going to start it. You know . Werejust, like, here to defend ourselves. Some of the most explosive testimony about trumps actions that day came from former white house aide Cassidy Hutchinson. The man she is referring to in this testimony is toni 0rnato, the then White House Deputy chief of staff for operations. I remember mr 0rnato coming in and saying we had intel reports saying that there could potentially be violence on the 6th. Hutchison was present with trump when he spoke to crowds on the ellipse that morning. She told the committee the former president wanted to remove the metal detectors, or mags, from the rally entrance, so the armed supporters could come in. I was in the vicinity of the conversation where i overheard the president Say Something to the effect of, i dont � bleep care that they have weapons, they are not here to hurt me, take the bleep mags away. Let my people march to the capitol from here, let the people in, take j the mags away. Just hours earlier, pence had told trump he intended to certify the election results, but trump continued to put pressure on him publicly. Mike pence is going to have to come through for us, and if he doesnt, that will be a sad day for our country. Trump then told the crowd they should head to the capitol after the rally and that he would join them. Were going to walk down, and ill be there with you, were going to walk down, anyone you want, but i think right here, were going to walk down to the capitol cheering. Lets turn now to what happened in the president s vehicle when the Secret Service told him he would not be going to the capitol after his speech. Secret Service Agent bobby engel felt it was not safe for the president to go to the capitol. Cassidy hutchinson was not in the car, but told the committee what she later learned about that journey. The president said something to the effect of, im the bleep president. Take me up to the capitol now. To which bobbie responded, sir, we have to go back to the west wing. The president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. Mr engel grabbed his arm, and said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. We are going back to the west wing. We are not going to the capitol. Mr trump then used his free hand to lunge towards bobby engel and when mr 0rnato had recounted the story to me, he had motioned towards his clavicles. Chanting usa usa a white house employee informed the president as soon as he returned to the oval about the riot at the capitol. Let me repeat that. Within 15 minutes of leaving the stage, President Trump knew that the capitol was besieged and under attack. As violence outside the capitol began, the committee documented the increasing pressure the president was under to respond to the attack. At 1 25 pm, President Trump went to the private dining room off the oval office. From 1 25 until four oclock, the president stayed in his dining room. We know from the employee that the tv was tuned to fox news all afternoon. Despite the lack of photos or an official record, weve learned what President Trump was doing while he was watching tv in the dining room. But before we get into that, its important to understand what he never did that day, lets watch. Are you aware of any phone call by the president of the United States to the secretary of defence that day . No. Are you aware of any phone call l to the Attorney General that day . No. Are you aware of any phone call to the secretary of Homeland Security on that day . Im not aware of that. No. Donald trumps senior Military Officialjoint chief of Staffjim Mcnally said he was shocked by the president s inaction. | so if President Trump wasnt calling| Law Enforcement or military leaders, iwhat did he spend his time doing. That afternoon when he first settled into the dining room . He was calling senators to encourage them to delay or object the certification. Here is kayleigh mcenany, his press secretary, to explain. He wants lists of senators and he is calling them one by one, do you know which ones he called . To the best of my recollection, no, as they say in my notes he wanted a list of senators and left him at that point. A list of senators and i left him at that point. At the capitol, the Committee Heard the situation was escalating past. This is now effectively a riot. What did President Trump do at 1 49pm, as the dc police i at the same time were declaring a riot at the capitol . As you can see on the screen, he tweeted out a link to the recording of his speech, the same one in which he knowingly sent an armed mob to the capitol, but President Trump made no comment about the lawlessness and the violence. The Committee Heard that a short while later, rioters broke in to the capitol, smashing through windows and forcing open doors in a building that was not designed to withstand such a massive assault. As rioters were entering the building, the Secret Service held Vice President pence in his office, right off the Senate Chamber for 13 minutes as they worked to clear a safe path to a secure location. If we lose any more time, we may lose the ability to leave so if we want to leave, we are going to need to do it now. At the white house, Cassidy Hutchinson recalled a conversation between Pat Cipollone and mark meadows. He was on his phone and i remember pat saying to him something to the effect of the rioters have gotten to the capitol, mark, we need to go down and see the president now. And mark looked up at him and said he doesnt want to do anything, pat. And pat said something to the effect of, and very clearly, said this to mark, something to the effect of mark, something needs to be done or people are going to die and the blood is going to be on your bleef hands. President trump called mike pence a coward and placed all the blame on him for not stopping the certification. He put a target on his own Vice President s back. At 2 26pm, mike pence was rushed down the stairs to a secure location inside the capitol building. Bring her out here the Speaker Of The House of representatives, nancy pelosi, was also trapped in. Was also trapped in the building. Just horrendous, and all at the instigation of the president of the United States. At the white house staff were trying unsuccessfully to get trump to do something to stop the violent. To do something to stop the violence. There would need to be an immediate and forceful response, statement, public statement, that people need to leave the capitol now. White house chief of staff mark meadows received Text Messages from trump officials, the president s son donjr, and Media Personalities all urging him to get the president to speak publicly, but trump refused. Instead, he continued to try to Phone Senators inside the capitol to overturn the election. I basically told him we are not doing much work here right now because theyjust took our Vice President out and i might have to hang up on you, ive got to leave. At 4 08pm, joe biden called for trump to speak out against the violence. I call on President Trump to go on National Television now to fulfil his oath and defend the constitution and demand an end to this siege. As the Committee Heard, at az17pm, President Trump tweeted a video from the rose garden just outside the oval office. I know your pain, i know your hurt. We had an election that was stolen from us. It was a Landslide Election and everyone knows it, especially the other side. But you have to go home now. We have to have peace. These pictures show Vice President Pence Reading that tweet and soon the rioters also see trumps message to leave the capitol. Im here delivering the president s message. Donald trump has asked everybody to go home. Now that the rioters were beginning to leave, congressional leaders sought a way to continue the joint session. The Committee Heard them on a call with Acting Secretary of defence chris miller at approximately 4 45pm. At 6pm a citywide curfew was put in place and President Trump sent out his final tweet of the day. More of a warning than a message of reconciliation. He said, quote, these other things and events that happen when a sacred Landslide Victory is so unceremoniously, viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly, under fairly treated for so long. Go home with love and peace. Unfairly treated for so long. Go home with love and peace. Remember this day forever. As night fell, biden was finally certified as president. The votes for president of the United States are as follows. Joseph r bidenjr of The State Of Delaware has received 306 votes. Donald] trump of the state of florida has received 232 votes. The next day, President Trump recorded an address to the nation. The committee obtained the never before seen raw footage of the recording, evidence that the president was still struggling with accepting any responsibility. Whenever you are ready, sir. I would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack yesterday and to those who broke the law, you will pay. You do not represent our movement, you do not represent our country and if you broke the law. Cant say that. Im not going to. I already said you will pay. But this election is now over. Congress has certified the results, i dont want to say the election is over, ijust want to say congress has certified the results, without saying the election is over, 0k . A year and a half afterjanuary 6th, the former president s support among his base is still strong. In states where he tried to overturn the election result, as here in arizona, many of his supporters dismissed outright the work of the january 6th committee. Have you been watching the january 6th Committee Hearings at all . No, i have not. Its all basicallyjust staged. Its all one sided, they are not allowing the other side to respond, so its not legitimate, in my opinion. How about yourself . Same. Sham. Theyve been against trump since he started and they impeached him twice, it didnt do any good and so they had to have some kind of a plan and the people that are testifying that were part of his cabinet i dont think it is right. On the 13th of october, the Committee Held its final hearing. It was unequivocal in its findings that donald trump had been at the centre of a calculated effort to overturn the election. We have left no doubt, none, that donald trump led an effort to Upend American Democracy that directly resulted in the violence of january 6th. The ninth Committee Hearing of the january 6th investigation just ended with a dramatic flourish with members of the Committee Voting to subpoena the former president , donald trump, to testify on the events of january 6th and the evidence that this committee has compiled up until now. In a dramatic finale two years to the day that donald trump sent out his infamous will be wild tweet inviting his followers to protest onjanuary 6th, the committee finally published its executive summary. Chair Bennie Thompson spoke of the country being in Uncharted Waters as, for the first time in american history, congress referred a former president for criminal prosecution. If we are to survive as a nation of laws and democracy, this can never happen again. So, today, beyond ourfindings, we will also show that evidence weve gathered points to further action beyond the power of this committee or the congress to help ensure accountability under law. Accountability that can only be found in the criminaljustice system. The first criminal statute we invoke. Democrat jamie raskin announced the committee was recommending four charges against donald trump to the Department Forjustice. Obstruction of an official proceeding, Conspiracy To Defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement, and inciting, assisting, aiding, or comforting an insurrection. Some of the former president s allies and advisers were also accused in a summary that was unanimously accepted by the committee of both republicans and democrats. Those in favour say, aye. Aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. These are recommendations and not legally binding. Its now up to the Department Forjustice on how to proceed. The work of the committee, which has been widely criticised by republicans as being partisan, is almost over. But the extraordinary story it told of Donald Trumps efforts to effectively block the peaceful transition of power to the man who defeated him will not quickly fade away. There being no further business, without objection, the select committee stands adjourned. Hello there. We started today with a band of quite steady and heavy rain across southern parts of the uk that is continuing to move its way northwards. Hitting some slightly colder air in scotland, were going to find some sleet and snow to the north of the central belt over the hills, a wintery mixture here. Showers further south will attend to fade away later. We have clear skies, temperatures will fall to around five to 7 degrees. A little bit colder in scotland but its not that cold which is why most of the snow will be over the hills in Northern Scotland by Christmas Eve morning. That will move away, we will see some showers following. Bands of heavier showers for northern ireland, a few showers in Western Parts of england and wales but for much of england and wales it may actually be dry, and there will be some sunshine at times. Temperatures will be in double figures. Now, heading into christmas day, mild still for england and wales. Some early sunshine and a few showers but in the south and especially southeastern areas, well see Thickening Cloud and some rain developing. We may hang onto a few more showers for scotland and northern ireland, temperatures around 7 degrees. Its later in the day we get some colder air and wintery showers in the northwest. This is bbc news. Im Lukwesa Burak with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. 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