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insurrection. then we learned in great detail how trump himself caused it, all of it. tomorrow we ll watch the season finale when we will get the inside story of the 187 minutes donald trump spent reveling in the violence that he caused while doing nothing to stop it. that is what we begin tonight. over the last six weeks of these public hearings the january 6th committee has put forth an exhaustive record of not just just what happened on the day of the insurrection but everything leading up to it, spelling out the former president s scheme to sell the big lie, summon the mob and light the match of violence. they have accomplished that using live testimony from more than a dozen witnesses and recorded depositions from people who would know, republican former white house officials and members of the president s inner circle. his own legal team both in the white house and on the fringe all of whom paint a damning portrait of what the twice-impeached disgraced former pres ....
single text exchange is from the capitol police chief to the head of the secret service uniform division asking for help as the riot escalated. we got one text message. and i haven t seen it yet. it will be sent over to me. it is obviously this doesn t look good. and so, you know, coincidences can happen, but, you know, we really need to get to the bottom of this. the january 6 committee and inspector general aren t the only ones demanding answers from the secret service. more from jessica schneider. reporter: key secret service text messages from date before and the day of the capitol attack are still missing. the secret service under subpoena from the january 6 committee acknowledging they are still unable to uncover the texts after admitting that data was lost because of a routine phone replacement program. and now the national archives is demandingn ing answers sending letter laying out concerns about the unauthorized deletion of text messages and telling th ....
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those secret service text messages that the committee wants to see. plus, 17 members of congress arrested at a rally for abortion rights. we ll speak with one of them. congresswoman sara jacobs. this morning 100 million americans are waking up to heat alerts and oppressive temperatures. the scorching conditions will be felt from coast to coast with some regions seeing triple digits. in dallas temperatures could reach 107 degrees by this afternoon. it will reach 100 in memphis. and new york could see 94 degrees. meanwhile, as the chances of passing climate action in congress look increasingly dim, a white house official tells nbc news president biden will announce executive action today. the president will deliver remarks at a former coal-fired power plant in massachusetts where he ll announce actions on the wind industry as well as funding to protect low income communities grappling with extreme heat. across the atlanta, european nations without the infrastructure ....
one person who will not be in the room? yeah, that s committee chairman congressman bennie thompson. he s announced that he has covid. it s not clear if the chairman will appear virtually, but he says that his covid diagnosis will not disrupt the committee s plan. members say this eighth hearing will focus on the 187 minutes the former president trump failed to intervene as his supporters marched on the capitol, swarmed the halls of congress, and did this, took over the building there. also today, a jury has now been seated in the trial of trump s chief strategist, steve bannon. bannon is facing two criminal counts for failing to comply with subpoenas from the house january 6th committee. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles joins us now from capitol hill. so, what is the committee hoping to learn from these witnesses, matthew pottinger and sara matthews? reporter: victor and alisyn, they re firsthand witnesses to what was happening inside the white house o ....