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the following is a cnn special report. multiple capitol injuries. multiple capitol injuries. an assault on democracy. the capitol has been breached. an attack on the capitol, fueled by a president s lies. this election was stolen. trump wanted the crowd to turn into a mob. inspired by a delusion, an enraged mob of true believers attempting insurrection. you are a traitor. we were in a medieval battle. trump s soldiers. there is a sea of nothing but red, white, and blue. patriots of trump. trump s true believers. i feel like he was anointed by god. i don t think joe biden is the president. new exclusive interviews. the sound surrounded us but then once they started banging on the door, that s all i heard. new details. overran the capitol. i never dreamed that he would ever do anything like that. new denials. you call january 6th a peaceful protest? i do. and why it s not over. in fact, it is just getting started. ....
good morning, 11:00 a.m. eastern, i m jose diaz, picking up another hour of coverage on nbc. president biden traveling in milwaukee this hour. stop one of a battleground blitz, he will also be heading to pennsylvania, where the senate race is critical for control of congress. more on his message in moments. plus, travel headaches this labor day, as millions of americans take to the roads, and air. i woke up to a text message saying my flight was canceled. they were steady. what you need to know on the busiest labor day since before the pandemic. right now, u.s. immigration policy is in the spotlight. nine people, including a pregnant woman, lost their lives in the waters of the rio grande as they tried to cross into the united states. what is happening at our border? we begin this hour with the unofficial kickoff of the final sprint of the 2022 midterm campaign. president biden is now on his way to milwaukee, wisconsin, where he will take part in labor day f ....
president biden has awakened from his hellish fever dream of last night. his nightmarish speech which looked like he d either wandered onto the set of triumph of the will or into amsterdam s red light district, is all over now. today he has no memory of it. watching all of this recall that moment at the end of the musical 1776 when john adams prowls independence hall in frustration. is anybody there? does anybody care? does anybody see what i see? tammy: biden would probably call adams an extremist but is anybody there? does the president even know what he saying? you decide. i m not going to comment. you watch. there s no question that the republican party today is dominated, driven and intimidated by donald trump and the maga republicans. and that is a threat to this country. i don t consider any [indistinct] donald trump and the maga republicans were present and extremism that threatens the very foundation of our republic. maga republicans are destroying am ....
amazing! it was so upbeat. at least he didn t say maga. maga republicans do not respect the constitution. maga forces extreme. the extreme maga ideology. maga republicans. maga republicans look at americans and see carnage and darkness and despair. greg: carnage and despair. that was easy. if you were a maga republican with china, then imagine foreign policy. it would be call to arms against an evil empire. it s the standard tonight. our equality of democracy. as i stand here tonight, democracy is under assault. greg: and what? shaking hands with imaginary friends and believe every child s head is sacred and a playground for them. [ audio difficulties ] greg: yes, so did you, julie. okay. the biggest throat to our democracy is trump supporters. like when larry kudlow showed me his pole dancing videos, this is where it gets weird. not every republican are maga republicans. not every republican replacing their extreme ideology. i know because i ve been able ....
developments and changes overnight on capitol hill. this afternoon, the committee investigating the january 6 insurrection will call a special witness in this surprise public hearing. that is former white house chief of staff mark meadows aide, former aide, cassidy hutchinson. she s expected to testify starting at 1:00 eastern today. last week in videotaped testimony, she revealed the names of several republican lawmakers who sought blanket pardons. so, let s begin with that, with our own correspondent jessica schneider. jess, there wasn t going to be a hearing this week at all. then when one was announced, didn t know who the witness would be. very similar in the leadup. why? yeah, last-minute announcement, possibly, poppy, to try to keep things secret because of concerns about security. the committee concerned about the security of cassidy hutchinson and other possible witnesses. that may be why it was kept under wraps to this point. cassidy hutchinson in her heari ....