and out of control, a wildfire in new york to more than 100 million people under heat alerts in the u.s.. where was donald trump, and what was he doing before 187 minutes as rioters stormed the u.s. capitol, forced the 2020 election certification to stop, and hunted for vice president mike pence? well, that was the question the january six committee took great pains to answer in thursday night s primetime hearing, according to sworn testimony by numerous insiders, trump had become irate when the secret service refused to and go to the capital. he then spent most of the next three hours as a private dining room watching the chaotic scenes on tv, and refusing pleas from everyone around him to end the violence. his closest advisers testified they never saw or heard trump summon help from any federal agency, listen to this. are you aware of any phone call by the president of united states to the secretary of defense that day? not that i m aware of, no. are you aware of any
and trusted insider in the trump white house delivered blockbuster testimony before the january 6th committee. painting a damning portrait of an unhinged trump before and during the capitol attack. she described a volatile and irate president who knew the crowd was armed and still wanted them to have access to the capitol. i was in the vicinity of a conversation where i overheard the president say something to the effect of, you know, i don t effing care that they have weapons. they are not here to hurt me. taking the effing mags away, let me people in, they can march the capitol from here. this morning you will hear from an array of attorneys including several former federal prosecutors who will explain why that exchange, the one you just heard there, puts the former president in a different legal category. and there s more. according to hutchinson s testimony former white house counsel pat cipollone warned about the criminal liability trump and others might face saying,
is just declare victory, right? he is going to declare victory. but that doesn t mean he s a winner. he s just going to say he s the winner. on the eve of his trial, new audio of steve bannon, laying out trump s 2020 plans. plus, as the senate tries to trump proof american democracy, will it be enough? we re gonna get insight on that, one of in starts right now. good evening from new york. i am alicia menendez, in for chris hayes. and we have some major new developments tonight in the ongoing investigation into the insurrection on january 6th. the wall street journal reports that members of the house january 6th committee are considering seeking interviews with both mike pence and donald trump. congressman adam kinzinger, one of two republicans on the committee, says that they may request a written interview with the former vice president, or they could issue a subpoena to try to compel him to testify. the committee is still weighing whether it will ask trump to tes
winner. he s just going to say he s the winner. on the eve of his trial, new audio of steve bannon, laying out trump s 2020 plans. plus, as the senate tries to trump proof american democracy, will it be enough? we re gonna get insight on that, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i am alicia menendez in for chris hayes. and we have some major new developments tonight in the ongoing investigation into the insurrection on january 6th. the wall street journal reports that members of the house january 6th committee are considering seeking interviews with both mike pence and donald trump. congressman adam kinzinger, one of two republicans on the committee, says that they may request a written interview with the former vice president, or they could issue a subpoena to try to compel him to testify. the committee is still weighing whether it will ask trump to testify. congressman kinzinger, quote, expects the committee to likely decide to make a crimina
the assailant twice, he had on a bullet proof vest and he lost his life in the process. no one understands more than all of you here today the pain and anguish those families in buffalo feel. when it happens, at least in my experience, it feels like you re pulled into a black hole inside your chest, and everything everything. you can t. it s hard. but you know you are part of a special community, because the firefighters and police officers will always be there for you. i know it s a small consolation, but they will always be there for you. and your family and children and grandchildren and the whole family. to talk about law enforcement being a family, and firefighters being a family, it s a real. just like being a military family, it s unbreakable. there is a headstone in a cemetery in ireland that reads, death leaves a heartache no one can heal. love leaves a memory that no one can steal. families of the fallen, no one can ever steal the memory of your loved one. i hop