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Congressman adam schiff is a democrat of california. he sits on the january 6th committee. he was the lead impeachment manager during the first impeachment of donald trump. and congressman, let me start just on that. what are we to believe? what are we to understand from the evidence your committee has introduced about what donald trump's plan was to do? when he led the armed mob into the halls of e u.s. capitol? >> it was to succeed where he had failed through any other means, and that was to stop the transfer of power, to overturn the election, to cling to his office. and chris, i think you ...

States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts. >> i felt like he was pouring gasoline on the fire by tweeting that. >> the police couldn't control the situation and do their job. >> hang mike pence! hang mike pence! >> at 2:26 p.m. secret service rushed vice president pence down the stairs. >> approximately 40 feet. that's all there was. 40 feet between the vice president and the mob. a confidential informant from the proud boys told the fbi, the proud boys would have killed mike pence if given a chance. >> joining me now is a member of the january 6th select committee, democratic congre...

Of the supreme court as we know it. today, marc short, who served as vice president mike pence's chief of staff, said that mike pence knew from the beginning that he had absolutely no power to overturn the election. >> i think what was very clear is the vice president has always been a constitutional conservative. and i think he knew what his constitutional duty was that day. he knew it from the beginning. and i think he was clear with the president and so is our office, clear about what we viewed his role as. i think for any-limited government conservative, i don't think you would want the no...

Demanded that mike pence do wasn't just wrong. it was illegal and it was unconstitutional. you will hear this in great detail from the vice president's former general counsel. witnesses in these hearings will explain how the former vice president and his staff informed president trump over and over again that what he was pressuring mike pence to do was illegal. >> last night, the january 6th committee held its first hearing on the attack on our democracy. who is the first hearing of seven, which are expected to be scattered over the next weeks. the next hearing, if you want to put this in your...

Donald trump is gone. but your dishonor will remain. >> a very powerful message from the january 6th committee vice chair liz cheney tonight. another member of the january 6th committee joins us now. maryland congressman jamie raskin. he was also the lead impeachment manager at trump's second impeachment trial. he has been busy over the last two years thank you so much for joining us tonight, i know it has been a busy one. but it is done. i'm quite sure your democratic colleagues have called you, said it was a great night. but what i really want to know -- have any republicans called you tonig...