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Officer who shot ashli babbitt, who -- chose to speak to msnbc with lester holt. my name is michael bird, i'm a lieutenant for the united states capitol police. >> for months he has lived in hiding, he says, over this moment. his decision to use deadly force against the rioter ashley climb through a barricaded door that leads to the house chamber. in the months since he's been the target of threats. >> can you give us the nature of some of those threats? >> they talk about killing me. cutting off my head. you know, very vicious and cruel things. >> he says officers barricaded the door, what he...

Nationalist martyr who must be avenged. who must be the, you know, cause behind which we organize the race war. that started from the very bleeding edges of far-right and white-supremacist online discourse. and then, it creeped into the conservative mainstream. amplified by conservative pundits and conservative members of congress. and then eventually, by the man at the center of it all, former president trump. who started at his post-presidential rallies demanding to know the name of the police officer who fired that shot. shouting, who shot ashli babbitt? as a regular feature of his rallies ...

Post-presidential rallies demanding to know the name of the police officer who fired that shot. shouting, who shot ashli babbitt? as a regular feature of his rallies now. well now, in a remarkable turn of events -- um -- we know the answer to that question because the officer who shot ashli babbitt, while protecting members of congress on his own terms chose, today, to speak publicly for the first time with nbc's lester holt. >> my name is michael bird. i am a lieutenant for the united states capitol police. >> reporter: for months, he has lived in hiding. he says over this moment. his decisio...

Individual was doing at that time? >> she was posing a threat to the united states house of representatives. >> she was posing a threat to the united states house of representatives. that is lieutenant michael bird of the united states capitol police. coming forward, identifying himself, speaking on his terms, talking about what happened not only on that day but the attacks and threats against him. joining us now is ryan reilly, justice reporter for the huffington post. he's been following the january 6th rioters and their ties to far-right movements from the very beginning. thank you ryan, fo...

From congress. president biden calling on cities, states, local courts, landlords and cabinet agencies to prevent evictions. the u.s. capitol police officer who fatally shot ash will i ashli babbitt is speaking publicly for the first time. >> i had been yelling and screaming as loud as i was please stop, get back, get back, stop. ultimately hoping that your commands will be complied with. and unfortunately, they were not. >> babbitt has become something of a folk hero for far right conspiracies. lieutenant michael bird tells nbc he knows he saved countless lives on january 6 but he has been ...