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I think a lot of the things we learned have seemingly come from her. >> right. >> what more can we expect, seung min, from these ised a lo american people. can they deliver >> they're setting high expectations. but we have learned a lot from the reports coming of the of this committee so far. but they promised there are more, and there is a reason they're put thing front and center in primetime. i also think there's a different element of seeing these people testify in person and the impact that has. we talked about cassidy hutchinson, the very valuable witness for the january 6th committee. s...

There is power in hearing those words, especially hearing for example her testify to the fact that mark meadows had told people around in the white house that president trump had talked kind of approvingly about the hang mike pence episode, which is still astonishing to think about. >> and the testimony alone, there really wasn't testimony in the last impeachment. >> they're thinking about it in terms of how to make a splash. they're scheduling hearings in primetime, a multimedia presentation. they're really thinking about this in the terms this is playing out in the court of public opinion as...

Attempt. >> melanie, you have some really excellent reporting about what's happening on the other side. former president trump wanting his supporters to back him up. and some republicans are thinking maybe that's not necessary, but trump wants that. >> trump has reached out to his allies on capitol hill and said i want people out there defending me and pushing back on the shelect committee. they've answered the call. house gop leader kevin mccarthy, two has been coordinating the effort. elise stefanik has begun to preview the message, saying it's a partisan witch hunt, it's all political, blam...

We're going to learn a lot more about former president trump's push to stay in power. the committee that's investigating will hold its first big hearing this thursday night in primetime. >> i've got no doubt that reasonable minded people are going to look at this and say this was an organized hit on american democracy. >> the hearings are expected to include a combination of live testimony and taped depositions, including from members of the trump family and former top white house officials. and that includes cassidy hutchinson, who was a top aide to mark meadows. and hutchinson has testified ...