and not allowing me to heal properly. >> officer gonell, sergeant gonell, i'm grateful for your service to speak out and come for it because your testimony before the january 6th select committee made a difference. and your book and your words here today make a difference. i'm just so, so grateful for you and thankful you came on. >> thank you. i hope my small actions on january 6th hopefully -- and i do want people to know what happened to me. and i hope you get to read my book and everybody else, as well, that why they get to know the character, know the sacrifices i had done, both in the military and also as a police officer. >> a patriot. thank you. >> thank you. >>> the man that helped incite what we saw on january 6th, the former president of the united states all of america, donald trump, much of the legal jeopardy he's facing is due to an extensive investigation but the very committee that officer gonell said before. the january 6th house select committee. and donald trump has tried to discredit that work. up next, i'll be joined by the former spokesperson for the january 6th co

aquilina gonell, how about you go first?>> as i was mentioning, these are the people who say they are pro law enforcement and in support of police. i was assaulted by more than 40 people on january 6th. you know, it's recorded. it's on video. it is on pictures. those are the ones that i mainly go to the courts to give my statement and also to testify. just right before christmas, one guy who -- one writer who assaulted me, injured my hand, he tried to -- he tried to tell is judge he didn't assault me when it was clearly on video. these are violent people. whether they were violent before january 6th, i don't care. whether they were good people or not, they did it on january 6th. they were showing me who they were. that's the reason why i go to the court, to hold them accountable. whenever they get in front of the judge and claim -- ask for leniency because they have a family, because they have a kid, because they're too old, because they're too frail, because they have ptsd, because they are former member of the military, a

sergeant gonell joins us now. thank you so much for joining us.tulations, although i wish that that hadn't happened to you. a recent poll found that 18% of republican voters believe that january 6th rioters were mostly violent. another poll found that 66% of gop voters support pardons for those that stormed the capitol. here's what you wrote in your book about your experience with that mob on 16. quote, the back of my eyes with hot as a witness to fellow officers brazenly beaten with pipes, sticks, and rocks by rioters chanting fight for trump, usa, usa. they are numbered american flags, and for a second i frozen fear. i've seen this kind of unbridled rage in iraq when the base had been under attack, and i knew this was bad. sergeant gonnell, you are out here with the insurrectionists. we have seen pictures of some of the attacks on you. what would you say to these republican voters to make them change their minds about what they happened on january 6th. >> thank you for having me on your show, mehdi hasan. what i would say to them is that i will

sergeant gonell joins us now. thank you so much for joining us.atulations, although i wish that that hadn't happened to you. a recent poll found that 18% of republican voters believe that january 6th rioters were mostly vient. another poll found that 66% of gop voters support pardons for those that stormed the capitol. here's what you wrote in your book about your experience with that mob on 16. quote, the back of my eyes with hot as a witness to fellow officers brazenly beaten with pipes, sticks, and rocks by rioters chanting fight for trump, usa, usa. they are numbered american flags, and for a second i frozen fear. i've seen this kind of unbridled rage in iraq when the base had been under attack, and i knew this was bad. sergeant gonnell, you are out here with the insurrectionists. we have seen pictures of some of the attacks on you. what would you say to these republican voters to make them change their minds about what they happened on january 6th. >> thank you for having me on your show, mehdi hasan. what i would say to them is that i will w

his careerjust gonel on a straight line up.and doing what he needs to do. - everything that erling . experiences now and will experience i think is 100% deserved and, as i said, . we are so happy for him. i hope to see erling back in a bryne shirt but i don't think it's in my time, maybe. he was a special boy. but to be the best player in the world, i'm not going to think that's going to be a reality. but he has a dream and he working hard every day, so now i'm just proud to see what he do on the pitch every week. i will never be proud of - achievements from a footballer or erling because i don't see it in that way, but i'm very. proud of how behaved — he represent our region| and our town in a very good - way, and that makes me proud, not if he is first or- runner—up in the league. it's about staying humble but being confident that you're going to achieve something, that you're going to perform. but still do the hard work, never relax throughout the whole season. it's a long season — that's why i have to stay sharp here, and i

his careerjust gonel on a straight line up.rming and doing what he needs to do. - everything that erling . experiences now and will experience i think is 100% deserved and, as i said, . we are so happy for him. i hope to see erling back in a bryne shirt but i don't think it's in my time, maybe. he was a special boy. but to be the best player in the world, i'm not going to think that's going to be a reality. but he has a dream and he working hard every day, so now i'm just proud to see what he do on the pitch every week. i will never be proud of - achievements from a footballer or erling because i don't see it in that way, _ but i'm very _ proud of how behaved — he represent our region- and our town in a very good way, and that makes me proud, not if he is first or- runner—up in the league. it's about staying humble but being confident that you're going to achieve something, that you're going to perform. but still do the hard work, never relax throughout the whole season. it's a long season — that's why i have to stay sharp here

his careerjust gonel on a straight line up.d doing what he needs to do. - everything that erling . experiences now and will experience i think is 100% deserved and, as i said, . we are so happy for him. i hope to see erling back in a bryne shirt but i don't think it's in my time, maybe. he was a special boy. but to be the best player in the world, i'm not going to think that's going to be a reality. but he has a dream and he working hard every day, so now i'm just proud to see what he do on the pitch every week. i will never be proud of - achievements from a footballer or erling because i don't see it in that way, but i'm very. proud of how behaved — he represent our region| and our town in a very good - way, and that makes me proud, not if he is first or- runner—up in the league. it's about staying humble but being confident that you're going to achieve something, that you're going to perform. but still do the hard work, never relax throughout the whole season. it's a long season — that's why i have to stay sharp here, and it'

and gonell, how about you go first? the people that say that they are pro law enforcement and in support of peace, i was assaulted by more than 40 people on january the 6th, you know it's recorded and it's on video and it's on pictures so those are the ones that i mainly go to the courts to give my statement and also to testify right before christmas, one guy who, one writer who assaulted me entered my hand. he tried to use this way the judge pretending that he did not assault me when it was clearly on video. these are violent people whether they were violent before january 6th i do not care. whether they were good people or not. they did it on january 6th. they show made who they were. and that's the reason why i go to the court, to hold them accountable because whenever they get in front of the judge and claim or asked for leniency because they have a family, because they have a kid, because they are too old, because they are too frail, because they have beat easy. because they're a former member of the military, a ve

. >> sergeant gonell, thank you so much for sharing your thoughts, your experience, your bravery, your courage, and your service. >> if i may, i just want to say one last thing. today has been very hard, not only for me, i but i know for the family. it's been tough. if you know anybody, keep them in your prayers. it's a solemn day, a sad day, and we need to remember what happened and not ever repeat this again. >> thank you so much for that. we'll be right back. get over here kids. time for today's lesson. wow. -whoa. what are those? these are humans. they rely on something called the internet to survive. huh, powers out. [ gasp ] are they gonna to die? worse, they are gonna get bored. [ gasp ] wait look! they figured out a way to keep the internet on. yeah! -nature finds a way. [ grunt ] stay connected when the power goes out, with storm ready wifi from xfinity. and see migration in theaters now. here's why you should switch fo to duckduckgo on all your devie duckduckgo comes with a built-n engine like google, but it's pi and doesn't spy on your searchs and duckduckgo lets you browse

. >> sergeant gonell, we appreciate your perspective tonight. thank you. >> thank you for having me. >>> outfront now, former congressman riggle. congressman, president biden is really now making donald trump's actions on january 6th a central part of his campaign. do you believe that will resonate with republicans? >> oh, with republicans? i think it is going to be very difficult. even now anecdotally, you know, i'm out here, i own distilleries and i have a lot of people who come through and it is interesting how many people are saying january 6th doesn't really matter to them. what i do think it matters to are the independents and the center right and i think those individuals can be swayed. i think you are only looking at 3% to 5% we need to get into because i thought the speech was very powerful, especially the part about beau biden that touched me because i am a military veteran. i think what he was trying to do in the speech that might work is the disrespect president trump shows to the troops. it highlighted not only his conspiratorial na

. >> he says, gonell did not come home last night. and i am like what?old girl, just vanished. >> they saw them by this creek. >> they're trying to get them to go hang out. >> i saw her get in

capitol police officer gonell joins us now.geant who defended democracy." thank you for being with us this morning. great to have you back on the show. i'm curious, before we dive into the book, your reaction as you hear leadership in the republican party and loud voices in the media try to rewrite the story of what happened on january 6th. >> good morning. thanks for having me back. in respect of the new speaker of the house conflating some of the events and trying to rewrite history is amazing. this is the same person who probably is a material witness to the events of january 6th. if i were in his position, of course i'd also want to blur out some of the images, but then again, this is coming from a party that claims to be in support of law and order and the rule of law. when he says, in the same sentence, yesterday, he said, "we are the party of law and order. we want to blur out some of the faces so these people cannot be arrested and prosecuted." also saying, you know, he wants to be transparent. how can you be transparen

. >> he says, gonell did not come home last night. and i am like what? >> a beautiful 15 year old girl, just vanished. >> they saw them by this creek. >> they're trying to get them to go hang out. >> i saw her get in the truck. there was another saying that she was with her mom. >> maybe she was abducted, maybe she was kidnapped. >> the stories did not stop, did? they >> now. >> we were getting information that they were cuddling. >> we have to figure out, does he have any motive to want to harm her? >> i see her side, right at the exit of the trail. the word help was etched into the ground. >> two shovels that had what appeared to be blood on them. >> that just did it for me. >> i can't even think about how scared she was. [crying] >> a mother's worth night where. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> there are no signs to get there, just follow the rough, sandy trail down from the subdivisions above, turn a corner, and there it is, the creek. a twisting, slow-moving body of water in north carolina, it's nothing less than an undiscovered garden of eden for teenagers playing h