♪ this is "nightline." >> tonight, under siege. >> make no mistake about the fact the vice president's life was in danger. >> hang mike pence! >> the mob 40 feet away from vice president mike pence. >> the witnesses will please stand. >> january 6th committee revealing new photos, information, and explosive testimony. and the heated telephone call. >> i remember hearing the word win. stand-in pride. for some members of the lgbtq+ community, living your truth can lead to isolation. >> what does it mean to have a supportive family member? >> for a lot of them, it actually means the difference between life and death. >> a new online community offers much-needed support with a chosen family.

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good evening. thank you for joining us. on capitol hill, the january 6th committee providing new details on donald trump's last-ditch efforts to stay in the white house after president biden won the 2020 election. president trump's words possibly inciting an angry and violent mob to break into the capitol, coming dangerously close to then-vice president pence. here's abc's chief washington correspondent jonathan karl. >> hang mike pence! >> reporter: just 40 feet from the mob -- >> make no mistake about the fact that the vice president's life was in danger. >> reporter: today, newly released images and information revealing how close the january 6th rioters got to the vice president of the united states. >> a traitor and he deserves to burn with the rest of them. >> what the president wanted the vice president to do was not just wrong, it was illegal and unconstitutional. >> reporter: in meticulous detail, the january 6th

committee outlined donald trump's brazen effort to force his vice president to do something he clearly had no authority to do. trump wanted him to single-handedly overturn the election. pence had told him no, but on the morning of january 6th, trump called him one more time to demand he do it. >> when i entered the office the second time, he was on the telephone with who i later found out to be was the vice president. >> could you hear the vice president? or only hear the president's end? >> only hear the president's end. at some point the started off as a calmer tone, then it became heated. >> the conversation was -- was pretty heated. it was a different tone than i'd heard him take with the vice president before. >> to my memory, i remember hearing the word "wimp." either he called him a wimp -- i don't remember if he said, you are a wimp, you'll be a wimp. wimp is the word i remember. >> it's sad to hear that the president of the united states would go so far as to threaten the vice president or even call him names. someone who had been completely

loyal to the president. but on that day, vice president pence's loyalty was to the united states constitution, not to one man or one person. >> reporter: less than an hour later, donald trump addressed the massive crowd outside the white house. aides testified his written speech made no mention of pence. but when he spoke, trump and fa crowd pence was the one person who could overturn biden's election victory. >> mike pence is going to have to come through for us. and if he doesn't -- that will be a sad day for our country. and mike pence, i hope you're going to stand up for the good of our constitution and for the good of our country. and if you're not, i'm going to be very disappointed in you, i will tell you right now. >> reporter: trump was still speaking when pence publicly announced he would defy trump, remaining loyal to the constitution instead. >> we're coming for you! >> reporter: reaction of the mob was instantaneous. >> i'm hearing reports that

pence caved. i'm telling you, if pence caved, we're going to drag [ bleep ] through the streets. you [ bleep ] politicians are going to get [ bleep ] drug through the streets. >> hang mike pence! >> reporter: trump watched it unfold on television from the white house. aides testified chief of staff meadows went to tell him about the violence. republican lawmakers and white house aides urged him to get his supporters to stand down. instead, at 2:24 p.m., the president sent out a message attacking his vice president. >> mike pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our country and our constitution. >> reporter: in the white house, trump's own aides were shocked by trump's tweet. >> the situation was already bad. and so it felt like he was poupour ing gasoline on the fire by tweeting that. >> we just heard that mike pence is not going to reject any fraudulent electoral votes! >> boo! >> traitor!

>> that's right, you heard it here first. mike pence has betrayed the united states of america. >> boo! >> reporter: as the mob broke into the capitol, pence was evacuated from the senate floor to a nearby office, huddling with his family, then with the rioters just 40 feet away the secret service rushed the vice president and his family and top aides to a secure underground location. pence's chief counsel, greg jacob, was with him. >> does it surprise you to see how close the mob was to the evacuation route you took? >> i could hear the din of the rioters in the building while we moved. but i don't think i was aware that they were as close as that. >> make no mistake about the fact that the vice president's life was in danger. a recent court filing by the department of justice explains that a confidential informant from the proud boys told the fbi, the proud boys would have killed mike pence if given a chance. >> reporter: the secret service

had the vice presidential motorcade in the garage, waiting to take pence to safety away from the capitol. >> the vice president did not want to take any chance that the world would see the vice president of the united states fleeing the united states capitol. he was determined that we would complete the work that we had set out to do that day. >> reporter: the committee showed these never before seen photos. the vice president working the phones in that concrete garage for some three hours without even a chair to sit in. >> mr. jacob, did donald trump ever call the vice president to check on his safety? >> he did not. >> mr. jacob, how did vice president pence and mrs. pence react to that? >> with frustration. >> it goes to the heart of our system of self-government. the existential threat that the american constitution faced on january 6th. not from insurrectionists trying to commit violence, but actually from trump and his immediate

"team crazy" as they called them who were trying to ignore the constitution, hold on to power regardless of what the american people said. >> reporter: even after the attack, after the mob was cleared from the capitol building, trump and his allies kept the pressure on pence. shortly before he was to certify the election, john eastman, a lawyer advising trump, emailed the vice president's counsel saying it was not too late for pence to change his mind. >> what was vice president pence's reaction when you showed him the email where dr. eastman, after the attack on the capitol, still asked that the vice president delay certification and sent it back to the states? >> he said, "that's rubber room stuff." >> what did you interpret that to mean? >> that that was certifiably crazy. >> reporter: mr. jake sob testified that the vice president was never going to go along with trump's scheme. pence knew trump was asking him to do something illegal and something no other vice president had ever attempted. >> no vice president in 230 years of history had ever

claimed to have that kind of authority. >> reporter: the committee deposed mr. eastman. >> i assert my fifth amendment right against being compelled to be a witness against myself. >> reporter: he pled the fifth more than 100 times. eastman continues working to overturn the 2020 election, attempting to pressure state legislatures to decertify its electors. >> it's an absurd interpretation to believe that mike pence had the authority to single-handedly either send it back to the states or reject the election results. the committee wanted to make it clear that this isn't some ongoing legal debate. but that this was just a -- an absurd claim from a lawyer close to donald trump that no one should take seriously. >> reporter: all this may end with no criminal charges for trump or anybody in his inner

circle, but the committee says this is about setting the record straight for history. former judge michael ludic, a conservative legal scholar and occasional advisor to mike pence ended today's hearing with a warning, saying without a reckoning, what happened on january 6th could happen again with even more dire consequences. >> donald trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present danger to american democracy. the former president and his allies are executing that blueprint for 2024 in open and plain view. of the american public. >> our thanks to jonathan. we turn now to uvalde,

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the journey to acceptance for marley rogers has been long and difficult. he first came out as a lesbian and then, several years later, as a trans man. how he found love and support from a stand-in mother. here's abc's gio benitez. >> when you're in conversations with others, are you addressing me correctly? pronoun-wise, identity-wise. >> reporter: longing for love and approval, marley rogers' path to feeling accepted has been long and fraught with questions. >> honestly, i didn't really -- i felt like i didn't know who i was. >> reporter: a trans man living in michigan coming to terms with his own identity while growing up. >> take me back to that time when you were starting to learn who you are. >> it was definitely different. i didn't have a lot of knowledge of the different types of --

like how you can identify. that was something that i came up not learning. you know, being of lgbt community, most churches kind of look at that as an abomination. >> reporter: at just 18 years old, he first came out as a lesbian. then faced his family again ten years later. >> it was like i was already, you know, looked at differently because i was a lesbian at one point. and then now here i am and i come out as transgender. and it's like, no, that's just another thing to tack on what everyone's already processing. >> reporter: feeling isolated, marley sought help online and found an entire community ready and willing to help. >> that's when i kind of posted a little bit of a backstory and just let everyone know that i'll take support in all forms. doesn't have to be a mom, a dad, whatever you want to be in my life, i'm open to that. >> reporter: the facebook group "stand in pride" is a place for members of the lgbtq+ community

where allies offer to become their chosen family. content creator dan blevin started it with this video. >> if you are a same-sex couple that's getting married and you do not have biological parents there to support you, please let me know. there's parents that want to be there for you on your big day, and we'll be your biggest fans. >> reporter: after this tiktok went viral, you decided to go ahead and start this facebook group. >> i think it was within a couple days. we had over 1,000 members. people were connecting immediately in there. i'd never done anything like that. >> reporter: that candid video from a member of the lgbtq community sparking an online movement that has now grown into a thriving community of over 36,000. members now have a safe space to seek guidance, a friendly conversation, someone to officiate a wedding, a stand-in sibling or parent. for people in the lgbtq+ community, what does it mean to have a supportive family member?

>> for a lot of them, it actually means the difference between life and death. >> reporter: an analysis by the trevor project estimates almost half of lgbtq youth contemplated suicide in the last year. meanwhile, just one accepting adult reduces that risk by an estimated 40%. >> for anyone in our community that have lost their family because they came out, it's such an isolating thing. so knowing that there are people out there willing to open their hearts and invite you into their home and their heart is just amazing. >> reporter: james harris and alan wilson were brought together by the group. generations apart but both navigating coming out around the same time. >> you grow up and you feel like you just have this overneed to share and not anybody to share it to. like you have a piece of paper and you want to write something but you don't have any pencils or pens or paintbrushes or

whatever you can use. >> that loneliness, is that what led you to post on the stand-in families facebook pang? >> i was just looking for someone who was available to be a grandfather. because i knew i'd lost mine years prior to that. someone i could always talk to if i could never talk to my father. >> reporter: alan replied to jay's post and the pair began to build a friendship. >> i'm a retired schoolteacher. i've always had a heart for kids. when i saw that -- and i have to tell you, i was newly out at the time, only been out about a year and a half. >> that loneliness that james described to us, is that something that resonated with you? >> i grew up in the '60s when you couldn't be gay. especially a young person. i was -- i hid most of my life. but i had a good life. you know, coming out didn't change the person who i was. it changed who i think i presented to the world. >> reporter: for marley, support came in the form of elizabeth boyd, a stand-in mother who offered maternal compassion when

he underwent top surgery in march. what was it about beth? >> it was how genuine she was. you could tell she really wanted to be a mom figure or a supportive figure in someone's life. >> and she lives here, right? >> yes, she does. >> but still, you haven't met her yet? >> nope. >> reporter: mere miles apart, but they hadn't come face-to-face until the day i met marley. >> i'm so excited to meet him. he's a wonderful person. and i'm so blessed to know him. >> she out there? >> i don't see -- i don't know. oh, yeah, she is. oh, dear. my gosh. look at you. >> hi. >> i'm so excited to meet you are. >> i am too. >> oh my god, you look wonderful. >> thank you. so do you.

>> well, thanks. >> reporter: after months of virtually supporting each other, those hugs mean more than words can convey. so beth, what's it like? you finally meet in person. >> like, i'm just so proud of him. and i'm so glad to be here and get to know him some more one on one. >> reporter: beth says the inclusive church that she attends is part of what led her to joining that stand-in pride facebook group. >> why is it so important to you to be a part of something like this? >> you're perfect just the way you are. absolutely perfect. and everybody should get that message, and everybody should feel that way. and it just breaks my heart when people don't. >> reporter: for some, a comment on a post, a message on social media, or a phone call with a new friend can make all the difference. >> so i think it inspires me to just continue putting the word out there and hoping that anybody that has lost their family knows that we have a big family of over 30,000 people

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♪ tomorrow night on abc, a special "soul of the nation" event with a performance by patti labelle and grammy winner ciara, opening up about her journey to take control and own the right to her own music. >> being signed to a major

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