one of them joins me now, capital police sergeant aquilino gonell.e is speaking on his own behalf, not representative. he is not speaking as a representative of the police department. and sergeant, i'm so happy that you're here. america is happy for your -- america is really grateful i should say for your sacrifice and what you do. we want to hear your story. so as much of it you can tell us that you're comfortable sharing, we would love to hear it. so again, thank you for appearing. >> thank you for having me. >> it takes a lot of courage to come forward and talk about what happened on january 6. how you doing? >> some days better than others. last week was very rough, emotional, emotionally, but getting the help that i need. i have a lot of support, what not. and my family most of all, they have been very understanding of my situation and everything that happened to me and to many officers that responded to the insurrection and the people who -- you have people, officers that left in the morning that day and decided on their own to come back to fig

aquilino gonell. sergeant, thank you.talk to you because i listened to your report, earlier, about -- about the night that you came home after the insurrection. and how you finally told your wife, and your interaction with your son. but let me ask you this. you were 12 years old when you came to the u.s., from the dominican republic. your son is now 9 years old. around that age. are you worried that the america your son is growing up, isn't the same country that you came to, as a child? >> it has been difficult. especially, the past four or five years, whatnot. when you have certain people making restriction or making it harder for immigrants to come here or whatnot. but that's a completely political, whatnot, issue. i'm not too familiar but i know it affect me because when i was growing up, my dad was here working as a taxi driver in new york, whatnot. we did have the -- this yearn to reach the american dream. that, when we get to america, things will get better for us, financially, and -- and -- and educationally, whatn

orders one saying a lieutenant repeatedly asked over the radio, does anybody have a plan sergeant aquilino gonell just returned to active duty after recovering from injuries sustained that day >> the crowd, they wouldn't listen to anything the police was saying at all, and they continued to say, we are here because our president, president trump sent us here. >> reporter: mr. trump's role in the attack was not examined in the report, reigniting the debate over a bipartisan commission to investigate further. >> the joint report has strengthened the argument for an independent commission. >> today's report is one of the many reasons i'm confident in the ability of the existing investigations to uncover all actionable facts. >> reporter: tonight capitol police say known intelligence did not point to a large-scale attack on january 6th. dhs says they're still reviewing the report lester. >> garrett haake, thanks >>> authorities in this country and australia were able to break into an app used by criminals, and the result was a massive worldwide crackdown on suspected organized crime. here's erin mcla

. >> reporter: united states captain police sergeant aquilino gonell left the dominican republic, deployeditol police in 2008. he spoke publicly for the first time when he tried to stop rioters on the certification of joe biden's presidency. >> i got hurt. i got hurt. i would do it again if i had to. it's my job. >> reporter: sergeant gonell led members of the service. for hours they battled insurrectionists attacking the capitol. this video shows his fight on the west front. >> they kept saying trump sent me, we won't listen to you, we are here to take over the capitol. we are here to hang mike pence. they thought we were there for them, and we weren't, so they turned against us. it was very scary because i thought i was going to lose my life right there. >> reporter: some of the most horrific video shows sergeant gonell steps from metropolitan police officer daniel hodges caught in a doorway. >> i could hear my fellow officers screaming. all i could think was we can't let these people in. there's going to be a slaughter inside. >> reporter: rioters beat gonell so badly they cut his hand

amanda, i just spoke -- i hope you saw my interview with the hero police sergeant aquilino gonell, defended the capitol on january 6th. he's descalling it insulting an bet betrayal. watch this and we'll talk. >> i have video proof that what happened there was not a concert. it was not fourth of july. i worked those events, and nobody beat me or anybody else. but i do think those who came to the capitol police building -- i mean to the capitol and assist us with securing the building, even though now we feel betrayed, we feel insulted because to the bare minimum that everybody should agree is how to prevent this from happening again. >> how can republican lawmakers ignore the very people who put their lives on the line to defend our democracy, amanda? >> i don't know how they sleep at night. i really don't. i don't know how they walk into their offices, pass the security lines, and continue about their work knowing that these men and women stepped up to defend them and their colleagues if not them, themselves, are openly denying it. look at that speech from mike pence tonight. what's he doin

capitol police sergeant aquilino gonell was brutally beaten on january 6th. capitol police officer harry dunn was subject to racial slurs. both these heroes share perspective of what really happened during that attack. and they had some powerful words about how the nation needs to reckon with it. >> tell the truth. tell the truth. i -- i don't understand how anybody can live with their self being dishonest. i -- you can apologize to people. you can apologize to everybody in this world. you apologize to yourself knowing that you're full of crap? i -- how do you live with yourself? >> and let's talk about the truth. let's talk about -- more about what happened that day. we have video of you, sergeant gonell. you were right in the thick of it. >> that is correct. >> right you told me right after 1:00, and i believe we have video to show of you here. this is one of the officers. you were feet away from this officer, right? sergeant gonell, what was going through your mind when you saw this? >> gut wrenching because i'm right next to that young lady on the left si

. >> reporter: united states capitol police sergeant aquilino gonell, deployed to iraq in 2003 and thenoined capitol police in 2008. he is speaking publicly for the first time about january 6th when he fought rioters trying to stop the certification of joe biden's presidency. >> i got hurt. i got hurt. i would do it again if i had to. it's my job. >> you traitor. >> reporter: sergeant gonell led members of the civil disturbance unit. this video shows his fight on the west front. >> they kept saying trump sent me. we won't listen to you. we are here to take over the capitol. we are here to hang mike pence. they thought we were there for that and we were so they turned against us. it's very scary because i thought i was going to lose my life right there. >> reporter: some of the most horrific video shows sergeant gonell steps from metropolitan police officer daniel hodges caught in a doorway. >> i could hear my fellow officer screaming. all i could think was we can't let these people in. there's going to be a slaughter inside. >> reporter: rioters beat sergeant gonell so badly they cut hi