democrats control the house in the chair is bennie thompson. she's not officially the ranking member of the committee, but democrats are going to let her give an opening statement after the chair gives his opening statement. what do you you -- what do you think about that? caller: i'm not afraid of what she has to say. i do not agree with her and i never agreed with her father, but she's a patriot who believes in the constitution and i like the way she handles her self onto the press and i believe she is a woman of integrity and i want to hear what she has say. host: ok. danny is a republican from arizona. good morning to you, danny. go ahead. caller: how are you? host: doing well. your thoughts this morning? caller: yes, ma'am, the so-called select committee is a sham, for one thing. and i want to know if it will come out, who was the person that killed that young lady at the capitol that day. thank you. host: ok, shelley, louisiana, republican line. caller: good morning. the way i feel about this is they have two republicans on their committe

you heard committee chair benny thompson said nothing is off limits.k he'd go as far as to call donald trump to testify? >> i think he would. i served on the house committee back in 2010 with benny thompson. i thought he was very fair. he works very closely with john cat koe, who's the ranking republican. i do think benny thompson will go where the facts lead him. they're going to ask hard questions. anything is on the table right now. i wouldn't be surprised if members of congress could be asked to testify before this select committee in the event they had any role with some of the insurrectionists. i hope they didn't, but it's a real possibility. i think benny thompson will pull the trigger if he has to. >> opinions seem to be so baked in on what happened on january 6th for so many americans. is there anyway these hearings can break through that? >> we certainly hope so. this committee will have added credibility if the democrats defer to cheney and kinzinger who can set a proper tone for these proceedings and make these as nonpartisan as possible. t

now it's pleasure to yield as i announce the chairmanship of this committee, chairman bennie thompson of mississippi. a person who has fought such a long time to call to the attention of the american people the issue of domestic terrorism. we are very proud of his service and his leadership on that committee and very honored that he has agreed to serve as the chair of the select committee. mr. thompson. mr. thompson: thank you very much, madam speaker and i thank you for your steadfast commitment to getting to the truth behind the january 6 domestic terrorist attack on the capitol. next week will mark six months since the world watched in horror as americans violently stormed the citadel of our democracy to stop congress from carrying out its constitutional duty. with the presidential election. over the last six months, at every turn you have been laser focused on doing whatever it takes to get to the bottom and deliver the truth to the american people. you met with republicans more than halfway in an effort to stand up in a bipartisan independent commission. the reason i say that is

i know bennie thompson. they are not going to roll over bennie thompson. he is a real patriot. he's from mississippi. he has made the kind of commitment to keep this country together. he's not going to allow anybody, whoever thinking whatever their privileges may be, to run over this commission, bennie is a bigger and better man than that. that's why nancy pelosi put him there. she knows bennie thompson as well. >> congressman jim clyburn, thank you for joining us. have a good rest of your day. >> thank you. >>> josh, good to see you once again. talk me through -- as i was just speaking with the congressman about the president's upcoming speech on tuesday, could featsably dictate what happens in the midterm elections, considering where they go on voting rights. talk me through what we know so far about what the president expects to put out there. >> we know president biden is expecting to give a speech on what will be on protecting the, quote, sacred constitutional right to vote. that iconic symbol of american liberty and independence as the backdrop to make the case that ameri

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i salute our chairman, benny thompson, and mr. katko, the ranking member.ven though it was something that was bipartisan and yielded on many points to republicans in order to get bipartisanship, the leader of the republican party whipped and voted against the commission. we had the votes. 35 members on the republican side voted with us to send it to the senate. it was very hopeful we could pass it there. we had seven republican votes but not 10. we needed 10 to get up to 60. hopefully one day that will still -- that opportunity will still present itself. but because it was not possible in this time frame, last month we passed our legislation for a select committee. the select committee is bipartisan and it has a quorum and it will do the job it sets out to do and that is to investigate the causes and -- of what happened on january 6, to find out how it was organized, who paid for it, who messaged to get those people here for the assault on the capitol. as you well know over 100 people were injured, some died. it was a horrible, horrible thing. i'll never fo

i work with bennie thompson. he's a solid thoughtful guy.sagree on a few things, but he's a solid thoughtful guy who is going to try to do this right. if it comes off too political, they go for trump first, they beat members head and shoulders up front, it takes away from the seriousness of the committee. >> that's an interesting point. certainly worth consideration. let me get your reaction to what we heard from republican congressman adam kinzinger. he was asked about a move by the freedom caucus, republicans that tried to get his and liz cheney's committee assignments stripped just for saying yes to being on this committee. here he was. >> and if people want to get petty, that's fine. i think that reflects more on people than it does on the situation at hand. this is a historic moment, and this is a democracy-defending moment. no matter the consequence -- me and i know liz will stand to defend democracy. >> you can hear and see the emotion in his voice. what do you make of it? >> there are matters of conscience for members of congress. ev

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he said this is open ended. >> benny thompson we did this deep dive of who this chairman is going tohis colleagues say is patient. he'll take the time that this investigation deserves. you also are hearing from him that he's very careful that he does not want this to devolve into a political circus but may be people he wants to hear from. if he's going to subpoena someone, he'll be willing to do that. here is what he told me. >> no one is exempt from the review of our committee. and without saying we will do this to former president trump or some other individual, i will trust professional investigations that will be conducted. i will trust the people who are tasked with the responsibility of a deep dive into the scope and circumstances that got us to january 6th. and if, in fact, they bring to us that information that says you need to do this, there's absolutely no reluctance on my part as chair to issue the subpoena. >> republican colleagues who he may have to hear from because there are questions about who trump talked to that day and of course questions about the former president

open statements from benny thompson and congressman liz cheney, one of just two republicans on the panel. >> there are some in my party who continue to act as though this is about partisan politics. i think it's really sad. >> chairman thompson saying this hearing will set the tone of their investigation, his opening statement set to include video from the riots, some of which has never been seen before publicly. democrats warn it is graphic. it is disturbing and uncensored. >> we're also expected to hear testimony from four police officers, who endured some of the worst of at tack, like a pro-trump mob. these officers were punched and trampled, crushed, sprayed with chemicals, called racial slurs and threatened with their own weapons. >> and the pushback from republicans. kevin mccarthy insisted this is about playing politics but democrats and the gop committee members say this is essential to put a face on what happened january 6th, and to counter disinformation from republicans who have downplayed the riot. >> more accurately described as a mob of misfits. >> the truth is being censor

here is what benny thompson said yesterday. speaker pelosi has met republican leadership more than halfway to investigate that facts, the circumstances of generally six. today the speaker by exercising her authority took decisive action to bring us closer to answers that the american public seeks on democracy. it has been more than six months since the attack. we owe it to our democracy to stay the course and not be distracted. comments on social media. this one says, mccarthy put jordan and banks on the committee knowing lucy would not entertain a clown show instead of finding out what happened did we know it is a trap so mccarthy could say this not fair. this one says, if policy is organizing the investigation, issue the one who will be direct -- redacting everything before the american people can see it? similar to bill barr filtering the truth. this has nothing to do is who broke into the capitol. it is another example of creating a crisis in order not to waste it. just, tennessee, republican line. caller: i would like to m

those are decisions she's leaving to the committee's chairman bennie thompson and its members. detail that the committee would like to get from the white house from that day. they are still hiring staff. they haven't exactly decided how they will proceed although thompson told me yesterday that he does -- he has put the committee members on standby to potentially come back to washington for another hearing during what's supposed to be a seven-week recess starting next week. they know they have a lot of work to do, but no specific time on how they'll approach it. >> let's talk about infrastructure. give me the temperature today. senator schumer is saying the senate could vote tonight to from seed with that bipartisan infrastructure package. >> it looks like our month's long infrastructure week may be approaching its conclusion. that bipartisan group has just come out within the last few minutes and said they are, in fact, very comfortable that they have a deal that will stick and they only have what they describe as the smallest of details to work out and they are comfortable an

joining me now is the democratic representative bennie thompson of mississippi, he is the chair of the house homeland security committee. he is -- this week he was named the lead of the january 6th house select committee to investigate that event. congressman thompson, good to see you. thank you for joining us this morning. wasn't to ask you whether you are worried about starting this committee and its investigation with the lack of cooperation from republican house leader kevin mccarthy. >> not at all. we will do our work. we have a quorum based on hr-503. we can do our work. we would love to have leader mccarthy give us five republicans to populate the committee. but if he chooses not to, we will go forward. we can't afford not to address what occurred on january 6th. we will look at it. we will go where the facts lead us. we will make the public aware of exactly what happened. >> congressman, i covered many of the protests last year. many of them in person. all of them remotely at least. there are some colleagues of yours on the republican side who believe that antifa had a role in

talk more about it with the chair of the january 6th select committee, democratic congressman bennie thompson. congressman thompson, good morning, thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you for having me, hallie. >> i want to ask questions about the select committee but first your reaction to this reporting the worst case scenario capitol police could end up furloughing potentially hundreds of people if it doesn't get more funding basically asap. does that concern you as it relates to you and your colleagues' safety, the people who protect and the other members in that building. >> well, absolutely. as you know, the house, we've already done our work toward making sure that the continuity of the capitol police funding is there. i hope the senate moves forward expeditiously and their job so i see it as a potential problem, but i'm hoping in the end, the senate will under stand that there's no way we can carry forth government without the capitol police being there to secure government. >> obviously that was their job, that was their task, on january 6th, the day of the riots that y

judy: representative bennie thompson, chair of this house select committee, thank you very much. hompson: thank you for having me. ♪ judy: with the search it surfside, florida growing more dire, each day seems to bring more questions. william brangham speaks tonight with an engineer he's trying to get answers. william: there are still so many questions about what happened at the champlain towers south, questions about the original design and construction of the buildings, revelations about earlier warnings regarded needed repair work and whether those were taken seriously enough and questions over whether cost concerns eclipsed concern about risk. the town of surfside has hired a renownedtructural and forensic engineer to investigate this tragic collapse. he has investigated dozens of other structural failures, and he joins me now from surfside. allen kelsheimer, very good to have you on "the newshour." there is this enormous pile of rubble where rescuers are still trying to see if there are people inside there. now you have to try to investigate what happened. can you explain the

she will be giving opening remarks along with the chair, bennie thompson, for this hearing that starts in just about 30 minutes. we are told there will be new video of the capitol riots that the public has not seen before. marcus? >> certainly capturing the attention for a lot of people. tracie potts this morning in washington, thank you. you can watch the hearing live on nbclx, channel 185 or 11-5 over the air. that starts around 6:30 this morning. >>> developing right now oakland pope lease still saying little about a strong-armed robbery targeting long time california senator barbara boxer. her office says someone assaulted her and stole her phone. boxer released a tweet saying she's thankful she was not seriously injured. the owner of a nearby restaurant says crimes like this happen all the time. he hopes this could serve as a wake-up call. >> work together with our law enforcement to beef up security so we don't have these types of issues. >> libby schaaf said she was deeply troubled to learn of the crime. she spoke with the senator's family who sent her well wishes for a speedy r

i will be joined by bennie thompson.ed and loaded and starts right now. >>> at the top, scuffle with a small group of officers who gave in barely after a minute. the mob now has direct access to capitol entrances. >> i can't believe this is reality. >>> good morning everybody, welcome to "the cross next," i am tiffany cross. we have a lot to get to today. we are starting with new revelation for the insurrection. speaker pelosi announced this week that congressman bennie thompson will investigate january 6th event. mccarthy was not too pleased about that and he has not announced which republicans he'll appoint to committee. now congressman thompson is not scared and made it clear that the january 6th committee is following this

the committee chair mississippi congressman benny thompson joins us in a moment to talk about what lies ahead for that committee. but joining us to start off this hour of coverage, jonathan lamire, nbc news political reporter and joining us from beach haven on the jersey shore is stephanie ruhle and host of "stephanie ruhle reports." good news for the white house today, that's how they're billing it. what does the job's report tell us about the state of the economic recovery in this country? >> it's good news for america. when you think about it, that v-shape recovery that former president trump used to talk so much about we're actually seeing it. but we're seeing it in conjunction with getting vaccinated. the more people that get vaccinated, the more the country can reopen. we're seeing people get back to work, back to business. and we might actually see some level of a triple win here. you heard so much about all the open jobs out there. we saw a ton of hiring, specifically in lower-wage industries, service industries, hotels, hospitality. we're seeing those wage increases we have wan

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i asked benny thompson about the time frame. he doesn't know how long it will go. it will go as long as it takes. and what will they investigate? the root causes of this including donald trump's role, including the role of some republican members of congress and conversations that they had with donald trump in the run up to january 6 and january 6 themselves. when i asked benny thompson last night where wl this committee should investigate kevin mccarthy's phone call on january 6, he said that is part of the evidence that needs to be put out as part of the report. last week mccarthy told me he's open to speaking to the select committee. he's speaking to reporters in a matter of minutes. but this could move pretty fast. the question now is what will kevin mccarthy do? will he name members, what kind of members will he name and will they be some who voted to over turn the january 6 electoral results, all questions for republican leader as this investigation begins to take shape. >> kevin mccarthy has five to select. we see pelosi has made the selection of her eight a

so glad that benny thompson will be leading it for us.d so glad that it will be bipartisan from the start. we're proud that liz cheney has made the public -- excuse me liz cheney has made the public statements that she has made and that she has agreed to join the committee. another time she will say her why and her purpose. but she has spoken very clearly about the committee and that gives us great confidence that we'll be able to work in a nonpartisan way for the people. and as we go into the 4th of july, with great pride in the fact that we'll be closer to the truth because of the willingness of such a distinguished group to take this responsibility. thank you all very much. >> there you have house speaker nancy pelosi and the committee members that she has chosen to help lead this house select committee to investigate what happened. what led to the insurrection on january 6th. and liz cheney named as a republican. it was irning when she was asked to describe the conversations with congresswoman cheney and she said they're similar to he

i'm joined by the chairman of the select committee on january 6th, chairman bennie thompson.ew would be unacceptable in terms of people that kevin mccarthy might pick? is it just extremists like lauren boebert and marjorie taylor greene, or is it some criteria in your own mind about what would be unacceptable? >> well, thank you very much, joy, for having me. it's clear that this committee has to work. we're not interested in people who are distracters in doing the work. we can differ, but there's a process. committees operate by rules and regulations. as chair, i will make sure that we do that. i would hope that leader mccarthy gives members on this committee the respect they are due by putting people on there who want to find out what really happened on january 6th. rather than put people who are denying that anything occurred. all of the information you can see in the public sector, it was quite a show. and it almost cost the lives of a lot more people, members of congress, staff who work in the building, so what we have to do is take the charge that this committee has bee

representative bennie thompson chairs that select committee investigating the january 6th attack. i spoke with him a short time ago. chairman thompson, thank you so much for joining us. what can the american people expect to learn from this investigation that isn't going to come from the number of other investigations under way? >> well, the charge that this select committee is tasked with is looking at the circumstances and the facts surrounding what occurred, and coming up with a body of recommendations. we have a number of committees of some jurisdiction, but our charge is to collect all of the relevant committee information and sinthasize it into one repor so to some degree, we're singularly focused on january 6th. >> woouff: you have subpoena power, the committee does, do you expect to call former president trump, former vice-president pence -- >> let me just say we have the subpoena authority. if the facts themselves lead us to any individual, we will not hesitate to bring that before the committee. >> woodruff: so you are open to calling president trump. let me go on and as

january 6th committee bennie thompson making a plea on msnbc. >> i hope the senate works its wheel so we can keep people employed, we can continue to secure the capitol and give our opportunity of a committee review of exactly what went wrong on january 6th. we are concerned about it. >> we're also getting a brand new look at the violence that unfolded during the capitol riot as the justice department releases new video evidence. the doj making this footage public at the request of msnbc and other news organizations, and again we're warning you, it's violent and graphic. [ bleep ]. >> wow, just the relentness beatings. let's go to nbc's amanda golden joining us from capitol hill. what is the mood around the capitol as the fencing is coming down? >> reporter: alex, in stark contrast to the footage we just saw, there is a lot of relief, a lot of joy around the fencing finally coming down here at the capitol. we're seeing for the first time people being able to go up into the courtyard where you can then on the other side see the supreme court and then face the capitol on the other side.

buckle up. >>> january 6th house select committee chairman bennie thompson looking forward to the nextestions swirl over the remaining five spots on the committee. one still open after minority leader kevin mccarthy yanked all of his picks yesterday. sources tell nbc news congressman adam kinzinger is possibly under consideration to fill one of those spots. although thompson said he is the kind of person they want to have on the committee, no official announcement has been made. also reportedly under consideration, former gop congressman denver riggelman who would serve as an advisor to the committee and is currently meeting with the speaker in her office. he was supposed to be onset with us to talk but his meeting is apparently running long. they both alike have been outspoken about their party's role in propagating the big lie that lies at the heart of this capitol insurrection. >>> that's where we begin this hour. joining us former congresswoman donna edwards, "washington post" contributing columnist and msnbc contributor. sam stein, white house editor for "politico" as well as an m

democrats control the house in the chair is bennie thompson.he's not officially the ranking member of the committee, but democrats are going to let her give an opening statement after the chair gives his opening statement. what do you you -- what do you think about that? caller: i'm not afraid of what she has to say. i do not agree with her and i never agreed with her father, but she's a patriot who believes in the constitution and i like the way she handles her self onto the press and i believe she is a woman of integrity and i want to hear what she has say. host: ok. danny is a republican from arizona. good morning to you, danny. go ahead. caller: how are you? host: doing well. your thoughts this morning? caller: yes, ma'am, the so-called select committee is a sham, for one thing. and i want to know if it will come out, who was the person that killed that young lady at the capitol that day. thank you. host: ok, shelley, louisiana, republican line. caller: good morning. the way i feel about this is they have two republicans on their committee

representative benny thompson will lead the panel.ix other democrats, pelosi also named republican congresswoman liz cheney to the panel. cheney is one of only two republicans who voted in favor of forming this committee. minority leader kevin mccarthy now denying reports that he told gop members not to accept offers to sit on the panel or he would strip them of committee assignments. manu raju joins me. is mccarthy participating with this? >> reporter: we don't know yet. we have not heard whether or not he will name any of his five picks to this committee. he's in a bit of a difficultcan could get on the committee. also nancy pelosi, according to the resolution, has veto power over his picks. she can say no if mccarthy goes a way she disagrees with. i talked to the house select committee chairman benny thompson. he made clear nothing is off limits including potentially talking to donald trump and republican members of congress. >> you would not resist calling in donald trump? >> i would not. but from the standpoint of doing our work.

bennie thompson was head of homeland security for a long, long time.s been calling for, look into domestic terrorism for a long time. a lot of people may have missed that. benny has been saying things and calling attention to it. i think he knows that we know what happened and where it happened. what we don't know is why it happened and who made it happen. he intends to get to those last two questions and do so in a bipartisan way. >> what do you think? do you think former president trump should testify? >> if it comes to that, wherever the facts lead. they may be able to get what they want and need without him testifying. i would not want to see a former president testify in such a situation as this. but if that's what it takes to get to the bottom of this -- this is more than any one person. this is this country. we are celebrating today independence. since 1776 this country has been in pursuit of perfection, and we need to keep that pursuit going. we can't stop it. this is a great time for us to rededicate ourselves to what we all have been looking

thank you congressman bennie thompson.py fourth of july to you. >>> joining me now, senator bob casey, democrat of pennsylvania. senator casey, happy to have you here tonight. let me go right into it, as the big lie appears to be coming to your state, this week we learned that the republican majority state senate is now considering an audit of the 2020 general election results in pennsylvania. after prominent republicans visited arizona last month to oversee its audit, which turned up nothing. your response to the lie that won't die? >> reverend -- start with the word you just made reference to. they are talking about an audit. i think the better word is what someone came up with a few weeks ago. fraud-it, it's a fraud. there is no question when you talk about what they are trying to do -- [ indiscernible ] -- i was a state auditor general for eight years in pennsylvania. this is not an audit. it is an attempt to mislead the american people based upon a lie. and they are not going to get away with it. >> now, senator, on t

thank you congressman bennie thompson. happy fourth of july to you. >>> joining me now, senator bob casey, democrat of pennsylvania. senator casey, happy to have you here tonight. let me go right into it, as the big lie appears to be coming to your state, this week we learned that the republican majority state senate is now considering an audit of the 2020 general election results in pennsylvania. after prominent republicans visited arizona last month to oversee its audit, which turned up nothing. your response to the lie that won't die? >> rev rend -- start with the word you just made reference to. they are talking about an audit. someone came up with a better word a few weeks ago. fraud-it, it's a fraud. there is no question when you talk about what they are trying to do -- [ indiscernible ] -- i was a state auditor general for eight years in pens pen. this is not an audit. it is an attempt to mislead the american people based upon a lie. and they are not going to get away with it. >> now, senator, on three key democrati

i want to play sound from bennie thompson, who is in favor of the appointment, and then committee reject jim banks and his rye action as well. >> the contingentman is a welcome addition. he's demonstrated he can express his opinion despite what some of his republican colleagues might want him not to express. >> she claimed the reason she booted me from the committee was because of antics on the part of jim jordan and i. in hindsight, what i realize she means we were prepared to ask questions that no one else has asked. >> so, look, let me ask you this, jackie, is jim banks another kind of view the overarching view we can expect of republicans in washington right now? >> yes, i think what we just heard from jim banks is why bennie thompson and other democrats didn't w57b9 him serving. their red line was not that they had to vote in favor of joe biden's election certification, but it was that they weren't propagating disinformation and taking this investigation more seriously, conducting themselves respectably, and with decorum, in line with the institution. i have jim banks continues to p

benny thompson is the chair of the house select committee and chair thompson is very disturbing to hearwords. but this is exactly why you want to know what happened and what you want to look at for this committee. i know you've announced you'd like to hold the first hearing soon, july 21st or july 22nd with or without the republicans that minority leader mccarthy can still pick to join your committee. do you think you'll have to proceed without those republicans? >> we are prepared to move forward, we hope to have a fully populated committee but under the rules we have a form of the committee and we'll go forward. our first hearing will be from the rank and file capitol police somewhat you saw opening video there, nobody had a chance to talk to those individuals and we think it makes a good statement for the committee to start off making sure that those individuals put thoir lives on the line to protect all of us that day and they're appreciatuated and we need to hear from them. >> that's crucial and we do want to hear from them, all of them and each video showing horrible things in the

i also think that nancy pelosi especially and bennie thompson, they both want to make sure this isn't seen as some kind of political farce. that is something they are working very hard to make sure isn't a legitimate attack on what they're doing. that's why they started with these four officers. start with that emotional apea. don't try to go after one of the trump administration officials. go with that emotional appeal. go with and set the stage for what actually happened because a lot of us have been reading all types of testimony. a lot of us have heard from some of the leadership of that day. but this is the first time we really heard from officers who almost got their eyes gouged out, that one tried to come on their side, all of these kinds of things. i think something that moving forward what democrats and liz cheney and adam kinzinger want to do is make sure that they try to stay focused, put on the blinders and try as much as they can to keep the politics out of it. however, i will say we did a playbook event earlier this year with shawn patrick maloney, and he said, even thou

i know those conversations are taking place led by the speaker, the committee chair, bennie thompson, the other members of the committee. >> and i do want to ask you about the assault on voting rights in the u.s. president biden reiterated his support for the filibuster during our cnn town hall. how could he call this the fight of his presidency when he won't budge on the filibuster? >> well, in my conversations with president biden about a whole host of issues, he's respecting the fact that the house and the senate are separate and co-equal branches of government in terms of the legislative branch. and so it's my expectation that he's going to let the house and the senate work their will, perhaps weigh in at an appropriate moment. i respect the fact that the president concluded that now is not the appropriate moment. but what is clear, and president biden has illustrated this, that something has to be done to push back against the voter suppression epidemic that is taking place all across the country instead of republicans reacting to the violent insurrection, which threatened our de

joining me right now is the chairman of the house select committee democratic congressman bennie thompsond that republican adam kinzinger has in fact accepted the house minority leader kevin mccarthy has already responded saying that this is not going to be a serious investigation and that in his view this is now in step with what he calls the house speaker's plan as a preconceived narrative, the selection of these two. what's your response to that? >> well, obviously, minority leader mccarthy had an opportunity to do another way. as you know, i negotiated a 5-5 no member of congress committee with subpoena power and everything. he turned it down. today is 200 days from january 6th. congress has to do something. speaker pelosi is absolutely correct in doing what she's doing. if republicans want to fix what occurred on january 6th, they'll join the select committee. congressman kinzinger is a good person. he comes with excellent credentials. i look forward to working with him. >> and mccarthy had selected five, house speaker pelosi, you know, cited two of them, jordan and banks, not being

the one question that bennie thompson has kept off the table.ey couldn't have more police presence here to protect those guys to protect suswhat did they do last summer? they talk about defunding the police. they raise money to bail out rioters that attack police. when you talk about defunding the police and supporting people that attack police, it's tough to call out more of them to protect yourself on january 6. they're not going to address that question. they're going after president trump. >> trace: the democratic national committee pushing back against minority leader mccarthy and you saying the allies are slapping these capitol hill police officers in the face by making these comments. your thoughts. >> not at all. if i would have been there yesterday, leader mccarthy wanted me there but pelosi said no. i said you deserve to have the help here so this didn't happen to you. you deserve that. the only person that can answer why you didn't have the help you needed is the speaker of the us house of representatives. the one question. bennie tho

potential subpoenas coming soon according to the chairman bennie thompson.ke? >> all right, manu, thank you so much. and joining me now for her first national interview since today's hearing is republican congresswoma

you have multiple impeachment managers, benny thompson is part of the intell chair. >> we will be watching for you following up with house leader kevin mccar think near a little bit. we told you it would be a morning full of breaking news. chris jansing is picking up continuing coverage right now. >>> good morning i am kris jansing in for craig melvin. we have breaking news, we have this, two big decisions in the last hour. including one on voting rights that challengers say makes it harder for my know forties to vote. president biden will meet with first responders and families later today. search efforts are on because due to drurl turns there. officials just updated us last hour

look, chairman, bennie thompson, the house select committee chairman. msnbc yesterday that they are eager and could begin as soon as the next ten days for the hearing. take a listen to what he said. >> we expect to have a hearing within ten days to talk to the rank and file of the capitol police, to talk to the support staff who had to lied in closets and other things and then tasked with cleaning up the mess after the riot occurred. >> reporter: this hearing that he is talking about would focus on hearing from directly from capitol police officers who were present during the january 6th insurrection. look, democrats are eager to get started on this, regardless of the fact that house minority leader kevin mccarthy has not appointed his set of republicans to the committee. although we expect him to do that. there was questions whether he would or not. he apparently will but a question of when. the bottom line is democrats are eager to move forward with the committee. and i should say democrats and congresswoman liz cheney, the one republican appointed by

potential subpoenas coming soon according to the chairman bennie thompson. he told me they want to move quickly on this, potentially a second hearing could occur in august. jake? >> all right, manu, thank you so much. and joining me now for her first national interview since today's hearing is republican congresswoman liz cheney of wyoming who's one of two republicans serving on the january 6th select committee. congresswoman, good to see you, thanks so much for joining us. what did you think was the most important part of today's testimony? >> well, thank you, jake. it's good to be with you. i thought the most important part was the opportunity for the american people to hear directly from these heroes, these men who fought for us for them to hear first-hand accounts, to see footage that we hadn't seen before in some cases of exactly what they faced that day. the fact that these officers, particularly those on the west front were fighting to the death, and they had said that they, frankly, understood that they might die. and to hear, you know, the rioters a

i really appreciate benny thompson's statement today, that every option is owned table right now.is their mandate. he is going to see that through, in a way that i think is going to be highly productive, but also important in understanding would happen in the lead up in wood gaps there are still remaining to ensure that this never happens again. >> on the other side of that, however, that equation, his kevin mccarthy and adam kinzinger said this about the gop later, tim, let me read from it, kevin gave a great speech the week after january six and that he went to mar-a-lago and charge the petals and brought trump back to life. that's the moment when i realized oh, man, this is a problem. i will certainly talk to kevin if he wants to. but i don't see how we're ever going to come eye to eye on this until there is a recognition that we can't be the party of insurrection. >> i mean, tim, this seems just one example of the fundamental question right now for the republican party, is that the party of trump and mccarthy or liz cheney and kinzinger? is it even close? >> hey, chris. the fu

and bennie thompson told me that that decision will make it easier to get that kind of testimony.ndecided what the next hearing is going to be. they have not made that decision yet. they're still trying to figure out staffing issues, so they're still trying to get off the ground and get this investigation going, but it's going to take some time to get through all the information they plan to pore through that investigations that have already happened in various committees and are going to provide them with the information that they have already uncovered, so -- and they want to go through other information as well, so a lot of details that need to sort out, but the big question is, who will be the first ones hit with the subpoenas? according to the chairman, a lot of people will get them, alisyn. >> manu raju, thank you. >>> all right, there's a new marvel infinity war. it's just unleashed. "black widow" star scarlett johansson files a lawsuit against disney over the release of her new movie. so we'll tell you how disney is responding. >>> and join cnn for the w"we love new york c

for your time this morning. >> thanks for having me, poppy. >> let's start with the subpoenas, bennie thompsoncheney explained why they want to do it, gets things done a lot more quickly. my question to you then is when should we expect the first round of subpoenas to go out and can you give us some insight into who they'll be going to? >> i'll let the chairman speak for our plan and our agenda, the members will likely be hunding soon to talk about that. the chairman has been very clear this is something that's going to happen. we're going to be guided by the truth. first we'll continue to review the testimony of the four officers, as you mentioned, incredibly compelling and emotional testimony. they laid the groundwork and told us exactly what they wanted us to focus on, and that was on justice and accountability. >> they did. let's let people who may not have seen the whole hearing, listen to that part specifically, what some of those officers asked of you guys. here they were. >> -- need you guys to address if anyone in power had a role in this, if anyone in power coordinated, aided or abet

we heard that from the chair of this committee, bennie thompson.l us about that -- actually, that is your reporting. >> reporter: well, yeah, victor. i mean, look, asha brings up an important point that was brought up in the hearing. at the end of the hearing you heard these officers being asked what they want from this committee. i think it is an important thing that this committee has the ability to go places that perhaps the justice department will not go in its criminal investigation. you know, we have over 550 people already charged with crimes related to january 6th, but there's no sign that the justice department is going to try to interview president trump, mark meadows, kevin mccarthy, at least at this point there's no indication of that. so if this committee can do that, they certainly have the power to do that because, you know, those are not criminal matters. so that's one of the things that i think as asha just made reference to, the justice department has now notified some of the witnesses, some potential witnesses who have been calle

. >> bennie thompson opened up the first hearing of the select committee investigating the january 6st the assault with a graphic video of the attack. united states capitol police officer harry dunn was breathing hard just watching the video. is he one of four officers injured in the attack who testified before the committee. >> to be honest, physical therapy is painful and hard. i could have lost my life that day. not once but many times. >> the chairman said the committee will follow the facts in its attempt out what happened and prevent is tá from happening again. >> we know that efforts to subvert our democracy are ongoing and a major part of the select committee's work will be to find ways to eliminate that threat. >> the chairman said there is no place for politics as his committee searches for the truth. house minority leader discounts the investigation after the house vmea he nominated. she willon pick people wants as that becomes a failed committee and a failed report. a sham that nobody can believe. >> two republicans, agreed to sit on the committee. one said they will invest

and i appreciate bennie thompson saying, oh, we're not going for any written statements or compellingm to appear, we're going straight to subpoenas here because we know the doj has our back on this. >> leader mccarthy, i think we've got this sound for you, michael, was asked about potentially being subpoenaed. here is what he said. >> reporter: is it your position, the conference's position, to fight any subpoenas that may be issued against republican members including yourself? >> i think if they had, uh, the five members that, uh, we, the republicans, want to put on there, we would gladly go. but this is going to be the dccc. we see it as a sham, it's not serious. >> i get that's a no, michael? >> kevin, kevin, kevin. kevin. if you had taken this seriously and actually added five reputable republicans, and there are those who serve in that body, at least two of them are currently on the committee, if you had taken it seriously, you would probably have a different posture, but you didn't. kevin is just doing what kevin does here. you know, i think juanita is exactly right, democrats

this hour, i'll speak with the chairman of the january 6 select committee, congressman benny thompson. the insurrection hearing revealed never before seen video of police holding the line against rioters. we're putting together all the chilling images. standby for that. and the cdc is now urging many vaccinated americans to go back to wearing masks indoors as president biden is on the brink of new vaccine mandates for federal workers. i'll discuss it all. with the u.s. surgeon general. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we begin with an emotional and very powerful testimony about the capitol riot. let's go to our congressional correspondent ryan nobles. ryan, these officers shared graphic details of the horrors they faced on january 6th and the consequences. >> no doubt about that, wolf. this explosive hearing shocked many of us who thought we had learned so much about the capitol insurrection already. even the members of congress asking the questions seem surprised at the serious risk against their