today that committee's chairman, congressman bennie thompson who you see here, he's also head of the homeland security committee. today he sent out sprawling demands for documents and communications to all these different agencies, demands that are impressive in their scope. for example, from the national archives, they are demanding trump white house records and communications basically anything and everything that happened on january 6th, the day of the capitol attack. congresswoman liz cheney, one of the two republicans on this committee, had previewed that the committee should try to obtain records from the white house about every communication, every movement of any principal in the white house on the day of january 6th. they are indeed doing that. but they're also demanding records not just from january 6th but for days, weeks, and in some cases months leading up to it about, quote, planning by the white house and others for legal or other strategies to delay, halt or otherwise impede the electoral count. that's, for example, where the -- sidney powell and rudy giuliani communi

joining us now live, is the chairman of the january 6th elect committee, congressman benny thompson ofat state of mississippi. mister chairman it's kind of you to make time for us. tonight thank you very much for being here. >> thank you for having me rachel. >> let me just ask, i've tried to sort of put in a nutshell, the grand scope, the large scope of these requests that you and your committee have made, today, is there anything i am misunderstanding about? it or anything i'm sort of misconstruing in terms of its importance? >> no, question you're right on point rachel. as you know, house bill 5:03 charged this committee to get to the facts and the circumstances behind january six, that means we need to find out, what caused it. those individuals who participated in it, and then create a model, to protect this democracy so nothing like this will ever happen again. we have a new mission committee, of a patriots on it. to make sure that we do just that, so the letter you have referred to, it is exhausting. it goes into great detail, the detail that we will need to do our job. the info

benny thompson telling my colleagues last night, we have quite an exhaustive list of people that theydred people that make up a list of individuals we plan to contact. so again, this investigative strategy now coming into clearer light. it's still very early. things could change. it's fluid, but the scope is coming into focus. we have also reached out to members of congress. we understand and have spoken with former president trump that day, for example, jim jordan telling my colleagues, i've got nothing to hide. i've said that all along. i have nothing to hide. so brianna, again, a really important moment here as they start their work on what could be a very broad, you know, long lasting investigation. >> i will say sometimes you can run things through a translator on capitol hill, and i have nothing to hide comes to i do have something to hide. we'll see. i'm sure there are some things republicans do not want out there who are talking to the president. thank you so much. >>> former republican governor and congressman from south carolina mark sanford has a message for his party, igno

the panel's chairman congressman benny thompson says, quote, no reluctance to subpoena any member of congress whose testimony is germane if they resist cooperating voluntarily. joining me is a political correspondent for npr and the co-host of npr politics podcast. good morning to you. let's start with the infrastructure bill and the reconciliation bill. i don't know what you reporters on capitol hill call it. the little bill and the big bill and schumer said they're trying to get both bills done before the august recess. that's in nine days. >> that's an awfully ambitious goal. you know, look, what i will say is that just the fact that we saw this initial hurdle cleared for the bipartisan bill to me was a big step. you know, i cover president biden and the white house and looking at how much that president has pushed for bipartisanship, to me, it seems like there was some vindication in what he was showing and what democrats have suggested. and the idea that bipartisanship is still alive. but i have long said that what i think is the substance of that bipartisan bill matters less to

the committee's chairman, congressman bennie thompson, has also previously said that he starts to -- plans to start sending out the committee's first subpoenas as of next week. the investigation into the attack on january 6th isn't just about what happened that day during the attack and why the security arrangements in the capitol were insufficient to protect the building from being breached and members of congress being directly threatened. it's about that, but it's also about how the attack came to be. and who is culpable for arranging or indeed abetting the attack. chairman bennie thompson is confirming tonight it is hundreds of people for whom they're going to be seeking cell phone records, but if cnn's reporting is right, and among those people whose cell phone records are going to be sought are members of congress -- which ones? which members of congress are about to become part of this investigation? we don't know. presumably, we'll find out in good time. there are two very well known republicans in congress who have already admitted they were on the phone during the course of

house democrat bennie thompson chairs the select committee for the january 6 attack.rporate corporat cooperated but no one is out of bounds. he says that some subpoenas could be issued pretty soon. take a listen. >> they could probably be issued before the end of the august. i don't want to give you a date certain. we're in the process of making sure that we do it right. as you know, some of it will be contentious, some wouldn't be. at this point we'll just follow the facts. we have a plan put together. but there is nobody off-limits in this investigation. >> some of donald trump's biggest allies in congress are facing major questions about what they did and what they knew leading up to and during the capitol riot. >> reporter: six months after the insurrection, as the january 6 committee is readying subpoenas, many top republicans are under pressure about what they knew that day and who they talked to at the white house. >> did you talk to the former president that day in. >> i've talked to the former president umpteen times. >> i mean so january 6. >> yes, i mean i'

chairman bennie thompson is saying records from several hundred people. will this committee get everything they want, do you think? i'm sure they'll fight it, but they're asking for a lot. will they be able to get all of this? >> don, i do think they'll be able to get much of the information they have requested from the various departments and agencies. that's true. to the extent -- i'm sure that donald trump will try to fight some of the testimony that's going to be solicited from his former staff. mark meadows, his family, and others. i'm sure they're going to try to fight that legally, any request they think would be privileged. so i would watch that. but this document dump is going to inform the entire investigation. i'll tell you what, i would be very nervous if i were some of the congressional -- or at least house republicans who may have had conversations with the president. they're going to want to know what happened prior to january 6 and what happened shortly thereafter. i mean, even the georgia issue could -- you know, the georgia election inte

benny thompson that chairs the house homeland security committee released a statement saying he findsorism threat now is increasingly based on grievance based violence and conspiracy theories related to the election and former president trump, and all based on the big lie which continues to permeate over social media. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. >> thanks for that report. >>> still ahead, new voices emerging as proponents of democracy. judges presiding over cases over the insurrectionists. >>> this week's cnn hero is widows. she created an organization soaring spirits after the death of her husband. >> i would tell the nurse, tell him i love him, put the phone by him. sometimes i just go sit in the parking lot just to be close to him. april 13th he was gone. >> you imagine when someone dies, the worst day is the day they die. truth is, living without them is the hard part. but you have to make your way through. >> thank you for being here, showing up for each other. >> we hope people live, live through something that many times they didn't think they would survive. >> for more

chairman benny thompson set a two-week deadline for those materials to be turned over before he resortsn a flurry of letters the committee issued sweeping document requests to eight different agencies of the executive branch. the most significant request is to the national archives which now holds the records from the trump white house. according to the committee, they are seeking materials on the administration's attempts to derail the electoral college vote count as well as plans for the rallies leading up to january 6th and plans to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. they are investigating the big lie, seeking information about the former president's acknowledge of the election results and what he communicated to the american people about the election. they are requesting documents and communications relating to a sprawling list of subjects. a list that reads like a whose who in trumps effort to steal the election. people like rudy giuliani, michael flynn. the list includes alex jones of the fake news site info wars who claim he paid for the rally. ali alexander an organizer who

benny thompson confirmed the committee will send letters to telecom companies and social media outletsne calls and messages for people under investigation and those people include members of congress. whitney wild joins us now. so how many members of congress and what exactly are they trying to discover here. >>> >> reporter: well we don't know how many members but there might be hupndreds hundreds of t are targeted and so they're asking to preserve the records an then the subpoenas come and then they get the records an then thet get into the meat of the investigation. they look for communications between members of congress and the white house on the day of the riot and then the question is who either within members of congress or who within trump world were talking to people that might have been at the riot themselves. >> there have been public intimations about republican members of congress talking to some of the folks. >> right. and that is the big question. and that is what they'll drill down on. and this new piece of information that my amazing colleagues on capitol hill have br

benny thompson, the committee's chair confirming to cnn he wants tell lacombe companies to preserve phones of congress and kevin mccarthy, jim jordan spoke with trump on january 6th. whose records do you want to see? >> well, i'm going to leave it as you might imagine to the chairman to make those disclosures public or in a formal announcement. i can tell you this, we intend to be thorough. we want to know exactly what took place before january 6th that led to that tragic day and the violence of that day. anyone involved and anyone who had knowledge who would be assembling on that mall or the violence to come, anyone that funded it, what the white house was doing, people in the administration, what they were aware of and when, why we weren't reinforced in the capitol, why it took so many hours to send the national guard. so we want answers to all these questions and we're not afraid to ask them of anyone including members of congress, former members of the administration, current people that are serving within administration, anyone who has relevant information. >> yeah. listen, your answ

we're seeing congressman benny thompson, the chairman of the house security committee.came out with a statement today wailing against this, saying it is extremely disturbing that these grievance-based groups are now gaining traction, calling for violence and of course congressman thompson is pointing directly at the former president. >> people should see these crazy conspiracy theories don't hold up. there was one he was going to be reinstated today. >> yes. >> and it didn't happen. so take that as a clue this crazy stuff is wrong. >> all false. >> thanks so much. cnn senior commentator john kasich and former obama senior adviser david axelrod. how alarming is this new terrorism bulletin warning from the department of homeland security, do you think? >> well, i think we should take it really seriously. it underscores what i think is one of the fundamental challenges we have today, and that is the dissemination of conspiracy theories, disinformation. it started at the top with president. it starts at the top in some ways with president trump and the big lie about the ele

bennie thompson said that he doesn't want that to be the case but depending on the complexity of theow they slow walk it. because something that happened during the trump years was that they -- when congress asked for something, they would slow walk it. so how quickly they get this information is also going to tell us how long this investigation is going to go on. >> clint, this is the thing that i have been curious about since january 6th. people mention it, it kind of comes up in public and comes back. the fact that i -- that there is credible speculation and belief that there are members of congress who may have been complicit in providing information to the people who eventually attacked our capitol, when you hear this list of people whose information is being requested, do you think that is a sign that the committee is starting to circularly sort of hone in on members of congress, or do you think this is just casting a wide net at the beginning before they get more specific? >> as of right now, i would guess it's just casting a wide net, but there's really three polls that i thi

>> nicolle, i believe that up to the chairman, chairman bennie thompson of the committee.ssue subpoenas should the facts determine that that's what his course of action should be. of course, we know there are going to be many who are going to have to come before the committee, subpoena or not, because we have to get to the truth. we have to get to the bottom of this. the insurrectionists, the white supremacists almost completed a coup d'etat. they were responsible for the deaths of many. they came to assassinate members of congress, the speaker, the vice president. we must get to the bottom of it. the truth must be told by any means necessary. >> i want to get your thoughts as well on what feels like a legislative quagmire. you have senator manchin quite devoted to keeping the filibuster in place. you have the texas democrats basically in exile keeping their state from passing a voter restriction law there. what is the current state of talks? i know the house has done its work, but what is the status of a more narrow federal voting rights bill passing the senate? >> they'v

but the chairman of the committee, bennie thompson, telling us they're going to seek the records of some people as a result of this investigation. another member of the committee, jamie raskin, told me today that obviously they want to find information about people that were involved in the planning, the execution, both inside and outside on that day. when it comes to members of congress we know will be a part of this tranche of information they're looking for, there is a certain number of republican members of congress that were on the phone that day with the white house, specifically the house minority leader kevin mccarthy and jim jordan of ohio both have said they spoke to the former president, donald trump, on that day. so while the committee is not tipping its hand right now, that's a logical first place to look in terms of the information that they'll be in search of. >> norm, do you see any legal issues when it comes to obtaining phone records of sitting members of congress and can telecommunications companies deny the request from the committee? >> anderson, thanks for having me

that violence linked to conspiracy theories and false narratives, and congressman bennie thompson, whoe homeland security committee, he released a statement saying he finds it especially troubling that the terrorism threat now is increasingly based on grievance-based violence and conspiracy theories related to the election and former president trump and all based on the big lie which continues to permeate over social media. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. >>> the u.s. homeland security secretary is on the defensive, reassuring the public that the biden administration is working to control the migrant crisis at the southern border. it comes after alejandro mayorkas was heard in leaked audio obtained by fox news telling border patrol agents the current situation with migrants is, quote, unsustainable. >> we are not going to lose. we have a plan. we are executing our plan. it takes time, but we will not lose. >> the homeland security secretary went on to say that the number of migrants trying to cross into the u.s. is unprecedented. cnn's ed lavandera in texas with more. >> reporter:

complicated setting, and here this opening move of making requests or demand as committee chair bennie thompsonfrom executive branch agencies. thompson has given them a two-week deadline for compliance. if they're able to compromise and work out a schedule to turn over these materials, that will get them into the hands of the select committee the most quickly. of course, litigation would involve a little bit more time, and they're certainly looking to avoid that. whether trump will be able to assert, successfully assert executive privilege is an undecided question. it hasn't been formally decided, but the very strong weight of evidence and precedent here suggests that while he might be consulted this decision rests with president biden and he has previously, for instance, made it possible for trump era officials like acting attorney general jeff rosen to testify in an unrestricted fashion in front of other congressional committees. so we'll have to wait and see what happens here. the real problem is that trump could file a lawsuit and try to slow down the process. >> ah, okay. and the committee

listen to what benny thompson told us earlier today. >> we have quite an exhaustive list of people. that make up the list of individuals we plan to contact. >> reporter: and this could begin the process for them to begin an investigation which could then lead to subpoenas that and witness testimony. some of that testimony could be in front of an open public hearing and there is a long list of republican members of congress that could be targeted by this committee including the house minority leader kevin mccarthy. wolf? >> very dramatic, indeed. ryan nobles, thank you. let's go to tennessee where catastrophic flash flooding has left at least 21 people dead including twin babies. cnn national correspondent nadya romero is on the scene. >> reporter: in this intense cell phone video she shot from her roof, the moment she had been waiting for. >> they were picking up neighbors and family risk their own life and seeing that moment of my mom surfacing because i didn't know if she was alive is something i will never forget. >> reporter: naples on her roof looking and screaming for her moth

the chairman of the house select committee on the attack, benny thompson, told reporters his panel intendsa communication from several hundred individuals, including members of congress and does not rule out trying to get associates of mr. trump or his family. realize the ecosystems and what's happened on the right, in particular vaccine hesitation and now in this. >>> meanwhile, new historic developments in new york as a democrat kathy hochul takes over as the first woman to do so in the state. her full swearing in took place earlier this morning. she was officially sworn in midnight at the state capitol building. she joins the ranks of 44 other female governors in united states history. not new york history, united states history. 19 states have never had a female hold that title. hochul succeeds andrew cuomo, following sexual harassment allegations and impeachment inquiry after holding office more than a decade. she's scheduled to give her first virtual address to new yorkers later this afternoon. >>> all right. we learned that president biden is scheduled to give his remarks in afghani

benny thompson, representative, who is the committee chair, said he's willing to do just that.als in the white house, while the invasion of the capitol was going on is directly in the investigative sights of this committee and representative thompson said he's going to play hardball. i have no reluctance in issuing subpoenas for information. >> whitney outlined some of the people this may include and ma types of things are we talking about? >> really broad. if you want to know what happened inside the white house on january 6th the logical place to start is donald trump. that said, is congress going to want that circus? i'm doubtful. however, mark meadows in touch with trump that day. jared kushner. and this is where it's going to get really interesting, two members of the house, mccarthy and jim jordan both admitted talked that they had conversations with donald trump on that day. also, we know the committee is going to go out and get phone records, key communications and bringing me back to my prosecutor days. this is what a sample phone record from verizon will look like. it

chairman benny thompson demanded documents and xhupgss relating to several individuals, including threee banon, rudy giuliani, among others. eight federal agencies, most notably the national archives which maintains the white house's records. national political correspondent of politico who has been reporting on the january 6th insurrection in the aftermath and joins me now i slightly misspoke. the trump administration is no longer, of course, as a recipient of the request. so who are these requests directed to? and do they have the documents that are being asked? >> the requests are directed to the current officials who head the different agencies, so lloyd austin at dod, alejandro mayorkas at dhs and the head of the national archives. that's important because these are -- none of these people, obviously, are trump. the step that trump could take and a step he put out tonight which indicates he will, would be to sue to ask a judge to block the different components of the government from participating and from producing these records. and what trump could do is he could say this is a vi

now, to be fair, the committee's chairman, bennie thompson, has not ruled out holding hearings during the recess. investigators are still in the earliest stages of crafting their road map. that includes deciding which, if any former white house officials to pursue for testimony. not to mention the growing number of congressional republicans who have admitted having some contact with donald trump during or before the insurrection. subpoenaing them could lead to an unprecedented legal and political showdown. plenty for us to discuss with our saturday night panel. pete dominick is a stand-up comedian and host of the podcast "stand up with pete dominick." hayes brown is a columnist for msnbc daily. and ana marie cox is a political columnist and host of the podcast "with friends like these." glad to have these friends with us. after the testimony we heard on tuesday, i did not expect to watch all three and a half hours of that on my day off. once i turned it on, i was riveted. i could not turn it off, because they gave four different kinds of testimony with four very different kinds of int

i want to ask you, bennie thompson said there will be many subpoenas issued as part of the investigation and issued soon. who do you expect we'll see subpoenaed to appear before the committee? >> well, i don't want to get into naming names at this point. what we need to know is what happened. if you look at what is it going to take to find out what happened? it's going to take talking to a lot of people. it's going to take thorough investigations. we want to do this expeditiously. we want to get answers. we don't want to drag this out. we want to know -- i think this is like the shot we have as a country to get answers to what led up to it, what really happened and what happened in the aftermath. i would expect to see a significant number of subpoenas for a lot of people. the bigger thing is what is the message that's going to come out of this? the american people deserve the truth. they need the truth. even if there are some folks on some tv channels that don't want to talk about it, the truth needs to be out there for those folks' kids to know in the future. it's going to be a thorough

the chairman of the panel, bennie thompson, is nalling there will be no reluctance to subpoena any member of congress to testify, and they will seek the white house telephone and visitor logs to further investigate which lawmakers were in touch with the oval office that day. congressman thompson tells the "wall street journal," i would say between noon and 6:00 p.m., any call that went to the white house, you assume it had something to do with it. joining me is california democratic congressman pete aguilar, a member of the house appropriations committee. good to see you. thank you for being with us. when i heard elise stefanik and kevin mccarthy the other day talking about nancy pelosi being to blame, i thought it was sort of normal everyday rhetoric that comes from them. it's actually the beginning of another big lie. it's another thing. they're actually convincing people, and it's being played on other networks that somehow nancy pelosi and democrats were behind this, for those who already thought it was antifa and blm. >> it's wild, and it's dangerous. and this is behavior that we cle

we saw the chairman of that committee, bennie thompson, earlier today and he said they do plan to meetter this week. so there were -- continues even as, remember, technically this was supposed to be a recess time for the house. they've come back to deal with the budget infrastructure and the john lewis voting rights act. but we expect to get more movement as the days go on. >> certainly a lot of work to do. jessica dean for us on capitol hill. >> yes. >> thank you. >>> we now know more about how long your vaccine can fight the delta variant at full strengths. results of a new study coming up. (upbeat music) - [announcer] introducing the grubhub guarantee, our promise to deliver your order on time within the delivery window and for the lowest price compared to other apps, or you'll get back at least $5 in perks. think of what peanuts have given humanity! fuel for vast migrations! sustenance for mountaineering expeditions and long journeys across the world! but most importantly? they give us something to eat when we drink beer. planters. a nut above. your shipping manager left to “find t

companies in social media companies as part of its investigation, special committee chairman bennie thompson of congress. joining us now is neal katyal former -- animus nbc legal contributor. neil, can the committee obtain these phone records? >> while they can, and it's a sign, lawrence, of a very serious investigation. it's not something investigators would do on a lark, it's do because they think evidence is otherwise going to go missing. that tool doesn't always work against sophisticated, and it is used to pinpoint -- they aren't very sophisticated. and while maybe, they will do this, they will yield some information, what's significant to me is that it is a request to phone companies, showing that they don't trust people to voluntarily turn it over. >> what does it mean in terms of both legal ability to fight these requests, from people who suspect that their records would be involved? >> they can certainly try. i don't think they're gonna succeed. even president clinton for all of his fault, when he was faced with all of these requests turned over, reconstructed the entire email syste

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according to the chair benny thompson, they will request electronic records.letters to telecommunications companies and social media companies requesting they preserve documents. that's likely to come as unwelcome news to kevin mccarthy and jim jordan both who have been notably evasive about their phone calls with president trump on the day of the siege. for jim jordan they were so sensitive he waited six months to admit they happened at all. >> on january 6th did you speak with him before, during, or after the capitol was attacked? >> i'd have to go -- i -- i -- i spoke with him that day after. i think after. i don't know if i spoke with him in the morning or not. i just don't know. i'd have to go back and -- i78, i don't -- i don't -- i don't know that -- when those conversations happened. >> okay. by him, you mean president him? okay, let me think, did i speak to the president? he was the president, right? him? other republicans might also have reason to fear having their phone records scrutinized like paul gosart, mo brooks, andy biggs who helped plan the

committee chair, bennie thompson, refused to confirm which lawmakers would be targeted. mccarthy and ohio congressman jim jordan have said they spoke with the former president on the phone on january the 6th. # jordan has said he doesn't recall what they discussed or what time he spoke to then-president donald trump. congresswoman jamie herrera beutler said mccarthy told her he was trying to get the former president to call off the mob. some democrats objected to mccarthy's decision to originally choose congressman jordan for the select committee because they felt he may be a witness. a leader of the far-right militant group, meanwhile, proud boys was sentenced yesterday to more than five months in jail after pleading guilty to burning a black lives matter banner taken from an historic black church in washington during a pro-trump rally in december. enrique tarrio also pleaded guilty to attempting to possess a high capacity gun magazine, which investigators say he had with him when he returned to the city for the january the 6th protests of the electoral vote count in co

our select committee chaired by bennie thompson, they are uncovering many, many, many of the facts that took place. i think it is time -- i think after this testimony from mr. rosen, it is time for the republicans to reconsider their support for donald trump in terms of just the vulnerability and the damage that he has done and continues to do to our democracy. >> congresswoman, i guess my question then is, what comes next? i mean, how useful is this testimony. >> you say that now is the time. but how do you actually think this information can and will be used moving forward? >> well, hopefully, the information in a the public will begin to understand -- because of the information and the facts that are coming out, they will begin to see who is on their side. they will begin to understand that donald trump was leading this country into a dictatorship. they will begin to understand how vulnerable our democracy is and not support those members of congress, those republicans especiallies, who try to deny on january 6th a violent coup almost took place. hopefully the facts will educate the

document under domestic terrorism provided some analysis , an fbi official in 2020 to chairman bennie thompson stated that as recently as the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 approximately half of the fbi's domestic terrorism disruptions were arrests of racially motivated violent extremism. all but one being white supremacist violence. our work has often centered around the need for better data for both hate crimes and domestic terrorism investigations and prosecutions. we must have accurate data on the nature and extent on white supremacist violence and the political will to change the policies and practices that have generally overlooked its growth. to be clear, the scarcity of public data does not stem from a lack of relevant legal authority, which gets me to my second point. as we go after white supremacist violence, we must not take an approach that could harm some of the very communities we need to protect from this violence. we do not believe that we need a new charge of domestic terrorism. indeed, instead of expanding potentially harmful counterterrorism policies and a yet untransform

this weekend chairman bennie thompson announced riggleman will be brought on as a senior technical advisore washington post" reports, the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection at the capitol has hired former virginia congressman daniel riggleman as a senior staff member adding another republican to its ranks even as most gop lawmakers attack the committee as being too partisan. now three republicans work on the select committee. as riggleman publicly announced his new position, he stressed that the work goes beyond party lines. >> i have to say doing this might be one of the biggest things i have ever done in my life. that includes deploying almost 20 years ago right after 9/11 with the 34th bomb squadron out of mountain home air force base. we can't worry about the color of the jerseys anymore or whether we have an "r" or a "d" next to our name. it is time for us to look in a fact-based way at what happened on january 6th but to see what we can do to prevent it from happening in the future. >> the urgent work is underscored by the ongoing threat of violence fro

now, chairman bennie thompson has also said he plans to press the doj for access to the insurrectionists the ones who say donald trump told them to do it? that's what he's talking about. in the meantime, it's about keeping up the public pressure on the committee to make sure they hold these perpetrators accountable. president biden spoke some of his harshest words about the capitol rioters thursday as he signed a bill to award capitol police officers the congressional medal of honor. >> a mob of extremists and terrorists launched a violent and deadly assault on the people's house. it wasn't dissent, it wasn't debate, it wasn't democracy. it was insurrection. >> so, michael, you can bet we will definitely be watching. for those of you at home, if you've got burning questions about politics or policy that you need an answer to, holler at your girl. in 60 seconds or less, tell us your name, where you're from and record your question. you can send that in an email to cross connection@nbc.com. coming up, purging the voter rolls in georgia, the rise of hbcus, and we know we have to talk about

here is select committee chairman congressman bennie thompson last night. >> well, we're looking at alluite an exhaustive list of people. i won't tell you who they are, but it's several hundred people. >> thompson also said they will not yet be subpoenaing the records and will be sending a letter requesting them from major telecom and social media companies. he said he could not comment on the timing. >>> joining us frank figliuzzi former assistant director for counterintelligence at the fbi and host of "the bureau" podcast. donna edwards is back with us as well. frank, how important could these records be? what might we learn? >> first, this is a very logical investigative step that needs to be taken. in fact, i would say they need to do it now. they probably should have issued subpoenas long ago. i wish they would catch up and do this. i understand the logic in wanting to ask consent first. can you please ask the telecom carriers can you voluntarily submit these records to us, but on the other hand as soon as they get a no from the carriers they need to issue subpoenas. they're not li

it starts with the statement front committee chair bennie thompson.hen we hear from congresswoman liz cheney, one of the two republicans on the committee. followed by statements from police officers in the capitol on january 6. >>> a quorum being present, the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol will be in order. the select committee is meeting today to receive testimony on the law enforcement experience on january 6th. without objection, the chairs are authorized to declare the committee in recess at any time. i recognize myself for an opening statement. let me say a few words about this committee's work and how, as chairman, i plan to run things. we're going to be guided solely by the facts. the facts of what happened between january 6th in the run up to that tragic day, and what has taken place since. that is what we are charged to do by house revolution 503. there is no place for politics or partisanship in this investigation. our only charge is to follow the facts where they lead us. while we have a

many criticized turner openly, like representative bennie thompson of mississippi who referred to ms. know it all. brown's victory is a sign of a recent trend following moderate eric adams recent women over progressives in the new york city mayoral race. terry mccall lif's victory, and biden's win in the presidential primary. shontel brown, good to have you. >> congratulations, this must be such an exciting time for you. for a long time, this was seen as nina turner's race to lose. she was ahead in early polling by big margins. how did you do it? how did you win last night? >> well, thank you very much for having me this morning. i think that this was -- this came down to results. i have been a legislator for nine consecutive years here in the district, so if all politics is local, i am as local as it gets. long before we get the national attention, i had earned the support of more than 100 local elected officials, people who know what the needs are on the ground. those include people like city council members, mayors, school board members, precinct votes, and so that was always our p