those were false denials from the army that charles flynn was involved. today general flynn explained to the house over sight committee he was involved in the decisions and in that planning.flex even though, like i said, he didn't have answers for what went so wrong and why it took five hours to get there. we don't know why the pentagon lied initially about general flynn and said he wint involved in the decisions. we also don't know why the pentagon sat on its hands for hours instead of sending anyone to help, even though they very well knew exactly what was going on and were directly fielding er panicked calls from lawmakers asking for help. we also don't know whether general charles flynn and his brother mike flynn were in communication at all about anything on that day of the attack, or anything in the lead up to the attack. we don't know that at all. so, that's very unsettling. general charles flynn since been put in charge of all u.s. army t forces in the pacific. while his brother mike is currently touring the country, appearing at events marketed to

about what happened there, the pentagon initially made false public statements saying that general charles flynn, mike flynn's younger brother had nothing to do with fielding any of those requests for help or taking part in any of the decision-making about whether or not the national guard would actually be deployed to help save the capital. those were false denials from the army that charlie flynn was involved. today, general flynn explained to the house oversight committee that he was involved in those decisions and in that planning, even though, like i said he didn't have answers for what went so wrong and white sox that guard five hours to get there. we still don't know why the pentagon lied initially about general charles flynn when he said he was involved in those decisions. we also still don't know why the pentagon sat on its hands four hours instead of sending anyone to help even though they very well knew what was going on and directly fielding panicked calls from lawmakers asking for help. we also don't know whether general charles flynn and his brother mike flynn wearing communication

was a general charles flynn. he is the younger brother of trump national security adviser michael flynn. who of course called on trump supporters to come to the capitol january 6. who publicly called on trump to declare martial law and have the military take over the country and rerun the election and swing states. where trump lost. michael flynn's brother on january 6th was the deputy chief of staff of the united states army. which he described essentially being the chief operating office of the army. after the attack happened on january 6 on hard questions started to be asked about why the national guard wasn't there. why they took so long. request after request produced no help. for hours and hours. when hard questions first started to be asked about what happened there the pentagon initially made false public statements saying that general charles flynn had nothing to do with fielding any of the requests for help. or taking part in any of decision making about whether the national guard would be deployed to s

. >> fbi director christopher wray is in the front of the screen, charles flynn, qanon supporter, general michael flynn, he was on the call as d.c. governor u.s. capitol police were asking for u.s. national guard troops. wray highlighted the biden administration's new strategy to combat domestic terrorism. merrick garland announced the plan earlier today and tied the new strategy directly to the january attack on the capitol. jessica schneider is with us now. what have we and what are we expecting to hear from director wray? >> reporter: he is talking about the january 6th capitol attack addressing questions on that. he highlighted the fact that the fbi is still very concerned about the threats posed particularly the growing threat of domestic terrorism. this of course was something that attorney general merrick garland focused on this morning when the administration rolled out its first ever national strategy for countering counterterrorism. so we're hearing fbi director wray and stressing the fact that he has repeatedly raised the red flag about the uptick in incidents stemming from rac

general charles flynn rushed to put a plan into motion with all the right personnel. general flynn's interpretation of the urgency allowed army staff to identify critical actions and considerations we needed to address rapidly. we needed to redeploy d.c. national guard from locations throughout the district, recall soldiers from their civilian work waste, organize them into units, equipped the forest, prepare deployment plan with locations, routes, linkup locations, hazard evacuation, for the use of doors, determine if the d.c. guard would be armed, and how and where d.c. national guard would be deputized. while we continued planning, the secretary of the army went into the district and went -- and met with the chief and the mayor to coordinate. by four: 32, we had an approved plan and at 4:35 p.m., the secretary of the army ordered the d.c. national guard to move to the capital -- to move to the capitol. army staff continue to conduct planning, receive forces, identify material needed, where it could be found and deployed to enhance protection of the capitol. january

finally, we will hear from general charles flynn, who is the commanding general of the u.s. army pacific. the witnesses will be unmuted so we can swear them in. please raise your right hand. do you swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god. >> i swear. >> let the record show that the witnesses answered in the affirmative. without objection your written statements will be made part of the record. with that, director wray, you're now recognized for your testimony. >> good afternoon chairwoman maloney, ranking member comer and members of the committee. thank you for this opportunity to talk about the siege at the capitol on january 6th. it's been more than five months since the violence and destruction of that day, and i'm no less appalled and determined to do our part to make sure it never happens again. on january 6th, our country witnessed an angry mob at the u.s. capitol in a failed attempt to interfere with our democratic process. an assault where you, members of congress, were victims bu

today we also welcome general charles flynn, and lieutenant general walter hyatt. who worked on the army staff on january 6th. neither of these career military officers was in the direct chain of command on january 6th, but they both participated in key discussions about how the national guard should respond. that response took far too long. documents obtained by the committee show that beginning at 1:30 p.m. top officials at the defense department received at least 12 urgent requests for help. from the capitol police, the mayor, and other officials. but after a series of delays, the national guard did not arrive until 5:20 p.m., more than four hours after the capitol perimeter was breached. this is a shocking failure and today we intend to get to the bottom of why it happened. at our last hearing, i was deeply dismayed that some of my republican colleagues denied basic truths about that day. so let's be clear. the attack was an insurrection. it was not a peaceful protest. or a normal tourist visit. it was an insurrection. you don't have to take my word for it. the

so you also heard from army general charles flynn today. he's the brother of that disgraced big lie and coup promoter, michael flynn, general walter piatt, general army staff. did they clear up whether mistakes were made in deploying the national guard during the attack, or the lack of deploying them early enough? >> unfortunately, no. they weren't able to shed any light on this issue or explain why there was such a delay between the time that urgent requests were made for assistance and when the assistance actually arrived. and, again, that is a big unanswered question, and that's why we need that bipartisan commission that you talked about in the earlier segment to get to the truth of why there was such a delay and how to prevent that from happening again. >> tonight the house overwhelmingly passed legislation to award congressional gold medals to two police officers who defended the capitol on january 6. i was just talking to amanda about this. 21 of your gop colleagues in the house voted against it. what did you think of that, congressm

capitol police inspector general michael bolton, and general charles flynn.security advisor, qanon supporter michael flynn. >> and newly released emails show just how far former president trump and his allies went to try to overturn the 2020 election results. the emails, released by democrats on the house oversight committee, show many examples of president trump and his allies pressuring the acting attorney general, jeffrey rosen, to consider these false and outlandish fraud claims. at one point, trump's chief of staff, mark meadows, tried to arrange a meeting between rosen, the fbi, and trump's attorney, rudy giuliani, to talk about a conspiracy theory that italian satellites somehow changed votes to biden. rosen refused that meeting. meadows even sent rosen a youtube clip about those satellites. rosen forwarded that to his deputy attorney general, who called it, quote, pure insanity. so, let's bring in texas congresswoman sheila jackson lee. she joins us now. she's a member of the house judiciary committee. congresswoman, thank you very much for being here

number of officials about the attack, what led to it including the fbi director christopher wray, charles flynn, michael flynn's brother, mind you, and the captain police inspector general. the committee has released correspondence in the runup to the january 6th siege. they reveal the extent to which the president and the team around him were at the time pushing the justice department to act, to embrace crazy lies about the election that somehow it was stolen from him. and amid it all speaker pelosi has huddled with leading house democrats and their next step in investigating the siege and whether another push for an independent commission. let's try to get our arms around all of this right now. joining me now, we have our justice correspondent and sat down with mayor mayorkas and ben collins, senior reporter, of course following this rapidly evoling threat particularly as it shows up online. so, pete, let me start with this sort of, obviously, today was, you know, that intentional roll out, if you will. right. the white house. justice. you speak to department of homeland security. they're cer

what more do you want to hear from him and also charles flynn, the brother of michael flynn.ou because he was the deputy army chief of staff at the time of the insurrection. what do you expect from him? >> well, christopher wray is an honorable public servant but he went to the judiciary committee and said we have to do better. i'm going to take a hard look at it. 49ers coach were to say that after a season, that wouldn't cut it. he needs to be more specific. what were the failures? why did it go wrong? and what specifically is he going to do? in terms of the deputy chief of staff to the army, there has to be an explanation to the american people on the time line. why is it that people called for help almost four hours before the national guard went in even though it took them 12 minutes to get there? this was an attack on our country, on our democracy. and it shows weakness. we have to show the world that we will never let it happen again. >> congressman ro khanna. >> john, you have a great memory. i'm impressed. you interview so many people. i'm impressed. >> you're the onl

the house oversight and reform committee questioned fbi director christopher wray and general charles flynn, who happened to be the brother of disgraced michael flynn, trump's q-happy former national security advisor and promoter of the big lie. but instead of focusing on what was clearly an intelligence failure, the party of trump continued to downplay the horrors of january 6th. listen to some of the questions they asked today. >> i want to focus a little bit on the people who didn't do any physical damage, didn't engage in any physical contact with the police, and at least appeared to me that day to be allowed in the capitol. >> do you believe that you had come under political pressure from leading democrats in this committee who want you to arrest 500 more people? >> why hasn't that officer that executed ashli babbitt been named when police officers around the country are routinely identified after a shooting? >> joining me now is congressman krishnamoorthi. thank you for being here. congressman, i want to start with you on this. did you feel that this hearing with republicans essential