' screams of pain in that doorway when they were trying to kill him, but daniel hodges was winningan williams" starts now. >>> good evening once again. i'm chris jansen in for brian williams. day 189 of the biden administration, and today we heard from four of the police officers who were on the front lines of the battle to defend capitol during the insurrection carried out by donald trump supporters. they testified at the first hearing of the bipartisan house committee investigating the events of january 6th. a hearing that took place at the scene of the crime where

but daniel hodges was winning, and he was saving lives.ening once again, i'm chris -- in for brian williams. day 189 of the biden administration. and today, we heard from four of the police officers who are on the front lines of the battle to defend the capitol during the insurrection carried out by donald trump supporters. they testified at the first hearing of the bipartisan house committee investigating the events of january 6th. a hearing that took place at the scene of the crime, where both lawmakers, and law enforcement, were witnesses. we watched the right unfold hour by hour on january 6th, but today, the select committee

officer daniel hodges, a member of the civil disturbance area in the d.c.metropolitan police department, where his responsibilities include riot response. prior, he served six years in the 116th infantry regiment as an indirect fire. -- u.s. capitol police officer harry dunn is a 13-year veteran of the united states capitol police and a member of its first responder unit. ensuring the integrity of the perimeter around the capitol building. among the first of police officers to describe what happened to law enforcement on january 6. i'll now swear in our witnesses. witnesses, please rise and 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. thank you. you may be seated. let the record reflect the witnesses answered in the affirmative. without objection, the witnesses' full statement will be included in the record. i now recognize sergeant gonell to summarize his testimony. >> good morning, everybody. >> good morning. >> chairman thompson, members

but daniel hodges was winning, and he was saving lives. that is tonight's last word, the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. >> good evening once again, i'm chris -- in for brian williams. day 189 of the biden administration. and today, we heard from four of the police officers who are on the front lines of the battle to defend the capitol during the insurrection carried out by donald trump supporters. they testified at the first hearing of the bipartisan house committee investigating the events of january 6th. a hearing that took place at the scene of the crime, where both lawmakers, and law enforcement, were witnesses. we watched the right unfold hour by hour on january 6th, but today, the select committee released new video of the attack during the hearing. just a warning, some may find this video disturbing. [noise] >> watch out, watch out. [noise] [noise] along with that video came harrowing testimony from officers who are under attack as they fought for hours, trying to hold the line against the rioters. we should warn you, som

reporter: police officer daniel hodges shown being crushed between the capital doors urged congress to. >> i need you guys to address, if anyone in power had a role in this. reporter: another police officer recalled being taunted. >> no one had ever, ever, called me a [beep]. reporter: just to republicans defined their party. >> you guys made individually feel a little broken, but you guys won. you held. >> you hear former president trump say "it was a loving crowd, a lot of love in the crowd". how does that make you feel? >> it's upsetting. it's a pathetic excuse for his behavior, for something he himself helps to create. i'm still recovering from those hudson kisses that day. reporter: the house committee saw previously unseen video, some of it graphic, profane, and threatening. >> tell speaker pelosi we are coming for her. [beep]. reporter: five people died on capitol hill, but despite the presence of two republicans, the party is largely refusing to cooperate, in solidarity with donald trump. kevin mccarthy says the hearing is nothing but political theater. >> it becomes a failed c

metropolitan police officer daniel hodges. this is mike fanone, also with the metropolitan police.suffered a heart attack after being beaten by trump supporters. >> at some point during the fighting, i was dragged from the line of officers into the crowd. i heard someone scream "i got one!" as i was swarmedy a violent mob, they ripped off my badge, they stripped me of my radio. they seized ammunition secured to my body. they began to beat me with their fists and with what felt like hard metal objects. at one point, i came face-to-face with an attacker, who repeatedly longed for me and attempted to remove my firearm. i heard chanting from some in the crowd. "get his gun!" "kill him with his own gun." i was aware enough to recognize i was at risk of being stripped of and killed with my own firearm. i was electrocuted again, and again, and again, with a taser. i'm sure i was screaming, but i don't think i could even hear my own voice. my body camera captured the violence of the crowd directed toward me during those very frightening moments. it is an important part of the record, for t

metro police officers michael fanone and daniel hodges and haley dunn and sergeant aquilino gonell talk about their struggles to defend the capitol, motivating the newly named capitol chief of police to come out of retirement. >> if you would have asked me on january 5th, do you want to be a police chief again, i would have said, no, i'm fine. i'm enjoying retirement. the events of january 6th changed that. >> reporter: one new member, adam kinzinger tapped by nancy pelosi joining seven democrats and one other republican, liz cheney. 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 t

metro police officers michael fanone, daniel hodges and two others will testify about their struggles to defend the u.s. capitol on january 6th. some of the personal experiences motivating the newly named chief of the capitol police to come out of retirement. >> if you would have asked me on january 5th do you want to be a police chief again? i would have said, no, i'm fine. i'm enjoying retirement. the events of january 6th changed that. >> reporter: one new member on the committee is reamian adam kinzinger of illinois, appointed by house speaker nancy pelosi over the weekend joining the seven democrats and two republicans now, kinzinger and liz cheney. the hearing set to start at 6:30 a.m. and it will include testimony today focusing on law enforcement with statements from both thompson, the chair, and liz cheney. back to you. >> all right, tracie potts in washington this morning, thank you. >>> and you can watch that hearing live on nbc lx or 11-5 over the air that starts around 6:30 this morning. >>> and developing right now oakland police still saying little about the strong-arme

daniel hodges who was one of the metropolitan d.c. police officers who testified today, he was treated differently by the crowd, and i'd like to run a clip 14 if we have that ready. >> pthey didn't say anything especially zxenophobic to me bu to my black colleagues and anyone who is not white. and they would -- some of them would try to recruit me. one of them came and said are you my brother? and there are many known organizations with ties to white supremacy. that had a presence there. 3%ers, keepers y. people who associate with donald trump i find more likely to subscribe to that kind of belief system. >> chief gainer, what was your reaction? i mean, that's a pretty jarring disparity there. you have these terrorists, these in insurrectionists hurling racist epithets. and yet, to one of the white officers, they were trying to in his view, recruit him. >> yeah. i think it demonstrates the sickness of so many of the people who were in that crowd that they think they can divide any of us by either how we dress or who we live with, or w

. >> the fourth officer is daniel hodges. you'll remember him, the officer beaten and crushed between two doors in that horrific video that emerged in the hours after january 6th. we'll show it to you this one time, that is one of the officers who will be testifying today. he thought he was going to die. he thought this could be the end or i could not get out of this completely intact. those are the people we will hear from today, the people who will be testifying. carmen, let me go to you and cedric, we want you weigh in as well. talk about what it means to have the officers who are in positions of law enforcement here to be speaking so openly and publicly about not just the physical trauma but frankly the mental trauma they suffered as well. >> it's critically important. when i see the videos and pictures of what happened to the officers and hear their account, i find it very frustrating, very angry about it, and it's highly disappointing to hear the distractions from others not focusing on the truth of the matter. these of

. >> reporter: men like daniel hodges, the officers who was crushed in that door.utting their private anguish on public display. >> directly in front of me, a man seized the opportunity of my vulnerability, grabbed the front of my gas mask, used it to beat my head against the door. >> january 6th, for the first time, i was more afraid to work at the capitol than in my entire deployment to iraq. >> reporter: the law enforcement officers' testimony a dramatic opening to the hearings, pushing back against those downplaying what happened on january 6th. >> the indifferece shown to my colleagues is disgraceful! >> there's really nothing more important, at least in my lifetime, than these hearings and getting to the bottom of how the chaos and carnage of january 6th happened. this is extremely serious in terms of not just human lives, but also the sanctity ofurcry m >> reporter: despite praising the officers, some are brushing this investigation off as political theater. >> i don't think this hearing is about figuring out what actually happened that day, i think this hea

officer daniel hodges was trapped between the door and rioters and described an attacker as foaming at the mouth. >> if i stay thursday i would pass out from lack of oxygen or get dragged out into the crowd. >> reporter: the severely outnumbered officers said they feared for their lives as the angry crowd closed in. >> you're going to die tonight! >> i could feel my -- myself losing oxygen and recall thinking to myself, this is how >> heard chanting from some in the crowd, "gegun kill wiis gun." >> reporter: one officer testified the crowd hurled racial slurs at him. >> one woman in a pink maga shirt said, "you hear that, guys, he voted for joe biden." >> reporter: officers urged the committee to place blame for the breach on former trump. >> all of them were telling us trump sent us. >> if a hit man is hired and he kills somebody, the hit man goes to jail, but not only does the hit man go to jail, but the person who hired them does. it was an attack carried out on january 6th, and a hit man sent them. >> reporter: while democrats promise a thorough investigation, many republicans cont

and in doing so, betray their oath of office washington metropolitan police officer, daniel hodges, seen in a viral video. being crushed between the capital doors by writers, urged congress to act. i need you guys to address if anyone in power had a role in this, we're not allowed to join us capital police officer harry dunn recalled being taunted with racial slurs. no one had ever ever called me. and while wearing the uniform of a capital police officer, just 2 republicans joined the panel defying their party to question the officers. you guys may like individually feel a little broken and she got his line. you guys, hell you hear the former president, trump say quote, it was a loving crowd. there was a lot of love in the crowd. how does that make you feel? it's upsetting? is a pathetic excuse for his behavior for something that he himself helped to create this monstrosity. i'm still recovering from those hogs. in cases day the the house select committee saw previously unseen video. some of it graphic, profane and threatening the the i people died on capitol hill on january 6th. but des

>> reporter: officer daniel hodges. >> there were significant number of men dressed in tactical gear attending the gathering, wearing ballistic vests, helmets, goggles, military face masks. >> reporter: what happened to officer hodges in the capitol recorded on video for the world to see. and even today, clearly painful to watch. >> directly in front of me a man seized the opportunity of my vulnerability, grabbed the front of my gas mask and used it to beat my head against the door. he switched to pulling it off my head, the straps stretching against my skull and straining my neck. >> reporter: finally officer harry dunn. a 13-year veteran of the capitol police, describing a faceoff with the racist mob. >> i told them to just leave the capitol and in response they yelled, "no man, this is our house. president trump invited us here. we're here to stop the steal. joe biden is not the president. nobody voted for joe biden." i'm a law enforcement officer and i do my best to keep politics out of my job. but in this circumstance i responded, "well, i voted for joe biden. does my vote not c

c. metro police officer, michael for known an officer daniel hodges here is a little snippet of each of their emotional testimony from earlier today. i told him to just leave the capital and in response to yield. no man, this is our house. president trump invited us here. we're here to stop to steal. joe biden is not the president. i too will been crushed by the riders. i could feel myself losing oxy and i recall thinking to myself, this is how i am going to die. defending this entrance, he bashed me in the head and face with an rupturing my lip and adding additional injury to moscow. at this point, i knew i can sustain much more damage should remain upright. i feel like i went to hell and back to protect him in the people in this room. but too many are now telling me that hell doesn't exist or that hell actually wasn't that bad. the indifference shown to my colleagues is disgraceful. and scotty, you know, one of the things that the officers at the end of the hearing were asked by the panel of what they wanted after all of this. and they said that they just wanted the investigation t

his name is daniel hodges. he begged congress to take action. he says he wants to know if anyone in power played a role in this that's a direct shot across the bow. it seems that then president donald trump, who urged his supporters to march to the capital. hodges also talked about the trauma. that the entire incident had on all of the officers and another officer, a black officer, said that he had been called the n word multiple times that day. each of them recounting these were trump supporters. people carrying trump signs and make america great. again, signs, making sure that people understood these were not people from the black lives matter movement. these are not people from and t for these were trump supporters who had been urged by the president to go to the capital. we also saw some new video video. we had not seen before in which a man picks up a phone and pretends to talk to nancy pelosi saying, we're coming after you. that is that democratic house speaker, and then saying the same of mike pence then the vice president who famously re

ongoing wave of people who believe in president trump, and i'm also struck by the idea that officer daniel hodge said this was a white nationalist insurrection and thread hose two together and where -- and the threat that still continues here. ryan: yeah. race was a major component of this and overwhelmingly white crowd. i think in terms of the threat that is facing -- i remember talking -- immediately after the elecon i spoke with an f.b.i. informant. this is less than a week afterwd and this is when trump was spreading all these lies about the stolen election. and what he told me he predicted exactly what was going to happ. he said that donald trump is walking these people to the line. and then when they do something about it, he's goi to say i didn't tell them to do that. and that's exactly what happened. because this is a situation where if you actually beeve that the election was stolen, if you actually believe that this was 17762.0, 1776 wasn't a peaceful event. that was a violent event and you believe the election is being stolen some people who believe that will do something about it and

. >> phil, to you, i want to get to officer daniel hodges, and he was asked why he addressed the attack as a white -- he said the attack was overwhelmingly white males. then he said this. >> they didn't say anything especially xenophobic to merks but to my black colleagues and anyone who is not white and they would some of them would try to, try to recruit me, one of them came up to me and said, are you my brother? >> what does that say? that these rioters, these insurrectionists, overwhelmingly white males tried to recruit him for the insurrection? >> how much pain do you want? let me tell you as a white guy. this country went through saying the italians were not welcome because they were catholics. they had laws get chinese immigration 120 years ago. we inturned asian people, and we told gay people they were not allowed to marry and women were not allowed to vote. if we think this does not represent america, it's not that america is not great, we have to look in the mirror and say, unless we look higher including looking to the political leadership to say, take us higher, this is who

. >> office daniel hodges who was crushed in a doorway piby riote. >> he was able to get my baton and beat me with it and practically foaming at the mouth. >> patripatriotism, law and ord freedom, liberty. these are the ideas that the republican party long claimed to hold. what happened to them? how can they look these men in the face and -- men and women in the face who defended them? who defended democracy that day. they can't. some will try to cover up what happened that day to distract and pull stunts. why do you think they wanted jim jordan on there? you know why. don't let them -- don't fall for the okie doke. let's try to get to the truth, okay? >>> i told you about this a little earlier as i was talking to chris, next, you have to stick around for this. they had a party on july 6th. they were not vaccinated. he thought he had a hangover. then he went to the hospital testing positive for coronavirus. they're doing to join me. there they are, right after the break. you need an ecolab scientific clean here. and here. which is why the scientific expertise that helps operating room

. >> michael finance fellow officer at the metropolitan police officer, daniel hodges, also testified today. just 32 years old, officer hodges is a member of the civil disservice unit. on the morning of january 6th, his unit was assigned to maintain high visibility near presidents part where the president at the time, donald trump, was speaking at a rally. early in the afternoon, as the right began, they were ordered to respond to the capital where this utterly horrific scene took place. officer hodges is the man you see here being crushed in a door frame as he attempted to keep the mob from entering the building. officer hodges described those people as terrorists and it described the many attacks they waged on him as fellow officers. they threw an heavy object at him, hitting him in the head making him disoriented. another attempted to gouge out his right eye and yet some of those terrorists claim to be supporters of the police. >> terrorists are attempting to breach the metal fencing it was the only barrier we had aside from ourselves. the sea of people was punctuated throughout fl

carlson to put on the body armor and go and the and hand to hand combat like mike fanone, and daniel hodges, and sergeant gonell did that. day we are not asking for that courage. we are just asking for the decency to acknowledge what they did and recognize the truth of what happened today to our country, in nearly died, sadly it is on life support today. >> the decency question, i think most of your colleagues across the aisle are not so indecent that they would keep that scorn. i would bet, even the people in scorn wouldn't do it to harry dunn's face. much easier to say it here. there's also just some ears plugged, see no evil, hear no evil, let's avoid the whole thing. i think that's cast something over the capital of the past month >> i've done a lot with done, and i saw him before, this harry dunn. now you do see members, chris, they walk by him, they kind of put their head down. i think it is a little bit of guilt that he is being treated the way that he is and that, they might not be saying it themselves, but they are enabling kevin mccarthy and marjorie taylor greene and andrew clyde

and perhaps soon be able to answer the question on all of our minds as we watched what officer daniel hodges unfold. how could this have possibly have happened in america? >> it's my perpetual confusion. i saw the thin blue line flag, symbol of support for law enforcement more than once being carried by the terrorist as they ignored our commands and continued to assault us. the sting of cs gas and oc spray, which is mace hung in the air as the terrorists threw our own cs gast cans back at us. i learned at least one of them was spraying us in the face with wasp spray. >> how could this have happened in america? i just hope our democracy is ready for that answer. >>> next, are you flying any time soon? would it surprise you to know that this is now how flight at at at attendants train. it would be cool to ride a horse on the moon. after my dvt blood clot... i was uncertain... was another around the corner? or could things take a different turn? i wanted to help protect myself. my doctor recommended eliquis. eliquis is proven to treat and help prevent another dvt or pe blood clot. almost 98 per

there's officer daniel hodges. you remember he was crushed by rioters? >> i remember him foaming at the mouth. he also put a cellphone in his mouth so he had his hands both free to assault me. eventually he succeeded in stripping away my gas mask. a mob of terrorists were coordinating their efforts now shouting heave, ho, as they synchronized pushing forward. the man in front of me grabbed my baton and in my current state i was unable to retain my weapon. he bashed me in the head, rupturing my lip and adding additional injury to my skull. >> he testified about the people he called terrorists. threatening that he would die on his knees, others carrying thin blue line flags while attacking the police that they claim to support. >> a man attempted to rip the baton from my hands and we wrestled for control. i retained my weapon. after i pushed him back, he yelled at me, you're on the wrong team. cut off from our leadership which is at the front of our formation, we huddled up and assessed the threats surrounding us. one man tried and failed to build a rappor

we're heal from harry dunn, officer ganal and metropolitan police officer daniel hodges. they will present evidence very much like you did at the impeachment trial, evidence that matches up with images that many of us have seen and are familiar with that you describe this medieval attack on the capitol but the other issue, the network of influencers, the extremists who were in there, how do we get to the bottom of that? who do you call and how do you get them in front of the committee to explain who inside congress empowered these insurrectionists? >> well, that's going to be the next wave of our investigative process. and we've got some top flight investigators and lawyers and staffers here on capitol hill who have come together as part of the select committee to try to unearth what were all of the networks of influence that got together to mobilize this attack on congress. and, of course, we have subpoena power and investigative power, and we're going to let the chips fall where they may and follow every possible lead in order to determine what happened, how it happened

officer daniel hodges was crushed as a doorway of the capitol, screaming in pain. and coming up on "morning joe," we'll hear from a member of the house committee, congressman pete aguilar ahead of this morning's hearing. >>> speaking to reporters at the rose garden yesterday, house minority leader kevin mccarthy criticized congresswoman cheney and congressman kinzinger for joining the house select committee in the insurrection committee. here's what hae had to say. >> some republicans have been saying -- >> republicans? >> -- the gop should play ball on this committee. >> really? who was that? adam and liz? aren't they kind of like pelosi republicans? >> are you a pelosi republican? >> we've got very serious business here, important work to do. i think it's childish. >> it's childish. we're doing big things right now. we're getting to the answers on the worst attack on the capitol since 1812. you can call me whatever names you want. i just think, look, bottom line, i'm an elected member of congress, a republican. kevin mccarthy is technically my republican leader,

daniel hodges. officer harry dunn said he was culled the "n" word while trying to protect the capitol and u.s. capitol police sergeant who was beaten and had his hand sliced open. >> and i could hear them, we going to shoot you. we're going to kill you. >> sources also telling kcnn there will be video that's never been made public of the deadly riot tomorrow. it is an important day tomorrow one at the center of partisan bickering, name calling, childishness. manu raju is live "outfront" on capitol hill. doing all he can to district from the committee before it begins. >> yeah, trying to discredit this investigation and under cut it as well and just moments ago, the house voting down this mccarthy resolution to essential recall into question and criticize the speaker for rejecting two of his selections to the select committee. jim banks and jim jordan over concerns pelosi had they would undermine the investigation themselves but this resolution mccarthy put forward on a 218-197 vote. two republicans

. >> we heard from officer daniel hodges of the metropolitan police department here in d.c.alled the insurrectionists, the rioters, he called them terrorists. >> he was absolutely right. that day when i was watching what transpired on television, that was my immediate reaction as someone who knows national security law is that this was violence for the purposes of effecting a political outcome. it is straightforward terrorism. and i noted that officer hodge, he used that word deliberately, he used that word repeatedly. it is the right word. there are people there who were there that day, who committed crimes. there are also people who were there who engaged in violence because they were there to prevent the certification of the election, the counting of votes. it was straightforward, a political purpose that they were engaged in violence for. and he is absolutely right to use that phrase. >> and yet there's this attempt by maga politicians and maga media to downplay this to talk about this being tourism. the media's making too big a deal out of it. i saw one trump supporter

officer daniel hodges said this to the select committee yesterday. >> why do you call the attackers terrorists, and what do you think about our colleagues who think we should call them tourists? >> well, if that's what american tourists are like i can see why foreign countries don't like american tourists. but i can see why someone would take issue with the title of terrorist. it's gained a lot of notoriety in our vocabulary the past few decades, and we like to believe, no, that couldn't happen here. >> yeah, we might like to believe it couldn't happen. maybe we should call them tourists or just terrorists. maybe we'd like to believe that it couldn't happen here, but those four officers who fought nearly to death, they know the truth. they know the price of freedom, real freedom not just the performative fake but, freedom, freedom, liberty, democracy. they know the real price of freedom of democracy and they know the price they paid, the physical and emotional wounds, physical and emotional price they're still paying to this day. so it's really disgusting some people are calling their bravery

. >> reporter: also testifying, mpd officer daniel hodges. he was crushed protecting the entrance of the capitol as the mob pinned him in the doorway. >> he was able to rip away my baton, beat me with it. and he was practically foaming at the mouth. these people were true believers in the worst way. >> reporter: hodges managed to escape with minimal physical injuries. >> i was calling out for all i was worth, and an officer behind me was able to get me enough room to pull me out of there. >> reporter: another sergeant was standing near hodges. >> all i could think was we can't let these people in, this is there's going to be a slaughter inside. >> reporter: he thought he was going to die on january 6th. >> i want to protect our homeland from foreign threats, but yet here i am battling them in our own capitol. >> reporter: gonnell was beaten with a flag pole, his hands cut open. he was hit with so much chemical spray, it soaked into his skin. when he finally made it home to his wife -- >> she wanted to hug me and i told her no because i was co

police officer daniel hodges recalled seeing crowds early in the day - and hearing indications then theyurists. >> after a bit of small talk, one of them asked my colleague something to the effect of, “is this all the manpower you have? do you really think you're going to be able to stop all these people?” >> hours later, hodges was nearly crushed in a key doorway. >> a man seized the opportunity of my vulnerability and grabbed my gas mask and used it to beat my head againsthe door. >> writers pulled him into the crowd. >> he ripped off my badge, he began to beat me with their fists and what felt like hard metal objects. at one point, i came face-to-face with an attacker who repeatedly longed for me and attempted to remove my firearm. i was electrocuted again and again and again. with the taser. at the hospital, doctors told me i had suffered a heart attack. i was later diagnosed with a concussion, a traumatic brain injury and process -- post-traumatic stress disorder. >> like many officers, capitol police officer harry dunn ran into the mayhem, with writers calling him a traitor and mor

metro police officer daniel hodges recalled being dismayed to see that so many of the insurrectionistsey were carrying blue lives matter flags as they attacked enforcement. those flags, the one with the thin blue line across the black american flag started to pop up all around the country as part of the backlash to the growing black lives matter movement against racist policing in america. proponents of the so-called blue lives matter movement wave that flag in order to claim that they opposed coffers racers just does not because they support racism, because they support police. yet, on january six, when so many of those blue lives matter supporters were faced with the decision about whether it was more important to back the blue and support law and order, or joint with a violent, racist mob attacking law enforcement, they made it clear to the officers who were there that day what their real priorities were. as these officers now came forward to tell their story of what they experienced that day. under oath, how would some proponents of law enforcement respond? joining me now, derek jo

soon, be able to answer the question that was on all of our minds, as we watched what officer daniel hodgesened in america? >> to my perpetual confusion, i saw the thin blue line flag. a symbol of support for law enforcement, more than once, being carried by the terrorists as they ignored our commands and continued to assault us. the acrid sting of cs gas or tear gas and oc spray, which is mace, hung in the air as the terrorists threw their own cs gas -- threw our own cs gas canisters back at us and stray sprayed us with our own oc, either they bought themselves or stole from us. later, i learned at least one of them was spraying us in the face with wasp spray. >> how could this have happened, in america? i just hope our democracy is ready for that answer. >>> next, are you flying anytime soon? and would it surprise you to know that this is now how flight attendants are preparing? we'll tell you why, after this. ? cetaphil gentle skin cleanser defends against 5 signs of skin sensitivity, and actively hydrates as it cleanses. cetaphil. dermatologist recommended. complete care for your sensit

on the body armor and go and in hand-to-hand combat with the insurrections as mike fanone and daniel hodgesry dunn and gemmel did that day. we are asking them to acknowledge what they did and recognize the truth of what happened that day of our country. sadly, it's on life support today. >> the decency question, i guess i think most of your colleagues across the aisle are not so indecent that they would heap that scorn and i would bet that, you know, even the people heaping the scorn wouldn't, like, do it to harry cambodian u dunn's face. but what there is instead this kind of ear is plugged see no evil, here no evil, let's avoid the whole thing, which i think has cast a pall over the capitol for months. >> i have been with harry dunn a lot. he is a big booming with a smile on his face always. i saw him before this and i have seen him since. now you see members walk by and they kind of put their head down. i think it's a little bit of guilt that he is being treated the way he is and that they may not be saying it themselves but they are enabling kevin mccarthy and marjorie taylor greene and

. >> you during the hearing asked one of the more pointed questions to daniel hodges of the metropolitannalists. let me play for you and our viewers his reply. watch. >> the crowd was overwhelmingly white males, usually a bit older. there were many known organizations with ties to white supremacy that had a presence there. people who associate with donald trump you find more likely to subscribe to that kind of belief system. >> what did you take away of that answer? what does the makeup of the crowd reveal about how and why this happened? >> well, from all of his answers, it's very clear that the crowd was incredibly violent and used everything they could get their hands on as a weapon. but what he clearly articulated there too is these were individuals who had incredibly bad intentions, but they were also yelling racial slurs at officers and questioning officer hodges as to whose side he was on, calling him a traitor. these are incredibly painful things. these are officers who put their life on the line each and every day, but that day, that fateful day, they were the last line of defen