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dunn: there was a lot of "in peril." [laughter] but you will be amazed how many times you can bring that patient back. ryan: fair enough, it is a long process. let's switch to the pandemic and covid. people outside of washington who thought that this crisis was behind us might be a little bit surprised about the news about the delta virus. cases are up now 5%. in places that are vaccinated, they are doing quite well. what is the administration's plan to contain localized outbreaks from becoming another full-blown national surge giving that vaccination has slowed so much and it looks like you are not going to make the anita: that is a great question, ryan. the president, in every single covid statement and speech he has made since we have been in the white house has had one consistent message for people, which is get vaccinated. he also, throughout the spring, has talked about the fact that we are going to see, potentially, increase in contagiousness. let's be clear. if you have got the vaccination, you do not have to wor

put dunn back on. who picked up the check? >> tell him. >> not him. >> there it is. >> tell the truth. who picked up the truth? >> of course he did. >> actually the boss picked up the check. >> love you, d. lemon. >> i love you, too. thank you very much. >>> this is don lemon tonight. america seems to be backsliding on this pandemic. cases up 65% since last week. 65%. and across the country more and more people -- more and more people just plain sick of a belligerent minority who won't follow the rules ruining all the hard-won games for the rest of us. why? the cdc wants everyone in schools to wear masks even if they are fully vaccinated yet anti-mask protests are spreading like this one. this is outside a school board meeting in broward county. take a look at your screen. i don't consent, no more masks. this is where they set masks on fire. anger spreading to capitol hill where the resident doctor ordered the house to remask to prevent the spread of covid among members and staff. kevin mccarthy tweeting masks are not based on

officer dunn. >> officer harry dunn, yeah, to talk about his experience testifying. and his experience, since first interview since yesterday. >> i want to tell you something, and let -- i don't know if -- if the officer can hear me. he really got through to my kids. generationally, he broke through multiple generations of my family. my mom. me and the wife. but my kids, in terms of the pain of how he was approached, and how he was spoken to. and that the uniform had always been insulation from that kind of animus, but not on that day. >> not on that day. >> and what that meant to a big -- listen, dunn checks -- i don't know if he can hear me but he checks every box of tough that there is, that we have, right? >> you should see the -- you should see the picture of him standing next -- he is a big dude. he's a tough guy. >> and what does it take to talk about pain and vulnerability and sensitivity? strength. so, god bless him for the message that he gave. >> yeah. you want to respond? >> thank you. thank you, chris. i appreciate those words. thank you. that's all i go

dunn will pretend to speak for the country's law enforcement community, but it turns out dunn has veryis an angry left-wing political activist whose social media feeds are full of praise, no coincidentally with nancy pelosi. here is a picture of the two of them together. racism is so american, harry dunn wrote in one post, that when you protest it people think you are protesting america. #leaveittowhitesto-tell whites what is racist. >> he is checking people on facts. the attorney for officer harry dunn is with us, mark zaid. mark, thank you for being here. i wonder first if officer dunn has heard or seen what tucker carlson said and if he has a reaction. >> thanks, victor. unfortunately, it was harry that alerted me to that, whatever one wants to call it. when we are representing clients we are out there to protect them and insulate them, so an attack on them is an attack on us. they've gone through so much, not just physical trauma but emotional trauma, and basically what tucker carlson did last night was just to bring -- bring another day of attack, of january 6th now into, what, wh

the chairman asked harry dunn what do you want to come from this? and he told the story about a hitman goes to jail, but not only does the hitman go to jail. the person who hires them does. >> let's run that clip if we can. >> i use an analogy to describe what i want as a hitman. if a hitman is hired and kills somebody, the hitman goes to jail. not only does the hitman go to jail, but the person who hires them does. there was an attack carried out on january 6th. and a hitman sent them. i want you to get to the bottom of that. >> so to me there's no question. that is the statement of the day. and that is what i've been hearing from the officers who testified today, members of the committee. i spoke to liz cheney. today was only the beginning. they want to know everything about what happened in the weeks and months leading up and they want those phone calls and the conversations and the testimony that happened between president trump, his chief of staff mark meadows, kevin mccarthy, and if it goes to republican members, that's what they want to get a

i know officer dunn's experiences. i have experienced much of what he's talking about in this hearing. i can tell you, it's not a good feeling. but you don't give up, you try to do what's necessary to bring people around to what's in the best interest of this country. i knew officer dunn, in spite of this experience, will continue to do what is necessary to make this country better place. i would hope my republican colleagues will take heed, and do what is necessary to join in our pursuit for people like kevin mccarthy, today callers republicans, power for the committee, it says to me he can't stand the truth. he doesn't want to hear, or see, the truth. that doesn't make any sense to me. it betrays everything that this country stands for. >> yeah, kevin mccarthy, along with mitch mcconnell, a whole bunch of other republicans to ask about the testimony in the hearing today. a lot of versions of, i don't get a chance to watch it. i was busy doing other things. it seems quite evident that the approach to this is to either

racists who revel as the testimony of officer harry dunn proved conclusively. testimony we will be hearing later in this discussion. today's hearing was the first in american congressional history to describe the political fallow -- followers of a president that came to the capitol to, according to their own words, murder people, murder elected officials and police officers trying to stop them. the trump mob described to some of the officers how they were going to kill them. no testimony like this exists in the history of the congressional record. those words, those exact words that we heard in testimony today will live forever in the congressional record and will be quoted by historians forever. from a purely technical evidence stand point, the single most important word said today were said by the very first witness who revealed beyond a shadow of a doubt who was to blame for everything that happened at the capitol on january 6th. >> it was a prolonged and desperate struggle that rioters were shouting trump sent us. pick the right side. we want trump. >> trum

and it was interesting in harry dunn's testimony, officer dunn, he thanked two republicans that day,om had given him a hug afterwards and pledged to get to the bottom of an endless violence and also kevin mccarthy, who spoke and condemned the violence that day. but now has done this about-face and has gone from blaming president trump for what happened, vowing an investigation to get to the bottom of it, condemning the violence, but now standing in the way and blocking bipartisan attempts to investigate. >> i mean, yamiche, mccarthy's role is more sinister than even luke has put out there. mccarthy has pledged revenge. he's out smearing kinzinger and cheney. i mean mccarthy's about-face is more egregious than changing his public tune. he was sending scalise out there to undermine the deal that congressman katko cut on behalf of kevin mccarthy. the republican role is more sinister than just forgetting the horrors that seem to be underscored. i wonder if you think that will be revealed. this is "the post" editorial about the questions for republicans. there's much for this select commi

capitol police officer harry dunn. officer dunn, who would lay down his life to protect a member of congress, regardless of being a republican or democrat, will testify next tuesday before the house select committee investigating the events of the insurrection. frankly, the last thing carlson wants is for the truth to emerge of what happened that day and why. joining us now, the attorney for capitol police officer harry dunn and my friend, michael steele, a former chairman of the rnc and an msnbc political analyst. mark, first, let me play, before we talk, let me play for you something that harry dunn said to our colleague joy reid back in april. >> the battle, i guess, was just different. everybody we fought physical fights and we were emotionally tested. but to have racism rear its ugly head in there, while the fight was happening, i didn't process it while it was happening. so once it's all over and you're attempting to put together in your mind what happened, you are faced with, wow, we really were called the "n" w

the parents of teenage motorcyclist harry dunn give evidence in the united states against the woman suspectedusing his death two years ago. anger over a proposed one per cent pay rise — senior doctors in england will be consulted on possible industrial action if there's no improved offer. the family of saskia jones who was murdered by a convicted terrorist at a prisoner rehabilitation conference near london bridge speak about the impact of her death. people need to know what has actually happened here. the enormity of what happened. and what a devastating effect it has had on our family and a number of other people. and not even a teenager yet — 12—year—old sky brown is set to become britain's youngest summer olympian of all time after being named in the team gb skateboarding squad. good morning. labour has narrowly won the batley and spen by—election in west yorkshire. the new mp — kim leadbeater — now represents the seat previously held by her sister, jo cox, who was murdered in the constituency in 2016. the result will ease pressure on labour leader sir keir starmer after recent election d

officer dunn? >> thank you, chairman. there's a sentiment going around that says everybody is trying to make january 6th political. well, it is not a secret it was political. they literally were there to stop the steal, so when people say it shouldn't be political. it is, it was, and it is. there's no getting around that. telling the truth shouldn't be hard. fighting on january 6th, that was hard. showing up january 7th, that was hard. the 8th, the 9th, the 10th, all the way 'til today, it was hard. when the fence came down, that was hard. we lost our layer of protection that we had. and the fenlt came down, still nothing has changed. everything is different, but nothing has changed. liz cheney and adam kinzinger are being lauded as courageous heroes. while i agree with that notion, why? because they told the truth? why is telling the truth hard. i guess in this america it is. us four officers, we would do january 6th all over again. we wouldn't stay home because we knew it was going to happen. that's courageous. that's h

dunn. >> yes. >> harry dunn will be one of the first witnesses to testify before the select committeerage police officer and really had some pretty derogatory things to say about him. the officer's attorneys have responded saying dunn would lay down his life to protect any member of congress regardless of party. what did you think of that? >> when i heard about that, i was very upset. and i did see the video clip of tucker carlson saying that. and i was outraged. i know officer dunn personally. he was also a friend of brian's. he's a good man. and he has a backbone of steel just as much as the other officers that fought valiantly that day. he does not deserve to be treated like that. the officers should be out of this political circus that they're creating. you know, when i was growing up, they always had this golden rule that, you know, children of politicians were -- you know, they were left out of any kind of criticism, ridicule, anything like that. i think the same rules should apply here when it comes to the officers on january 6. they have been through so much trauma. and then a

it is nearly two years since harry dunn's death, and his parents know they may have to wait another sixr day in court. david willis, bbc news, washington. australia is halving the number of people allowed into the country from overseas, following leaks in its covid quarantine system. the weekly intake will be cut to around 3,000 people — and residents remain banned from leaving the country. nearly half the population — more than 12 million people — are now under stay—at—home orders. from sydney, shaimaa khalil has more. if you are an australian stranded overseas, this is not the news you wanted to wake up to. from the middle ofjuly, the already very complicated journey for thousands trying to get home is about to get more difficult. to temporarily reduce commercial passenger arrivals, to all major ports by 50% from current caps, to reduce the pressure on quarantine facilities due to the increased risks of the delta strain of the virus. australia already has very tight border restrictions. anyone who comes in has to go into hotel quarantine first. these have been the two lines of defence

officers who faced brutal violence on january 6th and in the case of capitol police officer harry dunnof racist epitaphs. they spoke with poise, courage and emotion about what they faced that day. >> being an officer you know your life is at risk whenever you walk out the door. even if you don't expect otherwise law-abiding citizens to take up arms against you. but nothing truly nothing has prepared me to address those elected members of our government who continue to deny the events of that day. and in doing so betray their oath of office. >> a sea of people was punctuated by flags. mostly variations of american flags and trump flags. to my perpetual confusion i saw the "thin blue line" flag, a symbol of support for law enforcement being carried by the terrorists as they ignored our commands and continued to assault us. >> can you tell us what you were thinking when you were losing oxygen and thought that might be the end? >> my rationale there, the way i was thinking, we can't let these people in in matter what. even if it cost my life. >> once the building was cleared i went to the

let's hear what harry dunn has to say.hiff asked him about his experience in america. >> is this america what you saw? >> everybody, even sitting at this table, with a different battle even though it was all for it's the same war. as black officers, i believe we fought it different battle also. and the fact that we had our race attacked just because of the way we look, you know, to answer your question, frankly i guess it is america. it shouldn't be, but i guess that's the way that things are. >> this message we keep hearing over and over again, i guess that is america. that's the way things are. and that reconciliation has been very difficult on america for the last year and other people to see it. and they saw it with george floyd. they looked at it and said george floyd lived a different life than a white american would if the same thing had happened. >> you know, i to think that was one of the most profound poems is the recognition that the constitution that we have fought for and the constitution that we helped build

military base in the uk when she hit dunn's motorcycle according to british authorities.s later claiming diplomatic immunity. >> i would like to see her take accountability for what she's done. >> reporter: the parents now moving forward with a civil claim in the u.s. searching for answers about what happened that night. >> we desperately, desperately need to know our child's last hours on this earth, what they were going through, the pain they were suffering, and why they were in that situation. >> reporter: dunn's parents are also urging authorities to push ahead with a criminal case against acool last in the uk. the case reaching the highest levels of government after the u.s. state department rejected a request by the british government to extradite sacoolas last year. both parents now calling on president biden to hear their pleas for accountability and closure. >> he was amazing. he was a big lad, gave the biggest bear hugs, would do anything for anyone. big heart, big, big heart. >> reporter: now a lawyer representing anne sacoolas didn't respond to our request for

that was capitol police officer harry dunn. his colleague, capitol police officer aquilino gonell, said some rioters saw the color of his skin and told him he wasn't american. d.c. police officer hodges said carrying "blue lives matter" flags as they attacked law enforcement. they waved that flag not because they support racism, but because they support police. yet on january 6th, 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 join 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 came forward to tell their story what was they experienced that day, under oath, how will the so-called proponents of law enforcement respond? joining me, derek johnson, the president and ceo of the naacp. derek, good to see you, thank you for being with us. this testimony today, some of which we've heard before, which of whi

dunn said, this case is unprecedented. when you look at the charges, it is a corporate department. it is a corporate car. it is, in one case, a significant matter in the charges is the payment of his grandchildren's tuition, which every expert on the planet tell you is a gift. at least many of the experts we have spoken to, if not all of them. so these charges are unprecedented. they are unique. people across the country we believe have heard of corporate department, of corporate cars. all of this is on the books. that is how they know about it. and so, in my personal view, it's not appropriate. and quite frankly, it sets a pre cedent. i think in 244 years, we have not had a local prosecutor go after a former president of the united states or his employees, or his company. and that is a significant line to cross. and quite frankly, not just as a lawyer but as a citizen, we are very concerned about that. so that in the future, if some prosecutor in a different political jurisdiction, in a red state or in a red county, decides to take aim at a federal official or people close to them

that was capitol police officer harry dunn. colleague, capitol police officer aquilino goodell, said some rioters commented on the color of his skin and told him he wasn't american. carrying "blue lives matter" flags as they attacked law enforcement. those lines, the blue line across the black american flag, started to pop up all over the country as part of the backlash to the growing black lives matter movement against racist policing in america. proponents of so-called blue lives matter movement waved that flag in order to claim that they opposed calls for racial justice, not because they support racism, but because they support police. yet on january 6th, 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 join 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 came forward to tell their story what was th

during today's hearings, officer harry dunn inadvertently made that point, when people in charge condone crimes, he said, things tend to fall apart. >> they had marching orders. when people feel emboldened by

officer dunn, you talk about being called the n-word. you talk about being talked about like you've never heard before. and you talked about sharing comments from the other colleagues as well as the seeing of the confederate flag and other things carried through the capitol. as an african-american law enforcement officer, can you give us and this committee and those watching how you felt defending the capitol on that day, being called that and seeing the symbol of the confederacy going through the capitol at the same time? >> thank you for your question. to be frank, while the attack was happening, i didn't view it -- i wasn't able to process it as a racial attack. i was just trying to survive that day and get home. when i did have a moment to process it, i think that's in the rotunda where i became so emotional because i was able to process everything that happened and it was just so overwhelming and so disheartening and disappointing that we live in a country with people like that that attack you because of the color of your skin just

. >> at the end of today's hearing, one of the four officers, capitol police officer harry dunn said this about you and your fellow republican on the committee congressman adam kinzinger. take a listen. >> liz cheney and adam kinzinger are being lauded as courageous heroes. and while i agree with that notion, why, because they told the truth? why is telling the truth hard? i guess in this america, it is. >> what were you thinking when he said that? >> i was thinking that harry and the other officers there, they are the heroes. they are the ones who saved likely our lives, many of us. they are the ones who protected and defended this capitol. they are heroes. and that as elected officials, as i was sitting there, i was reminded that our job is to conduct ourselves in a way that is worthy of the sacrifices they made and their willingness to fight, as i said, to the death. they believe they might die and they were willing officer gonell, sergeant gonell saild, knew i might die, but that is something i just have to face in order to defend the capitol building. and so as elected officials

officer dunn, you talked about being called the n-word.ut being talked about like you've never heard before. and you talked about sharing comments from the other colleagues as a well as the seeing of the confederate flags and other things carried through the capitol. as an african-american law enforcement officer, can you give us this committee and those who are watching, how you felt defending the capitol on that day being called that and seeing the symbols of the confederacy going through the capitol at the same time. >> yes, sir, thank you for your question. to be frank, while the attack was happening, i didn't view it -- i wasn't able to pros it as a racial attack. i was just trying to survive that day and get home. when i did have a moment to process it, i think that is in the rotunda where i became so emotional because i was able to process everything that happened. and it was just so overwhelming and it is so disheartening and disappointing that we live in a country with people like that. that attack you because of the color of your

dunn said, this case is unprecedented. when you look at the charges, it is a corporate department. it is a corporate car. it is, in one case, a significant matter in the charges is the payment of his dc

i think officer dunn rightly reminds us this is in fact america. thank you so much, cedric alexander, for joining us. we'll have to have you back soon. >>> i want to bring in congresswoman stephanie murphy of florida. she is a member of the january 6th select committee. congresswoman, so happy to have you here. i found your line of questioning very personal and very touching when you talked about your own story and your own fear that day. i'm curious, you know how it works on capitol hill when you are engaging in this kind of testimony, what did you hear today that surprised you? >> well, it's good to be with you, tiffany. i thought today's testimony was intense and heart wrenching and really underscored the bravery and the courage of the law enforcement officers who were there that day trying to hold the line and to defend democracy. and what you saw today was four members of hundreds of people in law enforcement that did fight back that day. and those stories were just -- they were just incredible. i think a couple of things i took away from what

officer dunn? >> thank you, chairman.here is a sentiment that's going around that says everybody is trying to make january 6th political. well, it's not a secret that it was political. they literally were there to stop the steal. so when people say it shouldn't be political, it is. it was and it is. there's no getting around that. telling the truth shouldn't be hard. fighting for -- fighting on january 6th, that was hard. showing up january 7th, that was hard. the 8th, the 9th, the 10th all the way until today, that was hard. when the fence came down, that was hard. we lost a layer of protection that we had and the fence came down and still nothing has changed. everything is different but nothing has changed. liz cheney and adam kinzinger are being lauded as courageous heroes and while i agree with that notion, why? because they told the truth? why is telling the truth hard? i guess in this america it is. us four officers, we would do january 6th all over again. we wouldn't stay home because we knew what was going to happ

that includes capitol police officer harry dunn who talked with nikole killion about the impact.all the officers but harry in particular really got to me. how is he doing? >> reporter: well, gayle, officer dunn told me that he felt every range of emotion when he testified from anger to hope and he says that since his appearance on capitol hill this week he's received an outpouring of support but also attacks, especially on social media. >> do you swear or affirm -- >> you're four story, four stories from january 6th. there were hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of more stories that need to be and could be -- could be and need to be told. >> reporter: harry dunn says he's been getting disparaging messages ever since his testimony before the house select committee investigating january 6th. >> so many people, we're so proud of you and then here come the naysayers and the negative nancys and people are saying i've been bought and paid off and how much did you sell out for? you're a coward. you're a traitor. you're not an american -- you're not a real police officer and then that ju

finally, officer dunn you mentioned the text message you received and you expressed surprise, and you mentioned you had not seen any intelligence that would have led you to believe that you should expect that kind of violence. could you elaborate on that a little bit? >> yes, ma'am. so we were expecting civil disobedience as we do at the capitol, at least that is what was relayed to us, a couple of arrests, name calling, you know, unfriendly people, but nowhere near the level of violence or even close to it like we experienced. when i received the text message, it made the hairs on my neck rise, but since our chain of command had not told us to prepare for any of these levels of violence, i was, like, okay, whatever, i have been here, i start year 14 in november and i have dealt with hundreds of protests where people get arrested, and peaceful first amendment protests, everybody has the right to protests, okay? do what you do, and we'll arrest you if you break the law and we'll go home later that night. it was a lot different than that. the text message i got foreshadowed that looking

six in harry dunn's case, he had a slew of racist words shot at him. the officers spoke with poise and candid-ness about what they experienced that day. >> being an officer, you know your life is at risk every time you walk out the door. even though you don't expect law-abiding citizens to take up arms against you. but nothing, truly nothing, has prepared me to address those elected members of our government, who continue to deny the events that day. in doing so, they betray their oath of office. >> a sea of people was punctuated throughout my flags, mostly variations of american flags and trump flags. 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 terrace as they ignored our commands and continued to assault us. >> can you tell us what you are thinking when you are losing oxygen and thought that might be the end? >> my rationale there, about the way i was thinking, we can't let these people in no matter what, even if it costs my life. >> once the building was clea

officer dunn is in fact on patrol right now. >> thanks for that great report.. she's also a member of the judiciary committee and share of the congressional progressive caucus. thank you for being with us. first your reaction to that report a few moments ago. how disturbing is it to see this attempt to undermine capitol police officers in light of everything that they have gone through since january 6th? just unbelievable. >> it is really unbelievable. it is painful. it is dangerous, and it is really -- i don't know what words to use when i hear people attacking the officers who defended us on january 6th in the worst attack on the united states capitol since the war of 1812. i find that stunning. and yet at the same time, jim, this is what the republicans have been doing. they don't want the truth to come out. they want to hide the facts. and they don't want an investigation because they know exactly what did happen, and they don't -- they don't want the american people to know. >> what happened to back the blue? i thought they backed the blue. i also want to

officer dunn, you mentioned that those that stormed the capitol were well-organized and trained. i'll ask all four of you. officer hodges i know it was part of your job initially before you responded to the capitol. if in the middle of all that melee you see somebody with a gun in that crowd, would you be able to go out, apprehend and arrest them, read them their rights and go through that process or was the mission at the moment survival and defense of the capitol? i'm asking is it possible that people maybe have guns and we've seen that actually there were but this idea that well, people weren't arrested with guns at the time it was raw survival. i'll start with we can just start to the left. let me ask you, what is your response to that? >> for those people who continue to downplay this vie olent attack on democracy and officers i suggest them to look at the videos and the footage right now. common things were used as weapons, like a baseball bat, a hockey stick, a rebar, a flagpole, including the american flag, pepper spray, bear spray, you name it. you had all these items an

harry dunn was joined by several officers including a capitol hill cop.ch as he compares what happened on january 6th to the iraq war. >> they tried to convert us, they tried to persuade us to let the men. in my time, compared to a rack, totally different, these are our own citizens. people we have sworn an oath to protect and they are attacking us with the same flag that they claim to represent. it was bad. >> tucker: those of us who disapprove of rioting, who said what happened on january 6th was wrong are at risk of becoming a little bit cynical when people like that and virtually every member of congress on both sides, intentionally overstate what happened. when they lie and they don't stop lying, when they compare it to the civil war or 9/11, they make us all very cynical and they suspect that we are lying all the time. what happened on january 6th according to video did not look a lot like iraq, it's not fallujah. in iraq they didn't wait al qaeda into the green zone and according to the video that is exactly what happened on januar. officers let th

well, as officer dunn said at the end it is political. telling the truth should not be hard. fighting on january 6th was hard, going back to work on january 7th was hard, going back every day after that has been hard, seeing the wall come down, the fence around the capitol and nothing changed, that's hard. but telling the truth? he said congress members cheney and kinzinger are praised as heroes. well, they're heroes, but they're just heroes for telling the truth. why is it so difficult. each and every one of them, when chairman benny thompson said at the end, what advice do you have for us, what they said was change things, do something. and then one of them said you know, if you go out there and arrest someone, a hitman, the guy who orders the hit also goes to jail, he said you should get the guy that ordered them up there. they put it at the feet of donald trump. >> i was going to bring this up. before i go to the rest of our team, imagine a universe where the four police officers testified at the impeachment trial for donald john trump. where would we be today. i sit here

secondly, we just received a copy of what kerry dunn said in court. he really helped quarterback this case along. here's what he told the judge. in light of the statement that's have been made in this case, i'd like to clarify for the court briefly what this case is and is not about. this was a 15-year long tax fraud scheme involving off the book payments, a type of krum charged against companies and executives all of the time. he says contrary to today's assertion by the company's former ceo, this is not a standard business practice. dunn is referring to donald trump. instead, orchestrated by the most senior executives. who were financially benefiting themselves and the company by getting secret pay raises at the expense of state and federal taxpayers. it hardly amounts to a fringe benefit. dunn continued saying the former ceo assigned himself many of the illegal compensation checks. to put it bluntly, this was a sweeping and audacious payment scheme. it goes on from there. i just want to kind of give you a sense of what dunn said in court. things mo

start with what happened on capitol hill today, laura, and i want earn to hear from officer harry dunn, he talks about a pro trump mob calling him the n-word, watch this. ? one woman in a pink maga shirt yelled, you hear that guys? this -- voted for joe biden. then the crowd, perhaps around 20 people joined in screaming boo -- [ expletive ] no one had called me a "n" while wearing the uniform of a capitol police officer. after, others shared their stories. one officer told me he had never, in his entire 40 years of life been called a "n" to his face and that streak ended on january 6th, yet another black officer later told me he had been confronted by insurrectionists in the capitol who told him, put your gun down, and we will show you what kind of "n" you really. >> hm-mm. does get more explicit than that, and he said that 20 people all chimed in, laura, look. clear racial aspect to the insurrection and clear racial aspect to the events. >> and i could not help but go back to what it was like for black military members. some lynched for having the audacity is to have them, to remind y

but dunne has very little in common with your average cop.itical activist. >> is that -- do we just now know right out of the box, four police officers will testify, four officers who protected members of congress, protected members of democracy, protected a sacred institution, the capitol that day, is that just it, that anyone who testifies, the fox news will call them crack jobs and we're done? >> i think that's exactly what's going to happen. and we can see this building, we see this building all the way back when they -- when republicans rejected the commission that was supposed to be an outside commission that would have been picked evenly between republicans and democrats. because in a lot of ways what else can they do? otherwise they would have to talk about a day that is politically problematic from the person who could still lead the party, which is former president donald trump. >> congressman this is interesting because of the challenge now. this was political to begin with. speaker pelosi decided i'm not going have these two ignor

then they joined forces with an advocacy group. >> i happened to be on a telephone call with laura dunnsaid, i saw your client in the news, the whole country did, and i want to let her know that the coalition supports her. it was about a week later that i met with shannon and laura and decided at that point to work together to push shannon's case forward. >> reporter: last week, adams county district attorney brine sinnet filed that charge of sexual assault. >> shannon burst into tears. she has been fighting for over seven years. as her attorney, my mind was on to the next. when is this arrest going to be effected? we don't want to see him abscond from justice. >> the simplest way to track fugitives overseas is to use the fbi. virtually every country in the world is covered by an fbi agent that's stationed in that particular country. >> reporter: cleary did not respond to abc news' request for comment. >> it's extremely important, despite the fact that he may be in another country, to continue to place the case in front of the public here. many times, fugitives make the mistake of using

officer dunn, you talked about being called the "n" word. you talked about being -- talked about like you never heard before. you talked about sharing comments from the other colleagues as well as the seeing of the confederate flag and other things carried through the capitol. as an african-american law enforcement officer, can you give us, this committee and those watching, how you felt defending the capitol on that day being called that and seeing the symbols of the confederacy going through the capitol at the same time? >> yes, sir. thank you for your question. to be frank while the attack was happening i didn't view it -- i wasn't able to process it as a racial attack. i was just trying to survive that day and get home. when i did have a moment to process it, i think that's -- in the rotunda where i became so emotional because i was able to process everything that happened. it was just so overwhelming. it is so disheartening and disappointing that we live in a country with people like that, that attack you because of the color of your sk

but we want to remind you about harry dunn. face more than a dozen years in prison but last year the state department refused to return her to britain to face trial. the family wants the new administration to reverse that ruling. >> harry dunn's quest for justice has been taking up by some of the world's most powerful leaders, at the g-7 summit last month, the u.k. prime minister boris johnson said he was working on it with president joe biden. >> he's actively engaged in the case, as you know, he has his own personal reasons for feeling very deeply about the issue. and he was extremely sympathetic but this is not something that either government can control very easily. >> on thursday, the 19-year-old's parents, tim dunn and charlotte charles, gave in-person depositions at a virginia court as part of the civil case they brought against ann sacoolas for damages. the american mother of three admits to driving on the wrong side of the road before the collision which killed harry outside of a british military base in august of 201

all eyes were trained on officers fanone, gonell, and harry dunn's, and officer hodges as they provided excruciating graphic details of what happened that day as they -- as the capital was invaded by hundreds of rioters. funneling described in graphic detail being beat with a metal rod, electoral shopped with a taser. shortly thereafter he suffered from a heart attack, traumatic brain injury, and ptsd. more importantly, all these officers sort of rounded up their experiences and said that what was most disheartening who are the people whose lives they saved now turned against them as funnel and said, they betrayed their oath really, in trying to downplay and minimize the severity of the events that happened on january 6th. in my opinion, those officers did accomplish their goals in really telling their stories with clarity and again, some really gripping detail about what just happened. >> jeremy, in many ways, we've heard some of these details before we had seen some similar videos before, but there was profound impact and seeing them all in a way that they were, and hearing those stor

what was your reaction to hearing the testimony yesterday and what officer dunn said tonight?u have to ask yourself, don, where are all the pro-police individuals on the conservative arm of politics in the city? where are they? how come they're not outraged about what happened to these officers? i met some of them today, and talked to them, and heard about how frightening it was. they didn't discharge their weapons. they were really in a dangerous situation. and many of them, the officers of color, they had racial slurs hurled at them. it was really despicable. we need all those who state they're pro-police, they should be speaking up right now about what happened. >> you have made public safety the cornerstone of your campaign. if not your career. because you're a former police officer. and now, leaders of the democratic party, including the president and speaker of the house, have reached out to you for how to approach policing issues. what are you advising them? >> it's a unique moment. and sometimes the inter interseinters intersectionality of our lives brings us together.

i was just thinking of how harry dunn felt that day and still feels. think about how the other black officers felt and still feel. think about how black americans feel hearing that and knowing what we know now. think about all americans, even white americans. it's offensive. and what is that? what we know is racism isn't a side angle in this story. racism is the story, and let me explain. because the big lie that lit the flame that exploded into an inferno at our nation's capitol that day, the big, bogus lie that the election was stolen, well, who do they think stole it? think about all the evidence. atlanta, detroit, philadelphia and so on. black people -- stop the steal, it's just another way of saying stop black people from voting. who do they think was stealing? big cities with sizable black populations. now they're trying to change the rules with a legislative assault on the vote in those same plates. this isn't that hard. it's quite simple. the evidence is there. this is not my opinion. the evidence is there. race is what helped to propel trump o

to be doing better by campus assault survivors in every single case written confession or not. >> dunnat changed their mind was this facebook messages. they say the suspect sent killer in december of 2019 where they say he admitted to sexually assaulting her. so i raped you. i'll never do it to anyone ever again. but keillor's attorney is not convinced. we have concerns that maybe he's done this before. what happened to shannon. >> possibly also also after what happened to shannon. so if there are any other survivors out there. we obviously encouraged them to report to local law enforcement. well, clear is from saratoga police don't know where he is now. and the search for him could encompass all of the united states and possibly europe kron 4 reached out to cleary via e-mail as well as cell phone. but there was no answer and no reply. dan kerman kron 4 news. >> wildfires property damage stepped up enforcement and poor air quality. all part of the potential fallout from a legal fireworks officials once again sounding the alarm about the looming threat posed by illegal fireworks heading