metropolitan police officer gunther hashida.e philadelphia police commissioner and cnn law enforcement analyst. my goodness, chief ramsey. let's say good evening to you but it not a good evening. thank you for joining. we're learning about the fourth officer that died but suicide. what goes through your mind when you hear this? s >> first of all, i want to offer my condolences to the officers killing themselves as well as the men and women of the department because it's tough when you lose an officer. clearly, there is a mental health issue here that we got to address. it's not just the january 6th insurrection that the officers responded to, of usuy obviously traumatic inls -- incident but day tod day trama. this adds up over time. >> are you worried about this number keeping up, rising? >> i am and i have been for a long time. i mean, there is a very high rate of suicide among police officers. and a lot of it is due to untreated trama. psychological trama that officers are exposed to on a regular basis. you know, in policing,

earlier, we learned that gunther hashida also died of suicide.mes clyburn. congressman, thank you for joining. sorry, that i have to give this news to you. or we have to talk about this news. but two more officers lost. our hearts go out to their families. it's a terrible reminder of just how violent january 6th was. the emotion, the trauma, still, out there. does it make the house committee on the insurrection even more urgent? >> well, first of all, thank you so much for having me. yes, it does. it really does. i think that people need to come to grips with the fact that something happened on january 6th that's never happened in this country, before. never. have we seen this kind of violent insurrection, brought on by fellow americans. and we, all, know what happened. we, all, know where it happened. we, all, know that something and somebody is behind all of this. and to see four lives lost. that, to me, is just unacceptable. >> auh-huh. >> and for my republican colleagues to continue to obfuscate, and continue to obstruct. refusing to take par

his colleagues gunther hashida and kyle defreytag whose passing was reported just yesterday. and of course capitol police officer howard liebengood. we are also so inspired by the work of their loved ones who have come to capitol hill to fight for a 9/11-style commission to look at the insurrection and why it happened, to get to the bottom of it and to advocate for the capitol police to support their officers. it has been reported that at least 140 more officers sustained injuries from defending the capitol. the courage of these officers will be remembered forever. we responded. senator blunt and i join with senators portman and peters on the homeland security committee to meet with officials from multiple agencies and review thousands of documents. we convened major public hearings and then interviewed many, many other witnesses. our resulting bipartisan joint report focused on the security, planning, and response failures related to the violent and unprecedented insurrection at the capitol, and it includes key findings and recommendations that must be put in place without d

officer gunther hashida was found in his home last week. kyle defreytag was found dead on july 10th. you've been covering this closely. it's always a difficult issue because suicide is a very personal thing. we can't know from the outside what the direct cause was but there is a common thread between four officers and that is stress and emotional damage of january 6th. >> absolutely. i think what it highlights is that officers, not just in d.c. but all across the country, willingly run into attacks, run into trauma. they do that as part of the job. they take on the burden and that burden is immense. let me tell you about the lives of these officers. officer kyle defreytag joined metropolitan police department in 2016. officer gunther hashida joined the metropolitan police department in 2003. he was part of the emergency response team, a division within the special operations division. he was found deceased in his home july 29th. that date is significant because it is two days after his colleagues went to lawmakers to outline their trauma an

the metropolitan police department announcing the suicides of officer kyle defreytag and gunther hashidangood also took their own lives after january 6th. joining m now, one of the heroes who defended our capitol that day and testified about it before the select committee, d.c. metropolitan police officer michael fanone and my friend. mike, thank you. good to see you. >> thank you. >> we don't know exactly why officer hashida or officer defreytag took their own lives. but we talk about the january 6th insurrection and the impact it's had on your mental health and other officers. how big of a struggle is this for officers? >> i mean, i think it's -- it's -- we're experiencing what i would describe as an epidemic of law enforcement suicides. it's a big problem. >> it's not just that, also. it's this. it's the denial of what happened to you by the very -- some of the very folks you saved. i want to put up this video. this is video, it shows how you almost died on january 6th. some republicans -- look, we don't have to play what they -- because i want to hear from mike. but you know what som

police say 18-year veteran officer gunther hashida was found dead in his home last thursday. house speaker nancy pelosi said hashida was a hero who risked his life to save the capitol. another officer kyle defreytag died by suicide. >>> the biden administration is putting pressure on states and cities after a federal eviction ban expired. in a statement the white house said that it has approved more than $46 billion for rental assistance, but it said many local governments have been slow to act to distribute the money. now millions of americans face possible eviction. natali brand reports from capitol hill. >> 17, 15. >> reporter: mother of four and florida teacher jeanette herbert said she's fallen two months behind on her rent because of the pandemic. >> waiting on my income tax, that never came through. i understand the situation with the irs. because of covid they have been with less workers. >> reporter: she's now among the millions of americans who could face possible eviction after a federal moratorium expired over the weekend. >> it's not the moment when you want peop

officer gunther hashida was assigned to the emergency response team and was found deceased at his home. the emergency response team responded to the riot at the capitol on january 6th. officer hashida is the third mpd officer to die by suicide this year. >>> overseas now, to afghanistan, and the u.s. launching air strikes daily for the past two weeks to block the taliban advances on three key cities there. all of this happening as the taliban gains ground and u.s. troops head home. and a second flight arriving here in the u.s. carrying afghan interpreters and others. here's abc's senior foreign correspondent ian pannell. >> reporter: tonight, afghan fighters racing to turn back the taliban onslaught as militants advance on three major cities. since america's deal to pull out, the taliban has moved rapidly. by one estimate, now controlling more than half of the country's 400 districts. civilian casualties are at record highs and hundreds of thousands are being forced from their homes. now, for the first time in this offensive, three provincial capitals are being assaulted. as we saw whe

dc's metropolitan police department says officer gunther hashida was found dead in his home thursday.fficers howard liebengood, kyle defreytag, and jeffrey smith also took their own lives in the wake of the assault by a mob incited by then-president trump. more than 100 officers were injured. a warning to our viewers: this headline contains graphic footage of police violence. in florida, five miami beach police officers haveeen criminally charged after they were filmed repeatedly kicking and bodyslamming a black man in handcuffs, before brutally assaulting a bystander who filmed t incident. the bystander, 28-year-old khalid vaughn hafaced charges of impeding a police investigation and resisting arrest with violence, but those charges were dropped when video showed he posed no threat to the officers who assaulted him. new york governor andrew cuomo was questioned for 11 hours by investigators from the state attorney general's office looking into sexual harassment allegations against him. that's according to the new york times which reported the meeting , took place in cuomo's office la

officer gunther hashida joined the department in 2003. he was assigned to the emergency response team with the special operations division. he was found deceased at his home on july 29th. officer michael fanone, honoring officer hashida who he knew well in a statement overnight he wrote, gunther was the most profession mall police officer that i have ever worked with in my entire career. i have always felt that way. for me the take away is that so much more needs to be done to normalize the conversation around mental health, not just in our profession. we need to take away the stigma of talking about these issues. a total at this point of four officers, john, have died by suicide here in the weeks and months since the attack. >> and as fanone mentioned, stigma, remember, just last week, he and three fellow officers gave emotional testimony about their harrowing experience defending the capitol on january 6th. he was met by ridicule and mocking from right wing media. >> i'm having a real hard time believing a lot of what i'm hearing becaus

also in july was the death by suicide of officer gun gunther hashida, he died july 29th, two days after two of his colleagues, two members of the capitol police department went to congress to outline the trauma they experienced on the day of the capitol insurrection. during that congressional testimony, officers made an urgent plea for more mental health resources as evidenced by the growing number of officers who are taking their own lives, mental health help for police is literally a matter of life and death. it just so happens that officer mike fanone, someone you may see on our air happened to know officer gunther. >> gunther was the most professional police officer. so much more needs to be done to normalize the conversation around mental health not just in our profession. we need to take away the stigma of talking about these issues. this is a heartbreaking development, and we can't know in this moment what role responding to the insurrection might have played. suicide is as personal as it is complicated. however, this is now this heartbreaking string that threads these four men t

metropolitan police officer gunther hashida, may he rest in peace.hashida and same for capitol police officer howard and jeffrey smith. why? all three died by suicide after the january 6th attack. hashida's death was announced today. they had 43 years of experience yet, the same people that claimed blue lives matter, mocked, laughed, disparaged the wounds inflicted on these men. wounds of that day are going to go far beyond the 140 officers beaten with flag poles, stabbed with metal fence stakes, smashed over the head with fire extinguishers and more. the survivors told you the extent themselves last week. >> i've been left with the psychological trama and the emotional anxiety of having survived such a horrific event. >> are you someone who rolls your eyes when you hear that? just think about it. that's got to stop. a congress did something good here. they approved more than $70 million for the capitol police department including money for mental health spending. remember, i look forward to the day there is no mental health, there is only health and

the department says special operations officer gunther hashida was found dead in his home last thursday and officer kyle defreytag was found dead july 10. that makes a total of four officers who have died by suicide since the riot. >> clearly there is a mental health issue here that we've got to address. it is not just the january 6th sflur insurrection that the officers responded to. obviously that was a very traumatic incident. but it is just the day to day policing and the trauma that they are exposed to a regular basis especially in those cities with high rates of gun violence and so forth. >> brian sicknick suffered two strokes and died a day after the insurrection. >>> and the rush of simone biles after withdrawing from the all-around competition and three event finals, the star gymnast is competing with the balance beam final. blake essig is live outside the gymnastics site. i got the alert that the balance beam final has begun. what do we know? >> reporter: simone biles' quest for gold is happening. the balance beam final is taking place as we speak right behind me. and of cours

we know that officer gunther hashida joined the department in 2003.as assigned to the emergency response team, a division within the special operations division. both men according to the metropolitan police department responded to the capitol, both men took their own lives in the month of july. we can't know all of the conditions that would lead someone to such a tragic decision, however, they now join this list of men who share this one terrible day in common which was responding to the capitol. the other officers who took their own lives following their response to that attack, officer jeffrey smith, also a metropolitan police department officer, and officer liebengood. this is tragic and the news follows calls from their own colleagues who went to lawmakers in late july last week to tell them about the extensive trauma they underwent on the day of the insurrection and to call for more resources and to remind officers that if they need help they must seek it. it is a reminder of the immense burden law enforcement takes on, takes on willingly when t

insurrectionists, we've gotten a very sad report today here from cnbc, third police officer, gunther hashidat the capitol with the pro trump mob. i'll give you the last word on this. >> heartbreaking. i chair the committee that funds the capitol police. you know, we went out of our way to make sure we're trying to take care of those people who have taken care of us. we sent billions of dollars to local communities to make sure that they're funded so that, you know, those people that provide the security in our communities have what they need. and these guys are looking the other way. this speaks to the mental health issues around the country too, i think. the addiction issues around the country. and look, this person put their lives on the line for us, to protect the democracy, not just members of congress. and the republican party is completely looking the other way. i hope we can get past this. i hope they can get back into reality. and then we can start talking about how we take care of these police officers and then how we start working again to get the economy going for all of these peo

>> reporter: well, victor, what we know is that officer gunther hashida joined the department in 2003 u.s. capitol on january 6th. the department, i want to make absolutely clear, the department has not drawn any connection between his responding to the u.s. capitol and his eventual death by suicide, but what this does, victor, remind us of is that law enforcement is an incredibly difficult job. it comes with a very heavy burden. we can't know, ever, what the complicated circumstances are behind suicide. it's impossible to just say it was one reason. but i think it is, again, important to know that these officers undergo trauma on january 6th, they undergo trauma many days of their professional career when they serve in uniform. the department telling us today that they are grieving as a department and their thoughts and prayers are with the officer's family and friends. victor, this is the third officer who responded to the capitol who died by suicide. u.s. capitol officer howie as well as mpd officer jeffery smith both responded to the day of the insurrection, and both eventually to

officerer gunther hashida who joined the d.c. in his apartment on thursday. and we honor the work he and his fellow officers did when the country needed him most. same cannot be said for wisconsin senator and serial insurrection minimizer, ron johnson, who is at it, again. this time, according to a video obtained by "the washington post," he is insinuating the fbi knew more about the attack than we know, which is odd, considering he is on record downplaying the attack, itself. his comments came after a local-political event over the weekend. he says in part, and i quote, so you think the fbi had fully infiltrated the militias in michigan but they don't know squat about what was happening on january 6th or what was happening with these groups? i'd say, there's way more to the story. just one of a number of things tonight to talk about with connecticut democrat senator chris murphy. senator murphy, thanks for being with us. for a sitting-u.s. senator to suggest that about the fbi and the insurrection, what -- what is -- i mean, wha

officer gunther hashida was found dead at his home according to dc police on thursday. he was assigned to the emergency response team. according to the obituary, he died just shy of his 44th birthday. officer kyle deprytag was found dead. i recently spoke with d.c. police officer michael fanone about the impacts of the insurrection on him. >> how has it affected you now? >> there was a time where i dealt with severe and i still experience severe depression, you know, almost debilitating. early on i had bouts of just absolute rage. i think that was like the overwhelming emotion that i experienced, like pretty early on. or just like unbelievable sadness. almost unexplained at the time. you know -- >> the justice department has charged more than 550 people in relation to the attack on the capitol on january 6th and the house select committee is continuing its investigation into what happened. gayle. >> thank you very much, kris. >>> turning to climate change and the worsening drought, more than 46% of the state of california is considered to be in exceptional drought. that

police officer gunther hashida was found at his home on thursday.with the special operations division that helped protect the capitol that day. we also learned that officer kyle defreytag, who is also the d.c. metro police force, died on the 10th. he was just 26 years old and had been with the department since november of 2016. just days after the january 6 attack, two other officers died by suicide. their families said their deaths were the result of the capitol riot. more than 100 officers from d.c. and capitol police were injured defending the capitol that day. >> and, you know, willie, when you look at what these officers have done, what they've been through, the hell that they've been through, being beaten up and brutalized by americans, people who claim to love this country, getting beaten and brutalized with an american flag, you looked at the testimony last week, could see the trauma that was evident in their face from what they went through. and still being mocked and ridiculed by a small percentage of people, but people who, my god, just h

gunther was the d.c. metropolitan police department for almost 20 years. the department spokesperson said, quote, we are grieving as a department. we send our condolences to officer hashida'sand if you or a loved one has contemplated suicide, call the national suicide prevention life line at 1-800-273-8255. or text "talk" to 741741. we'll be right back. and new ways for them to reach you... is what business is all about. it's what the united states postal service has always been about. so as your business changes, we're changing with it. with e-commerce that runs at the speed of now. next day and two-day shipping nationwide. same day shipping across town. returns right from the doorstep, and deliveries seven days a week. it's a whole new world out there. let's not keep it waiting. riders, the lone wolves of the great highway. all they need is a bike and a full tank of gas. their only friend? the open road. i have friends. [ chuckles ] well, he may have friends, but he rides alone. that's jeremy, right there! we're literally riding together. he gets touchy when you talk about his lack of friends. can you help me out here? no matter why you ride, progressive has you covered

officer --, officer jeffrey smith of the metropolitan police department mpd officer gunther , hashida, metropolitan officer kyle defreytag, and officer billy evans. you are well aware of his passing. but just two more lost their lives in recent days. so we are very, very sad. also i want to mention u.s. capitol police officers kenneth shaver, who was seriously injured in the good friday attack on the capitol. you all know that january 6 was a day of extraordinary tragedy for our country. it's a day determined in the constitution to be where the congress of the united states certifies the election of the president of the united states, and for that reason, that day was the target day for groups to come to the capitol to try to impede that congressional that , that constitutional action. so again, with all that transpired, i know, i know how fortunate we are to have the bravery, the patriotism of our capitol police. they are so remarkable. i am so sad that it took a tragedy of this nature for the recognition to be given to them. and so i say to them in accepting this gold-medal, you bri

his colleagues gunther hashida and kyle defreytag whose passing was reported just yesterday. and of course capitol police officer howard liebengood. we are also so inspired by the work of their loved ones who have come to capitol hill to fight for a 9/11-style commission to look at the insurrection and why it happened, to get to the bottom of it and to advocate for the capitol police to support their officers. it has been reported that at least 140 more officers sustained injuries from defending the capitol. the courage of these officers will be remembered forever. we responded. senator blunt and i join with senators portman and peters on the homeland security committee to meet with officials from multiple agencies and review thousands of documents. we convened major public hearings and then interviewed many, many other witnesses. our resulting bipartisan joint report focused on the security, planning, and response failures related to the violent and unprecedented insurrection at the capitol, and it includes key findings and recommendations that must be put in place without d

officer gunther hashida was a member of the d.c. metropolitan police department, and he was a hero. i also want to note that hours after officer hashida's death was announced, the metropolitan police department confirmed that another officer, kyl fretag, died by suicide last month. as we all witnessed last week, many of the capitol and metropolitan police officers who defended us -- defended us -- and the capitol on january 6 are still grappling with the physical and emotional trauma of the day. -- we have to do everything we can to support them, from providing access to mental and emotional support to ensuring that everyone who bears responsibility for the january 6 insurrection is held accountable. it's my understanding that 600 people have already been charged with wrongdoing for what occurred on that day, and many more will be charged. the supplemental funding package the senate passed this last week was a good starting point. to deny what january 6 was about is literally adding insult to injury for those officers, brave officers, who defended us. they deserve better. they deser