host: jim antle? guest: that is the overall argument the january 6 committee is trying to make, so even if they cannot make some kind of legal case the justice department would pursue to render the president ineligible from running again, they are trying to make the argument he shouldn't be anywhere near the levers of power again and that the system barely held on january 6. they would be too risky and dangerous to put him in the position to be making these decisions again. republican primary voters by and large don't seem to agree with that argument and they are going to get the first chance to decide whether trump is in a position to run again. we will have to see if the broader electorate shares that sentiment. host: they also will get to decide the future of liz cheney. what is it? guest: if you look at the polling at the state level and congressional district level, which is not always great, but it overall shows she will go down to a pretty steep defeat. she faces two problems i think. number on

host: jim antle?uest: that is the overall argument the january 6 committee is trying to make, so even if they cannot make some kind of legal case the justice department would pursue to render the president ineligible from running again, they are trying to make the argument he shouldn't be anywhere near the levers of power again and that the system barely held on january 6. they would be too risky and dangerous to put him in the position to be making these decisions again. republican primary voters by and large don't seem to agree with that argument and they are going to get the first chance to decide whether trump is in a position to run again. we will have to see if the broader electorate shares that sentiment. host: they also will get to decide the future of liz cheney. what is it? guest: if you look at the polling at the state level and congressional district level, which is not always great, but it overall shows she will go down to a pretty steep defeat. she faces two problems i think. number one,

host: jim antle, politics editor for washington examiner, you can go to tweet, include the handle @cspanwj. we will get to all of your reaction in a minute but let's begin with the chair of the committee, bennie thompson, democrat from mississippi. he was remote because he tested positive for covid-19. the focus of the hearing was when did the former president know about the violence at the capital and what did he do during those hours? here is the chair, bennie thompson. [video clip] >> the select committee has heard the story of a president who has done everything in his power to overturn the election. he betrayed his oath and tried to destroy our democratic institutions. he summoned him up to washington. on january 6 -- he summoned a mob to washington and when he knew the mob was a great he commanded the mob to go to the capital and commanded the heavily armed mob to "fight like hell." in the weeks between the november election in january 6, donald trump was a force to be reckoned with. he threw off the sober advice of his sensible advisors. instead he recklessly blazed the path of lawl

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