fort mcnair. yeah. mitch is here. him earlier. >> we will not get the capitol cleared out for two, three days. we should do it here. >> i appreciate that. i appreciate that. it seems like the overriding wish is to do it at the capitol but we are being told very directly, it's going to take days for the capitol to be okay again. that would be great. yeah. very well. very well. we were unified. no partisanship, no anything. but i think -- okay. yes, because i think it's important for it to happen today. i think it's -- a while ago chuck and i called on the president to ask the people to leave the capitol. that hasn't happened yet. i'm hoping it will. clearly they're -- they're -- we're in -- we're at the mercy and don't have that much communication here, believe it or not. we're not seeing all the statements and the rest but i appreciate that. can you check and see what the realistic view is of when we would be able to go back to the capitol. we have democrats and republicans at a location on capitol hill and they're to

fort mcnair. yeah, mitch is here.ed out for two, three days. we should do it here. >> i appreciate that. i appreciate that. it seems like the overriding wish is to do it at the capitol. what we are being told very directly is it's going to take days for the capitol to be okay again. that would be great, yeah. yeah, very well. and we were unified, no partisanship, no anything. but i think -- okay, yeah, because i think it's important for it to happen today. i think it's -- a while ago chelsea and i called the president to ask the people to leave the capitol. that hasn't happened yet. i hope it will. clearly they're -- we're at the mercy of we don't have that much communication here, believe it or not. so we aren't seeing all the statements and the rest. i appreciate that. will you check and see what the realistic view is of when we would be able to go back to the capitol. now -- a location at capitol hill. we're together and we're going to try to finish this today. they can't go home. they can't go outside. they can't

well, you have mccarthy there hiding in fort mcnair just like everybody else, sensibly, being broughtre for their own security. mcconnell, you steve scalise there as well. any talk of oh, these were just regular tourists certainly didn't seem like the republicans believe that. there is mccarthy right there staring at the camera. he didn't seem to believe that on that day. >> well, of course. and mcconnell and mccarthy initially came out and denounced trump for this. and as carl rightly points out, then they have shifted their position to safe territory for republicans in the trump era. i mean, the whole thing is so absurd that it defies our grandchildren are going to be looking at footage like this and accounts of what happened, and they are going to say what the hell was going on in america? because -- and liz cheney is right. all roads lead to trump on this. and, again, what all of this shows is has he fallen into himself so completely that he didn't realize, he didn't care about other people at all? i mean, it is absolutely astounding behavior, and as we know from reporting, a lot

mcnair on january 6th. video obtained by cnn takes you inside the military base for the first time. and as you mentioned, we see in this clip we are about to watch that nancy pelosi and mike pence are talking about contingency plans for certifying the election. this is as rioters had been storming the capitol for hours. the former vice president and the house speaker are focused on certifying the election. that remains the goal. take a listen. >> ft. mcnair, has facilities for the house and senate to meet as a backup plan should anything -- should anything happen that would warrant that. logistically, we want to bring the members here, house and senate, anyway. we're just making a judgment. we'd rather go to the capitol and do it there. but it doesn't seem to be safe. >> so you notice that nancy pelosi was so concerned about the safety -- or the safety situation at the capitol at that time that they were willing to try to figure out a way to convene lawmakers and bring the vice president to ft. mcnair to ce

. >> yeah, i think the most striking thing about fort mcnair and what was happening, it was really thes of trump's presidency that you saw congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle sort of come together to try to bring trump to heal. mcconnell, before he went to the democrats' room, and by the way, we have this bizarre color in the book for some reason democrats and republicans were escorted to different rooms at fort mcnair, despite the emergency. they're each trying to get through to the pentagon, why is the national guard not moving. mcconnell at one point, his staff is trying to get him on the phone with top defense leaders. they're put on hold. republicans were furious. why are -- why is he put on hold? you know, he crosses the room. again, he goes and finds pelosi and schumer and says, we have to work together. they -- together they were not able to get answers from the pentagon about why things were taking so fast. so, they all agree that the only person they can really turn to right now is not trump, it's mike pence. so, they call him. that's where we have this sort of c

mcnair, a military base in the washington, d.c., area after being rushed away from the capitol mob. >they are still trying to penetrate the building and it's not a safe thing because we are trying to figure out how to get this job done today. we talked to mitch about it earlier. he is not in the room right now, but he was with us earlier. and he said we want to expedite this and, hopefully, confine to just one complaint and then we can vote and that would be, you know, then just move forward the rest of the state. >> while that was happening at the same time vice president pence was holed up at an underground loading dock on the capitol campus. pence and pelosi, the first and second in line for the presidency, discussed their personal safety with pelosi pleading with pence to keep his location secret. cnn's zachary cohen is covering these developments for us. zachary, what else is in the video? >> good morning. so this exclusive video takes us inside ft. mcnair military base on january 6th after lawmakers were evacuated there because of the riot at the u.s. capitol. one of the things

she was at fort mcnair the other legislators. previously unseen video.y, conclusion of a subpoena to donald trump. >> we have no doubt that donald trump led an effort to of been american democracy that directly resulted in the violence of january 6. he tried to take away the voice of the american people in choosing their president and replace the will of the voters with his will to remain in power. he is the one person at the center of the story of what happened on january 6, so we want to hear from him. the committee needs to do everything in our power to tell the most complete story possible and provide recommendations to help ensure nothing like january 6 ever happens again. we need to be fair and thorough and gain a full context for the evidence we've obtained. but the need for this committee to hear from donald trump goes beyond our fact finding. this is a question about accountability to the american people. he must be accountable. he is required to answer for his actions. he's required to answer to those police officers who put their lives and bod

mike pence on a call, the two of them trying to work out how to certify the electoral vote from fort mcnairctually sheltering in place. >> we're at fort mcnair that has facilities for the house and senate to meet as a backup plan should that need if something happens to warrant that. if we logistically want to bring the members here of the house and senate anyway but we're just making a judgment. we'd rather go to the capitol and do it there but it doesn't seem to be safe. what do you think? have you spoke in terms of going back to the capitol, which is what we want to do, too? but mitch was talking about going back to the capitol. yeah. well, we would like to go back to the -- i -- that would be our hope, as well. the security is telling us that it's going to be awhile before the capitol will be able to do that. >> laura, it's so valuable. this video seeing it every single frame of it is so valuable for the american public to see because what that reveals to me. i was struck by that again yesterday that senator mitch mcconnell and vice president pence were determined to have them come back

it's footage from fort mcnair. vice president pence was on a loading dock.hey discussed their personal safety with pelosi begging him to keep his location a secret. >> hi. mr. vice president, hi, yeah, we're okay. we're here with mr. schumer, mr. mcconnell, the leadership, house, and senate, and how are you? oh, my goodness. where are you? god bless you. i worry about you being in that capitol though. don't let anybody know where you are. >> we now know the real danger pence, mike pence faced that day as rioters attacked the capitol. many were chanting hang mike pence as you can hear there. and outside the building, the mob built a gallows with a noose. >>> and in another clip we hear discussions between the former vice president and speaker pelosi as they work on a contingency plan to clear the capitol and finish certifying the 2020 election. >> fort mcnair has facilities for the house and senate to meet as backup plan should they have something like this. they logistically want to bring all the members of house and senate nanyway. we're just making a judgm

. >>> in just a moment we are going to take you inside fort mcnair where raw footage shows lawmakers from both parties working phones, scrambling to save the capital as the insurrection unfolded. >> the decision for the january 6th committee to subpoena donald trump is one that raised eye blow brows but it's not without prec precedent. what is the precedent here? >> this is a rare but important event in our nation's history. we have seen this before. now we've had situations before where a sitting president has gone in front of congress to testify. george washington did it, abraham lincoln did it. but it hasn't really happened since 1974, 48 years ago when gerald ford went in front of congress to testify about his pardon of richard nixon. this was not under subpoena, this was voluntary testimony. former presidents have also voluntary testified. most recently again gerald ford in 1983, testifying in connection with the buy centennial celebration of the u.s. constitution. congress has issued subpoenas before to presidents and former presidents. most famously in 1974, a senate committee

the video shows speaker pelosi and other congressional leaders as they sheltered at fort mcnair. >> stillafe enough for us to go back. still trying to penetrate the building, and it's not a safe thing. we're trying to figure out how to get this job done today. he's not in the room right now, but he was with us earlier and said we asked and hope they could confine it to just one complaint, arizona, and then we could vote and move forward the rest of the states. >> at the same time, vice president pence was holed up at an underground voting dock on the capitol campus. zachary cohen joins us now. what can you tell us about this new video from the day of the capitol rriot? >> this is the first exclusive look inside what was happening at fort mcnair on january 6th after members of congress were evacuated from the u.s. capitol, and it includes a moment where nancy pelosi and former vice president mike pence are so concerned about the security situation at the capitol that they're drawing up contingency plans to certify the 2020 election. take a look at this. >> facilities for house and the sena

the capital, we saw the videos come out of what speaker pelosi was doing behind the scenes at fort mcnair. she had an opportunity that night. she is talking about how i will trump -- i will punch trump out. that is a couple hours later. one of the rabble-rousers of the first impeachment says i wrote articles of impeachment and put them on the floor tonight while the iron is hot, while the republicans are angry, before they were chance to think, and she says no thank you. it takes her days before she is willing to embrace that. the fear of impeachment is so deep-seated with nancy pelosi that even after her assault on the capital she is not willing. she talks about her right hook but not about the chance she has to take advantage of the moment. these are some of the shocking and potentially tragic moments we document where but for a little bit more of an attitude shift, history might have changed. guest: -- host: joining us about their book unchecked, the story behind congress is botched impeachment of donald trump. (202) 748-8001 for republicans, (202) 748-8000 for democrats and (202) 748-

fort mcnair transformed into a command center as pelosi and the senate democratic leader shuck schumer trying to get a damage assessment from the capitol and all hands on deck huddle between congressional leadership, speaker pelosi, leader schumaners, leaders mitch mcconnell and congressman kevin mccarthy, bipartisan circled around a cell phone pressing the acting secretary of the army to flood the capitol with national guardsmen then vice president mike pence including pelosi and schumer they can go back to work and they can go back to work to certify joe biden as the next president of the united states. >> all been evacuated? >> i'm just giving you a heads-up. the sergeant-at-arm official. >> what's going on? >> informed me -- >> with me in studio to share the reporting and insights cnn dana bash, cnn man new raju, pbs news hour and cnn legal analyst cory cordero. just this remarkable footage. go seven minutes or so shown at the hearing and then more obtained by cnn from alexandra pelosi takes you inside the fear, the drama, the uncertainty of that day and when you listen to the foot

work on a contingency plan to clear the capitol and finish certifying the 2020 election. >> fort mcnairities to meet for a backup plan. should anything happen, we don't want that, we logistically want to bring all of the members of the house and senate anyway, but we're just making a judgement. we'd rather go to the capitol and do it there, but it doesn't seem to be safe. what do you think? >> but he spoke in terms of going back to the capitol, which is what we want to do, too, but mitch was talking about going back to the capitol? yeah. well, we would like to go back to the -- that would be our hope, as well. the security is telling us that it's going to be a while before the capitol will be able to do that. >> you might recall portions of these videos were used in a final public hearing of the january 6th committee. the house select committee used the video and new testimony to demonstrate how former president donald trump knew he had lost the election, but still went forward with efforts to overturn the results. the committee also voted to subpoena the former president. in response,

we are at fort mcnair, which has facilities for the house and the senate to meet, as a backup plan.n told that we need, have only days to clear the capital, and that we should move everyone, to get the job done. now, we've been getting different information, but that's what we're being told. chuck schumer has been told that. a while ago, chuck and i called on the president to evacuate the capitol. that hasn't happened yet. we have reported about the condition of the house -- -- [inaudible] that's hard to clean up, but i do think it was more from a security standpoint, making sure that everybody will be good. >> hello, is this the president? i. we are okay, but i'm with mr. schumer, mr. mcconnell, leadership in the senate, how are you? oh my goodness, where are you? god bless you. are you in a safe place? we're still not safe. everything outside is back. we've been told it could take days to clear the capital, and that we should get everyone here to get the job done. we are at -- which has facilities for the house and the senate to meet. we'd rather go to the capitol, but it doesn't

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capture inside for mcnair where speaker pelosi and all the congressional leadership, bipartisan congressional leadership were gathered a couple of miles from the capitol. that video was shot by nancy pelosi's daughter, alexander pelosi, an accomplished documentarian, as rachel mentioned earlier. here is an element of that video that was not shown by the committee today. this is one nancy pelosi is getting the word that donald trump has said, publicly, at his speech that he is going to walk down to the capitol. that he is going to come to the capitol with the protesters. here is that video. >> the secret service said they have persuaded him to come to capitol hill, they told me don't have the resources to protect him here. so at the moment, he is not coming, but that could change. >> [inaudible] i've been waiting for this, for trespassing on the capitol -- i mean to punch him out and i'm gonna go to jail. and i'm gonna be happy. >> i hope he comes, i want to punch him out. in fact, let's roll that video again. because you are going to see the speaker of the house of representatives saying that

the capitol showing never before seen video of congressional leaders hunkered down at nearby fort mcnair during the attack. we have some senators who were still in their hideaways. they need massive personnel. now, they argue. the former president knew he lost the election but had a premeditated plan to declare victory no matter what. the central cause of january. 6th was one man. donald trump. this hearing featured new video from closed door depositions and messages from the secret service in late december, showing alarm about potential violence on january 6th. their plan is to literally kill people. please please take this tip seriously and investigate further. thursday's hearing is likely the last one before the november election. the two republican members on the committee will no longer hold office next year. the committee is expected to release a final report sometime in december. already sold the product. nobody is in favor of what happened on january 6th. most people, most have condemned it. republicans are also producing a report of their own, waiting to unveil it after the comm

it was actually fort mcnair which was previously reported.attack. they played several minutes of it. we have obtained the -- nearly all of the video that was turned over to the committee. they had more than 40 minutes of material to choose from. they only played a few minutes. i want to show you a minute or so of what they played earlier. >> we have got to get -- to finish the proceedings. there has to be some way we can maintain the sense that people have that there is some security or some confidence, that government can function, and that you can elect the president of the united states. did we go back into session? >> we did go back into session, but now apparently everybody on the floor is putting on their gas masks to prepare for a breach. i'm trying to get more information. >> they're putting on their -- >> tear gas masks. >> can you believe this? >> no, i can't. >> oh my gosh. they're just breaking windows. they're doing all -- all kinds of -- it's really -- they said somebody was shot. it's just horrendous, and all at the instigation

fortman mcnair is down at the southern tip -- fort mcnair is done at the southern tip of washington,., where the rivers come together. that is where the leadership team was transported to. and you saw during that video, nancy pelosi on the phone trying to get congress to reconvene at the capitol that also some discussion about possibly reconvening members of congress on january 6 down at fort mcnair if they cannot reconvene at the capitol. they were transported across town, down to the southern tip of the this is gail in new york, line for democrats. good morning. caller: good morning. thanks for taking my call. you know, the last election two years ago when biden was made president, i was so happy. but i was also discouraged because there were so many people that voted for trump, and it made me disheartened. and the last couple years with the republicans denying and buying this steel -- that the election was stolen, i was just disheartened. i am 78 years old and from a family where my father and my uncle were in the second world war, and they both died within two weeks of one anothe

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mcnair evacuated from the u.s. capitol during the insurrection on january 6th.tage shows top lawmakers discussing whether they should go back to the capitol or if a backup plan needed to be put in motion so they could vote to certify the 2020 election. take a look at this. >> so let's say we finish, how is it, you're going to bring more back and let them disperse? how do we look out for their safety? >> we will make sure they are safe getting where they need to be. we will have time as we set up this operation and move forward with this democratic process. we will adjust accordingly. but obviously the capitol is in no condition to go back to interior you can see how concerned congressional leaders like nancy pelosi and chuck schumer were, but also their focus on moving forward with the election certification either from the capitol or another backup location if needed. we know lawmakers ultimately returned to the capitol on january 6th and certified joe biden's electoral victory, but the video sheds new light on what was happening behind the scenes in this secur

roughly hour of additional footage obtained exclusively by cnn, we see lawmakers transforming fort mcnairnd center to communicate with mike pence and others and even considering recron convening official proceedings at military base. >> they need to clear the capitol and we should be moving everyone here to get the job done. we're at the -- [ bleep ] which has facilitied for the house and the senate to meet. we would rather go to the capitol and do it there but it doesn't seem to be safe. >> reporter: while pence evacuated the senate chamber, he stay the behind in the capitol with his security detail. >> i worry about you being in that capitol dome. don't let anybody know where you are. >> i would like to know a good god damn reason why it was denied. >> reporter: then chuck schumer shouting at ryan mccarthy after hearing a rumor trump blocked the national guard. >> there is a picture of someone sitting in this chair in the senate and we've all been evacuated. there have been shot

seeing these images really for the first time from inside for the -- of fort mcnair, you see them responding and doing their work. they have a warm conversation with speaker pelosi and mike pence and asked if he's okay and concerned about his safety and calling back to say the capitol will be cleared in an hour. these are government officials doing their job and the president was awol during those hours and we know that from people that work in the west wing, allies of his, said did he not do anything to try to stop the violence in realtime. so i think it is extraordinary to show that much of the government was working, mitch mcconnell, john thune, chuck grassley the republican senators, the top leadership and the top democrats, nance and chuck schumer and steny hoyer. you saw people trying to move the process forward and certify the election results. president at the time was simply awol, not a part of any of this. >> the committee was very clear in making the closing argument yesterday. they're putting donald trump at the center of this plot. based on what has been presented, based on what

mcnair on january 6th after members of congress were evacuated from the capitol.e know people like nancy pelosi and chuck schumer were all taken to this secure location, where they, this video shows, were frantically trying to figure out a way to certify the election for joe biden. while they were there, nancy pelosi gets on the phone with mike pence and they figure out a way to vote on certifying the election, either at the capitol or somewhere else. take a listen to this. >> we will not get the capitol cleared out for two or three days. we should do it here. >> i appreciate that. i appreciate that. it seems like the overriding wish is to do it at the capitol. what we are being told fairly directly is, it's going to take days for the capitol to be okay again. >> pam, we obviously know that it didn't take days for the capitol to be okay again. later that night congress met at the capitol and certified joe biden's win. a few things jump out about that video. one is the genuine level of concern between nancy pelosi and mike pence on the other line about their safety

bisset, medical director of the mcnair emergency center and emergency medicine physician the baylor college to see you, doctor. >> good morning. >> so we saw in that piece, you know, texas is one of just four states where pediatric hospital beds are at least 90% full. what have won seeing in your hospitals? >> you know, fred, hospitals are still reeling from the impact of covid-19. so with the increase in respiratory cases and pediatric surge, we are seeing that there are some hospitals in texas that have actually had to transfer pediatric patients to nearby states such as arkansas or louisiana. el paso children's hospital reported a 369% increase in cases from august to now, and here in houston in the texas medical center i am seeing parents bringing their children to my adult emergency department because the wait times at the pediatric emergency department were so asstronomically long. >> so frightening when your child is in labored breath. totally understood. so cases of rsv are, you know, 60% higher in the u.s. today than they were during the last year's, you know, peak week. some scien

obtained more of the never before seen video showing congressional leaders as they transformed the fort mcnairilitary base into their own command center. chuck schumer was begging to secure any help they could get from the national guard. >> they have -- okay. well, d.c. has requested the national guard and it's been denied by d.o.d. i'd like to know a good god damn reason for why it's been denied. i apologize. >> don't apologize. >> please, the whole capitol is rampaged. there's a picture of someone sitting in the chair in the senate. >> shots fired. shots fired. >> shots fired. we need a national guard component now. >> another clip shows part of a call congressional leaders had with then vice president mike pence to quell this insurrection and finish certifying the 2020 election. >> madam speaker, this capitol building i'm literally standing with the u.s. capitol police. he just informed me their best information is they believe that the house and the senate will be able to reconvene in roughly an hour. >> good news. >> the video was shot by nancy pelosi's daughter. she's a documentary film

the footage house leadership and that the senate leadership in at fort mcnair that was taken revealed today. you can see why speaker pelosi is the speaker of the house. cool, calm, collected throughout the entire endeavor. but i think what's important is that. chair mccarthy has said flat out he's going to he's going to dissolve the committee and people should wait out in their minds as well going forward. and obviously, if the committee is gone and trump's stalls and the subpoena, which he which he can and has a right to do and probably will do if there's no committee, the subpoena will be throwing out as moved by a court because there's nothing to compel him to to appear before a committee that doesn't exist anymore. but again, those are part of the stakes and that's part of the conversation. but this committee wanted to do that is checked. cheney wanted to put out there, but i'm could continue or wanted to put out there to the moderate republicans to the to the not trump a base of the republican party to say don't forget about this. don't forget what's at stake. it's more than abou

roughly hour of additional footage obtained exclusively by cnn, we see lawmakers transforming fort mcnair, a military base two miles away into a command center to communicate with vice president mike pence and others. even considering reconvening the congressional proceedings at the military base. >> it could be days to clear the capitol and we should be moving everyone here to get the job done. we're at the [ bleep ] which has facilitied for the house and the senate to meet. we would rather go to the capitol and do it there. but it doesn't seem to be safe. >> reporter: while pence evacuated the senate chamber, he stayed behind in the capitol with his security detail. >> i worry about you being that capitol building. i hope -- don't let anybody know where you are. >> i would like to know a good god damn reason why it was denied. >> reporter: then chuck schumer shouting at ryan mccarthy after hearing a rumor that trump blocked the national guard from going to the capitol. >> there is a picture of someone sitting in the chair of the senate, we've all been vaticaned and there have been shots

reporter: this exclusive cnn video shows new details of what was happening behind the scenes at fort mcnair, after congressional leaders were evacuated from the u.s. capitol during the insurrection on january 6th. now, the new footage shows top lawmakers discussing whether they should go back to the capitol that day, or if a backup plan needed to be put in motion so they could vote to certify the 2020 election. take a look at this. >> so let's say we finish at midnight, 1:00 in the morning, you're going to bring them all back to the capitol and let them disperse? how do we look out for their safety once they're finished. >> we will have time as we set up this operation and move forward with this democratic process and we will adjust accordingly. but obviously the capitol is in no condition to go back to. >> reporter: you can see just how concerned congressional leaders like nancy pelosi and chuck schumer were. but also their focus on moving forward with the election certification, either from the capitol or another backup location if needed. now, we know lawmakers returned to the capitol on

the dynamite exploded and brutally killed 11-year-old denise mcnair carol robinson 14-year-old adey collins and 14-year-old cynthia beyond wesley. those killed becameit known as - little girls. additionally more than a dozen black people were injured including the younger sister of annie mae collins, sara collins was the fifth girl in that basement pic explosion her in one eye and several pieces of glass were embedded in her face. thech 16 straight at this church coming with an act of terror that shook civil rights activists and everyday black folks. history often are members at the carol and cynthia is the four little girls killed by supremacists. only talk about the bombing we don't often say their names. we rarely talk about who they were before that fateful morning of unrepentant white supremacist violence. ebdenise loves baseball and wasa brownie. she also loves to perform in raising money for muscular dystrophy. carol wanted to be a singer and the choir was one of her believe -- beloved training grounds. g she loved dancing and playing the clarinet. eddie may was artistic and delighte

and once they were taken out of the capitol to their safe place at fort mcnair there were all these calls, we knew -- i was sitting at the justice department. we knew that they were fielding calls. the fbi had people going to the capitol to try to clear the capitalin i ing capitol to try make it safe for the congress to continue its constitutional duty. and i think what those images capture is just how haphazard everything was because there was nobody at the white house necessarily who was calling the shots. so you saw nancy pelosi, you saw, you know, governors -- wolf, we knew that that day there were police that came all the way -- police departments all the way from new jersey that traveled down to the u.s. capitol answering the call for help. that was how crazy and how just -- >> can i just jump in to underscore your point briefly? because i was in that complex as that was happening, as they were being evacuated. those were some of the longest hours of my life and of all of our be lives quite frankly. the idea that you could sit in the united states capitol where we all went to work e

the capitol showing never before seen video of congressional leaders hunkered down at nearby fort mcnair during the attack. we have some senators who were still in their hideaways. they need massive personnel. now, they argue. the former president knew he lost the election but had a premeditated plan to declare victory. no matter what. the central cause of january. 6th was one man. donald trump. this hearing featured new video from closed door depositions and messages from the secret service in late december, showing alarm about potential violence on january 6th plan is to literally kill people. please please take this tip seriously and investigate further. thursday's hearing is likelyfore the novem. the two republican members on the committee will no longer hold office next year. the committee is expected to release a final report sometime in december. already sold the product. nobody is in favor of what happened on january 6th. most people, most have condemned it. republicans are also producing a report of their own, waiting to unveil it after the committee releases there's in washingt

the capital showing never before seen video of congressional leaders hunkered down at nearby fort mcnair during the attack. we have some senators who were still in their hideaways. they need massive personnel. now they argue. the former president knew he lost the election but had a premeditated plan to declare victory no matter what. the central cause of january, 6th was one man. donald trump. this hearing featured new video from closed door depositions and messages from the secret service in late december, showing alarm about potential violence on january 6th plan is to literally kill people. please please take this tip seriously and investigate further. thursday's hearing is likely the last one before the november election. the two republican members on the committee will no longer hold office next year. the committee is expected to release a final report sometime in december. already sold the product. nobody is in favor of what happened on january 6th. most people, most have condemned it. president trump does not comply with the subpoena. it's possible that the committee could ask the

this is also you have troops at for mcnair, andrews air i troops at for mcnair, andrews air force base want to say that because they are to be the responsibility... i don't- want to say that because they are on the ground _ want to say that because they are on the ground andm _ want to say that because they are on the ground and. . ._ the ground and... pretend for a moment that _ the ground and... pretend for a moment that we _ the ground and... pretend for a moment that we are _ the ground and... pretend for a moment that we are the - the ground and... pretend for a i moment that we are the pentagon the ground and... pretend for a - moment that we are the pentagon or the white house or some other entity that was under siege and let me say you can logistically get people there when you make the plan. we had to get this job done today and we talked to mitch about it earlier. he is not in the room right now but he was with this earlier and said, yeah, we want to expedite this and hopefully they could confine it to just one complaint, arizona, and hopefully they could confine it tojust on

the rice of mcnair is who i am real, so just curious if the national interest and economic plundering there is it campaign of this information against the action of friends not just in the health but beyond borders. in 2018 al jazeera met russian fighters from vac, nor training soldiers from the central african republic. but these, i cut off the special adviser to the countries president told me russia was back in africa since this interview. wagner has expanded its operation in mozambique, sudan, the central african republic, and molly, after the coon burkina faso on friday, the new leadership in walker do. under ibrahim taurus says he wants to work with new partners, including russia. in western europe, russia seen by many as an adversary. it's soft power, seemingly eroded by its invasion of ukraine. but in western africa, it's seen as a friend and alternative to the west and france, the former colonial power, especially when it comes to security and military cooperation. france continues to have a military presence in nearly all of its former african colonies. but this hasn't broug

obviously ransacking our offices and all the rest of that the leaders were huddled in nearby fort mcnair while insurrectionist attacked police and hunted for members of congress and vice president mike pence still on the capitol grounds. sit down, get him up an hour after the subpoena vote, trump posted social media messages, calling the committee a bust. and while he didn't rule out going under oath, time is running out if republicans take control of the house in january , it will be the end of the committee. they needed something to end with, because this is the end. there's no way trump has ever actually going to testify. the committee also showed the secret service had warning of possible violence more than 10 days before january 6th, including one tip that warned the proud boys were literally planning on killing people. julie back to you, caroline. what happens if former president trump refuses to testify? well, technically, the committee could ask the full house to hold him in contempt of congress and the justice department could choose to prosecute. but that is the unlikely scenar

mcnair, trying to get control over this increasingly volatile situation. at one point we learned as late as 4:30 p.m. on the day of the riot they were still talking about whether they should move the joint session of congress to that military base in order to certify the election. i want to play for you a clip of some of that incredible footage. >> they're breaking windows and going in. obviously, ransacking our offices and all the rest of that. that's nothing. the concern we have about personal harm -- >> safety. >> personal safety is just transcends everything, but the fact is on any given day, they're breaking the law in many different ways. and quite frankly, much of it at the instigation of the president of the united states. and now, if he could at least -- somebody -- >> why don't you get the president to tell them to leave the capitol, mr. attorney general, and your law enforcement responsibility. a public statement they should all leave. [ chanting usa ] >> this cannot be just we're waiting for so-and-so. we need them there now, whoever you've got

we saw mitch mcconnel taken to fort mcnair, goes across the aisle to bring nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, we can't rely on the president, we have to work together. also, we document how he really did believe trump was guilty of inciting the insurrection and he didn't buy this argument that you couldn't actually convict a former president, but again didn't have the guts to go against where his party was going. this is kind of the legacy of where we are now. >> let me bring erin in here. erin, i would venture to say this is not a tomato tomato issue where they see reasonable people can disagree on how to pronounce it, although it is officially tomato. i think this is a bigger deal. this reporting and what you see on the trail, to bring it back to the midterms, is candidates literally out there going, forget everything i ever said in the primary, now i'm down with democracy. >> and that's just it. it is a primar to general election shift. i have to give a shout-out to my favorite voter, my mom. it's her birthday today. >> what's her name? what's your mom's name? >> my mom is joyce. joyce, h

at approximately 10:23 am, the dynamite exploded and brutally killed 11-year-old carol denise mcnair, 14-year-old carol budget robinson, 14-year-old adding a collins and 14-year-old cynthia a wesley. those killed became known as the four little girls. additionally more than a dozen black people were injured including the younger sister of adeline collins, sarah collins was the fifth girl in that bathroom. the explosion blinded her in of eye and several pieces glass embedded in her face. the 16th street baptist church bombing was a gutwrenching act of terror that shook civil rights activist, allies of freedom struggles in everyday life. therefore . history too often remembers addie, denise, carol and cynthia as the four little girls killed by white supremacists . when we talk about the bombing we don't often say their names. we rarely talk about who they were before that faith faithful morning of unrepentant white supremacist violence. denise loved baseball and was a brownie. she also loved to perform and use her gifts to raise money for muscular dystrophy research carol wanted to be a

at approximately 10:23 a.m., the dynamite explode hit and brutally killed 11 year old carol denise mcnair, 14 year old carol rose. and on robinson, 14 year old addie mae collins and 14 year old cynthia john wesley, those killed known as the four little girls in additionally more than a dozen black people were injured, including the younger sister of addie may collins, sarah collins, who was the fifth girl in that basement bathroom. the explosion blinded in one eye and several pieces of. glass embedded in her face. the 16th street baptist church bombing was a gut wrenching act of terror that shook civil rights activists, allies of freedom struggles and everyday black folks to their core history too often remembered addie, denise carroll and cynthia as the four little girls killed by white supremacist notes. when we talk about the bombing we don't often say their names. we rarely talk about who were before that fateful morning of unrepentant white supremacist violence. denise loved baseball and was a brownie. she also loved to perform to use her artistic gifts to raise money, muscular dystr

the capital, we saw the videos come out of what speaker pelosi was doing behind the scenes at fort mcnaire had an opportunity that night. she is talking about how i will trump -- i will punch trump out. that is a couple hours later. one of the rabble-rousers of the first impeachment says i wrote articles of impeachment and put them on the floor tonight while the iron is hot, while the republicans are angry, before they were chance to think, and she says no thank you. it takes her days before she is willing to embrace that. the fear of impeachment is so deep-seated with nancy pelosi that even after her assault on the capital she is not willing. she talks about her right hook but not about the chance she has to take advantage of the moment. these are some of the shocking and potentially tragic moments we document where but for a little bit more of an attitude shift, history might have changed. guest: -- host: joining us about their book unchecked, the story behind congress is botched impeachment of donald trump. (202) 748-8001 for republicans, (202) 748-8000 for democrats and (202) 748-8002

fort mcnair, andrews air force base, other military bases.e duty national guard. >> how soon in the future can you have the place evacuated? you know, cleaned out? >> i don't want to speak for the leadership, that's going to be responsible for executing the operation. they are on the ground, and they are the experts. >> just pretend, for a moment, if it were the pentagon, or the white house, or some other entity that was under siege. let me say, you can, logistically, get people there as you make the plan. >> [noise] >> with your help i'd like to get the job done. we talked to mitch about a earlier. he's not here now but was with this earlier and says he wants to expedite this and hope to confine it to just one complaint, of arizona and then we can vote, and then move forward in the best state. the over riding wishes to do it at the capitol. what we are being told very directly is it will take days for the capitol to be okay again. we have gotten a bad report that the condition of the house floor is defecation and all that kind of thing. i do