that's because michael riley is a member of the capitol u.s. police force.n january 6th. he was on his radio, hearing other members of the force taking on the siege at the rioters at the capitol and he was responding to a bomb threat on capitol hill. now, what happened to arise to these charges, the next day on facebook, michael riley allegedly reached out to a contact of his, who he saw posting on social media, selfies of the person being inside the capitol. and riley then wrote to the person in a direct message on facebook. i'm a capitol police officer who agrees with your political stance. take down the part about being in the building. they are currently investigating and everyone who whats in the building is going to be charged. he did continue to give the person warnings to take down social media posts and that person was arrested, ultimately, and pleaded guilty to being inside the capitol that day. now, riley is also charged with deleting some of his own facebook messages after the person he was in contact with was charged. and, fred, he's now on leav

talk to us about michael riley, pete. we learned he'll remain free during this process under certain conditions? >> reporter: right. an initial court appearance no plea. that comes later on this indictment. allowed to be released provided he la no weapons and can't be in contact with a specific group of people. although the court, that was under seal about specifically who he can't be in touch with. >> what else, pete, can you tell us about the situation? >> reporter: according to the indictment here, he reached out to a man before the riot. i should make clear. the charges don't say he had anything to do with facilitating the riot or anything to do with anything that happened on or before january 6th. what the indictment says on the 1st of january he actually reached out to a virginia fishing boat captain. not named in the court documents, but law enforcement officials tell us who this man is, because they both had an interest in fishing. then after the riot, when riley became aware this man posted images and videos on f

to the january 6 attack a capitol officer who could face prison time over the resurrection >> michael riley0-year-old veteran of the canine division faces two federal charges, each carries a maximum of 20 years in prison a federal court filing that he was facebook friends with a person said to be inside on january 6. he warned the suspect to quote, get off social media quote, i'm a capitol police officer who agrees with your political stance adding take down the part about the building they are investigating and everyone who was in the building is going to be charged that suspect was eventually arrested riley alerted and he began deleting his messages. a number of former police officers including from virginia riley is the first person to be charged with obstructing the investigation of january 6 we expect him back in court for his arraignment when he'll get an opportunity to enter a plea in the case. >> thank you for that report >>> nasa has launched an explorer into deep face. the probe named lucy has begun a 12-year mission to probe the asteroid off jupiter >>> a russian film crew return

police officer indicted on obstruction of justice charges related to the january 6th riot officer michael riley is accused of tipping off someone who took part in the riot to remove facebook posts showing that person inside the capitol during the attack. riley has been on the force for 25 years >>> and the biden administration said today it will ask the supreme court once again to block that texas law that bans most abortions this comes after a federal appeals court decided to let the law remain in effect while the courts consider whether it is constitutional. >>> in just 60 seconds, what was behind today's deadly knife attack on a british member of parliament richard engel with late details >>> and hollywood bracing for a big strike the potential impact on movie and tv production >>> back now with a horrific stabbing attack it happened while he was meeting with voters at a church now investigators examining whether it was an act of terror we get more from richard engel. >> reporter: british authorities say a man burst into this church in an english seaside town at lunchtime attacking and repea

in grand jury indictment michael riley is accused of repeatedly telling jacob hiles to delete his socialovide law enforcement with proof that he was part of the january 6th riot. the police officer is charged with obstruction of justice and is now on leave. >>> okay. up next do we have to talk about the giants? >> we do have to talk about the giants. >> maybe just a bit more. >> we have to process what happened. >> but we move forward wsh turn the page talk the nfl this weekend. big matchup sunday night. also about the 49ers and raiders. stay with us. >>> all right. it's going to be a quiet weekend for the 49ers who are all banged up appear off. it's their bye week. >> they need the rest. as for raiders following the john gruden exit face the bronco. sunday night football with the seahawks and steelers. . here is our sunday night gang. ♪♪ >> sunday night football is a super bowl 40 rematch but seattle does not have russell wilson for the first time in a decade. begino smith starts for the seahawks. >> i like begino snith and the seahawks against the steelers. i know that sounds crazy. fo

michael riley is accused of tipping off an unidentified protester, allegedly telling that person he agreedtheir political stance, while advising them to remove photos and videos from social media that showed them inside the capitol building. riley is the first u.s. capitol police officer to face charges in the riot. tonight, a spokesperson for former president bill clinton says he is on the mend as he recovers fro inf e eaia spitand liciano reports from irvine. >> reporter: former president clinton's condition is improving tonight with doctors saying he's responding well to treatment, though he'll stay one more night. but when he was admitted tuesday to the irvine medical center, there were signs of danger. >> he was disoriented. he wasn't speaking clearly. he was nauseous. he had vomiting. and they were very scared. >> reporter: the 75-year-old former president was suffering from an untreated urinary tract infection and showing signs of sepsis, a serious infection of the blood. >> it's very dangerous. i mean, you know, literally hours, a day later, he could have died from the infection. a

a potentially stunning turnaround for michael riley, seen here in a 2011 video when a national law enforcement organization honored him as officer of the month for helping an injured colleague. >> i would have done it for any other officer. >> but in obstruction of justice charges announced today federal prosecutors describe riley as giving aid and comfort to a rioter. at one point riley allegedly messaged the man, identified by a source as jacob hiles, writing, i'm a capitol police officer who agrees with your political stance. according to charging documents, hiles posting images of himself at the riot to facebook. riley is accused of warning hiles to remove posts showing him inside the capitol. everyone who was in the building is going to be charged. just looking out. according to the fbi, riley did this even while acknowledging to hiles, we had over 50 officers hurt, some pretty bad. hiles was charged with a misdemeanor and pleaded guilty last month. david, more than 140 officers were injured that day. if convicted, riley faces up to 40 years in prison. david? >> pierre thomas live at the

prosecutors say michael a. rileyter to remove posts on social media showing they were in the capitol that day. riley's arrest is notable in more than the 600 insurrection cases because this makes him the first police officer on duty on capitol hill, charged with attempting to help a rioter. cnn's caitlin paland joins us. tell us what you know. >> we have not seen this related to the capitol riot. this is a charge against a u.s. capitol police officer michael riley, a 24-year veteran of the police force who was on duty on january 6th. he wasn't assigned to the capitol building himself but he was listening on the radio to colleagues under siege by the rioters and had been responding to a bomb threat on capitol hill that day. and the following day he reached out, allegedly, according to his indictment to another person he had been in contact with who he had seen post selfies. and he wrote to that person in a direct message. i'm a police officer who agrees with your political stance. take down the part about being in the

uniform on. >> there's been a lot of suspicion that those police officers, this person was not michael rileycapitol on january 6th but there were others who appeared sympathetic to the rioters. i'll be careful though. a vast majority of the police that were there were defending the capitol and fighting the insurrectionists that day. the rioters, a lot of them got severely injured and through the course of this one brian sicknick lost his life, and there have been concerns that the capitol police had not done enough to essentially investigate its own ranks. they did say that they had taken some disciplinary action against a handful of them. the question is what else is out there? >> right, and jackie kucinich, as these investigations play out, again, i'm just reading the indictment, 25-year veteran of the capitol police force when was alleged to have done this on january 20th 20, 21. riley deleted all his direct messages to and from person one. a 25-year veteran of the police thinks because you delete them they disappear? hello. >> yeah. that's like not an understanding of social media, but i

this officer appeared in federal court and it lays out details about how this officer, michael riley, allegedly instructed a rioter who was present inside the capitol on january 6th to delete all evidence that he was inside the capitol off of his facebook account. oddly enough, these two became friends at the beginning of january then one day after the riot, this officer got in touch with the rioter and said you have to take down those messages because the fbi is invaes gaiting. this is what he said. he said hey, i'm a capitol police officer who agrees with your political stance. take down the part about being in the building. they are currently investigating and everyone who was in the building is going to be charged. just looking out. so this indictment saying this capitol police officer essentially tipped this rioter off to an investigation. then the second part. this is because this capitol police officer allegedly went in after the fact and deleted all of these conversations with this rioter once he found out that this rioter had been arrested and talking to the fbi about his com

capitol police officer michael riley was charged friday with obstruction of justice for trying to protectng the capitol during the january 6th riot. he was indicted for repeatedly telling the man to delete all social media that would have proved he entered the building that day. court documents say riley sent a direction message to the man who posted photos and videos admits he was at the capitol. rely responded, i'm a capitol police officer who agrees with your stance. take down your posts. everybody in the building is going to be charged. just looking out. the fbi was curious about his conversations with the capitol hill and riley deleased all his facebook messages to and from the man. riley? he's on administrative leave. >>> still ahead, the nasa mission piloted by a named beatle. "way too early" will be right back. beatle "way too early" will be right back super emma just about sleeps in her cape. but when we realized she was battling sensitive skin, we switched to tide hygienic clean free. it's gentle on her skin, and out cleans our old free detergent. tide hygienic clean free. hypoa

a grand jury indictment has charged michael riley with instruction of justice for repeatedly telling the man to wipe any social media posts to prove he entered the building that day. according to the indictment, in a direct message on facebook, he said i'm a capitol police officer who agrees with your political stance. take down the part about being in the building. they are correctly investigating and everyone who was in the building is going to be charged. just looking out. that officer has been placed on on leave as the capitol police conduct their own investigation. the ball is back in steve bannon's court as the house committee investigating the attack on the nation's capitol takes action against one of the ex-president's long time cronies. the panel is making good on the promise and now expected to send the criminal contempt referral for bannon to the full house for a vote next week. because of his refual to comply with the subpoena. select committee member writes it's official. steve bannon violated a congressional subpoena and missed his opportunity without jail time or a cou

capitol police officer michael riley, a 25 year veteran of the force, has been charged with trying toprotect one rioter who is charged with illegally entering the capitol during the one sixth attack. a grand jury indictment says officer wylie repeatedly told this man on facebook, to get rid of all social media that would prove he had ever entered the capitol. officer riley has been placed on leave, and is facing obstruction of justice charges. today, the capitol police union head issued a statement that read in part, we need to wade into all of the facts of the case are known and this officer has been given the opportunity to defend himself. >> meantime, president biden making his case to the public, for the infrastructure and social safety net and climate bills at the heart of his domestic agenda. he spent much of the day in connecticut, talking up both proposals, behind the scenes biden is trying to broker a deal to bring democrats together to support these bills. it's democrats holding them up, after all. new york times report, that biden's plan to replace fossil fuels with clean e

capitol police officer michael riley arrested, charged with obstruction of justice.ley allegedly communicated on facebook with a person who posted selfies and videos from the capitol during the insurrection. riley allegedly messaged the person, i'm a capitol police officer who agrees with your political stance. take down the part about being in the building. they are currently investigating and everyone who was in the building is going to charge. then in mid-january, riley allegedly told the person, get off social media. they're arresting dozens of people a day. at some point they also spoke on the phone. then the person at the riot was arrested on january 19th and was asked by the fbi about communications with riley. according to the indictment, riley deleted his facebook messages on january 20th. riley appeared in court today virtually and was released on certain conditions. including that he can't have any firearms. according to the indictment, riley has worked with capitol police for 25 years. he was in the canine unit on january 6th and though he was not on duty

capitol police officer michael riley appeared in federal court this afternoon on obstruction of justice charges. prosecutors say that riley, who is a 25-year veteran of the force, told a rioter to delete incriminating social media posts. according to the indictment, riley exchanged several facebook messages with this rioter following the attack. including this one, saying quote, i'm a capitol police officer who agrees with your political stance. take down the part about being in the building. they are currently investigating, and everyone who was in the building is going to be charged. just looking out. cnn's jessica schneider joins us now from capitol hill. so what more do we know about this officer and these charges? >> reporter: well, anderson, so these are two counts of obstruction. each carrying a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison each. the first count is for this officer allegedly instructing the rioter to delete all these facebook posts from his feed. essentially, tipping him off that there was an fbi investigation. the second count goes to this capitol police officer michela

charges he helped hide evidence of a rioters involvement and that january 6th insurrection officer michael rileysed of telling the writer to remove posts field from facebook showing himself inside the capitol building during the riot, the 2 had become friends in the days before january 6th officer riley has been placed on leave. the controversial abortion ban in texas will remain in effect for now after a federal appeals court ruled against the biden administration. >> the new law, which is the harshest abortion ban in the nation bars. the procedure after 6 weeks of pregnancy. it leaves enforcement up to private citizens who can sue doctors who perform abortions for thousands of dollars the department of justice is now asking the supreme court to halt the law and reverse this decision. but it's not clear if the conservative leaning high court will take up the case. now. doctors say that former president bill clinton will spend another night in a southern california hospital cameras caught the former secretary of state, his wife, hillary leaving the hospital. this is you see irvine, the former pr

now a grand jury has indicted that officer on charges he obstructed justice the feds say officer michael rileys of facebook messages with the suspect after the insurrection, telling him, delete all of your photos and videos on social media, the ones that you show you inside the capitol building. in one of the messages officer riley allegedly wrote, hey, i'm a capitol police officer who agrees with your political stance take down the part about being in the building. they're currently investigating and everyone who was in the building is going to be charged. just looking out officer riley is a 25-year veteran on the force he was once named national officer of the month because he saved a fellow cop's life with cpr. the capitol police chief says he's now on administrative leave. riley has not yet entered a plea he's facing two counts of obstruction. each count carries the maximum of 20 years in prison. >>> counterterrorism officers are now leading the investigation of a brutal stabbing death of bra british lawmaker investigators say a member of parliament was meeting constituents of a church in

this indictment claim tad officer michael riley told a capitol rioter to tamper with evidence. >> reilly told the person that he was just looking out for them. now a reminder more than 100 officers were injured and one died the day after the attack and four officers who were there that day later died by suicide. let's go to jessica schneider. and what more do you know about the charges against this officer? >> reporter: well, this is an officer victor what has been on the the capitol police force for 25 years but this afternoon appeared virtually from a holding cell via zoom during the court proceedings. that is just an initial hearing. so in plea was entered. but prosecutors, the judge did release him. he is being release the with restrictions. he has to get any travel preapproved. he also could not have any weapons, including guns. this officer now charged with two counts of obstruction. one count for the fact that he allegedly told an accused capitol rioter to remove all facebook posts pertaining to the january 6 insurrection including videos that that rioter had taken and also the se

officer michael riley allegedly advised the individual on posting or deleting images and then deletingnecticut to sell a key part of his massive social spending plan, child care, as democrats try to work out their disagreements over how much to cut and which programs to leave behind. the white house is pushing them to get it done before key off year election two weeks from now, the virginia governor's race, as democratic governor and former governor terry mcauliffe makes it clear that he wants the president to lower the boom on the squabbling democrats. >> let's get everybody in a room, lock the door, what do you need, what do you need, let's get it done. do your job. vote and get this done. >> joining us now, president obama's campaign manager and also david jolly. and so jim, you heard terry mcauliffe there. the president will be campaigning for him we're told. he told us. in the coming weeks obviously. a little over two weeks before the election. but he wants the president to be more forceful, the democratic caucus. for obvious reasons, right? >> well, look, i think that president b

michael riley was arrested today.al prosecutors say that he warned one rioter to take down incriminating posts on facebook, and kept him updated on the f.b.i.'s investigation. a former chief pilot for boeing's 737-max program was pled not guilty to federal fraud charges today. prosecutors say mark forkner hid information about an automated flight control system. it was later implicated in two crashes that killed 346 people. on wall street today, major indexes wound up their best week since early summer. the dow jones industrial average gained 382 points today to close at 35,294. the nasdaq rose 74 points. the s&p 500 added 33. for the week, the three indexes were up 1.5% to 2%. and, former president bill clinton spent a third day hospitalized in southern california. an aide said the 75-year-old is recovering from a urological infection. president biden spoke with mr. clinton by phone today, and said he's doing fine. still to come on the newshour: some 30 countries unite in the global fight against ransomware. david br

officer michael riley allegedly told the man repeatedly to delete all so many that would prove he wasthe building that day. according to the indictment riley sent a facebook direct message to the man that read in part, i'm a capitol police officer who agrees with your political stance, just looking out. last hour in court, riley did not enter a plea and was allowed to remain free on the condition he not possess any weapons and stays away from certain unnamed individuals. >>> we're seeing a significant escalation next week in the congressional investigation into the attack on the u.s. capitol. the committee will vote tuesday to recommend criminal contempt charges for former trump adviser steve bannon who defied a subpoena to provide testimony this week and indicated he has no plans to cooperate, citing donald trump's claims of executive privilege. committee chair bennie thompson said in a statement, quote, the select committee will not tolerate defiance of our subpoenas so we must move forward with proceedings to refer mr. bannon for criminal contempt. the vote will be a critical test

officer michael riley for allegedly communicating with a rioter and telling them not to post anything or speak about the riot. he deleted facebook messages between himself and a rioter after the rioter was arrested in an effort to conceal the communication. officer riley is making his initial appearance before a judge this hour. pete williams will join us for the latest later in the show. >>> in some disturbing news of political violence from overseas today. police have confirmed that british lawmaker david ammis was stabbed to death while holding regular meetings with constituents. the conservative member of parliament was attacked at a met dis church in a coastal town. police say he was treated by medical officials but died at the scene. police also say they've heired a 25-year-old suspect who had a knife. he was 69 years old. we'll bring you more developments on that story as we get them. >>> an update from the fda as a panel is voting for the issue of booster shots. yesterday was moderna. today johnson & johnson. >>> the big changes in the spanish e electrical. we'll dig into what

um, i want to get your take on capitol police officer michael riley.h allegedly attempting to help a rioter and according to the indictment, riley told a contact online to remove facebook's selfies and videos about being in the capitol building that day. and you told me that -- what this officer did is worse than what the rioters who assaulted you did. why did you say that? why do you believe that, mike? >> i mean, listen. if these allegations are true, then there is a part of me that believes that. um, a part of me believes that those actions are worse than the actions of those individuals who physically assaulted me on january 6th. um, you know, when blpolice officers abuse their authority, it degrades or it erodes the credibility that we have with the communities that we're charged with protecting. and if we don't have the trust of the community, it's impossible for us to do our job effectively. but when you abuse that trust, not only with the communities that you're charged with protecting but you also abuse and violate the trust of your fellow off

michael a. riley, a 25-year-old veteran of the force is accused of sending private facebook messages to jacob and wrote pictures of the day and wrote, feeling cute, might start a revelation later. an officer who, quote, agrees with your political stance. take part about being in the building. they are currently investigating and everyone in the building is going to be charged. the chief responding quickly and placing riley on leave. obstruction of justice is a very serious allegation. the department was notified several weeks ago, upon his arrest, officer was placed on leave. new video merges from that day that shows metropolitan officer michael being pulled from inside the capitol out into a mob by a rioter. then a rioter puts a tazer on the back of his neck. he later had a heart attack and is still dealing with this. >> the chair said he will do whatever they can to hold the people responsible. meeting to place charges against bannon who said he is following trump directives not to testify. on thurs

prosecutors saying michael a. rileytold others to remove posts on social media. he's had 25 years in the force and was working the canine unit the day of the attack and wasn't in the building at the time. taking a step back and talking all things politics with our guest. political anchor for spectrum news and host of "you decide" podcast. let's talk about what president biden told my colleague. those who refuse to comply should be prosecuted by the department of justice. let's listen exactly to what the president said. >> i hope the committee goes after them and holds them accountable. >> he's very direct. during the trump era, we repeatedly talked about the dangers of a president directing the doj. how is this different from what joe biden is doing and how could his comments b e misconstrued. that's quite a bit different from sicking one attorney general this is about having them respond to tell the truth in connection with the serious attack on democracy. >> including the promotion of the big lie because it might end

michael a. rileyveteran of the force is accused of sending private facebook messages to jacob hooils who posted pictures that day and wrote, feeling cute, might start a revolution later after tagging himself on capitol hill. riley told him he was a capitol police officer who, quote, agrees with your political stance. in one message, riley allegedly wrote, quote, take down the part about being in the building. they are currently investigating and everyone in the building is going to be charged. chief tom manger responding quickly to the arrest placing riley on leave. obstruction of justice is a very serious allegation. the department was notified about this allegation several weeks ago. upon his arrest, the officer was placed on administrative leave pending the completion of the case. the arrest comes as new video emerges from that day that shows metropolitan police officer michael fanone being pulled from inside the capitol out to the mob by a rioter. at another point, another rioter puts what officer

michael angelo riley. he's facing two charges of obstruction. the first is for allegedly telling this rioter that he was in communication with over facebook, to delete all messages, posts, videos, that showed this rioter inside the capitol on january 6th. the second count goes to this officer allegedly then deleting all of this interaction, these messages over facebook with this rioter. this is something that had gone on for several days over the course of the month of january at the beginning of 24 year and you know, they say that he essentially tipped this erioter off. of course ultimately, this rioter was arrested on january 19th. the very next day is when the rioter got back in touch with the capitol police officer and said hey, i've been talking to the fbi, i let them know we have been talking. i showed them all of my messages and according to this indictment, it was the very next day that this capitol police officer went into his facebook account and deleted all of these messages and these are hefty charges. charges that carry up to 20 yea

michael a. riley allegedly communicated on facebook with a person that posted selfies and videos during the insurrection saying and i quote i'm a capitol police officer who agrees with your political stance. take down the part about being in the building. they are currently investigating and everyone in the building is going to be charged. just looking out. so let's remember exactly what happened on january 6th. let's remember how bad, how brutal the attack on the united states capitol was. matter of fact, we have video tonight, video the justice department says captures one of the first successful breaches of the capitol on that day. it shows a proud boy dominic pazola accusing one of the major conspiracy cases using a stolen capitol police riot shield to smash through a window on the west side of the capitol building as the mob streams inside. and there is new video what happened when they got inside. facing off with capitol police officer eugene goodman and demanding to know where lawmakers were co

michael a. riley, a 25-year veteran of the force, is accused of spending private facebook messages to jacob heils who had posted pictures of that day and wrote, "feeling cute, might start a revolution later," after tagging himself on capitol hill. riley told him he was a capitol police officer who, quote, agrees with your political stance. in one message riley allegedly wrote, quote, take down the part about being in the building. they are currently investigating and everyone who is in the building will be charged. chief tom manger responded quickly, placing riley on administrative leave. obstruction of justice is a very serious allegation. the arrest comes as new video shows metropolitan police officer michael fanone being pulled from inside the capitol out into the mob by a rioter. at one point a rioter puts what prosecutors say is a taser on the back of his neck. fanone suffered from a heart attack that day and is still dealing with post traumatic stress disorder. >> steve bannon shouldn't hide beh

michael a. riley advised the rider to remove online facebook posts that could be incriminating. >> reilly allegedly took this person he was just looking out for them. let's go to cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider, how did this come to light? >> reporter: this is all detailed, alisyn, in a six-page indictment that was just unsealed this morning, after this officer, michelangelo reilly was arrested. officer reilly appeared in court an hour ago. it was visual. he was in his holding cell while the proceedings were held online. he's being released with restrictions, he needs to get approval for any travel. he can not have any weapons. that includes guns. this all came about according to this indictment in the beginning of january when this officer first friended someone who later appeared at the capitol riot, made his way inside the capitol. one day after the capitol riot on january 7th, this indictment says that this capitol police officer contacted the alleged rider because he noticed that ther

posts documenting their time inside the capitol building so this is capitol police officer michael angelo riley. he's now facing two counts of obstruction, one for instructing the rioter to take down facebook posts and another charge for deleting his own facebook messages with that accused rioter, so this indictment details how officer riley first sent a friend request to that accused rioter on december 1st but they were both members of phishing-related facebook groups and one day after the insurrection the indictment says officer riley reached out with this message after seeing some of the alleged rioter's facebook posts saying this. hi, i'm a capitol police officer who agrees with your political stance. take down the part about being in the building. they are currently investigating and everyone who is in the building is going to be charged. just looking out. well, their communications allegedly continued for several more days including, according to the indictment, a 23-minute phone call between the two in mid-january. it was on january 19th the capitol rioter was arrested, and the rioter, a

it's officer michael angelo riley, now charged with two count of obstruction. one count for allegedly instructing a rioter to remove facebook posts that showed that rioter inside the capitol on january 6th. the second count for then deleting his own interactions with that rioter. so there are several direct messages that were detailed in this indictment, unsealed yesterday. and it includes this one from january 7th, one day after the insurrection, where officer riley allegedly wrote this -- "hi, i'm a capitol police officer who agrees with your political stance. take down the part about being in the building. they are currently investigating, and everyone who was in the building is going to be charged. just looking out." that rioter was eventually arrested january 19th after many back and forths are officer riley. and in fact the next day on january 20th the rioter told officer riley that he had told the fbi that he was speaking to a capitol police officer, and according to this indictment, that prompted officer riley the next day to delete all of the facebook

michael from mississippi on the independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. i appreciate you coming out mr. riley about the big tech and all. i wanted to share with the public that one of the hardest things -- i'm 71 years old, i really enjoy the electronic world that has come around. i've seen it happen, it's been great. but i was shocked, the biggest thing i done recently is get off of facebook. i stopped twitter. it was not necessarily because they block certain individuals that had the right to be on there and have their opinions, but i felt controlled by this non-formed entity. i kept seeing the disconnection of people, especially children. that they are focused on this electronic world that you have spoken of, and the tech sensations that make you think you're in the real world. i have laughed at the particular folks on big bang theory that they live dungeons & dragons in various things but when it comes down to the real world they are literally incompetent. i'm seeing a trend. it's disturbing. guest: i didn't mean to cut you off. i'm so glad you made that intervention. it brings up two imp

michael o'rielly. my friend served as an fcc commissioner from november 2013 through december 2020. he served out of term and was nominated and confirmed to a another term. i started saying commissioner riley, i will keep doing that, he is a visiting fellow with the hudson institute for it internet and has established a consultancy mp o'reilly. i have introduced him on many occasions. the first few times i would print out his bio and go down his long list of senate visions -- positions when he served on the staff in the senate. they were about 12 or 13 of them . increasingly more responsible senior positions. with your permission i will not do that today. instead of that, i would just say, to those here and to our c-span audience as well, the work you did well at the commission -- really in so many different areas was so important -- infrastructure, spectrum, and there were others. one we have talked about a lot and one you have talked to the restate foundation events -- free state foundation events have to do with fcc reforms. institutional reforms and you are a leader in that regard. i have always been rate full for that work as well. with that, please welcome michael o'rielly -- mike o'

riley. joyce vance is still with us. ryan, it is hard to feel sorry for someone who electrocuted michael allegedly again and again and again his words. but if we're going to deal with the radicalization of our fellow citizens, by fox news and facebook and donald trump and every single silent, complicit republican, which is all of them, except for liz cheney and adam kinzinger, a little sympathy is as good a place to start as any. >> you sort of see him get sucked away. he was homeless at one point. but you really see i think the core of this is that this is why this is so frightening and scary to have these sort of ludicrous conspiracy theories out there. because some people are going to believe them. millions believe them, but some of those millions of people are going to do something about it and engage in the kind of violence that rodriguez did. i think it's interesting to look at how the fbi conducted this interview. it's a really skillful interview in how they basically got on his side. essentially what they did, you know, we had reported on rodriguez' identity in february. built upon the work that some online sleuths

michael from mississippi on the independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. i appreciate you coming out mr. rileybout the big tech and all. i wanted to share with the public that one of the hardest things -- i'm 71 years old, i really enjoy the electronic world that has come around. i've seen it happen, it's been great. but i was shocked, the biggest thing i done recently is get off of facebook. i stopped twitter. it was not necessarily because they block certain individuals that had the right to be on there and have their opinions, but i felt controlled by this non-formed entity. i kept seeing the disconnection of people, especially children. that they are focused on this electronic world that you have spoken of, and the tech sensations that make you think you're in the real world. i have laughed at the particular folks on big bang theory that they live dungeons & dragons in various things but when it comes down to the real world they are literally incompetent. i'm seeing a trend. it's disturbing. guest: i didn't mean to cut you off. i'm so glad you made that intervention. it brings up two impor