mr. kinzinger. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you to my colleagues on the committee. thank you to our witnesses. i never expected today to be quite as emotional for me as it has been. i have talked to a number of you and gotten to know you. i think it's important to tell you right now, though, you guys may individually feel a little broken because i'll talk about the effects you have to deal with and you talked about the impact of that day. you guys won. you guys held. democracies are not defined by our bad days. we're defined by how we come back from bad days, how we take accountability for that. and for all the overheated rhetoric surrounding this committee, our mission is very simple. it is to find the truth and it is to insure accountability. like most americans i'm frustrated that six months after a deadly insurrection breached the united states capitol for several hours on live television, we still don't know exactly what happened and why. because many in my party have treated this as just another partisan fight. it is toxic and a disservice to the officers and

mr. kinzinger, for however long he chooses. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you to my colleagues on the committee. thank you to our witnesses. i never expected today to be quite as emotional for me as it has been. i've talked to a number of you and gotten to know you. i think it's important to tell you right now, though, you guys may individually feel a little broken. you guys all talked about the effects you have to deal with and you talked about the impact of that day. but you guys won. you guys held. democracies are not defined by our bad days. they're defined by how we come back from bad days, how we take accountability for that. for all the overheated rhetoric surrounding this committee, our mission is very simple. it's to find the truth and it's to ensure accountability. like most americans, i'm frustrated that six months after a deadly insurrection breached the united states capitol for several hours on live television, we still don't know exactly what happened, why. because many in my party have treated this as just another partisan fight. it's

mr. kinzinger, both conservatives, people with whom i share big difference. and we vote a lot differently, on almost everything. but at the end of the day, they are both patriots that believe in the constitution and will do their job. i'm glad they will. there will be a bipartisan -- >> i might add that of the five that congressman mccarthy nominated she did keep three republicans. she only denied the two who overtly denied what happened on january 6th. you have opened up about your own experience with post-traumatic stress disorder after you and colleagues were forced to bury indicated your workplace and run for your lives, in fact. there is sometimes stigma around being so open about mental health in this country. what has ptsd taught you? >> well, it taught me one thing, for sure. that's that anybody can experience trauma and experience a reaction from it. i was a mental health professional early in my career. i have preached this gospel for a long, long time, reverend. i didn't realize it would come to the point that it would occur that i needed help. whe

mr. kinzinger briefly about this this week expressing my hope that if it was offered he would take it.hink he need i had in encouragement. i am very happy for him. another voice from illinois. >> yeah. do you think this group of nine is what you are going to stick with or will there be others? apparently there are others who raised their hand as being of interest, whether they are all that group of 35 or not. >> i think that -- i don't know what is happening behind the scenes, who is raising their hand, frankly, on the republican said, the more the merrier. i think they will have had to have shown willingness to saik take this seriously in their votes. but we have asked republicans to speak truth to power for about five years now that the trump campaign and the presidency and during its aftermath. those who do speak truth to power ought to be acknowledged and rewarded with efforts like this. >> in fact, two of those who nancy pelosi says don't speak truth to power would be jim jordan and banks, both of home she reputed. >> speaker pelosi didn't just ban me and jim jordan from serving o

mr. kinzinger a fine representative and the type of person who would be good for this committee. speaker pelosi a couple of days ago joked that everyone else seems to think he would be good. the bottom line is this is a decision for the speaker and the speaker alone to make and she's not given any indication that she will add new members to the committee. the eight appointees of hers are a quorum. they will have their first hearing on tuesday. and the reason for all of this, the speaker and many democrats want to bolster the bipartisan credentials of this committee to maximize the chances that the american public trusts its finding. you recently had congressman marc veasey on. i want to play some of what he said about that. >> we want this to be something that all americans can have faith in, we want all americans to see democrats and republicans on this panel asking real questions, not being sensational or silly, like oftentimes you'll see jordan do and how you see banks, when he says, you know, a lot of the issues, particularly things that banks says around race. that's not wha

mr. kinzinger for however long he chooses. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you to my colleagues on the committee. thank you to our witnesses. i never expected today to be quite as emotional for me as it has been to talk to a number of you and gotten to know you. i think it's important to tell you right now, though, you guys may individually feel a little broken. you guys all talk about the effects you have to deal with. you talk about the impact of that day. you guys won. you guys held. democracies are not defined by our bad days. we're defined by how we come back from bad days, how we take accountability for that. for all the overheated rhetoric surrounding this committee our mission is very simple. it's to find the truth and it's to ensure accountability. like most americans i'm frustrated that six months after a deadly insurrection breached the united states capitol for several hours on live television we still don't know exactly what happened. why? because many in my party have treated this as just another partisan fight. it's toxic and it's a diss

mr. kinzinger of illinois. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> madam speaker -- mr. mccarthy: madam speaker, i rise to a question of the privileges of the house and i send to the desk a privileged resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: whereas on june 30, 2021, the house voted to establish a select committee to investigate the january 6 attack on the united states capitol. whereas house resolution 503 states that the speaker shall appoint 13 members to the select committee, five of whom shall be appointed after consultation with the minority leader. whereas on june 30, 2021, speaker nancy pelosi stated that, we believe that congress must in the spirit of bipartisanship and patriotism establish this commission. whereas when asked during a press conference on july 22 about the partisanship of the committee, speaker pelosi say thed that, the less partisan it is, the more it will be accepted by the american p

mr. kinzinger, for however long he chooses. >> thank you, mr. chairman.hank you to my colleagues on the committee. thank you to our witnesses. i never expected today to be quite as emotional for me as it has been. i've talked to a number of you and gotten to know you. i think it's important to tell you right now, though, you guys may individually feel a little broken. you guys all talked about the effects you have to deal with and you talked about the impact of that day. but you guys won. you guys held. democracies are not defined by our bad days. they're defined by how we come back from bad days, how we take accountability for that. for all the overheated rhetoric surrounding this committee, our mission is very simple. it's to find the truth and it's to ensure accountability. like most americans, i'm frustrated that six months after a deadly insurrection breached the united states capitol for several hours on live television, we still don't know exactly what happened, why. because many in my party have treated this as just another partisan fight. it's to

mr. kinzinger for however long he chooses. >> thank you, mr. chairman.my colleagues on committee. thank you to our witnesses. i never expected today to be quite as emotional for me as it has been. i've talked to a number of you and gotten to know you. i think it is important to tell you right now, though, you guys may like individually feel a little broken, because you all talked about the effects you have to deal with and you talk about the impact of that day. but guys won. you guys held. in a democracy are not defined by our bad days. we're defined by how we come back from bad days. how we take accountability for that. and for all of the overheated rhetoric surrounding this committee, our mission is very simple. it is to find the truth, and it is to ensure accountability. like most americans i'm frustrated that six months after a deadly insurrection breached the united states capitol for several hours on live television, we still don't know exactly what happened. why? because many in my party have treated this as just another partisan fight. it is toxi

adam kinzinger who voted to impeach mr trump has accepted the appointment despite his party's leadershipotting. five people, including a police officer, died when hundreds of mr trump's supporters broke into the capitol building. the uk's home secretary priti patel has said she remains "determined" to stop migrants crossing the english channel in small boats after 378 migrants arrived in england today. the french authorities said they'd intercepted a further five boats. so far this year a record 8,500 migrants have made the sea crossing to the uk. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: feeling the beat in tokyo. we meet a british—nigerian dancer who's part of a growing afro hip—hop dance scene in japan's capital. mission control: we see - you coming down the ladder now. neil armstrong: that's one small step for man, | one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire is being blamed tonight. for the first crash - in the 30—year history of concorde, the world's only supersonic airliner. _ it was one of the most vivid symbols of the violence and hatred that tore apart the state of y

kinzinger. >> you could elaborate what statements and what actions caused you to -- >> i'll just give you their statements. i think one of them was sort of the -- of mr. banks was that the biden administration was responsible for january 6th. there was no biden administration on january 6th. let's not go into that. have you, are you up to date on their statements? i'd like you to see them. because they completely just make it impossible for them to exercise judgment. again, this is about seeking the truth. and it is about not -- as i said in my comments, with respect tor the integrity of the investigation, with concern that the american people want to know the truth, and in light of statements and actions taken by them, i could not appoint them. i said that while this may be unprecedented, so was an attack on the capitol. i'm not going to spend any more time talking about them. yes. >> so on the bipartisan question of this committee and liz cheney, you said this is bipartisan, when you talk and told the republicans, many of them believe that election was stolen from him and so on. how do you convince people on the other side of the aisle that what is

kinzinger, pelosi republicans he looked unserious and stupid. he breathed more oxygen into crazytown theories of a stolen election and, again, propped up mr., nail this story down. nail everyone involved. then, and only then, move on. republican complicity in trump's attempts to overthrow a democracy is where we begin this hour. joining us is congressman gerry connolly of virginia. also joining us neil kotiel, and lucky for us an msnbc contribu national chairman of the serve america movement. congressman, i want to play something i played this week because in light of these -- sort of the freeing up of some of these notes between top doj officials and the ex-president, it feels like the answer to this question you asked may become known. let me play that again. >> i can't imagine a more critical question. did you have conversations prior to january 6th with the president of the united states urging you to question or overturn or challenge the election results of 2020? that's a simple question. by the way, no executive -- no executive privilege has been invoked prior to this hearing and your testimony, and you have known you were coming her