two of the four officers are mpd, metropolitan police department officers. been their chief. you were their chief when you were there. what it is like to see this and also as a police chief, former police chief, to see these officers attacked on mega media, to see republican members of congress criticize them. four republican members of congress are going to hold an event today outside the justice department saying the insurrectionists are political prisoners. that has to be traumatic. >> it makes me angry. when you see what the officers went through and then to now have people -- people that we should really respect, i mean, these are elected officials to very high offices that are pretending as if it didn't happen. even though you're looking at it. you know, mike fanone, i remember him from my time in mpd. he is a very good police officer. as you learned, he's also very outspoken. none of them deserved what took place there. now there were issues. there were break downs in intelligence and break down in operational planning, all those kinds of things. but

sergeant, officer hodges -- you are great law enforcement officers and a hero to law enforcement officerscross the country. great public servants, hero public servants across the country and you're grade americans and heros to all of america. and long after you are gone, you will be remembered as heroes to our country, along with your fellow officers. and those who attacked you and those who beat you are fascist traitors to our country and will be remembered forever as fascist traders. now, officer dunn, i've got to start with you because you're my constituent and the pride of maryland today. because of the way you stood up for the capitol and for the congress and for our democracy. but you said something fascinating in your testimony. you said you've never seen anybody physically assault a single officer before in your 13 years on the force, much less thousands and thousands of people attacking hundreds of officers. so, how did you experience that when it first happened? >> with regards at the never -- sure i've seen videos of officers being attacked and people resisting arrest. but neve

police officers. their intent was not to say, hey, let me go and find a republican or a democrat in there or independent. it was every single body that was here in the capitol. their intent was to get them out and hurt them. it would have been a much different outcome had we not stopped them, especially at the lower west terrace entrance. even though at that time we didn't know that there were other breaches in the capitol. our intent was to stop whoever was trying to come in through that door. these weapons that were used, those were common items. the way they were using it was as weapons. >> let me ask too in kind of my final moment. sergeant gonell, officer hodges you were a virginia guardsman, i believe? >> yes, sir. >> at any time in your service in the military -- you know, i'm an air guardsman. sergeant gonell, you mentioned your time in iraq. at any time in your military service, did you change how you defended the person to your left or right or how you trained with them based on their politi

officer gonell, officer fanone, officer hodges, officer dunn, you are great law enforcement officers and a hero to law enforcement officers across the country, you are hero public servants across the country and you are great americans and heroes to all of america, and long after you are gone, you will be remembered as heroes to our country along with your fellow officers and those who attacked you and those who beat you are fascist traitors to our country and will be remembered forever as fascist traitors. now officer dunn, i've got to start with you because you're my constituent and you are the pride of maryland today because of the way you stood up for the capitol and for the congress and for our democracy, but you said something fascinating in your testimony. you said you've never seen anybody assault a single officer before in your 13 years on the force much less thousands and thousands of people attacking hundreds of officers. so how did you experience that when it first happened? >> so with regard to the videos of the officers being attacked and people resisting arrest, it's n

i am a police officer, a peace officer. i am here to defend this country, defend everybody in this building, not just the members or the staff, guests, everybody. it just hurts that we have people in this country that result to that regardless of your actions and what you desire to do to make a difference out there. it's disheartening. >> thank you. because of your heroism on that day, lives were saved and our democracy was preserved in large part because you gave your all, all of you, for that day on january 6th. i assure you this committee will ensure there is a comprehensive account of your heroic acts and in your testimony this morning is an essential part of that record. thank you for your service to this country and for coming before us today. the chair now recognizes members for questions they may wish to ask the witnesses. the gentleman woman from wyoming is recognized. >> thank you to all of our witnesses for your heroism and bravery that day and for being here today and i join the chairman and every member of this

officers. attacking them. ignoring them. you had one officer note i was no longer a threat or impediment to going into the capitol. and he used the word tortured. i was tortured, nonetheless. as if that was truly the point of it. what i saw was this idea of getting in my head, how on earth would the people that kevin mccarthy intended to appoint, were they going to cross or interview or question these officers? what would you say? how would you try to undermine the real strength of this testimony of saying look, even though to your point, commissioner ramsay, you took it for granted we'd be there the next day, and hour by hour we moved just a couple inches. and we still are here. and this idea of the dereliction of duty, the betrayal of oath. we reacted when the officer pounded on that table and called what happened a disgrace knowing what's there, and it's gone join. >> that's the second time that moment has been referenced. let's play that. this is the d.c. police officer. >> my fellow citize

i've worked both as an undercover officer and a lead case officer in many of these investigations. in this line of work it probably won't shock you to know that i've dealt with some dicey situations. i thought i had seen it all, many times over, yet what i witnessed and experienced on january 6, 2021, was unlike anything i had ever seen. anything i had ever experienced or could have imagined in my country. on that day i participated in the defense of the united states capitol from an armed mob, an armed mob, of thousands determined to get inside. because i was among the vastly outnumbered group of law enforcement officers protecting the capitol and the people inside it, i was grabbed, beaten, tased, all while being called a traitor to my country. i was at risk of being stripped of and killed with my own firearm as i heard chants of kill him with his own gun. i could still hear those words in my head today. although i regularly deal with risky situations on the job, nowhere in my wildest imagination did i ever expect to be in that situation or sitting here before you talking about i

have spoken throughout my caree as an undercover officer and narcotics officer. however this event is something we have enough experience in ou lifetimes. >> average of testimony and i hope every american does so two. you referred to terrorists for terrorism to describe the peopl that were assaulting officers and dragging them through the crowd. stealing their weapons couching their eyes and so on. some of our colleagues been calling this not terrorists but tourists. what you call the attackers terrorists and what you think about the colleagues who think we should tourists. >> the foot american tourists are like i can see why foreign countries don't like us. but i can see why somebody woul take issue with the title of terrorists. they've gained a lot of notoriety in our vocabulary the last few decades. we would like to believe that that could not happen here. we don't have domestic terrorism. but they came prepared. us code title 18 part one chapter 1133 section 2331. the term domestic terrorism means activities that involves acts dangerous to human life that are

as you know, dndo's office was high-performing, the office rail was high. i think the architecture was a real success in government in terms of their coordination with other federal agencies. it was a very clear mission space. one of the things we have seen happen since the reorganization is there are some questions from partners and stakeholders about some of the things that were happening under that architecture. for example, some of the threat and risk assessments that cwmd anddnod were doing to detect gas in that architecture, which is critical for components like cbp and the coast guard to understand as they monitor ports of entry, things like that. that is definitely an area where there are questions about what cwmd's role will be moving forward. >> thank you. madam chair, thank you for indulging me. i yield back. >> the judgment yields back. the chairwoman recognizes the representative from iowa, ms. meeks. >> thank you so much, chairwoman demings, representative cammack. gentlemen, please don't interpret my questions as being derogatory in any way.

there's an officer who is dead. them say oh, it's just a couple hundred people? >> first of all, there were thousands of people that went there. and it was because of the presence of those thousands of people who may very well have not broken any laws or who may not have become violent that afforded those hundreds of other individuals -- i believe we're up to 500 arrests. it afforded them the opportunity and ability to become violent and be so effective against the law enforcement officers that were there trying to defend the capitol. and, you know, there's also this mischaracterization that these officers were present at the outset of this event. most of the officers, my department was not present at the outset of this event not on capitol complex. we responded thereafter the police lines had already been breached. >> do you -- do you want to see trump subpoenaed and his allies? >> i mean, i want the investigation to be complete, and as part of that i do believe that the former president has some questions to answe

program in the office of the chief medical officer. what is your vision for cw mp and how will you work to keep the office intact? >> my vision is very much aligned, we are the coordination for the operational support for this critical mission throughout dhs and honestly throughout nature parts of the federal government. we are suffering from national policy to state and local program for the cities and other programs we have exceptional regions all the way down to the local level swords my vision as we return these programs, and i want to say, we are taking into account all of these recommendations and ig recommendations and we are trying as best as possible to incorporate them as we move forward. i look forward to these questions on the specific programs, i'm notof sure where we're going with but i look forward to securing the cities as well as giving a quick debrief on where we are. we want the opportunity to discuss those. thank you. there are currently a number of proposals to reorganize including proposals of the chief medical of

metropolitan police officer michael fanone, one of four officers who testified in yesterday's select committee hearing, talking about politicians not supporting them enough on cnn today. >> i would challenge all police officers not to take anyone's word for whether or not they support law enforcement officers. in fact, any american that's passionate about any cause should challenge their representatives to do things and not just say them. >> since coming forward to describe their experiences months ago and then most notably yesterday, many of the police officers who protected the capitol on january 6th have been smeared by maga politicians and maga media. normally, when police are even criticized, the national fraternal order of police is very vocal. that's its job. but for they capitol and d.c. police officers say they're disappointed that their union has been so relatively quiet about their plate. for months we raised the issue yesterday during a discussion on this channel with former d.c. and philadelphia police chief charles ramsey. i asked where is the fop in defending these off

alerts for officers. i hope we learn about the six officers who each received three alerts in the first quarter and why it seems none of them had an intervention opened. i hope we learn about each of the officers had two alerts and why none of them seem to have any interventions opened. alert for the 22 administratively closed. why are these closed? and also, why is the mission station the one that had the motion officers that have "alert" next to their name. there needs to be interventions associated with the collection of this data, and so far it doesn't seem to be resulting in a high rate of interventions officers to avoid falling into the type of policing that the public has again and again objected to and that has caused harm in our communities. i hope we hear tonight about what kind of system is being considered to modify or replace c.i.s. so that the 25% of the alerts aren't brushed aside and not detecting a pattern or coming too soon after a previous alert. thank you so much. >> clerk: thank you,

no matter who was in office. all i've ever cared about is protecting you and the public, so you can do your job and service to this country, and for those whom you represent. i appreciate your time and attention. i look forward to the committee's investigation, and i am hopeful with your commitment we as a country will confront the truth of what happened on january 6th, and do what is necessary to make sure this institution of our democracy never falls into the hands of a violent and angry mob. we must also recognize the officers who responded that day, many unsolicited, in their countless acts of bravery selflessness. it's been 202 since 850 mpd officers responded to the capitol and helped stop a violent insurrection from taking over this capitol complex, which almost certainly saved countless members of congress and their staff from injury and possibly death. the time to fully recognize these officers is now. thank you again for the opportunity to provide my testimony here today. >> thank you very much for your

and in doing so, betray their oath of office. >> officer gonell believed those trump sent would kill him. >> i, too, was being crushed by the rioters. i could feel myself losing oxygen and recall thinking to myself, this is how i'm going to die defending this entrance. >> it took hours for officer aquilino gonell to respond to all the messages on his phone from family members wondering if he was still alive. >> i arrive at home at nearly 4:00 a.m. on january 7. i had to push my wife away from me because she wanted to hug me and i tell her no because of all the chemical that my uniform had on. sorry. [crying] >> i couldn't sleep because the chemical reactivated after i took a shower, and my skin was burning. i finally fell asleep two hours later completely physically and mentally exhausted yet by 8:00 a.m., i was already back, on my way back to the capitol. and i continued to work for 15 consecutive days until after the inaugu inauguration. >> office gonell added another evidence point in the case against donald trump. >> it was his supporter he send over to the capitol and he could h

officer dunn. >> officer harry dunn, yeah, to talk about his experience testifying. and his experience, since first interview since yesterday. >> i want to tell you something, and let -- i don't know if -- if the officer can hear me. he really got through to my kids. generationally, he broke through multiple generations of my family. my mom. me and the wife. but my kids, in terms of the pain of how he was approached, and how he was spoken to. and that the uniform had always been insulation from that kind of animus, but not on that day. >> not on that day. >> and what that meant to a big -- listen, dunn checks -- i don't know if he can hear me but he checks every box of tough that there is, that we have, right? >> you should see the -- you should see the picture of him standing next -- he is a big dude. he's a tough guy. >> and what does it take to talk about pain and vulnerability and sensitivity? strength. so, god bless him for the message that he gave. >> yeah. you want to respond? >> thank you. thank you, chris. i appreciate those words. thank you. that's all i go

the officers i work with, the capitol police officers, specifically the first responders unit, thosethat's a brave, heroic bunch of guys and i'm so proud to work with those guys. and we'll be out there ready to serve and protect democracy and fulfill our oath that we took. >> yeah, i want to play something for you because we talked a bit at dinner but officer michael fanone last night talked to me who also testified yesterday, that he felt he wasn't being protected or supported by the frutarnal order of police. my colleague jake tapper spoke with the national president earlier today. take a listen to this. >> maga -- media, maga politicians are smearing police officers who are members of your union. they're smearing harry dunn, the capitol police officer. do you feel that you cannot be as supportive of the capitol police officers, of the metropolitan police department officers as you would want to be because trump supporters make up most of your union? >> i don't recognize or accept that characterization. i can tell you and i can provide documentation if you'd like of just how involv

those officers described the

yesterday officer harry dunn told the select committee about the anxiety that he and other officers felt when the remaining security fence around the capitol was taken down but little else has been done to protect this building from another mob insurrection. officer dunn said when that fence came down and we lost that last layer of protection, that was hard. the fence came down and nothing has hanged. everything else is different yet nothing has changed. this is the time to show the officers that protected us and the world that when you defend america in a time of need, we'll stand by you. i urge my colleagues to support the security supplemental bill. it's the least that we can do. there's one other thing i'd like to say, mr. president. it's just too close to call. i thought about it long and hard and it's just too close to call. in an effort to plum the depths of political meanness and irresponsible, it is just hard to choose between tucker carlson and laura ingraham. first they became our nation's leading anti-vax quacks, sowing doubt among viewers who were literally putting their liv

i'm a police officer, i'm a peace officer. defend this country and defend everybody in the building, not just the members or the staff. it hurts that we have people in this country that result to that regardless of your actions. >> because of your heroism on that day, lives were saved and our democracy was preserved. on that day, january 6th i assure you as a comprehensive account of your heroic acts it was a central part of that record and for coming before usu today the chair now recognizes members for questions they may wish to ask the witnesses. the gentlewoman from wyoming, ms. cheney, is recognized. >> thank you again for all of the witnesses for your heroism and bravery that day and also for being here today and telling your story. i join in making sure we get to the truth and that those that did this are held accountable. officer gonell, you described in your testimony it was a medieval battlefield what you were subjected was like a medieval battlefield. you said we thought hand by hand and inch by inch intend on subve

officers like d.c.red a heart attack after being dragged down the capitol steps, beaten unconscious, and tasered by the mob. officer fanone has since tried to get republican lawmakers to publicly denounce the lies about the deadly attack, to get them to stop trying to rewrite and defend the events of january 6th. because he knows as well as anyone that terrible risk of allowing those lies to stand. and officer fanone will join me next. (man) i've made progress with my mental health. so when i started having unintentional body movements called tardive dyskinesia... ... i ignored them. but when the movements in my hands and feet started throwing me off at work... i finally had to say, 'it's not ok.' it was time to talk to my doctor about austedo. she said that austedo helps reduce td movements in adults... ...while i continue with most of my mental health medications. (vo) austedo can cause depression, suicidal thoughts, or actions in patients with huntington's disease. pay close attention to and call you

i urge you to watch it in your office, officer hodges, officer fanone who experienced traumatic brain injury, who had a heart attack after he was tased by some of the tourists or terrorists, officer dunn, officer hodges, do you think that what they experienced was an attack by tourists or terroristsor or violent insurrectionists. >> if you will read the first part of my statement. >> you are not interested in any statement. >> i have read your statement>> once. the whole country and lots of people online believed your statement that it was a normal tourist visit. >> that is not my statement. as you said -- as you quoted and then you just misquoted. >> clarify it right now for america. >> the people who attacked officer -- >>o are there no rules? >> reclaim my time. >> mr. raskin's time. >> i spent several hours today with millions of americans watchingme sworn police officer testify about their battle to defend our lives. the members of the house and the senators. and they took issue, not with -- let's put your statement aside because you think that you have been misinterpreted by peo

i spoke with an officer recently who had been an officer for 30 years. his son have been an officer for five years. his son came to him and told him i have to talk with you dad which is not a good thing to hear. he told me my son told me after five years he did not think he could continue to be a police officer. he was worried i would be disappointed in him. i told him that even i have 28 years and, son, i think it is a reasonable thing to do. think about that, a man who has dedicated his life every day for 28 years, to keeping our communities safe, protecting innocent civilians, whose son saw him growing up, putting on the badge every day. he put on the badge himself. he now feels he has to lay it down. democratic politicians in places like chicago and illinois and washington do not have his back. the democrats want to defund the police. republicans will always defend our great police officers. we will always back the blue. [applause] so, thank you, again for welcoming me. thank you for being here to support the hillsborough county republicans, and to s

sadly, as a result of that day we lost officers. some really good officers. line to protect our democratic process. because the alternative would have been a disaster. we are not asking for medals, recognition, we simply want justice and accountability. for most people january 6th happened for a few hours, but for us, for those of us who were in the thick of it, it has not ended. that day continues to be a constant trauma for us literally every day whether because our physical or emotional injuries or both. why it has not received much attention, sadly many of my colleagues have quietly resigned from the capitol because of that day. i'm also regularly called by law enforcement officials and prosecutors to help identify and photograph and videos of the rioters. and to be honest, physical therapy is painful and hard. i could have lost my life that day not once, but many times. but as soon as i recover from my injuries, i will continue forward and proudly serve my country in the u.s. capitol police. as an immigrant to the united states, i'm especially proud to h

when i got here in houston, we have to contact the da's office and officers in the field to accept charges before we arrest people so we have to do more of that. >> sounds like like a good. >> it is. .. think that transparency we argue the work i won't get into it right now but i log on and i don't have anybody with me to handle calls. i hand them over -- >> do you wear the four stars when you do that? >> i do. early on in my career working in domestic violence saying i didn't want to intervene so to make a long story short i thought there should be an arrest made. my office would go and say they declined charges. so what i did, again, nobody was killed, we could follow up later to get the charges. i just wanted to see how the system worked so i came to the opinion based on the size of the city and the calls that we were going to i had a sneaking suspicion two things were happening. one, some officers were under reporting the facts because they didn't want to believe the victim or they were lazy or whatever. or number two, we had some that wanted to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt

, four officers, some capitol police officers, some d.c.etro, testifying about the january 6th attack, this sparked a fiery exchange at a house committee meeting last night with democrat jamie raskin confronting republican andrew clyde over clyde's comments comparing the capitol rioters to tourists. let's watch. >> did you watch the testimony of the capitol officers who defended our lives on january 6th? or did you not? it's a yes or no question. >> it's irrelevant. it's absolutely irrelevant to this amendment right here. i would like to stick to it. >> okay. i'm reclaiming my time, sir m. >> is that what you want to do, mr. chairman? >> excuse me, mr. clyde. i have the floor, not you. >> our colleagues have taken us down the road of quotations and we have somebody with a quote right in the room. i thought i would check it with him. he refuses to say whether or not he heard the capitol officers who risked their lives. and have experienced traumatic, medical injuries. he refused to say whether or not he watched them today. under the first or

you can weigh officer babs against officer babs.officer babs gave two different stories about what happened when he came into the internal affairs division to talk about witness one and what happened. he came in first as a witness officer about these rumours of the on-duty affair. he shared it. he said a journalist told me there was an affair happening and i actually saw them engaged in sexual activity in the hallway at work. sexual activity that no one saw but officer babs. but then he comes in a second time. now he is a subject officer and he is accused of spreading a false rumour and he disavows any knowledge of a sexual affair. officer babs' story is not internally consistent. he changes the narrative in the moment to benefit him. and from this flows the other allegations, the spreading of the rumour, the dishonesty and the retaliation against witness one. these charges should be sustained. there is cooperation, there's a credibility issue that is inherent favor and not his, in these are very serious allegations which would lead

an sfpd officer who was a trainer of the officer who killed a man was sent to the bayview until we demanded his transfer. why the police department condoning this or worse, does the commission even know that this is happening? we demand that officer buckley be removed from the bayview, and that san francisco no longer be viewed as a home for racist, bigoted, and incompetent officers. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next caller. [inaudible] in 2016 to do a cops review and make recommendations. chief scott will be discussing these 272 recommendations tonight. the state attorney general's office took over the sfpds reporting in 2018. the a.g.s office approves or not sfpds reported progress. tonight you will only hear what sfpd says their reported progress is. they were supposed to be found competent with 230 recommendations and blew through that deadline in april. sfpd is doing its own self-reporting to the police commission. why is sfpd accepting its own reporting on these measures. why is the sfpd not complying with the a.g.s office, and even though we meet with chief scott regularly,

in houston when i got here, we have to contact an intake office and the officers in the field of two except charges before your rest of people. we have to deal with facts and reporting. tran 19. 19.rosa: sounds like a good ide. art: i don't like that because i think we should gather around we argued and we still have that debate. i won't get into it right now but i can't control the police chief and i get my black and white and by myself and turn them over to nd where the four stars when you do that pretty. rosa: i do. art: i remember early on in my career, there was a domestic violence thing and i wanted to intervene and i thought there should be there estimated there was injury in my officer came back and said they needed to do charges of what i did was there was a learning moment for me. and again, nobody cared and we can final up later to get charges. this is how our systems work. so i came to the opinion based on the size of the city that i had a sneaking suspicion two things were happening, one officers were under reporting the facts. because they don't want to believe the vict

officer hodges held up the u.s.were making a distinction between somebody that interferes in a hearing and what these folks were doing. >> yeah, this is an interesting legal distinction because there isn't a law that makes it illegal. that surprises a lot of americans. on the back end, you can get a terrorism enhancement and classify something as an act of terrorism but broadly speaking, there is not just one law that says this makes an act of terrorism, domestic terrorism illegal. notably, gunning down people in a mob isn't one of them so that's not something that would normally be classified as a domestic terrorism incident. if you look at dylann roof's charges years back, that wasn't domestic terrorism. under the legal definition, i think officer hodges is right this meets the definition. that is something federal prols -- prosecutors have been saying and the doj referenced domestic terrorism statutes and calls it a domestic terrorism investigation and there are many domestic terrorism prosecutors that handle cas

armed police officer i thought no way. that's crazy. you're going to give a gun to a law professor. good idea. and the other thing as you know very, very well, policing has been in the spotlight for some years now. and if you want to change something, i think you need to understand it and it does seem like a very rare opportunity to get more insight into the world of policing. >> my lawyer that handles the employee matters i interviewed her and said i want my moment and that was many years ago and she's still here as the director of legal counsel but you recount your stances from the inside is a frontline police officer going out to the tough neighborhoods but you said you recount your experiences and propose the nation and many fronts we want a transformative response to policing. how do you define the change that is needed and what does that look like to you based on your several years of experience? >> that is a big question. let me back up i guess by saying when i was working on the book everybody would say what is you

my office would go and say they declined charges. so what i did, again, nobody was killed, we could follow up later to get the charges. i just wanted to see how the system worked so i came to the opinion based on the size of the city and the calls that we were going to i had a sneaking suspicion two things were happening. one, some officers were under reporting the facts because they didn't want to believe the victim or they were lazy or whatever. or number two, we had some that wanted to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt instead of looking up the probable cause. so i started making surgeons see where they were not taking charges. what do you think happened and call to assess the scene and so i think a little bit of both was going on because in my opinion if we are going to air the air on the person, nobody's going to get killed. and it is a leverage to get a family on the right path. that is my mindset. having heard all that, i want your reaction and to expand on what you thought the terms were on the violence calls. >> it is

one of which is the gunnary officer and he is responsible for the gunnery troops at the aft end of the ship. and so they are almost immediately thrown into action. and so he is then thrown into action against the japanese in the gilberts and the marianas and marshall islands along the philippine coast, and the philippine sea. the ship will earn eight battle stars, and ford along with the ship. a few months after he joins the monterey, and they are in the pacific, an opportunity arises for him to become the assistant navigator. and he has earned a reputation as a solid officer, and he is then named the navigator which means that he runs from the fantail of the ship up to the command bridge of the ship. his general quarter station is now on the ship's conning tower on the command bridge as the officer of the deck, he stands alongside the captain, and the navigator of the ship, and in his words, the center of the activity, in the center of the action. he spend as much time in combat in the pacific with this ship as any other world war ii president as we have. he earns eight battle stars.

i'm a police officer. i'm a peace officer. i'm here to defend this country, defend everybody in this building, not just the members. all the staff, guests, everybody. it just hurts that we have people in this country that result in that regardless of your actions and what you desire to do and to make is difference out there. it's disheartening. >> thank you. because of your heroism on that day, lives were saved and our democracy was preserved in large part because you gave your all, all of you, for that day on january 6th. i assure you this committee will ensure there's a comprehensive accounts of your heroism that day. thank you for your service to this country and for coming before us today. the chair now recognizes members for questions they may wish to ask the witnesses. the gentlewoman from wyoming, ms. cheney. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you to all the witnesses for your heroism and bravery that day and for being here and telling your story. i join the chairman and every member of this committee in making sure we g

officers. >> absolutely. it was gut wrenching to hear them, to watch the video involving some of them, to hear what happened, to hear the racial epithets, you played part of that, that officer dunn and grenell endured. saying he never experienced anything in iraq in combat as he experienced that day. officer dunn saying that in uniform as an officer he had never been called the "n" word before that day with other epithets attached. and as extraordinary as their emotional accounting of what happened that day was, i was also struck, chuck, by people say this shouldn't be political. well, as officer dunn said at the end it is political. telling the truth should not be hard. fighting on january 6th was hard, going back to work on january 7th was hard, going back every day after that has been hard, seeing the wall come down, the fence around the capitol and nothing changed, that's hard. but telling the truth? he said congress members cheney and kinzinger are praised as heroes. well, they're heroes,

the officers having to relive that moment was quite intense, officer gonell, he picked up tissue andwipe his eyes several times through the playing of some of that video. but it was also evident that those officers were still angry. they are extremely sad and extremely frustrated with how some members of congress have been portraying what happened that day. and they came here to say that they're there to tell the truth and they're there to show what actually happened that day that it wasn't a tourist visit. it was actually terrorists in the budding, ayman. >> sergeant dorsey, the officers on capitol hill watched their colleagues testify before the select committee. what was it luke for you as well to watch it? what are you hearing from other officers about today? >> well-being a supervisor myself and watching these officers testify, it made me very proud. i know it's very difficult in certain circles to speak truth about what went on. there's ribbing. there's retaliation that can occur. and so i was happy to see the officers be consistent in their truthfulness. i'm saddened and dishe

four officers testified.ll hear what you have to say when we come back. ♪ >> sunday, c-span's series january 6: views from the house continues. three more members of congress share stories of what they saw, heard and experienced that day, including a teller for the electoral count that day. >> an capitol came and it said it was necessary to evacuate and that we should take the hoods. there are hoods under the seat of each seat in the chamber. take them out and be prepared to put them on. so everybody did. and i think, when you pull the little red tag, it activates, so people were wearing them. there had been teargas released in the chamber, and the rotunda, which was why we were advised we might need to wear them, but there was this tremendous roaring, hissing noise from all these hoods. it was the background of the moment. and of course, the pounding and the noise from the mob had become much louder. at some point, someone open the -- someone up in the chambers, in the gallery, a member, was yelling at the r

officer dunn has been among the first capitol police officers to describe what happened to law enforcement on january 6th. i will now swear in our witnesses. the witnesses will please rise and raise their right hand. do you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god? thank you. you may be seated. let the record reflect the witnesses answered in the affirmative. without objection the witness' full statement will be included in the record. i now recognize sergeant gonell to summarize his testimony. >> good morning, everybody. >> good morning. >> chairman thompson, members of the select committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify regarding the attack on the u.s. capitol on january 6th, 2021. it is with honor and heavy heart that i come before you to tell you my story, a painful firsthand experience what happened that terrible day at the capitol. providing this testimony solely in my personal capacity, and not as a representative of the u.s. capitol. it is imperative that the events of january 6th ar

but all of our officers have ballistic helmets. all of our officers have batons. of our officers are deployed with gloves as well. and gas masks. so our entire department are deployed with that level. but when you're talking about the hardened all of the extras, we have seven platoons that have -- that's a different layer of protection. sen. portman: but every officer has a helmet. every officer has the protective gloves. every officer has the baton. is that correct? chief contee: and gas masks. that is correct. sen. portman: and gas masks. yeah. it appeared to the metropolitan police department, i'm told, that the capitol hill police officers did not have the training in civil disturbance tactics that they had. that's what i was told by some of the interviews that we've had. chief contee, is that correct? chief contee: yes. i have heard the same thing with respect to the training of the us capitol police officers. sen. portman: are all of your metropolitan police officers trained in civil disturbance tactics? chief contee: we have platoons that are trained for ev

we have a training officer and officer focused on the young people. the remaining 15 are case carrying and they are spread across four units they work with young people. when the case first comes to us through completion of probation. that could change this year. we need to be separated into intake unit then to supervision. we heard from families that continuity of relationship matters. changing the probation officers would not work. we streamlined that. they work with young people all the way through. if they are ordered out of home placement they go to playsment unit and then to reentry unit which is collaberative with community partners and court. four with case carrying folks. we have social workers that work with other youth. we talked about this last week. long-term foster care. they are on the case work they are social workers not probation officers. we support them in the community to get their extended foster care benefits. >> last question about the 10 vacancies in total and five of those vacancies you are planning, i understand, to shift pe

, you need to be in the office. we're not just having fun shooting rare machine guns as fun as that is. we're here because we all cherish our second amendment rights and we're very worried about what the biden administration is doing to threaten our second amendment rights. just take the biden administration's nominee to be the director of a.t.f. david chipman. david chip n ma-- chipman spent a career in the a.t.f. and immediately left office and was a lobbyist for anti-gun groups for years. [inaudible] what is an assault weapon? i think i know the answer. to him any -- as all you know, there is no such thing as an assault weapon. [applause] >> it is a made up term by lib rap lawyers and pollsters and politicians and washington to mislead the american people in an effort to confiscate your weapons. now, he ultimately did say, well, i guess i'd define is as any rifle that takes a 22 round or larger and a detachable magazine. can you imagine? that is everything. that's almost every single modern sporting rifle in amer

the officer explained he was an off-duty officer. the officer began to open the gate and the male immediately charged the officer forcing opened the gate and hit the officer on the head with a rock. the officer attempted to block the strikes using his left hand which was holding a flashlight. the officer was unable to create time and distance because the male was holding on to his shirt, pulling him closer preventing him from leaving. in order to prevent great bodily injury or death from the rock, the officer discharged his weapon twice at the male. the male ran out of the complex and fell to the ground. medical aid was rendered to the male by the medics and he was transported to the hospital for his injuries. the incident was criminally along with the contra costa county district attorney's office and an administration investigation was determined by the internal affairs commission. a recommendation to the police regarding this officer-involved shooting was in policy. in-custody deaths review board did not have a case presented in t

they're attacking simone biles and officer gonell and officer dunn. this is a strategy.ay every time i am on your show is the number one national security threat we face right now. it is not al-qaeda or isis, it is domestic extremist. these people did. many of them are still out there. i say it on my twitter feed. if you are upset, you can help. the fbi is looking for these people right now. there are 11 people out there that are still on the streets. we can help the fbi and lock them up. either you are with us or against us. they're against team america and officers. they need to be held accountable and locked up and put on trial and put away. >> i see all those videos and i repeat them. you do, too. jemele hill and paul, thank you so much for spending some time with us today. we'll be back after a short break. don't go anywhere. back after a break. don't go anywhere. when a hails, he needed his insurance to get it done right, right away. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. usaa ♪ ♪ when technology is easier to use... ♪ barriers don't stand a chance. ♪ that's why