i had heard tentative movements go to the capitol. but when hearing rudy's take on january 6, 10 mark's response -- and mark's response, that evening was the first moment that i remember feeling scared. annervous for what could happen january 6. and i haa deeper concern for wh was hpening with the planning aspects of it. >> thank you. today we are going to be focusing primarily on the events of january 5 and 6 at the white house. to frame the discussion, i want to talk about a conversation you had with mr. radcliffe, the director of national intelligence. he had this conversation december of 2020. he was nominated by president trump to ovsee u.s. intelligence -- the u.s. intelligence community. before his appointment, he was a republican member of congress. as you will see on this clip, the director comments in december of 2020. >> my understanding is a director did not want much to do. [indiscernible] th it wasn't something the white house should be pursuing. it felt dangerous for the president's legacy. he was concerned it could spir

or the lawmakers in that capitol building. e making a political statement, and that is why they turned down this helped. that same night, when the deputy police chief sean gallagher gets this information coming in from the fbi, there are two ways of fda information that come in between 5:00 and about 9:30. the first one is what we would call an intelligence morning. it comes from norfolk, virginia, and it is very specific, there is going to be violence, they want to breach the capitol, they want to target lawmakers. very clear what they're trying to do. a few hours after that, the national threat center, the fbi here in washington, d.c., began getting information from a website, i'm seeing some weird activity of some of the people talking about going to the capitol tomorrow, i don't like the look of this, and they start pulling down, and they see the people coming tomorrow, the bad actors on january 6th have maps, they are instructing people how to go through the library of congress, through tunnels, get into the capitol buildi

the capitol police tweet is not enough. as you will see, these are just two of the numerous examples of trump supporters and allies urging the president to tell his supporters to leave the capitol. would not have been hard for the president to simply walk down to the briefing room a few feet down the hall from the office, as nora o'donnell noted during an interview with kevin mccarthy, where he believes the attack was un-american. >> quickly bring in kevin mccarthy, the house minority leader. leader mccarthy, do you condemn this violence? >> i completely condemn the violence in the capitol. we are currently watching unfold is un-american. i am -- i am disappointed, i'm sad, this is not what our country should look like. this is not who we are. this is not the first amendment, this has to stop and this has to stop now. >> leader mccarthy, the president of the you state has a briefing room steps from the oval office. it is the cameras are hot 24/7, as you know. why hasn't he walked down and said that now? >> i conveyed to the

they walked around the capitol that morning. ned this allowed them to see what defenses were in place and where weaknesses might be. and they decided to launch their attack at the peace circle, which is a front door of the capitol complex. it's the first security perimeter that those marching from the ellipse would have to come to as they moved toward the capitol. the peace circle walk away was -- walkway was always where the thousands of angry trump supporters would arrive after president trump sent them from the ellipse. the proud boys timed their attack to the moments before the start of the joint session in the capitol, which is also where president trump directed the angry mob, "we fight like hell." he told them before sending them down pennsylvania avenue, right to where the proud boys gathered, and where you were filming. now, central question is whether the attack on the capitol was coordinated and planned. what you witnessed is what a coordinated and planned effort would look like. it was the culmination of a months-long

police but says the u.s. capitol police looked into this question of whether they were tours the day before the attack. and yeah, there was a tour led by congressman barry loudermilk, the british or nothing suspicious happened in that door. since the tour didn't go into the capital building itself. , butler didn't go into the building with the big rotunda, in the house and senate jane chambers. i say this with a strange letter from the u.s. capitol because who cares whether barry loudermilk went to that specific complex. this is a strange assertion, from the capitol police that the tour wasn't suspicious, because it didn't go into the capital building itself. it's like if you're investigating an arson, saying yeah, we do have doorbell camera footage of a guy standing on the front stab holding a gas can and let opens up. [laughs] but we didn't see him set that front door on fire, so probably that guy didn't set the rest of the house on fire. he was just passing by. no sign of potential arson here. your clear. that's s

that he wanted to speak at the capitol? >> correct. s. >> did the idea of the president proceedingr walking to the capitol after his speech come up? >> walking to the capitol? no. >> driving to the capitol? >> it came up. >> what was discussed? >> he said, i want to go down to the capitol. >> what about him marching january 6? >> yes. tell us about that. >> it is kind of a general thing , i was aware of the desire of the president to potentially march to the -- or accompany the rally attendees to the capitol. >> when did you first hear out this idea of the president accompanying them on the sixth? >> this is after he finished his remarks. >> when the president said he would be going to the capitol, secret service scrambled to find a way for him to go. we know this from witnesses and the secret service. also from messages amongst staff on the president's national security council. staff or monitoring the situation in real time. you can see how the situation evolved, and the following chat logs the committee has obtained. as you can see,

we're not going to the capitol. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge towards him and he recounted the story to me he motioned towards his clavicle. >> now just to be clear that's cassidy hitch hutchen son testifying what she says she was told by a secret service agent. we got reporting saying after the testimony, a secret service official familiar with the matter told cnn tony the secret service agent in question denies telling cassidy hiutchenson the story. that he grabbed the steering and wheel and lunged for an agent. we'll have more on this shortly. she recounted scenes of donald trump throwing plates and overturning table settings in fits of rage. >> jake, the depth of the rage and meadows detachment on january 6. here's the taped testimony about efforts to get the former president to stop the violence that day. >> not long after the rioters broke into the capitol, you described what happened with white house council pat cipollone. >> no more than a minute, minute and a half later i say pat cipollone barrellin

this is not, for the u.s. capitol building itself, which is the thing with the, you know, the house chamber and the senate chamber and the big dome, the row tun dark not for that, the -- rotunda, this is not for that, this is office buildings. in this seditious conspiracy case against members of the proud boys, this document had previously been described by prosecutors in an indictment before today, but it just today was included in a public-facing filing. so you can all see it for the first time. and if that were the basic plan, either a plan that was you know circulated and agreed to among the attackers or just the big idea of the plan, january 6th attackers might have mused about privately, if this was the approach you were going to take, of course, it would be handy to have a working knowledge of the layout and interior of the office buildings where members of congress have their offices, right? if you wanted to go target individual members of congress, to menace them, to terrorize them, it would be helpful to hav

the vice president is in the capitol. the house speaker in is the capitol. the president pro tem is in the capitol. you're going to have to go down to the fourth person in line for the idea of the power of democracy. pat cipollone said it best through hutchinson. that if they go down to the capitol, they will be charged with all sorts of crimes, including some of the ones that liz cheney has been speaking about. the idea of obstructing an official proceeding. trying to defraud the united states. all this comes down to the state of mind. what you knew when you knew it. for the president of the united states to be aware two to three minutes before going on stage that there was an armed crowd of people that had been riled up and believed the election had been stolen based on what he knew to be fraudulent information, his legal exposure is wide open. >> certainly is right now. i want you to watch liz cheney describe a message that a committee witness got from someone in trump's orbit. li listen to this. >> person let many know you have your deposition tomorrow. h

they for the men and women ofhe the capitol police force or for the lawmakers in that capitol building, they were making a political bui statement and that's why they turned downl this out that same night when the deputy police chief sean gallagher begins c getting this information coming in from the fbi. there are two waves of, fbi information that come in between five o'clock and about nine thirtyth on the night. the first one is a what weene would call an intelligenceca warning. gi it comes from norfolk, virginia and it's very specific. there's going to t be youhe read some of it, there's going b to be violence. they want to breach the capitol. they want to target lawmakers. t very clear what they're trying to do a few hoursrs after the national threat center, the fbi here in washington, c. began getting information from our website. a website owner said, hey,a i'm seeing some weird activity of some of the people talking about going to the capitol tomorrowinoi. i don't like to look at this . would you look at and they start pulling down and they see the people coming out. the bad ac

and why the capitol was not better prepared . but we will not lose sight of the fact that the capitol please did not cause the crowd to attack. and we will not blame the violence that day, violence provoked by donald trump on the officers who bravely defended all of us. in our final hearing, you will hear moment by moment accounts of the hours-long attack for more than half a dozen white house staff, both live in the hearing room and via videotape testimony. there is no doubt that president trump was well aware of the violence as it developed. white house staff urged president trump to intervene and call off the mob. here is a document written while the attack was underway by a member of the white house staff advising with the president needed to say. quote, anyone who entered the capitol without proper authority should leave immediately. this is exactly what his supporters on capitol hill and nationwide were urging the president to do. he would not. you will hear that leaders on capitol hill that the president for help, including

they walked around the capitol that morning. i'm concerned this allowed them to see what defenses were in place and where weaknesses might be. and they decided to launch their attack at the peace circle, which is a front door of the capitol complex. it's the first secured perimeter that those marching from would have to come to as they moved toward the capitol. the peace circle walkway was always filled of thousands of angry trump supporters who arrived after president trump sent them from the lips. the proud boys timed their attack to the moments before the start of the joint session in the capitol, which isles where president trump directed the angry mob, quote, we fight like hell, end quote. he told them, before sending them down pennsylvania avenue right to where the proud boys gathered and where you were filming. now, a central question is whether the attack on the capitol was coordinated and planned. what you witnessed is what a coordinated and planned effort would look like. it was the culmination of a months-long effort s

we're not going to the capitol." mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge towards bobby angle and when mr. runottau recounted the story, he motioned near his clavicles. >> that's cassidy hutchinson testifying about what she was told by a secret service agent. we got this information from josh campbell and ryan nobles. they say a secret service official familiar with the matter told tony denies telling cassidy hutchinson that story, that the former president grabbed the steering wheel and/or lunged towards the agent. cassidy hutchinson recounted mr. trump over turning tables in fits of rage. >> and mark meadows' detachment the 6th. and here's about efforts to get the former president to stop the violence that day. >> not long after the rioters broke into the capitol, you described what happened with white house counsel, pat. >> no more than a minute, minute and a half later, i see pat barrelling towards the office and said is mark in his office? and i said yes. he looked at me and started shaking his head. and went over

we're not going to the capitol. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge towards bobby engel and when mr. arenado recounted this story he mentioned towards his clavicle. >> reporter: a secret service agent familiar with the matter said arenado denies trump grabbed the steering wheel or agent. they said that the agents involved are prepared to testify under oath that the incident did not occur. the committee standing behind hutchinson's account while encouraging others with information to come forward. >> look, i believe cassidy hutchinson, i think she is a very, smart, capable, honest individual. she has no incentive to make up something that isn't true. >> reporter: the committee also says it has evidence that has emerged of witness tampering. liz cheney presented several messages from witnesses saying they have been pressured from trump allies to say the right thing. cheney says the committee is taking it seriously and indicated they're looking into next steps, something that could potentially indicate a possible cri

the rioters breached the capitol at 2:13 p.m. let's take a look what was going on at the white house at this time. we received testimony that the president's chief of staff mark meadows was notified of the violence at the capitol by 2:00 p.m. and likely earlier. testimony further establishes that mr. meadows quickly informed the president that he did so before the president issued his 2:24 p.m. tweet criticizing vice president pence for all not having, quote, courage to do what needed to be done. here's what the president wrote in his 2:24 p.m. tweet while the violence at the capitol was going on. >> here's what the the rioters thought, if you go but a trader and deserves to burn with rest of them. >> it escalated after pence -- what happened pence didn't do what we wanted >> pence voted against trump. and that's when all this started that's when we start r marched on the capitol. >> it's not going to reject any fraudulent electoral votes. you her it here first, mike pence has betrayed the united states of america. boo. f you, mik

, four days before the sacking of the capitol, the mob stormed the capitol, we're going to the capitol, the president is going to the capitol. we already knew the likes of steve bannon, the podcaster into shirted trump advisor, warning that all hell would break loose on the sixth. but now it seems that meadows and giuliani, two of trump's closest advisers in this frothy period of the election, also knew something was going down that day, specifically at the capitol. and that meadows feared it would get bad. we didn't know that before. we also know giuliani was part of a group of people plotting the coup that [inaudible] that we have known, and that that group included trump advisor roger stone among others. stone, who was in contact with far-right on groups like the proud boys and oath keepers. we also know that both of those right-wing gangs i just mentioned have since been charged by the department of justice with seditious conspiracy for their role in plotting -- in a quite granular fashion -- the attack on the capitol. cassidy hutchinson yesterday also testify that both far-right g

>>> tonight, the attack on the u.s. capitol. the january 6th committee revealing its findings to the american people. the never before seen images, the testimony, the depositions. abc news team coverage of the prime time hearing starts now. >>> this is an abc news special. the seat of democracy attacked. was there a conspiracy to overthrow an election? tonight, the search for answers. what exactly happened? >> before. >> you'll never take back our country with weakness. >> during. >> storm the capitol! >> hang mike pence! >> all we want is pelosi! >> and after. >> we will not be kept out of this clhamber by thugs, mobs, o threats. >> january 6th will go down as one of the darkest days in recent american history. >> attack on the capitol. the investigation. now reporting, david muir. >> good evening. we are coming on the air tonight because the nation is about to witness a defining moment. the first hearing before the country, the results of the january 6th investigation. the house committee investigating for nearly a year now, lo

it's the capitol police. the fact that this is coming to us tonight, after a couple of weeks now, of analysis of 19 armed police officers, standing in a school, with children and teachers bleeding to death in the other room and doing nothing. america now can realize that's heroism is not standard. a police work. heroism is unusual in police work. and so, for the capitol police, who we, when i worked there, and right up to pre-insurrection. we always thought the capitol police as just these wonderful people. very sophisticated doorman at the entrances of these buildings, and really nice people. we know their names, because we use the same entrance all time. we never thought of them as the people who would be out there fighting this kind of war, and, this is something that is extremely rare in police work, getting up off the ground, after being knocked out, and bleeding, and going back into, wait to hand to hand combat for hours. cops do not, do not do that! it is an extraordinary act for her to do that! everyth

we're going to walk down to the capitol. >> and the crowd as we know did proceed to the capitol. it soon became apparent to the secret service, including the secret service teams in the crowd, along with the white house staff, that security at the capitol would not be sufficient. in ago vice chair of the committee liz cheney questioning cassidy husted -- cassidy hutchinson. when we come back, cassidy hutchinson accuses donald trump of attacking his own presidential secret service agent january 6 after the agent refused to drive trump to the capitol to join the armed mob gathering outside congress. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. as we bring you highlights of tuesday surprise hearing about the house select committee to investigate the january 6 attack on the united states capitol. we return to cassidy hutchinson, former aide to trump's white house chief of staff mark meadows, questioned by republican committee co-chair liz cheney about what happened january 6 when then president trump motorcade

we're not going to the capitol. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge towards angle and when arnado recounted the story to me he motioned towards his clavicles. >> was mr. angle in the room as mr. arnado told you this story? >> he was. >> did mr. angle correct or disagree with any part of the story from mr. arnado? >> he did not. correct or disagree with the story. >> did they ever after that tell you what he said was untrue? >> neither told me ever it was untrue. >> we have news that is just in. a secret service official is telling cnn that tony arnado the then deputy white house chief of staff is denying telling cassidy hutchinson that the then president grabbed the steering wheel or an agent on his detail. we'll have more to come on that. make sure you stay tuned. but, on the morning of january 6, cassidy hutchinson spoke to the then white house council pat cipollone. listen. >> and mr. cipollone said something to the effect of please make sure we don't go up to the capitol, keep in touch with me. we're going to

we're not going to the capitol. mr. ee hand to lunge towards bobby engel and when mr. ornato had recounted the story to me, he had motioned towards his clavicles. >> and was mr. engel in the room as mr. ornato told you this story? >> he was. >> did mr. engel correct or disagree with any part of the story from mr. ornato? >> mr. engel did not correct or disagree with any part of the story. >> did mr. engel or mr. ornato ever after that tell you that what mr. ornato had just said was untrue? >> neither mr. ornato nor mr. engel told me ever that it was untrue. >> and despite this altercation, this physical altercation, during the ride back to the white house, president trump still demanded to go to the capitol. here's what kayleigh mcenany, the white house press secretary at the time, wrote in her personal notes and told the committee about president trump's desire to go to the capitol after returning to the white house. >> when you wrote, potus wanted to walk to the capitol, was that based solely on what the president said

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we need to halt the doors of the capitol. i need -- [inaudible] [background sounds] >> [inaudible] >> we've lost the line, we've lost the line. get back! up to the upper deck. [background sounds] [inaudible conversations] [bleep] >> be advised, capitol police are moving resources inside. [inaudible] >> -- members, there's people flooding the hallways outside, we have no way out. >> officers still remaining on the house floor on the third floor, to use -- trying to evacuate so we can secure the members on the other side, copy. >> too much people now, be american. >> [inaudible] >> one more time? whatever it takes, i'll lay my life down if it takes. >> absolutely. that's why we showed up today. >> [inaudible] >> we're coming in you don't -- the. [inaudible] [bleep] [inaudible conversations] [background sounds] >> get him up! hold him up! >> get him up! >> usa! usa! usa! [cheers and applause]

both are you said on the capitol police board. we are now 17 months passed january 6, how have you changed your security and protection, address her own roles and the agencies working together. >> thank you. i would begin with some of the work we have done together as part of the capitol police board. our first priority last year was in-line with the hearing and study recommendations, to select a new permanent chief for the capitol police board. i think the chief has done a superb job in transferring -- and supporting the department. work that had not been addressed since the study of 2017. as a result, we have begun to conduct our business in a manner that is far more transparent, exclusive and responsive in a way that was not previously. we support the department efforts to increase protection, which is critical to reopen the capital and the way that it was open prior to the pandemic of 2020. we have worked closely with capitol police to get at some of those shortcomings. i will leave it to the architect to talk about physical se

breach of the capitol! advised they are requesting additional resources as they broke in the window and trying to kick it in. amy: joe biggs enters the capitol. >> without objection, recessed pursuant to clause 12 the of roll 1. amy: outside. amy: there is a hangman's noose outside. >> house members -- amy: leader mccarthy. amy: police are being attacked outside. >> we have lost the line. we have lost the line. all pd fall back. amy: inside, the crowd chants "nancy." >> be advise the capitol police are moving resources inside. there are officers hurt. amy: oath keepers our approach central east door. it is 2:38 p.m. oath keepers enter building. >> with doors barricaded, people caught in the hallways who have no way out. >> officers still remain on the house floor. prepared to evacuate. copy. >> it is up to us people now, the american people. >> what are you ready to do? >> whatever it i will lay down my life. that is why we showed up today. pres. trump: there were peaceful people. the crowd was unbelievable

does the intent want to go to the capitol matter? does it also matter the testimony that we heard from his closest allies like ivanka and barr? how does this all fact when you put it all together? >> again, the hardest element to prove in any kind of white-collar case like this is criminal intent. the actions themselves, in certain contexts are not illegal. it is not legal to go to the capitol and do certain things. it is not illegal unless you are doing it for the purpose of corruption and overturning a legitimate election. if you is going to the capitol and egging on the followers there. it could've been an important fact. i think betsy raises an important fact. i think it shows him that he meant it that he wanted the march in the capital. when you link this up with knowing that the proud boys and the oath keepers are there to beat down the doors, and that when the mob arrives, the doors are open and they can walk inside, it increases the likelihood of a physical disruption of that vote count. if his goal was to stop the certificati

they ended the occupation of the capitol. tution against domestic enemies so that congress could return, uphold our own oath, and count your votes to ensure the transfer of power, just as we've done for hundreds of years. but unlike in 1814, it was domestic enemies of the constitution who stormed the capitol and occupied the capitol, who sought to throw out the will of the people, to stop the transfer of power, and so they did at the encouragement of the president of the united states. the president of the united states, trying to stop the transfer of power. a president that had stood for 220 years, even as our democracy had faced its most difficult test. thinking back again to the civil war, in the summer of 1864, the president of the united states lead -- we would be doomed to be it for re-election. he believed his opponent, general george mclelened would wave the white flag when it came to preserving the union, but even with that grim fate hanging in the balance, president lincoln was willing to accept the will of the voter

we're not going to the capitol. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge towards angle. >> hutchinson detailed the insis tans he follow the supporters to the capitol on january 6. despite being told repeatedly it was dangerous and potentially illegal. >> mr. cipollone something to the effect of please make sure we don't go up to the capitol. keep in touch with me. we're going to get charged with ever crime imaginable if we make the movement happen. we had conversations about potentially obstructing justice or defrauding the electoral count. >> she outlined repeat td examples of an unstable commander in chief who lashed out in anger often after losing the 2020 election. like when he learned attorney general william barr told the associated press there was no widespread voter fraud. >> there was ketchup dripping down the wall. there was a shattered plate on the floor. the valet had articulated the president was extremely angry at the attorney general's ap interview. and had thrown his lunch against the wall. >> sitting j

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we're not going to the capitol. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge towards bobby engel and when mr. ornato motioned to me, referred to his clavicles. >> reporter: denied telling hutchinson that he grabbed the steering wheel or agent. the secret service notified the select committee after hutchinson's testimony that the agents involved are prepared to testify under oath that the incident did not occur. the committee standing behind hutchinson's account while encouraging others with information to come forward. >> look, i believe cassidy hutchinson. i believe she's a smart, very capable, very honest individual. she has no incentive to make up something that isn't true. >> reporter: and the committee said evidence emerged of witness tampering. vice chair liz cheney presented several messages from witnesses saying they've been pressured from trump allies to say the right thing. cheney now said the committee is taking all of that very seriously and even indicated they're looking into possible next steps here, kate, th

we're not going to the capitol. mr. trump then used his free renato recounted the story to me, he motioned towards his clavicles. >> i confess i can never recall ever having heard an example of a president trying to physically hijack his own motorcade. have you? has anyone if you have to remember this day was long in the making and trump wanted to savor every moment. it was trump himself who invited everyone to washington the previous december saying it was going to be wild. we have already heard from trump's former white house adviser steve bannon making clear that what was to come on the day before january 6th. >> all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. just understand this. all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. it's going to be moving. it's going to be quick. >> all hell is going to break loose. and today, we learned that trump's intention to be at the capitol was not some spur of the moment decision. hutchinson described a conversation she had with rudy giuliani on january 2. >> as mr. giuliani and i were wal

also him demanding to go to the capitol like i said. w, when i spoke to the committee a lot of the things i talked to them about was that day and how things would have worked operationally, and when i gave my testimony tony ornato's name came up quite a bit. i do hope that he is going to come forward and testify under oath because then he will have to tell us did the president know that people were armed because of all the people tony ornato will know those details. >> really fascinating. they certainly want to hear from him. this idea of him going to the capitol, stephanie, what would that have even looked like? >> well, it would have been a very quick otr, but i am sure just from my own experience this is just me talking, i don't know this for a fact, i'm sure that they had planned something earlier and were ready with some kind of a loose route to the capitol. you know, at the end of the day the president can say i want to go here. now, if the secret service sees that there is an actual danger or threat they can say no to him, but for

not only did president trump refused to tell the mob to leave the capitol. he placed no call to any element of the united states government to instruct that the capital be defended. he did not call the secretary of defense on january 6th. he did not talk to his attorney general. he did not talk to the department of homeland security. president trump gave no order to deploy the national guard that day and he made no effort to work with the department of justice to coordinate and and deploy law enforcement assets. the vice president pence did each of those things. for example, here's what general milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, testified to this committee. >> to a he was and he very was all. and i get ponce from some of our record summer. but he was very very and to pushed out as a situation >> by contrast here is general milley's description of his conversation with president trump's chief of staff mark meadows on january 6th. >> we have killed americans. the vice president making all the decisions. we need to establish. america. you know th

on the capitol. mr. k stand was a few yards away from officer edwards taking footage of the proud boys as part of his work on the documentary film. most of his footage has never been shown publicly before we shared it this evening. officer edwards, and would like to start by asking, if you could tell us why you believe it's important for you to share your story this evening with the committee and the american public. [inaudible] >> please, your microphone. [laughs] >> well thank you mister chairman, i really appreciate it, and thank you to the committee for having me here to testify. i was called a lot of things on january six, 2021, and the days thereafter. i was called nancy pelosi's dog, called incompetent, called a hero, and a villain. i was called a traded to my country, my oath, and my constitution. and actuality, i was none of those things. i was an american, standing face to face with other americans asking myself how many times many many times, how we have gotten here? i had been called names bef

we're not going to the capitol. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge toward bobby engle and when had recounted this story to me, motioned towards his clavicles. >> and was mr. engle in the room as mr. ornato told you this story? >> he was. >> did mr. engle correct or disagree with any part of the story from mr. ornato? >> mr. engle did not correct or disagree with any part of the story. >> did mr. engle or ornato after that tell you that what mr. ornato said was untrue. >> neither told me ever that it was untrue. >> trump in part, denying some of the damning claims from hutchinson's testimony she made under oath. pamela brown is out front live on capitol hill. what more are you learning tonight. >> reporter: erin, i spoke to a capitol police officer who was here on january 6th and heard the hearing today, said he felt a sense of betrayal listening to cassidy hutchinson's testimony, relaying the warning signs chief of staff and mark meadows willfully ignored time and time again and while it was shocking to white hou

she was overrun and not unconscious as a on the capitol. quick stand was a few yards away from office and said what's taken put its of the proud boys is part of his work on a documentary pham. most of his footage has never been shown publicly before we share that this evening. off office said woods, i like to start by asking if you could tell us why you believe it's important for you to share your story this evening with the committee and the american public. your microphone. >> well, thank you, mister chairman. really appreciate it. and thank you to the committee for having me here to testify. i was called a lot of things on 1/6/2021, in the days thereafter. i was called nancy pelosi is dog. called incompetent. called a hero and a villain. i was called a traitor to my country. and my constitution. in actuality, i was none of those things. i was american standing face-to-face with other americans asking myself how many times. many, many times how we had gotten here. i've been called names before. but never had my patriotism or duty been call

-- of the u.s. capitol and violence on that day. the indictment of a group of proud boys alleges that they plan to "oppose by force the authority of the government of the united states." and according to the department of justice, on january 6, 2021, the defendants directed, mobilized, and lead members of the crowd onto the capitol grounds and into the capitol. leading to the dismantling of metal barricades, the destruction of property, breaching of the capitol building at assaults on law enforcement. although certain former trump officials have argued that they did not anticipate violence on january 6, the evidence suggests otherwise. as you will see in our hearing, the white house was receiving specific reports in the days leading up to january 6, including during president trump's rally, indicating that elements in the crowd were preparing for violence at the capitol. and on the evening of january 5, the president's close advisor, steve bannon, said this on his podcast. [video clip] steve: all hell is go