police union. i hope they think better of it, bring him before the panel today, give them a chance to testify before the american people. thank you. i will defer to representative jordan. >> why don't the democrats want to get to the truth? why don't they want to answer the fundamental question, which is why wasn't there a better security posture on that day? let me read from a news account from february bishopric pelosi's office at previous impressed upon the sergeant at arms poke think that the national guard was to remain off capitol grounds. he told house administration the discussion centered around the quote optics. why would the democrats are concerned about the optics? why were they so concerned about how it would look? because what happened last summer. it's all driven by what happened last summer where democrats normalized anarchy, , normalized political violence, raised mailed money for the very rioters and looters who destroyed small business, attacked innocent civilians and maybe most

. >> the guy who heads capitol police union, he wants to talk. , everyone sees it for what it is. you talk about democrats not being square with american people, they use the term the big lie, how about every lie they told us, they told us the protests were peaceful it was republicans who tried to defund police. they told us that president trump colluded with russia, and dossier was real, for 4 years, they told us the 2016 election was stolen. as recently as october of last year, just days before the election, hillary clinton said, her election where president trump beat her was stolen, i guess the rule is only democrats are allowed to object to election results, we can't raise concerns about fact that state, unconstitutionaly changed their law, did you a great piece on this on the unconstitutional changes made by when they went around state legislators and changed election laws, pennsylvania the best example. law said election-- ends 8:00, they said no, it does not end 8:00 tuesday it is 5:00 on friday. jim jordan is not allowed to object. but jim mcgovern, objected to alabama. a

. >> the guy who heads capitol police union, he would like to talk. you talk about the democratic not square with american people, they keep use term, the big lie, how about every lie they have told us over last few years, they told us protests were peaceful, they told us that they -- it was republicans who tried to defund police, they told us that president trump collide cod with russia, for 4 years they told us 2016 election was stolen. just days before the election, hillary clinton said, her election, she said it was stolen. i guess rule is only democrats are allowed to object to election results, we can't raise concerned about states unconstitutionaly changed their election law, you did a great piece on this a few months ago. pennsylvania is best example, saying that law said, said election ends 8:00 tuesday. democrat sued state supreme court, it said no, it ends 5:00 saturday, they just extended the election. jim mcgovern, democrat chair of rules committee, objecting to alabama, and lead prime ministet manager, and maxine waters, objected to elec

what message does that send knowing some of these police officers who defended the capitol actually feel abandoned by that union? >> it's a terrible message. the fop and i don't see eye to eye on a lot of things. i have respect for the fact men and women of our profession have union representation and serious misconduct, criminal activity and engaging in insurrection, you got to drop them. there is absolutely no reason at all for fop or any other police organization to be defending these guys. they were part of january 6th. >> let me get to commissioner ma m marksdale to react. >> i'm 100% with chief ramsey on that one. there is no way to support an officer that participated in an act of domestic terrorism. that is insane, let him go. he needs to be fired or go to jail. that's unacceptable. it makes no sense. >> have you ever seen anything like that commissioner ma markse before? >> no, when you take that oath, you're a police officer 24 hours a day like it or not. that's part of the job. you're supposed to be a r representative of your agency every second of the day, even off duty. to s

the fraternal order of police, america's largest police union, publicly, slamming a far-right pundit and news host as a clown. the fop calling out news max's greg kelly for suggesting capitol rioters may have mistaken d.c. police officer, michael fanone, for a member of antifa. the police union not holding back saying this, and i quote, suggesting that hero officer fanone was mistaken for antifa, despite the police-riot gear he was wearing, is downright dangerous. don't believe the lies being spewed by this clown. it was just two weeks ago, when officer fanone told cnn that he and others in the force felt that the union was not doing enough to call out those who have downplayed the severity of the january-6th insurrection. you have heard officer michael fanone, on this show, tell his story of what happened that day. we have shown you his body-camera footage, which is up, now. he was beaten and tased to the point of having a heart attack. he almost died, protecting the capitol. suggesting anything, otherwise, is certainly clownish behavior. and before we go, i just want to make sure t

capitol police is understaffed as well. help us understand the personnel challenges these two departments face. >> i would say the capitol police department in particular is facing a profound challenge. the union has said that more than 70 officers have left the force since the insurrection and that morale is low in the ranks. until recently they were led by an acting chief accused in a senate report of downplaying intelligence regarding january 6th. they're facing what police departments are facing nationally. violent crime is skyrocketing. more people died of homicide in d.c. last month than covid. they're trying to police in an environment made more difficult by the pandemic and by the george floyd murder. some members of the d.c. security council are trying to cut the budget and block plans to hire new police officers. police officers in d.c. and across the country are facing an extremely tough situation right now. >> thank you so much for that important context. my next guest has been helping law enforcement officers p

to say anything in defense of the police that were hurt protecting the capitol. and i think that it's just an interesting example of how, you know, we think that power in this country sort of exists to protect maybe the specific interest group that it's named after. like police unions protect police. police unions exist to protect the existing power structure. they exist to protect people, like donald trump, and others that came before him, that unfortunately came after him. i think that there's this -- in a way, the problems are a lot deeper than just putting these capitol hill policemen on the stand. and fortunately, i think they've caught our attention. i think there's some momentum. >> i'm sorry, go ahead. >> no, it's just, power runs deep. >> yeah. sorry, i didn't mean to interrupt you. but i do take your point in terms of how we sort of caught the nation's attention, and some of the ways in which they caught our attention, at least what stood out to me in part in the hearing is that there was a little bit of gallows humor that came out from the officers, ju

the fraternal order of police, america's largest police union, publicly slamming a far-right pundit and news host as a clown. the fop calling out newsmax's greg kelly for suggesting capitol rioters may have mistaken d.c. police officer michael fanone for a member of antifa. the police union not holding back saying this, and i quote, "suggesting that hero officer fanone was mistaken for antifa despite the police-riot gear he was wearing, is downright dangerous. don't believe the lies being spewed by this clown." it was just two weeks ago when officer fanone told cnn that he and others in the force felt that the union was not doing enough to call out those who have downplayed the severity of the january 6th insurrection. you have heard officer michael fanone, on this show, tell his story of what happened that day. we have shown you his body camera footage, which is up now. he was beaten and tased to the point of having a heart attack. he almost died protecting the capitol. suggesting anything otherwise is certainly clownish behavior. and before we go, i just want to make sure that you kno

to say anything in defense of the police that were hurt protecting the capitol. and i think that it's just an interesting example of how, you know, we think that power in this country sort of exists to protect maybe the specific interest group that it's named after. like police unions protect police. police unions exist to protect the existing power structure. they exist to protect people like donald trump and others that came before him and people who unfortunately will come after him. i think that there's this -- in a way, the problems are a lot deeper than just putting these capitol hill policemen on the stand. and fortunately, i think they've caught our attention. i think there's some momentum. >> well, and in -- >> the power -- >> i'm sorry, go ahead. >> no, it's just power runs deep. >> yeah. sorry, i didn't mean to interrupt you. but i do take your point in terms of how they sort of caught the nation's attention. and pete, some of the ways in which they caught our attention, at least what stood out to me in part in the hearing is that there was a little bi

are you s capitol police officer has been cleared of wrongdoing in the deadly shooting of a woman from san diego during the capital riot on january 6th investigators say that 35 year old as shelley abbot ashley abbott excuse me was trying to climb through a broken door into the speaker's lobby when she was shot and killed now, capitol police say the officer was justified in using deadly force believing that lives were at risk the officer has not been named out of fear fear for their safety. brentwood police said today that their officers assisted the d e a in a huge drug bust operation it took place in brentwood earlier this month and resulted in the seizure of more than £60 of methamphetamine it has a street value estimated to be $120,000. suspects were taken into custody without incident and now we go to valeo tonight, where it was a violent weekend two men were shot and killed and a woman was also injured in a freeway shooting. yeah crime reporter had really tells us to law enforcement agencies are now trying to find those responsible the vallejo police department is investigating

police and the fop i think and any other union in this country needs to be much more forceful in basically it's tacks on those who would seek to defend the action of the rioters and those who were engaging in insurrection on that day. like chamberlin and the main regiment of gettysburg who held the line and saved our republic in 1863, those capitol officers held the line on january 6th and saved our republic. we were that close to losing our democracy. that's the reality of it. >> yeah. i mean, molly ball, just to pick up on the commissioner's comments, now there's adam kinzinger's incredibly emotional moment when he spoke to the four officers who testified, and i believe like your reporting on officer fanone picks up almost where the public hearing left off about the torment they're all feeling. can you elaborate on sort of what you observed about what being officer fanone is like right now? >> yeah. you know, these officers are being retraumatized every time they have to listen to the lies that are being told about what happened on january 6th. they cannot move on. they cannot achieve cl

the capitol police officers that are filing a lawsuit. why are they left to fend for themselves? it's not just the republican party that's hanging these people out to dry. it's people at the fraternal order of police union, their leadership who is leaving them without any kind of -- kind of meaningful support that i can see. >> george floyd policing act. >> and take a listen, ryan, i will get your reaction. here is lieutenant michael byrd asked by lester holt of nbc to respond to trump actually calling him a murderer. i mean, it's in -- it's -- it's pretty incredible. um, he said that it was disenheartening. he went on to say he would defend the former president and his family, should he be assigned to do so. i mean, that's remarkable. i wouldn't expect nothing less from a -- from a police officer, a good police officer. but it's pretty -- pretty remark bl t remarkable that's what he said. >> we have been in washington covering these institutions for a long time. when i was watching the events of january 6th unfold, the thing thaif that i was just blown away by -- shouldn't use t