palmer today. levelled against robert palmer toda . levelled against robert palmer toda. ,. , today. david, we saw pictures of him just — today. david, we saw pictures of him just there, _ today. david, we saw pictures of him just there, he - today. david, we saw pictures of him just there, he looked l of him just there, he looked very emotional. it was his defence? in very emotional. it was his defence?— very emotional. it was his defence? . ., ., defence? in a handwritten note to the judge. — defence? in a handwritten note to the judge, robert _ defence? in a handwritten note to the judge, robert palmer. to the judge, robert palmer said that he felt he had been duped into taking part in the insurrection on the capital building. he said that it was born of loyalty to the former president, donald trump, and he said he now believed that the claim that the presidential election had been stolen was a lie. robert palmer's conviction i think all part of a sign that if you like the most�*s tightening of those officials in washington, dc believe were to blame for that insurrection,

the jail term handed to robert palmer is the longest so far of anyone involved in january's riot. our north america correspondent david willis told me more about the trial. robert palmer was the first person involved in the insurrection onjanuary 6 to be prosecuted in connection with assaulting a police officer and, as you say, he received the longest sentence so far — 63 months orfive years and three months in prison. and previously, 43 months — 41 months, sorry, had been the longest sentence handed down, but none of those defendants had faced such serious charges and the judge was told that mr palmer attacked police with a wooden pole with a stick and with a fire hydrant as well, and they concluded that these were very serious charges that merited the sort of sentence that he received. now, of the 700 people who are facing charges in connection with that insurrection in the capitol building onjanuary 6, most face more minor charges but there are some serious charges of assaulting police and possession of a deadly weapon and so on which could lead to charges similar to those

the jail term handed to robert palmer is the longest given so far to anyone involved in january's riot. here's our north america correspondent david willis. robert palmer was the first person involved in the insurrection on the 6th of january to be prosecuted in connection with assaulting a police officer and as you say, he received the longest sentence so far, 63 months or five years and three months in prison. previously, 43 months, 41 months, sorry, had been the longest sentence handed down, but none of those defendants had faced such serious charges and the judge was told that mr palmer attacked police with a wooden pole with a stick and with a fire hydrant as well. they concluded that these were very serious charges that merited this sort of sentence that he received. now, of the 700 people who are facing charges in connection with that insurrection on the capitol building on the 6th ofjanuary, most face, are facing more minor charges, but there are some serious charges of assaulting police and possession of a deadly weapon and so on, which could lead to charges similar to those l

robert else palmer -- robert palmer pleaded guilty in october to assaulting law enforcement with a dangerous weapon and agreed to its addicting range of 46 to 57 months. after his plea and his entry into the d.c. jail, palmer arranged to make an online fundraising plea in which he said he did go on the defense and throw a fire extinguisher at the police after being shot with rubber bullets and tear gas. that was a lie, he admitted friday. he had thrown a fire extinguisher twice, a large plank, and a pole at police before he was struck with a rubber bullet. he also had failure to accept responsibility for his actions. wendy u.s. district judge agreed, she increased his sentencing range from 63 to 78 months. that is from the -- from 63 to 78 months." that is from the washington post , the longest sentence in the january 6 riot so far. we want to know what your most important political topic is. let's go to jack calling from texas on the independent line. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. you were talking about the homeless earlier. why would somebody open the border and let m

robert scott palmer shouldn't get off easily just because trump hasn't been punished, but he also has a point. trump should be punished. at least 700 defendants have been charged so far for their role in the insurrection. more than 130 of those defendants have been charged with assaulting police. three members of the trump mob have received their sentences, including palmer. but trump himself hasn't been punished for inciting the insurrection and neither have members of his administration. yet. that's where the january 6th select committee comes in. the committee has interviewed at least 300 witnesses and subpoenaed more than 40 people in connection with the capitol attack trying to get to the bottom of who knew what and when they knew it. and we've seen what happens when trump lackeys don't comply with the committee's requests. we're looking at you, steve bannon and mark meadows, and your criminal contempt referrals. because you can't punish the puppet and not the puppet masters. even mitch mcconnell seems to finally get that point. >> the investigation is occurring over in the house

capitol attack robert palmer was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison he pleaded guilty to assaulting police officers with a dangerous weapon for throwing a long pole, a wooden plank and a fire extinguisher twice at police. >>> a lot of families were on edge today and some school districts closed after talk of anonymous threats of school shootings circulated on the social media site tiktok gatti schwartz has that story. >> reporter: for schools across the country, a day of heightened alert or canceled classes after posts about fake threats and unsubstantiated rumors of a december 17th attack on schools went viral on tiktok. local law enforcement agencies and the fbi saying the threats did not seem credible and tiktok saying it had found no content promoting violence in schools on friday but was finding videos discussing this rumor and warning others to stay safe. at least some districts today canceling classes in more than a dozen of states citing an abundance of caution. and multiple safety concerns do you think this is a double-edge sword? you want to be safe when you

you were talking about robert scott palmer, who got the longest sentence of the huinsurrectionshes so far. we're going to be talking about him but also the role you played for him in prison. i think you know about that. >> yeah, i do know about it. whenever your name turns up in a courtroom, it's unsettling even when it's nothing bad. in this case it was weird. >> yeah. >> we actually got the transcript from the sentencing hearing, and i looked at it and i'm preferring not to think about it. >> okay, you don't have to think about it. i'll talk about it. if i don't see you again, happy holidays to you and susan. >> you, too. thank you so much, jonathan. take care. >> thank you, rachel. >>> a violent attempt to stop the peaceful transfer or transition of power. that's a judge described insurrection at the capitol on january 6th. the longest sentence so far for any defendant in the capitol investigation. on january 6th palmer hurled a fire extinguisher, a plank and a long pole at police officers. palmer requested a sentence of just 24 months reasoning that was fair because the architects

capitol attack robert palmer was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison he pleaded guilty to assaulting police officers with a dangerous weapon for throwing a long pole, a wooden plank and a fire extinguisher twice at police. >>> a lot of families were on edge today and some school districts closed after talk of anonymous threats of school shootings circulated on the so heightened alert or canceled classes after posts about fake threats and unsubstantiated rumors of a december 17th attack on schools went viral on tiktok. local law enforcement agencies and the fbi saying the threats did not seem credible and tiktok saying it had found no content promoting violence in schools on friday but was finding videos discussing this rumor and warning others to stay safe. at least some districts today canceling classes in more than a dozen of states citing an abundance of caution. and multiple safety concerns do you think this is a double-edge sword? you want to be safe when you shut down schools, but on the other hand, you may be giving more credence to something that wasn't true to

a federal judge sentenced 54- year-old robert palmer to more than five years in prison for assaulting police officers with a fire extinguisher. palmer apologized in a handwritten note and said trump supporters were lied to about the election. also today, longtime trump ally, roger stone, pled the fifth in response to every question asked by the january 6 select committee. all right, president biden is conceding that his $2 trillion "build back better" plan won't pass by a year-end deadline. and now a key provision of the bill for working parents appears to be headed for the chopping block. cbs' nancy cordes has a look at the real-life concerns behind the issue of paid family leave. >> reporter: molly moon's is an ice cream chain in seattle. it's named after its founder, who had an epiphany after giving birth in 2013. >> oh, my gosh. i needed to stay home for about 12 or 13 weeks. >> reporter: it was then and there that molly decided to provide paid family leave to all 200 of her employees. >> the first person to take paid family leave to have a baby was my-- actually, my executive ass

a federal judge sentenced 54-year-old robert palmer to more than five years in prison for assaulting police officers with a fire extinguisher. palmer apologized in a handwritten note and said trump supporters were lied to about the election. also today, longtime trump ally, roger stone, pled the fifth in response to every question asked by the january 6 select committee. all right, president biden is conceding that his $2 trillion "build back better" plan won't pass boy a year-end deadline. and now a key provision of the bill for working parents appears to be headed for the chopping block. cbs' nancy cordes has a look at the real-life concerns behind the issue of paid family leave. >> reporter: molly moon's is an ice cream chain in seattle. it's named after its founder, who had an epiphany after giving birth in 2013. >> oh, my gosh. i needed to stay home for about 12 or 13 weeks. >> reporter: it was then and there that molly decided to provide paid family leave to all 200 of her employees. >> the first person to take paid family leave to have a baby was my-- actually, my executive as

we have this reporting about the florida man, robert palmer, who was sentenced to more than five years in prison on friday. the longest sentence among the 150 rioters who have pleaded guilty for their role in the attack. i want to know on any of these tracks that trump faces exposure, is there any potential true accountability like what these folks are facing? >> potentially. i think so. and i think so because i've talked to members on the committee and professional staff on the committee, and there are several ways it could go. i think one member on the committee joked to me that maybe they would just subpoena trump and when he refuses to show up, maybe he'll be held in contempt, and that would be the extent of it. i think the committee has unearthed a whole dearth of evidence that implications members of congress. if you talk to professional staff on the committee, they see a scope for something like obstruction of an official proceeding. liz cheney said this repeatedly and jamie raskin. they are focussed on if there's a criminal element. and i think the members are attuned that if t

robert palmer of tampa will serve five years in prison for assaulting police officers. >>> then there are the public figures suspected of helping organized the attempted coup like roger stone who face the 1/6 commission friday, pleaded the fifth to every question involving his public appearances before january 6th. then there's philip waldron, a retired army colonel who sarltd powerpoint presentation on how to overturn the election. that powerpoint sent out before the capitol attack was provided to congress by former trump chief of staff mark meadows who denies having anything to do with it. and then there are those text messages made public this week. the commission's vice chair, liz cheney, unveiling multiple attempts outside the white house to convince trump to call off his supporters as they ransacked our capitol. messages from trump's own son to his die-hard supporters like laura ingraham of fox news who message the chief of staff saying, mark, the president needs to tell people in the capitol to go home. this is hurting all of us. this is destroying his legacy. a surprising admi

prosecutors said robert palmer threw a wooden plank at police and then picked up a fire extinguisher and sprayed its contents at the line of officers and then throwing the canister at them when it was empty. he threw an extinguisher at them a second time and threw a metal pole at other officers like a spear before officers shot him in the stomach with a rubber bullet. none of the officers were hurt. palmer told the judge he was very, very ashamed that he was part of the riot, but the judge agreed with the prosecutors that he showed a lack of remorse after he pleaded guilty when he posted he acted in self-defense. he admitted on friday that was false. the judge said, quote, it has to be made clear that violently trying to overthrow the government and assaulting police officers in that effort is going to be met with absolute certain punishment. previously the longest sentence imposed was 41 months long. >>> as we approach the first anniversary of the capitol insurrection, new polling shows close to one in five republicans still believe that donald trump will be reinstated as president.

palmer, sentenced to 63 months in prison for repeatedly assaulting police officers at the capitol. so much to talk about, to make sense of it all and these developments josh gorestein senior writer politico, and domestic rortder and msnbc contributor. josh, let me start with this one, we are almost one year in, how close are we to figuring out what happened in the lead-up to january 6 and how to prevent it, from happening, going forward? >> well, i think there's been considerable progress on the second half of that question yasmin, in terms of what can be done at tactical level for the capitol to prevent this happening again. in terms of what happened on january 6, i think there's been some progress, the text messages you mentioned earlier are certainly enlightening and suggest the house investigation is getting some traction in obtaining information about what happened, but there are still a lot of puzzles left here. in particular, surrounding president trump himself. we know about these texts that people were trying to urgently reach him through mark meadows, what we still don't

robert palmer's 63-month sentence is the longest yet for anyone charged in the 1/6 riot. with that let's bring in our leadoff guests on this friday night. jackie al many, political reporter for the "washington post" and the author of the paper's morning newsletter "the early 202." jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the cia and the pentagon. and dr. bertuza akter, emergency physician at the university of of arizona college of medicine in phoenix. he also works in emergency rooms in pennsylvania and florida. it's good to see all of you on a friday night. doctor, people in new york have been so cautious for so long, and yet covid cases here are soaring. performances, sporting events canceled. it all sounds so familiar. but some officials argue as long as you're fully vaccinated, especially with a booster, just go on and live your lives. help us understand exactly what the threat level is right now in a place like new york city and whether fully vaccinated people should be taking more precautions. >> yeah, that's a great question. i was in pennsylvania working last week an

rioters 54 year-old robert palmer is from florida. he told the judge that he was ashamed of his actions that day. prosecutors say palmer threw a fire extinguisher along with along plank made out to be a spear. the 5 year sentence is the toughest one handed down for any of the rioters 65 have been sent so far. more than 700 have been charged. the defense has rested its case in the trial of former minneapolis police officer kim potter potter is facing manslaughter charges in connection to the traffic stop turned shooting degth of dante right back in april. the incident set off several nights of angry protests in brooklyn center, minnesota on the stand today. potter said she meant to draw her taser instead of gun when she shot wright. >> remember yelling teaser taser taser. >> potter says she never shot her gun are deployed her taser during her 26 year long law enforcement career. if convicted, she faces up to 15 years in prison. but prosecutors say that they will ask for stricter sentence. >> and tracking storms next week. that is going

robert palmer of tampa will serve five years in prison for assaulting police officers. with wooden planks and a fire extinguisher at the capitol. then there are the public figures suspected of helping organize the attempted coup like roger stone who face the 1/6 commission friday, pleaded the fifth to every question involving his public appearances before january 6th. then there's philip waldron, a retired army colonel who the commission official subpoenaed after he circulated a powerpoint presentation on how to overturn the election. that powerpoint sent out before the capitol attack was provided to congress by former trump chief of staff mark meadows who denies having anything to do with it. and then there are those text messages made public this week. the commission's vice chair, liz cheney, unveiling multiple attempts outside the white house to convince trump to call off his supporters as they ransacked our capitol. messages from trump's own son to his die-hard supporters like laura ingraham of fox news who message trump's chief of staff saying, quote, mark, the pre

robert palmer was sentenced to five years prison. this is the longest sentence handed out so far. we know mitch mcconnell is changing his tune. he looks forward to seeing what the committee finds in the probe and called what happened on that day a horrendous event. what are your feelings now on people being held accountable. does this under score the people on that day? >> the more we get a look at january 6th and the perspective from the non-partisan perspective. people are talking about what happened in the country. people came to the capitol that day wanting to kill people. i don't think that is sunk in with a lot of america. what we need the fact is what scares me is it could happen again in this country. we need to take a look at what is happening in the communities and that hate and that fear and division and lack of confidence in our democracy and our democracy is under attack and we all really think about how lucky we are to have this and take them for granted. >> congress member, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >>> still to come, a father, son come back. tiger wood

robert palmer attacked police officers with a fire extinguisher, a plank, and a long pole during the assault on the capitol. he was seen on video on the frontlines of the mob violence cheering on his fellow rioters while wearing a "florida for trump" hat and a jacket that looked like a u.s. flag. the senate confirmed rahm emanuel as ambassador to japan overnight friday, despite vocal opposition from progressives and activists over emanuel's cover-up of the police killing of 17-year-old laquan mcdonald while he was mayor of chicago in 2014. rahm emanuel was one of those -- after months of obstruction led by republican senator ted cruz. cruz held up the process until the senate agreed to vote on his bill imposing sanctions over the nord stream 2 pipeline, which runs from russia to germany. senate majority leader chuck schumer said saturday lawmakers would debate and vote on the sanctions by mid-january. an alabama court has expunged the juvenile court records of claudette colvin, an african-american woman who was just 15 years old when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a whit

palmer of the largo, florida, cried as he told the u. s district judge in washington. that he recently watched a video of his actions that day and was horrified. palmer was one of several rioters sentenced that day. the house investigation into the riot has hit another snag. longtime trump ally roger stone pleaded the fifth during his appearance before the committee this morning. he was subpoenaed by the committee, which noted that he spoke at rallies the day before the capital riot, stone told reporters he is disturbed by the democrats investigation into his activity on january six. was not on the lips did not march to the capital. i was not at the capitol and any claim assertion or even implication that i knew about or was involved in any day way whatsoever. with the illegal and politically counterproductive activities of january. 6th is categorically false. stone was convicted in 2019 of lying to congress, but he received a pardon by then president trump in minnesota. closing arguments are set to begin next week in the manslaughter tr

this guy, robert palmer, getting sentenced to 63 months in prison for repeatedly assaulting police officers at the capitol. so, so, so much to talk about. to help make sense of it all is josh gerstein, senior legal affairs write for politico. luke broadweighter, a congressional reporter for "the new york times." and katie benner, a "new york times" reporter and msnbc contributor. how close are we to figuring out the lead-up to january 6th and how to prevent it from happening going forward? >> well, i think there's been considerable progress on the second half of that question, yasmin, in terms of what can be done sort of at a tactical level at the capitol to prevent this from happening again. in terms of figuring out exactly what happened on january 6th, you know, i think there's been some progress. the text messages you mentioned earlier are certainly enlightening and suggest that the house investigation is getting some traction in obtaining information about what happened. but there are still a lot of puzzles left here, in particular surrounding president trump himself. we know about thes

robert scott palmer of florida sentenced to more than five years in prison for repeatedly assaulting police officers with a fire extinguisher during the insurrection. he was identified from images online. >>> next tonight, an alleged serial killer behind bars in virginia. police linking him to the deaths of four women already. they say he used a shopping cart to carry their bodies away. and tonight, the concern there may be other victims. here's pierre thomas now. >> reporter: tonita lorice smith, age 39, and 54-year-old allene "beth" redmon disappeared in harrisonburg, virginia, this fall. authorities say they were murdered. their bodies found thnksgiving week in a vacant lot, allegedly transported in a shopping cart. 130 miles away in fairfax county, virginia, officials found this shopping cart and two more bodies in a container. one of them, believed to be 29-year-old cheyenne brown, who was four months pregnant. authorities claim 35-year-old anthony robinson killed the women, and that he's a serial killer. he's now in custody, but authorities believe there may be other victims. >

>> reporter: robert palmer was sentenced to five years behind bars longer than any of the seven people so far. he pleaded guilty to assaulting police with a deadly weapon. after watching a video of his actions on that day, he said he was, quote, really ashamed of what i did. kristen, peter. >> hard to believe we are facing the one-year anniversary of january 6th. monica alba at the white house, thank you. >>> all the former hostages released from captivity in haiti this week are out of that country. ohio based christian ministries said the 12 members of the group released thursday are, quote, doing reasonably well after the two-month ordeal. 17 missionaries were kidnapped by a haitian gang, while visiting an orphanage. five of them were released last month. >>> here's one that's hard to believe. in new mexico police are searching for a real life grinch with a van full of christmas toys. officials say someone stole a van from a salvation army parking lot in northwest new mexico this week and the vehicle was loaded with $6,000 worth of toys set to be passed out to children for the holida

robert else palmer -- robert palmer pleaded guilty in october to assaulting law enforcement with a dangerous weapon and agreed to its addicting range of 46 to 57 months. after his plea and his entry into the d.c. jail, palmer arranged to make an online fundraising plea in which he said he did go on the defense and throw a fire extinguisher at the police after being shot with rubber bullets and tear gas. that was a lie, he admitted friday. he had thrown a fire extinguisher twice, a large plank, and a pole at police before he was struck with a rubber bullet. he also had failure to accept responsibility for his actions. wendy u.s. district judge agreed, she increased his sentencing range from 63 to 78 months. that is from the -- from 63 to 78 months." that is from the washington post , the longest sentence in the january 6 riot so far. we want to know what your most important political topic is. let's go to jack calling from texas on the independent line. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. you were talking about the homeless earlier. why would somebody open the border and let m

we saw that capitol rioter robert scott palmer sentenced to 63 months in prison, more than five years. that's the longest sentence to date. what realso saw was a meaningful development in getting closer to trump's allies. we started the week with a contempt vote on mark meadows. the house moved quickly on that forward that to the justice department as a formal criminal referral. so mark meadows is now following in the footsteps of steve bannon as a trump ally, who is up for consideration at the justice department as we speak for prosecution on the charge of contempt of congress. one thing i also wanted to note is one thing that the justice department is facing scrutiny for from democrats is this question of how high they're going to go out of the january 6th investigation. we've seen more than 700 prosecutions stem from the riot, again, these have been largely the sort of the smaller fish, the low-hanging fruit, the people captured on tape. there aren't a lot of signals right now pointing to what they're doing to kind of climb the tree. so they're facing some scrutiny for that. >> tha

robert palmer of tampa, florida was charged with repeatedly assaulting multiple police officers outside the capitol palmer wept as he apologized to the court for his actions. >>> the nfl has made it official three of the weekend's games being delayed off covid. the raiders/browns games moves to monday. the sea-hawks rams faceoff tuesday as will the eagles and washington football team and they're not the only pro sport delaying games the pro hockey league is benching games because of rising infections a total of 13 games are being postponed. it's disrupting everything it makes me exhausted just to talk about it. >> thank you very much >>> we have 20 minutes left in the session. we are low for the s&p by 0.8% dow 0.1% over the course of the last 10 minutes, but we are well off th session lows the nasdaq about -- well, i was saying positive, but it's not gone just into the red >>> straight ahead, we'll discuss the potential pain that is being felt by bnpl stocks l back in a couple minutes with that. yeah... uhhh... doug? [children laughing] sorry about that. umm...what...it's uhh... you al

robert scott palmer is charged with attacking capitol police officers with a fire extinguisher, a wooden plank and the poll in court palmer said that he was ashamed of what he did. his sentence is the longest among those who have been so far charged as a result of the riot staunch trump ally roger stone showed up to testify before the house select committee investigating the january 6 riot today. but. >> there was no testimony for 90 minutes. stone pleaded his 5th amendment right against self-incrimination in answer to every single question in the meantime, investigators say they believe former energy secretary rick perry texted former trump chief of staff mark meadows a day after the presidential election calling for an aggressive strategy to undermine the election. >> next. a 10 alarming new numbers in the opioid crisis. authorities have uncovered a record amount of fentanyl this year. why they are blaming social media and social media again in the news. the threats may not have been real bay area. schools are still on edge. so after the latest tiktok challenge threatened violence. now

robert scott palmer, wearing a stars and stripes jacket, was seen attacking officers with a fire extinguisher, a wooden plank, and a pole. the sentence could become a benchmark for 140 other people who have also been charged with assaulting officers with a deadly weapon. >>> the house committee investigating the insurrection is compiling a picture of what was happening at the trump white house, both before and during the riot, including text messages from then trump chief of staff, mark meadows. cnn spoke with one capitol hill officer about private texts urging trump to call off his supporters, while those same people were publicly downplaying the riot. >> you know, while we were going through that day, i really wasn't thinking about, where is the backup? my concern was survive and make it home to my family. i was -- it never occurred to me that it would be, an issue with getting help to officers that needed it. and seeing those text messages, i wish i could say i was surprised, but i'm not. >>> closing arguments are set to begin monday in the trial of the former police officer chandler in th

robert scott palmer pleaded guilty to the assault. prosecutors now asking that he be sentenced to 63 months, which would be the longest sentence for a january 6th defendant. with us now is his attorney. bjorn, thank you so much for being with us to talk about your client. just recently, as you're well aware, after he entered his plea in october, he was defending his actions on january 6th, just weeks ago. so explain to us why he deserves the mercy that he is asking for. >> well, you know, the sentence that the court should impose in a case like this is a sufficient sentence but not greater than necessary. mr. palmer, from really the early days when huffington post first reported on this case, hired me, surrendered to the authorities, told him he was sorry, told him what he did, acknowledged what he did. so accepting responsibility is a huge aspect of our justice system in considering whether or not he should get mercy. so i'm hopeful the court will in fact, find room for mercy of mr. palmer. >> i think that's my point. just weeks ago

robert scott palmer of florida was identified from images online. this comes as longtime donald trump ally roger stone appeared before the january 6th committee on friday refusing to answer any questions invoking his fifth amendment rights. >>> well, it is time now to get a check of the weather with mr. rob marciano. i see you're going to be talking about some flooding. >> got some flooding that happened while you were on vacation for like a month. >> you know what, you started the shade real early, rob. hoof we've got some flooding to talk about here in arkansas. this is all the rain that was in the tornado zone. they had steady rain pretty much all day yesterday, and they got four inches. this person was saved but obviously a water rescue had to take place there. and just up the river, up the mississippi at least in illinois, heavy rain there. this after severe weather went through parts of iowa over the last couple of days. all right. here's that storm, and you see it moving east. this thing is going to really crank up and hit into some colder ai

scott palmer, who actually went forward and attacked officers at the capitol. and he was sentenced on friday, and one of the points that he made -- or his lawyer made in court on friday, was that all of these individuals who actually were morally responsible, who were organizing this, haven't been held accountable. and the judge sort of laid out the idea that, you know, that may be true. these people who haven't been charged yet, but that doesn't mean you're any less guilty for spraying officers with a fire extinguisher and then throwing that fire extinguisher at the line. so that's the biggest penl 2i we've seen so far. but just a reminder, we're at the very beginning of this investigation. honestly we've probably only gotten about a quarter of the people who either entered the capitol that day or attacked officers outside of the capitol that day. that total number is upwards of 2,500, and right now we're about 700. >> so, danny, ryan just mentions one of the organizers for the january 6th insurrection. this committee has interviewed well over 300 people so fa

robert scott palmer getting narn five years behind bars for his actions seen here on your screen. attacking police with a wooden plank pole, and a fire extinguisher. the january 6th committee briefly met with roger stone who pushed the stop the steal movement aggressively. >> i did invoke my fifth amendment rights to every question. not because i have done anything wrong but because i am fully aware of the house democrats' long history of fabricating perjury charges. this is witch hunt 3.0. >> of course, we all know what the former president thinks about people who plead the fifth. ryan nobles is out front. and we're also, ryan, learning who the committee believes was behind one of the text messages sent to mark meadows about overturning the election i believe. >> that's right. this is exclusive reporting from jake tapper and jamie gangel and what is so interesting is the source of this text message that was part of the presentation that the select committee put on in the terms of their criminal contempt referral of mark meadows. now originally, they made it seem ooze though it wa

>> yeah, erica, this is an individual by the name of robert scott palmer. he's a florida man who was caught by online sleuths who were pouring through all the video that came out of the january 6th riot, and he was spotted, as you mentioned, using a fire extinguisher and a wooden plank to attack a capitol police officer on that day, and today as you mentioned he was sentenced to more than five years in prison. this is the longest sentence that's been handed down for any of the 150 capitol riot defendants. what's interesting about this, is it could set a benchmark for how some of these defendants are sentenced as we go along in this process. palmer actually pled guilty. he didn't even go through a trial. he was hoping to get a lighter sentence, but the district judge in this case made it clear that she was not going to allow him or other defendants off the hook easy. this is what judge tonya chutnick said during the sentencing. every day we are hearing about reports of antidemocratic factions, people plotting potential violence in 2024. it has been made clea