of journalism M Arizona state
university.
Judy: He January Y committee
will be holdinina primetime
hearing.
The caca they have laid out puts
former president truru at the
center of that conspiriry.
Hello to Y Y.
What shoululwe expect tonight?
Reporter: Weweave been expecting
a high-stakes and highgh drama
meeting.
It is the 187 minutes that the
committee will say P psident
trtrp did nothing to stopophe
riot.
If T T time froro when presidenen
trtrp ended his spepeh at the
op the steal rally and up P
the time just U uer three hours
later when he sent O O a tweet
asking the R rters essentially
to stop.
Tonight' hearing, we will see
some graphic picicres of what
was going on at T E capitol
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timemeble.
This will beben emotional night.
The witnesses S person was
mamahew pottinger, , E deputy
nanaonal security advisor.
Anansarah Matthews the depepy
press S sretary.
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ththpresident but who L lt
because E ey felt, and this ISS
what the comomttee will say
tonight, that they couldldo
longerer serveve the countnt and
serve president trtrp at the
me time.
We will hearr more about
communications invnvving members
of congress.
Judydy thereres a pull the
newshour has been part O O
what are W W learning aboutut how
Americans are E being the
evevence that theheommittee has
been building U U
rererter: So important as we pay
attention to lawmakers, what is
thth country getting from M L of
this..
As you S S, the country is
split.
About leaning T tard 50% sayayg
yes he E could be charged with
crimes.
We also askededwill the F fmer
presididt to be charged with
crimes.
A huhu difference.
There E U see almost two thirir
of the peoeoe answering saidd no,
ey do not believe, though they
think he should, T tt president
trump will be chargeded
see some mistrususof
inststutions.
Also, do people personally blame
former presidentntrump what
happened on January Y
here is S at we got in the
survey right now.
5757said yes..
He is to blame for the eveves of
nuary 6.
Look at what we found juju aftft
January 6.
In 2021, thoho figures are
similar.
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president T to blame.
Wenow that people are W wching
theses heariris, but this tells
us as far as people wananng to
cast a fininr of blame, they are
about where they Y re right
after January 6.
Judy: Really Y teresting.
Whatre we seeing from thehe
polls whethermericans are
watching the hearings S not?
D how that breaks downwn along
partisan lines?
Porter:he committee believes
that viewershipps strong, eveve
stronger T tn they expected.
Who isatching?
We askededeople if they are
papang some more a lot O O
attention N the hearings.
Look at ththbreakdown by party.
8080% O O P pple that I intify as
mocrats are watching..
Independence, more than halflf
Republicans S E smallest number
but still 44% of repupuicans.
We knono there is a partrtan
split whether T Ty B bme
presidenentrump and if they
think he should D charged but
% are still watching T Tse
hearingsgs
we also asked them, what D do
people think hapapned?
What a a their views aftft these
heheings have been going
forward?
Who thinkskst is an
ininrrection?
About 50% % people D believe
ititas an insurrection.
That's about whereret wasasast
year B bore the hearing startete
but T ok what has changed.
Thosos that said protected
politicalpeech has gone D dn.
Fewewe people believee that and
re people belelve it was
fortunate but in the E St.
More people are E ss willing to
defend what T ppened to January
6 ananmore people just wanted to
go away.
There you seeeeor most
amamicans, it's not dememrats.
I don't think our viewers will
be sururised but at the T T of
the issue was S everyone,
inflation.
Dedecrats, abortion.
Ththjanuary 6 hearings is Nott
getting morerehan 17%.
Juju: In the meantimim you H he
been watating what haha been
goininon with efforts to ask, if
YOYO will, the electoral reform
act.
We know that was a facacr in
whatatappened.
Where did thatattand?
Repopoer: The electoral count
act, there was a bipartisan N ll
introducuc in the senate and N N
it israel.l.
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would dodo
it W wld make governors acroro
the C cntry be the C cclusive
dededers and certifying
electors.
It would say T tt disputes from
candidates would H he to go to a
panel of judges.
It wouou nararw when congress
can objbjt, under what
ciciumstances, and it woulul
require a 1/5 thehe vote of each
chamamr to advance objectionon
right now it just T Tes one
membmb from each chahaer.
This would make it hararr to
object and it P ps up more
guardrailslso prerent the
questions and motivations we saw
at play on January Y
we will watch where thisis goes
into it looks likikit has a lot
of supuprt.
Judy: We know yououill continue
to keep ananye on it.