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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

Today is Friday, and it is June 10th.

Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning.

In the news this morning, the House panel investigating the January 6th insurrection at the

U.S. Capitol laid the blame firmly on Donald Trump Thursday night, saying the assault was hardly

spontaneous, but an attempted coup and a direct result of the defeated president's efforts to overturn

the 2020 election. With an ever-before-seen 12-minute video of the deadly violence and startling

testimony from Trump's most inner circle, the January 6th committee provided gripping detail in contending that Trump's repeated lies about

election fraud and his public effort to stop Joe Biden's victory, led to the attack, and

imperiled American democracy. Police officers who fought off the mob consoled one another as they

sat in the committee room reliving the violence they faced on

January 6th. Officer Harry Dunn teared up as body cam footage showed rioters bludgeoning his colleagues

with flagpoles and baseball bats. In wrenching testimony, U.S. Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards

told the panel that she slipped in another person's blood as rioters pushed past her into the Capitol.

She suffered brain injuries in the melee.

Trump unapologetic dismissed the investigation anew and even declared on social media

that January 6th represented the greatest movement in the history of our country.

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee tweeted all old news.

The result of the two-hour hearing and coming weeks of public hearings may not Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee tweeted all old news.

The result of the two-hour hearing in coming weeks of public hearings may not change hearts or minds in politically polarized America, but the committee's investigation with a thousand interviews is intended to stand as a public record for history.

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