If a hitman is hired and he kills somebody, the hitman goes to jail.

But not only does the hitman go to jail, but the person who hired them does.

There was an attack carried out on January 6th.

And a hitman sent them.

I want you to get to the bottom of that.

One of the many moments yesterday that shows the reality of the January 6th insurrection.

The rioters weren't tourists.

They weren't truth seekers.

They weren't defenders of anything other than lies.

We've selected the most powerful testimony from yesterday's hearing to play for you

straight ahead. And we will speak live with the chairman of that committee in our next hour.

Plus, Dr. Anthony Fauci is our guest as the CDC reverses course on mask wearing what it means

for the start of school this fall and your next trip to the grocery

store and we'll go live to Tokyo where America's top gymnast is on the sidelines.

The latest on Simone Biles and Team USA's Quest for Gold.

But we begin this morning with the Capitol riot investigation and the

emotional testimony we heard yesterday from the officers who responded to the January 6th insurrection.

They shared their experience defending the U.S. Capitol on that day against the mob of Trump

rioters who stormed the Capitol to prevent the U.S. Capitol on that day against the mob of Trump rioters who stormed the

Capitol to prevent the certification of Joe Biden as the democratically elected president.

In January 6th, for the first time, I was more afraid to work at the Capitol than my entire deployment to Iraq.

The writers called me a traitor, a disgrace, and shouted that I, an army veteran and a police officer should be executed.

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