Was anyone at the Justice Department watching that hearing last night?

Anyone?

Bueller?

The lead starts right now.

A criminal case proven against Donald Trump according to members of the January 6th Committee.

They say they expose the former president's determination to hold on to power and his unwillingness to call off violent rioters at the Capitol whose terrorism scared even secret service agents.

Will Attorney General Marik Garland take any action against the men behind the treason?

Plus, Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin shockingly attacked at a campaign rally by a man who tried to stab him in the very brief stint and custody for the man arrested has Zeldin and others sounding off.

Proceeding with caution, should could the optimism in one American city inspire us all to think big and more positively about our inflated economy right now?

Welcome to the lead-up, Jake Tapper.

We're going to start today with our politics lead in a clear sign from the January 6th House Committee that they believe it is time for Attorney General Marik Garland to charge Donald Trump with a crime.

This morning, Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger from Illinois, one of the Republicans on the committee, told CNN that the timeline laid out by the committee is not just damning of the president but leaves Trump with clear criminal culpability.

We've proven different components of a criminal case against Donald Trump or people around him in every hearing.

And I think taken in totality, this represents the greatest effort to overturn the will of the people, to conspire against the will of the people, and to conspire against American democracy that we've ever had, frankly, since the Civil War.

So, yeah, I think we've proven that. It's up to justice now to make a decision.

This declaration after the bombshell January 6th Committee hearing last night where committee members pointed out that former President Trump did not fail to act during the riot, he chose to not act.

From the time when President Trump inded his speech until the moment when he finally told the mob to go home, a span of 187 minutes, more than three hours.

President Trump sat in his dining room and watched the attack on television while his senior most staff, closest advisors and family members begged him to do what is expected of any American president.

The committee played testimony from senior Trump White House officials that showed as the riots escalated on Capitol Hill, President Trump refused to take any action to stop them.

Here are the White House Council at the time and the Vice President's then National Security Advisor.

Are you aware of any phone call by the President of the United States to the Secretary of Defense that day?

Not that I'm aware of, no.

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