I am Laura Kose in this HISTANN tonight.

Look, we're seven hearings in.

We learned a great deal about alleged election interference.

The president's refusal to accept his defeat at the polls, not accepting the counsel of

his real advisor is not the seeming imposter, but those who are actual advisor is not just

yes people.

One can tell him exactly what he wants to hear, even when there's clearly no evidence

to support what he wanted to hear.

But we have heard about the attempt to exploit the legal process, the Department of Justice,

local election officials and a relentless pressure campaign to what he called an attempt

to stop the steal.

Now the fact that nothing has actually been stolen, I mean details, details it seems.

I'll leave you all to decide whether the seven hearings so far have threaded a needle

or maybe moved your own needle, but we are seven hearings in.

And we're learning tonight that the January 6th committee's upcoming eighth hearing will

now turn to the number 187.

That's 187 minutes where the president of the United States was radio silent.

I mean crickets, at least publicly.

But what exactly was he doing for over three hours?

I mean after the Capitol had been breached and while it was being attacked, well officers

were valiantly fighting to protect members of Congress and everyone inside that Capitol.

As witnesses described this mortal combat, almost a medieval combat, just what was the

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