MORGAN ENTERS THE GUILTY PLEA

SHE IS EXPECTED TO ENTER.

>> A RECOMMENDATION PHO HERFROM

HAIRDRESSER.

IT WAS AN ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL.

I WANT TO BRING IN CHUCK HAGEL.

SECRETARY, I REALLY APPRECIATE

YOU JOINING ME.

AFTER YOU SAW THAT VIDEO, A

FORMER POLICE OFFICER CHARGING A

CURRENT OFFICER, WAVING A MARINE

CORPS FLAG.

HOW DO REPUBLICANS CALL

THEMSELVES THE PARTY OF LAW AND

ORDER AND NOT SUPPORT AN

INVESTIGATION?

>> WELL, STEPHANIE, IT'S REALLY

ASTOUNDING.

WHAT WE'VE SEEN, ESPECIALLY THE

LAST FOUR YEARS IN THE VIEW OF

MANY REPUBLICANS, ESPECIALLY IN

CONGRESS, FACTS DON'T MATTER.

I GUESS VIDEOS DON'T MATTER.

THE FACTS ARE THE FACTS, THE

REALITY IS THE REALITY.

WHAT WE'VE SEEN HERE IS REALITY.

AND WHY THEY ARE SO AFRAID OF

THE TRUTH, TO GET TO THE TRUTH,

THE WHOLE POINT OF THE JANUARY

6th INDEPENDENT COMMISSION,

INDEPENDENT OF CONGRESS WAS TO

GET TO THE TRUTH BEHIND ALL

THIS.

BUT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS,

THE WORLD WILL SEE THIS PLAY OUT

MORE AND MORE OVER THE NEXT FEW

WEEKS AS MORE CASES COME UP FOR

TRIAL AND MORE VIDEOS COME OUT.

IT'S A DISGRACE TO THIS COUNTRY.

>> BUT WHAT IS THEIR STRATEGY

HERE?

TO CONTINUE TO DOWNPLAY THIS,

WE'RE HEARING FROM REPUBLICANS,

PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT WING MEDIA,

AND TO YOUR POINT, AMERICA HAS

SEEN IT, WE WATCHED THE VIDEO.

WHY WOULD THEY DO THIS?

I JUST DON'T GET IT.

>> WELL, I DON'T, EITHER, QUITE

FRANKLY.

I'M A REPUBLICAN.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS

ANYMORE, BUT THE REPUBLICAN

PARTY AND ITS LEADERS --

>> THEN WHY FIGHT IT?

>> THAT'S ANOTHER STORY, BUT I

THINK THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND

ITS LEADERS HAVE LOST THEIR WAY.

YOUR QUESTION REALLY CON FRONTS

THAT.

WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS?

WHY ARE THEY ACTING LIKE THIS

DIDN'T HAPPEN OR IT WAS JUST

ANOTHER REGULAR DAY AT THE

CAPITOL OR JUST REGULAR

PROTESTING?

THIS WAS UNPRECEDENTED, AS WE

KNOW.

SO WHAT'S BEHIND ALL THIS, I

GUESS PRESIDENT TRUMP, I GUESS

WHAT HE'S BEEN SAYING FOR A

NUMBER OF MONTHS, THAT THE

ELECTION WAS FRAUDULENT, SO

LET'S TAKE THE COUNTRY BACK AND

RERUN THE ELECTION AND ALL THAT

GOES WITH THAT, AND ALL THAT HE

HAS BEEN SAYING AND HIS

FOLLOWERS, I GUESS IT'S TO

BOLSTER THAT ARGUMENT.

I DON'T KNOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP

CONTINUES TO TALK ABOUT THESE

THINGS, TO SAY THESE THINGS THAT

JUST AREN'T TRUE.

AND THEY'RE HURTING THE COUNTRY.

YES, THEY'RE HURTING THEIR

PARTY, THEY'RE DIVIDING THEIR

PARTY, THEY'RE POLARIZING THE

COUNTRY IN DANGEROUS WAYS, BUT I

GUESS THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT

THAT.

YOU KNOW, THERE IS ONE THING

THAT SHOULD BE THE GUIDING POINT

AND THE COMPASS OF THE NORTH

STAR FOR EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL.

THAT'S AN OATH OF OFFICE YOU

TAKE.

YOU TAKE AN OATH OF OFFICE TO

THE CONSTITUTION.

THAT'S NOT TO THE PRESIDENT, NOT

TO POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY.

WEAVER

WE'VE LOST THAT IN MANY WAYS.

WHAT THE STRATEGY IS, STEPHANIE,

I DON'T KNOW.

>> I'M REALLY SURPRISED BY

POLITICIANS BEING POLITICAL.

I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT

VETERANS.

YOU'RE THE FORMER DEFENSE

SECRETARY.

YOU YOURSELF ARE A VETERAN.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE LARGE

NUMBER OF ACTIVE OR FORMER

POLICE OFFICERS AND MILITARY

VETERANS WHO WERE PERSONALLY

INVOLVED, WHO WERE

INSURRECTIONISTS THEMSELVES, AND

THE LIST SEEMS TO KEEP GROWING?

>> WELL, IT'S DISGRACEFUL, TO

START WITH.

THEY VIOLATED EVERY PREMISE AND

EVERY COMMITMENT THEY MADE TO

THIS COUNTRY --

>> WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS?

>> -- AND THEIR SERVICE TO THIS

COUNTRY.

I SUSPECT IT'S BECAUSE -- AND

WE'VE SEEN POLLING ON THIS OVER

THE LAST FEW YEARS.

THEY'VE LOST CONFIDENCE AND

TRUST IN OUR INSTITUTIONS AND

OUR LEADERS.

THEY HAVE FALLEN PREY TO THE

CRAZIES WHO ARE OUT THERE

SPREADING LIES ABOUT OUR

GOVERNMENT, ABOUT OUR COUNTRY,

ABOUT OUR LEADERS.

I MEAN, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S WHOLE

FOUR YEARS IN OFFICE WAS ABOUT

THAT, WAS ABOUT MISDIRECTION.

I'M GOING TO DRAIN THE SWAMP,

I'M GOING TO TEAR DOWN THE

PLACE, EVERYBODY IS A LIAR.

THE NEWS MEDIA IS THE ENEMY OF

THE PEOPLE, THE NEWS MEDIA.

I SUSPECT THAT THEY HAVE FALLEN

VICTIM TO BELIEVING THAT KIND OF

THING, AND THEY THINK THAT THIS

IS THE WAY TO CHANGE IT, TO

RESURRECT WHATEVER THEY

BELIEVED.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS, BECAUSE WE

ALL SUFFER FROM THAT, BECAUSE IT

INFECTS ALL INSTITUTIONS.

LLOYD AUSTIN HAS GOT AN ISSUE

OVER AT D.O.D. AS HE IS DEALING

WITH THIS ISSUE, EXTREMEISMEXTRE

EVERY INSTITUTION IN OUR COUNTRY

IS DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE.

HOW DEEP IS EXTREMISM IN THE

BODY OF AN INSTITUTION?

IT'S A SERIOUS CHALLENGE TO THIS

COUNTRY.

>> IT'S JUST STUNNING BECAUSE

YOU WOULD THINK THAT VETERANS,

LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU KNOW, SORT

OF THE MOST GROUNDED PEOPLE WE

HAVE ARE OUT THERE FOLLOWING A

TOTALLY DISTORTED REALITY FROM A

FORMER REALITY TV STAR WHO LOST

THE PRESIDENCY.

I DO WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT

POLITICS AND MINORITY LEADER

MITCH McCONNELL'S STRATEGY.

IT SEEMS LIKE HE'S GOING WITH

HIS FORMER PLAYBOOK THAT HE USED

WHEN OBAMA WAS IN OFFICE, BLOCK,

BLOCK, BLOCK.

CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW

LOCAL POLITICS WORKS, ESPECIALLY AROUND INFRASTRUCTURE?

AROUND INFRASTRUCTURE?

I'M NOT A KENTUCKIAN, BUT I

WOULD GUESS THEY COULD USE

BETTER ROADS AND BETTER

BROADBAND.

>> I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD

STRATEGY FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.

WHO IS OPPOSED TO

INFRASTRUCTURE?

REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS,

INDEPENDENTS, COMMUNISTS?

EVERYBODY LIKES INFRASTRUCTURE

BECAUSE IT BRINGS JOBS, IT

BRINGS ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO A

COMMUNITY, IT IMPROVES A

COMMUNITY, IT IMPROVES IT IN

EVERY WAY.

I THINK WHAT MR. McCONNELL'S

STRATEGY IS, YOU'VE GOT A 50-50

SENATE AND EVERYTHING IS ABOUT

NEXT NOVEMBER TO BREAK THAT

50-50 LOCK.

I SUSPECT THAT HE IS MANEUVERING

AND STRATEGIZING EVERYTHING

GOING ON NOW TO GET TO THAT

50-50 DEADLOCK ISSUE NEXT

NOVEMBER SO REPUBLICANS CAN

RETAKE THE SENATE.

THE HOUSE HAS GOT A DEMOCRATIC

MAJORITY BY A NARROW SIX OR

SEVEN VOTES, SAME THING WITH

McCARTHY IN THE HOUSE.

I THINK THAT'S TERRIBLY

IRRESPONSIBLE FOR THIS COUNTRY.

I DON'T THINK ANY LEADERSHIP

SHOULD PUT THAT FIRST OVER THE

INTERESTS OF A COUNTRY, THEIR

POLITICAL INTERESTS OF THEIR

PARTY.

BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE AT

THAT POINT, I THINK, IN THIS

COUNTRY.

LEADERS WHO DO THAT FAIL THE

COUNTRY.

>> I GUESS I'M JUST NAIVE.

I WOULD THINK THAT IF I LIVED

SOMEWHERE THAT NEEDED NEW ROADS

AND BRIDGES AND BETTER WI-FI

THAT PEOPLE FROM MY STATE WOULD

LOOK AND SEE HOW I VOTED ON

APPROVING THAT.

AND IF I VOTED AGAINST IT, THEY

WOULDN'T LIKE IT VERY MUCH.