>>> CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS CAN BE QUITE DRY. MOST DON'T EVEN MAKE THE NEWS, BUT THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE'S EIGHT HEARINGS AND THEIR NEW TESTIMONY PRESENTED TO THE NATION HAS PROVED RIVETING. NOW THE COMMITTEE IS HOLDING ITS CONGRESSIONAL, INDEPENDENT, GOVERNMENTAL, AND THE HISTORY THEY INTEND TO MAKE. WE HAVE MORE ON THAT IN A FEW MINUTES, AND I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT SOME OF MY WORK ON THIS TOPIC, WHICH AS YOU CAN TELL, I'M EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU. BUT LET ME CONTINUE OUR REPORT ON THESE REPORTS AND THE POWER OF THEM. CONSIDER ANOTHER HIGH WATER MARK IN THIS ARENA. THE 20049/11 COMMISSION REPORT. EXHAUSTIVE, METICULOUS, A PROBE INTO THOSE TERROR ATTACKS THAT MURDERED SO MANY INNOCENT AMERICANS AND UPENDED SOCIETY AND CHANGE FOREIGN POLICY. THAT COMMISSION CONDUCTED OVER 1,200 INTERVIEWS, GOT 200 PAGES OF MATERIAL. AND THERE WERE MANY QUESTION -- SAUDIS FUNDING TERROR TO THE INTELLIGENCE FAILURES OF MORE THAN ONE ADMINISTRATION. THAT REPORT WAS VIEWED AS A VITAL CONTRIBUTION TO OUR UNDERSTANDING. IT ACTUALLY MOVED OVER 150,000 COPIES ITS FIRST DAY OUT. IT HELPED CORRECT THE HISTORICAL RECORD SHATTERING MYTHS THAT WERE DRIVING CONSPIRACY THEORIES THE "TIMES" REPORTED WHEN IT CAME OUT. POLITICS WERE AS DIVIDED THEN AS NOW. THERE WAS STILL THE CONTROVERSIAL WAR IN IRAQ ROILING AMERICA. THE REPORT HAD REVELATIONS AND CRITICISM FOR MANY POLITICAL LEADERS, BUT AGAIN, THIS CAN HAPPEN SOMETIMES WHEN A REPORT IS SO THOROUGH AND SO SERIOUS IT CAN'T BE IGNORED, IT EVEN DRAWS BIPARTISAN CLAIM. >> THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF LEARNING ABOUT OUR COUNTRY. >> WE WOULD DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO PROTECT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, TO FIGHT TERRORISM. >> LEARNING ABOUT WHAT WENT WRONG PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER THE 11th AND MAKING VERY SOLID SOUND RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. >> TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, THE 9/11 COMMISSION TOOK GIANT STEPS TO DO JUST THAT. >> THE 9/11 REPORT ALSO TACKLED ISSUES BEYOND JUST ENFORCING THE LAW. THERE IS A REAL PARALLEL HERE. THE GOVERNMENT AT THE TIME WAS ALREADY PROSECUTING ANY 9/11 ATTACKERS IT COULD FIND. JUST AS TODAY THE GOVERNMENT IS PROSECUTING SOME OF THE JANUARY 6th ATTACKERS, CERTAINLY THE PEOPLE WHO TRESPASSED AT THE CAPITOL, AND THE COMMITTEE HAS HEARD FROM SECURITY EXPERTS ON THAT. THE HISTORY'S INSTRUCTIVE BECAUSE IT SHOWS REPORTS LIKE THIS HAVE THE POWER TO INSTIGATE REAL CHANGE BEYOND JUST WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS ALREADY DOING SOME YES, YOU'VE GOT TO PROSECUTIONS GOING ON, BUT THE 9/11 REPORT WENT INTO BROADER TERRAIN THAT MATTERED, PUSHES OTHER REFORMS THAT MIGHT PREVENT PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE. THEY PROPOSE THE CREATION OF TWO INTELLIGENCE ENTITIES WHICH WERE THEN ESTABLISHED. SPARK NEW SAFETY RULES FOR FLIGHT PASSENGERS, FOR SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY WARNINGS, STRONGER CARGO AIRPORT SCREENING, WHICH WAS NOT GOING ON BEFORE IT WAS SUGGESTED IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PROBE, WHICH WERE PRESENTED IN THE REPORT. YOU GET THE TAKEAWAY HERE -- WHEN DONE RIGHT, THE REPORTS CAN REALLY MATTER. EVEN THOUGH IT ALMOST SOUNDS OLD-FASHIONED. WHAT, THERE HAS TO BE A BOOK? WE SHOULD ALSO NOTE SOME OF THESE REPORTS HAVE BEEN SEEN AS A FIZZLE. THERE WAS A TOWER COMMISSION REPORT ABOUT IRAN CONTINUE RA. DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF IMPACT. THE WARREN REPORT ON THE TRAGIC ASSASSINATION OF KENNEDY AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROBLEMS AT THE TIME. DIDN'T YIELD THE -- OF THE 9/11 REPORT. THE JANUARY 6th MEMBERS KNOW THAT HISTORY BETTER THAN MANY, THE PRECEDENT ABOUT PAST REPORTS AND HOW VITAL IT CAN BE TO USE THAT ONE SHOT AT THE END AND TRY TO GET IT RIGHT. WE ALSO KNOW CONGRESS SEES THIS REPORT AS THE CAPSTONE AND THE WINDING DOWN OF A SPECIAL COMMITTEE'S WORK LIKE 9/11, BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON ITS END GAME. THERE WAS AN INITIAL PLAN TO END THE HEARINGS BY SUMMER AND RELEASE THE REPORT IN SEPTEMBER THIS MONTH. THAT TIME LINE'S ALREADY BEEN DELAYED. CHAIRMAN THOMPSON MENTIONED A POSSIBLE REPORT IN EARLY FALL THEM WEEK HE'S SAYING THE REPORT WILL COME BEFORE THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, WHICH HAS SOME D.C. REPORTERS VIEWING THAT AS A COLLISION WITH POLITICS OR ELECTION ATTENTION. THERE ARE CLUES THE REPORT WILL GO BEYOND THESE HEARINGS, THAT THIS WILL RELEASE DETAILS NOT EVEN COVERED IN THE HEARINGS. LIKE THE 9/11 REPORT WE'RE TOLD IT WILL PUSH THOSE POLICY REFORMS TO SAFEGUARD AND EVEN MAGA PROOF THE TRANSFER OF POWER IN OUR DEMOCRACY. SO, THIS LEVEL OF PLANNING, EVEN INTRIGUE ABOUT THE REPORT'S RELEASE SHOWING HOW SERIOUSLY THE COMMITTEE VIEWS IT WITH THOSE WHO STAKE THEIR CAREERS ON THE WORK, WHICH DOESN'T JUST MEAN A HEADLINE HERE OR THERE, IT MEANS THE BOOK, CONCLUSIONS FOR HISTORY. WE'VE HEARD FROM MEMBER WHO IS SEE THIS PROBE'S WORK AS POSSIBLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THEY'VE DONE IN THEIR LONG CAREERS. SO TONIGHT I CAN TELL YOU WE KNOW THE WHAT MORE THAN THE WHEN. AS A JOURNALIST AND LAWYER I THINK THE PROBE COULD BE IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS THE PLACE TO LAY OUT THE COUP ATTEMPT. IT'S NOT RHETORIC. I MEAN THIS LEGALLY. WE HAVE MANY FEDERAL CASES AGAINST INSURRECTIONISTS. THEY DO NOT GO AT THE WHOLE THING. AND THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO. FOR FAIRNESS, THOSE CASES OVERSEEN BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOCUS ON EACH DEFENDANT'S ACTIONS OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY GROUP THAT WORK TOGETHER, AND THEN JURIES DECIDE THE GUILT OF EACH PERSON INDIVIDUALLY. AND THAT'S A PRINCIPLE OF A FAIR JUSTICE SYSTEM. NO GUILT BY ASSOCIATION, NO GROUP PROFILING. SO THOSE ARE THE CASES. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THERE IS WORK LEFT TO BE DONE. IT MEANS THE REPORT WILL BE THE MOST COMREHENSIVE SUBPOENA BACKED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING OF THIS WHOLE PLOT TOGETHER, THIS PLOT THE OVERTHROW YOUR DEMOCRACY. SOUNDS LIKE IT WILL AT LEAST BE WORTH A READ, AND LIKE OTHER GOVERNMENT REPORTS PEOPLE COULD READ EXCERPTS IN THE PRESS. WE COULD FOLLOW THE COVERAGE, BUT PEOPLE COULD CHOOSE TO GET THEIR OWN COPY AS A BOOK, WHICH BRINGS US TO TONIGHT'S ANNOUNCEMENT FOR YOU. I AM WRITING A NEW ACCOUNTING OF THE COUP CONSPIRACY TO OVERTHROW THE ELECTION BY DONALD TRUMP AND HIS AIDES, AND I'M PUBLISHING IT ALONG WITH THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE REPORT WHEN IT COMES OUT. THIS WILL BE HARPER COLLINS' OFFICIAL EDITION OF THE BOOK. I'M SHOWING YOU THE COVER RIGHT HERE. AND IT WILL INCLUDE WHAT I'M WRITING RIGHT NOW, MY ORIGINAL PIECE ON THE COUP CONSPIRACY TO OVERTHROW THE ELECTION, ONLY AVAILABLE IN THIS BOOK YOU SEE. RIGHT NOW, GOUK PREORDER THIS BOOK. IT WILL GO TO YOU FIRST WHEN THE BOOK COMES OUT, BE THAT IN THE COMING WEEKS OR LATER. YOU CAN GO TO ANY INDEPENDENT BOOK SELLER WEBSITE. SEARCH MELBER JAN 6th AND CLICK PREORDER NOW. NOW, YOU CAN ALSO GET IT FROM YOUR FAVORITE INDEPENDENT BOOK SELLER IN PERSON WHEN IT COMES OUT. I KNOW PEOPLE LIKE TO DO THINGS DIFFERENT WAYS. ONLINE, SEARCH JAN 6 MELBER. EITHER WAY YOU'LL BE THE FIRST TO GET IT. YOU'LL HAVE THE REPORT AND MY PIECE ON THE COUP CONSPIRACY. AND I WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH YOU. PUBLISHERS REQUIRE YOU LIST A RELEASE DATE. SO YOU SEE HERE THE LISTINGS CURRENTLY SAY OCTOBER 8th. THAT'S JUST ESTIMATED FROM THE PUBLISHER. NOBODY OUTSIDE THE COMMITTEE KNOWS THE EXACT DATE. IF YOU ORDER IT, YOU'LL GET THE REPORT, WHATEVER THEY CHOOSE, AND MY PIECE ON THE COUP. YOU JUST SEARCH MELBER JAN 6 ONLINE. NOW,S THIS A HARPER COLLINS BOOK. IT'S INDEPENDENT. IT'S NOT AFFILIATED BE CONGRESS. OBVIOUSLY WHILE I'M INVITING YOU TO READ THE BOOK AND MY PIECE ON THE COUP, THERE ARE OTHER WAYS. THERE'S NO MONOPOLY OR ANYTHING ON THE JAN 6th REPORT OR THE WAYS TO GET IT. YOU CAN PREORDER NOW. WE'LL COVER THE REPORT FOR YOU ON "THE BEAT" AND OUR SEGMENTS ONDOWN, WHICH WE MAKE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE NIGHTLY FOR FREE. SO ORDER IT OR WAIT. NOW YOU KNOW. I'M JUST EXCITED TO SHARE ALL THIS WITH YOU. AND THERE, I DID. I GUESS I MADE IT THROUGH THIS WHOLE ANNOUNCEMENT WITHOUT QUOTING ANY LYRICS, WHICH IS WEIRD. ALTHOUGH TO PARAPHRASE RICK ROSS, SO MUCH ACTION YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO LOOK. PRINTING PAPER, BOY, I EVEN WROTE A BOOK. FACT CHECK, THEY WROTE THE BOOK. I'M WRITING A 10,000 WORD FOREWORD, BUT YOU GOT TO START SOMEWHERE. AS FOR THE COMMITTEE, THIS PUBLIC PHASE OF THE HEARINGS, IF FIRST PRIMETIME HEARING, DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN THAT WAS? WOULD YOU GUESS HALF A YEAR? IT WAS JUST THREE MONTHS AGO IN JUNE. AND THAT'S SHAPED THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAPPENED. IT'S BEEN A BUSY COUPLE OF MONTHS THERE, AND THE COMMITTEE REFERRED PLACES THAT LED TO TWO INDICTMENTS AND A CONVICTION OF STEVE BANNON. THIS NEXT FINAL HEARING IS COMING AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK, ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE FINAL DETAILS ON WITNESSES OR OTHER THINGS WE'RE TRACKING. THE LAST THING I'LL SAY ABOUT THIS IS I DO EXPECT THAT AS THIS PROBE MOVES FORWARD TOWARDS ITS FINALITY, TOWARD ITS LEGALLY REQUIRED REPORT UNDER LAW, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO TACKING THE QUESTION OF CRIMINAL REFERRALS IMPLICITLY OR EXPLICITLY. IT'S GOING MAKE THE CASE ON POLICY REFORM SO THAT AMERICA MIGHT NEVER GET THIS CLOSE TO A JANUARY 6th AGAIN. AND THE QUESTION THAT HANGS OVER ALL OF IT IS THE ORIGINAL QUESTION -- WILL THERE BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE TOP PEOPLE WHO LED THE COUP EFFORTS, PEOPLE SO POWERFUL THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO STEP FOOT IN THE CAPITOL TO SPARK AN INSURRECTION? THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO SHOW PHYSICAL COURAGE, BECAUSE JUST LIKE A LOT OF OTHER CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS, THE TOP MOB BOSSES, THEY'RE NOT EVEN ARMED EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE INVOLVED IN
