washington members of the house committee investigating the events of jan 6 will hold their first primetime hearing thursday to share what they have uncovered about thenpresident donald trumps efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election which culminated in the deadly storming of the us capitol part of their mission determining trumps actions that day much is already known about where trump was what he said and how he reacted but large gaps remain what we know we fight like hell the day began as they often did with calls and angry tweets as vice president mike pence prepared to preside over a joint session of congress to count the electoral votes that would formalize democrat joe bidens win trump continued to apply public pressure he demanded that pence reject the results by invoking powers that pence had made clear to the president he did not possess states want to correct their votes which they now know were based on irregularities and fraud plus corrupt process never received legislative approval trump falsely claimed at 817 am all mike pence has to do is send them back to the states and we win he added do it mike this is a time for extreme courage trump continued to repeat his unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud as thousands of his supporters gathered for a save america march rally on the ellipse outside the white house organized to pressure republicans in congress to reject the democratic vote a move that would have thrown the country into an unprecedented constitutional crisis the states want to redo their votes they found out they voted on a fraud legislatures never approved let them do it be strong he urged by then the rally was already underway rep mo brooks rala proclaimed that today is the day american patriots start taking down names and kicking ass lets have trial by combat declared rudy giuliani who was leading trumps losing legal effort before leaving the white house trump placed a call to pence from the oval office and again berated his onceloyal soldier you dont have the courage to make a hard decision a seething trump said according to an account described in a committee letter trump then went to the rally arriving around 1142 am as his campaign soundtrack blasted through the frigid air just before noon he took the stage to his usual god bless the usa and launched a fiery speech in which he complained of a rigged election and insisted he would never concede if mike pence does the right thing we win the election he falsely declared from behind a wall of protective glass telling his supporters we fight like hell and if you dont fight like hell youre not going to have a country anymore he told them he planned to join them on their planned marched to the capitol adding that youll never take back our country with weakness by that point reams of his supporters