CNN and CNN International (DStv 401) are working on at least two TV specials to mark the one-year anniversary of 6 January 2021 when a mob of supporters of the former American president Donald Trump attacked the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
On Friday morning, 7 January at 02:00 (South African time) CNN and CNN International will broadcast Live from the Capitol: January 6: One Year Later as a 2-hour TV special with Anderson Cooper and Jake Tapper as the co-presenters from the Capitol's National Statuary Hall.
Live from the Capitol: January 6: One Year Later will include comments from the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House members like Lisa Blunt Rochester, Jason Crow, Veronica Escobar, Ruben Gallego, Dan Kildee and Susan Wild.
Members of the House select committee investigating the Capitol insurrection will also talk, including Bennie Thompson, Liz Cheney and Jamie Raskin.
Officers who were on the scene on the day will also be at the TV special, including US Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, as well as DC Metropolitan Police Officers Michael Fanone and Daniel Hodges.
