former abc news president james goulston has been tapped to bring previously unseen material into the home of millions expected to watch the hearing. and, bret, just hours ago, five men, including the leader of the proud boys had their charges upgraded to seditious conspiracy. bret? >> bret: david spunt at the doj, thank you. let's bring in senior political analyst brit hume. brit, good evening, what do you make of this thursday "primetime" event and what may come out of it? bret. >> brit: let's be clear about this committee. while it is bipartisan, it is bipartisan on paper only because all the members of the committee, including the two republicans were appointed by the democrats, by nancy pelosi, in fact and she was careful to choose the two republican member who could be counted on to agree to the conclusions reached by her as articulated by benny thompson this is just getting underway the congressman of mississippi the democrat heading the committee we came, quote, critically close to losing our democracy on january 6th. so there you have the position where the committee's leader