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he's describing a tall oak tree. >> he's talking about the culture of total myopia. he's thinking of some western. he doesn't understand when people talk about trees and ropes, they're talking about lynching. it doesn't even occur to him. he dug even a deeper hole by going off, allegedly about political correctness and then attacking the chinese communist party which has nothing to do with the purpose. hearing. at all. this is about a community that is grieving after murder and an increase in violence in the wake. covid. and he wanted to make it about, the chinese communist party and policing language and then used a lynching metaphor so cluelessly. that's the lack of perspective where he's coming from. it is pathetic, embarrassing. and as mike hogan of maryland said, it's disgusting. >> you know what's next. >> what? i can't say what i want. you can't say anything anymore. really? >> right. and look. it's so offensive that it is happening at a time when all over the country, there's been an exponential spike on hate crimes against asian-americans. what we have just witnessed this week, the killing of asian-americans. the targeting of asian-americans. you hear this guy, this congressman from texas, chip roy. and first he makes no sense. the word coming out of his mouth. you think, this guy has to have failed reading comprehension on the s.a.t. there is no way he understand that he's at a hearing about anti-asian sentiment. i mean, can we just roll tape a minute silent on him again? don, just look at the way this guy wears his mask. >> i saw that earlier. >> i mean, and you have, you need any further proof that this man is an idiot. just look at the way this man wears his mask, and pray to god that is not how he wears his underwear. i mean, he is an embarrassment to congress. an embarrassment to texas. he's an embarrassment to the republican party. and he's the days, that's a very, very high bar. >> we're also hearing from the former president george w. bush who is speaking out on the capitol insurrection. here's what he told the texas tribune. >> i was sick to my stomach having to see our nation's capitol be stormed by hostile forces. and it really disturbed me to the point where did i put out a statement. and i'm still disturbed when i think about it. it undermines rule of law. and the ability to express yourself in peaceful ways in the public square. this was an expression that was not peaceful. >> so what do you think about that? this is a former president who has largely stayed out of politics. >> a texas republican talking about the rule of law for real. that is the kind of rhetoric we need to hear from republicans. about clarity, about defending our democratic institutions about, compassion for communities under stress, and total more clarity flowing all through it. chip roy could learn a lot from george bush. so could the entire republican party right now. >> and bush was asked if he thought the election was stolen. he said no. and then he said this. >> politics has always been rough, evan. and right now, we're at a period of time when there is a lot of anger in the system which causes people to worry about the future of our democracy. i think it will eventually work its way out of the system. history in the united states has shown, these populist movements begin to fritter over time so i'm optimistic about democracy. >> anna, i'm curious. is he being overly optimistic or not? >> you know, if you know anything about the bush family, that's kind of their nature to be optimistic and believe in the institutions. he also said, don, if i can just read. i'm appalled by the reckless behavior of some political leaders. since the election, by the lack of almost shown today for our institutions, our traditions, and our law enforcement. it made me think of the interview you had yesterday with officer don. and i have to tell you, i think george w. bush was talking, yes, as a former president. this is a family who has a deep connection with the capitol and the institutions in washington for generations and generations. his grandfather served as a senator there. but i think he's also talking like an american. look, january 6th will be one of these days, that will go down in history for all of us. you know, like 9/11. like the day the challenger exploded. like the day john f. kennedy was shot, for those who were alive then. where you remember how you felt. you remember where you were. you remember how you learned about it. because it was an attack on so much. on our values, on our democracy, our institutions, on our congress, on people, on our law enforcement. it's something that just, you know, should break the heart of every american and should make every american, not just former presidents, sick to their stomach. >> thank you, anna. thank you, john. i appreciate it. the fbi releasing new video clips of the capitol insurrection showing the horrible violence direct at capitol police officers. i want to bring in now representative katie porter. a california democrat. thank you. appreciate you joining. i want to ask but the fbi releasing this new video of officers being assaulted during the insurrection on january 6th. what do you think as you watch it? it is so violent. >> well, it was a violent attack. and i think we are not benefited from looking away from the problem. i think we have to understand that this was a direct attack on our democracy. people were physically harmed and killed because of this. we have to take it seriously. both understanding why it happened and some of the things that gave rise to the event. >> during the capitol attack, representative alexandria ocasio-cortez ran into your office to hide from the insurrectionists. let's listen. >> they go into her office, and i'm at like a 10, right? i'm at like a full 10, fight or flight. i thought i was going to die like ten minutes ago. then thought i would die again. i start, you know, ripping through katie's office like a mad woman. and you know, poor katie. i'm opening every closet. i'm opening every nook, every cranny, looking for where i'm going to hide when they get into this office. >> we hear that and we see the latest fbi video showing the violence. what do you think when many in the gop are trying to rewrite history of what happened that day. >> look, it was terrifying and a lot of the fear came from not knowing where the attackers were. we were able to see only what the television cameras showed us which was, the attackers were inside the building. we didn't know where they were inside the capitol complex west didn't know how to get in touch with the police and we were barricaded in our office and that was literally the instructions from the police, were to hide in your office. barricade yourself. make it dark and make it silent and wait. and that's what we did. it was really, really terrifying, not knowing where they were, what they were coming for, what they would do, and if we had adequate security presence to protect us and we clearly did not and that's something we need to correct moving forward. >> i have to ask but the rise in anti-asian attacks we've seen across this country. you spoke at a rally about this crisis this past weekend. you represent many asian-americans. what are you hearing from constituents about how to tackle this crisis? >> well, i think we have to start by recognizing our asian and pacific american community as for being a vibrant part of our country. and they've been here a long time. some of them here for centuries. some are new arrivals. these are our neighbors, our colleagues. we have to stand up for them just like we would for anyone else being attacked. asian-americans are not protected from the forces of racism, from the forces of hatred. they are too often victims of it and i think we need to see more leadership. i'm really proud of what president biden and what vice president harris have done on this front. providing both the leadership and the willingness to listen to the api community. >> speaking of the president and the vice president, they're heading to atlanta tomorrow to discuss the spa shootings. the president is meeting with stacey abrams presumably to discuss the attack on voting rights. how do they restrict voting access and block legislation from democrats? >> yeah. we definitely need to pass hr 1. it has moved over to the senate and it has the support of every democratic senator. and so that bill will go a long way toward providing baseline federal protections against abuse of elections. so we need to pass that bill, prevent things like automatic purges of voter rolls. protect people's right to the ballot box. we need to do that and be organized on the ground. i think the conversations and the work that stacey abrams has done, it is really uplifting to make sure that every american's voice can be heard in an election. that we have free and fair elections. that's what she's fighting for. i can't think of anything more fundamentally patriotic to be engaged in but that fight. >> thank you. so. i appreciate your time. the mayor of atlanta says it is hard to see the shooting spree that killed eight people. six of them asian women. as anything other than a hate crime. why did police say it is too soon to say? 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>> well, don, we are getting new details. some chilling details. an incident report was released and we know three of the women shot in an atlanta spa were shot in the head. now, investigators have been painstakingly going through this information to try to put the pieces together. the toughest part of this is they're having trouble notifying family members of these victims. that's why their names haven't been released. take lbl to the deputy chief talking about it today. >> we wouldn't be doing justice by putting a lot of this information out in the public, and especially if, in our cases, where the next of kin has not been notified. so i know it is tough. there are a lot of questions that want to be answered. but again, we just ask that you just respect the families that are still mourning. some who may not even know yet. so that's the real key part for our victims, that our victims' next of kin have not been officially notified. >> yeah, don, you can feel the difference in tone today. a lot of questions about how this investigation is progressing. one of the things we do know as well. that the shooter bought the gun on the same day of the shooting. and i can tell you, police are going through mounds of video evidence as well. one of the things they're trying to do is piece together an exact time line of everything that happened. now we also realize that that suspect did waive his first court appearance today. the reason that makes. so sense no, judge would grant him bond in a case like this bust there remains so many questions. whether or not he is talking to investigators is a big question. we do know that he was placed on suicide watch shortly after this shooting. he did indicate to police before that he wanted to commit suicide. we know that's not what he did. >> live for us in atlanta. appreciate your reporting. thank you. i want to bring in the former prosecutor, thank you for joining us. law enforcement has not ruled out calling this shooting a hate crime. mayor bottom said it is hard to see it any other way. do you have any doubts about how this case should be prosecuted? >> i don't have any doubts. the police are being too caution. they're saying tear still looking for motive. it is right in front of their face. the hate crime statute is very clear. it allows for being motivated by sex as well as race. here he murdered eight women. there's the sex. and he selected six of them were asian women. there's the race. it's a no brainer. they should prosecute it as a hate crime. >> i have to ask but this. it has been room nighting since this happened. and there was a first press conference. the captain, jay baker, is no longer to spokesperson for the office. he is being criticized for his description of the actions and he allegedly posted a photo to facebook last year of shirts with the message, covid-19 imported virus from china. you say, this demon -- excuse me, this demotion, pardon me form, is not enough. why is that? >> if that allegation is correct, that man has no business being a police officer. and frankly, he sounds more like a defense counsel offering these motives, almost sympathizing with the defendant saying he was at the end of his rope. it was a bad day. that's not the actions of a police officer. so he absolutely shouldn't be -- >> i want you to hear him say that and then we'll let you finish. pardon the interruption. >> he was pretty. fed up. at the end of his rope. and yesterday was a really bad day for him and this is what he did. >> that kind of language sounds like he is offering a defense for the guy. he wants to almost engender some sympathy for his situation. obviously there can be no sympathy for the person who did that. and it really raises the question of, do they treat white defendants differently? i mean, it raises the whole specter even from the capitol riots. police fist bumping members of the proud boys, letting them into the capitol and you have to wonder, why is this man so empathetic toward the defense? now maybe those posts, if they are really his, give pretty good reason as to why. >> where do we go from here? how do we stop these anti-asian attacks on the community? >> i don't think there's one easy answer to that. i mean, certainly, all of the awareness being given right now is so important. and we have to raise that awareness. but i think from the law enforcement prosecution side, the prosecutors have to show some courage. they have to have a back bone. bring these cases. i mean, they have these hate crime laws on the books, and not to use them. it is like erasing the laws just like the violence against people of color have been erased from our history. they need to bring these cases. most importantly as we talk about these issues, we must not fall for the trick of letting people be divisive. pitting one group against the other. this is a time to come together and not let people point fingers at each other. >> amen. thank you for your expertise and thank you for your thoughts. >> the house minority leader kevin mccarthy trying to claim that he didn't back former president trump's efforts to overturn the election. that's not what the records show. thanks boo. 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>> yeah. the back drop being what's happening right now in the house. there's actually contested race from iowa. a house race over a republican who was certified the winner by just 6 votes in november. the closest federal race in the country. she had been seated in her seat. the democrat who lost that race, rita heart, is challenging the race and going through the house. a very unusual process to get the house to overturn the loss. she said 22 legally cast votes were not counted appropriately. democrats have not made a decision what to do but they are still reviewing the case and the evidence before that. at the same time republicans are saying that democrats are trying to steal a seat of a certified election. and they're trying to steal a seat. so today i asked kevin mccarthy how what's happening in the house is any different than his support of donald trump's efforts to get congress to overturn his loss. >> i disagree with the premise of your question. if you challenged arizona and pennsylvania, would that have changed and lowered president biden's numbers below 270? wait, wait, you asked me questions every week. i just asked you a question. if you removed arizona, you were just asking a question about it. if arizona and pennsylvania were removed in a electoral college, would president biden's numbers be below 270? >> no. but donald trump -- >> the house could have overturned -- >> wait a minute. you're asking me the question. i'm asking you a question. let me answer your question since you asked me. you gave a premise that's not true. >> donald trump tried to overturn the results in congress and you supported that. >> well, now you're saying something that's not true. so let me answer your question and show you how your premise is not true. and i'm showing where your question doesn't hold merit. now let me show you another answer. >> you supported the texas lawsuit. do you regret supporting -- >> no, no, no, i don't. do you know why? >> did you not support donald trump's effort to overturn the election in congress? >> manu, my head hurts. look, this is complete revisionist history. because kevin mccarthy, not only did he support that law enforcement in texas that would have been across several battle ground states. he was passively and publicly supporting efforts to try to get donald trump to win the election. remember, even though he says they were just two states that they voted to overturn electoral results, they failed the effort. arizona, pennsylvania, those state votes occurred after the riot happened on january 6th. he still voted to overturn those states. the republicans in the house tried to object to six states. and had they succeeded, which was very unluckily to happen, that would have overturned the entire results of the election. the only reason they didn't vote on those two states was because senate republicans didn't join them in all six of those efforts to force both chambers of congress to vote. so he's making a completely different case about what the actual facts are. that he supported what donald trump was doing. he certainly did not object in any way during the course of the run up to january 6th. >> listen, it's logic. come on. i don't know how you do it every day. amanda, help me understand what kevin mccarthy was just saying. because he supported overturning the election. he refused to recognize biden as the president-elect. why is he trying the rewrite history and playing these silly smantics? >> there's a democrat who is now treating, wanted to take the congressional option to try to get an election. just like the republican does for trump. so look no, wonder it only took a couple weeks for a democrat to want to try it. but i think trs something else going on here. he wants to retake the house in 2022. and there's a lot of pressure from corporate america not to donate to republicans who supported these conspiracy theories that resulted in an insurrection. that's something that is very real that is happening. something that kevin mccarthy is watching. while at the same time, he is still trying to keep all of donald trump's support. after the insurrection, he is still flying down to mar-a-lago to make up with him and make sure that he stays inside the republican tent and campaigns for congressional candidates in the mid-terms. so you see him struggling here because he's trying to have it both ways and it is just impossible. you cannot say that you didn't play a role in this. it's all on tape as manu point out. it wasn't just the texas lawsuit. he was on camera at fox news saying president trump won the election days after. i mean, he was there from november all the way to january. >> manu, there's another exchange that you had with kevin mccarthy from last june that is so relevant to the moment that we are if right now. and here it is. >> the president has been describing the coronavirus, he's been calling at this time kung flu. do you think that's an appropriate way to characterize the virus? >> do you think that's the most pressing issue you have about the coronavirus? >> think about that. >> what i'm thinking about is why that's your most pressing issue as a question. we've just seen a spike in coronavirus, you're concerned about somebody and the way they name it. that's appalling to me. it is interesting to me, if that's what your viewers care most about. because you know what? do you know what my constituents care most about? their safety and their health. >> and he's just, he is so smug. so self-righteous. and again, he doesn't have an answer so he goes on the attack. but isn't this what leadership or lack of leadership is now? look where we are, manu. >> yeah. look. the question today has been, was political rhetoric like that, saying the kung flu, the china virus, has that not contributed to the hate crimes and violence against asian-americans. that's what we heard in testimony that happened in the house today. that's with a people have said who have studied this issue, that in fact it is. but republicans are not willing to go there. we heard what chip roy said earlier today. saying this is the first amendment rights of people to say what they want. mccarthy was asked about that rhett pick occurred last year. he down played all of it saying, we still need to understand what happened in atlanta, the shootings down there, he wouldn't accept at all that such rhetoric might contribute to it. that's why i asked him last year. at the time, people were saying this is racist rhetoric saying kung flu and asian-americans feel that way and there's concern about the safety of the community. he didn't want to address that because he didn't want to criticize donald trump who was saying kung flu over and over again. >> i hate to give you short shrift. do you think he's embarrassed by it or has second thoughts looking back? 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>> no. i'm not worried about a nationwide surge. i think we're going to see mini surges in regions or states, for instance, right now, hospitalizations in cases throughout michigan for the first time in over, almost three months. we're seeing cases rise in a state like michigan. now michigan has a good proportion of variants in the patients that have the genomic testing. and they're having some trouble getting vaccine into folks. so it is a cautionary tale. but in other parts of the country, like the southeast and the southwest and in california, where cases have just dropped dramatically, things look better. still a lot of cases in new york. a flat in the pacific northwest. so it will be patchy and i think we'll see sort of fire spring up place to place, which is why we have to keep wearing masks and keep getting shots into arms. but overall, we're in a much better place than we were at the beginning of january. >> meanwhile, states all over the country are easing their covid restrictions. do you think it's happening too soon? do you think we can do it safely? i know people have covid fatigue, right? they have mask fatigue, quarantine fatigue. what do you think? >> i'm worried about it. look, i think there should be things that fully vaccinated people can do. but i'm worried about this notion that we're just going to open restaurants and we'll start filling them. like new york, going to 50% occupancy in restaurants. this is not the time. you know? there are still almost 5,000 cases a day in new york city. way too much to increase occupancy in restaurants. everyone is tired. i get it. believe me. i get it. i am really tired. but we don't have that much further to go. it will take locker to put this out if we have to start shutting down again. because we're having surges in more places because we couldn't wait long enough. we did this last spring. and we saw what happened over the summer. >> real quick though. what if they start increasing access to vaccine and then saying okay, we'll increase access to vaccine and open restaurants 50%. do you think that would offset? is that a possibility? >> what i would love to see, there is this great idea, having nights in restaurants where restaurants can fill to 100% if the clientele are all vaccinated. so you have vaccine nights in restaurants. a way to increase the business for our really struggling retail establishment and start to open the economy. >> thank you as always. i'll see you tomorrow night. >> my pleasure. >> we'll be right back. the world around you may seem like an immovable, implacable place. it is not. it can be bright. quiet. and safe. it's a change that will be felt from this street. to this street. to no street. and everywhere in between. all it takes is the slightest push in just the right place and that will be the tipping point that changes everything. ♪ ♪ tonight...i'll be eating loaded tots for march madness. 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>> that's actually alex rodriguez lying to a reporter from affiliate wpig about his own identity last year. frank paid him nearly-$45,000 to be a so-called ghost candidate. he was promoted as a liberal in advertising mailers. but never campaigned and never debated. >> in addition to the same surname, it was all a very well-orchestrated and funded, last-minute campaign to persuade voters. and frankly, trick them. >> reporter: while entering a sham candidate into a political race isn't a crime, the funding of one is, according to prosecutors. both are charged with three felonies, each. >> what is a crime is making illegal-campaign contributions, to get a candidate to run. >> reporter: the republican challenger who won the election, by just-32 votes, is iliana garcia, a founder of latinas for trump. prosecutors say there is no evidence she knew anything about the plot to get her elected. her spokesperson telling cnn she's never even met frank. his attorney tell krs nn, his client is cooperating and we fully intend to defend any charges in court. this case is part of a pattern cnn previously reported last year. three races with ghost candidates, supported by political-action committees that, all, registered at the same time. and had similar donations, and similar spending on nearly-identical mailers. >> there was, also, hundreds of thousands of dollars of dark money. we still don't know where it came from. sending mailers to voters in the district, to confuse them, with democratic-leaning messages. >> reporter: alex rodriguez's attorney says his client deeply regrets being used in this way, for this election. as for frank, he has a history of controversies. he had to resign from his state-senate seat, in 2017, after using racial slurs in front of two black lawmakers. drew griffin, cnn, washington. drew, thank you so much. thank you for watching, everyone. our coverage continues. my hygienist cleans with a round head, so does my oral-b. my hygienist personalizes my cleaning, so does my oral-b. my hygienist uses just the right pressure, and so does my oral-b. oral-b combines a dentist-inspired brush head with the gentle energy of micro-vibrations for the wow of a professional clean feel every day. my mouth says wow and so does my oral-b. the harry's razor is not the same our razors have 5 german-engineered blades designed to stay sharp so you can enjoy lasting comfort and we never upcharge you for high quality harry's. available in store and at harrys.com and good evening. a very full hour, ahead. including a look at what our lives could look like, if, as anticipated, we soon have a glut, not a shortage of covid vaccine. senator rand paul, that being vaccinated is a license to put the people around you at risk, by being an inconsiderate jerk. we begin, though, with the kind of tone deafness senator paul is showing toward anyone who's lost someone to covid or to the people in his own profession, whose lives were jeopardized, when people like him stop masking up. it is a deafness to the acute trauma that asian-americans are