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Justice memorial movement and others in arkansas, we introduced senate bill 674, and it was to create the unify arkansas commission which would from moat racial healing and reconciliation. it would have established the alliance week the first week of october which would have been the week of the elaine massacre and it also would have exonerated the 122 wrongly convicted dfrts of the elaine massacre and it would have also allowed for an elective black cultural forces taught in arkansas schools so...

I just dont understand it. >> with the bipartisan commission now off the table, democrats are looking at their options to move forward with their own investigation. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles has more now from capitol hill. >> reporter: it may have taken a little bit longer than expected. >> three-fifths of the senators duly sworn and voted in the affirmative, the addition is not agreed to. >> reporter: but blocked to inform a independent commission to investigate the january 6t...

Then-vice president mike pence be hanged. that doesnt sound very peaceful. house democrats now actively considering launching a probe of their own. ryan nobles has more on where things stand right now. >> reporter: it may have taken a little bit longer than expected. >> three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: but the outcome was never in doubt. republicans successfully blocking an attempt to form an indepen...

Their masks off as americans begin to celebrate memorial day with a surge in travel we havent seen since the start of the pandemic. lets start with ryan nobles. senate republicans were mostly united in killing the january 6th bipartisan proposed commission with only six breaking ranks. >> reporter: and thats not enough for this measure to move through. it was just a couple of weeks ago that leaders, both republican and democrat, seemed unified in the idea of an independent commission to look int...

Four people died that day, two law enforcement officers died by suicide afterwards, and more than 100 police officers were injured, some very seriously and permanently. capitol police officer brian sicknick, of course, died in the aftermath of the attack. in just a few moments his mother and his partner will join me to share their reactions to todays stunning vote and how they are hoping to continue to honor his legacy. as republican senator john cornyn said back in february, quote, a 9/11 type ...

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>> reporter: tonight, president bidens massive $1.9 trillion covid relief bill has finally made its way to the senate floor. in a sign of the divisions gripping washington, all republicans voting against moving forward. vice president kamala harris stepping in to break the tie. >> on this vote, the yays are 50, the nays are 50. the senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative, and the motion to proceed is agreed to. >> reporter: the bill includes $160 billion for tes...

Time. and so where does it stand tonight? heres our senior white house correspondent mary bruce. >> reporter: with job growth sputtering and millions of americans suffering, president biden today calling for swift action on his covid relief plan, with or without republicans. >> im going to act, and im going to act fast. id like to be doing it with the support of republicans, but theyre just not willing to go as far as i think we have to go. >> reporter: the house today voting to advance bidens b...

Stage but if you put him on the stage in the next debate if hes not contesting iowa -- i agree this was his strongest performance. these are the things that are going to threaten him. i never thought those were the biggest threats to him winning the democratic domination. i simply thought his performance was would he inspire confidence in democrats saying, hey, this is someone you can trust to fight back for himself, and i think the biden tonight that we saw on that debate stage answered that qu...

I think that raises the question. biden, clearly he entered as the front runner. this was his strongest performance. i have thought all year, we had all these conversations, joe bidens voting record in the 70s, these are the things that are going to threaten him. i never thought those were the biggest threats to winning the democratic nomination, would he inspire confidence in democrats that hey, this is something you can trust to go toe-to-toe with trump in the fall, stand up to the attacks, fi...