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>> now, before getting to what senator mcconnell left out, he lobbied members to vote against the bilas a quote, personal favor, unquote to him. which raises the question, why is killing a bipartisan commission so personal to him? and what kind of votes is a personal favor to the boss? back to his comments you may have noticed missed an important piece. he said that we should arrest those responsible and make security adjustments. what is missing is why the insurrection took place, which would n...

Heres the thing about the pole numbers that you just read. 74% of republicans, three quarters of republicans have a position that is only supported by 39% of americans overall. when you look at the overall population in the poll, only 39% say its time to move on. 55% say this is something that cant be forgotten. so whens of your party is taking a position that 4 in 10 americans are agreeing with overall. thats what senator flake is talking about, the damage that trumpism is doing to the republic...

>> yeah, those days fleeted by quickly. thank you. >> sure. >> we will come back to jamie for late developments on the hill. and senator smith with us. thank you for being with us. what does it say that the majority of your republican colleagues are planning to vote against this? >> i have been thinking about this story that mitch mcconnell is calling this, calling on his colleagues to do this as a personal favor. and you know, on the senator floor, senators ask one another for favors all the ti...

Investigation the most serious event since the civil war. what do you know about mcconnells lobbying behind the scenes? >> reporter: we are told by two republican sources that in the last 24 hours, michigan mcconnell was so worried that some republican senators might be waivering that he pull ed out all the stops and according to one republican source, asked them to vote against the commission as you mentioned, as quote, a personal favor. im told the senators were really caught by surprise at hi...