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6th by definition is an insurrection. i dont care how you spin it, youre living in an alternate reality if you dont acknowledge it as that. thats fine, but youre wrong. i remember there was a lawmaker that said the real insurrection was the leak that came from the supreme court. that was a violent uprising against a -- i dont think so. but maybe thats his opinion. according to that definition hes not correct. >> theres a lot of that kind of stuff flying around d.c. as you know. the committee sho...

Lot of attention. the resources in the senate committee will be available to chris and im sure senator grassley will say the same on the republican side. we want to make sure we get this done in a professional and timely way. moving on this sooner rather than later is important. >> chicago in your home state of illinois was the scene of some horrific gun violence just this weekend, as you know, it happens all the time there. what have your constituents been telling you about what they want to se...

It comes to gun legislation. So, instead of beginning this hour with whats happening in congress today, we thought wed start with whats not happening, which is a bigger story. So, First Senate Republicans are expected to block a bill creating a commission to investigate the attack on the u. S. Capitol on january 6th. This is their workplace. Not just the centerpiece of American Democracy but this is where they and their staffers go to do the work of the people. The attack led to the deaths of fi...

United states, naming former president bush and former secretary rumsfeld in their official capacities. you were advocating on behalf of individuals who argued they were civilians, wrongly classified as enemy combatants of the united states. and your filing was part of your professional responsibility to zealously advocate for your clients. in those petitions, the individuals raised more than a dozen claims for relief. one of which was an allegation that the government had sanctioned torture aga...

Philosophy thats more one that suggests that there are uninnumerated rights to the constitution and all new members mean something, including the ninth amendment. so, do you share the judicial philosophy that president biden described in that statement? >> senator, i havent reviewed that statement, but i have not discussed anything about enumerated rights, unenumerated rights with the president. >> did -- so, did president biden -- >> we will continue to monitor this hearing, of course. that is ...

Justices themselves deem appropriate at the moment? >> i dont think so. >> and why is that? >> because the way in which the supreme court interprets the constitution is with reference to the meaning of the text at the time. that it is one of the constraints, as i mentioned, in terms of my own way of handling, interpreting the law, one of the constraints is that youre bound by the text and what it meant to those who drafted it. >> okay. at the time. got you. yeah. now, on february 1st of this yea...

Protests after accusations that the longtime president of belarus rigged the elections. and it was with great effort that -- and a lot of force that the belarus government was able to crack down on these protests and send the opposition, most of it running into hiding. if soldiers from belarus start returning to belarus in body bags, the way were hearing that russians are returning to russia, it could destabilize a country that is not terribly strong right now. and you have a nato military offic...

Woman wants to stand out and say, i love my family just as much as you love yours, and my faith means just as much to me as it does you, that all of a sudden they are some kind of weirdo. >> and just want to call our viewers attention to the right side there. thats live. you can see shes about to resume -- take her seat and resume questioning and answering those questions. and we will do that in just a moment. in fact, im told they are gaveling in. lets just listen. >> -- statement in terms of s...

Ascertain good policy. its to ascertain what the law requires. you were urged to consider the affects of the courts actions on peoples lives. you were admonished that you must, quote, be able to see the real people at the other end of the courts rulings, like americans who are one supreme court decision away from losing their health insurance or one court decision away from the ability to make their own health care choices and the list goes on and on. now that type of judicial philosophy would h...

Transition the u.s. mission to over the horizon counter terrorism support and security force systems. it is clear, it is obvious to all of us that the war in afghanistan did not end on the terms that we wanted with the taliban now in power in kabul. the neo was unprecedented, it was a tactical operation and success evacuating 124,000 people, the war was a strategic failure. it came also at an incredible cost in the end with 11 marines, one soldier and navy coreman. these 13 gave their lives so t...