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Organizations like the proud boys and the oath keepers, now have footholds in a lot of state and local republican party organi organizations. the state chairman of the republican party in wyoming trying to oust liz cheney from congress right now is a member of the oath keepers. proud boys are leading republican parties in miami, florida. so the threat has not weakened at all. its very much present and in many cases stronger. >> you know, elliott, the committee appears to have put together a behi...

Tweeting, taking notes, asking questions of the press secretary. it was almost completely silent in the room as he was speaking and really eulogizing these 19 school children that were killed in his hometown. and as you noted, just a mile from where his mom used to teach kindergarten. and he talked about guns while he was in there. he talked about how high powered the rifle was, the gun was that the gunman used here, saying that it disconfigured the bodies of these little children. and going int...

Course, becomes the question. tomorrow were expecting to hear testimony on capitol hill from a fourth grader at robb elementary school, miah cerrillo and were also expecting to hear from the parents of lexie rubio, a 10-year-old killed in this attack, the mother of someone who was injured in buffalo, and more, all of them hoping that at least some portions of their story can have an impact on any long-term change, don. >> omar jimenez in uvalde, texas. omar, thank you very much. they considere...

Green converse. with a heart on the right toe. these are the same green converse on her feet that turned out to be the only clear evidence that could identify her after the shooting. how about that? >> kaitlan? >> reporter: it was just a stunning moment where really no one in the room was speaking. just listening to what he was saying. given they drove down there the day after the shooting happened, and they were supposed to be there just for a matter of days i believe. they were there for over ...

Primary pressure, to be sure. but i would also argue that don, i served in the pennsylvania legislature in the 1990s. we had a republican governor, tom ridge, and a republican legislature. we passed expanded background checks that included private sales of pistols. we did that. the nra agreed to it. they agreed to it. and you know what? no ones ever complained about it. no one lost a primary over it. i would argue that no ones going to lose a primary voting for background checks on private sales...

The dreams of these children and teachers alive? again, how can the loss of these lives matter? so while we honor and acknowledge the victims we need to recognize that this time it seems that something is different. >> is washington listening, charlie? >> i certainly hope so, don. i mean, there was once upon a time in politics when there were crises, and this is a crisis, these mass shootings, as is much of the crime in this country, its a crisis. there was a time where politicians could come to...

Goes up, its like, it started 53%, it was 57%, then it was 59%. i almost made the slide for you, going to be up 61% from a year ago. this is nuts. when people try to fill up their cars, its just another reminder that their dollar isnt going as far as it used to go. and that is such a big problem for joe biden and therefore the democrats heading into november. >> i filled up not this past saturday, but the saturday before, i was like, wait a minute, when is this going to stop? >> theres no sign o...

The peaceful transition of power in the days leading up to the inauguration? >> you cant start telling the story on the morning of january 6th, and you can go back, frankly, to june of 2020 when donald trump was out giving speeches about how the election -- we couldnt trust the outcome of the elections and so on. it goes to election day, and december and the months there after, where there was a concerted effort to undermine faith in american elections. thats how you tell the story. i think peop...

Accident. how does the committee tell the story of trumps efforts to stop the peaceful transition of power in the days leading up to the inauguration? >> you cant start telling the story on the morning of january 6th, and you can go back, frankly, to june of 2020 when donald trump was out giving speeches about how the election -- we couldnt trust the outcome of the elections and so on. it goes to election day, and december and the months there after, where there was a concerted effort to undermi...

And being very transparent, they have been uniquely opaque about what happened to him. you know, most prominently, not making the -- not allowing the treating physicians in lancaster to make a statement. >> yeah. well, you heard from jeff zelenys interview with fetter mans wife, gisele, she says he may return to the campaign trail in july and deserves a month off to get better than ever. does that sound realistic to you at this point? >> its hard to tell, because we dont know any of the element ...