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Bennie thompsons home state and has a closer look at the man leading the panel. >> reporter: fred, mississippi democrat bennie thompson, chairman of the january 6th committee, has a very personal view of the meaning of a free and fair election. in fact, making sure every vote counts has been his lifes work. the way bennie thompson saw it from the house gallery on january 6th, his congressional lapel pin was a badge of honor. >> security told us you need to take your pin off because theyll break ...

Voting was such an important and treasured thing. so many mississippians lost their lives over the right to vote. that sticks with you for a while. >> reporter: or a lifetime. in washington, dc, thompson hasnt been one of those well-known faces parked in front of a camera. but in his hometown of bolton, population 521, everyone knows bennie and the way to his office. >> people walk in, they sit down, they go get something to drink out of the refrigerator, water or a soft drink, and they leave. i...

>> reporter: fredericka, sources tell cnn the suspect had a long list of targets and officials say that this was somehow related to the judicial system. we dont yet know how. was this a single case or series of cases? we continue to ask the questions that law enforcement continues to ask as well. this all began 6:30 friday morning when someone ran out of judge roemers home and called 911, that person reporting that someone had broken inside and fired off two rounds from a firearm. throughout the...

300-mile-long district which includes the capital city, jackson, and the rural mississippi delta. he likes to travel with his fishing pole and guns in the truck. >> i will call friends and say, look, ill be in the area, lets go hunting. >> duck, deer, quail. >> people like that about him. hes just a regular person. >> reporter: who grew up in the segregated south. >> i want to bolton colored school. we had no indoor plumbing. obviously no cafeteria, no library. >> reporter: until he got to the p...

Not random. here is what the officials in wisconsin said. >> this, as i mentioned before, does appear to be a targeted act. and the individual who is a suspect appears to have had other targets as well. it appears to be related to the judicial system. >> reporter: fredericka, officials stressed the risk did not go beyond judge roemer, there is no one else at this moment who is in danger. however this all fits into the larger threat pattern weve been talking about, for months federal officials ha...

That opened the door for a series of first, first female commander at the space station, first black female. >> there were a lot of people who told me women couldnt be pilots, it is really tough when youre the first, only, but i had a reason to keep going. >> reporter: still, four decades later, women make up 46% of nasas astronaut class. >> we have to go deeper in the academic channel. >> reporter: bridgett is an academic who also chairs women and aerospace. she said the key is to start young. ...

Congress in the january 6th investigation. the justice department says it will not indict former white house chief of staff mark meadows and former deputy chief of staff dan scavino. the select committee begins its first public prime time hearings this thursday. the panel is expected to reveal new evidence and witness testimony. cnn national security reporter zach cohen joins us now. zach, tell us about the decision by the doj not to indict the two men. >> fredericka, the committee had made clea...

FREDERICKA ANN MITCHELL, 75 of Accoville, W.Va., wife of Bobbie Lee Mitchell, died May 8.

Winter storm warnings are in effect for the mississippi and tennessee river valley going up into the appalachians because we expect the snowfall to continue to expand as the system pushes east. well see snowstorms in the northeast. the final track of the system will determine how much snowfall new york city could see. the bullseye seems to be over delaware and southern new jersey, fredericka. >> wow, what a mess. tyler, thanks so much. coming up, new covid restrictions going into place tomorro...

Year. just a few questions to start off the new year. what do you hope will come out of the high-stakes talks in geneva this week? >> youre right to describe them as high stakes, fredericka, because putin has set out some very tough demands. if you look at them in the totality, they are really difficult to imagine how the west, biden, nato could accept them. they really would cripple natos ability to defend the accept industries that it has taken in. you cant take you a krein into nato, but then...