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Reflection but also warnings that history could repeat itself and that the danger is not over. new capitol police chief thomas menger appeared before a congressional hearing this morning and testified that while his force is better prepared today than a year ago, the threats against lawmakers have only grown over the last year. >> i mentioned the threats against congress. many people in this very room, committee members, have experienced them. over 9,000 threats in 2021 alone. thats an astoundin...

It still exists with many of these rioters. >> jessica schneider, thanks so much. law enforcement and federal authorities in the washington area have stepped up security in anticipation of tomorrows anniversary. homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas said said the department is not aware of any credible specific threats. it adds it is operating at a heightened level of vigilance due to the continuing threat overall from violent domestic extremists. this as the police chief says the for...

Clarks current attorney is harry mcdougal, a georgia-based lawyer with connections to sidney powell. powell and former new york city mayor rudy giuliani were part of the public push by trump allies to spread the big lie and sow doubt in the 2020 election results. new video obtained by cnn shows powell and giuliani testifying under oath in a deposition as part of a lawsuit filed by dominion voting systems in august. at one point, giuliani concedes that he often had no proof to back up his wild cl...

They have kicked this down the road for four presidential administrations now. all of whom have sort of tacitly admitted the reason were staying in afghanistan is we know this will happen the moment we try to leave. and so there are some tactical critiques that you can make of the way that biden has handled the last couple of weeks. but at the end of the day everyone for the last 18 years has known this is where the this problem was going to end up, that we were going to lose afghanistan someday...

Wild on the house foreign affairs committee has vowed to investigate what happened in terms of any intelligence failures. how do you think investigations and hearings into all this are going to play out in the coming weeks and months? >> well, obviously, theyre going to try to use this as a bludgeon against the president to try to call into question his administrations competence. however, i do think it is also important to understand -- and jessica dean was just talking about this a moment ago ...

Son- soldiers fighting with him. i agree with president biden in terms of its time for the u.s. soldiers to come to the u.s., but what i did not agree in how the plan was executed. i think there was a lot of intelligence failures. i think u.s. intelligence capabilities are under question. i also predicted in the future that if we leave, its going to have a bad credibility on the u.s. in the world. so looking at whats happening and putting myself and my family, theres no way -- they could get kil...

It is not inevitable. the jury is still out, but the likelihood theres going to be the taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. >> reporter: look, as kylie was saying, the administration is now arguing that ultimately while they may have misestimated how long it would take the taliban to get to kabul, you know, they were prepared for the contingencies, and thats why they were able to get these forces in there to withdraw u.s. embassy personnel. but, again, ...

Afghan government to be more stable. i would have expected the military to be more stable. but ultimately what happens now is what was a foregone conclusion the moment that trump announced the withdrawal of american troops on may 1st. the taliban simply ceased to negotiate and began to establish themselves and prepare for what has now happened. >> reporter: so, jim, still a lot of unanswered questions and lawmakers, some of them are calling for hearings regarding the intelligence failures. other...

Going to be trouble from the left, and thats why he was wearing body armor. theres no, real clarity on that, is there? >> no, theres no clarity in that. and, you know, i will try to follow up with him in the coming days to see if he says anything more. he did say this in the context of one of the things this new select committee should be looking at is intelligence failures or failures for people to act on intelligence failures. so i -- you know, maybe, he got it from an official source. or mayb...

That happened that day, not just what donald trump did and rallying supporters but everything around it, the intelligence failures, the breakdown in the capitol. this is going to be a thorough and deep investigation that could take some time. subpoenas will likely be issued. and ultimately this could spill into next year in election year where congress is at stake. and that was one of the big concerns of the republicans going into all of this, concern that this could overshadow their election ye...