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January 6th insurrection will take place on capitol hill. lets go to nbcs amanda golden joining me from the hill. amanda, welcome. now that this date has been set, the focus is shifting to the selection of committee members and potential witnesses. what are you hearing about that, particularly the five republican seats that are unfilled? >> reporter: exactly right, alex. now that the first hearing is set to take place on july 27th, about a week and a half away now, we are turning our attention t...

Ground on immediately, if they want to stop to fight and right now. >> the one piece of inspiration that he brings to this whole thing is that john lewis himself, from his youth, was prepared to put himself in between these unjust laws and everything else. and that involved civil disobode disobedience. that involved countless arrests and nights in jail. we are seeing versions of that with the arrest of joyce beatty and the fact that texas lawmakers have left their state to avoid being arrested m...

With the reporting. sahil, you have texas democrats, you are inside the capitol, about to deliver a news conference i think at a different location from where you are with the expectation that they will really push hard specifically on senate democrats to effectively change the rules to get something done to give them some backup in texas. >> reporter: thats right, hallie. the texas democrats have fled the state in an attempt to stop republicans there from passing some restrictions on the voting...

Texas democrats used to block a redistricting proposal in 2003, but the latest move is not without risk as jane reports the lawmakers could be arrested. she writes this. under the texas legislature, the quorum of 2/3 is required for the legislature to conduct business and they could be compelled to report to capitol and they could be tracked down. the white house press secretary a short time ago teeing up the speech by calling the republican push for voting restrictions across the country, the w...

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It was an unprecedented move. the statements of jordan and banks over the election and they made about this investigation going forward questioning legitimacy of an investigation right now. those two among the staunches trump defenders. i did ask the speaker about her concerns that republicans would pull out of this i vnvestigatio. she made clear they are moving ahead. >> we have a bipartisan quorum, we can proceed. >> ha was it about jordan and banks? >> that was not the criteria as i told you ...

Frighteningly controlled by his senate intent on taking every level of our government. it is your duty as officers of this body to put a stop to this. to be clear, these republicans are not going to stop on their own. they are going to have to be stopped. leading off our discussion tonight, democratic texas state representative armando martinez and harris county judge lina hidalgo. she is the chief executive of the most populous county in texas. thanks for joining me on the show this friday ni...

Governor greg abbott said this. >> democrats must put aside partisan political games and get back to the job they were elected to do. >> state republican say theyll use every available resource to secure a quorum, though for now its unclear exactly what that means. texas democrats planned to put their time in the nations capital to good use, pushing for federal voting laws. although there are currently no plans for the texas lawmakers to meet with president biden. but vice president harris appla...

Selfies and partying and tweets about what they are eating. kamala harris called the trip courageous, in-line with the brave actions of frederick douglass. watch. >> i had an extensive meeting yesterday with i think some of the most courageous elected leaders that we could know at this moment. i said it yesterday and ill say it again. they took bold, courageous action in line with the legacy of everyone from frederick douglass, who is over my right shoulder, when he fought for the right of black...

He said it twice. one was the last time a sitting american president gave a speech like this? well, probably not since the 1860s during the actual civil war. so its hard to know how to process it. even allowing for the dementia, it was a stunningly irresponsible thing for an american leader to say out loud, dangerous even. so what grounds did biden said, what drove him to a? heres the fort sumter biden was referring to. yesterday 51 democrats in the state legislature in texas left texas includin...