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In some ways you cant blame them because what else are they going to talk about? >> that right there one of kevin mccarthys picks to investigate the january 6th assault on the capitol. the attempt to overturn the election result. of mccarthys five appointments three of them happen to object to the electoral votes and all but one voted against the idea of a bipartisan commission investigating the riot in the first place. thankfully still with us are cornell bell. er and matthew dowd. bob michael ...

Pelosi will be a subject of this investigation. >> theres one fundamental question i hope that the democrats will actually answer and address. that is, why wasnt there a proper security presence that day? frankly only the speaker can answer that question. lets see if the democrats bring that up >> where does that leave the committee? is this just going to devolve into what some people feared would be a partisan exercise, or will mccarthy try again? >> i think that response from congressman jorda...

Shes working really closely with the democrats. she has proven that she has still a lot of fund-raising prowess and support behind her, outside of washington. and so shes going to be able to move this and steer this. and im told shes very likely going to have a leading role, even though shes sitting with the democrats, but she has proven a very effective and serious member of their selections. >> for anyone just joining once a quick reset here. we are waiting to hear from house minority leader k...

Attempt to overturn the election results. of mccarthys five appointments, three of them happen to object to the electoral vote and all but one voted against the idea of a bipartisan commission investigating the riots in the first place. thankfully still with us are cornell belcher and matthew dowd. so matthew, bob michael was a congressman he was a congressman, jim jordan is mostly a performance artist, i think everyone can agree to that, so mccarthy made some and s elections for his opening bid...

Representative selections to the committee which happens to be from an unserious caucus, so -- the republican caucus -- so i think it is very representative who he picked of what the republican caucus is and that is fundamentally the problem with this. putting jim jordan and the others on this commission is like putting bernie madoff on the security and exchange commission. thats what this is fundamentally like. i think the democrats can still do what they need to do, which is basically surface ...

For a bipartisan deal and it is time on bulldoze through and get the package passed. >> a.b., also on the hill. lets talk about this 1/6 committee and the questions our viewers would be right for wanting answered. number one, does pelosi have straight up veto power over the republican selections? im asking this because we learned mccarthys choice to so many people, the unserious name stood out on the list was jim jordan. what happens there? and is it conceivable jim jordan could end up on a witn...

All-out war on the right to vote across america, and democrats are mobilizing to fight back. today senators amy klobuchar and jeff merkley along with stacey abrams met with voters in georgia to discuss impediments to voting rights. and they met at a spot where some voters waited in line for hours in 2020. >> the process of electing our leaders is not a partisan process. our selections may be partisan, but our elections should not be. our elections are how we determine the course and the quality ...

>> the process of electing our leaders is not a partisan process. our selections may be partisan, but our elections should not be. our elections are how we determine the course and the quality of our democracy, and it should not have as a respecter of person any party or part of how those elections are galvanized. >> todays roundtable items as the poor peoples campaign and its partners are launching a season of nonviolent, more, direct action. they say their goal is to demand congress end the fi...

Sadly, that is suitable sometimes. it comes down to very fine margins. people will moan about tactics and selections, gareth southgate got everything spot on on this tournament and got to the final for the first time. no manager has done it before. we have lost to iceland in this tournament. lets try and remember that. in this tournament. lets try and rememberthat. how in this tournament. lets try and remember that. how far away we were from the situation. he made great tactical decisions, penal...

Mccarthy would instead select hard-line supporters of the former president. what concerns do you have that republicans could try to derail the committees investigations? do you think the selections would be made in good faith to try to get to the bottom of the unanswered questions surrounding that day? >> on january 6 the capitol was attacked by an angry mob of people who hurt law enforcement, sought to capture the republican vice president or hundreding down lawmakers in addition to folks who h...