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White supremacists and others who stormed the capitol on january 6th, a heinous attack that sought to disrupt a cornerstone of our democracy, the peaceful transfer of power to a newly-elected government. >> so as merrick garland was testifying, one of the capitol hill police officers who fought the mob was speaking out about the hate he saw on display that day. >> i call it a [ bleep ], a couple dozen times today, but stuck in this building. is this america? they beat police officers with blue l...

Trending down? >> well, rosemary, it is a devastating and very sad milestone that weve reached here in the united states. and when we think back to last year when we were talking about some 250,000, 275,000 people dying, we were all aghast at this number. and here we are at half a million deaths. this is really something that we -- we should all be very sad about. and the deaths are only one piece of this story. you know, there are a lot of people who have made it through, but it is a struggle o...

The mob was speaking out about the hate he saw on display that day. >> i call it a [ bleep ]. a couple dozen times today protecting this building. is this america? they beat police officers with blue lives matter flags. they fought us. they had confederate flags in the u.s. capitol. they stormed the speakers office. they went through their sensitive documents. they were trying to assassinate the vice president in the capitol. >> hang mike pence! hang mike pence! >> and yet the trumplicans are do...

Capitol. we are going to hear from those law enforcement or quasi law enforcement officials many whom forced out of their jobs who will testify in public for the first time about what happened there and the security breakdowns. and i dont think this could come at a more important time because you are seeing a wave of revisionism among some republican senators ron johnson says it wasnt an armed insurrection and tucker carlson devoted a big chunk of it to saying it wasnt white supremacists. there ...

>> what happens, by the way, on the flags? can they force you? can they send in state police? likelihood there could be conflict to force the issue here? >> no. part of protocol in our state is also that there is no penalties for not abiding by the order from the governor. so, thats why ive given the director to my offices to not lower it. but there are no penalties involved. and that is something that we dont want to penalize somebody for their beliefs by any stretch of the imagination. >> comm...

Captured on video. folks were part of violent extremist groups. the evidence is overwhelming. so it is just outrageous to hear those types of comments. and really ignores the fact that this is a problem. we have a serious threat. we have a serious threat from violent extremist groups. its something im going to focus a great deal on as the chairman of homeland security committee, as the rise of white spremmist groups and other extremist groups. this is a real threat. we have to address it with th...

Equitable way, not only in the united states because it is clear that each country must take care of their own but also the equitable distribution as mentioned by dr. tedros, a vaccine so that we realize that this is a global pandemic. while some countries like the united states are moving ahead with vaccinations, others like canada, theyre already struggling with supply cut off from american manufactured vaccines next door. many canadians have to wait. our paula newton takes a look. >> report...

Received a $207 million energy bill. that bill covers four days last week. for comparison, denton spent about 64 million for all of fiscal 2020. last weeks bill was more than the city had in cash on hand. >> the city will pursue state and federal aid. worth noting, texas has chosen to run its own separate power grid to avoid federal regulation. house and senate members consistently vote against federal aid to other states when they face disasters. meantime, water service still disrupted for more...

You hear that? >> john, it would be so much funnier if you played "i will survive." that would be so much better. >> that was sound, though. that was sound from mars. >> i really have a high threshold if i dont -- >> that was sound from mars. that was the wind. that was the wind. the answer, my friend, is blowing in mars somehow. >> right. thats cool. thats cool. >> you apparently dont think it was cool. when is the last time you heard anything from mars? >> i like the disco sound mix. thats ver...

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