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Politically. and they want to take that off the table. the other thing is, voters consistently say they want congress to do something. but its not clear that there is a threshold that voters are demanding. if not like voters are saying, you know, we want an assault weapons ban or nothing. we want background checks or nothing. part of the political calculation, now, that i think is happening inside the republican party, is that if they do something that something can be not very much in the publi...

Decades that we really find the fed chasing inflation, as opposed to putting it out preemptively. and that could make for some very difficult times ahead. >> there are new numbers reflecting just how americans feel about the economy overall. the short answer is, not so good. according to one, study consumer confidence has dropped about 40% from last year. that is a major drop. it also has an impact on peoples spending habits. in fact, if you just consider gas prices alone, according to aaa this ...

We have been showing from your documentary, you are the only television journalist in the world who was embedded with the actual mob. given that, two things. what did hearing one on thursday guess right? and what did it over, look that you hope or expect to see in the subsequent hearings? >> i think the january six committee has done valuable work in understanding what led up to that event. but an event that i think has been overlooked and may be addressed later by this same committee and future...

Have known he was spreading a big lie. he continues to spread it to this very day. he continues to voice that propaganda on his followers. >> your colleague, whos also on the panel with you said this week that she thinks what donald trump, quote -- she thinks donald trump, quote, met the threshold for criminal behavior. so, you know this, indicting a former president has not happened in american history. you are a constitutional lawyer, a professor. is a criminal referral of a former president t...

The uvalde shooting. theyre also talking about school safety and investments in mental health care and some of the things that we dont expect in a framework, but we are still waiting to hear from these negotiators. could be raising the age to buy an ar-15 from 18 to 21, a ban on assault weapons and universal background checks. now democrats say that they will support incremental change because that is more than whats happened in the past even ten years here on capitol hill on gun safety reform. ...

Now house democrats are working very hard. they actually passed an array of bills to address gun violence, including a bill that would raise the legal buying age from 18 to 21 for some semiautomatic center fire rifles. they also have something that would let local governments run buy back programs. these are really extensive measures that probably wont be included in whatever the bipartisan group comes up with. theyve been working on trying to do something thats more narrow, something thats more...

Who will speak in a way that can change their minds? i think the committee will try over these next two weeks, but i dont know if there is someone or something that can meet that maga segment of the american electorate. >> barb, speaking of committee members, at least one member, adam kinzinger, suggested that this could and in charges against former president trump. take a listen. >> look, we have to be very careful and clear, we are not a criminal committee. we are investigating the facts. if ...

As they are the number of fuel thefts from forecourts in england and wales has risen by 39% since january. thats come from a reserach group called forecourt eye — as our correspondent, simon browning explained. the £100 threshold has been particularly difficult for everybody across the board this week. forfamilies, £100, 55 litre car, that is the average now. and obviously for businesses, as well, for hgv companies, for everybody that is using fuel, it is making the cost of living crisis eve...

Think? >> well, i think before the question of what it means for public opinion, its very significant for what we were just discussing for, you know, in terms of establishing the kind of crimes of obstruction or, you know, conspiracy to prevent the lawful functioning of the u.s. government. the state of mind of the president is critical. and what that testimony very clearly showed was he had reason to understand that what he -- that he lost the election and he proceeded in this manner leading to...

Historical record of what happened that day, telling the full story of the worst attack on the capitol in modern history. but when it comes down to it, you are a former federal prosecutor. high school merrick garland the attorney general who really holds the legal cards on what happens. >> thats right. and i can tell you whether or not the committee makes a referral, merrick garland is going to evaluate this based on dojs own investigation and it is just not as simple as whether they meet the th...