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Justice department reporter for "new york times." sawhill, take us what to expect to see and hear from the committee thursday and in weeks ahead as they roll out this series of hearings. >> reporter: one of the biggest questions over the committee as they begin hearings, what constitutes success. they know they have a trove of information they find extremely compelling about democracy and how close it got to the brink. the big question is what they want to achieve. and it breaks into two buckets...

See more active, and more willing to vote, and more willing to give money to the gun rights lobby, the nra, playing a more active role. then the other side. so their political dynamics have always been, you know, very skewed and polarized. there are a lot of districts, a lot of states, where gun control is very active, and popular. and where you see politicians respond to that, theres a lot of parts of the country where thats not the case. >> katie, there is from january 6th related news tonight...

Area, and we are expecting the president of the united states, joe biden, to speak on this. my understanding, again, so that people understand the context here in the texas state house -- would ends up happening in the texas state house and -- ive seen this happen in a number of other republican dominated states -- it is kind of like there is a policy problem that they want to solve. thats vis-à-vis guns. the politics of guns require them to show, to ratchet up every legislative session. and be...

The ukrainian ports, stop the russian invasion and take out this grain. how do you feel knowing that there are many people around the world that would be desperate for this crop? translation: theres a feeling of despair. i im talking now with tears in my eyes. its hard to say. yuriy�*s problems are faced by farmers across the country. this crop is due to be harvested in just over a months time, but the farmers here still have no idea where theyre going to store it or how theyre going to get it...

From russian territory. how is this likely to play up between their leaders and how will this play out with the us? i their leaders and how will this play out with the us?- play out with the us? i think it is a very — play out with the us? i think it is a very important - play out with the us? i think it is a very important trip - it is a very important trip both to south korea and japan. again to japan as you have. i think it is a reassurance to the japanese public and the government that the...

When he takes the only dissenting vote. recusing him may be the least that would come out of that because i think that were talking about the whole tenets of our democracy here. >> you know, i mean, luke, the questions that it would seem both institutions would want answered, both the court and the committee, would be, you know, first of all, its hard if youre not a republican to explain how fringy ginni thomass orientation is, even vis-a-vis the current republican party. she gave an award to ma...

Transnistria doesnt want war and doesnt want to undertake any kind of military activities. >> moldova is neutral. it is enshrined in your constitution. could that change? >> for the time being this is the case indeed. we are not seeking membership to any military bloc including nato. but we dont know what will happen next because we see different countries taking different positions vis-a-vis joining or not joining military blocs after this unprovoked and unjustified war. so well see. but youre ...

It more difficult than others. they have to find alternative sources that can sometimes be expensive on the so-called spot market. the real question is what significance it will have not necessarily vis-a-vis europe but russia. will this inflict real pain and the short answer is probably not. the russians can and will find other places to sell their oil to. india has been buying a lot of russian oil, potentially china, lots of the rest of the world needs it. oil and coal can be substituted. the ...

Inconsistency abroad. is there change, is there enough change? when you stand on the democratic party right now one comes to foreign policy debates? >> theres a lot of change at the grassroots. a lot less in washington. and the question is whether those grassroots will create the kind of moral movement that weve seen in other moments in american history. the apartheid movement, for instance. remember, the u.s. was a very strong backer off south africa, the apartheid government of south africa fo...

Strong backer off south africa, the apartheid government of south africa for a long time. the u.s. called the african national congress a terrorist organization, for many, many, many years. but its a grassroots efforts by americans who saw that we were implicated in an injustice. were further along, i think, vis-à-vis that on yemen, and we are on israel and palestine. but whenever people go to see for themselves what palestinian life is like under israeli control in the west bank, life without ...