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Tell you that look, i've been in washington now for nine years. it's easy to get jaded and to be pessimistic about washington finding the courage to do the right thing but it really struck me to see metropolitan and capitol hill police officers and the sicknick family look at the big board of members and as one of them remarked, why are there so many names in red? names in red because on the board, those are the names that are voting no, and again, i expected that. we knew that was going to happen, but to see everyday american heroes who defended the capitol that day just look in shock and hor...

About this with his interagency colleagues that he actually took the step to go to him, knowing that this is someone who would not, you know, leak this information necessarily, but went to him and said, do not speak to your interagency colleagues about what happened on this call. that obviously raises very serious questions about whether there was an attempt to bury this conversation altogether. >> it seems like there were a lot of attempts to bury this conversation, the notes of the call, everything. john harwood, you're there in washington. you have been covering washington for a long time. ...

Republican or democrat should have this power because it's inconsistent with our constitution and the workings of a democracy. >> so kimberly, the way the capitol works, it's critical to keep republicans at the forefront of this. it's important that they are taking the lead on this. >> absolutely. because that is who is in control. look, democrats have been talking about this for months and haven't really heard about it because they don't have the power and they don't have the ability to really shine the light on this. i think senator corker realizes that he is one of the people who has the ab...