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>> of course jim jordan is not concerned with new yorkers lives and the well-being of ne yorkers. as we have seen in th first 100 days of th republican control congress, they really have no policies that are about affecting the lives of any american. it is really about theatrics grievances, and politics, an running interference for their leader donald trump. and tha is exactly what this hearing i about. >> to your point, jordan isn't the only republican attackin brag, donald trump jus attacked him again this mornin on social media, we know whe the gop attacks brag that ther is a spike in the n...

Committee on civil and human rights. and senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake is here. capitol hill is where everything is happening. i know congressman kinzinger is about to give remarks with some scathing comments about his republican colleagues along the lines of our reporting and our setup. take me inside the mood as this committee gets ready to enter its final acts next week and as this change not just in who controls congress, but in who controls the people who control congress, the likes of marjorie taylor greene. >> reporter: when it comes to the committee, there's a distint...

January, what can he really get done? >> i don't think gun reform is going to be one of the things that gets done once republicans take control of the house in january. and we know, you know, the white house has gone down significantly scaled back its ambition from the first two years of the biden presidency, when they had unified control congress. i mean, with republicans in control the house, just passing a budget will be a difficult task. and then of course, the administration is just gonna be swamped and it's going to be a huge time suck for all of the investigations that they're gonna hav...

>> yeah. even though a lot of those crucial races, as we have noted, the election denier didn't win, there are some election deniers that will be in key positions, not just arizona governor, down in georgia the lieutenant governor which controls the state senate not only was someone who tried to help overturn the election, he was one of the fake electors in georgia. and he now has said so over one of the branches of the state legislators. so, you know, it is something that i think it could have been worse, and a lot of people are praising voters for choosing candidates that weren't for overtur...

Responsibility for wednesday's attack on congress by mob rioters. he should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. these facts require immediate action, from president trump. except to share responsibility. >> yet here he was, just weeks later, smiling alongside donald trump at mar-a-lago, no accountability, no consequences, no backbone. it still remains to be seen whether republicans will achieve the house majority. but what we saw after the insurrection, after charlottesville, after two impeachments, a botched pandemic response, a tape bragging about sexual assaul...