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Minority to offer amendments and bring back the talking filibuster as perhaps the outline of some common ground. one final question in the realm of defending democracy. the january 6 commission is busy doing work but it's clear there was an effort to overturn the will of the people using congress and some of the vague language in the electoral count act. are you in the senate having active conversations about moving forward legislation ideally bipartisan to reform and refine the countback so such an attempt could not be attempted again? >> that's something looked on. our first responsibility i...

We know that republicans there in the house say that they are moving forward on an investigation. their goal, they say, is to support the capitol police because, they say, nancy pelosi, although it is not her job, did not secure the capitol. that's not her role. i want you to listen to some of the members of the caucus, the republican conference, i could say, who did not watch or listen to what happened yesterday. >> did you watch any of the hearing today? >> no, i didn't. >> why not? >> i was busy doing work. i serve in the senate. >> i'm asking did you watch the testimony of the capitol offi...

Forward. >> i never expected today to be as emotional as it has been. you guys won. you guys held. i'm frustrated that six months after a deadly insurrection breached the united states capitol for several hours on live television we still don't know exactly what happened, why. because many in any party have treated this as just another partisan fight. self-governance is at stake, and it's why i agreed to serve on this committee. i want all americans to be able to trust the work this committee does and get the facts out there free of conspiracy. >> and here's what the senate minority leader sai...

>> i was busy doing work. i serve in the senate. >> so you think that some of the protesters were actually -- had good intentions on that day? >> i think some of the those protesters tried to protect that police officer. i think that ought to be noted. >> but do you think -- >> there were tens of thousands of people that day that engaged in peaceful protests. there were a few hundred that committed acts of violence. those are the people i condemn. >> that should be noted that senator johnson acknowledged that officers saved his life, weeks after saying he never felt like he was in any kind of ...

Ancestors evolved to lose their tails, the japanese is designing a robotic version. the device mimics tails animals like cheetahs use to keep their balance while running and climbing. >> this is a tail that aids in balance. when a human tilts like this, the tail moves in the opposite direction and keeps the balance like a pendulum. >> japan is at the forefront in seeking ways to keep its graying population mobile and productive. researchers believe the tail could help the elderly but see applications for industrial workers. >> we have real life people in mind such as those doing work