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About the bill not passing, they're talking about the possibility of a watered down bill, saying the congress needs to take their time, get it right, pass a bill with teeth and this just all goes to show how much this murder case in minneapolis has morphed into what is essentially a national political movement and it's important to say it's not just about george floyd but about all the people whose names we might not have known, had what happened here in minneapolis a year ago, not happened, listen now to the sister of jornl floyd w -- george floyd who talked about that. >> it has been a painf...

I'm not saying anything that most people don't agree with. these are people who promised to fix yesterday's problems maybe today, maybe tomorrow. we want a straight up or down bill, put it on the floor so we know who is a true patriot and who is not. >> enough with mixing it with everything else as you say up or down and that's it. that's being held back. i want to play a little bit of something we remember from mr. stewart right after 9/11. because i had people well outside of news and politics reach out to me after watching his testimony here last week. and from what i understand from you, h...

We'll follow the developments. erica, nice to talk to you, thank you. >> this news broke yesterday afternoon. we broke into programming with it. that this woman had gone to police and claimed that these horrible crimes had been co now the lawyer for the husband says, what really happened is the couple was about to break up and she made all of this fantastical story up. it's for the authorities to decide now and we'll follow it through the afternoon and the weekend. on capitol hill, the house of representatives voted to end the government's bulk collection of all of our phone records, but cri...

>> the reason senator reid voted no after a majority voted for it, so he could bring it back up at an inappropriate time. when we have the votes next year, we'll have another vote and it won't be a watered down bill. we take the majority leader, who has been a great ally on this issue and the president, and hold them at their word. they can't pass a farm bill or a budget bill. so i would not be surprised that the most powerful lobby that there is that is backed by billions of dollars a year industry that believes they're fighting for tyranny can be beat in six months. you can protect the secon...

Up. folks were calling for an assault weapons ban and background checks and straw purchases and bills on trafficking, that the nra would somehow find a way to keep this from happening. the nra has been around a long time. the energy and passion we saw from december 14th has to continue. what happens today, what's happening in the senate right now, shouldn't be something that deters those newtown families and all those other families in cities across the country from pushing to get something done. this is a long haul process. this is not something that turns on, you know, one failed vote. >> is...