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Reflection but also warnings that history could repeat itself and that the danger is not over. new capitol police chief thomas menger appeared before a congressional hearing this morning and testified that while his force is better prepared today than a year ago, the threats against lawmakers have only grown over the last year. >> i mentioned the threats against congress. many people in this very room, committee members, have experienced them. over 9,000 threats in 2021 alone. that's an astounding number. >> the biggest challenge i think we have is keeping up with the number of threats. prior ...

It still exists with many of these rioters. >> jessica schneider, thanks so much. law enforcement and federal authorities in the washington area have stepped up security in anticipation of tomorrow's anniversary. homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas said said the department is not aware of any credible specific threats. it adds it is operating at a heightened level of vigilance due to the continuing threat overall from violent domestic extremists. this as the police chief says the force is stronger and better prepared to carry out the mission today than it was a year ago. >> the de...

Clark's current attorney is harry mcdougal, a georgia-based lawyer with connections to sidney powell. powell and former new york city mayor rudy giuliani were part of the public push by trump allies to spread the big lie and sow doubt in the 2020 election results. new video obtained by cnn shows powell and giuliani testifying under oath in a deposition as part of a lawsuit filed by dominion voting systems in august. at one point, giuliani concedes that he often had no proof to back up his wild claims about the election. >> it's not my job, in a fast-moving case, to go out and investigate every...

They have kicked this down the road for four presidential administrations now. all of whom have sort of tacitly admitted the reason we're staying in afghanistan is we know this will happen the moment we try to leave. and so there are some tactical critiques that you can make of the way that biden has handled the last couple of weeks. but at the end of the day everyone for the last 18 years has known this is where the this problem was going to end up, that we were going to lose afghanistan someday. >> democratic congressman susan wild on the house foreign affairs committee has vowed to investig...

Wild on the house foreign affairs committee has vowed to investigate what happened in terms of any intelligence failures. how do you think investigations and hearings into all this are going to play out in the coming weeks and months? >> well, obviously, they're going to try to use this as a bludgeon against the president to try to call into question his administration's competence. however, i do think it is also important to understand -- and jessica dean was just talking about this a moment ago -- just how poisonous and partisan this criticism is at this exact moment. you don't have to go ba...