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in the 1990's during a visit to nasa, sheila jackson lee demanded to see the flag astronauts had planted on mars. when gently informed no human being has been to mars because it's very far away, lee flew into a rage. she accused nasa of racism and pointed out her membership on the "science committee" in congress and so on. we can spend the entire hour on sheila jackson lee stories and it's tempting. on capital hill, she's known as "the queen" and not in a good way. but what's interesting is that nobody ever talks about the congressional district that sheila jackson lee supposedly rep...

>> well, i mean, there's constitutional duty. what he has, he's the commander in chief. that was my biggest issue with him, as national security adviser. >> white house advisers to former president trump understood the constitutional oath of the presidency. trump apparently did not. >> mika, as we have gone through the testimonies, as we've talked through this the past several hours, one thing really does keep sticking out to me, and that is the testimony of cipollone, where he was asked who else in the white house agreed with the president that the riot should continue. who in the w...

of staff mark meadows testified that he knew the mob he was about to incite and send marching to the capital was armed. >> i was in the vicinity where i heard a conversation and the president said something to the effect of, i don't care that they have weapons. >> cassidy hutchinson testifying under oath about that. she testified to the president's eagerness to join the mob at the capitol. also, his counsel's horror at the prospect and his fears being charged with, according to her, every crime imaginable. hard to imagine what happens next. in a moment, stephanie murphy will be handl...

continues in the region. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the usjustice department will investigate the police response to the school shooting in texas which killed 19 children and two teachers. the announcement comes as president biden has made a visit to uvalde to meet the survivors and the families devastated by the attack. our correspondentjane o'brien is in uvalde. he has deliberately taken a long time. he is not rushing off any time soon, is he? time. he is not rushing off any time soon. is he?— soon, is he? no, he's spending all da here soo...

good morning. to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world it is tuesday, may 24th. and we begin with a proxy war playing out on primary day, and the fate of the republican party at stake. voters will head to the polls in five states today. but the spotlight is really on georgia, where former president trump's 2020 election grievances loom large. last night former vice president mike pence stumping for incumbent governor brian kemp in an election eve rally. and this race is pitting pence against his former boss who is supporting pence's primary opponent david perdue. kemp has bee...