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that is how trump insiders describe the former president election lies to the january 6th committee. it was all part of today's public hearing. cnn's ryan nobles has the highlights right now. >> we were getting ready to win this election. frankly, we did win this election. >> reporter: donald trump's false claim that he won the 2020 election before all the votes were counted. a lie he continues to peddle, but one that some of his closest advisers told the january 6th committee they did not believe. like his attorney general. >> he's become detached from reality if he really believes ...

since friday, as in today is monday. unbelievably, the country is on pace for its worst year ever of mass shootings. this according to the gun violence archive. that means at least 246 since the beginning of the year. three-year uptick began in 2019. in 2020, it jumped to 610. and then just last year, we were at 692. but with all those numbers, there's really only one number to keep focusing on. i mean, that's if america wants to do something about these other horrible numbers. and that is the number ten, my friends. what would persuade ten republicans in the 50/50 split senate to si...

because we don't have that sort of media system anymore. it's not that way. but i think people will watch, and i think some minds will be changed and others, it won't matter to them because they've already made up their minds. but at least the information is out there, and we're going to get to hear from those who are involved. we'll see you tomorrow night, laura coates. >> looking forward to it. bye, don lemon. >> bye-bye. just in to cnn, federal prosecutors now have an email revealing the trump campaign told so-called fake electors in georgia to keep what they were doing a secret...

i want to know what has taken so long. i want to know if they're going to be able to satisfy the american public's appetite for new information in light of books that have been put out, the impeachment hearing as well. there's a lot of things to talk about, and i am really eager to understand how they're going to have the legislative and oversight function, and really are people going to watch? that's the biggest question. are they going to watch with an eye towards validating this committee? >> yeah. i think people will watch. i don't think it's going to be, you know, watergate, rig...

to purchase to 21 years old. >> but the simple facts, once again, are this, those measures have no realistic chance of passages in the senate. republicans aren't even talking about gun restrictions. they are once again blaming mental illness for the nation's gun crisis. we have crunched those numbers before on this broadcast and that claim does not stand up. some states are, though, not waiting for congress to act. new york state lawmakers just passed several bills including one that raises the minimum age to buy a semiautomatic rifle to 21. we will have more on those state measures ...