hello, i'm john vause and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. ahead this hour, the u.s. dramatically escalating financial support for ukraine, with congress approving $40 billion for military and humanitarian assistance. north korea prepares for a nuclear and/or missile test as joe biden begins his first official trip to asia as u.s. president. was it just a friendly tour of congress by a republican representative or was it recon chance the day before the january 6th insurrection? inquiring minds would like to know. live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with john vause. the biggest and by no means

not the last aid package for ukraine has been overwhelmingly approved by the u.s. congress. a rare and notable achievement given the deep political divisions between democrat and republican lawmakers. on thursday, the $40 billion aid package for both military and humanitarian assistance passed the senate, but not without opposition. 11 republicans voted against the bill in defiance of republican mitch mcconnell. >> anyone concerned about the cost of supporting a ukrainian victory should consider the much larger cost should ukraine lose. >> president biden is now heading to south korea and is expected to sign the bill into law once he arrives. but wait -- there's more. just as the senate approved that $40 billion, the biden administration announced another security package worth $100 million and the flood of money to ukraine comes at a critical moment. ukraine's top military commander claims his troops have broken the russian siege's at kharkiv

and miykolaiv and says ukrainia forces are pressing to kherson. elsewhere, russian sheing and air strikes reportedly killed a dozen people on thursday in donetsk and ukraine's military says a russian advance on a neighboring city has been pushed back, with the russians suffer heavy losses. russia claim mrs. than 1,700 troops have surrendered in mariupol. cnn, though, cannot verify that claim, and for now, an unknown number of ukrainian soldiers, including senior commanders, apparently are holding out at the steelworks. when kharkiv came under heavy russian sheing during the early days of thor what, many headed to the city's subway. and there, many have stays. but in recent days, ukrainian fighters have forced the russians to pull back, bringing increased security and and order from the city mayor. it's time to leave the underground and restart rail services. here's cnn's nick paton walsh.

>> reporter: the noises may be further away from kharkiv, in its distant fields orvi village but part of the city stays hidden, understground, in the subways. they came down to shelter just for the night, but that was two months ago. homes now destroyed, but the fear of the bombs remaining. most have nowhere to go. officials have asked people to leave soon and stopped people sleeping at least in the trains, which they have to get moving again. ludmila keeps her place tiny and welcoming, but is alone here. her flat bombed twice.

in the damp, cold coffin, with food in one bucket, urine in another, this is a desperation russia's war on ukraine wanted to inflict. luba is sat between her family and people whose names she doesn't even know. even if ukraine wins, this is still where it hurts. in the loss of presumptions about the most ordinary parts of life. victor's shy, his mother says, sheltering in a game of two pirate ships attacking each other.

we see some deciding to leave already. yet still, the framework of permanence sets in. and the outside, sunnier days turned noisy at night. nick paton walsh, cnn, kharkiv, ukraine. >> david sanger is a cnn and national security analyst as well as white house and national correspondent for "the new york times" and author of "the perfect weapon." he's with us this hour from washington. david, welcome back. >> great to be with you. >> okay, so, let's start with the money. the $40 billion headed to the president's desk for signature. $7 billion more than the administration asked for and for some perspective here, russia increased its military expenditure by 2.9% in 2021 to almost $66 billion. adding up earlier financial and military aid to ukraine, and the

grand total is, at least for now, $53 billion. now, i understand the logic, supporting ukraine now is more cost effective than fighting russia later on. is there no limit on what the u.s. is willing to spend? >> i think there's a limit, but i don't think we're near it yet. the comparison we showed is really fascinating, because if you think that russia, for all that we learned about its military modernization, or how much it's refreshed its tired old equipment, is spending only $66 billion, $67 billion a year, well, that's not 10% of what the pentagon spends each year on military operations. and it is barely touching what china is spending. so, i this i the first lesson out of this is that the russians may well be outspent, much as they were in the runup to the collapse of the soviet union. but the second and more

important one is to remember that of the $40 billion for ukraine, not all of that is for military equipment or even training. a good deal of it, in fact, is for just running the operations of the government. and right now, you crane has a $5 billion a month hole the u.s. is hoping to fill $1.5 billion of that each month and hope that europe, japan, others will fill in the rest. >> senator rand paul, a republican, he held up the bill insisting in some kind of oversight be included to ensure accountability in terms of how and where the $40 billion is spent. that earned him a bipartisan smackdown. here's the leader of the senate, democrat chuck schumer. >> it is repugnant that one member of the other side, the junior senator from kentucky, chose to make a show and obstruct ukraine funding, knowing full well he couldn't actually stop its passionage. for senator paul to delay

ukraine funding for purely political motives is to only strengthen putin's hand. >> in itself, though, the request of some kind of accountability hardly seems unreasonable. washington doesn't exactly have a good track record when it comes to spending. >> well, that's right. you know, just yesterday, i was reading one of the latest reports of the special inspector for afghanistan who found lots of waste in the way that we had trained the afghan forces. and in a country like ukraine, that's known for corruption, i don't think there's any problem in demanding accountability, but you wouldn't want to use that to hold up the aid at the very moment that it could do its most, and that is this moment, because right now, the russians appear still unable to solve many of the problems that kept them from take over the entire country. now, their ambitions have limited themselves down to the east and the south, the donbas, but they're still making some of the same mistakes and the

ukrainians need that help pretty fast. >> this is true, the speed and the timing is important in all of this. we also have this formal applications now to join nato. joe biden was talking about the benefits of these two nordic nato members. here he is. >> finland and sweden make nato stronger. not just because of their capacity, but because their strong, strong democracies. and a strong united nato is the foundation of america's security. by joining nato, allies make a sacred commitment to one an another, that an attack on one is an attack against all. >> so, what specifically do these two countries bring to nato in terms of defense and increased capability, if you like? >> well, first, i was out in the

rose garden this morning to watch this event, and it was pretty remarkable, i mean, in sweden, you have a country that has been neutral for 200 years. in finland, you have a country that made a deal with the soviet union first at the end of the war in 1940, the winter war, and then again in 1948, and it has stayed on the side. the only thing that changed those politics was vladimir putin. >> david, good point for us to finish on. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. great to be with you. shortly after meeting with the leaders of finland and sweden, joe biden left for south korea and his first trip to asia as president. with the stated goal to, quote, affirm the importance of our indo-pacific alliances. let's go to paula hancocks and the threat from the north and the possibility that pyongyang may conduct a nuclear or missile test in the coming days. so, what's the latest intelligence there?

>> reporter: well, john, we've been hearing from both the u.s. and the south korean sides that they believe an intercontinental ballistic missile may be imminent, may be in preparation. this is the kind of missile that potentially could hit mainland united states if flown at a normal trajectory, so, it is one that washington is always concerned about. now, we heard from the national security adviser jake sullivan that they had -- they decided on contingencies. they spoke to their allies in the region, also to china as to what exactly they would do if there was some kind of a missile test or a nuclear test, which washington also believes could be imminent, according to intelligence sources. and what they would do. they say, according to jake sullivan, that there is a plan in place, that they would carry out some kind of response to show their resolve on the south korean and the u.s. side. we don't know what that would be at this point. but i must stress, it would be truly remarkable if north korea

did decide to carry out a nuclear test or some kind of missile test, certainly an icbm, if a u.s. president was actually in the country or in japan, where he's heading to next. as far as can i remember, that simply has not happened up until this point. quite often, north korea has carried out some kind of test juf before or just after any kind of presidential trip, but for it to happen while joe biden is here would be quite surprising. but we have seen what has already been quite surprising, the performance from north korea this year, january is in the record books for the sheer number of missile launches. we have had 15 missile launches so far this year. we have had an icbm already, that was the first time in about five years. so, north korea is clearly pushing ahead with its weapons and missile testing. kim jong-un has given his wish list of exactly what he wants to achieve over the next five years. he gave that at the beginning of

last year and they are methodically and systematically working their way through that list. and certainly icbms is very high up on that list. there have been a number of other tests in the past couple of months that are believed to have been failures, but that still doesn't matter to north korea. they will still learn an awful lot from a failure. so, certainly, there is a concern that anything that north korea does could overshadow this trip. john? >> okay, paula. let's go to kevin now. and north korea, it's always a security issue, but not necessarily the focus of this trip by the u.s. president. >> reporter: not necessarily. this is really a trip that's meant to reaffirm the u.s. commitment to these two allies in this region, and to demonstrate that president biden is still very much focused on asia, even as his attention has been so consumed by this war in ukraine and russia's invasion in ukraine. and, you know, he probably would have liked to visit asia a little bit earlier in his presidency, his predecessors both visited asia much earlier

in their own presidencies, of course, he's been hampered by the coronavirus pandemic and by the war in ukraine, by these other foreign hot spots, it's really sort of hampered his ability to fully make this pivot that he's talked about, that president obama talked about, that president trump also sort of talked about, to asia, to really counter china's influence in the region and that's something that he's talked about as the defining challenge for this century and this is really his first chance on the world stage to show the united states ' commitment to this region. of course, as he's been focused on ukraine, these other foreign hot spots, particularly on this continent, have flared up, whether it's north korea potentially testing an underground nuclear bomb or intercontinental ballistic missile. those are both things they could potentially do. u.s. officials are warning about that. and china, of course, that's the ove overarching country and the backdrop for this visit is china and the united states' ability

to wield its influence in the region, even as china is sort of racheting up its military aggression, its economic aggression towards countries in the region. president biden really wants to show that the united states can play on that field, as well. and so when you see him arrive here in south korea in a couple of hours, his first call will be at a samsung plant and they're making semiconductors, you know, those microchips that are in sort supply in the united states and have caused some shortages of cars, they've caused some manufacturing lines to shut down because there aren't enough chips coming from china. and what the president will emphasize is that the united states needs to look to its other allies in the region to help manufacture those chips. this samsung plant is one of those places that's doing that. he'll also talk about domestic production of semiconductor chips. that's something that he's called on congress to help him with with a piece of legislation that's pending. that will really set the tone for this first visit to asia for the president, but as paula was

talking about, this threat of north korean provocations really looming over all of it. the president certainly on high alert as he gets into the bilateral talks tomorrow with south korea's new president. that's something that's at the very forefront of their agenda when they sit down tomorrow. john? >> kevin, thank you, and paula, as well, thank you. well, coming up, the january 6th select committee zeroing in on a tour of the u.s. capitol building by a republican member of congress just a day before the deadly insurrection. we'll have his response in a moment. also, as the only suspect in the buffalo mass shooting appears in court, investigators reveal the staggering number of people who may have known of his plans. ( ♪ ) ♪ walking on ♪ ♪ walalking on the moon ♪ ♪ some ♪ ♪ may say ♪ ♪ i'm wishing my days away ♪

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a private chat on the communicates app discord. the suspect began that chat before the shooting spree, that left ten people dead and wounded three others. brian todd has details. >> reporter: new details about who the suspected buffalo gunman revealed his plans to beforehand. 15 people accepted his online invitation to view the diary he kept, which spelled out his plans and preparations in detail. that's according to a person with knowledge of the probe by discord, an online chat service. the invitation header read, quote, happening, this is not a drill. it was sent 30 minutes before the attack and linked to an alleged livestream of his attack on twitch, as well as to six months worst of racist notes and details about surveying the store, drawing a map, and taking note of how many black customers were there. it is not clear if authorities are seeking to contact each of those users. >> the fbi will be investigating the identities of these individuals, trying to identify them and to either speak to them

or investigate them further. >> reporter: evidence collection at the site of the shooting is now complete, the fbi said on thursday, but the probe continues. >> there are interviews to be done, there are information and day to be gathered from social media and other internet companies. there are is analysis that needs to be done on the evidence that was collected. >> reporter: the suspect appearing in court on thursday under heavy is sesecurity. in addition to a first degree murder charge, he has now been indicted by a grand jury. as he is taken out of the courtroom you an onlooker calls him a coward. >> payton, you're a coward. >> reporter: the suspect claimed that he got one of the guns, a savage rifle, from his father for christmas in 2020. a savage box can be seen in this family photo posted on facebook. a savage rifle was not used in the tops shooting, but one was found in the suspect's car.

the hateful rant said the gunman planned to use the savage rifle, along with a shotgun, to kill more black people in the neighborhood as he drove away from the tops supermarket. jeffrey peace is an administrator at the state tabernacle church. he was a fellow deacon there with hayward patterson for several years. i asked peace about the man who was so loved and trusted in the church community would have responded to his killer. >> the gunman was clearly full of hatred. do you think that deacon patterson might forgive this man if he were able to? >> the bible tells us to forgive. you know, it tells us to forgive. i can't speak -- he's gone. he's gone. but if surviving, yes, i would say yes. i would have to say yes, and we're going to have to forgive the gunman, because we're here. until you get that out of there, he's going to live there forever and you don't want that. >> reporter: when we asked an fbi official what the evidence here at the scene told them

about the shooter's movements, he declined to comment, but he did talk about the high-powered capability of the shooter's ar-15 assault rifle. he said its rounds could penetrate walls, could penetrate store shelves and could ricochet off just about anything. he said there is significant damage inside the store. brian todd, cnn, buffalo. two major developments to report about the investigation into the january 6th u.s. capitol insurrection. first, the former attorney general bill barr has tentatively agreed to testify under oath to the house select committee, according to two sources familiar with the negotiations. barr talked to the committee late last year informally. a two-hour long meeting focusing on his interactions with former president donald trump before and after the election. this comes as the committee wants answers about a capitol tour by a republican congressman one day before the insurrection. the committee has asked barry lattimore about the tour and who was part of it.

they said it is not a suspicious group or a reconnaissance tour. the family never entered the capitol building. still ahead on "cnn newsroom," cries for justice in a kyiv courtroom as a ukrainian widow confronts the russian soldier who killed her husband in cold blood. that story in a moment.

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russia's invasion of ukraine stalled. like here on february 28th. these pictures shared exclusively with cnn by ukrainian armed forces, show a column of russia's fourth tank division after it hit a land mine and its soldiers had fled. one of those soldiers on thursday facing both justice and grief. >> translator: why did you come here? did you come to defend us? from who? >> translator: our command gave us an order to move in as a column. i didn't know what was follow. >> reporter: he is accused of killing this woman's husband, an unarmed civilian, in the village. cnn has geolocated this video

where the unit hit the mine as being just two miles from the village. the ukrainian armed forces say that the russian soldiers then fled and killed local civilians. in court, the prosecutor said that he and four other soldiers fled the scene in a stolen car and that he was given an order -- >> translator: it was very stressful. i was under great stress. he shouted at me. >> reporter: a version of events corroborated by another russian soldier who was traveling in the car that day. >> translator: the warrant officer ordered vadim to shoot, with the justification of the man could be reporting on us. vadim refused to do it and the man ordered him to do it. >> reporter: a glipmpse into th chaos and fear of the early days of the war on the russian side, as well. >> translator: can you please tell me, what did you feel when you killed my husband? >> translator: shame. >> translator: do you repent?

>> translator: yes. i acknowledge my fault. i understand that you will not be able to forgive me, but i am sorry. >> reporter: she said she wanted the soldier imprisoned for life. the only alternative, she said, an exchange for the azovstal prisoners of war now in russian hands. melissa bell, cnn, kyiv. australia's prime minister fighting to hold opt his job in saturday's general election. but one factor far away from the country itself could tip the balance in the voting booths. more on that in a moment.

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welcome back, everyone. dozens of cases of monkeypox are being detected worldwide. infections have been recorded in the united states, the uk, australia, canada. fever, rashes, and swollen lymph

nodes are symptoms. the cdc is monitoring six people in the u.s. for possible infections. it's believed they sat near an infected traveler on a night from nigh geer ya to the uk in early may. and while u.s. health experts are surging calm, the surgeon general is also urging vigilance. >> this is a virus that is rare in humans, but we should investigate it. at this time, we don't want people to worry, at this point, again, these numbers are still small. we want them to be aware of these symptoms and if they have any concerns, to reach out to their doctor. >> reporter: the cdc says the six people being monitored are healthy and are considered to be at low risk. pennsylvania officials have been counting ballots all day, but the state's republican primary race remains too close to call. here's a look at where things stand right now. tv personality mehmet oz hanging onto a slim lead over former hedge fund executive david mccormick. he told a local radio show the

margin will be so small he is expecting an automatic recount to be triggered. australians head to the polls this saturday to elect a new government. the cost of living and climate change are high on the list of voter concerns. but thousands of kilometers away is another big issue hanging over this election, and cnn's anna coren explains. >> reporter: on the eve of the federal election, many australians are complaining they don't have much of a choice. >> it's kind of hard in a two-party system when neither government is doing anything and it's a bit, like, who do we vote for? >> reporter: the leader of the center-left labor party has been accused of making himself a small target. as he attempts to dislodge scott morrison and the conservative liberal national coalition, which has been in power for almost a decade. the man nicknamed albo has leaned into many of the policies of a prime minister who has his integrity constantly called into question. but as the public worries about

hits to hair lifestyle and their livelihoods -- >> definitely cost of living. climate change and housing. >> reporter: the perceived threat of china hangs over the vote. >> this is the first election in my adult lifetime that china and foreign policy have been a major issue. china is a concern because china has announced itself as a concern. >> reporter: with the relationship at a historic low, both parties have looked to score political points by beating up on beijing. >> why would you take china's side? >> let's get -- >> well, that's an outrageous slur from the prime minister. >> reporter: the announcement of a security pact between china and the solomon islands has shaken australia, which fears a chinese military base less than 2,000 kilometers off its coast. sharing that concern, the white house deployed a top asia envoy to the solomons to try to kill the deal without much success. so, how much of what china does

can be controlled by australia? and does it matter who gets elected on saturday? >> the opposition labor party has tried to ensure that there's very little difference between themselves and a government on china, and, in fact, you have a situation now where both sides are making the claim that they will be tougher on china. >> reporter: dr. john lee is a former adviser to julie bishop, who served as australia's foreign minister between 2013 and 2018. >> structurally, china is in the region, it wants a base there. it will be difficult to stop the chinese from getting a base in the solomons. >> reporter: nevertheless, one of the first tasks of australia's post-election leader will be to take his place at the meeting of the quad in tokyo next week. when either morrison or albanese will join joe biden, india and china, all in lock step over the perceived threat posed by china.

anna coren, cnn. i'm john vause at the cnn center. coming up next for viewers in north moeshg, oklahoma just passed one of the strictest abortion bans in the nation. details after the break.

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make a better california for all of us. welcome back. one of the strictest abortion bills in the country has just been passed by state lawmakers in oklahoma. it effective by bans abortion after fertilization. >> reporter: this bill prohibits abortions at any stage of the pregnancy, and we do expect the governor to sign it, but the way that the bill describes a pregnancy is key. so, i want to read the exact wording of that bill, which says that a pregnancy is the female reproductive condition that, a, begins with fertilization. b, occurs when the woman is

carrying the developing human offspring, and c, is calculated from the first day of the woman's last menstrual period. now, not only does this essentially ban all abortions in the state of oklahoma, but it also allows any private citizen to sue an abortion provider who knowingly performs or induces an abortion. now, we know the governor previously has supported all of these similar bans passed in the state of oklahoma. he said that his state protects life. he's also said they're going to focus on helping the mothers. and says that churches and nonprofits should focus on adoptions. and so, we expect this to essentially be the reality in oklahoma in the coming days. on the other hand, you have planned parenthood, who is saying this is a dark day. they say, look, this is not just another ban, but this is a first. they say it's a reversal of

history. and they say they're going to continue fighting just as they fought for previous efforts and legislation that has been passed in oklahoma in hopes of banning abortion. the other thing is that they're planning for the future. they say that they expect the abortions that were planned for this week to go on as scheduled, but they are already making plans to cancel those abortions that were scheduled for next week. bottom line is that this is likely going to become an issue that is defined by state lines. camilla burnell, cnn, los angeles. u.s. president joe biden set to arrive in south korea in the coming hours. his trip comes as china and north korea increasingly flex their military muscles in the region. we will now take you to a u.s. aircraft carrier deployed in that part of the world to show you how washington is trying to draw the line for beijing and bee yopg yang. here's blake essing.

>> reporter: if you ask united states seven fleet commander carl thomas, this is what deterrence looks and sounds like. >> deterrence to date has worked. and i'm hopeful that it continues to work, but my job is to be prepared in case it doesn't. >> reporter: if the past several months, the u.s. navy carrier strike group three, led by the "uss abraham lincoln" and armed with the u.s. navy's most advanced fighter wing has conducted joint drills with allies like japan and patrolled the waters of the indo-pacific. >> being out here operating is a very physical, a very agile, dynamic force. there's no better way to provide the deterrence that we need in this part of the region. >> reporter: this aircraft carrier brings massive firepower to the region. its purpose, to project power, increased security and serve as a deterrent to countries like china, north korea, and russia. but in a part of the world seemingly unstable by the day, the effectiveness of a carrier

strike group like this as a deterrence to adversaries has been called into question. >> we need to have more robust, like-minded states coalition, because china's rise is now the global phenomena. >> reporter: a reality that isn't lost on quad member states. a coalition made up to the united states, japan, australia, and india, whose leaders are set to meet in tokyo early next week. with south korea watching from the sidelines, member states are likely to discuss a unified response to russia's invasion of ukraine, the recent flurry of weapons tests conducted by north korea, and, of course, china. one of the things that china doesn't have is friends and allies. they have subjects. we have friends and allies who want to stand shoulder to shoulder with the united states. >> reporter: while the quad isn't a nato-like mutual defense

commitment, but having other likeminded nations in the region is extremely important. but according to an indo-pacific strategic specialist, the key to combatting china's rise suspected necessarily through military strength. >> by the time you get to the military part, you're almost too late. you don't want to cut off china militarily. you want to block its influence politically and economically first. >> reporter: however, as china and russia work to strengthen their own military alliance in the region, rear admiral j.t. anderson says the u.s.'s presence, along with the strength of its allies, has proven to be an effective deterrent. nevertheless, if that deterrent fails -- >> our job is to fight and win, period. >> reporter: an outcome no one wants, but one the u.s. military and its allies must prepare for. blake essig, cnn, onboard the

"uss abraham lincoln" in the philippine sea. state media in north korea reporting so-called fever cases have surpassed 2 million since late april. north korean cargo planes have recently been spotted making a return trip to china. but their cargo is unknown, but beijing's promised to help pyongyang as it deals with a covid outbreak. more now from cnn's will ripley. >> reporter: the mood was triumphant, the crowd massive. most people not wearing masks. at last month's military parade, kim jong-un promised to protect his people from hostile forces. protection from the virus that would soon ravage his unvaccinated population? nonexist end. weeks later, a devastating fever believed to be undiagnosed covid-19 infecting and killing some of pyongyang's most privileged citizens. >> the military parade was a super spreader event and we know

that they flew in citizens from across north korea. >> reporter: some of those citizens from the chinese border region, a place i visited five years ago. north koreans are living a literal stone's throw away from the raging omicron outbreak in china. beijing pledged to help pyongyang. the border apparently breached by the highly contagious variant. two years of pandemic isolation. two years of sacrifice, gone in one parade. >> that's the perfect petri dish for this virus to spread. so, that parade will go down in history as a very bad idea for north korea. >> reporter: a colossal miscalculation, and experts say the likely cause of north korea's explosive outbreak. and unprecedented nationwide lockdown. skyrocketing infections and deaths. a dilapidated health care system on the verge of collapse, lafking even the most basic medicines and medical equipment. millimeters of malnourished

north koreans at higher risk of severe infection. >> i think it's going to test his leadership, certainly. and it's going to create some urgency for very creative storytelling in the north korean propaganda apparatus. >> reporter: north korean propaganda crucial to keeping the kim family in power. even during times of crisis, like the deadly famine of the late 1990s when citizens ate tree bark to survive. the kills rule over a police state that relies on heavy surveillance, restricted movement and brutal political prison camps. >> they strengthen social controls because they had the fear that, you know, if there is an outbreak, if there is a crisis, that was what happened in the 1990s, that, you know, the police, the secret police, the military, they all went hungry. >> reporter: now, they're getting sick. state media says around 2 million fever cases in one week. a crisis of kim's own creation,

potentially devastating hardship for the north korean people. >> our thanks to will ripley for that report. well, there's usually nothing suspicious about a congressman giving a guided tour of the capitol to his constituents, but when that tour takes place a day before insurgents loyal to then-president donald trump storm the capitol, that seems to raise a few questions, which the january 6th select committee wants answers. cnn's ryan nobles reporting in from washington. >> reporter: the january 6th select committee has in its sights a republican member of congress, looking for more information that they believe is a key part of their investigation. this time, it's congressman barry loudermilk of georgia. they want to know more about a tour that loudermilk gave on january 5th, the day before the insurrection at the capitol. this tracks back to an accusation made by a congresswoman in the days after january 6th, where she alleged that she saw members of

congress, republican members of congress, giving tours of the capitol and she described those tours as reconnaissance tours. now, she's never provided any evidence to back up that claim and republicans have been very critical of her calling them out. and loudermilk, for the first time, is being identified as someone who potentially may have been giving one of those tours. now, he pushed back on this accusation today, in a statement, he said, as a constituent family with young children meeting with their member of congress in the house office buildings is not a suspicious group or a, quote, reconnaissance tour. the select committee is once again pushing a verifiably false narrative that republicans conducted recon chance tours on january 5th. and republicans are now asking for the capitol police to release the video in question here, it's something that republicans asked several weeks ago, as well. capitol police say they do not have the authorization to do so, but it's clear this video is in

the possession of the january 6th committee. the question is, do they make it apart of their public hearings? and then, will they also provide more evidence to suggest that there may have been something questionable about this tour and it's not as innocent as loudermilk claims it to be? there's still many unanswered questions as it relates to this development, but it has become another important part of the committee's investigation. ryan nobles, cnn, on capitol hill. a short break now, see you on the other side in a moment. co mprehensive solutions, and shows me how to get the most out o of my workplacece benefits. voya helps me feel like i gogot it all under control. voya. well planned. well invested. well protected.

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