you have a house administration that oversees a great deal of this. he had a chairman that have not been to washington since may. you had ig reports that told you you were ill prepared to capitol police. why would you damage the men and women that we've watched time and again put their life on the line? to go into the light a fire your steve scalise come rodney davis here who went on that baseball field. why wouldn't we make that commitment to them? you have rodney davis who offered legislation as the ranking member in the minority that the majority would never bring up even though the ig report and others said they needed. are those questions going to be asked? of a going to be back at the situation again in the future? two two question for this ente committee should be, why were we so ill prepared for that day? and we make sure this never happens again? and that's what should drive the committee. there may be built up before that day that you were going up to investigate. speaker pelosi work six months trying to make sure that would never happen. we

the house administration committee is having key hearings on the safety of the capital. intelligence being very import of dutch important, adam schiff -- important, adam schiff of the intelligence committee. pete from the house appropriations committee, that is a committee with jurisdiction of this as well as being a member of the house administration committee. i am saying this in seniority order, congresswoman liz cheney, who has patriotically agreed to serve on the committee. she has a family matter she is dealing with and may join us depending on how long this takes. but we are very honored and proud that she has agreed to serve on the committee. representative stephanie mercy, the services committee, jamie raskin, a constitutional scholar as you all know, oversight committee. that is a major committee, the committee on oversight. he is also on the jing -- -- judiciary committee that has standing on all of this. and then navy veteran, this is more technical and standard, but what is your title? retired commander, oh my gosh. and a member of the armed services committe

aguilar served serves on the appropriations committee and house administration committee. did you want to share some thoughts? mr. aguilar: i just wanted to underscore that the focus of this is on seeking the truth. the focus is on making sure that the american public understands the threat to democracy that took place on january 6. there were real people affected by those actions. 140 capitol police officers injured, some of them permanently that day. five people lost their lives. staffers were barricaded here in the capitol. members were affected. everyone touched by january 6 deserves to find the truth of what transpired, what led up to it and how we can protect our democracy moving forward. i am honored to be part of this group and i look forward to chairman thompson's leadership. thank you. ms. pelosi: you would like to hear from them. >> i fled a country where political violence was how political transitions were made and never lived a day in this country where i haven't been proud to live in this country and we have the responsibility to protect this democracy. it b

and arms denied house administration official request to preserve documents and communications. i will tell you capitol police followed and did provide that information. what are they hiding?

why publicans aren't serving on this committee and i want to yield to the ranking member of house administration today. >> leader mccarthy asked me to be thinking number on the house of ministration committee, he told me to fix things around the capitol which is why i you mentioned, we introduced the capitol police advancement act during the last congress that woulde have increased transparency and accountability semiannual reports and addressing the issues brought up for years, ig report studies and other different forms of communication with congress. the democrats chose not to advance our legislation to help our officers it's with great disappointment today that i don't get to question my friend, harry and i don't get to talk to thim about what he and heroes like david bailey and crystal who saved the lives of steve and all of us on a baseball field years ago, we don't get to ask the questions that will lead to why there was not a better security posture here on the cap complex. harry is a friend. gary and i met each other when we saw each other in the capitol after what happened january 6. h

. >> do you want to say anything about house administration? >> house administration committee has held a series of hearings primarily with the inspector generals looking at deficiencies in the management of the capitol police. unfortunately we found many. but that's not about what spurred the attack. that's about the response. the fact that there were deficiencies in the management of the capitol police didn't cause the riot. we will make sure that the interim steps to be more safe, what happened here, what caused a mob of americans to think somehow they were supporting the con contusion when they tried to disrupt the constitutional process of counting the electoral college votes, who paid for it, who organized it? we need to find that out in order to keep the country safe. >> the capitol police saved our lives. they enabled us to return so that we could honor our constitutional responsibility prescribed in the constitution as january 6th not just any day as the republicans describe it, normal tort day in the capitol. no. it was a date describ

aguilar serves on two committees of jurisdiction, the appropriations committee and house administrationmmittee. did you want to share some thoughts? >> thank you, madam speaker. and i just wanted to underscore that the focus of this is on seeking the truth. the focus is on making sure that the american public understands the threat to democracy that took place on january 6. but there were real people effected by those actions. 140 capitol police officers injured, some of them permanently that day. five people lost their lives. people were barricaded here in the capitol. members were effected. everyone touched by january 6 deserves to find the truth of what transpired, what led up to it, and how we could protect our democracy moving forward. so i'm honored to be part of this group. i look forward to chairman thompson leadership and working with my colleagues. thank you. >> i want them to self-introduce so you hear more from them than from me. >> i'm stephanie murphy and i fled a country where political violence was how political transitions were made. and i've never lived a day in this c

this is going to end up like the two impeachment hearings the house had during trump administration, very partisan, multiple democrats. they probably already have the report -- >> the u.s. senate is about to gavel in. more work is expected on thehe nomination of todd kim to the assistant attorney general for the environment and natural resources division. the justice department's top attorney which oversees its criminal and civil cases and force the nations environmental laws. about to confirm is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. eastern and if approved he would be the first asian-american to serve in that position. and now live to the floor of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. o god, you are our refuge. give us the wisdom to live, so

epstein captured everything that no one working in the trump white house ever knew about how legislation gets done. quote, biden administration's engagement on infrastructure since june 28th, white house had office of legislative affairs had at least 330 meetings and calls with members of congress and their top aides. jobs cabinet secretaries had 100 with numbers, since jobs plan release on march 30th. 998 legislative affairs meetings and calls. and leading off our discussion tonight is someone who was in dozens of those meetings and made dozens of those calls senator richman director of white house office of public engagement, thank you very much for joining us mr. richman, really appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> when did you get the word that there was a deal and was there any point where your confidence had become shaky about this? >> no. through the whole process, look ago the people who were involved including the bipartisan group of senators, but also the president. i think i was on one of the stations couple weeks ago and said people continue to under estimate president biden and he continues to deliver. and

january 6th attack, he's a member of the committee on house administration which held the hearing today with a local election officials. congressman, thank you for being with us. yesterday's testimony was incredible to hear lawrence o'donnell and i we were talking about it this weekend thought we heard everything we had to hear about january 6th. having the police officers talk again with stirring. same today. these people, election officials in michigan and arizona telling them about how they've been threatened? people have gone to their homes, people have threatened their safety. what did you take away from that? >> these are additional brave heroes who are administering -- and they are the fabric of our local communities. they are under assault. our hearing today and house administration was about a bill from williams, and it's the preventing elections -- of 2021. it's making it a crime to intimidate and harass election officials because we know that's what they're trying to do here. they're trying to use the combination, the backdoor law change with its base rooted in racism, combin

she did not love working issues at the white house or within the administration, and that was something she very much wanted me to do. i had weekly meetings with each of the five white house councils that were serving in the clinton administration during my tenure. i regularly attended national security council meetings, although she did as well. and i had meetings with the president on key issues, but she joined those as well. so, i had a lot of contact with the white house, and particularly, the white house counsel office. the one thing i would say i am delighted over this, but i want to make it clear that when i said that the outset judge enforcement matters was really in the hands of the department of justice, and i included sink civil in, those i did not include civil litigation in the ordinary course. the judge has spoken about disagreements with the white house over civil litigation, my view was and is that a position in the supreme court, or in the courts of appeals on key issues of policy are a totally appropriate game for the white house to weigh in on. i don't know if we have

pete aguilar, house administration appropriations committee member.tephanie murphy, member of the armed services commission. raskin, maryland, of the judiciary committee. and lorraine lurie and -- luria. they will take their seats around 9:30 a.m. eastern time today for the first airing of the january 6 select committee. watch our coverage on c-span3, starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern time, as well as our website, c-span.org. norman, fitzgerald, georgia, democratic caller. good morning, go ahead. caller: good morning. what i wanted to say is that i'm a veteran myself and i don't understand how some of the people that were in the insurrection were on-duty veterans. for retired veterans. policeman. we fought in vietnam to help the south against the north. i just don't get how they can come up and do that to our country. thank you. host: all right, norman. thoughtful processes has this to say on twitter. kinsinger and jamie are as conservative and republican as many. i disagree with them on most issues of importance but i trust they will engage in a reasonab

a member of the committee on house administration, which held that hearing, today. which with local-election officials. congressman, thank you for being with us. you know, yesterday's testimony was incredible to hear. lawrence o'donnell and i were talking about this. we thought we all had heard everything there was to hear about january 6th. then, hearing those police officers talk, again, was -- was -- was stirring. same thing today. these people. these elections officials in michigan and arizona. telling them -- us about how they've been threatened? people have gone to their homes. people have threatened their safety. what'd you take away from that today? >> what i took away is that these are additional, brave heroes who are administering our elections. and they are the fabric of our local communities. and they are under assault. and so, our hearing today, in house administration, which you showed that clip of, was about a bill from williams and it's the preventing election subversions act of 2021. making it a crime to intimidate and harass elections officials bec

because representative, for example from, rodney davis, the head of the house administration committeehe's someone who voted in favor of creating the january 6th commission. he told me this week that republicans were so fearful of the january 6 commission becoming political and bleeding into the election year next year -- what they're now getting is their worst nightmare. this is a very political committee that is going to do investigations but is going to be controlled by democrats and republicans are going to have to figure out how they're going to deal with it. yamiche: and i have to and you about something else at the capitol. it's sorts of head spinning when i read this headline. it is is the capital police who saved lawmakers' lives are rung out of money. there's a supplemental funding bill that has stalled in the senate. explain what is going on. leigh ann: i know. the fencing around the capital is starting to come down as we speak. this has been the most visual portion of what happened january 6. that fencing is comingown, which i also need to say that talking to rank and file

in the ninth circuit i had the occasion to remind white house counsel during the last administration that the white house counsel doesn't have anybinding authority, that is to say the authority to issue legal judgments, and, for example, to bind the agencies with those legal judgments, and i'll close by saying we've talked about the department of justice. i'd be remiss in omitting the relationship the white house counsel plays in coordinating legal hey fairs as the senior level and when i say again coordinating and how they are proceeding their jobs, the positions they are taking and major issues is that they say. all of that is part of that role. >> they will. you mentioned a awning of times and maybe i'll start with seep so he was vote rosalie in -- what purpose it aims to serve of or whether twous contact policy and its origin and purpose? >> sure. i think what we're talking about here is the primary operational way that doj and the white house governed sort of their relationship in criminal and civil and enforcement matters principally and the policies consist of a written set of

. ♪ >> the house administration committee held a hearing on legislation designed to limit state officialsm restricting voting access. representative of maryland, utah, and georgia testified about the recommendations for ensuring free and fair elections. >> election officials have faced threats and harassment after they were unfairly blamed for election results in the 2020 election that certain politicians and voters did not li

so now is the time to correct and repair these holes in our housing social safety net. and the biden administration is proposing over $300 billion in investments towards long-term solutions to keep the lowest income people stably housed. and we're urging these investments be made soon, they be targeted towards those lowest income people because these kind of investments could be transformational to end homelessness and poverty in our country. >> we're talking with the president and ceo of the national low income housing coalition. we welcome your calls and comments. if you are a renter, you rent your home or apartment, 202-848-8001 is the line to call. if you're looking to buy a home that line a 202-748-8001. and for all renters that line is 202-748-8002. how much did the pandemic in the past year help renters in particular? >> i would say the actions the federal government took over the last year kept millions of renters who otherwise would have lost their homes stably housed during the pandemic. and the primary protection that kept people housed was eviction moratoriums, the federal eviction mora

. >> the house administration committee held a hearing on legislation designed to limit state officials from restricting voting access. representatives john sarbanes of maryland, burgess owens in-q-tel testified about the recommendations for ensuring free and fair elections. >> election officials have faced unprecedented threats and harassment. after they were unfairly blamed for election results in the 2020 election that certain politicians and voters did not like. it did not want to accept. last year the threats for some election were so bad that they had to temporarily abandon their homes come spend money on increased home security or even secure around-the-clock police surveillance. election workers have had their young children or parents threatened. the threats, they received, , tn particularly graphic and often include racist and gendered insults get some election workers report the harassment and threats are continuing to this day. a recent survey of election workers commissioned by the brennan center for justice found one in three election workers feel unsafe because of their j

acceptance of the idea of a public part of it -- public-private partnership from the white house administration or those on capitol hill? >> there are numerous groups working with our agencies right now. most of those willing to collaborate with the agencies and put money up front are taking projects that have already gone through the environmental analysis process because that process can be extremely costly and take an extremely long period of time to get through it. then there's always the risk with litigation that you won't actually continue the process. most projects are litigated can -- that are litigated continue at some point but it could be decades down the road. one example we have here is the municipal watershed project that was started in 2005 when the agency of the city realized if the drainage, the highlight drainage, which is our water risk, caught on fire and it is extremely high risk, we lose 80% of our water supply. we have had continual litigation, opposition, replanting, another litigation, replanting, and at the end of the day, the project has not changed much. presumably w

day 183 of the biden administration. the house speaker and the republican leader in the house are now at war over the investigation into the 1/6 riot and trashing of the capitol after nancy pelosi took an unprecedented step and said no to two of the republicans that had been named to that committee. details on that significant development in just a moment. but there's new insight tonight into the former president's take on the violent efforts on january 6th. let's not forget to overturn the election he lost. newly released audio that comes to us from pulitzer prizewinning

day 183 of the biden administration. the house speaker and the republican leader in the house are now at war over the investigation into the 1/6 riot and trashing of the capitol after nancy pelosi took an unprecedented step and said no to two of the republicans that had been named to that committee. details on that significant development in just a moment. but there's new insight tonight into the former president's take on the violent efforts on january 6th. let's not forget to overturn the election he lost. newly released audio that comes to us from pulitzer prizewinning germism duo carol leonnig and phil rucker of "the washington post," they interviewed trump at mar-a-lago back in march for their book "i alone can fix it."

c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> next, legal expert testified before the house administration committee on the elections clause and the role congress plays in regulating federal elections. witnesses answered questions about the founders views on the elections, the history of the elections clause, and federal versus state jurisdiction in constructing laws around voting. this is about an hour and a half. >> are hearing today will examine the broad constitutional authority provided to congress to regulate federal elections under article one, section four clause one of the u.s. constitution c known as the elections clause. the clause reads as follows, quote, times, places and manner of holding elections, for senators and representativesor shall be described in each state by the legislature thereof. but the congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations except as to the places of choosing senators. the text is clearre

vietnam war, he supported lyndon johnson and his daughter-in-law was the white house social secretary during the administrationstepson was chief the protocol. -- chief of police: eventually. but his wife was picketing the white house with antiwar groups. she became passionately antiwar. in the end he came to believe she was right and in march of 1968 he wrote to lyndon johnson and said he would have to stop supporting him on the war and that we need to withdraw from vietnam. host: one character that appears throughout his work is j edgar hoover, longtime director of the fbi. you say there are thousands of pages of documents collected about pearson by the fbi. he was also using them as sources for his work. what was the relationship with the fbi? mr. ritchie: that 1000 pages was a big asset for me in writing the book. among other things every sunday , night they made some agent listen to the radio show to report to hoover every monday morning. if he said anything negative about the fbi and have a rebuttal ready to go. host: he was that important? mr. ritchie: absolutely. in 1935 the fbi was being formed the jus

. >> i'm very proud to announce the members of that committee, the house administration, adam schiff of the intelligence committee, jamie raskin, constitutional scholar, oversight committee. >> i like the nursing home edition of the suicide squad. this is not serious, this is not a fact-based investigation. this is the second trump impeachment reunion tour. all three of the panelists not only voted to impeach trump but were part of the prosecution. it is hard to fact find and investigate when you come to the game with hardened opinions of those you are investigating. >> america has been through a civil war, world wars, great depression, pandemics, mccarthyism and now it from the stan white nationalist insurrection. this is the single biggest terror threat to the american people and our public security right now. >> we don't need a long investigation to know the president incited right-wing terrorists who attacked the congress to try to overturn the constitutional government. >> pelosi should have invited general honoree back to investigate. at least it wasn't part of the impeachment

desperately want freedom and ths the message brought to the white house today, thousands from the cuban independency and calling on the biden administration action against cuba's communist regime. the white house is not short of advocating for u.s. military intervention however, the administration said it looking to have it can have secure reliable internet for people on the island following islandwide communication blackout after thousands of protesters took to the street. they've largely disappeared after videos online appear to show authorities silently cracking down on protesters, many of whom reportedly have social media followings report of the being held by cuban authorities. the cuban president has claimed unrest on the u.s. government and social media and made it clear earlier this week his government will fight for their resolution until the very end the significant of holding this rally at freedom tower is huge because this is where humans fled from the country. this time they hope cubans forget to take home. jon: chanting freedom and liberty. charles, thank you. we will have much more on this in moment with nicole. andrew rumm

house. building an administration that, in the words of one biden official, looks like america. nearly 14% of president biden's federal agency appointees identify as lesbian, gay, buy sexual, transgender or queer. we will talk about what president biden is doing to advance the rights of the lgbtq community. they include pete buttigieg, the first out gay senate confirmed cabinet member. the first out lgbtq members of the white house communications staff. the assistant secretary for health, dr. rachel levine. ned price, the first ever outgay state department spokesperson. and at the end of the hour, we'll meet reggie greer, the senior adviser on lgbtq issues in the white house. this is what it means to be seen and heard. biden appointees have tremendous influence over the direction of the administration, so it's essential that lgbtq voices are at the table. allies are invaluable. but the impact of policies on lgbtq lives is best understood by those within the community, and these officials work on more than what we might consider traditional lgbtq issues. they're in health care, t

just yesterday, i testified in the house administration committee on this bill so that we can make suree are moving something forward on the national level to prevent these partisan power grabs and force of elections. >> i just want to make sure i understand. you have a county board of the board of elections that is half democrat and half republican, a bipartisan board the way most of them work throughout the country, they are gonna come in and try the state republicans signed this law? now they control a state board and try to appoint a handpicked person by the republican party, essentially, to run the elections in fulton county to run all of it? that's what's happening? >> that's what's happening. they say they want local control only when it's not convenient for them, then it becomes a partisan power grab. it is very clear we play by the rules and we still won so now they are changing the rules. it's the same thing they did with every other piece of this bill that is now the law of the land in georgia. that's why we have to continue to fight on the federal level to get things like hr

congressman rodney davis t top republican on the house administration committee has publicly said he'd be willing to join. he was within of 35 house republicans to voted for the initial january 6th commission. a spokesman for house speaker nancy pelosi has confirmed her office has not yet spoken to mccarthy about his potential picks or say if there were any members she would outride refuse to allow on the commission. ultimately she has final say over who gets to join the committee. pelosi appointed her members last week. joining us this morning, eugene scott. good morning. >> good morning. >> kevin mccarthy deciding, okay, it's better if i participate in this. right now we don't get the sense there are going to be any of the most inflammatory supporters named to it, but that doesn't mean trump supporters aren't going to be named to the panel. what's your sense of what mccarthy is thinking here? >> he wants to help save the narrative that republican lawmakers in addition to president trump were not in cahoots or involved or turned a blind eye to what happened on january 6th, which is wh

rwithout objection, the committe on housing administration will stand adjourned. >>> on the national threats posed by climate change. bill nye, known as the science guy and environmental experts testify about forced migration due to climate change and mitigation efforts to stave off the impacts of severe weather events before they occur. this is two hours. >> the subcommittee on emergency preparedness response and recovery will come to order. the subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony on examining climate change, a threat to the homeland. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the subcommittee in recess at any point. i'd like to say good afternoon to all of you and thank you for joining us today for the witnesses as well as the amazing members. we appear today to discu

i chair the house administration committee and i know how many others work in that capitol, not only the staff to the members of congress but the food service workers who were present and clerical staff. you saved them as well and so they also owe you a debt of gratitude. i do realize that ultimately the rioters breached the capitol. the time you kept them out made a tremendous difference. you saved the day. you saved the constitution. and it made a tremendous difference for our country. also, i did hear you about the need for additional help and i want to pledge to you that we will work with the capitol police to make sure that the resources, the mental health has the resources that officers need. i will make that pledge to you right now. i would like to ask sergeant, everyone knew we were fighting in the hallway near the lower west terrace on january 6th. can you tell me what you went through on that hallway and then while you were there, metropolitan police arrived for -- to help you out, what difference did that make? >> sure, ma'am. before i start i just -- by no means am i sugg

you have rodney davis, the top republican on the house administration committee.ion of that commission. i mean, that's a significant vote because many of the republicans voted against the creation of the commission. there's also kelly armstrong who's a republican from the state of north dakota who voted to certify the election. we should also note that pelosi can reject any of these picks from mccarthy, and you've heard last night from benny thompson who's the top democrat on the committee. he said these are picks that ultimately pelosi will get to decide on. here's what he said about their behavior in the hearings. >> you know, i've been here 28 years. my committee is one of the more bipartisan committees here in washington. i anticipate the select committee in the same posture, and i respect and want to be respected by the other members of the committee. but you know, we do have a set of rules, and people who determine not to follow the rules will deal with them. but my expectation is that we have a set of rules to follow, and as chair, i expect those rules to b

we wouldn't have house administration. we wouldn't have our parliament. we couldn't do anything.his is an issue he created so it will be interesting to see him fix it up. >> uh-huh. okay. so, you know, again, we talked about him calling special session after special session. that's what he promised to do and also says you can be arrested for fleeing and held in the texas capitol until the job is done. what's your response to that? >> so -- he's so dramatic. it's interesting that he was actually on our supreme court as well as was our attorney general at some point. so let me tell y'all what the law is so everyone understands. so we have not committed a crime. and so under the u.s. constitution and the texas constitution, you can't arrest people that haven't committed a crime. so we've not committed a crime. what can happen is we can be detained. so we can have someone come and get us, but that's so long as they have jurisdiction and i know that the governor may believe that he's president now but he's not and hopefully will never be the president of these united states but he doe

chief, "usa today" where she writes about politics and th white house, covered seven white house administrations, 11 presidential elections, indicate that the past ten ten presi. she supported from six continents, i don't know what would you k want on the seventh. i don't know what happened to the seventh continent, dozens of foreign countries and and i0 she moderated the vice president debate between mike pence and, hairs. before we get to the first question put to take a point of personal privilege about this book. i as many people know i chaired the democratic congressional campaign committee and whether it's me or any other chair of dccc that position is regarded as nancy pelosi's chief political lieutenant, and with that position comes the responsibility of really getting to know her. on a typical day i had one meeting with nancy pelosi on a more typical day three meetings with nancy pelosi four, five meetings come many very often the last voice i heard at the end of the long day was not my wife's butt nancy pelosi's on the phone. i thought i knew more about her than anybody else. i'll be h

and president biden has lifted up lgbtq voices like no other white house, building an administration that in the words of one biden official, looks like america. nearly 14% of president biden's federal agency appointees identify as llesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer. in the next hour, we'll speak with out members of the administration about their historic platform and what president biden is doing to advance the rights of the lgbtq community. they include transportation secretary pete buttigieg, the first out gay senate-confirmed cabinet member. keely tobar, the first out members of the white house communication staff. the assistant secretary for health, dr. rachel levine, the first transgender federal official confirmed by the senate. ned price, the first ever out gay state department spokesperson. and at the end of the hour, we'll meet reggie grier, the senior adviser on lgbtq plus issues in the white house. this is what it means to be seen and heard. biden employees have tremendous influence over the direction of lgbt legislation. the impact of policies on lgbtq lives i

he is chairman or ranking member of the house administration committee which has oversight of the capitol i'm keeping an eye on, whether he is straight and narrow or has to feed into a little of the trumpism of the rest of the panel. >> donna, quick procedural question, do the republicans have veto power over subpoenas or can the democrats outvote them, issue subpoenas? >> no, the republicans don't. they gave that up by choosing not to have an independent committee and speaker pelosi going with this select committee, that that gives democrats all of the power they need to get to the evidence. >> i want to turn to troubles of the infrastructure bill and the republicans challenging funding of it, especially if they have lost the irs money that was punitive at best. now the committee for responsible federal budget, very well respected nonpartisan group, released new estimates showing $3.5 trillion price tag for the infrastructure deal could be between 5 to $5.5 trillion over a decade if made permanent. the price point on this is already a stressor for republicans because of the way they stre

the kennedy administration didn't even want it. what do you take as the white house attitude toward the activism that's now taking place? i'm talking to a lot of activists who are frustrated frankly with the white house that they're talking a good game, but they aren't doing anything, and they aren't using the power they have, not just the white house, but democrats in the united states senate are simply refusing to use the power they have to defend their core voters. meaning black voters. >> thank you, joy. good to be here with reverend sharpton. one of the things that was really clear for us, we share what we know we're hearing on the ground all across the country that folks are frustrated and they want to see a good fight. and i think they heard us on that, and whatever way they can fight from the white house, they need to do that. and it didn't just start. activism, we have been pushing this, now, the reverend talked about last week, it just took it to a whole other level. for black women who are the secret sauce to democrats winning anything in this country, we'

of trying to influence the foreign policy positions of trump's 2016 campaign and his white house administration discuss, washington correspondent for the new york times maggie haberman. mag maggie, good to see you. >> good morning. >> so what do you think about this indictment? it comes on the back of a lot of reporting you did that there are investigations into tom. how serious do you think these charges are? >> the charges themselves, john, i think are very serious and certainly the fact that he is kept in jail until monday. the prosecutors described him as a flight risk, that he was described by prosecutors as engaged in activity, alleged activity, they describe strikes at the heart of democracy. certainly these are serious charges. his lawyer said he will plead not guilty and is innocent is what they have said throughout this investigation. this investigation is something we first reported on, my colleagues and i did, back in december of 2018. there were two investigations going on. one is the eastern district of new york in brooklyn that is the investigation that resulted in this indictmen

in the senate report that was put out, i've read inspectors generals' reports in my role on house administration on the hierarchy of capitol police and some of the deficiencies that happened that day. so we're going to want to continue to drill down on all of these aspects, but we can't be afraid of where it takes us and we're not going to be shy about chasing the available information that will help make an informed report for the american public. >> when you talk about available information, i want to ask you about something, a new report from one of my colleagues over at cnn k file. he uncovered pictures of a conservative youtuber who participated in the january 6 riot accompanying republican members of congress on their recent trip to the border. his name is anthony aguerra with congressman lauren boebert. here he is the day after the insurrection bragging about participating in it. take a listen. >> we were all there. it was not antifa and it was not blm. it was trump supporters that did that yesterday. i'm the first to admit it. being one myself. >> i guess, congressman, besides the jarrin

and so, our hearing today, in house administration, which you showed that clip of, was about a bill from williams and harbay, and it's the preventing election subversions act of 2021, making it a crime to intimidate and harass elections officials because we know that's what they're trying to do here. they're trying to -- to use the combination of the -- the -- the back-door law change with, you know, rooted in racism. combined with the audits.h, um, as you mentioned and that's casting doubt on a free and fair elections system that is administered by those very individuals who were under attack. >> the department of justice has -- they -- they had done this with maricopa county in the state of arizona, a few months ago. sort of sent them a warning to say don't lose the chain of custody of ballots. don't -- don't fiddle with stuff.arheitn' they have written again to states to say where election records are no longer under the control of elections officials, this can lead to a significant risk of the records being lost, stolen, altered, compromised, or destroyed. the risk is exacerbated if

we wouldn't have house administration. we wouldn't have our parliamentarians.e wouldn't have those that, actually, make sure that they work our committees. we couldn't do anything. so, this is an issue that he created. so, it'll be interesting to see him to try to fix it up. >> uh-huh. okay. so, you know, again, we talked about him calling special session, after special session. that's what he promised to do. he also says that you can be arrested for fleeing. and kept inside the texas capitol, until the job is done. what's your response to that? >> um, so he's so dramatic. it's -- it's -- it's interesting that he was actually on our supreme court, as well as was our attorney general, at some point. so, let me tell you what the law is so that everyone understands. um, so, we have not committed a crime. and so, under the u.s. constitution and the texas constitution, you can't arrest people that haven't committed a crime. so, we've not committed a crime. what can happen is we can be detained. so, we can have someone come and get us. but that's so long as they have

we don't know what the white house administration knew about the participation of these white nationalist groups. we don't know what degree these white nationalists essentially coordinated with each other. we don't know what their object was in terms of violence against particular members. we certainly know that they intended to do harm against the speaker, against mike pence, but we also don't know what plans they have in the future. so all of these questions and many more we hope to shed light on. we hope to learn in depth about, create a comprehensive report, and most important, make recommendations for the future. >> just looking at the hearing tomorrow, can you explain how it's going to be formatted? >> yes. we'll have opening statements by the chair, bennie thompson, and then by liz cheney, so she can articulate the view of a great many republicans who are also interested in getting to the truth. and then, we will proceed with the witness testimony. and then we'll have member questions which will probably last five to ten minutes apiece, probably closer to ten minutes. and those wil

just yesterday i testified in the house administration committee on this bill so that we can make surel to prevent these partisan power grabs of boards of elections. >> just to be clear, you've got a county board, a board of elections that is half democrat, half republican. it's a bipartisan board the way that a lot of these boards work throughout the country. they're going to come in and the state republicans signed this law signed by kemp. they're going to do a performance review and try to appoint a hand-picked person by the republican party essentially to run the elections in fulton county, to run all of it. that's what's happening? >> that is what's happening. and they say they want local control only when it's not convenient for them and then it becomes a partisan power grab. it's very clear, we played by their rules. we still won and now they are changing the rules. it's the same thing that they did with every other piece of this bill that is in sb-202 that is now the law of the land in georgia and that's why we have to continue to fight on the federal level to get things like h

understanding of the constitution and we thank you and without objection, the committee on house administration will stand adjourned. >> sue spencer washington journal. every, we are taking your calls live on the air on the news of the day and discussing policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday morning, the brookings institution analyzes the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan i made a recent taliban against. then, bloomberg reporter steven dennis talks about planning on infrastructure and climate i just legend. also, a look at medicare and prescription drug pricing with the associate director of the shaker center at the university of southern california. be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. >> the secret service was founded in the aftermath of the assassination of abraham lincoln but it was not until the death of john f. kennedy the presidential protection service began to get closer attention from the american people. carol lenny began reporting on the wash -- on the secret service and 2012. she writes she started her coverage