at the time for the people who were provoking the fights, and bully brooks, who attacks pres -- andy brooks, and preston brooks who attacks charles sumner, and that is his nickname and a word applied to the people throughout this period, and so there was a sense that these people before the second half of the 1850s that the southerners were picking on people who could not be bullied because they could not fight back in the same way and what then happens is that these northerns come, and the northern congressmen, they were campaigning on the idea that they were going to fight the slave power, and there a reality to that in congress that they meant it, and some of them came with weapons, and literally made it clear, and the document that you mentioned that i will confess did make me kind of teary, that these three northerners explain why they will now agree to duel from now on, and the part that captured me is that attend after describing this with all of the emotion, they said that we are putting this down on paper so future generations will understand how hard it was to fight slavery on the

records of several members of congress, including marjorie taylor greene, mo brooks, matt gaets, jim jordan, andy biggs, paul gosar, madison cawthorn, jody hice. we have congresswoman loria with us. thank you for being with us and taking the time. >> thank you. >> do you believe this is a comparable request, phone records of serve members of congress let alone a former president. i don't know if it's exactly unprecedented, but it does feel like a big deal.

paul gosar, mo brooks and andy biggs.hey helped him organize the, quote, stop the steal rally. these are facts that are known. my question would be since there's public information that these people had some association with what happened, is it the general belief of those who are charged to investigate this, that in fact all you need to do is find the proof of it? that, in fact, there were members of congress -- i think that's what the american people want to know. in your view, were members of congress conspiring with the people who attacked our capitol? >> over 500 individuals have been charged so far by the department of justice. we're going to continue to do everything we can to find out who was responsible for this, whether there was coordination and to chase every lead that we possibly can. we know that the department of justice has a role to play and we have a role to play and so we want to make sure we analyze and review everything that happens that day, and clearly communication with the president is a portion o

preserve the records of several members of congress, including marjorie taylor greene, mo brooks, matt gaets, jim jordan, andyar, madison cawthorn, jody hice. we have congresswoman loria with us. thank you for being with us and taking the time. >> thank you. >> do you believe this is a comparable request, phone records of serve members of congress let alone a former president. i don't know if it's exactly unprecedented, but it does feel like a big deal. >> rachel, this committee is tasked with fully discovering and understanding facts of everything that happened on january 6th and everything that led up to january 6th, which obviously we know is an unprecedented attack on our democracy and our institution of government. so the committee is using these preservation requests to ensure that telecommunication companies preserve these records. this is a preliminary step, and there is a lengthy list of people who are involved, and i won't comment specifically on names but i would say we're taking a broad look, we're casting a wide net to make sure we understand all of the facts about what happened that day and have

preserve the records of several members of congress, including marjorie taylor greene, mo brooks, matt gaetz, jim jordan, andy biggs, paul gosar, madison cawthorn, jody hice. and, yes, jim jordan. promoting or furthering the aims of the stop-the-steal rally that precede the attack on the capitol that day. it's something to obtain phone records from a former president, from a former president's family, and from serving members of congress. joining us now to help us understand the am big of this question and why it's necessary is a member of the house select committee congressman luria. thank you for being with us and taking the time. >> thank you. >> do you agree that this is a remarkable request? i feel like i've covered a lot. i don't know if it's exactly unprecedent, but it does feel like a big deal. >> rachel, this committee is tasked with fully discovering and understanding facts of everything that happened on january 6th and everything that led up to january 6th, which obviously we know is an unprecedented attack on our democracy and our institution of government. so the committee is using these preserva

andy biggs, both of whom have been accused of being involved in meetings and discussions with people who have claimed credit for instigating the whole january 6th events. it also raises questions about alabama congressman mo brooks. who gave a famously incendiary speech at the january 6th rally just before the attack on the capitol started. congressman mo brooks later admitted he was wearing body armor under his flannel shirt and wind breaker that day. body armor. despite the fact he also claimed that his speech that day was -- when he was talking about the need to fight, that was just metaphorical thinking. he had no idea, no inkling there would be an actual fight. no inkling that the crowd was actually riled up enough to go do anything dangerous that day. he says he had no clue of that. he just also felt the need to wear body armor while he spoke to them, and you know, who among us can't relate to that? right? who among us has not slipped into full kevlar plates and a helmet to go to the local league of women voters meeting. heading down to the rotary meeting to calmly discuss the discussions of the day, don't forget your kevlar. but it's interesting about congressman brooks. congressman mo brooks this weekend