congresswoman sheila jackson lee, congressional black caucus parliamentarian, congressman bennie thompson, chair homeland security. welcome and thank you for being here virtually. the witnesses will be recognized for five minutes each to give an oral presentation of their testament. i asked that you respect the witnesses time by ending your oral testimony timely. without objection the witnesses written statements will be made a part of the record. at this time i recognize the distinguished gentleman from south carolina, majority whip, former congressional black caucus chairman and our later, congressman james clyburn for five minutes. >> thank you very much, madam chair. i hope i unmuted myself successful. thanks for your significant leadership and thanks for calling this hearing today. it is very, very important to our starting a a new congressa new presidency on what my good friend al sharpton recalled, a good foot. since last wednesday's events i have reflected on dr. martin luther king jr.'s last book, where do we go from here? chaos or community. that profound book written in 1967 co

congressman bennie thompson, welcome and thank you for being here virtually. the witnesses will be recognized for five minutes each to give an oral presentation of their testimony. i ask that you respect the witness's time by ending your oral testimony timely, without objections. at this time, i recognize the distinguished gentleman from south carolina, former congressional black caucus chairman and every leader, congressman james clyburn for five minutes. congressman james clyburn: thank you, i hope i have on muted myself successfully. thank you for calling this here today, it is very important to starting our new congress, a new presidency. i will be with electing on dr. martin that the king junior's last book, -- martin luther king jr.'s last book, where do we go from here? that was written in 1957. it could have been written just as easily today. for those of us who were activists in the 1960's, much of what we saw was behind us. in fact, dr. king wrote in his 1964 work " why we can't wait" that he was hopeful that the election of president johnson would i

this is benny the robot.ing controlled in real time from manchester. through the technology, anyone anywhere can immerse themselves in the robot. i become the robot simply by putting on a vr headset. and now i can see everything the robot sees. and i can control its arms. robotic firm cyberselves has developed a versatile, more user—friendly programming system, so what robots can't yet do alone can be done with the help of human controls. they hope it will revolutionise health tech. there is an increasing use of robots now in health care, but the artificial intelligence that powers those robots isn't up to scratch, and the programming is very, very hard, it requires incredibly specialist degrees to programme robots. so what we're trying to do is simultaneously make it easier to control robots and also to make up that gap for the artificial intelligence. so a robot moving around a hospital, say cleaning a ward, will get stuck and won't know how to do a certain task. a human being can enter into it, perform the

[cheers and applause] >> to pastor benny tate, congressman scott perry to all the wonderful men and women springs church, thank you for that warm welcome. it really has blessed my heart more than i can tell you. [applause] but i'm here, i'm here for one reason and one reason only, and that is that georgia and america need david perdue and kelly loeffler back in republican majority in the united states senate. [applause] in one more day we need georgia to defend the majority. in one more day we need people in this great state to stand with two leaders who will support life and liberty and the freedom of every american in one more day we need to win -- [applause] >> i want to thank you all for coming out today. it's good to be back in the peach state. and it's a particularly blessing to be at a church that believes in prayer, teaches the bible. that church as a heard from those two great congressman on the winter, a church that that lives at your faith with love and compassion in the community every single day. give yourselves have a of applause. what a special church. [applause] and benny,

luxmy gopal... ..and benny, for bbc news, in sheffield. a look at the near future, perhaps! something happening quite soon, perhaps. still chilly but things are warming up. stav has the weather. hello there. we are starting to see some changes now to our weather after what has been a cold week both by day and by night, slightly less cold air will be pushing across the country through tonight, some heavy and persistent rain in northern and western scotland, drizzle over western areas further south. mainly dry with a few clear spells in the south—east. so away from here it's going to be a much milder night, and largely frost free for most. this upcoming week is looking a lot milder than the weekjust gone. there will be some rain at times, some of it quite heavy across the west. a little bit of snow mainly across the hills in the north. the pressure chart for monday shows these weather fronts across the north of the country thanks to low pressure. higher pressure towards the south, that westerly breeze pushing the milder air in off the atlantic. but still that plume of cold air

dennis remained on detective kaplan's lists of potential suspects. >> benny, dennis, terry. were names i just couldn't eliminate. >> i he kept the heat on all three. kaplan questions the landlord and retained a sample of his dna. he also took another look at terry white. he initially told the detective on the night of the murder he stayed with his sister until 9:00 p.m., then drove to work and took a nap in the parking lotle but when detective kaplan checked the security cam video. you can see terry white pull in, immediately get out of his truck and walk to the front door. now there's a discrepancy in his story. >> now there's a -- >> there's enough for us to question his entire alibi. >> again, thank you for coming down. >> no worries. >> detective kaplan asked terry to stop by the situation, go over his time line one more time. and -- >> his story changed. he didn't pull into the parking lot as originally expressed. he went around the corner to a dark area and fell asleep there. then he pulled into the parking lot. >> that wasn't the only discrepancy. remember, in his fir

trying to claim i mean some people are openly debating whether benny shango belongs to the sudan i can almost guarantee you that part of ethiopia and that is provoking a conflict and less conflict in a region that has known too many conflicts and i think we just hope it will just end and will come up to some kind of conclusion peacefully because people are dying as we speak right now because of this disputes alex both sides in this say that they don't want a war but could what's happening now trigger a new conflict. i think it is already triggering something of a conflict and it could trigger a wider conflict let me explain why the previous governments the owner of a government in sudan and the the p.r.t. of governments in ethiopia decided on a compromise that they did in the compromise was to accept the delineation of the colonial era but also to accept that ethiopians could continue to cultivate and live inside what was then identified as sudanese territory sending their children to ethiopian schools paying taxes etc and the ethiopians didn't want to challenge the status quo because

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pence: i have to tell you benny may appreciate this story, i shared it a little while back. i received a letter from a jacksonville,from florida. he and his new bride were attending a ceremony. as i read the letter, he talked about his experience there. and it would host a christian invite people and from across the midwest to come. they would have bands that would take the stage of what was early contemporary musicic. and decided that the see himary in 1977 to cancel the event. but he and his new bride said they felt a calling to volunteer to lead it and wrote to me saying that quote, friends told us it would be hard on our new marriage and shouldn't do a year-long project of setting up this festival and he said we answered the call. arrange ed others to the event in 1978. e told me that the night came, the culminating evening of saturday night where he was walking through the camp area and it was raining, they were disappointed and thought it was all for nauth. and he wrote to me and he said that's because i didn't know that that night, a future vice president of the unite

national security agency a former cryptographer and later a whistleblower benny was the n.s.a.'s technical leader of intelligence benny has a high level understanding of the agency's data collection systems what that means is any i phone or any phone in the world 1st connecting to the network when you want to use it you're immediately known worldwide. i mean all the switches have you and they capture your ip and all and your phone and mac numbers and all that that's how they bill you so that also is the known by the network and the implants computer network exploitation implants they have around the world over this was in 2004 or 2010 somewhere in that range they had over 50000 implants and all these switches servers and networks worldwide i mean that means they own the entire network so that if you your phone comes on the air then they can they can know who you are and where you are. in citizen lab exposed n.s.o. and it's pegasus spyware in 2016 it attracted worldwide controversy n.s.o. claims its mission is to develop technology for government agencies to quote detect and prev

confidence that the house administration committee will perform those responsibilities, along with bennyhompson and homeland security and other committees. >> brennan: have you seen any evidence of foreign support, financial or otherwise, for any of these domestic organizations involved in the siege? >> well, we are going to try to follow the money. that's a critical part of any investigation. i know caroline maloney has taken a particular interest in that issue. who was funding this? how much were they involved in what ultimately took place on january 6th? following the money is a vital part of our investigative plan, the congress broadly, and yinatio a >> brennan: in your role on the committee, you have some oversight of the intelligence community. sue gordon, who i know you know, one of the nation's top intelligence professionals, wrote an op-ed yesterday in which she said president trump is a security threat himself. when he leaves office, he should be denied access to intelligence briefings. would you urge the biden administration to do that? >> absolutely. there is no circumstance

i think about my friend cheryl -- sheriff benny napoleon who served his life was a sheriff. and there were loved ones, parents and siblings, children and friends. throughout this crisis the people of michigan harnessed the empathy courage that make us who we are as michiganders, the state of our state is resilient. in the spring we followed the guidance of public health experts. we took the fact-based approach to fighting this novel virus. we flattened the curve together. we saved countless lives. detroit stepped up and retooled their machinery for ventilators, gloves. child care centers, police officers, firefighters, so many put their lives on the line to protect us. our connections offices like corrections offices and sanitation offices, and the vast majority of you did your part in the midst of the worst public health crisis in our lifetimes, the world saw just how tough michiganders are. when we get knocked down, we dust ourselves off and pull each other back up. this past year we confronted historic converging crises, worldwide pandemic, the recession it caused, a 500-

2016 and 2020 20 and less to get medicated i do mention the american people are hyperpolarized and bennieredibly distressful of u.s. institutions. as a policy matter do you believe that social media companies whose statements incite violence and insurrection is appropriate and effective? >> this is a really tough question and i find myself having this conversation not only at work with my peers but at home and they think society needs to come to grips with where we are but that saves space between first amendment rights in the ability and private companies to do what they want on their own platforms. i personally think private business should do what they want to do but my concern is who is that behind the keyboard making the determination that would till says should be restricted but what ellen says should not be research appeared the situation we are in the past your calls for a whole of american society may be a panel to look at where we are going to go in the future was social media and free speech. >> just to follow up on that twitter writes to ban trump from its platform. >> i don't

from bennie thompson for mississippi, "he dared share the dream we call reality."he birthday was observed on the third monday of every january and has been since 1986. that was signed into law by ronald reagan in 1983. throughout this half hour we will show you some of the documentary that will air tonight at 8:00 eastern and this afternoon at 1:00. let's take a look. [video clip] ♪ >> the impact of jefferson is most clearly seen in statuary hall. >> with the south wing completed during jefferson's presidency the house moved out of its temporary quarters in the north part of the building and into their new chamber in 1807. >> in that room you see allegorical statuary, you see the wonderful corinthian columns. when the hall was first used in october 1807 it was generally claimed to be one of the most beautiful rooms, if not the most beautiful ring, in america. imagine being a congressman in 1807. most came from rural districts. you came to this unfinished capitol in an unfinished city, but still, you go to the interior of the south wing -- it must have been breathta

she's already moved up from 20th on the starting grid to 8 less than 2 hours behind the race leader bennis struggling some way behind a further 5 hours down. 4 days into the race hannah speeds indicate close to the russian border. she's already covered 600 kilometers but this is only around the hof waypoint. as always there's no talking to daughter while also having to keep an eye on all the dogs that. were. reported over. the one. leaving as well ok her mouth about for a trick or 3 a little but he's not even that well. he. eats but not well ok which one. it's because i'm going to ask one of the and. it will be ok. the veterinarians receive and a token payment for their assistance but for such a trout's money making the trip from the us it's worth it is very aware of the has to be unlike the race and this is a marathon not a one or 2 day issue so she's very much on top of it and i think are timeless incredibly good. for the burger or caesar salad both are you know. she needs meat and fat so. up until now i've given my dogs a lot of rest. and i see that my team is is moving faster down the

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it was the benny gantz 1st league goal in over 500 minutes chalco was showing why they are the only bundesliga side this time to have conceded as little seagulls. but clearly not exactly the world's best defensive unit with a lot of drive and a bit of luck american teenager matthew hope a few equalizers. time colognes young team and man made it to want to shots and shelf his hopes. the gap between shelf and cologne is now 8 points that's more than shall have managed in the whole of the 1st half of the season. they were home. with our like broke but. if someone don't believe it's better that you stay at home we have to learn we have to fight them to learn all together. make big points the following in the relegation battle. let's see how they made last stage on match day 17. it's been a bumpy 1st half of the season for clock their successful champions league campaign has come in contrast disappointing bundles league of form they finished 2020 with a run of 4 games without a win but hope has been restored since the turn of the year the polls have not. a draw from 3 games including a victory over

hawai'i is john burns and dan inouye, barack obama, nona beamer, 'iolani luahine, chinn ho, benny agbayani, michelle wie, marcus mariota, and kolten wong. hawai'i is the hundreds of small family businesses that make up the real backbone of our economy. it is kalakaua avenue and kalihi street on o'ahu, front street and main street on maui, ali'i drive and kinoole street on hawai'i island, and kuhio highway that stretches from kapa'a to ha'ena on kaua'i. it's watching your son playing little league baseball and your daughter scoring that soccer goal. it's the smell of a thousand lei at graduation and the swell of pride from beaming parents. and it's quiet moments, away from the rush of activities, when you get to savor life at its fullest. when you think to yourself, "this is what it's all about." this makes it all worthwhile. because we are here. we are hawai'i. in these dark times, with the pandemic knocking us back on our heels, it is not enough to occasionally show aloha. we must have aloha for each other at all times. we all have jobs to do -- you, me, everyone in hawai'i -- to lift our

and benny! -- bbc news.e's been massive disruption and four people have lost their lives. and, for the first time in a decade, madrid has been covered in deep blankets of snow. mark lobel reports. storm philomena has blanketed parts of spain in heavy snows. half the country has been put on maximum alert and the storm has cost lives. we are amidst the worst snowstorm that has hit much of the country since records began. in some places like the —— madrid, we have seen snowfall that has exceeded expectations. 1500 people were trapped in cars are needed rescuing. with the police, civil guard in the military‘s emergency unit all in action. passengers were snowed in at spain's main airport. translation: we had to sleep you, they didn't give us food or drinks, but with nowhere to sleep, we had to lie on the luggage belt and asks. before it, some parts of spain's north—eastern region hadn't seen any snow for years. translation: i don't think it has snowed here since 2005. is the same story in central spain, to. neve

but in some ways benny millions of americans found in him somebody who understood them who spoke their language now the most of the politicians in the united states in congress don't have that ability they just go to themselves they just talk in these cliches and i think that's really what's going when you when you repress these people tell them they you know to shout out go to hell because the far right extremists racist anti semites or white nationalists or all the rest when you tell them that. you either create a situation where there were. there's going to be another violent explosion somewhere at some point all on you know you you do what it is you to demonise suggesting it would you get the russian example which is you beat the population down into submission and people just give up they just mean that it is hopeless they're all attempts at resistance all attempts and remedies have failed you know there's nothing we can do we just simply have to accept things as they are and i think that's kind of how the bolsheviks the british rule for 70 years and people just gave up i mean the

workers who have already been vaccinated include ucsf and ucsf, benny off children's hospital, oakland were at the highest risk of exposure, including nurses, doctors, custodial workers, respiratory therapists and flow body. miss in all u. c. s f expects to vaccinate a total of 21,500 employees in danville, a restaurant that has repeatedly defied contra costa county health orders was briefly ordered to shut down permanently in contra costa dante had its health permits suspended last week after it was cited seven times for serving customers outside which is in violation of contra costa county covid-19 guidelines. the permit has since been re instead. hated and the restaurant has been allowed to reopen, but only for take out and delivery. san jose. fire crews are continuing mop up operations following a four alarm fire in the heart of the downtown area. it happened on east san fernando street. the mercury news is reporting that the building house, the city's oldest bar, dating back to the late twenties, ktvu is jesse gary tells us that this fire just makes it that much more difficult for

western asia it happened in the tele barre region an unstable area neighboring mali aquino fastow and benny fighters from on groups linked to al qaeda and i saw a cross in and out of the poorest borders our correspondent argument addresses in the capital niamey and says the attack took place on the same day as election results were announced. and officials said the gunman who targeted the 2 villages have crossed in tunisia from the border with mali and that is not the only problematic area. the border with brooke you know faso is porous and has seen attacks from armed men on groups loyal to al qaida and islamic state and on the border with nigeria we've seen increased activity in both attacks targeting not only c.v.s. but also military personnel a senior security official confirmed to all jazeera that in one of the villages more than 50 people have been killed but it's not sutton the number of people killed in the 2nd village he said a government delegation is on its way to the village to assess the situation and. help to the victims as well as properly secure that particular location and t

songwriter, teaming up started off as a songwriter, teaming up with others to write to spanish harlem for bennyk meanings, but huge hits in the us and he was a millionaire by the age of 21. you spoke about him, if a conductor conduct an orchestra, he was the man who conducted in the recording studio, bringing in people like glenn campbell to play guitar, all time greats were behind the scenes for him working away creating this huge sound. the ronnettes, one of the most influential drum intro is of all time. he actually married the lead singer of the ronnettes. ronnie. 0verthe lead singer of the ronnettes. ronnie. over the years terrible stories have emerged of abuse in that relationship, how he was said to have kept a gold coffin in his basement with a glass case that he said to her he would display her in if she ever left him. in her biography she talks about how phil spector made her drive around with an inflatable phil spector indycar if he wasn't there. that is how possessive this man was. and what broke him or caused him to crack was in 1966 when he produced what is masterpiece, river deep

it is a benny sound is being used to preach baby farming's in his home state. it's time for the perfect jenny. sponsored point at ways hello the weather is looking a little more my boss across europe over the next couple of days we've got bands of cloud of the writer rolling in from the atlantic it will turn decidedly malda as this happens at stan as that moderate bumps into some very cold air into central and eastern parts of europe we can expect to see if the snow over the next day or so into central areas could see another meter of fresh snow coming in across the office that rain tumbles in across the british isles through france germany 6 a very heavy rainfall as well it does stay dry for a good part of spite and portugal less that mahler a coming in 16 celsius in madrid could get around 19 in japan further east it's the all the cold side temperatures hovering around freezing for warsaw and for moscow with some snow there across a good possible eastern europe down towards the black sea we push on and see friday and we'll see that snow continues and not its

risen to about 100 the prime minister visited the area where it happened a region bordering mali and benny the heart of reports villagers in western asia are gathered to pray in the wake of one of the deadliest days in their nation's recent history these graves are just 2 days old the prime minister of malaysia air flew in to see the devastation for himself don't come up we came to provide moral support and present a condolences of the president of the republic to covenant and the entire nation of . ours interior minister says the villages were attacked on saturday after locals killed 2 fighters from an unknown group but no one has claimed responsibility for these attacks and you feel a desire to better secure some critics on the situation is simply horrible committed by and they did to fight individuals but the investigations will be conducted so that described as not go unpunished. has endured a series of attacks by groups including nigeria based boko haram i saw an al qaeda with thousands of people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced despite the presence of thousands of

joining us now is the chairman of the house homeland security committee, democratic congresswoman bennie thompson of mississippi. looks like we're having an issue with the shot, guys. is he available? we have him, i'm told. chairman, thank you for being with us. i want to get your reaction to this quote, unquote, great call between president trump and congresswoman marjorie taylor greene. someone who showed support for calls to execute members of your party and who said she doesn't regret any of her past comments. >> ana, it's a sad day for republican politics in america. it's a sad day for united states congressmen, woman, a president, former president to be having this kind of discussion. congresswoman greene is an embarrassment to us all, but more importantly is in this era of domestic terrorism, the right riot we just had in the capitol on january 6th. the republican leadership has to step up at this point. and discipline this person who's a member of congress who obviously is operating. >> some colleagues have spoken about the threat they feel from republican lawmakers like greene.

this does inject a little benny hill aspect to it, but it's what we've got now. in this court proceeding today in genesee, michigan, in the box in the upper right, that's labeled "genesee jail booth 2," the guy with the white hair on the right side in that upper-right box, that is richard dale snyder, who you heard in the title of the court case. he's better known as rick snyder. until recently, he was the republican governor of the great state of michigan. and it's not every day that you see a former governor hauled before a judge to face criminal charges. in fact, in the state of michigan, it has never happened before. no michigan governor or former michigan governor has ever before been charged with a crime for his or her alleged conduct while serving as governor, until today. two-term republican governor rick snyder of michigan is charged with two counts of willful neglect of duty. he has pled not guilty. according to the indictment, rick snyder, quote, as governor of the state of michigan, a public officer, did willfully neglect his mandatory legal duty to p

look what benny thompson suggesting, senator ted cruz, senator ted cruz is a principled conservative harvardto educated lawyer, alan dershowitz has said probably the best student he ever said. or josh hawley. that fact that they wanted an audit that they now say could be classified, they could be classified as domestic terrorists and the put onto a no-fly list because they supported attending audit? keep in mind, senator cruz, senator hawley wanted to ensure the integrity of our elections. reading the polls where 83% of republicans according to gallup didn't like the results. i guess be banned from any commercial flights, that would be insane. that is called overreach and that would be would be fundamentally unfair. if we apply the same standards based on things maxine waters said and many other democrats, we'll remind you if you like to know, not one single republican lawmaker ever i heard ever wouldn't want to riot, nobody wants that. every single conservative, they condemned immediately what happened at the capitol, we condemn to those people all summer long breaking the law. some

bennie mow is the head of investigations at graphic ca, a company that an lies the spread of disinformationn social media. >> it's the kind of thing where particularly in a tight race, it can make a difference if it reaches enough people. >> reporter: prosecutors say nearly 5,000 people responded to the fraudulent text code allegedly distributed by mackey. >> if you conclude that all of those were people who were trying to vote and people who didn't actually go and vote this person, that's 4,900 votes that have just been suppressed. >> reporter: mackey's alleged co-conspirators are not named in the complaint, but twitter data shared by authorities suggests at least one of the apparent co-conspirators has been charged for their involvement in the january 6th insurrection. >> you can draw a through line from that to what happened. you had a lot of these people, trump supporters who had been sucking down propaganda and disinformation for years, spread by many of these same people attack our capitol. >> reporter: and, don, we've reached out to mackey a lawyers for comment. you know, a lot like

house homeland security chairman bennie thompson suggesting senator ted cruz, senator ted cruz is a principled conservative harvard educated lawyer. alan dershowitz has had probably the best student he ever had. josh hawley, the fact that they said they wanted an audit. they can be classified as domestic terrorists and put on a no-fly list? because they supported a ten day audit? huh? senator cruz and senator hawley wanted to ensure the integrity of the elections. 83% of republicans according to gallup didn't trust the results. in the case of josh hawley, lost a book deal and now i might he guess be banned for many commercial flights. that would be insane. that is called overage. that would be fundamentally unfair. what if we apply the same standards based on things maxine watters said in many other democrats. we will remind you if you'd like to know. not one single republican lawmaker ever i heard ever would want a riot. nobody wants that. every single conservative republican i know, they have condemned immediately what happened at the capital. we repeatedly condemned and we condemn all summe

. >> martha: congressman benny thompson is saying senator cruz and senator hawley should be in that groupwell and they should not be able to get on airplanes. tell me your reaction to that. >> we've reached the height of ludicrous response here. this is senator cruz, senator hawley following what we believed was the correct process under title iii which had been followed three times this century by democrats. so we engaged in that and now somehow they should not be allowed to fly. they want them expelled. you have a book deal from josh hawley being cancelled. that's part of the cancel culture. if you really want to bring unity and cool down this simmering embers, you don't pour more gas on the fire. that's what i think these people are trying to do. >> martha: i think of the editorial today talking about families who went to that event on january 6th. i just hope the net is not too wide in terms of pointing the fingers at those who were not involved in the violence at the capitol. i do want to get your thoughts on the big tech issue. this is the former white house press secretary, ari fle

and house homeland security chairman bennie thompson today said cruz and hawley could be put on a no-fly doesn't stop here. the radical dems are in high healing mode now, don't you think? congresswoman maxine waters, who spends a lot of time on healing, says when president trump leaves office, he will have control over his supporters to confront his enemies. but the radical dems have given their own marching orders in the past. take a look and listen. >> i just don't even know why there aren't uprisings all over the country. maybe there will be. >> you see anybody from that cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you -- >> please, get up in the face of some congress people. >> you cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about. >> when they go low, we kick them. >> they're not going to stop. they're not going to stop, and that's -- this is a movement, i'm telling you. they're not going to stop. and everyone beware, because they're not going to stop. they're not going to stop before electi

having received military training as a youngster he became a militia man in the pay of the ruthless benny'sdictatorship. consult then founded his own army financed by the opium trade. soon at the head of 2000 amen he crossed the border and sold his services to the powers that be in thailand. he was pretty good at sensing where the power lay and the maximum amount of resources he could extract from the power arms. immunity. the right to traffic. the kingdom of thailand welcomed consult with open arms with his armed men he would defend the border against communist incursions in exchange the so-called prince a prosperous he was given carte blanche for his trafficking. his opium caravans freely travel the cross borders the ties supreme command had base camps for them protected them and of course received a percentage of their profits. from an item. of if i did not. build a very large board toward he became quite a powerful drug lord. was picked up on the da radar but thailand refused to hand over its precious and i to washington. faced with this stalemate the members of the american congress tr

reverend sharpton, i also serve on the committee on homeland security under the leadership of chairman bennie thompson. and this is a topic that we have tried to push for the last -- during the last congress. the overwhelming threat of home-grown terrorism, domestic terrorism. we saw the culmination of that on last wednesday. and so we have got to have a very aggressive approach, as you know there are several major investigations going on right now into what happened on last wednesday, who was involved, who was involved in the planning, including everybody. we heard the commander in chief incite the riot, but we're also interested in were there members of the senate, were there members of congress? yes, i heard reports, i heard from police officers, capitol police officers, that there were officers who falsely and illegally flashed their badges to try to push their way into the capitol building, and so anybody who was involved should be held accountable. >> as a floridian, your husband is a mayor there as well, how concerned are you that donald trump will relocate to florida, and as "the wash

saying hello to benny the guinea pig. 87—year—old mary is connecting with children and their pets.eek. i cannot wait to see them. whenever the kids have come on and animals it's beautiful. i really love it. from their homes, young people with an interest in volunteering are able to make a virtual visit to an elderly person who is isolated by lockdown. mary, i went on a drive on christmas eve to look at the lights. did you see any lights through your window? not this time, not this year. but before, when i used to go up west bromwich on the bus and see all the lights some houses have got it beautiful. jill fraser has been helping bring the generations together, running zoom calls for people right across the country. when young meet old, both benefit. the older people feel valued and the younger people feel valuable. and that's been so important at these times when the future is so uncertain for young people — that they can get that recognition of an older person saying thank you so much. see you, mary. see you, jackie. itjust makes me feel happy. and i also get to gain a bit- of emp