burr: dr. kessler, we shipped millions of doses of -- 2.7 million doses of astrazeneca to mexico, and that is the only country we shipped to. we have got additional doses of astrazeneca in inventory in this country. we talked about july 4 exporting more, why have we not taken the astrazeneca, which is not approved in the united states, why have we not mobilized that to other countries today? dr. kessler: senator, this is a very important question. we have shipped a total of 4 million doses to date, including to mexico, and i believe 1.5 to canada. we are ready to ship up to 60 million doses of astrazeneca, but as the chair pointed out, and as my colleague responded, dr. marks, there are issues with emergents that are under review by the fda. if and when those issues are resolved, and we can say that these are quality doses, we will do just as you say. >> correct me if i am wrong, i didn't think the emergent baltimore facility had anything to do with astrazeneca. i'm i wrong, dr. marks? that sha

senator burr. senator burr: thank you. dr. kessler, we've shipped 2.7 million doses of astrazeneca i think to mexico. that's the only country we've shipped to. we've got additional doses of astrazeneca in inventory in this country. we talked about july 4 exporting more. why have we not mobilized that to other countries in the world today? dr. kessler: senator, it's a very important question. we have shipped a total of four million doses to date, including to mexico and, i believe, 1.5 to canada. we are ready to ship up to 60 million doses of astrazeneca, but, as the chair pointed out and as my colleague, dr. marks, responded, there are issues with the emergent that are under review by the food and drug administration. if and when those issues are resolved and we can say that these are quality doses, we will do just as you say. senator burr: correct me if i'm wrong, i didn't know if the baltimore facility had anything to do with astrazeneca production, am i wrong, dr. marks? dr. marks: senator burr, no. the astrazeneca vaccine

senator burr. >> thank you, madam chairman. this is size city because nobody is supposed to family leave. all of our witness speak in favor of it and i've heard a couple of references to the covid example. and it makes me think about the innovators who really responded to something that didn't exist just a year and two months ago. those small incubator companies that came up with diagnostic tests. they came up with therapeutic responses. i'm not talking about pfizer and moderna, they companies, but i'm talking about the small ones that have the flexibility to work with technology. and i wonder if they had this series of regulatory mandates, with they have even existed then? with a been able to respond to this? in many cases their employees are made up of employees that have chosen to work overtime because they are trying to make a company succeed. and in some cases they had sacrificed pay for some type of stock benefits. those employees with that company have made certain decisions about their finances because they want the com

aaron burr has no principles hamilton wrote burr is for or against anything but as it suits his interest or ambition, that sounds familiar to today too. doesn't it? no, i think i heard last fall people saying that that he or she only makes decisions based on his or her interest or ambition. well, so that was that was an extraordinary period of american history that has become very relevant in our time. if we go on now to the to the next, virginia barn president. it's james madison. um, he had been an archival of course of john adams. the united nine following his victory in 188 election a major newspaper. we got this in our collection the boston patriots you see there in the massachusetts of john adams. yes. the boston john adams is in quincy only a stones throw away and it published what he said an authentic sketch of his political life madison's political life that the editors anticipated would be quote acceptable to the public. as entitled biography of james madison and if you could yeah. well, i mean in the newspapers very easy to read it. so one wonders, you know how to why did peop

was the presidential candidate and burr was the vice presidential candidate. they voted for each one of them so they ended up in a tie. although jefferson's votes were for president and burr's for vice president, it resulted in a tie. it took the house of representatives 36 ballots to break the tie. and to elect jefferson as the president. and after that, the jeffersonians were afraid that the federalists in the future could bargain with whoever was jefferson's running mate to make a deal with him and there by elect the running mate as the president. so they arranged to have the constitution amended and to enact the 12th amendment to the constitution which separated the election of president and vice president so that the electors would vote not twice for president, but would vote once for president and once for vice president. well, that changed really was the original reason to have the vice presidency and the discussions over the 12th amendment, some people said we should really get rid of the vice presidency now but they decided it was simpler to keep it t

presidential candidate, and burr was the vice presidential candidate. but all of the jefferson, burr electors voted for each one of them. they ended up in a tie. although jefferson's vote were really for president, and burr's was for vice president, it resulted in a tie. it took a house of representatives 36 ballots to break the tie. and to elect jefferson as the president. after after that the jeffersonians were afraid that in the future they could bargain who with was ever jefferson's running like to make a deal with them. and they would have jefferson's vice presidential running mate as president. so they arranged to have the constition to have the 12th amended to the constitution, that separated the election of president and vice president. so the electors would vote not twice for president, but once for president and wants for vice president. that change illuminated the reason to have the vice presidency and the discussions over the 12th amendment. some people said we really should get rid of the vice presidency now, but they decided it was simpler

was the presidential candidate, burr was the vice presidential candidate. but all the jefferson-burr voters voted for each one of them, so they ended up in a tie. while the jefferson votes were for jefferson and the burr votes were for president, it took a tiebreaker to vote for thomas jefferson for president, and they decided in the future whoever wanted to could bargain to make a deal with him, and therefore the vice presidential running mate is the president. they arranged to have the constitution amended and to enact the 12th amendment to the constitution which separated the election of president and vice president, so that the electors would vote not twice for president but would vote once for president and once for vice president. that change really eliminated the original reason to have the vice presidency, and the discussions you over the 12th amendment, some people said, we really should get rid of the vice presidency now. but they decided it was simpler to keep it than to get rid of it, so the vice presidency continued. it continued really entirel

you have seven on your screen now, the addition of north carolina senator richard burr, and cnn's ryan noble s is joinig us from capitol hill. >> reporter: this does not come as a surprise, this is the procedural move republicans need in order to get to the 60 vote threshold in order for this legislation to pass and we're being told that republicans -- we need one of them to say that we will call for a filibuster and they need to break that filibuster in order for that bill to get to the floor, and 7 means that 60-vote threshold is necessary. what we are starting to see, and it precipitated after mitch mcconnell announced yesterday morning he was not going to support this bill, you see the republican members of the senate falling in line behind their leader. one example would be mike rounds, you know. he's a senator that initially said that he was in favor of the 1/6 commission, and he was going to vote yes and mcconnell changes his mind and now he says he will vote no. senator richard burr of north carolina coming out today and officially saying he plans to vote no, and burr is among

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i just asked richard burr if he would actually open debate on this bill. he said, no, he would vote no to sustain a filibuster on that, and other republicans, including ones like mitt romney, someone who has been open to the idea of a commission, someone who has voted multiple times to convict donald trump on charge -- during his impeachment trials, indicated to me that he wants changes to the bill. he said he wants -- that's what susan collins also voted to convict donald trump on his second impeachment trial, she wants changes as well and then i asked romney, would you be willing to see debate begin on this proposal? and he says he is not there yet. so, it just shows you how unlikely it is that anything will get through the senate. republicans, if they do filibuster this as soon as next week, could be the first time they do that to legislation in this congress and it could be over this commission, which is drafted by bipartisan support in the house. >> okay, manu, stay with us, if you would, and we also want to bring in david chalian, our cnn political d

that from senator burr tells you this is most likely dead. and here is the point. they say yes these committees are looking into it. are any of these committees going to ask to hear from donald trump, from the house minority leader mccarthy who spoke to then president trump that day who president trump allegedly said nice things about the rioters? so they prefer the white wash. >> exactly. and i think with senator shelby's quote earlier saying the prospects were short of breath i think richard burr sort of punched it in the gut and killed it all together because think of the gravitas he would have brought to this if he had supported a january 6th commission. they led the bipartisan russia investigation as chairman of the intelligence committee, voted to convict trump in his second impeachment trial. he is also retiring so he doesn't have political considerations. the fact he came out moments ago against the commission means a lot of senate republicans will be opposing. >> let's listen. the house minority leader kevin mccarthy taking questions now. let's go live. >>

history and historical fiction snoring constitutional convention, the gifts of james madison, aaron burr's treason trial and the impeachment trial of president andrew johnson. won the washington writing award for best book, the history prize of the society of the cincinnati, and the prescott award of the national society of colonial dames of america. george washington's final battling, the epic struggle to build a capital city and a nation by robert watson delves into washington's involvement in the establishment of a capitol city and described how the process nearly tore our young and vulnerable country apart. watson is a professor, historian and author with over 40 published books and hundreds of scholarly articles. he has served as a visiting scholar at many historic sites including presidential libraries, museums and universities, and was an analyst for nbc and pbs for many years. several of his books have won awards including the nazi titanic, the ghost ship of brooklyn, an untold store-at the american revolution, and america's first crisis. welcome david and robert. >> i drew the str

including senator burr who is out with a statement making clear that he is opposing the bill. this bill got 35 republican votes in the house and now it may get zero in the senate? >> it is pretty incredible. mitch mcconnell coming out saying he did not support it we did a track of where they all stand and zero came out in support of the bill. a dozen are considering it. let's look at what they have going on. >> we have two committees in the senate doing they say there is due politictive investigationing going on in the senate. that's one reason why senator richard burr who voted to impeach the president says he does not support the legislation as well. it is important to know that the investigation going on in the senate is a much smaller scale on the security on the capital and not in the events that lead up to january 6th. >> there was a security spending bill, they are facing odds that don't look so great. how likely is it to see any of these things breaking through. is it something they can sign or are we stuck in a 50/50 senate. i think we have to separate issue by issue.

. >> and richard burr is poised to filibuster the matter thus blocking even debate on the issue.eporter daniella diaz is with us. the issue is just one getting stalled in the senate. talk to us what's happening? >> reporter: christi, boris, it's not just this 9/11-style commission to investigation the insurrection that has stalled, it's practically dead on arrival. but there are lots of pieces of legislation that have passed the house and sitting in the senate as democrats intend to negotiate on the 60-vote threshold that's needs to break filibuster on any piece of legislation. let's start with the 9/11-style commission on the insurrection. it passed the house with 35 republicans voting in favor of it which is a notable number. but now it's dead on arrival in the senate as many republicans who voted to convict donald trump in his second impeachment trial have come out and said they do not support this. mainly, senator richard burr, who you guys just mentioned who actually has been working behind the scenes to convince other senate republicans not to support this legislation. then

senator blackburn, blood, burr, enough, shelby did not vote. senators agreed today to delay action on a bill that supports you with science and technology efforts to compete with china. that bill expected to be considered after lawmakers return from the memorial day break it senate lawmakers to be approved a couple of biden administration nominees. live coverage of the senate when the gavel back in on c-span2. shortly we take you live to remarks of senator majority leader chuck schumer. we will have that live in a couple of minutes here on c-span2. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more including comcast. >> comcast is partnering with 1000 with 1000 temerity senators to great wi-fi enabled lift center systems from low income families can get the tools they need to be ready for anything. >> comcast support c-span as a public service along with these other television providers giving a front row seat to democracy. >> the think tank is called coin center and joining us in washington is

given wherer now, given what we're seeing on the senate side, each richard burr who voted to convict president trump at his impeachment trial is not in favor of this commission. do you think the commission bill has any chance in the senate? >> well, given the direction from mitch mcconnell and given what senator burr just did, i would say the chances of success are diminishing. i don't think they're impossible. but finding men and women of good conscious that want to get to the bottom of the tragedy of january 6 that shook america to its core, you know, i think is an essential task. my hope is there will be enough republicans still who have the intestinal fortitude to address that. >> today, leader kevin mccarthy did say he would be willing to testify about his call with trump. we know that call that happened during the riots when the republicans who talked to mccarthy said that trump said it was antifa and all these things and kevin mccarthy was like, this is not true. he said he would be willing to testify about that call in front of a commission that he voted against having. here'

alexander hamilton that inspired the hit musical, and weehawken is where the duel hamilton and aaron burrssing rudy had some secret information proves hamilton actually won the duel "and now i'm going to turn it over to my ballistics expert, mike lindell." "we have proof that hamilton was wearing a pillow under his shirt and everyone knows a bullet can't go through a pillow. well, it can't go through a my pillow!" "thanks, mike, you can go. "but i don't got anywhere to go." of course, it's also possible rudy picked up the book thinking it was a giant stack of $10 bills. "oh, rudy, you're gonna be rich. driver, take me to tavern on the green. tell him to give me my usual table out back behind the dumpster one of the raccoons has some dirt on joe biden. in fact, rudy was reportedly holding the book because he supposedly in the process of filming some sort of documentary special about hamilton >> following the fbi raid of his home and office, donald trump's former attorney is pushing back on the cliff developing story of potential crimes, and has found the time shoot a hamilton documentary.

and richard burr, one of seven gop senators who voted to convict the former president in february, now says he's against the commission. s let's be perfectly clear here, the point of commissions like these is to take politics out of the equation and establish a set of shared facts about a tragic event in hopes of trying to prevent another one in the future. but as we've seen in the recent days and weeks, the current political climate is so toxic, we can't even agree on those facts. that is what led us to january 6th in the first place. and not having an independent commission seems to perpetuate the problem. leigh ann caldwell is here now. richard burr is someone you have been following pretty closely until we saw this actual statement come up. what is your take on the number of republicans who voted with democrats in the house and whether there's any chance this goes forward in anything close to its current form in the senate? >> hey, kasie, with senator bur coming out against it, it seems very unlikely, highly unlikely, democrats are going to find those ten republicans, to stand with

if you want to think of humanity if we really want to survive burr ever we're going to have to move off the earth eventually i know that seems a little crazy but you've got to start somewhere. this is d w news and these are out top stories and metro accident in mexico city has left at least 24 people dead and dozens injured authorities say an elevated section of the round system collapsed as a train was passing over it on monday night local residents had previously expressed concerns of.

but north carolina senator richard burr worries of federal one-size-fits-all mandate would be too expensive and end up costing jobs. we should make sure. we give business. the flexibility to help employers. make paid leave work about 10 states currently fund, their own paley programs in a different way. their payroll taxes. louisiana senator bill cassidy worries. how companies will respond if congress passed a similar national policy that would just allow them to offload their obligation upon the federal taxpayers. but vicki szabo, a paley policy expert. >> argues the benefit outweighs the cost. if we were to finance their payroll taxes. it would be a small cost for a big value in washington. i'm jessi turnure. still ahead on the kron 00:00am morning news tesla is facing new allegations. >> now the company might be violating state regulations. welcome back to the kron 00:00am morning news. i'm reyna harvey. lets get another check of weather with john stray. but we talked about. >> john, just how windy it is and we're now entering in fire season. we were already here. fire season has arrived

if you want to think of humanity if we really want to survive burr ever we're going to have to move off the earth a bentley i know that seems a little crazy but you've got to start somewhere. this is d.w. news and these are out top stories a metro accident in mexico city has left at least 24 people dead and dozens injured authorities say an elevated section of the round system collapsed as a train was passing over it on monday night local residents had previously expressed concerns about cracks in the structure which had been weakened after an earthquake in 2017. germany has recorded its highest level of right wing extremist crime in 20 years new statistics show that foreign crime rose by more than 5 percent last year and he submitted crimes increased by more than 15 percent the vast majority motivated by right wing extremism authorities say. the number of coronavirus cases in india has officially topped 20000000 though it's believed the real figures all deaths and infections are much higher than that supply shortages have slowed down the national vaccination drive and the health care s

$140000000.00 by the end of 2018 the federal tab for investigating persian is confederates and for prosecuting burrs was an additional unknown amount birgitte collected $900000.00 in pension money chicago police officers implicated in the torture scandal had collected and additional $31000000.00 in pension pushing the still mounting total past $170000000.00. well i guess i need to update my book because that that meter keeps running and i guess that now we're getting close to 200000000 and what's interesting is not only did daley as the mayor not only did rahm emanuel as the mayor continue in one form or another to just fund the defense of these cases in court now we have lori lankford who ran on a progressive. approach and there was a torture torture case that she put to trial rather than just settle in the last year or to cost the city another $10000000.00 so doesn't really matter who the mayor is i think the mayor continues to fuel this cover up as exposed as it is here in the city of chicago as we sit here today and men and women still remain in the penitentiary who have been tortured and we con

burr we spent $1.6 million -- but we spent $1.6 million on this and basically you could see it as basically a trolley car with nobody in it. it was sort of this nostalgia. it's one thing to preserve but something that existed for 50 years. often you see it sitting vacant or not in use at all. now, we've decided that -- i don't know why they even think this anymore because i think climate alarmism has really penetrated all of our education. but just in case there's a child in the country that's not afraid that the oceans will rise and cover the land and that we're all going to drown and that the polar bears are going to drown, we need to make sure they know it through a special video game. so we spent half a million dollars on a video app to try to convince our kids that the polar bears are drowning sometime soon and that the -- the presiding officer: order in the chamber. mr. paul: -- around the corner. will the chair inform me how much time i have remaining? the presiding officer: 28 and a half minutes. mr. paul: all right. i think at this point i would reserve the remainder of my time. yo

no not to me you know let's listen for receive georgie you said grand rapids burr who was the secretary of state who was trying to do a legitimate election and then you had the governor said you know what i really don't see voter fraud it's as well as the house and. all republicans doing right is not germane to the political party is at the core of who you are and so the republicans are group there of democrats i disagree with but at the end of the day they all have to be in. this chinese hassam because everyone knows from inside their right. and united states capitol. but as you watch today as a republican look at everything that's going on right now in the country rory i mean gas prices with the turmoil in the middle east this would been a great day right now for the republicans to take focus on all the things and put the blame on the biden mess ration instead we're talking about what just happened the republicans once again that i'm a sabotaged this new cycle to make sure they're still the ones that are being put in the put in the spotlight that being said republicans they're putting

last month this cemetery could not keep up with the pace of burr reallies as a steady streak of casketsive with victims of covid-19. j. >> you could not see your energy. people are dieing because of that virus. >> the doctor is cares for the casualties of that menmy. a bloody conflict that raged for more than three years killing thousands and leaving much of the country in ruins and bitterly divided. invisible from above, are still entrenched from below. it includes boz knbozniak musli. they say it has made it harder for the government to end this health care crisis. during the war about 11,000 people died but in recent months they have been taking lives at an equally shocking case. >> they're completely surrounded. but also in the last three months it was also so difficult. >> the best doctor, husband, father, son, that you could imagine. >> her husband was an er physician. in november he battled from a hospital bed for 16 days before succumbing. she loster if father and mother-in-law all in the same week. >> it is very hard and difficult time. >> local governments imposed curfews and

she gave a concise report a burr's movements near natchez and the governor's response explaining the jefferson had conveyed that information to congress that morning. jefferson had received a letter at prizing him of the situation which he shared with james madison. james clearly told dolly dolly and her friend were the some of the first outside of official government channels to learn this news. the friendships between men and first ladies offer a window into a particular sort of political identity and power. indeed women in this era took up the only tools to which they had access persuasion and influence. men too relied upon these tools and an error without institutionalized parties or much centralized power, so i don't want to suggest that these are uniquely feminine kinds of power. however, without the right to vote or serve as serve as elected officials women relied particularly heavily on influence slide, please. abigail adams adapted a line from alexander pope and told her husband that women charmed by accepting by submitting sway. hiding their sway or power to influence behin

mid night burr brown second. and medina spirit was third. back to the warriors.f they win tomorrow they need one more game and then in to the nba postseason. back to you. >> go warriors. thank you. we'll be back. >>> big advance or china's space program. the country landed a spacecraft on mars today. for appy about it. scientists at the control centerer celebrated. a rover will be in the spacecraft for testing and then explore an icy area of mars and joining america's rover. >>> all right. do you know any babies born in 2020? >> yours. >> i do. >> darius. >> if you do, odds you know emily, liam. >> or darius. >> darius. >> top four baby names of 2020 and oliver, henry, benjamin and william. >> you know, harry and -- >> the name noah. topped the charts in california for seven years now. >> wow. >> wow. >> we'll be back at 11:00. >> right now on "access hollywood," bennifer 2.0. but after all these years, we're hoping jen and ben recapture that magic. and what has finally brought chris rock and sam jackson together? and tiffany haddish reveals what it would take fo

north carolina, richard burr not running. wisconsin, ron johnson has not decided, but that is going to be a battleground either way. florida, marco rubio. florida i would not call a swing state anymore. republicans have won key races, but it has always been close. when you flip to the other side and the democratic states, we are watching eurozone or, georgia, they just won special elections last cycle to fill the remainder of those terms. now this is for a full term. the last two states we are watching on the democratic side are nevada with catherine cortez masto and new hampshire with maggie hassan. that is a key state, not only because new hampshire goes with the national trend but we are waiting for chris sununu to decide if he is going to run. that might be the premier senate race in the cycle. host: nathan gonzales, if any of those races strike your fancy give us a call. we will talk about it. we want to hear your questions or comments. it is an early spotlight on 2022, but never too early to talk the next relation. -- t

i would say on the senate side f you can get a core group, senator portman who's retiring, senator burr who's retiring, senator toomey who is retiring, senator collins who said she's open to negotiations, there are several more senators there who might be able to be convinced that we have to do something about january 6th. we can't have lies being told. we didn't have the fair and free election in this country. that is a house divided that cannot stand against itself, as abraham lincoln said. we have to have republicans coming together just as they did on 9/11. a lot of people think -- they don't remember too freshly about what happened on 9/11, brianna. that took a lot of cajoling and persuading for senator mccain and i to pass that bill to create the 9/11 commission. the bush white house was initially opposed to it. we had to repeal republicans in the house and senate to get that created. that's the battle we have this time. i think it's doable and achievable. i think anything is possible in america despite how difficult our politics are. this could be a sign that democrats and republ

senator richard burr, a republican who voted to impeach donald trump but voted against this commissionhe actually -- he said that basically this bill wasn't fair, that this commission wasn't fair. what do you say to people like him, to mcconnell, who say, look, there are already congressional committees with jurisdiction looking into this. what would the new commission do that the committees can't? >> well, i think that this is just ridiculous. truly. we had an armed insurrection, an attack on our capitol, lives were lost, police officers' lives were lost, and we need to get to the bottom of this. we need understand exactly what has happened. and we need understand what role if any the white house played, what role if any members of congress played in this attack, worst attack on our capitol since the civil war. to say that an independent commission which we used during the 9/11 attack on our country is not needed at this time, i just flatly don't understand. and you got to ask yourself why is it that people don't want to have this commission, why is it that some of my colleagues don't

burr if they do would you be willing and do you think it would be okay to concede some of these pointsit. right. if there are legitimate concerns they would be heard. this was a bipartisan investigation. the lead republican on this is a former mob prosecutor and public corruption prosecutor who spent 20 years at the department of justice, and democrats essentially a seeded to all of his requests that were put by none other than kevin mccarthy. i have a bipartisan commission and subpoena authority that has to come together by a majority vote or with the consent of the chair and the ranking member. and you have an agreement by stipulation that the investigation would end by the end of the calendar year. all of the things that republicans said are their concern, democrats and republicans said okay, we will meet them. the bill and the commission got 35 republican votes out of the house of representatives. the idea that it is somehow, some political maneuver to put the spotlight on republicans, i think the fact that republicans think that, it might lead you to believe that they think there

one of them, senator richard burr, has said he will not support the commission.to it. she could support it. she wanted to see changes that she was still having conversations. again, i just don't see the ten republicans at this point willing to support this bill. >> joining us is jake tapper. am i being too cynical? sorry, most importantly, the author of the new novel "the devil may dance." i want to get to that in a second. am i being too cynical as lauren said, until proven otherwise or given evidence otherwise, i don't see reason for optimism that this is going to happen. >> you're not being too cynical. i think you're right. i think the calculated decision is made by mitch mcconnell that this commission, january 6th commission will obviously flekt on the republican part y poorly. that's why they decided to kill it and not support it. that doesn't mean that there won't be some sort of commission, whether it is nancy pelosi pushing a select committee in the house but it will not have the same gravitas necessarily as the 9/11 commission did. it's hard to be too c

it would take months as former chairman burr said the other day, it would take months just to get a stafft things. and you've got 400-plus legal efforts going on against individuals. that's going to produce a lot of information eventually. but believe me, the justice department will not let a commission have any of that information. we just went through that with the effort we looked at after the last election. we got no sharing from the justice department about a much smaller number of cases that they're dealing with now. this information's all going to get out there. i've actually opposed the idea of a commission immediately from the very first, because i think we'll -- there's a bipartisan effort in the senate with two committees to produce not only a report, but also a number of recommendations, and we should to be able to do that in the first full week of june, and we haven't even waited for that to decide what a commission should do. chris: well, let me can you about that. you are working with senate rules and senate homeland security both, of course, chaired by democrats. and as yo

i would point them to aaron burr shooting and killing alexander hamilton when dueling was illegal in new york and new jersey. and you can say maybe the justice system wasn't up to the task. the closest that we came was back in 1974 when it was understood that president richard nixon would be indicted for his role in the watergate scandal among other crimes. and then, just one month after taking office his successor, president gerald ford, nixon's vice president, the man who assumed the white house having never been elected made what turned out to be an extremely unpopular decision. >> after years of bitter controversy and devisive debate i am compelled to conclude that many months and more years will have to pass before richard nixon could obtain a fair trial by jury in any jurisdiction of the united states under governing decisions of the supreme court. therefore i, gerald r. ford, president of the united states, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by article ii, section 2 of the constitution have granted and by these presence do grant a full free and absolute pardon to r

i worked on the senate health committee when ted kennedy was chair and we worked with senator burr.as always been and he even said, with pride, he got vaccinated, kids got vaccinated, grandkids got vaccinated, and he did what i was hoping republicans would do, talk about the value of the vaccine, be a role model for anybody who feels like if you're a republican or you're a white male, you shouldn't get vaccinated, and then you contrast that with senator rand paul, which, by the way, he's an m.d. but that doesn't mean he listens to objective facts, and the thread is that there has been nih funding that has gone to different labs around the world, including labs in wuhan. what senator rand paul has done now is propagated this crazy myth that the nih funding and directly, tony fauci's funding, as if he was personally involved, was involved in gain of function research where people research viruss and try to understand if those viruses can be more potent in weaponized in some ways. fauci, that's absolutely never been a shred of evidence linking the two, but it's like one of those things

then you've got four retiring republicans in this custodial class as you call it, roy blunt, richard burrd portman out of shelby, alabama. that's 11 right the. what would be the reason for any of them to go against this? but obviously the lobbying is happening hard behind the scenes. you saw mike brown of south dakota do a complete 180 in two day. john cordon of texas agreed to pelosi two days ago. you see these guys are jumping off the ship because they expect this will be bad news for republicans, which is kind of no duh, right? but it should be we get to the bottom of just what kind of bad news and what we can do to make sure people are held accountable and what we can do to get questions answered many of these guys had in january and february about what the heck donald trump was doing while that video was going on right there. this is very much a political game. it's hard to see where the ten votes come from right now unless there's a big change of momentum between now and next week. >> juanita, indeed hearing the esteemed historians we have on this broadcast all the time talk about h

once said he was open to the commission and ron johnson of wisconsin now in the no column and richard burrvoted to impeach former president trump just added his name to the no list. but listen to mcconnell back in january. >> the mob was fed lies. they were provoked by the president and other powerful people. >> reporter: he also promised, quote, a painstaking investigation and a thorough review must now take place and significant changes must follow. tracking with house minority leader kevin mccarthy's change of heart, their one goal now, put the insurrection behind them and focus on winning in 2022. >> i'm looking forward to being speaker in the next congress. >> reporter: and now that there's almost no chance of a commission, mccarthy boldly says he would have no problem testifying. >> would you be willing to testify about your conversation with donald trump on january 6th if you were asked by an outside commission? >> sure. >> you would? >> next question. >> reporter: and even though the bill already left the house democrats are keeping up the pressure on republicans who voted no? >> e

one of the seven who voted to convict, voted to convict donald trump, richard burr has already indicatedebate on this, and that is not expected to happen here. and just moments ago bill cassidy who voted to move ahead on this put out a statement saying that his concern is that if they don't move ahead with this, then democrats may move ahead with their own, in his view, more partisan investigation in the house. so why not have an outside commission? that is his argument. and the argument that the senate majority leader chuck schumer just made on the senate floor, he was urging republicans to move forward, in his view they're trying to hide the truth. >> if our republican friends vote against this i would ask them what are you afraid of? the truth? are you afraid that donald trump's big lie will be dispelled? are you afraid that all of the misinformation that is poured out will be rebutted by a bipartisan, down the middle commission? this is about a democracy. this is about the future of our democracy. >> reporter: and one of the concerns from one of the proponents, republican proponents

. >> at least six have announced they oppose it, including north carolina's richard burr, who is poisedus blocking debate. congressional reporter daniella diaz is with us. the commission is one of the pressing issues getting stalled. talked to us about what else is in question. >> reporter: that's right, starting with this 9/11 style commission to investigator the january 6th insurrection, it's basically dead on arrival in the senate. it passed the house this past week with 35 house republicans supporting the legislation. they broke with republican leadership to vote in favor of it. but now that it's in the senate, it's pretty clear that they won't get ten senators, republican senators, to support this legislation for it to pass. and then, of course, there's police reform. you guys just mentioned that george floyd's family is expected at the white house, but this comes as the year anniversary of george floyd's death on may 25th, this is the self-imposed deadline by bipartisan negotiators to try to pass legislation on police reform by that date, and it just doesn't seem like that's going