but then, i remember whose house officers, like eugene goodman, were really protecting. for. the people. not one party. not one politician. not one king or kingmaker. they do it, because they know they are defending the united states of america. and the sanctity of our democratic system. they stand guard against enemies, foreign and domestic. they duplicate the efforts of our founding fathers. and here we are, on the cusp of another memorial day. commemorating those who sacrificed their lives for humanity. they are not here, today, because they refused to let someone else deal with inhumanity. and you know what? they deserve better. frankly, we, all, do. you know, they were there, in wuhan, when the pandemic, first, began. and now, there are renewed questions about the wuhan lab and the coronavirus. we asked our team on the ground, in china, to take a closer look at the investigation into how the disease spread, from wuhan, to the world. that's up next. ble with a cfp® professional. a cfp® professional can help you build a complete financial plan. visit letsmakeaplan.org

why should eugene goodman duplicate the effort and lead the mob away from opening doors.capitols to duplicate efforts. mike pence? he had secret men and women designing his details so as speaker speaker pelosi. why should anyone duplicate effort to help them? why should there be any men power at all? imagine what could have been? had everyone decided to let someone else deal with it, but instead heroism prevailed. even as the last line of defense was crumbling. even when out-numbered or even when they were out-weaponed and exhausted and no re-enforcement incite. t --insight. >> as you waited to vote, officer eugene goodman stood outside to prepare to give his life to you. how could it be a single senator who could say they were unwilling to investigate the cause of the insurrection. the same senator who gave officer eugene goodman a standing ovation -- i often wonder what it is like for the dedicated public servants like officer goodman to watch it all unfold and still return each and eviden everyday with the same results to serve, protect and defend. how do they feel? ho

and to the ones still working daily to keep them safe, like eugene goodman, who used himself as bait for the mob to keep the rioters away from the senate chamber, still full of lawmakers. goodman also rushed senator mitt romney to safety. bravery like that. it earned goodman the congressional gold medal, and no senator could deny his courage that day, including this one. >> if not for the quick thinking and bravery of officer eugene goodman, in particular people in this chamber may not have escaped that day unharmed. >> eugene goodman was on duty as usual last night, protecting some of the very senators who spent hours stalling and side tracking while most of us were sleeping, forcing the final vote to block the bipartisan commission into this holiday friday when the attention of so many americans is elsewhere. the direct pleas from the late officer brian sicknick's mother to gop lawmakers went all but nowhere. today she told jake tapper while senators were nice to her, many of the meetings were tense because she didn't think they were sincere. >> if they had a child that was hurt, w

they approach a doorway, blocked by one officer, eugene goodman. goodman's hand is on his pistol.n. we're thousands. >> reporter: but the police are not the main targets. the rioters want to find the legislators, they accuse of treason. a crime, punishable by death. >> drag 'em out by the [ bleep ]. >> reporter: the fbi believes some of the rioters would have killed government officials, if they found them. >> can i speak to pelosi? yeah. we're coming, [ bleep ]. oh, mike pence, we're coming for you, too, [ bleep ] traitor. >> reporter: but the capitol isn't an easy building to navigate. >> nancy pelosi! where you at, nancy? >> guess what, america showed up. >> reporter: the capitol is 175,000 square feet. miles of hallways. 600 offices. faced from the west, the senate is on the left. the house of representatives is on the right. the domed rotunda is in the middle, supported by a room of arches known as the crypt. throughout the massive complex, congressional staffers take cover. they barricade the doors. vice president mike pence is escorted to safety, with an aide carrying codes

. >> you have eugene goodman guarding the very chamber that he was protecting the inhabitants of on january 6th. >> we just can't pretend nothing bad happened. or that people just got too excitable. it is important to lay that out. it is basically the leader of her own party who has been lobbying for days now. what chances between now and the other vote. senator susan collins, who wants to see changes, the math just isn't there. >> the math is not there. there is only three republican senators in favor of defeating a phil buster and moving on to a vote. they need seven more and i don't know where they will find that seven. some republican senators including mike braun of indiana said it will not get the 60 votes and it will be phil bustered whether or not they agree to the changes in structuring the staff that some like susan collins has back. and it gets to the fact that these are supporters of trump that attacked this capitol. last night in a steech that was deeply symbolic in the future they had speaker ryan talking about president trump. let's play sound of what he said. let's talk abou

that conversation i just mentioned with lisa murkowski happened right in front of eugene goodman.idn't know he was there at the time when she was told after the conversation ended, she went back and gave him a hug and thanked him. we saw the mother of officer brian sicknick who was killed because of january 6 on capitol hill yesterday trying to change the minds of a bunch of republican senators on this. she was joined by a metro police officer and a capitol police officer as well who was also engaging in the lobbying effort. it's very difficult not only for some of the members here up on capitol hill to experience it, but especially the capitol police who fought for hours and hours to defend not only the building but the people inside of it. as gladys sicknick said in her letter to republican senators, it feels like a slap in the face that you are not willing to create this commission, craig. >> leigh ann caldwell there on capitol hill where, again, the senate expected to take a key procedural vote in the next hour on the creation of that january 6 commission. >>> in the last hour

capitol police officer eugene goodman. you will remember, he was the one who single-handedly confronted a mob, lured them away from the senate chamber just steps away. with his own safety on the line, he did the right thing. with far less personally at stake today, the men and women he still protects did not. but chances are it's not just fear of the next election that made them vote no. ohio republican rob portman, another-yes vote, alluded to it today. here's what he told cnn. i have said all along i think it's important that we get the facts out and i think you will find our report from the rules committee and homeland security committee would be very helpful in that regard. then, he added, but our scope did not include the motivation. in other words, a defeated president's big lie about the election, which drew that mob to washington. which encouraged them to come. and senators, who fueled the mob's delusion that the election could be overturned. is shining a light on that and their complicity, what republicans are afr

this is officer eugene goodman leading terrorists, domestic terrorists away from -- well, tell us what -- if they had gone the other direction, this is officer goodman. if those domestic terrorists had gone the other direction, where would they have been, congressmen? >> they would have been in the senate chamber and they would have murdered senators. >> let me show you another thing. this defense of the woman in talking about trying to make the woman who was shot, ashley babbitt, the -- sort of a hero i guess now on the right. i want to show you another group of these domestic terrorists, insurrectionists attacking the speaker's lobby. take a look at that. >> let's go! . get the [ bleep ]. >> [ bleep ]. >> now in other angles you can see there is a capitol police officer holding a gun guarding the other side of that capitol and the so-called men by the way let a woman to be the first to breach the door, ashley babbitt who was shot who was an air force veteran. if they had gotten through those doors, what would have been on the other side of those doors, congressman? >> members of cong

nbc news reports as senator murkowski spoke last night, capitol police officer eugene goodman who on january 6th steered rioters away from an open door to the senate chamber, stood only a few feet away from the senator. goodman showed murkowski his phone and said, look, you're trending. she said, wait, you were behind me that whole time, and then he said, i'm worried. she should be. we all are. worry is not enough. something's got to change here. sahil kapur is national political reporter for nbc news and be covering these proceedings. he joins me now. you were covering it closely last night. can you just walk us through how this went down? when i took this anchor chair last night, it was maybe just a few hours away and maybe later in the night. i woke up this morning to find, oh, they still haven't done it yet. >> quite a chaotic 24 hours, chris. the senate went late yesterday after attempting to pass a china competitiveness bill and there was one wrench after another that was thrown into it. finally by ron johnson, one that was not avoidable, the senate stayed in session and adjour

craig, this overnight drama unfolded as a very familiar name was guarding the door, officer eugene g goodman. he was there as this was all going down overnight >> so hallie, i mean, it sounds like the bill is dead on arrival in the upper chamber there does that mean this is the end of the road for any congressional investigation into the capital riots? >> no, if this does fail today, it would mean the end of this independent bipartisan commission it is possible that democrats in the house create a select ry 6th. that's kind of like what we've created after the attack in benghazi. after the iran-contra scandal. that would almost certainly come under fire from republicans who would argue that that select committee would be too partisan too. >> senior washington correspondent, hallie jackson, thank you. >>> we have a lot more to get to including new details on that mass shooting in san jose, california. overnight, the city held an emotional vigil for the nine victims gunned down by a coworker at a transit rail yard. investigators are getting a better picture of the moments leading up to the att

the senator spoke last night, capitol police officer eugene good win who january 6th, steered rioters away from an open door on the chamber, and goodman showed murkowski his phone and said, you're trending. and she said, i'm worried. we are all are. worry's not enough. something has to change. sahil kapur joins me now, you were there last night or covering it closely, and can you just walk us through how it went down? because when i took the anchor chair last night, it was a few hours away, and i woke up this morning to find, they still haven't done it yet. >> quite a chaotic 24 hours, chris. the senate went late yesterday after attempting to pass a china competitiveness bill, and there was one wrench after another that was thrown into it, finally by ron johnson. the senate stayed in session and adjourned before 3:00 p.m. it came back at 9:00 a.m. they decided to push it back and vote on the january 6th bill. 11 of them ented up missing the vote, and it got 54 votes, sort of the 60 needed to break a filibuster. i had never seen the disillusionment. and joe man chin, a proponent of bipartisanship. that is a cool to promote cooperation.