as a huge economy as president biden repeatedly pointed out between republican voters in senators in , 50% of republicans support arp, zero in the house and senate voted for it because unfortunately, they are under the thumb of donald trump who wants nothing done but that's not where republicans really are. >> [inaudible question] >> we have had two very good, long intense discussions in our caucus as recently as wednesday and we are continuing at those lunches, it was made clear how important f1 is to the country, our democratic majority an individual senators and those discussions are ongoing and i have a lot of faith in them. yes. you. >> [inaudible question] >> look, as i said, we try to work with republicans will began but we need big, bold action and reconciliation is certainly a serious consideration to get that big bold action if we can't get it with republicans. next. >> [inaudible question] >> look, i think the events of the last few days probably made every member of our caucus realize a lot of our republican colleagues are not willing to work with us on a lot of issues, ev

advance a big picture infrastructure bill through a budget process that would not necessitate senate republicannput. to be fair, both sides, the white house, senate democrats and republicans, both parties are in agreement on the fact that we need to modernize and improve the country's infrastructure. the big contention is how do we pay for it. that is where they do not see ey e to eye right now. host: one of the photographs accompany your story is the scene outside of the capital, one of the many construction projects, the scene outside of our window as well. i want to go back to the issue of how to pay for this. could that be a dealbreaker for republicans? the president says he wants to raise taxes, go back to the tax rates that were in place before the trump tax cuts for corporations. guest: exactly. sources i talk to, people on capitol hill, they tell me the republicans' position of not raising corporate taxes, they are not moving from that decision. that is exactly why president biden is calling for raising the corporate tax rate, in order to come up with the money, over 10 to 15 years, to

senator bill cassidy, one of the republican senators who voted yes, not enough republican senators voting yes but one of them said the investigation will happen without republicans to ensure the investigations are fair and partial and focused on the facts republicans need to be involved. that was what he hoped to convince his colleagues, but the leader, mitch mcconnell, has made the decision, donald trump doesn't want this, we need a happy trump to win in 2022. let's make this go away. >> i mean, like that's a logical argument but then there's the political flipside which is that, you know, republicans know it's much harder to ignore a subpoena from a bipartisan commission when you're being summoned, you know, from an independent investigation that has nothing to do with politics. that's harder for someone like kevin mccarthy to ignore that. it's harder to smear the results, if you don't like what the finding is. you know, and this would be a commission that went deep inside the white house, and detailed potentially what trump was doing and was not doing on january 6th when violence was h

against having a bipartisan investigation of the capitol insurrection, and he expects most senate republicans to follow the leader and vote no as well. >> are you concerned about losing ten republicans on the january 6th vote? are you working your members to vote against it, lobbying them? >> i've made my position clear, finally you heard from leader mcconnell there, cnn special correspondent jamie gangel is here with us. jamie? >> reporter: he's taking arm twisting what whole new level. according to two republican sources familiar with what's going on, we know that mitch mcconnell has been pressuring republican senators to vote against the sjanuary 6th commission, as you said. but we are told that in the last 24 hours that mcconnell has doubled down, started reaching out to particular senators. he was afraid might be wavering, and ask them to vote against the commission. quote, as a personal favor, john. >> jamie, it is not unprecedented, actually happens frequently that a leader asks members of the caucus, democrats and republicans, i need this one, you have to take one for the team but thi

my senate republican colleagues must ask themselves, are they going to join us in pursuing the truth or are they going to cover for donald trump and his big lie? i understand the republican leader has decided to oppose the bill. the republican leader who called the january 6 attack a disgrace, who said he believed there was no question donald trump was morally responsible for the attacks now finds this whole endeavor unnecessary. that was not always the case. in the aftermath of the capital attack, the republic going leaders said -- republican leaders said needed a serious and thorough review of the attacks very quickly, the goalposts started to move. a few weeks after the attack, republicans started complaining the democratic proposals for establishing the commission were too partisan. when democrats accepted all the changes requested by house republicans, the senate republican leader said his conference was undecided but willing to listen. once again, the goalposts have shifted. now the republican leader believes we do not need a bipartisan commission. let me be very clear. to my re

it previously was filibustered by senate republicans during president obama's second term. is common sense legislation and i have promised it will receive a vote in the senate. in a couple of weeks, it will. we will also begin to confirm president biden's judicial nominees, including very famous and illustrious judge ketanji brown jackson for the very important -- there were more amendments on this bill been in several years of mcconnell's entire tenure as majority leader. it is frustrating that when you go totally bipartisan, we take a lot of tough votes on republican amendments not just that they still try to block it a group of them, but mcconnell is nowhere on the floor trying to prevent that from happening. it is frustrating but that is not going to stop us working in a bipartisan way. that is the preferred way to go. it is not possible in many different areas with this republican senate and will not stop us from acting. yes? >> you did not answer the question. sen. schumer: at the president mi believes have the same. we will try to go bipartisan where we can but it sh

the republicans in the house and the senate. i think we need to understand that what the republicans in the house did was not absent any discussion or understanding with republicans in the senate. because they wanted to coordinate if we are going to do something bipartisan, let's be -- coordinated in the first stage of that, the house bill. because they were given everything they wanted, their dissent was no longer valid. now it will be left up to the american people to evaluate this and see and decide for themselves how they process what republicans did today. for the democrats, they are going to have to make a hard decision about how they process this and go forward as well. >> i want to get back to the hill. michael, stay with us. and the panel as well. the final vote was 54-35. they needed ten republican senators to move forward. they only got six. break it down. >> it was remarkable there were more house republicans who voted for it than senate republicans. this vote was expected. we have been talking about it for a couple w

just six republicans breaking ranks with mitch mcconnell and donald trump by extension. 11 senators missed vote. nine republicans, including two who voted to convict the president and two democrats. we are expecting chuck schumer to hold a press conference to discuss what happen and where democrats go from here. senator schumer reacted to the failed vote. >> this vote has made it official. donald trump's big lie has now fully enveloped the republican party. it's the defining principal of what was once the party of lincoln. republicans chose to defend the big lie because they believe anything that might upset donald trump could hurt them politically. >> we have not heard much reaction from senate republicans after the vote with the exception of one of their members who back the commission. >> ask the american people, are they more likely to trust an independent commission, not composed of members of congress, or are they more likely to trust one hand picked by speaker pelosi? clear who they will trust most. i think this is as much as anything about building trust with the american people. >

senators do? they rejected her. they voted no. the majority of republicanenators voted no and then returned home to their districts to lift up and to honor those who fought and served and died protecting us. can they not see the hypocrisy? can they not feel the shame? we will move forward. we will caucus this week. we have obviously oversight we can do in committees. we have the possibility that the speaker will seek a select committee. all of which would be fine and offering of testimony, facts and circumstances surrounding the most han nous attack on our democracy, but an independent commission was the what i to go. shame on the republican senators who couldn't vote for it. as i say, they don't seem to feel shame. >> i've got to tell you, it's rather stunning listening to you put it in the perspective of the vote, timing this week, voting this down and going home to their districts and saying, memorial day, we honor our fallen soldiers. it is remarkable when you think about what gladys sicknick and she said the response was by republican senators. she sai

today, in the very chamber overrun by a violent mob just a few months ago, senate republicans blocked the creation of a bipartisan commission to investigate that attack. the bill actually got far more yes than no votes. 54, versus 35. but under the strange rules of the senate, 35 trumps 54. and 60 votes are needed for most bills to pass. which means the minority party can block nearly anything, even a bill like this one. even to investigate the attack that sent many of the same senators, who voted no today, into hiding. >> do my republican colleagues remember that day? do my republican colleagues remember the savage mob calling for the execution of mike pence? the makeshift gallows outside the capitol? >> well, they remember and it's not like there is nothing more to be learned. just today, a cnn review of court records and pentagon documents revealed that one-in-ten people charged in the insurrection are veterans or current-service members. a quarter of those defendants have connections to right-wing extremist groups. so, how deep do those extremists and insurrectionists' ties reach

and yet, this coming week, republican senators are set to sink a bill that would create a bipartisan ate the insurrection at the u.s. capitol. the bill would need at least ten republican senators to pass. >> and richard burr is poised to filibuster the matter thus blocking even debate on the issue. cnn's investigative reporter 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

today republican senator john thune, who is the senate whip for republicans, he said he wasn't sure theregh republican votes to establish the commission which would mean there aren't even ten republican votes because house minority leader kevin mccarthy has come out against it. is it possible that this commission won't happen, that ten republicans won't vote for this? this is just extraordinary. what are republicans afraid of and what why don't republicans want to know what led to an attack on the attack on the capitol that almost interrupted the transmission of power? what are they afraid that this commission will find out? i'm stunned by the fact that we can't get enough votes to have a simple inquiry as to why this country was overrun by individuals who were intent on essentially ending our democracy as we know it. this shouldn't be partisan. yes, i get it. the people who stormed the capitol were trump supporters but nobody here who loves democracy should affiliate with people that are trying to end the democracy that we live in today. let's see, i don't know that his prediction is tru

senate republicans have kept their word. blocking a crucial bill, that would have established a commission to investigate the january-6th insurrection on capitol hill. only-six republicans sided with democrats in friday's vote. with just a few short months ago, many republicans were adamant that a 9/11-style commission into the capitol security was needed. their opposition, now, shows just how much of a grip former-president donald trump, still, has on much of his party. it's something the senate-democratic leader made sure to point out after the failed vote. >> out of fear, or fealty, to donald trump, the republican minority just prevented the american people from getting the full truth about january 6th. this vote has made it official. donald trump's big lie has now, fully, enveloped the republican party. >> house democrats are now considering launching a probe of their own, into the violent insurrection. cnn's manu raju has the latest. >> reporter: so after senate republicans derailed this bipartisan commission, an outside

with in being blocked, not having ten republican senators onboard, there were just six republican senators that did vote to proceed with the motion forward. those includes senators ben sasse, rob part man, bill cassidy, lisa murkowski, mitt romney, and susan collins. i should note that senator pat toomey, the republican of pennsylvania, indicated through a spokesperson he would have voted yes had he been present but he had a family commitment and couldn't participate. that would have been the seventh vote. again not hitting the ten-vote threshold. senate majority leader schumer not having those ten republicans to support this, he has not shied away. he has been vocal in disappointment with his republican colleagues. here is some of what he said yesterday. >> we know what's going on here. senate republicans chose to defend the big lie because they believe anything that might upset donald trump could hurt them politically. shame on the republican party for trying to sweep the horrors of that day and the rug because they are afraid of donald trump. >> reporter: it's worth noting the mother of

the republican senate is now filled with mccarthy's. it's filled with republicans who do not care what happened on january 6th. republican senators supporting mitch mcconnell's line of what happened on january 6th are saying it's not worth investigating. that's what most republican senators are saying, what mitch mcconnell is saying. january 6th, not just worth investigating. he asked to vote against the commission as a favor to him, a personal favor, is what he called it. that is very rarely done by senate leaders, calling it and as a personal favor. it's never done on serious boats, important boats like this. earlier, joe manchin said he was sure there were ten good solid patriots on the republican side of the senate who would vote for the commission. that's what he called them. good solid patriots. drummond pleaded with republicans privately and publicly, and earlier today, joe manchin released an unusually harsh statement for him about mitch mcconnell saying there's no excuse for any republican to vote against the commission since de

and we should point out, ana, republican senator susan collins from maine, she's imploring her colleagueslet's make some changes, circulating a memo to do with the staffing of the commission. equal representation from republicans and democrats and she even suggested that they should wrap up the process 30 days earlier. so far her offer to try and make these concessions also falling on deaf ears, republicans not even interested. they're just going to vote no. >> ryan nobles, thank you. >>> as we draw closer to this vote on the january 6th commission, frustration and anger is building among capitol police officers who protected lawmakers that day. cnn spoke to more than a dozen current and former officers and as far as how they're treated by members of congress one who just left the department told us, quote, they think we're servants. this is all part of our law enforcement correspondent whitney wild's reporting today, what more are you hearing from these officers? >> reporter: my colleagues and i have been reporting this, what is the feeling among these officers, speaking with more than a

republicans. i've had a decent number of u.s. senators and not one of them has enjoyed being humiliated. in as he continues but there are these ten phantom republican patriot senators who -- at least get on board this bill at least allow overture on the bill to investigate the insurrection of the capital. this grave threat to our democracy, this horrible day that they all experience and he can only find one so far that will join in. that's humiliating and he's not going to enjoy that and i think he's letting his republican colleagues know that this is not an experience that he will tolerate indefinitely or forever. at least that's the message he sending, would he actually will do. it's unclear. well >> jennifer, the endgame here is a peculiar set of choices for democrats. if this commission somehow was voted into law with republican cooperation, it then seems to me to be structured as a dysfunctional commission in which no subpoenas could issue without republican members voting for those subpoenas. those republican members will be chosen by mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy. we know kevi

but top senate republicans, they are apposing it now. d to approve that commission. representative don bacon of nebraska. also a 30-year veteran of the air force. thanks for taking the time this morning. >> good to be with you. thank you. >> so in voting for the january 6th commission, you said democrats, quote, basically gave us, republicans, what we wanted. this week, senate republicans, it looks like they'll likely filibuster this. i wonder in your view, are they letting the american people down? >> well, i think it's a lot of americans don't understand that this was -- this is a bipartisan commission. half republican, half democrat. for four months, we tried to get a bipartisan commission versus a commission that was run by democrats. we have to keep communicating that. on the senate side, some of our republicans, they, for good reason, also want to talk about other things. they want to talk about crime rates, the border, inflation and unemployment, but i think they are mifsing the opportunity. if we have a commission, congress can fo

schumer: our senate republican colleagues have gone from mostly supporting the idea of an independent commission to mostly opposing one, and they can't seem to get their stories straight. over the weekend, one republican told a national news program that it was, quote, too early to establish a commission on january 6, even though more than five months have gone by. another republican senator said the commission's works would drag on indefinitely. which is it? too early, too late? of course both concerns are silly. there is no justification for a waiting period, and the legislation itself includes a firm deadline for the commission to issue a report, no later than december 31 of this year. one republican said that he wouldn't vote for a january 6 commission, quote, until it was bipartisan. of course the legislation we're talking about was negotiated by the republican ranking member on the house homeland security committee, the committee of jurisdiction. house democrats accepted every change requested by the house republican leadership, and the bill received 35 votes in the house and li

every republican here voted for that bill. dachshund the senateoday that was here in 2017 -- every republican here that was in the senate today that was here in 2017 voted for that bill. every republican said it had the economy headed in a good direction. the other guideline was, let's do infrastructure in a way that infrastructure has been generally understood. i think one of the problems we have had in the congress the last several years is we let too many things wrap themselves up in one big bill, whether it is the end of congress or some other time. we should not let that happen. it is not good legislation. it does not produce the best results. the people that we work for, for good reasons, don't have any idea what we are passing when we passed that big bill at the end of congress that has become way too much of the pattern. let's not continue that with everything else we can think of. so the pay fors can include lots of things that we are talking to them about. one of the major ones would be repurposing money that just did not get used. senat

that's what most republican senators are saying. that's mitch mcconnell's lie, january 6th, not worth investigating. mitch mcconnell asked republicans to vote against the commission as a personal favor to him. a personal favor is what he called it. now, that is very rarely done by senate leaders, calling it in as a personal favor, and it is never done on serious votes, on important votes like this. earlier this week west virginia senator joe manchin said that he was sure there were ten good, solid patriots on the republican side of the senate who would vote for the commission, and that's what he called them, good, solid patriots. joe manchin pleaded with republicans privately and publicly, and earlier today joe manchin released an unusually harsh statement for him about mitch mcconnell, saying, there is no excuse for any republican to vote against the commission since democrats have agreed to everything they asked for. mitch mcconnell has made this his political position, thinking it will help his 2022 elections. they do not believe

murkowski of alaska became the first senate republican to announce support for the commission. mney and collins say they support the commission but want changes made to it first. meanwhile, political reports democratic senator joe manchin is standing by the filibuster. quote, manchin reiterated that he won't lower the 60 vote threshold even if senate republicans block an independent commission on january six in the coming days. back with us again tonight, james carville who rose to fame with the clinton presidential effort. he's cohost of that politics warren project. and michael steele, former chairman of that republican committee and also the host of the michael steele protest. gentlemen, welcome to you both. james the news organization reported that mcconnell was so taken by the interview gave vox that it was a democratic strategy that he distributed it to his caucus to our audience. all remind you here is some of jane's comments in that. democrats have to make the republicans on that insurrection every day. they have to pound it. they have to call bookers on cable news shows

senator, you're a member of the republican leadership in the senate.re you that you're going to be able to block the creation of this commission in the senate? >> well, i think it's too early to create a commission, and i believe republicans in the senate will decide that it's too early to create that commission. you know, commissions often don't work at all, and when they do work like the simpson-bowles commission produced a good result, nothing happened as part of that result. the one commission that we yenly think that did work -- generally think did work was the 9/11 commission, chris. i think it was 14 months after 9/11 after all kinds of other information was out there for that commission to look at before that commission got started. and believe me, it would be month before this commissioning could get started. i just was part of the senate intel committee looking into the last election, the russian involvement. we thought that would take a year, it took three years, and ve already had a full staff that was fully cleared to look at everything. i

house joined democrats to approve the commission tonight president biden in ohio denounced senate republicansose it >> i can't imagine anyone voting against the establishment of a commission on the greatest assault since the civil war. >> reporter: but most republican senators say the attack by a pro-trump mob is already being investigated by law enforcement and congress accusing democrats of a purely political exercise >> they'd like to continue to litigate the former president into the future. >> reporter: then there's president biden's trimmed-down $1.7 trillion infrastructure plan. republicans have slammed his proposals as a tax and spending spree. their latest counteroffer today moving closer to a trillion dollars focused on roads, bridges, and public transit. and without the tax hikes president biden is calling for >> what makes them think we want to undo the tax reform that gave us the best economy of my lifetime >> reporter: president biden says he'll meet with senate republicans again next week the white house set memorial day as the deadline for progress. and today the president war

republicans. it puts pressure on the senate. s on different things. frankly, you don't want a congress that agrees on every issue. it upholds the institution of democracy and still talks to each other. politics was created to produce violence. it's boiled down to an argument and the steam is let out. unfortunately here these days we're fighting over masks, we're attacking each other outside of the halls. we have to get a grip on that and come into what is a good start. >> senior republicans saying they're concerned this new commission would harm their chances in the mid-term elections coming up in 2022. are most of your colleagues more dedicated to keeping their jobs than getting to the bottom of what happened on january 6th? >> i don't want to answer the question exactly like that because i don't know what they're more dedicated to, but i will say this. there's a lot that fear the re-election and they fear going against donald trump. there may be some that have principled opposition to this, i'm not going to question it. there a

senate republicans are very confident they will defeat the vote today despite many of those very same senators calling for this exact type of investigation in the days and weeks after the deadly riot. since then, of course, republicans have largely changed their tune in fear of angering trump who supports, they feel, they need to recapture control of the house and senate. they are in voting against the creation of the commission breaking with decades of precedent and refusing to support a bipartisan investigation into a very serious national security threat, national security experts, after all, warn that january 6th may not be a one off. the trumpian undertow holding republican officials towards refusing to sprespect the democratic process is tragically strong. nonetheless, sources say senate minority leader mitch mcconnell has been calling and lobbying his republican clegz, asking them to do him a personal favor and vote no on this bill. against a bipartisan commission, against a bill negotiated by democrats and republicans. to figure out what went wrong. cautioned republican senato

so the senate's still in session tonight. republicans all but certain to block the bill to create the january 6th commission to get to the truth of what happened on one of the darkest days in american history. the vote likely to come deep into the night. we will keep an eye on it, so make sure you stay close, stay tuned to cnn. i want to wish you all a great memorial day weekend. stay safe. have fun. enjoy your friends and family, and thank you for watching, everyone. our coverage continues. wanna help kids get their homework done? well, an internet connection's a good start. but kids also need computers. and sometimes the hardest thing about homework is finding a place to do it. so why not hook community centers up with wifi? for kids like us, and all the amazing things we're gonna learn. over the next 10 years, comcast is committing $1 billion to reach 50 million low-income americans with the tools and resources they need to be ready for anything. i hope you're ready. 'cause we are. ♪ >>> a crucial vote on the january 6th commission is

you know also have the threat of a possible subpoena by the senate republicans trying to obtain internet routers, government internet routers that they believe somehow would help inform that. what is that about? >> yeah, that's a good question. i'm not really sure what it's about. something about passwords. i don't know why you would find the passwords from the routers, but these are routers that serve entire county of maricopa county, which is their largest

democratic senators joe manchin just spoke with dana bash. he said he is upset with republican voters, senators, rather, who reviefusing to voter this bipartisan january 6th commission. what did he say? >> he is very, very frustrated. i'll read you the statement. he said the following -- "there is no excuse for any republican to vote against this commission. since democrats have agreed to everything they asked for. mcconnell has made his political position thinking it will help his 2022 elections." they do not believe the truth will set you free. so they will continue to live in fear. now this is very, very note worthy for a host of reasons. first and foremost, he's lashing out at mitch mcconnell, making clear he believes that mitch mcconnell is the reason that they can't find the ten votes to vote yes on this commission. there are a lot of layers to. this first and foremost this is the man, joe manchin, who has been pleading with his democratic caucus to have time to work across the aisle and in a bipartisan way and a host of issues. namely, right now infrastructure. and they'

even though it was almost guaranteed to fail, it was still stunning to watch almost every senate republican this afternoon block a bill which would have created a bipartisan commission to investigate what went wrong and what caused the capitol riot. only six republicans sided with democrats on today's vote. bill cassidy, susan collins, lisa murkowski, ben sasse, rob portman, and mitt romney, despite so many votes calling for an investigation in the aftermath of january 6, of course before donald trump made it clear he opposed any closer look on what may have caused the attack at the capitol. 11 senators, we should point out, could not even have been bothered at all. nine democrats, two democrats. a reminder that while republicans insist this investigation is unnecessary, at least 450 people have been charged for their roles in the insurrection so far. and capitol police officers are still trying to sound the alarm, warning that parts of the capitol are still vulnerable for attack and security upgrades are needed right now, they say, to keep that from happening. those individual criminal pur

white house officials and pete buttigieg will be meeting with senate republicans trying to hammer out a deal on a slimmed down infrastructure package. to chad pergram on capitol hill with the very latest. hi, chad. >> good afternoon. gop senators huddle in about 25 minutes with the secretary of the transportation, pete buttigieg and gina ray mondo. they talked last week with president biden. shelly moore capito of west virginia said the president asked them to make a counter offer. mitch mcconnell is deferring to capito. she's the lead gop member on the committee on public works. >> i've asked senator capito to be our leader on that. she's produced a bill of around $600 billion that she thinks makes sense. i'm comfortable with where she has taken us so far. >> again, the problem here is that democrats realize that they can't use special senate rules to avoid a filibuster to pass a multi-trillion infrastructure bill. with 50 senators, the democrats need gop help. >> it's clearly preferred to do this on a bipartisan basis. >> martha: fox has told part of the gop counter offer is extendi

clearly senate republicans are not interested in revisiting the 2017 tax bill. i think the president and the vice president understand that. beyond that, we're interested in trying to get an outcome and i think the first step is obviously to define what infrastructure is. the definition of it and i think we all agreed to work on that together. my preference is to include the committees, they're where the experts are. the president's actually been meeting with members of my conference, some of them are coming down here tomorrow, who know the most about this and i don't favor having a top down dictation as to what this package looks like, but rather a consulting process in which everybody in my conference is involved in it. >> i felt our meeting was very strong when we talked about infrastructure. i think there's a place that we can find bipartisan ship and it's -- one thing i brought to the president, we first have to start with the definition of what is infrastructure? that's not home health, that's roads and bridges, highways, airports, broadband, those are the

the senate will likely vote on whether to approve the commission tonight. republicansre expected to block that. joining me now, michigan democratic senator gary peters. chair of the senate homeland committee and the governmental affairs committee. good to see you. you are there. what is your latest expectation or understanding about when this vote will take place and how it will go? >> i think it will be later tonight. we're dealing with another piece of legislation, and we're going to be working on both probably late into the night or perhaps early morning friday. >> we believe that 28 republican senators are going to oppose the commission. we believe that three republicans are agreeing to support it. nine have not said what they are going to do, including three who voted to impeach donald trump. so what is your sense of hope of getting another seven senators to agree with this investigation? >> well, certainly my hope is there. it is essential in my mind that we do have this commission. we need to get all of the facts. here we had this singular event. an attack on th

so here we are, you lose a vote in the senate. 54-35, because republican senators can exert their minority power to now block an independent, bipartisan commission. one, that was negotiated by, both, republicans and democrats, to look into one of the worst events in our history. do i have that right? >> you've got it right. i think the republicans have finally clawed their way to the bottom. and, you know, the one, good outcome of this may be that joe manchin, now, finally, has the evidence that he needs that republicans are never going to negotiate. they're never going to compromise. they are never going to work in a bipartisan fashion. if you can't get a single vote on covid and can't get a vote on this, i think the filibuster may be pretty shortlived. at least, i think that would be the right democratic strategy, at this point. but it's really striking, to me, that republicans who called for 33 committee hearings on benghazi. where more people were killed -- more u.s. citizens were killed in benghazi, and they refuse to call a committee. and i think, strategically, it doesn't make sense

democrats this morning sending a very clear message. >> my senate republican colleagues must now ask themselves are they going to join us in pursuing the truth? or are they going to cover for donald trump and his big lie? >> to my republican friends and i do have them, take back your party. >> let's get straight up to capitol hill and cnn's lauren fox. describe the fate of this bill in the senate. is it on life support? is it dead on arrival? do we know? >> reporter: well, at this point it sounds like it is either dead or is going to be dead very soon. you're hearing that from not just republicans who don't want to support this legislation but also from some democrats who are very concerned about where this commission could be headed, which is troubling for a lot of lawmakers, because they want to go back and get a sense at exactly what happened on january 6th so they feel they can protect themselves up here on capitol hill when it comes to security. now, i asked one republican, senator dig shelby, about whether this bill was actually dead. this is what he told me this morning. quote,

there were only six republican senators that did sign on with the democrats in order to try to move thisked those six republicans though, including senators mitt romney, susan collins, lisa murkowski, rob portman, ben sasse and bill cassidy. and of those sick, there was very strong reaction, especially from congressional democrats. coming out against the fact that there were more publicans that would support you trying to find the truth around what led to the attack at the capitol on january six. a very scathing statement from house speaker nancy pelosi. already just part of that statement. it said quote, mitch mcconnell asked senate republicans to do than him a quote, personal favor, and vote against january six commission. in doing so, mitch mcconnell asked them to be complicit in his undermining other truth of january six. but as to what happens now with house democrats, potentially moving forward on this elect committee. that would allow it a partisan way, houston across to investigate what happened. and it would have subpoena power. they would bring witnesses forward to testify. the

there's a huge dichotomy as president biden has pointed out between republican voters and republican senators and congress. zero republicans in house and set up for it because unfortunately they are under the palm of donald trump who is nothing done but that's not where republicans really are. yes. [inaudible] we've had 2 very good long, intense discussions in our congressas recently as wednesday are continuing to have them at those caucus lunches . it was made clear how important s1 is the the country, to our democratic majority and individual senators and those questions are going and ihave a lot of faith in them .>>. [inaudible] >> as i've said, we tried to work with republicans where we can but we need big bold action and reconciliation is a serious consideration to get that bold action if we can't get it withrepublicans. next . [inaudible] >> i think the events of the last few days made every member of our caucus realized that a lot of our republican colleagues are not willing to work with us on a lot of issues, evenissues where we tried to be bipartisan. i'm trying to get everybody here

the white house struggling to strike a bipartisan deal on infrastructure with senate republicans, afterbandoning its memorial day deadline. >> we can't afford to fall any further behind. now is the time to build the foundation that we've laid. shannon: talks at a crossroads as president biden reaches for a top legislative priority. but the administration and republican senators remain far apart over the size and scope of the investment and how to pay for it. >> we believe this counter offer delivers on what president biden told us in the oval office that day. shannon: we'll speak with transportation secretary, pete buttigieg, one of the cabinet members pitching the president's proposal. then, get reaction from west virginia senator shelley moore capito, the lead republican negotiating with the white house. plus, the biden administration calling for intelligence officials to investigate whether covid-19 may have leaked from a lab. >> we will continue to press china to participate in a full transparent evidence-based international investigation. shannon: we'll ask our sunday panel about t

the senate could vote this week on a bipartisan commission to investigate the capitol riot, but it appears doomed to fail as republicanenators are changing their minds about the proposal, unlike in the house where the commission received 35 republican votes to rebuke the gop leadership. joining me now is u.s. army veteran and congressman peter meijer, who is a freshman republican, who voted for president trump's impeachment and also in favor of the january 6th commission. congressman meijer, thank you so much for joining me. here is what gop leader kevin mccarthy said on the house floor just a week after the capitol attack. >> the president bears responsibility from wednesday's attack on congress by mob rioters. he should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding, and the president's immediate action also deserves congressional action, which is why i think a fact-finding resolution and a censure resolution would be prudent. >> he was for a commission before he was against it. how do you explain his flip-flop on this? >> you know, i think we've seen -- and i've said this in my remarks on the hou

us from west virginia, the lead republican negotiator, senator shelley moore capito., great to have you with us this morning. >> thank you, shannon. good to be on, thanks. shannon: let me ask you this. where do we stand with negotiations this morning? i know you've been talking with the president. there's been some public speculation about who is actually calling the shots even senator mark warner, democrat, saying i've had my calls returned quickly, i'm talking with the legislative team but i'm not sure who is making the decisions. what's your impression and where do things stand this morning? >> well, i think the president's making the decisions. and when we went to the oval office, six of us, to talk about a bipartisan infrastructure package, the president basically tasked us to come back with something close to a trillion dollars in the areas in the scope that we as republicans feel constitutes infrastructure. also, we could spread it over an eight-year period of time and that's exactly what we've done and we've got a great basis for this because we just passed a

is there any chance there is enough senate republicans to actually vote for it in the senate, ten senate republicans? >> there is. there is a chance. you had switeven republicans th voted for impeachment but this makes life a lot more difficult and the irony here is we know what mitch mcconnell thinks of donald trump's role in the insurrection. he went to the floor of the senate and said that donald trump provoked the insurrection. i guarantee you that mitch mcconnell wouldn't mind some kind of a commission that would come out officially for history for the accountability of the republican party and the country to come out and say that, but his job number one as always is to protect his flock and now kevin mcelccarthy has made such mess of it, he's trying to figure out what he can do. you know, i don't know where he's going to wind up but today he was clearly backing off and backing away from out right support for any kind of commission saying well we have to make sure the staff will be bipartisan. we have to make sure that it's limited in scope. et cetera. et cetera. i don't know how th

>> the republicans may have the votes in the senate as senator blunt alluded to. what tenet or mcconnell just said there and one person who would disagree is the republican ranking member on the homeland security committee in the house who helped hammer out a commission and it's absolutely true that one way or another there's going to be an investigation by congress into this attack on congress, which was an extremely disgraceful moment in our history. the question is will it be bipartisan with each site having similar powers, not exactly the same but the exact same number of people if they are appointed to it or will it be a partisan democratic involved situation on enterprise that nancy pelosi will run and that's the point that congressman kinzinger made, so i really do think that this is an appropriate purview for congress to look into. it's not ancient history. the hands of congress are not tied to go do other things while the commission looks into everything that led up to and happened on that horrific day and i think republicans are really trying to just move

senate republicans blocked an i am impartial commission. six republicans voted in favor of establishing the commission. bill cassidy and collins and murkowski and romney and sasse. five of those voted to convict president trump for his role of inciting the mob. some questions may remain unknown. including what took the national guard hours to respond to the attack and what president trump was doing during the siege and what level of coordination extremist groups had with lawmakers in planning the rally that preceded the attack. gladys sicknick said on friday she was disappointed that senate republicans blocked the commission. she spoke with several gop lawmakers ahead of the vote last week. here is how she described the meetings. >> it was tense. we made believe everything was fine and we were very nice to them. for the most part. >> it was tense because? >> because we knew -- i think because we knew they weren't sincere. they weren't sincere. >> they didn't want to get to the bottom of what happened? >> no, no. i don't understand it. they a

i should note there was one republican senator pat toomey of pennsylvania who had indicated he would vote in favor of this, however, he wasn't present for that vote. that all accumulates with falling short of the ten republicans needed to break the 60-vote filibuster threshold. so not a lot of promising indications for how this can move forward and we heard from the mother of capitol police officer brian sicknick. she came here to personally lobby senators trying to get them to support what this legislation could do to further investigate january 6th. she was unsuccessful in her attempts, of course, but she did say in an interview yesterday she knew going into this vote that it wasn't going to happen, but here's more of what her conversations with republican senators were like. >> it was tense, and we just made believe everything was fine and we were very nice to them, for the most part. >> it was just tense because -- >> because of -- because we knew -- i think because we knew they weren't sincere. >> and they didn't want to get to the bottom of what happened. >> no. no, and i don't

first, though, we begin with republican lawmakers and their pursuit of herd immunity from the facts of january 6th. the stampede grew today with gop senatorsican leader kevin mccarthy who's gone so far as to lobby senators against the bill. he spoke out today and because he is known to be as hard to