probe into january 6th is tying the various strings of evidence about what happened that day into a narrative about a coordinated assault on our democracy. after dual hearings this week, by the house select committee investigating the insurrection, we continue to learn more about the shocking efforts of private minute trump supporters to undermine the 2020 election results. under increasing scrutiny is conservative activist ginni thomas, wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, who has signaled that she will testify before the house select committee investigating january 6th. after the committee revealed, it had obtained text messages from that day, between mrs. thomas and former trump lawyer john eastman. who himself is now at the center of the investigation. as further details emerged this week of just how hard he leaned on vice president mike pence to resist certifying the 2020 election, exhausting every option to keep trump in power while requesting a presidential p
thanks so much for watching symone the saturday. i am symone sanders. please make sure you turn to the show tomorrow at 4 pm eastern, i ll be walking talking to d.c. mayor burial browser about the january 6th hearings on the insurrection. and, leading a city through a pandemic. and later in the hour, we will have powerhouse again duo chloe and hallie bailey, they will be with us. i can t. wait but right now, i want to hand things over to my good friend rev sharpton. hey. rev hate simone, happy juneteenth weekend to you. and good evening and welcome to politics nation. on this juneteenth weekend. tonight s lead, conflict of interest. got right now the congressional
they re the president s referencing delaware state house lawmakers passing two bills on tuesday that would strengthen gun background checks and increase the states persisting age for most firearms to 21 years old. between the senate deal and efforts that the state level, do you feel democrats are making progress that addressing the gun issue? good afternoon reverend sharpton. it s great to be with you. i do think this is important progress. i have no doubt that, and i m hopeful, that we will pass this legislation as soon as next week. we need to do it next week. this is going to save lives. not only the gun safety provisions in the legislation, but also the additional support for people who are experiencing mental illness challenges, mental health challenges. is it everything we want to get? done of course it s not. but that doesn t mean we should take the step that we can.