castro, who was an impeachment manager in the second impeachment trial, just told me moments ago that indeed they should move forward with a select committee. i m hearing that up and down the line. one democrat believes that pelosi in fact will set up that select committee. all that would require is a vote of a majority of the democratic-led house to create one. it would have subpoena power. democrats would lead that commission. republicans undoubtedly would push back and attack it as a partisan endeavor despite their own efforts to scuttle this bipartisan commission. pelosi has not said explicitly what she will do but the expectation is she will do just that, democrats mounting their own investigation. manu raju on capitol hill, thank you so much. in the last hour you heard us speak with the mother and also the partner of fallen capitol police officer brian sicknick who died in the aftermath of the capitol insurrection on january 6th. they told me they were both extremely disappoi
communities, or very safe neighborhoods. so they live in this magical, you know, thought process that nothing is ever going to happen to me. that happens to other people. i think they need to get out of that thought process, because like i said yesterday, fbi director wray said at the hearings on january 6th, domestic terrorism is a real threat. i think january 6th was enough for them to open their eyes and say, wow, we better get serious here. and again, if not for them, for the other innocents that were there that day. law enforcement, you know? and their constituents. again, if they are dead, they can t do their job. and i hate to be that blunt about it. and again, i know yesterday i made some of them very uncomfortable. but i m going to be real about it. one of the republicans you met with was senator ron johnson from wisconsin, a republican. he has repeatedly downplayed what has happened, he has said he didn t fear for his life.
bipartisan in the same way this commission was going to be we lost paul begala. i ll ask you, s.e. it s up to nancy pelosi. should she just do a traditional select committee which is the majority controls the committee and republicans get to name their people and it just becomes a traditional committee, or does she try something new, which is probably outside her comfort zone, to trust republicans and, you know, put liz cheney on the committee or whatever, and have it actually be 50/50 and try to keep it bipartisan? i think keeping it bipartisan would definitely give it more credibility. but look, there is a wing of the republican party, it s a majority of the republican party to be honest, that is not going to care, no matter what comes out of this. and that is donald trump s most lasting damaging legacy. the way he set up the system, completely undermined the idea that facts and truth exist, that one can arrive at a fact or a
frustrated, begging republicans in the senate to vote, just to create a commission to look into what happened when the capitol was attacked. and yet, 35 of them voted against it. just amazing grace under extraordinary pressure that mrs. sicknick just showed there, jake, in that interview. every parent s nightmare, every partner s nightmare. i can t hear paul, so let s we lost paul s audio. s.e., let s go to you. i know you re disappointed at your party and how they voted today. 35 republicans voting against it. nine republicans not even bothering to show up to vote. well, my question to the republican party would be, what are you here for? what is your function? if not to, you know, preserve
inaugurated. he told you how he misjudged how many americans would buy into trump s stolen. is he under any illusion that he is actually healing this nation? because even though i believe his heart s in the right place, he isn t. well, of course, we re only fourish months in. i think biden has a concept that is both that he will try to just lower the temperature, lower the partisanship and that will have an effect over time. i guess i should go back. when he got into the race initially, he did have this idea he would be the deal maker and sort of resetting publics. he learned, he saw the riot. he, i think, is entering this presidency thinking about everything differently and thinking about republicans differently. so, yes, he is negotiating with them a little bit and talking