the main point there expected to zero in on this time around as they make their case. we have gone through our retirement savings more quickly than we had anticipated. plus, recognizing inflation putting the squeeze on senior citizens. a dire economic situation forcing some retirees to make sacrifices in order to survive. we are always grateful for your company and you take time to be with us this morning. thank you for being here. always a pleasure to be with you. we begin with this developing story out of utah where more than two dozen people believed to be members of a hate group have been arrested for conspiracy to riot near a pride parade. police say the suspects were all wearing similar clothing and they bore the insignia of a known white nationalist organization. patriot front. yes. so police in couer d alene, idaho where this happened, pulled as many as 31 men from the back of a uhaul yesterday afternoon. investigators believe those men were in possession of
backwards, and my foot caught this terrible hind me, and my chin hit the handrail, and then at that point i had blacked out. she was knocked unconscious, even though she was bleeding, and days from the traumatic brain injury, she had just suffered, somehow she miraculously returned to duty on that day. thousands of protesters directed to the capitol, fine by donald trump himself, quickly began to overwhelm the police. and as officer edwards try to hold that line, she saw a colleague in distress. it was bryan sicknick. i see movement to the left of me, and i turn, and it was officer sicknick with his head in his hands. he was ghostly pale. i look back to see would have hit him, would have happened, and that is when i got sprayed in the eyes as well. and officer sicknick was injured while trying to control the trump mob. he suffered two strokes, and died the next day. the assault on the capitol continued for hours. what i saw was just a war scene. it was something lik
we will ask him. a shocking arrest in idaho. a u-haul truck filled with members of the extremist group, patriot front. one witness said looked like was heading toward. pastured right near a pride event. we are looking ahead to a busy week in the january six investigation. three public hearing scheduled tomorrow. the first heard last thursday though, aimed directly at his big lie from donald trump. i will speak with mark taylor the former trump administration official once known as anonymous. that is all coming up for you back to the breaking news where we start this hour. it is on capitol hill the u.s. senate issuing a statement saying they have struck a bipartisan deal over gun safety and it comes one month at the massacre in uvalde, texas. president biden issuing a statement just a short time ago praising the deal as potentially, quote, the most significant gun safety legislation in decades he also knows it does not include everything he would like to see. let s go up to ab
a handgun. so, this is an absurd, outdated, outmoded loophole, but this is a first step in recognizing our problem, where we allow 18-year-olds to buy weapons of war. news of this framework coming on the somber six year anniversary of the pulse nightclub shooting in orlando, florida, 49 people murdered in cold blood, targeted about because of who they live. many mass shootings in this country, the attacker used an ar-15 style guy on, the senate deal comes after communities of uvalde, texas, and buffalo, new york, were changed forever by gun violence. all together 31 americans killed in both shootings. the shooters and both shootings were 18 year old boy legally obtained obstacles to carry out their crimes. the steel wall imperfect is something, comes up after last week s testimony from the children killed in uvalde. they sidelined their grief to going through what they re going through. the deal comes as demonstrators hit the streets, demanding action. we ve seen this bef
we also learned the mob s chants of hang mike pence erupted after a rioter broadcast a trump tweet about pence s decision to certify the election results. the committee revealing trump s shocking reaction. and aware of the rioters chants to hang mike pence, the president responded with this sentiment, quote, maybe our supporters have the right idea. mike pence, quote, deserves it. i m joined now by former democratic senator from minnesota and host of the al franken podcast, al franken. senator, thanks so much for being with us. we appreciate it as always. thank you, jim, for having me. absolutely. how do you think the committee did in that first prime time hearing? what was your assessment? i was very impressed, especially impressed with cheney. she gave i thought she did a devastating job. she laid out the case and not just the case, but the stakes of it. i think she showed that it wasn t just that one day, that this was a multiweek expeconspi. i think the conspi