the button, the little knob. we were fancy. we had the remote. you had to attach it to the tv. it had volume, up and down for the button and on and off and that was it. thank you, laura. thank you. i m glad for the memory lane. i ll try to find that ka-chunk remote control as a birthday gift. this is don lemon tonight. okay. nearly a year and a half since the big lie exploded into deadly violence at the united states cap capitol, look at this. the committee wants to know more about a tour that republican congressman gave the day before pro-trump rioters storm the capitol. they want to know the purpose of that tour and they say they have evidence that directly
i think he has an obligation to come forward to share. facts. this is the fact. we already heard from kevin mccarthy in that audio obtained by two new york times reporters just days after a blood thirsty mob stormed the united states cap capitol. let me be clear to all of you. i ve been carlear to the president. he bears responsibilities for his words and actions. i asked him today does he hold responsibility for what happened. does he feel bad about what happened? he told me he does have some responsibility for what happened. we need to acknowledge that. the question is how did he go from that to this. the committee wants to know. we re going to dig into all of that. here tonight, obama attorney general eric holder thinks former president trump should be indicted. we ll ask him what he thinks of today s news and what soupds like another set back for slad
greene was on the side of the protests in objecting to joe biden s win, but did not cross the line to the violence, so the question is that something the judge will agree with. there were some moments of evidence through her social media posts that were brought up. how this may be new territory in some regard. how prevalent and potent is the use of what she said on social media versus what she said on the stand? so i think it s relevant, but, again, for a judge, they have to determine do any of those posts rise to the level of encouraging violence at the cap capitol, and how much of the post are her exercising her first amendment right for free speech to say i don t agree with this, even though, fortunately or unfortunately the first amendment gives us the right to
In a separate ruling, the Supreme Court unanimously is ruling that philadelphia must accommodate a Catholic Foster Care Agency that is refusing to place children with samesex couples. Big issues at question there. Jessica schneider is live In Washington with all of the details as they come in. Focus in on the obamacare ruling, please. The Supreme Court saving the Affordable Care act, once again this morning. Doing it with a2 decision. The latest challenge of the law, that was put in place, the latest challenge is invalid because the justices are saying that the plaintiffs here, including republicanled states, didnt have the injury, or the legal standing, to bring this case. The Affordable Care act remains in effect. And the 20 million that have conch coverage under obamacare, they will continue to have coverage because of the Supreme Courts decision this morning. Its possible that republicans or other plaintiffs might find a way to challenge this law at some point. For now, it stands.
does this? we can t. here s the reality we face. the obvious violence of this attack can be seen in video. but we have people who are more sophisticated who want to do violence to our constitution, to the rule of law, to the principles that our country is founded upon. they ve become more sophisticated. here s the problem. the very same republican lawmakers that are now trying to minimize the attack on the cap capitol, who voted to overturn an election even after we were under attack by people whose sole effort was to try to stop the peaceful transfer of power. they are now coddling and accommodating these people who also want to turn back the clock on voting rights, turn back the clock on these principles we have fought for for so long. they put their names on a list with george wallace. this is jim crow rein car nate. and we have to say that and make