hour, i had pepper spray in my eyes. these are the people who we have to remember because they were working so hard to protect they do every day, so hard to protect the capitol and the people they ve sworn an oath to protect and they felt really, really helpless. and we re waiting to hear from the speaker, who is an institutionalist. she wants to remember this day. it should be remembered. it should never be forgotten. people want to whitewash it, my opinion mize it. that to me is a continuation of the attack. yeah. the impact of january 6th continues to linker as dana pointed out so ultimately there, not just on the people who tried to save this building from attack, also on the politics, itself. it just has deteriorated to a place where i have never seen particularly in the house chamber where the speaker is gaveling in right now. it s interesting to see how many republicans participate. most are not coming back to the
good day. this is andrea mitchell reports in washington with breaking news. the state department has just announced secretary blinken is adding talks with russian s foreign minister lavrov in geneva on friday, trying to revive their failed diplomacy to avert an invasion. this would extend secretary blinken s trip. he s leaving today from ukraine and has meetings on thursday in germany with officials there in berlin. but this would add a day and he is meeting with the russians. this after the russians had said that talks were at a dead end. we ll bring you a lot more on that trip coming up. also, some optimistic trends in omicron cases later this hour. but let s begin with the breaking news right here in washington. the senate gaveling into session, as we speak. democrats beginning to wage what is expected to be a largely symbolic, losing battle over voting rights legislation. in response to frustration at
there was somehow confusion in these seven states would then and i m paraphrasing force justify mike pence gaveling in donald trump as president. mr. eastman reportedly pled the fifth amendment, took the fifth amendment 146 times in his testimony before the january 6th committee. and here s a federal judge roundly rejecting all his arguments to keep documents and more testimony from the committee and put him, frankly, almost on a patronizing type step by step obligation to review a certain number of documents every day and report back to the court. i mean, this judge understands the game here is delay and cute manipulation to outmaneuver things. i just don t think i mean, it s not going to work. the train has left the station. this is this is going to as jamie raskin said blow the roof off the house, and then the question, don, is and as the
anything that could suggest he may support her for the supreme court. he did not want to answer that question. but that s one question here. she s almost certain to get confirmed. can she win any republicans over and how will she deal with the pointed questions that begin in earnest tomorrow? manu outside as well. let me bring in my panel as we keep an eye on the live pictures because it looks like judge jackson is finally getting the opportunity to sit down and get under way in just a second as we saw one of the things we always see at the beginning of these hearings, almost every senator going over to shake hands, welcome her as they ll get away for hours and hours for speaking and questioning over the next few days. judge jackson sitting there preparing for the gaveling to begin any second now. gloria borger as we wait for this to formally get under way, which will be opening statements that start with the chairman of the committee, senator durbin but i was just looking at klobuch
our country is in this process, and he said i m under no illusion we can mend this process overnight, but he said perhaps judge jackson s confirmation hearing can, quote, bring us together again. what do you think? i think you told me what you think with that laugh. reporter: that s right. the way the supreme court processes have gone over the last several nominees just descended into more and more bitterness and partisanship and despite the qualifications of a nominee, even if the american bar association rates a nominee as well qualified, as ketanji brown jackson has been rated by the aba, that is still certainly not enough for members to vote for her to cross party lines. that s why we expect this to come down, to be a very narrow they re gaveling in. let s listen to the chairman of the senate judiciary committee, senator dick durbin.