i m in an untenable position. the constitution is on my side on this. we ll see about that. next week the january 6th committee begins a month of hearings with the promise of revealing new witnesses and unseen documents. we re getting a new report from the new york times that chief of staff to vice president warned the secret service one day before the insurrection that trump could publically turn on pence and create a security risk for the vice president. the secret service disputes the account and said concerns about violence directed at pence by the president s actions were never communicated. still, the next day after pence moved to certify the 2020 votes and trump attacked him on twitter came this infamous moment. hang mike pence. hang mike pence. hang mike pence. cnn s ryan nobles has more on the moves by the justice department and what s ahead in the investigation. ryan? reporter: jim this news has to come as a disappointment to the january 6th select committ
molly, i don t want to let you guys go without talking about what happened up on capitol hill this week. the gun debate flared up once again, there was a house judiciary committee hearing on guns. there was a very surreal moment when a florida congressman used the time to show off his handgun collection. i have a cig sauer, this gun would be banned. here s a 12-round magazine, this magazine would be banned under this bill. here s a gun i carry every day to protect myself, my family, my wife, my home. this gun would be banned. to infer by rhetorical supposed questions who are you here for, we must be here for the gunman is an outrage. how dare you?
the suspect charged with a mass killing at the pittsburgh synagogue was active on social media. investigators are now takes a closer look at posted robert bowers made on a website called gab.com minutes before police were alerted to the shooting. investigators say bowers made a post saying, quote, can t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. screw your optics. i m going in. he used the site to make frequent anti-semitic posts and complain about migrant caravans and he posted his handgun collection. the company sent out a statement defending the site saying, quote, we have nothing but love for all people and freedom. we disavow all violence. free speech is crucial for the prevention of violence. if people cannot express themselves through words, they ll do it through violence. no one wants that, no one.
a book that you re ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! . just into cnn, these are images that the shooter posted on social media portal gap. they show bower s handgun collection, at least part of it, and photos of shooting targets. now, cnn is also learning from a law enforcement official that bowers had made anti-jewish comments during the shooting this morning. bower has also targeted jews on-line and posted i m going n in shortly before the shooting. official saz this is being considered a hate kram and is being investigated as such, and