this morning. yes. members of the far right extremist group, the proud boys, first charged with conspiracy, are now charged with conspiracy to overthrow the government or to block federal law from their alleged role in their january 6th attack on the capitol. we expect to learn more about the group s actions this week, not from the justice department but from congress, when the committee investigating the attack opens its first public hearings in primetime on thursday. we ll have more on the very first witness set to testify. and wait, really quickly about this, it s interesting. you look at what the january 6th committee is putting together. you look at the information on all of this. you have republicans like marco saying, oh, it s going to be a circus because there s going to be a tv producer involved. these republicans, instead of doing what they took an oath to do, which is to protect and defend the konts constitution of the united states, they re just trying
colorado, vice chair of the gun prevention task force. thank you for being with us. a lot in the bill is not controversial when you look at polling with the american people. raising the age to purchase a semiautomatic rifle like an ar-15 from 18 to 21. tohigh-capacity magazines anditems you have in the bill. where is the pushback? why is this a party line vote, at least out of your committee, not a single republican voting for it? good morning. it is good to be with you. it is a great question. i wish i had a better answer. i think it is a question best posed to my republican colleagues who, unfortunately, seem all too willing to capitulate to the gun lobby and are unwilling to support the common sense reforms. as you mentioned, it is confounding to me. i can t for the life of me understand how some of these republican members, who, by the way, come from states where some of these reforms have been adopted. of course, you all have detaile.