else broadcast. alex, what does that reveal to you? i think it reveals the extraordinary tension between even republican members of congress in days after january 6th. this is something that republicans have swept under the rugs, democrats used to talk about a little bit more openly than they do today, the fear in those days and in some cases up until today may be folks in congress who represent a security threat to themselves, whether because they re carrying firearms around the complex or bringing in people who might be carrying a firearm. we report in the book the days after january 6th, house democrats were desperately trying to change the screening procedures around the inauguration, the method that joe biden was going to use to travel from delaware to washington, were afraid of attack on the incoming president. just climate of incipient
length. i think that the mindset in the days after january 6th in both the house and senate was let s hold trump accountable, and that changed pretty rapidly once the leaders realized their voters didn t want accountability. alex, you said politics was well. play this clip, let you respond, jamie herrera butler talking about tweeting out where members of congress were. is it true you were live tweeting from the floor our location to people on the outside as we were being attacked? yes, those tweets went out, live and public information, broadcast don t ask us about security if you re telling attackers where we re at. i yield back. broadcast live from cspan and on the move there was nothing
thinking i can t even imagine their pain. not knowing that our reality will one day be hers, unless we act now. it has opinion ten years since sandy hook, is she right, is this just going to be more and more parents realities since congress can t come together on this? hopefully congress will come together. and we re certainly not going to come together if we don t try. at the very least we have put people on record where they stand on the gun safety legislation and it will be taken out to an election. personally i think voters should vote for representatives that will work for and pass gun safety legislation. fundamentally we re a democracy and this will be on the ballot coming in the midterms. representative at least we ll know where they stand and they ll force a
administration, pelosi saying we re going to stick with you until victory is achieved, the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joints chiefs and also the secretary of state all saying the same thing now, and also this $33 billion plus-up, $20 billion of it going to arms assistance and then economic and humanitarian assistance is truly significant and i was surprised by the amount of it, to be sure. but it is also a demonstration of the administration s commitment. we have to give them credit. we were very critical of them for a couple of weeks not doing enough and not doing enough also in substance as well as timing. and now we seem to be on the same page. and that is commendable for them. hopefully congress will get this done quickly. bill: in the town of mariupol i was surprised to hear 100,000 people may be blockaded in that town.
stingers and the javelins and those sensitive weapons? we are seeing more and more imagery of those weapons falling into the hands of russian-backed forces in donbas. do you have a plan to track those weapons. there is an article in the boss tom on globe quoting an official saying the eight money passed by congress has not been delivered calling it a critical strategic failure. how do you plan to fix this problem. in terms of our ability to track the weapons going in. we don t have any forces on the ground, so that is difficult for to us do. we did have a very good discussion with both the chad and the president and minister of defense.