politicians, some carrying zip ties and carrying gear. to come, a panel with who, what and why the insurrection. we ll present the evidence, the timeline, the money and the people behind the attempt to subvert democracy and keep the elections loser, donald trump in office. we ll have interviews with trump white house aides, campaign officials and members of the trump family. we ll hear from two people who interacted directly with the proud boys on and around the attack, one of them is british filmmaker nick queston, considered a firsthand fact witness because of amount of time he spent with the extremist group right before the capitol was breached. i am not allowed to say what s going to happen today because everyone is just going to have to watch for themselves. but it s going to happen. something s going to happen. one way or the other. the question at hand now is not just what these hearings will deliver but what will the hearings do to stop it from happening again? as
legitimate reasons why people would want to have them. why do you think people need to have ar-15s in this country? you are talking about a constitutional right to keep and bear arms. if we can introduce to them safely, they normally say that thing s not even scary. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. wednesday, june 8, 4:00 a.m. on capitol hill where in the coming hours u.s. lawmakers will hear the testimonies from the families of mass shooting victims reflecting on the lives they have lost. while gun policy, talks on a bipartisan deal, carry on, many believe it is not enough for the families who have lost loved ones to gun violence. on tuesday, the u.s. senate heard from some of those families, they called on congress to take action on gun reform and hate crimes. one man s mother was killed when a shooter opened fire at a grocery store in buffalo, new york last month. he remembered his mother as the heart of the family. what i loved most ab
buffalo. and actor matthew mcconaughey who is from uvalde, appealing to congress from the white house briefing room to take action on guns. his wife held a replica of the green converse sneakers, the only thing that helped identify a 9-year-old girl shot and killed in uvalde. that s the power of the weapon used there. maite wanted to be a marine biologist. maite wore green high top converse with a heart she had hand drawn on the right toe because they represented her love of nature. these are the same green converse on her feet that turned out to be the only clear evidence that could identify her at the shooting. wow. now lawmakers will also hear what is expected to be gripping and painful testimony from 11-year-old maite, the fourth grader who suffered the mass shooting at robb elementary by covering herself, remember this is the girl who covered herself in her friend s blood and pretended to be dead. you ll see that hearing live here in an hour. and the bipartisan talks
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
as we speak, voters in seven states are heading to the polls in some critical primary races. the results, expected to give us some important clues about which party could control the house and more specifically, which wing could control congress. but what s driving voters to the polls? what is their motivating? a new survey shows americans frankly are fed up with politics right now. two-thirds of democrats and republicans think most candidates are thinking of themselves, not their constituents. one issue affecting everyone is skyrocketing gas prices. a gallon of regular gas is now more than $5 in states plus d.c. and some americans can t afford to fill the tank anymore. gas prices are killing us. i m trying to get a second job. i m trying not to follow all the politic, but i m starting to because of everything. we know a police officer will testify before the january 6th committee in its first prime time hearing. two sources telling nbc news that caroline edwards will t