president s own family. lauren fox is joining us live from capitol hill. good morning, lauren. what can we expect tonight? reporter: well, hundreds of hours of interviews behind closed doors and the public going to get a chance to see tonight what the january 6 committee has been working toward. we expect that the committee hearing will kick off tonight with opening statements from the chairman bennie thompson as well as the top republican liz cheney on the committee. committee aides telling us that we expect thompson will put this in a historical context, the violence that transpired that day, and the unprecedented nature of the attack on the u.s. capitol. and then we expect things will move forward in three different areas. one of them, the public will get a chance to see some previously unseen video footage of private interviews behind closed doors that the committee has done with white house officials, trump campaign officials, as well as members of trump s own feel. we
brett kavanaugh, why the california man says he made a cross country trip to the justice s home. and this photo highlighting the horrors of the vietnam war, turning 50 years old. the child and the photographer join new day. good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is thursday, june 9th. this morning, something new, cnn has learned that the ceos of more than 220 u.s. companies will release a letter today, demanding the senate take immediate action to reduce gun violence. the letter calls gun violence a public health crisis that devastates communities, and costs american taxpayers, employees, employers and communities a staggering $280 billion a year. it does not endorse any specific policy proposals or make any new ones. connecticut senator chris murphy, the lead democratic negotiator in the senate gun safety talks, had this to say on new day moments ago, about the prospects for a breakthrough. i don t think you can be anything other than c
and then once it did happen, why did authorities lied to the country for months and tell us that officer of brian sicknick had been murdered by the mob when in fact the medical examiner determined he died of a stroke hours later. just tonight on cbs news, we were informed just a moment ago, as norah o donnell stared on like it was true, that five police officers were murdered by the mob. on january 6th. really? we know of one killing on january 6th, and that killing was committed by officer michael byrd, capitol hill police officer with a confirmed record of highly reckless behavior with firearms, and yet for some reason he was allowed to shoot an unarmed, nonthreatening woman. why was he allowed to do that? what was the justification? no one has ever told us. why is that? and by the way, just how many fbi agents and doj informants were active in the crowd on january 6th and what exactly were they doing there? why can t we know the answer to that question, seriously? and wh
now the people at the center of them are begging and pleading with their elected leaders to do something and do something now. a bipartisan group of u.s. senators has been trying to strike a narrow, modest deal on gun reforms, one of the lead negotiators telling me in the last hour he is cautiously optimistic that they can get something done. despite ongoing talks on capitol hill today, it is still legal in most states for an 18-year-old to buy a semiautomatic weapon. josh campbell went to a gun range to show us just what such a weapon can do. they are known as assault style weapons. and have been used in some of the country s deadliest shootings. from uvalde, tulsa, and el paso, to parkland, san bernardino, and sandy hook, it has been the weapon of choice for many of the killers. line is hot. the los angeles police department demonstrates an ar-style semiautomatic rifle for us on the department s gun range. you have a 16-inch to 20-inch barrel. you have a stock that
Kerman is joins us live from kaiser in South San Francisco and dan is it too late to protect your self against the flu. It literally takes a matter of seconds but doctors say it can protect you all winter long of course we are talking about the flu vaccine and doctors say if you havent had the flu shot yet, now is a great time. Usually flu becomes much more widesperead around christmas and then carries on into january february and march. Thursday afternoon there was a steady of stream of people dropping by the flu clinic at kaiser in santa clara its been a while since ive gotten it, i used to get it as a kid and then last year i got the flu twice in 6 months and i thought this year i am going to get the flu shot so im hoping it does the trick. Doctors say early indications suggest the vaccine is a good match for the flu strains that are circulating this season studies show the flu vaccine reduces the risk of getting the flu by between 50 and 60 . And is recommended everyone 6 months an