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
nick queststead. he will be one of the key witnesses on thursday and he is expected to reveal more previously unseen video of the proud boys that day. we are also expecting to hear from u.s. capitol police officer caroline edwards, who was injured in the attack. she told nbc news garrett haake in october january 6th felt like a war zone. they started ripping down barriers. that s when the moment i knew this is not like any other protest. they approached our line. they injured me and a couple of officers by tearing down you know our barricade and then the fight on the west front began. it was chaos. i ve never seen anything like that. and now breaking just a few minutes ago, new reporting from the washington post that president trump had been insisting for two weeks before the insurrection that he wanted to march alongside his supporters to the capitol. joining me now is nbc news justice reporter ryan reilly, politico investigative reporter josh to besee and luke broadw
unidentified person responds with 1776. a reference to the u.s. revolution and a profanity, a reference from tarrio to the winter palace alluding to the russian revolution and a comment, dude, did we just replay history? tarrio says, let s first let this play out. this was after federal authorities had gone ahold of his phone. because he was arrested january 4k9 and held until january 5th in connection with burning a black lives matter flag in a previous event earlier. so he could not have his phone. there was a photographer with him as seen in this documentary video who he borrowed a phone from. later he obtains a phone the next day. really interesting. so they will presumably use some of these in the january 6th hearings, the public phase, am i wrong to guess on that, ryan?
the january 6th hearings on thursday. enrique tario and four other members of the proud boys are charged with se digs conspiracy for their roles in the insurrection. this is on top of the previous indictment for tarrio, where he was charged with conspiracy to obstruct the 2020 certification. he was arrested back in march on that and other charges, to which he pleaded not guilty. but he has remained in custody pending trial. this new charge is exactly what keeper stewart rhodes was charged with. they noted tarrio and rhodes met the night before the insurrection. that meeting seen here in this newly obtained video was captured by british film maker