church. that person found the judge s home and shot and killed her son, and injured her husband. these acts and threats of violence are not associated with any one set of partisan or ideological views, but they are permeating so many parts of our national life that their risk becoming normalized and routine if we do not stop them. that is dangerous for people s safety. and it is deeply dangerous for our democracy. in a democracy, people vote, argue, and debate, often vociferously, in order to achieve the policy outcomes they desire. but in a democracy, people must not employ violence or unlawful threats of violence to effect that out come. citizens must not be intimidated from exercising their constitutional rights to free expression and association by such unlawful conduct. the justice department will continue to investigate violence and illegal threats of violence, disrupt that violence before it occurs, and hold perpetrators accountable. we have marshalled the resources of
heartland. recovery efforts ongoing as families begin to process their new reality. devastating tornados leaving thousands homeless just weeks before christmas. i m sandra smith in new york. trace: i m trace gallagher in for john roberts. 88 people confirmed dead across the state and kentucky governor says 12 children are among the 74 killed in his state and more than 100 are still unaccounted for. sandra: hardest hit area is dawson creek, small town of 2500 are dead. the mayor saying 75% of the town is gone. trace: the community is trying to cope with what has happened there. sandra: steve harigan is live in dawson springs. this is unbelievable reality for those people there. this is a tough one, especially in a small town like this, where people have had to fend for themselves and others. there are people going through the wreckage of what used to be their homes, picking out whatever they can of value. just 2400 people live here, 95 people still missing and 13 con
joins us with reaction to today s big vote. i m glad that they voted to enforce the subpoena. i want accountability. and the lieutenant governor of texas offered a big reward to fine voter fraud. i set this program up, shannon, to mirror crime stoppers. i have up to a million dollars from my campaign that i will give them. tonight, the lieutenant governor of pennsylvania on how one of his constituents is finally collecting a check. my dude owes me at least $2 million. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. today, the house of representatives voted to refer one of donald trump s closest allies, steve bannon, to the department of justice for possible criminal contempt charges. bannon, who was the chief executive officer of trump s 2016 campaign then went on to serve as white house chief strategist and senior counselor to the president has just defied a subpoena from the house committee investigating january 6th. the vote was bipar
next to hearing on drug use, suicide risk, and solutions for a mental health treatment from the housemates means committee. next the hearing on drug use, committee. they also talk about rising overdose death due to fentanyl and illegal drugs crossing into u.s. borders. the ways and means committee will come to order. putting in a word of welcome, and delighted to see all of us back here. what i have always considered the best address on capitol hill, 1100 law worth. we are holding today s meetings in the hybrid format in compliance with rules and regulations pursuant to house regulation eight. before we begin i want to remind members of a few procedures to keep these procedings running will keep microphones muted to limit background noise. members are responsible for an meaning themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for their five minutes. staff will mute members only in the event of inadvertent background noise. in addition, members present in the procee
secretary alejandro mayorkas over his role in they secr biden border disaster, the crisis he created to articles, in fact, were approved, one accusing him of refusing to comply with federal immigration laws and another accusing him of violating public trust. this weekend, mayorkas tried wit to deflect responsibility for his role in the crisis, claiming, oh, the system has. been broken for years and repeating the lie that they need congress to fix it. no, they don t. take a lootakek. do you bear responsibility for what is happening at the border, what the president himself has called a crisis? it certainly is a crisissident. while we don t bear responsibility for a broken system and we re doing a tremendous amount within that broken system, but fundamentall sysy, em fundamentally, congress is the only one who can fix it. now, joe biden just have to understand the ones he rescinded whe havn he got the most secure borders in history. in other words, he rescinded all the trum