warning it all could have been avoided. this moment and most importantly the associated illness offering and death could have been avoided with higher vaccination coverage. reporter: with schools set to reopen, the cdc is also recommending that everyone wear a mask, regardless of vaccination status. cdc recommends that everyone in k through 12 schools wear a mask indoors, including teachers, staff, students and visitors, regardless of vaccination status. reporter: but several dstate banned districts from requiring them. what about the children in those states. reporter: i m happy not to live in the state where that is the guidance. i don t know how we ll influence local elected officials in these states. reporter: tonight new questions being raised about vaccine mandates. the justice department has determined that federal law doesn t stop private businesses from requiring them. can we mandate vaccines
lives on january 6th one by one detailing the physical, verbal, racist attacks they encountered that day. here is officer michael fanone. i was trying to push people off of me. there were individuals trying to grab my gun. i remember one lunging at me time and time again trying to grab my gun and i heard people in the crowd yelling get his gun, kill him with his own gun. and words to that effect. i feel like i went to hell and back to protect them and the people in this room but too many are telling me that hell doesn t exist or that hell actually wasn t that bad. the indifference shown to my colleagues is disgraceful! officer harry dunn gut wrenching testimony detailing the blatant racism he endured
i feel like i went to hell and back to protect them and the people in this room. but too many are now telling me that hell doesn t exist. or that hell actually wasn t that bad. the indifference shown to my colleagues is disgraceful! what do you say, congressman, to colleagues of yours, republicans who continue to this day to down play what happened on january 6th? i tell them they should examine their conscience and they should think about the long view of history. history will not treat them well. the facts of what happened on january 6th will be known to everyone. this set of hearings will help to tell that story. but people who right now, republicans and the house, not all, but most are ignoring this moment or trying to rewrite the
least 543 people from the riot. charges range from obstructing congress to assaulting police. the government is holding anywhere from 10 to 50 suspects at least 23 pleaded guilty. tempers flared at the hearing. officer michael fanon with nothing but contempt for some of the lawmakers he says he tried to guard. watch your back. i feel like i went to hell and back to protect them and the people in this room. but too many are now telling me that hell doesn t exist. or that hell actually wasn t that bad. the indifference shown to my colleagues is disgraceful! one of the two republicans tapped for the committee by house speaker nancy pelosi adam kinzinger tried to console the officers. [sobbing] you guys heldible. democracies are not defined by our bad days.
there were rioters out of control. willing to beat up anybody they could get their hands on including members of congress. there is little question in my mind but for the capitol police and them putting themselves on the line that if my of us were caught by this mob, we would have been hurt. to hear one of the officers for them to say for them to put their lives on the line for people who doesn t seem to care, what does that say? that was so telling to me that it what people should conclude is there is at least one group of people and that is nancy pelosi and this committee that care as well as the democrats who voted for and others a few republicans that voted for the bipartisan commission who care about what happened on january 6th and want to get to the bottom of it to make sure it never happens again. let there be no question, this was a mass insurrection and threat to democracy. that threat remains. all right. senator mazie hirono, thank you