for two editions we ask questions about what sort of qualities and attributes to make them more or less supportive for a candidate for congress. it is clear what issues they like to lead the way. for republicans the most favor l terrain is the economy and inflation. increasing oil production. that s popular and republicans know this. because it s all over the campaign advertising. joe biden and steve are spending like drunken sailors. i won t raise taxes. biden s bad decisions are costing families $5,000 a year. i won t take it. no amount of buy one get one free deals can overcome. thanks a lot, biden. i ll lower your costs. for democrats it s on positions held by republicans. looking at the nbc polls voters are not crazy about beginning donald trump s by lie about 2020 and candidates who would like to overturn roe v. wade. republican state governments give examples on rights under jeopardy. oklahoma lawmakers passed the most restrictive abortion bill in the count
cnn newsroom. i m alison tamaroa. thanks for staying with us. we have breaking news on the january six committee. they are investigating a tour of the capital given by republican lawmakers on the eve of the insurrection. let s get right to cnn s ryan nobles on capitol hill. tell us breaking news, ryan. that s right, victor and allison. we are just getting this information in right now from the january 6th elect committee. what they have done is sent a letter to congressman barry lowe or milk of georgia. they are asking for information that he may have about two errors that were given on january 5th, the day before the january 6th capitol insurrection. this letter comes after more than a year ago, democratic members of the house refused republican lawmakers of giving tours to individuals that were in the capital on the days leading up to january 6th. they then may have been a part of the insurrection after the fact. in this letter that was written by the select committee
his new reporting. so, ryan, this is significant. obviously. why these five lawmakers specifically? why are they being subpoenaed? reporter: well, first of all, victor and alisyn, before we get to that, i do want to tell you that the house minority leader, kevin mccarthy, just walked by us here on his way into the house chamber and was asked about this new subpoena for the first time and told reporters that he simply hadn t seen it yet so he didn t have anything to respond to. that s the first response that we have had from any of these republican lawmakers that have been subpoenaed by the committee. but to answer your question, alisyn, about why these particular lawmakers, well, the chairman of the committee, benny o bennie thompson has talk about this for several weeks. what it comes down is they believe they have information that is relevant to these members about their conduct leading up to january 6th and on the day itself and they want to give these members an opportu
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France formally disputed the deployment of the Foreign Legion's first 100 military personnel in the Ukrainian city of Sloviansk, which had been reported the day before. Source: French Foreign Ministry on Twitter (X), as reported by European Pravda Details: Earlier, the Asia Times portal cited Stephen Bryen, an ex-aide to the deputy chief of the Pentagon, who said that approximately a hundred Foreign Legion soldiers stationed in Sloviansk were being sent to help Ukraine's 54th Mechanised Brigade.