Part of the january 6th attack. Capitol police and sergeant a b another threat donald trump will retake the presidency tomorrow. Yes. Day after today. Tomorrow. Security officials are dealing with this new threat. The senate today grilled other officials about what went wrong january 6th and this morning commander of the National Guard paint add damning pick cture ofe Capitol Policeal lumbering response to the attack. The Army Senior Leaders did not think that it looked good, it would be a good optic. They further stated that it could incite the crowd. What would have been the impact of sending those 155 right around that 2 00 time frame . Based on my experience with the summer and i have 19 years i have 39 years in the National Guard. I was in the florida guard, hurricane andrew. Ive been involve ared in civil disturbances so i believe that number could have made a difference. We could have helped extend the perimeter and help push back the crowd. Later when pressed by republican senator roy blunt Major General walker in no Uncertain Terms said he thinks the National Guard had capacity to respond immediately to the Capitol Police chiefs desperate call for help. General walker, if the restrictions hadnt been put in place by d. O. D. What would you have done when the chief called you at 1 49 on january 6th with an urgent request for National Guard assistance . I would have sent them there immediately. As soon as i hung up. My next call would have been to my subordinate commanders, get every singlem guardsman in this building, remission them to the capitol without delay. Instead his troops assembled ready to board buses to the capitol and waited, they waited, more than three hours before being called into action. Congressman Eric Swalwell joins me. He serves on the house intelligence and judiciary kmtsz. What is your response to that learning, waiting . They waited. They just were sitting there waiting to come to you guys . Brianna, by the grace of god, more people were not killed including more police officers, custodial staff, lawmakers and we still were delayed for nearly seven hours from continuing our job to certify every americans vote. Its maddening to hear this. Three lessons i take away. One, d. C. A state so they dont delay on the Department Of Defense. Two, Michael Flynns brother had a serious Conflict Of Interest should not have been in the chain of command. Michael flynn, was part of telling this big lie and a part of the stop the steal effort. And, three, this is, you know, really all the more reason that we need to increase the intelligence that we have around Major National security events at the capitol and its just frustrating to hear that we had to wait so long and it could have been much worse. At heart of this, who is to blame for this delay . Well, donald trump. Right . I mean, he incited, enflamed, assembled the mob. We cant lose sight of that. Law enforcement officers risk their lives every day. And failures in delay in getting help . I think d. O. D. Certainly has to own up to the threehourplus delay. They are to blame. Capitol police, their leadership were not prepared at all. So there has to continue to be accountability for that, but brianna, here we are. You alluded in your opening, qanon believes donald trump is going to become president tomorrow. Its frustrating to have a Security Fortress around the capitol, these types of threats that qanon continues to inspire impede us from doing the work we have to do on covid, on Voting Rights, on racial justice. I have colleague whose will not denounce these threats, and in fact they had an Insurrection Reunion this weekend and went back to perpetuating it. Do you know what the threats are . What are the threats right now when it comes to tomorrow . I have not i havent seen ive seen exactly what youve seen and not been briefed on specific threats. I can tell you, brianna, as someone who reads their dms on twitter, instagram, facebook, the threats are coming in every day to me and my colleagues. One colleague told me today that they had just been fitted for a bulletproof vest, which is just the worst thing in the world to listen to somebody explain to you. Look, we signed up for this we know as public servants. Thats Fog Ber Being on the Capitol Complex Grounds . And going home. Threats at home for many of us as well. Again, we know what we signed up for, but when you have to think about your security all the time that limits your ability to fight for your constituents. Im asking from my colleagues, senator cruz, congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene, denounce these groups. I asked if these groups are denounced by the people that they idolize and looks up to does that affect them . She said, yes. If not denounced they take that as recognize joe biden as the legitimate president. And, look, you do make a good point there, certainly. Im glad you brought it up, about the vulnerability in members of congress in their home districts. There are many of you. You go home. You do not always have protection, and certainly that is something that needs to have an eye kept on it. I want to ask you, even in light of that, about the former Vice President s oped. We just heard our daniel dale fact check the former Vice President s lies about voting in the 2020 election. He made a number of claims that are untrue about electionrelated efforts. Whats your reaction to that . His claims have been discredited by chris krebs from the department of Homeland Security formally. He said this was the most secure election ever. That there was no fraud that would have even come close to changing the outcome. And much of the fraud that has been reported and where people have been arrested were people trying to help donald trump. So, again, as long as you perpetuate this, and brianna, look at cpac over this weekend. That Insurrection Reunion they called it. They did a poll among members what the number one issue was for them. It wasnt abortion, it wasnt the second amendment, Traditional Conservative Issuesmany it wasnt taxes or smaller government. It was election integrity. They believe donald trump is the lawful president. As long as they believe that it inspires others to take up arms against their government and thats why we have this capitollike fortress. Congressman Eric Swalwell, well be watching certainly the capitol tomorrow. Thank you so much for being with us. I want top listen to President Biden speaking at the white house. And probably to all of you like all of us cancer is personal. For almost everybody. Its probably the one word that is most frightening in the g english language, when you hear that c word. It is just devastating, and i always ask when i talk about cancer, i ask the audience if, to raise their hand if any of them were suffering from cancer as i spoke, and if they lost someone, and virtually 70 of every audience, whether or not its 4,000 people or 400 people, and a lot of folks in this room have, like many of you, maybe have been victims of cancer and overcome it, but theres so much hope that thats what i want to talk about with these folks, about what we do from a legislative and substantive Point Of View to make the kind of inroads i think we can make. Thats what were talking about today. Thank you for coming in and im optimistic were going to get something done here. Thank you. Thank you, everyone. Thank you. Thank you. We are following that through right now. Thank god no one was killed by the rocket. One individual a contractor, died of a heart attack. But were identifying whos responsible and well make judgments from that point. Okay . Thank you. Thank you, everyone. Thank you. [ inaudible ]. Thank you. I didnt hear the question. In texas all right, thank you, guys. I think its a big mistake. Look i hope everybodys realized by now these masks make a difference. We are on the cusp of being able to fundamentally change the nature of this disease, because of the way in which were able to get vaccines in peoples arms. Weve been able to move that all the way up to the end of may to have enough for every american to get every adult american to get a shot. And the last thing, the last thing we need, is neanderthal thinking, meantime everything is time. Take off your mask, forget it. It still matters. I carry a card, i may not have the it, i put it on my desk, as of yesterday we had lost 511,874 americans. Were going to lose thousands more. This will not occur, we will not have everybody vaccinated until sometime in the summer. We have the vaccine to do it, getting a shot in smomeones ar and a second shot is going to take time and its critical, critical, critical, critical, that they follow the science. Wash your hands. Hot water. Do it frequently. Wear a mask. And stay socially distanced. And i know you all know that. I wish the heck some of our elected officials knew it. So thank you very much. Thank you, guys. Thank you. [ inaudible ]. All right. There you have President Biden calling states who are ending Mask Mandates, saying theyre making a big mistake. His big quote. Well discuss this with a Small Business in texas where that is happening. Now back to former Vice President mike pences oped. This is very important. Gloria borger and cnn political analyst carl bernstein. Gloria it is six weeks later. I think this is one of the most eyepopping parts of this. Its that pence was there. He understands what the lie can do. And yet he sees opportunity in it, and is now pushing it. Yeah. Just information about the election those lies threatened his own life. People were running through the capitol saying hang pence. There was a noose outside the capitol that was meant for mike pence. And because he would have no part of the president s preside shenanigans he was effectively excommunicated by donald trump and by Donald Trumps supporters after four years of doing nothing but being completely and utterly loyal to donald trump. So it is completely absurd at that level. But he is a politically ambitious man. He wants to figure out a way to get back in, and so he writes this oped on a, on a website affiliated with the Heritage Foundation which is a, a conservative think tank, and i think what im seeing here is sort of what could become the official pivot for republicans who dont want to go all the way with donald trump on the rigged election. So you move from the rigged election a little bit to talking about the postelection and saying we have to increase Voter Restrictions in the future, because we cant let these socalled irregularities, which by the way were not irregularities but were things that states did so people could vote in a pandemic, but according to Pence Association we dont let these socalled irregularities happen again. Its ridiculous, but its mike pence the way of getting back in the conversation so people will talk to him again. I mean, this is something, you cant split the baby on, carl. No. Right. No. Look the party of lincoln has become the party of Voter Suppression and disenfranchisement, especially of black americans. This is a racist agenda, intended to keep participation in our elections down, especially among people of color. It is a disgrace. Think of what this country hassen meant in terms of extending Voting Rights to all americans . The whole idea when i grew up, when gloria grew up in school we would have Voter Turnout drives to get our parents to come out to vote. Now the object of the republicans, a Minority Party is to keep voters out of the polling places, if it is expected that those voters might be voting democratic. It is the most undemocratic means of undermining our Electoral System as can be imagined, and it is an absolute and utter disgrace, and at the same time it is very successful for the republican party. They control twothirds almost of the state legislatures, where their primary agenda is Voter Suppression. So we now have one of our two parties that is really dedicated itself to the proposition that people should not be able to vote if it is expected they might vote for the opposition party. Yeah. Gloria and carl, i just, i need more time with you. Stick around with me, if you will. Ill have you weigh in on this report about dr. Ronny jackson, former white house doctor, and current congressman from texas, who is accused of drinking and taking Sleeping Pills while on duty on president ial trips and also accused of harassing his staff. Hear when wehe has to say about the allegations and President Biden conceded to modern democrats about who will get the next round of stimulus checks. Psst psst allergies dont have to be scary. Spraying flonase daily stops your body from overreacting to allergens all season long. Psst psst youre good. Tired of clean clothes that just dont smell clean . What if your clothes could stay fresh for weeks . Now they can this towel has already been used and it still smells fresh. Pour a cap of downy unstopables into your Washing Machine before each load and enjoy fresher Smelling Laundry for up to 12weeks. We have Breaking News coming to us from capitol hill. A democratic source tells cnn that President Biden and Senate Democrats have struck a deal on his 1. 9 trillion Coronavirus Relief bill, and this impacts a lot of people who will be getting or not getting the next round of 1,400 stimulus checks. Cnns political director David Chalian joins me here. Something i think a lot of people will want to perk up their ears here. Whats the compromise here . Remember, brianna, President Biden telegraphed from the moment he got into the white house he was willing to negotiate on the targeting of who gets these checks. What he wasnt willing to negotiate on was the check amount. Right . He wanted 1,400 as that full amount to go out at relief but waited until the very end to come up Way Kpcompromise to kee 50 democrats onboard. Look at the stimulus checks, what happens now. The faze out begins at 75,000 for a single Tax Filer Capping out at 80,000. An individual tax filer and make more than 80,000, or more, youre not eligible to get any money in this next round of stimulus checks. You see the numbers here for head of household and couples filing together, the faze out begins at 150,000, and ends at 160,000. So a Household Earning 160,000, no longer is going to be eligible for any of that Stimulus Money in terms of these Relief Checks as a part of are this compromise. What it means for more targeted approach to getting these checks in peoples hands, brianna. We also saw, david, the white house abandon the nomination of its omb director, neera tanden. She withdrew making clear she wasnt going to get the votes needed. Where does the president stand on getting his Cabinet Nominees confirmed . A big loss in the Biden Administration in firms of forming the cabinet. The trump and Obama Administration dealt with people withdrawing their nomeninationss well. Secretary of state tony blinken, defense secretarygeneral u austen. And Merrick Garland and Interior Secretary got good news, susan collins, republican will vote for her. Hud secretary marsha much and xavier becerra, a controversial nominee and a lot of republicans are galvanizing around opposing him but no democrat bailed yet. It looks like everyone else is on target to get through the Senate Confirmation process. Well see when all of those votes finally do take place, brianna. All right. Thank you for taking us through that, David Chalian, appreciate it. Still ahead, new York Governor Andrew Cuomo says hes sorry and hes embarrassed by allegations of Sexual Harassment but insists he didnt touch anyone appropriately. Speaking live to the state Senate Majority leader. A pivotal figure. Plus Texas Governor gets rid of his mask mandate and clears the way for businesses to fully reopen at the same time. One Brewery Owner joins me to explain why he thinks its the wrong call. Jackson hewitt knows your Job Description may have changed this year. To say. 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He continues to enjoy the significant longterm cardiac and Overall Health benefits that come from a lifetime of about sta sta nance from tobacco and hol. I told the president a healthier diet over the last 20 years, he might live to be 100 years old. Gloria, what do you make of this really stunning review . Well what i keep thinking about is how did this guy keep his job . How did he get promoted . And what was he doing there . I mean, this is a man, they interviewed over 78 people and, by the way, these interviews, the i. G. Was kept from doing his job for months and months because the white house wanted to claim privilege on some of these interviews, and decided not to in the end, but they eves said that it was incomplete. But more than half of those people interviewed said that he was reckless, that he had bad management skills, that he was offensive, that he harassed women. You name. It goes on and on and on and this was the man, now a new member of congress and the man, you recall that donald trump wanted to name to head the v. A. So think about that. How did that happen . And its, you know carl, particularly alarming here are the findings that he was under the influence of multiple substances, prescriptionstrength Sleeping Pills as well as alcohol when he was on president ial trips abroad. And, i mean, i dont think that we can overstate how important it is for a president ial physician to have his or her wherewithal and be able to provide potentially lifesaving care if needed. Lets Cut To The Chase here. This individual was regarded by his colleagues and those who traveled with him in both the obama and the trump presidencies as a rageaholic and Out Of Control rageaholic with a drug and apparent drug and alcohol problem. The physician to the president of the United States. You would think that in any presidency, that those Warning Signs would have caused the president and those around him to immediately stop this physician from practicing medicine on the president of the United States. That did not happen, and what this report shows among other things, as gloria suggested, even a coverup in terms of trying to intimidate witnesses, by the way the investigation was contacted and how the Trump White House responded. This is a pretty clear, open and shut case, of showing malfeasance, misfeasance and procedures that endangered the president of the United States. Will this negatively impact jackson at all, do you think, gloria . Look, hes still gotten elected from a very conservative district and hes going to call it fake news, and say that it was politically motivated and all the rest of it. So who knows . I mean in this day and age, you cant really, you cant predict, but what it does show is the president s relationship with his physician is so important to the people of the country. And when your Military Doctor, youre a Military Doctor and work for commanderinchief, your boss and you do whatever he or she wants you to do. So who knows what Ronny Jackson was doing for the president , that the president liked and wanted to get him promoted . We just have no idea about their real relationship, nor do we have any if there were a president impaired and the physician were really endebted to that president , how could anybody invoke the 25th Amendment . You just dont know what the real story is, as were now finding out about the president s doctor, and his own behavior and how that would impact the president and his relationship with the president. Yeah. We also saw the impact of the, of jacksons successor, when trump was in the hospital, and trump was calling the shots for his own doctor, and so you can see how this relationship is undermined by the pra president e United States not committed to truth in terms of telling the American People what the president s health is. Carl, gloria, great to see you again. Thanks for being with me. Uhhuh. Good to be with you. Republican states across the country are taking the big lie and turning it into legislation. Trying to disadvantage Democratic Candidates by making it harder for their voters to cast a ballot. Why . Because democrats who embraced popular options like early voting and voting by mail turned out in record numbers and their guy won. Take, for instance, georgia, where one of the republicans who lost a senate seat in the states stunning Run Offelections in january is try to stay relevant. Former republican senator david perdue made his first Tv Appearance since losing the runoff trying to explain away his loss as something other than georgians making it clear that theyre just not that into him, now throwing support behind efforts to limit the ability of people in this state to cast ballots for democrats. Amp they flipped georgia blue for the First Time Since 1992. We had significant irregularities in the november election that may have affected the outcome actually. So what the state is trying to do right now is correct some of these potential irregularities and create a level playing field. No, no. There were no irregularities that may have affected the outcome of the election. That is a lie more bald faced than the side of Stone Mountain that doesnt have confederate generals carved into it. Nonetheless, On Monday Georgia Republicans got a bill through the Georgia House that among other Voting Restrictions would limit the location and hours of drop boxes, it would require voters show i. D. When voting absentee and severely limit early voten on weekends. Sunday voting eradicated. No sunday to the polls, Impacting Black Georgia Voters in particular. The bill goes to the Georgia Senate and democrats call it a dark day, chairwoman of the Democratic Party in georgia said this, let history so instead of fighting our our democracy these it cowards betrayed Georgia Voters throughout truth and facts and attend ed to undew georgia. A republican wrote the bill. House bill 531 is designed to begin to bring back the confidence of our voters, back into our election system. He is right about one thing. Confidence in elections is down. More than 70 of republicans believe there was widespread thought in the 2020 election ak according to a Quinnipiac Poll in july. They believe a lie told to them over and over and over by republican lawmakers and conservative pundits too support donald trump or simply too afraid to upset him. We did even better in the seconds election than we did in the first. You know i won the first. And we won the second. 17 of the 80 million that voted for joe biden i objected during the Electoral College certification. Maybe you heard about it. I did. I stood up [ cheers ] i stood up and i said, i said, we ought to have a debate about election integrity. The reason that people stormed the capitol was because they felt hopeless because of a rigged election. Now this Conspiracy Theory is translating into a surge of new legislation to fix a problem that doesnt actually exist. The Brennan Center for justice has been following the numbers here. As of february 19th, there have been more than 250 bills proposed knisthis year making i more difficult to vote in 43 states. More than seven times restrict beive voting bills compare to last year. Where are we seeing many of these measures to restrict access to mail inbal imail in ballots . Arizona, pennsylvania, 8 down from 15. Three states at heart of trumps big lie that the election was stolen from him. Pennsylvanias 20 electoral votes plus georgias 16 and arizonas 11 electoral votes made joe biden the president. How about pennsylvania where they throw the Poll Watchers out . Threw them out. And they did it here, too, by the way. I dont run the elections. I dont run to see if people are walking in with suitcases and putting them under a table with a black robe around them. The state of arizona, over 36,000 ballots were illegally cast by noncitizens. All lies. Some of the proposals that are currently on the table include one in arizona that would make voters sign up for an early voting registry, and kick them off that list if they dont vote in an election with a federal race. Another in georgia still debated in the state senate allows, only allow georgians to vote absentee if over 65, Have A Physical D Disad Disability or out of town. And former Vice President mike pence has penned an oped in which he falsely raises the spectrum of troubling voting irregularities. Pence who escaped the mob at the capitol a minute before it entered the senate chamber. This mob all hang mike pence hang mike pence hang mike pence instead of seeing danger in that moment, pence and other republicans see opportunity. To turn the big lie into law. To be clear, republicans lose the white house. They lose the senate. They still dont control the house. They have longstanding respectable members of their Party Breaking with them. They are in the middle of a political civil war, and their takeaway is to change the rules of the game . Now, im familiar with this, because i have a 4yearold, but that is not how candyland works. 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New york state senator and Majority Leader Andrea Stewart cousins joins me now to talk about this. Madam leader, you heard the governor moments ago. Did his comments go far enough . You know, i think that the apology is important. I think people need to hear that he knows that what happened made people feel, yes, uncomfortable, and, you know, thats important, but it really is not so much about the apology as about, you know, the fact that there is just no place for, you know, some of the things that, you know, hes apologizing for. So we are here obviously waiting for the the investigation to be completed by the attorney general, and, you know, we are just, you know, trying to move forward, but obviously, apology is a beginning, but there has to be an end to any sort of behavior like that. Should he resign . I think were waiting for the investigation. I think that is certainly appropriate, and, you know, obviously things happen fast, and as more information is available, then we will, we will see what happens after that, that comes to us, but, you know, right now, we do have work to do, and we are doing that work, and awaiting the results of the review. You said theres no place for what he is accused of. If this investigation that you are waiting for affirms what he is accused of, that it happened, should he then resign . I think that wed have to i mean, we all understand. This is new york. Im the first woman leader in the history of this, in this state. We are progressive. We understand what should happen in the workplace, all of us know this. So what i am saying, and i think what everyone is saying is that, yes. There was this was unintentional, according to what the governor says. Hes apologized. We need to see what else is on the horizon, if anything, and certainly what the review is. Its clear that he understands from what he said that what happened and how people were feeling was something that was uncomfortable for them, and that clearly is not what should happen in a workplace to anyone. So i think we all know that this was was something that needs to stop, should never have happened. He has apologized. So, again, i think we need to to wait for the review, and then obviously if anything else comes in between that, we will then have, you know, further discussions, opinions and actions. If if the investigation, though, does affirm what hes been accused of, it would fly in the face of some of what he has said. He has said, he said again today, he cdid not inappropriately touch anyone. He has been accused of inappropriately touching people, and that certainly is not hes also been accused of Sexual Harassment. Certainly touching is not required for there to be an offense. If this investigation affirms what he has been accused of, you are the person who would trigger an Impeachment Investigation. Absolutely. If you decided to move forward with that. Will you rule out triggering an Impeachment Investigation if the investigation affirms these accusations . Well, first of all, let me just clarify that. The senate does the senate does not. It would actually be the assembly that would trigger the impeachment, but the reality is that if we come to the point where the investigation shows that there was inappropriate touching and so on and so forth, i think it would be very clear that he would have to, you know, walk away. That he would then have to if the investigation affirmed these accusations, then he should resign. Right. I think, again, hes saying that nothing inappropriate happened. If the investigation shows that something inappropriate did happen, i think he would have to resign. Should he run for reelection . Well, i think were in the investigation situation now, so that would be up to him depending on what the results are what he wants to do. Since, you know, certainly your Point Of View, your opinion here, is its key to the future of the governor. Your opinion is very pertinent. It holds a lot of weight. Have you spoken to the governor . No, i havent. Has he called you . Not directly, no. Has he hes called you indirectly . No, i mean, he has not called me. Do you would you welcome any discussion with him, or is that something that you dont welcome at this point . We are governing, so obviously if there is a conversation that needs to be had around the work that we are doing on behalf of the people, i would certainly have that discussion with the governor. Madam leader, i really appreciate you being with us. Thank you so much. Youre so welcome. Thank you. Moments ago we heard President Biden call it a mistake for texas and other states to roll back their Mask Mandates echoing the sentiment of the head of the cdc. I think we at the cdc have been very clear that now is not the time to release all restrictions. I do think that i said that the next month or two is pivotal in terms of how this pandemic go as we scale up vaccination. We really do need to decrease the amount of virus that is circulating as were trying to vaccinate all of the public. I will also note that, you know, every individual has been empowered to do the right thing regardless of what the states decide. Heres the thing. Texas is far from the first state to lift the mask mandate. It joins more than a dozen republican states in doing this, and politics aside, governor abbotts decision is being met with mixed emotion, mixed opinions from Small Business owners. Macy moore is the coowner of Hop Fusionale Worth in fort worth. Tell us how you feel about the governors decision. Hi, brianna. You know, we feel i mean, obviously nobody thinks that this is a magically solved overnight and that this decision is based on anything that has to do with science or where we are, you know. Here in Tarrant County we just got out of the mandate, the countywide mandate for being over 15 hospitalizations. That was just like in the last week, so nobody is under some, you know, perceived notion that this is because weve solved this. We havent solved it. Do you want you want to see the mask mandate in place . You know, that was the one thing inside of our hip pocket for the last year throughout all of this as were trying to keep our staff safe and customers safe. You know, the one thing that we had. We had no support from local, from state, from federal, absolutely no support on doing, it but one thing we had in the hip pocket was the mandate and we were we were pushing it so hard because we had that mandate and with it gone, honestly, its the only pole that he had or could stand on. Theres nothing to stand on. Theres no mandate. Theres no support. That support never was there, so i dont know what it leaves us with. So, i mean, if you feel like your employees, your staff, they are not protected because they will be indoor for hours with people potentially not wearing masks, what what do you have you know, what are your concerns that that could end up, and what can you do . Can you ask patrons to wear a mask when they are not eating or drinking . What can you do . Every business has the ability to to i guess do their own mandate, right, so we could we could enforce pretty much anything that we want to enforce inside of your four walls and ive always have had that right and we could do that. Ive tossed and turned i. Havent slept since it was announced on what it is that we should do, and while, you know, the safety of our employees is in terms of covid, honestly the physical safety of our employees has to stand more than that, and i dont see how we can we can continue to enforce the Mask Mandates knowing that we have no support even from the very beginning and now certainly there will be none. Weve been weve been assaulted. Weve been obviously, you know, verbally assaulted. Weve had physical altercations. I i stayed up the whole night wondering about it and the one thing i come pack to i dont want to visit one of our employees in the hospital for a decision that i made for something that i truly believe in and then have to i dont want anybody to get hurt so i dont see how we can enforce it. Youre in a tough spot. Macy moore, thank you so much for being with us. Really appreciate it. Thank you. Cheers. We are back to our Breaking News. The domestic extremists may be plotting another attack on the u. S. Capitol tomorrow. Details on the fbi warning. Plus, the head of the cdc pardon me, the head of the d. C. National guard gives a scathing account of the response to the insurrection. Why he says there was such a delay in getting troops to the capitol. Want to make a name for yourself in gaming . Then make a name for yourself. Even if your office, and bank balance are. Far from glamorous. That means expensing nothing but pizza. Your expenses look good, and your books are set for the month . 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