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Are they scared of what this commission will find . Are the answers just not important . Mccarthy has argued another investigation would be redundant but that didnt seem to be a problem in the face of benghazi . Remember, republican leaders supported ten investigations, and manu for days now we have been reporting that the top democrat and republican on the House Homeland Security committee struck this deal for a commission, and this was a bipartisan effort. I understand you are learning more about why republicans suddenly had A Change Of Heart . The Driving Concern of republicans and talking to senior republican senators public publicly an publicly and privately, the concern is the way this is structured and they are worried the investigation could drag out through the course of the year and according to the legislation they are required to have a report done by The End of the year but there are fears it would spill into next year when the control of congress is at stake, and republic
And im poppy harlow. Four months after the Capitol Insurrection was threatened, democracy, democrats and Republicans House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy opposes a bill that would create a bipartisan independent commission to investigate the January 6th attack. A domestic terrorist attack. This comes as the full house Votes Tomorrow on that legislation which may still pass. Votes still have to be counted. Our correspondent is live. Tell us, one, what is actually driving mccarthy opposing support for this and other republicans stated their support. Well, his stated reason is he believes that this investigation should be a broader investigation, that should not just look at what happened on January 6th, but should include other matters as well such as protests and the racial injustice protests that happened last summer, black Lives Matter protests and this has been what he has discussed for some time. He is sticking to it. What a lot of people on Capitol Hill believe this is an effort to
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Barricade. Flags, now, being flown at half staff at, both, the capitol and the white house, in the officers honor. Another officer was wounded in the attack. The suspect was killed. Jessica dean, with the latest on where things stand. Reporter the United States capitol, on high alert, again. As another attack left one Capitol Police officer dead, and another injured. The suspect rammed his car into two of our officers. Reporter a 25yearold suspect, noah green, rammed this blue sedan into a barricade at the Capitol Building striking two officers before exiting that vehicle and charging at the officers with a knife. The suspect did Start Lunging toward u. S. Capitol Police Officers. At which time, u. S. Capitol Police Officers fired upon the suspect. Reporter a lawenforcement official, telling cnn, one officer was stabbed. It is, with a very, very heavy heart that, i announce, one of our officers has succumb to his injuries. William billy evans, an 18year veteran of the force is the seco