Under that final vote, 5435. Six republicans breaking ranks and joining with democrats. But, it was not enough. Two democrats didn t vote. But, still it would not make a difference. 60 yes votes needed. The country fell for short. A total of nine republican senators you see there and nearly onetenth of all members of the senate did not bother to show up or go on record against the legislation. Only one of them, senator pat toomey says he would have voted in favor of the bill but it would not have mattered. The gop fix was in. Senator republican mitch mcconnell opposes the commission. He spent yesterday lobbying fellow republicans to vote against the bill as a personal favor to him. A personal favor? why would you need that? republican senators falling in line behind him and trump also opposes the investigation. Majority leader chuck schumer called him out. The republican minority prevented the people to get the real truth of january 6th. This vote made it official, donald trump s big l
like i was in an episode of jerry springer. the people, they re so much we can do right now. we have to get her kids back in school. they re so much work to be done. john: south carolina senator tim scott joins us in moments. robert wolf is also standing by. sandra: hot team coverage, mike emanuel on the hill, mike tobin and freezing cold chicago. john: peter doocy joining us from the north lawn. good afternoon. it s only been a few weeks since president-elect, at the time, biden promised checks for people who are hurting the covid pandemic. even though that hasn t happened yet, house democrats up the street are beginning to roll out or preparing to roll out a proposal for $3,000 checks for families and need below a certain threshold. that would be $3,000 per year, per child, or a one year payment spread out. i asked the president about this a few minutes ago. the president talked about this on the campaign trail and the importance of credits to help working familie
it is not i joke, we ll get into it. national inflation rate 8.5%, highest in more than a generation. the economy is shrinking with the gross domestic product falling last month. if it happens two quarters in a row, we call that recession. hope it doesn t. gas prices above $4 a gallon. a new poll finds most surveyed are concerned about higher cost of living. the president seems to think it is a laughing matter, maybe he got together and chuckled in practice. watch this reaction to trevor noah as he told jokes at the white house correspondence dinner saturday night. people have been hard on you, since you came into office, things are looking up, gas is up, food is up, rent is up, everything. harris: joey jones, your reaction? joey: funny, i guess. i was in town with this, but i was there with a group of wounded veterans, that was my night. i don t mind everyone getting together and celebrating a press corps and a first amendment right to challenge the president every
we are following breaking news this hour. a verdict has been reached in the seditious conspiracy trial against five members of the proud boys. this trial really considered the center piece, the marquee of the prosecutions brought by the justice department surrounding the actions leading up to and on january 6th. cnn s katelyn polantz is outside the courthouse. she s joining me once again. katelyn, what s the latest you re hearing from inside the room? reporter: kate, we really are moments away from knowing what the result of this long, long trial, this long prosecution by the justice department is at this moment in time the jury is reading the verdicts that they have reached in the courtroom. we have a team watching this right now. and what is happening here, what is at stake here is that this is the case against the five leaders of the proud boys, people that the justice department have accused of not just wanting to have a war against the u.s. government after the 2020 el
[the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] rachel: we go straight to a fox weather alert, four dead and dozens injured as we head into another weekend of severe weather. pete: tornadoes flattening homes, scattering tons of debris. will: 90 million americans are under severe storm warning with the possibility of more twisters. max gordon is live in little rock, arkansas, with the latest. max:scenes of destruction in little rock, arkansas after tornadoes struck yesterday afternoon. three people are dead. the governor has declared a state of emergency. the tornado in little rock struck at 2:30 in the afternoon as the twister tore through the city. the national weather service in little rock had to trade duties in the memphis office as the meteorologist took shelter. homes and businesses were ripped apart by the tornado. in the wake of the destruction emergency crews went into search and rescue mode. residents were told to stay away from the area damaged by the tor