6th to impeach Donald Trump on the January 6th insurrection was bipartisan. Ten house republicans voted with the democrats then. The vote to convict Donald Trump included seven republican senators who joined all 50 democratic senators. The vote it create an outside commission to investigate the January 6th insurrection was bipartisan across the board. 35 republicans voted for it in the house. Six in the senate. All those efforts to hold the Expresident Accountable came up short, though, because of the partisan Obstruction Campaigns waged and led by Kevin Mccarthy and Mitch Mcconnell. They sit on the deck of the titanic, though, erecting to shield the public from an unfiltered view of the firsthand witnesses begins to unravel this week. Take this statement from kinzinger accepting his appointment to the committee. He said this, quote, selfgovernance requires accountability and responsibility. My faith requires the same of me. Truth is necessary for order, and thats what i will do. Let m
killing spree. just one person was treated for injuries, according to police, that was the gunman, himself. which suggests, whoever he shot, he killed. the dead police officer, 51-year-old eric talley, a father of seven, was among the first on the scene. he s been on the boulder police department since 2010. he served in numerous roles, supporting the boulder police department and the community of boulder. and i have to tell you, the heroic action of this officer when he responded to this scene. at 14:30 hours, the boulder police department began receiving phone calls of shots fired in the area. and a phone call, about a possible person with a patrol rifle. officer talley responded to the scene, was the first on the scene. and he was fatally shot. police say they do not have a motive for the shooting. they don t know if the gunman knew any of the victims. at least they have not released that publicly. witnesses describe it as chaotic scene, with shoppers running for cover
means, coordination. it was the end and the means, nonviolence. he ran forthe state means, nonviolence. he ran forthe state legislature in georgia. a path other state legislature in georgia. a path other civii state legislature in georgia. a path other civil rights activists followed like our late great beloved colleague john lewis who is in our hearts colleague john lewis who is in our hearts today. when he got elected, they wanted to try to keep him from being they wanted to try to keep him from being sworn into the georgia legislator so the student they said the legislator so the student they said the student committee has taken a stand said the student committee has taken a stand against the vietnam war and we witi a stand against the vietnam war and we will not a stand against the vietnam war and we will not admit you because you took a we will not admit you because you took a position against the vietnam war. took a position against the vietnam w
leader of the house republicans kevin mccarthy. they have asked him for an interview that would be testimony, a big deal, as well as cooperation to provide information. and they also are signaling as they have in some of these dra other letters. the information they have already gathered. this new information has the committee asking about a very heated conversation with trump that took place during this insurrection. where according to this committee, this is their characterization on their screen, kevin mccarthy was urging trump to get help to the capitol. that s bad for donald trump if it speaks to the culpability he had and what he knew in realtime. it also notes that trump privately admitted to mccarthy, some degree of responsibility for this insurrection. that s a big deal as more detail its spill out. . and the request to meet with kevin mccarthy on february 3rd and 4th. now this is a bit unusual in interesting ways. mccarthy is the third lawmaker that this committee h
he went on. a few days later, oceangate s stockton rush replied. he told rob mccullum. the next day, rob mccallum replied in the starkest terms. oceangate s lawyers then contacted rob maccullum and threatened legal action. today, we ve contacted them again and they say they have no additional information. rob mccallum maintains that no one should have gone in this submersible. our science correspondent jonathan amos has been tracking this story since the sub was first reported missing. this is a stark exchange your? it s a this is a stark exchange your? it s a fascinating exchange, actually. it is polite ish, but it s also very testy indeed. we should perhaps explain who rob mccullum is, he s got a storied career in deep submersibles. he led the five deeps expedition so this was the american adventure of the first person ever to reach the deepest points and all the world s oceans. so he certainly knows what he s talking about. and his criticism of stockton rush here, the c