Of Law Enforcement in the united states last year. Why are so many officers refusing to get a Covid Vaccine . Welcome to lead everyone. Im jake tapper, and we start with the Politics Lead and a vote expected in the next hour that will come down essentially to the truth versus trump. The Big Question right now, how many House Republicans will vote against the creation of a bipartisan commission to investigation the deadly January 6th Insurrection And Attack on their own workplace, and how many will support such an inquiry . The commission will very likely dig into the actions of any number of republicans including former president Donald Trump before and on January 6th, including what he said at that rally moments before rioters stormed the u. S. Capitol leaving people dead in their wake. At the 11th Hour before Todays Vote Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell joined with House Minority Leader Kevin Mccarthy in throwing his political weight against the formation of the commission call
russian meddling, but to call it bold and sophisticated and to that that we now know index lee had an influence on the outcome of the election is absurd. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. the head of the national rifle association, or nra, wayne lapierre has broken his silence after last week s florida school shooting that left 17 people dead and sparked a student-led national conversation on gun legislation. on thursday, lapierre attacked his opponents as communist sympathizers hell-bent on undermining individual freedoms. the elites don t care, not one wit, about america s school system and school children. if they truly cared, what they would do is they would protect them. for them, it is not a safety issue, it is a political issue. they care more about control and more of it. their goal is to eliminate the second amendment. so theyfirearms freedom can eradicate all individual freedo
son s a monster. how could a son do that? but why, bart? this is the question everybody wants to know. why? how could a father do the nearly impossible, forgive him? i don t understand it. i look it at it as a miracle. the desire for revenge had gone. he wants to save his son no matter what. he had to go to that length to feel alive. we can all live twice. i m david muir. and i m elizabeth var fwgas this is 20/20. death row. it is ominous. it is cold. it is a place you look at it from the outside and you know what happens inside. reporter: in a race against time, 38-year-old thomas bart whitaker s final days are ticking down on death row. now, he awaits a destiny that seems all but assured. execution, by lethal injection. his father, kent, spends these final days in a desperate hunt for mercy. on this savoring what may be his last visit with his son in prison. as we were leaving, we put our hands up to the glass and he puts his hand up on the other s
son s a monster. how could a son do that? but why, bart? this is the question everybody wants to know. why? how could a father do the nearly impossible, forgive him? i don t understand it. i look it at it as a miracl the desire for revenge had gone. he wants to save his son no matter what. he had to go to that length to feel alive. we can all live twice. i m david muir. and i m elizabeth var fwgas this is 20/20. death row. it is ominous. it is cold. it is a place you look at it from the outside and you know what happens inside. reporter: in a race against time, 38-year-old thomas bart whitaker s final days are ticking down on death row. now, he awaits a destiny that seems all but assured. execution, by lethal injection. his father, kent, spends these final days in a desperate hunt for mercy. on this savoring what may be his last visit with his son in prison. as we were leaving, we put our hands up to the glass and he puts his hand up on the other sid
Hiring a killer is never a good idea. Homicide gets complicated quickly, and murder conspiracies rarely have a happy ending. Of course, famous hitmen like