Also just two, two republicans voted with democrats today to investigate one of the worst security breaches in american history, the january 6th insurrection. The sad thing is, you can probably guess which two, they remain alone in their party. We begin the reidout tonight with the highprofile prosecutorial mishap that led to the shocking and unexpected release of bill cosby this afternoon, two years in his tenyear sentence for drugging and assaulting a woman walked free after pennsylvania s supreme court overturned the conviction because they ruled an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged. What the court described as an unconstitutional coercive baitandswitch prosecutors said cosby wouldn t be charged so he could testify in his civil case. The court notes he did not invoke the fifth amendment before he incriminated himself because he was operating under the reasonable belief the d. A. s decision not to prosecute him meant the exposure to criminal punis
But here s what s become so, so clear in recent days. Undeniable even. The longstanding and famous republican love for the police and law enforcement, their unflinching defense of the military against the unpatriotic left, it was all a lie. The blue lives matter sloganizing had less to do with solidarity with the police and much more to do with keeping black people in check. The unsupposedly unquestioning veneration of the generals turned out to be easily dispensable when one of those generals, mark milley, publicly came out and slammed the right wing hysteria over the teaching of critical race theory. On wednesday, laura ingraham was so mad at milley that she called for the defunding of the military. I m not making this up. Why is congress not saying, we re not going to give you a penny until all of this is eradicated from the military budget, nothing? this is my offer to you, nothing. That s what i would say. On thursday, on fox, tucker swanson mcnear carlson, who has never served in
Into hiding. Do my republican colleagues remember that day? do my republican colleagues remember the savage mob calling for the execution of mike pence? the makeshift gallows outside the capitol? well, they remember and it s not like there is nothing more to be learned. Just today, a cnn review of court records and pentagon documents revealed that oneinten people charged in the insurrection are veterans or currentservice members. A quarter of those defendants have connections to rightwing extremist groups. So, how deep do those extremists and insurrectionists ties reach into the ranks? it s a troubling question we still don t know. But also, the threat to democracy, which, clearly, still exists. So what could be more frightening to these senators than that? well, minority leader mitch mcconnell, who lobbied hard against the bill, said nothing on the floor today. However, alaska senator lisa murkowski, one of six republicans who voted yes, spoke to the question latelast night. Before p
Pull, pull, pull, pull. Once i smashed the windows is when i saw him having a seizure. That s when realized okay, he s not going to be able to get out. I m pamela brown in warble, you are in the cnn ncnn newsne president biden is calling a new tex voters bill. Let s get right to dianne gallagher in austin and arlette saenz in delaware. Reporter: pamela, president biden was force form in condemning this voting bill down in the state of texas being pushed by that republicanled state legislature. The president a short while ago in a statement said that the bill is part of an assault on democracy that we have seen far too often this user, obvious disproportionately targeting black and brown americans. In the 21st century, we should by making it easier, not harder for every eligible voter to vote. These sentiments are similar to what president biden has expressed to other voting restriction laws that had been placed in the country. Earlier in the year he socalled a georgia state law jim cro
What happened. Instead of face the facts. Most, these are republicans we re talking about, are trying to pretend none of this really happened or nothing was as it seemed or these were tourists, antifa, or anyone but supporters of the former president, which is what they were. Some, these 21 house republicans, would not even vote to honor the same police officers you re about to see putting their lives on the line to protect them. And on the senate side, every single republican voted to block a bipartisan commission to investigate what was, after all, the worst attack on american democracy by americans since the civil war. We ve been reporting on that element of the story for months and we will continue to. We ll continue to show you the raw video whenever we get access to it because in the end nothing speaks to the truth of january 6th better than what police saw and heard on the ground that day. First though we want to actually, i should say before we play you an extended sample of th