Flew new im john king In Washington. Youre watching sad, solemn, sobering images there, officer Brian Sicknick on his way to his final Resting Place at Arlington National cemetery after lying in honor in the capitol rotunda. It is another wednesday of reelection here in the United States of america lying in the rotunda of the building where officer sicknick was killed four weeks ago today defending the building, defending his government against an insurrection by a trumpinspired mob that attacked the United States Capitol Building. Officer Brian Sicknick will be buried at a private ceremony at Arlington National cemetery. His colleagues also part of this ceremony. You see the hearse leaving the capitol grounds. The fencing still there added after the insurrection at the United States Capitol Building again four weeks ago today on january 6th. Its a short drive across the Potomac River to Arlington National cemetery where officer sicknick will be buried as he deserves as an american her
Away. Theres also movement this afternoon on pandemic relief. Despite a twohour meeting in the Oval Office Last night on the president s plan and a much smaller republican counteroffer Congressional Democrats are now moving to fast track their 1. 9 trillion package. We have so much more on what that means for struggling americans in just a moment, but, first, lets Dig A Little Deeper on this legal response filed by the former president s attorneys. Our cnn chief domestic correspondent jim acosta is live with me this afternoon. Jim, this all goes down one week from today. What will we be hearing from team trump . Well, what youre going to be hearing, brooke, is part of what you just said a few moments ago, constitutionally they will argue that the president cant be convicted at the senate trial after leaving office as president , but they are also going to say that the president s comments on january 6th, that rally on the ellipse just before the riot that took place at the Capitol Fall
supporters, enough that they change their views of him? will this be the thing that convinces certain people that he is lawless and dangerous? and that he has an entire political party and its infrastructure behind him? of course, the answer was generally no, there will never be a bridge too far for donald trump, an epiphany moment for the vast majority of his supporters. but for some, at least on an individual level, perhaps there is and perhaps this is it. for cassidy hutchinson, the young, unflappable white house staffer, who testified before the january 6th investigation yesterday, the events she witnessed on and around january the 6th last year with a tipping point for her. she described feeling frustrated and disappointed and disgusted with the presidents apparent approval of the violence, as the capitol was being overrun. but for the most part, we should probably stop looking for big shifts in public opinion about donald trump in reaction to new information. politicall
focusing on the elaborate effort by then president trump to pressure state officials to overturn the 2020 presidential election. plus the latest on the bipartisan group of senators negotiating new gun legislation in a moment we ll speak with chris coons of delaware on just how close senators are on a final bill. also ahead, we re keeping an eye on wall street as stock futures soared overnight following a brutal week. we ll get a live report from cnbc. and it is primary day for several states across the country which means kornacki is camped out at the big board. he s angry. and i ll tell you what, jonathan lemire, we have a big race today in alabama. you have donald trump who of course always had a prerogative of changing his mind when it looks like his first election is on the way to losing. he chose mo brooks who was there on january 6 trying to whip up the masses to attack the capitol or so some people believe. on the other side, one of richard shelby s staff members.
exactly the worst attack on the u.s. capitol in more than 200 years came to be. who was behind it and how the threat still looms over every aspect of american democracy? the washington post is reporting this about what to expect this. bennie thompson and liz cheney will lead the evening s presentation which will lead testimony from caroline edwards, she is a u.s. capitol police officer who was seriously nnged as pro-trump rioters and members of far-right extremist groups forced their way into the building. here s what january 6th committee member congressman jamie raskin told nbc s garrett haake to have officer edwards testify tonight. 150 officers ended up wounded, injured, hospitalized. the united states capitol has never seen anything like that. we ve had officers who ended up with broken ribs, broken vertebrae, broken arms, legs, feet, missing fingers, contusions, concussions and traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress syndrome that dozens and dozens of the