in addition, for those of you who are fans of home role and d.c., d.c. had no home rule at this point. he passes the sheppard act during world war i, clearing that d.c. is hereby a dry city. d.c. had no vote in this. congress mandated it because it was effectively the domain of congress. d.c. went dry against public will. there were 267 licensed saloons in the city that had to shut down that night. several thousand people lost their jobs on november 1. we will come back to morris sheppard later on during the repeal battle, sober member that name. d.c. goes dry on november 1, 1917. that means all breweries instantly have to shut down. what is going on is world war i. that is a reason why the anti-saloon league managed to push its message forward. the biggest ethnic group at the time in the country were germans. we had just declared war against germany. german-americans were also brewers. they were the biggest obstacle in the country against the forces of temperance. in and around the d.c. area there were six major breweries. two on capitol hill, two in fo

d.c. national guard to quell the deadly attack of right-wing militia on the u.s. capitol. we simply cannot be the democracy we say we are when the lives of more than 700,000 people are at the mercy of political will. our nation has made great progress throughout its history in expanding the right to vote, and the process it has become a model for the world. yet it remains painfully clear that the right to vote is meaningless if we can't put anyone in the office. washingtonians been deprived of this right for more than two centuries, often on grounds that it nothing to do with constitutional design and everything to do with matters of race here until stated is achieved the efforts of the civil rights movement will remain incomplete. extending representation and self-governance to d.c. residents is one of the highest legislative priorities of the leadership conference, as it is for me on a very personal level. d.c. residents should not have to abandon our homes and move elsewhere to secure t

after reviewing the d.c. national guard's missions, equipping and responsibilities to be performed at the capitol complex in support of the metropolitan police and capitol police, and conferring with the d.c. metropolitan police at their headquarters at 4:10 p.m., the secretary of the army received the acting secretary of defense's approval at 4:32 and ordered the d.c. national guard forces to depart the armory for the capitol complex. dod continued to deploy national guard forces through the evening to support the u.s. capitol. by 9:00 on 7 january, 1,100 national guard personnel arrived at the capitol. by 9:00 on 8 january, 1,800 national guard personnel had arrived. by 10 january, 6,000 national guard personnel were at the capitol providing security. dod continues to support efforts to protect the safety and security of the u.s. capitol and provide support to our civilian law enforcement partners. from january 9 through the inauguration, dod provided nearly 25,000 national guard personnel to support securi

after reviewing the d.c. national guard's commissions, equipping and responsibilities to be performed at the capitol complexion, in support of the metropolitan police, and capitol police, and conferring with the d.c. metropolitan police at their headquarters at 4:10 p.m., the secretary of the army received the acting secretary of defense's approval at 4:32 and ordered the d.c. national guard forces to depart the armory for the capitol complex. dod continued to deploy national guard forces through the evening to support the u.s. capitol. by 9:00 on 7 january, 1,100 national guard personnel had arrived at the capitol. by 9:00 on 8 january, 1,800 national guard personnel had arrived at the capitol. and by 10 january, 6,000 national guard personnel were at the capitol providing security. dod continues to support efforts to protect the safety and security of the u.s. capitol and provide support to our civilian law enforcement partners. from january 9 through the inauguration dod provided nearly 25,000 national gua

d.c. resident, the line is (202) 748-8002. and you can also send a text from anywhere, that line is (202) 748-8003. make sure you tell us where you are texting from and your name, of course. on twitter we are @cspanwj and on facebook it's facebook.com/c-span. we will get your comments and calls and the house hearing yesterday on capitol hill, but we want to start begetting the program talking about the mass shooting in boulder, colorado yesterday that left 10 dead, including a police. this is a headline from "the debtor -- denver post." to boulder and there publication , "-- 10 dead, including an officer, are dead at a king soopers following a shooting on monday. police earlier in the day did not confirm the number of fatalities, the boulder police chief said at eight evening news conference that there were 10 dead, including a boulder police officer host: that's from "the daily camera." we will be talking about this story later in our program in the 8:45 segment, so if you want to call in

d.c. national guard commander major general william walker faced question after question today from u.s. senators and laid out the timeline when he got that urgent call for help. >> at 1:49 p.m. i received a frantic call from then chief of united states capitol police steven sund where he informed me the security perimeter of the united states capitol had been breached by hostile rioters. chief sund, his voice cracking with emotion, indicated that there was a dire emergency at the capitol, and he requested the immediate assistance of as many available national guardsmen that i could muster. >> major general walker then testified that he could have sent 155 guardsmen but could not do so without approval. let's go to cnn congressional correspondent manu raju and the real question is why. the why not? if the help was requested, why the delay? >> reporter: that was the big question and really no clear answers. not just the three-hour 19-minute delay when the violence was real and things were h

the d.c. national guard commander said he was stunned by the slow response as rioters stormed the capitol. >> reporter: he said he could have gotten national guardsmen much quicker, within 20 minutes, to help capitol police secure the capitol building as the january 6th was unfolding. there are two completely different narratives of how that day unfolded between the pentagon and the national guard. those competing narratives are coming from the pentagon and the d.c. national guard, as we heard today. from this moment that you see here, it took three hours, 19 minutes to deploy the d.c. national guard to help secure the capitol. at 1:39 p.m., a plea for help. >> chief sund, his voice cracking with emotion, indicate there was a dire emergency at the capitol. >> reporter: major general william walker, commander of the d.c. guard, says his hands were tied. army secretary ryan mccarthy, tasked to help with traffic control. >> just to be clear, the secretary of defense sawed i could use it as a last

attorney for d.c., the top federal prosecutor in d.c. who has been running the federal investigation into the capitol attack, he hasn't held a public briefing on that investigation in five weeks. we did get some news today out of that office, though, out of the d.c. u.s. attorney's office. the biden administration has announced a new acting u.s. attorney to run that office, a man named channing phillips. he's a veteran former federal prosecutor who has run the d.c. u.s. attorney's office twice before during two brief stints during the obama administration. this is really a notable development for a couple of reasons. it didn't get a ton of national attention but it deserves it. first of all, it's unusual for a new president to appoint a new acting u.s. attorney, right? last month, nearly all the trump-appointed u.s. attorneys submitted their resignations, that's customary when you get a new administration. generally the top deputies in all the u.s. attorneys offices in the company step up on an interim basis to become acting chief while

d.c. doesn't have that so clearly d.c. can't be a state. d.c. mayor muriel bowser was testifying at the time that congressman grothman raised this argument. she had to concede, it's true, we do not have any mines. maybe that shouldn't settle the issue. republican congressman jody heiss of georgia wanted to know how on earth they could be a state since d.c. has no car dealerships. i do remember the part of the constitution where it spells that out. no taxation without representation, no cruel and unusual punishment, no being forced to quarter soldiers and then nobody gets to be a state without at least one major car dealership. mines and car dealerships are the absence thereof. that was the argument from the republican side today about why d.c. can't be a state. incidentally, d.c. actually has car dealerships. why is that the basis on which this decision should be made? anyway, i do not know what the united states senate will ultimately do about d.c. statehood but the house will pass the bill to make d.c. a state. after they do that, you would st

on december 30 first, the commander of d.c. national guard received a letter from the d.c. government requesting national guard support for the d.c. metro police at 30 traffic control points and six metro stations , and to make available the d.c. national guard civil support team to support the d.c. fire and emergency services. over the weekend of january 2 and 3, my staff contacted the secret service, the park police, the marshals service, the fbi, the capitol police to determine if they plan to request dod assistance. none of these law enforcement agencies indicated a need for dod support. after consultation with the department of justice, the acting secretary of defense approved the d.c. government request for national guard personnel to support 30 traffic control points and six metro stations from january 5 to january 6. the acting secretary also authorized a 40-person quick reaction force to be readied at joint base andrews. on january 5 the acting secretary of defense and the secretary of the army received a letter from the mayor of d.c. stating, mpd is prepared and c

the people of washington, d.c. saw what can happen when we have nobody arguing for you in the senate in the c.a.r.e.s. package. we were shorted $750 million to respond to a global pandemic. that's what it means to not be represented in the senate. we saw donald trump attempt to overfake our police department. we're full tax-paying americans, just like new yorkers, just like californians, just like south dakotaens, except we don't have two senators, and we have to correct that wrong. >> what might have been different on january 6th if d.c. had been a state, in terms of your ability to react? the big difference is the d.c. national guard, which is not actually the c.d. national guard. the d.c. national guard reports to the president of the united states. we know there were some delays in his approve of the guard being deployed to the capitol building. we had requested the guard. i would have immediately deployed the guard that we're working with my police department to the capitol, you would not have seen that three-

the effort to get d.c. to become a state i think is consistent with when the constitution was first passed there was only 3,000 people and mainly virginia and maryland residents. we would have a conversation about philadelphia. it was the capital of the country for first 10 years. d.c. has a population that's greater than wyoming or vermont. we pay taxes and just in a personal context, i would love to chat more about political and history. you grow up as i did working city council races, u.s. senate races and work in presidential politics and work for a two term president who wins barack obama and get to d.c. and work in the administration. the first thing you have to hand over is your vote when you move here. it needs to be changed. america in order to form a more perfect union. our responsibility here. >> harris: wow. i can't even believe that you just said hand over at the border. i'm going to let it go. go ahead. >> let me politely push back and my points aren't cheapened. it's reality. the truth of the

rama writes owns a small business in d.c. for her it's pretty clear what cotton is saying wyoming is 93 percent white if washington became a state it would be the only state in the nation with a plurality of black residents i'm a real person the people that i know in d.c. are real people we are not only real people but we are a very diverse city we're one of the most diverse that even the entire country i think that there is a very real. effort whilst the voices of people of color last year the house of representatives overwhelmingly voted to make d.c. a state for the 1st time a similar bill has now been introduced in the senate where the democrats have a majority but with a republican party fearful of the creation of a state from a heavily democratic city it's not expected of the senate bill will reach the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster a palm tree tactic the minority party can use to prevent a vote there is a way forward there if you can bypass the filibuster that's a firm there supreme court justices can you say

so on sunday, i asked him, are you going to request d.c. national guard help? and if you do, i need it in writing, it has to be formal because the secretary of defense has to prove it. he told me he was not allowed to request the support. i asked him if he wanted me to share that, and he said no, i can't even ask you for the support, is what he told me. but he did say, but if i do call you, will you be able to support me. i said, yes, but i have to get approval from the secretary of the army and ultimately from the secretary of defense because it's a federal request. >> exactly. as we've heard from chief sund last week, he had been denied by the sergeant at arms, and that's a subject for last week. but the subject for today is, given all that, and we know we would have been in much better shape if they had been called in ahead and had the authority. now we're to the day. it's 2:22. you're on the phone with them and you're asking for this authorization which you felt it was unusual to get, is that right? >> i thought the delay was unusual. so we were already in

washington d.c. pushes to become the country's 50 states we'll look at how the state of debate is likely to play out in congress. now i'm not sure of the state of the cherry blossoms in japan after the wind the rain just gone through but i know that in china they are being enjoyed it's quite it's warming nice it's not been too windy for the most part however that wind direction is more southerly is warming things up for lying to warm up to 20 in beijing or to 40 in harbin and turkey will warm up nicely now in the sunshine now that last chance was gone through the flow of heavy rain possible in for jan and maybe even for the north later on wednesday and then the sun is back for almost all of china includes go right back into you know it was no more than the big cloud now is increasing like it is showers in vietnam that breeze is now full of moisture through the south china sea that might continue and an increasing likelihood of showers struck the philippines as well but the bigger showers big thunders

d.c. a state. no one believed them because it's just too crazy. d.c. is not a state.no it's the most mismanaged city in our country.'s but they are serious. democrats are now saying d.c.nt statehood is actually going to happen and if you are against it, you are a bigot.ga more on that after the break. ♪ ♪ and i need a lawn. quick. the fast way to bring it up to speed. is scotts turf builder rapid grass. rapid grass is a revolutionary mix of seed and fertilizer that will change the way you grow grass. it grows two times faster than seed alone for full, green grass in just weeks. after growing grass this fast, everything else just seems... slow. it's lawn season. let's get to the yard. download the scotts my lawn app today for your personalized lawn plan. >> tucker: democrats in congress are dead serious about making d.c. a state, and the constitution expressly prohibits that. they don't care. they want two senators, which would tip the balance of power in the congress forever. the democ

that's why he supports d.c. statehood. >> d.c. residents pay more federal taxes per capita than any state. but the district has no senators and only a nonvoting delegate in the house. joining me now to discuss the fight for d.c. statehood, megan hatcher mays, the director of democracy policy for indivisible. the bill to make d.c. a state passed the house last year, never made it eleanor norton holmes says it has a chance at becoming law. here's one reason that she's optimistic. >> i'm not worried about the filibuster the way i was last term, because the filibuster is clearly on its last legs. it is going, going gone, not because of d.c. statehood but because the senate can get nothing done because of the filibuster. >> what are the signs d.c. statehood is getting momentum? >> you know, it's been -- i can't even imagine what this might be like for congresswoman norton to seeing 100 people vote no to now have, you know, all but one democrat vote yes last year when they took a vote. i mean she is absolutely right. this is the closest

she went into washington, d.c. she met with mr. riggs where she sold these eggs to riggs and made sure the transaction was legitimate because she received a receipt for the sale of these eggs. thanks to sarah tracy and the movement of this money, we are still able to visit and enjoy mt. vernon today. not only were women nurses and entrepreneurs and having jobs and selling items, but women were also soldiers during the war. however, they had to do this in a disguise. it was entirely frowned upon for women to join the war as soldiers, so that's why they had to dress up in men's uniforms. so, women would dress up on either side of the war but confederacy or the union so they could fight along their brothers, husbands, family and also fight for the cause of the war. one woman in particular is sarah emma edmonds. she also went by frank thomas. and she was one of the soldiers who was very open being a woman soldier, especially after the war. after the war, she would dress in both traditionally men and women's clothing. and we know of abo

it's about the same in order for d.c. resident of bach they don't have gun stores and won the d.c. you had to go to maryland or virginia purchased a gun and then have a shipped to the police department and then they called you and check you out and there are certain things you have to do in order to ensure a license to have your gun in your home and then if you happen to be somebody who wants to go to route of x. the herring's weapons then you have it's go to some very stringent test as it relates to been able to qualify and all of that so i think they probably would say they probably would say that they have been on the show than watching it and paying close attention to what it is the number is should they aware of the increase in onus of weapons not only here but across. we are speaking with ronald hampton a long time metropolitan washington d.c. police officer now a university criminal justice professor and ronald it's been exactly a year since they sent me home to do my show i here in rhode island when the pandemic hit and miss seeing you i always enjoyed bump in india with th

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washington d.c. pushes to become the country's 51st state and we'll look at how the statehood debate is like lisa play out in congress. and in sports more problems for christiane or naldo as his team's hopes of winning the italian title itself another set. a major fire has swept through a refugee camp in bangladesh the blaze. in cox bazaar started within the last few hours still isn't on the control the camp is home to $5000.00 families have been no reports of injuries but hundreds of shelters have been destroyed top officials believe it was started by a cooking gas cylinder parts of the east coast of australia have been declared a natural disaster with homes destroyed and rescues underway the state of new south wales is battling the worst flooding in decades the forecast is due to improve by wednesday but for now people are bracing for more heavy rains nicola gage has this report from the town of windsor and west of sydney. regions underwater and many people at breaking point days of torrential rain

if d.c. statehood as a racial justice issue and racism kills. >> so you're a killer if you're against d.c. which is a city, maybe the most mismanaged city in the country becoming a state, but crystal weighed in on this and also wants to make d.c. a state remarkably, they want to keep going, has his sights on the next regime change, would want cuba to become a state and of course puerto rico. what is happening here? and riveting editor at national review online and happy to have him on with us this evening. if so d.c. a state, tell us why this is not a good idea. >> it's great to be with you. a couple of reasons is is a bad idea is it supposed to be a safe space where they can come around the country in the federal government and congress to discuss all kinds of matters and not have the governor or state lawmakers looking over their shoulders and making life difficult for them. that's why it's a federal district and not just a city inside of a state so that's one thing and that's a theoretical

d.c. officials and police officials were begging the army to send in the national guard help to back up the pomeranz police who were being overrun. on the call on the pentagon side we know was a general named charlie flynn, the brother of disgraced trump national security advisor mike flynn who called on trump to invoke martial law and use the military to overturn the presidential election results. mike flynn's brother, general charlie flynn denied that his relationship with his brother had any connection to his actions or the pentagon's lack of a response that day. we still don't know what the involvement was. why did they lie about mike flynn's role having a part in the decision making process. today on capitol hill we got the first testimony from the fbi. people pretending to be trump supporters by dressing up like them in costume. the fbi director christopher wray said white supremacists were among those in the attack and that the fbi's domestic terrorism case load doubled and the numb

the d.c. national guard it didn't arrive until 5:08 p.m. we don't know why the pentagon took so long to deploy the national guard. according to the former chief of capitol police and major general walker, the delay was due in part to the, quote, optics of the national guard at the capitol. we need to know what role, if any, optics played in the delay to provide much-needed assistance to u.s. capitol police and d.c. metropolitan police department to protect the capitol and get people out of the capitol. from hearing from those responsible for the intelligence in the national guard today we expect to get clear answers to these open questions. answering these questions is critical to our understanding of where the break downs occurred on and before january 6th and only by understanding where the breakdownss occurred that can w make the changes to ensure that something like january 6th never happens again and that is our objective here with this oversight mission. again, i appreciate the fact that

nine here in d.c. that's a 100% increase. the residents of toledo are not getting a quick reaction force from nancy pelosi or her body guard general honere. maybe if they claimed that qanon is doing the killing, they'll get it. richard mcginnis has been reporting on crime and political mayhem full time. he's been in washington and has footage. thanks so much. you've been in hairy situations throughout the last year. we've had you on to talk about them. how was you remember qanon inauguration day by contrast? >> despite the beautiful weather today, things were eerily quiet down here at the fence in front of the capitol. aside from the national guard, thousands of them as well as the razor wire and large fence, things stayed quiet the entire day. i did speak with a number of the troops and i asked them a few questions. >> thanks for your service. you see any qanon folks around here today? >> no. >> it's been super quiet? >> yeah. >> more media than anything else, huh? thank you. you stay safe. beautiful day, right? >> as you ca

and they also cheated d.c. out of hundreds of millions of dollars in covid-19 funding, which fortunately we've been able to rectify in the american rescue plan. but there's no safety in depending on other peoples representatives to take care of you in the u.s. senate or the house. >> we should note the people of puerto rico would have to have a say over this. there's a long tradition there and a question quite contentious about whether they want to join the union or not. so just putting that aside. >> yeah. i think there's some movement forward there, too. i understand it's been a controversial question, but in american history either you're going to be a colonial possession or you're going to be a state. and you're going to be able to speak for yourself and be represented for yourself. >> final question for you. i haven't gotten the chance to talk to you in a while. obviously january you suffered the loss of your son and then very quickly after that january 6th and then very quickly after that the first time i

the d.c. national guard received a letter from the d.c. government requesting national guard support for the d.c. metro police at 30 traffic control points and six metro stations and to make available the d.c. national guard civil support team to support the d.c. fire and emergency services. over the weekend of january 2 and third, my staff contacted the secret service, the park police, the marshals service, the fbi, the capitol police to determine if they plan to request dod assistance. none of these law-enforcement departments indicated a need. the acting secretary of defense approved the d.c. government request for national guard personnel to support 30 traffic control points and six metro stations from january 5 to january 6. they authorized a quick reaction force to be ready at joint base andrews. on january 5, the secretary of the army received a letter from the mayor of d.c. stating they are prepared and coordinated with its federal partners, mainly the park police, capitol police and secret service. based on these communications wi

. >>> and the bizarre arguments against d.c. statehood. >> d.c. would be the only state, the only state without an airport, without a car dealership. >>> when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening. for the second time in a week, a community is in mourning. there's a makeshift memorial where a gunman massacred people. >> i want to say to the community, i'm so sorry this incident happened. we are going to make sure that this suspect has a thorough trial and we do a thorough investigation. >>> these are the ten victims. they range in age from 20 to 65, even one with their own story, unique lives. three of them were at work. the youngest victim, denny strong posted this image to his facebook page, i can't stay home, i'm a grocery store worker. rikki olds loved cats and unicorns, her aunt posting, why you? why not me? you haven't even lived yet. terri leiker had worked there no we're. her boyfriend worked there, too. she loved going to work and enjoyed everything about being there. lona bartwowias just stopped there. she lived with her chihuahua

they want d.c. on military lock down. that's what they get under joe biden, the most popular president ever. >> laura: they don't want the people to have access to the representatives whose salary they pay. that's the shock. they don't like the people. didn't they spend $2 billion on that visitor center? they shoved everyone underground. that money was wasted. candice, unbelievable. >> i thought walls don't work, laura? didn't we hear walls don't work? now they're erected around d.c. >> laura: i think nancy pelosi's house they work well there. candice, thanks so much. speaking of madam speaker's hand-picked security review panel is calling for massively increasing the number of cops in d.c. now, the task force's list of recommendations obtained by fox includes creating a quick reaction information to provide 24/7 security and retractible fencing and hiring nearly 900 more capitol police officers. when it comes to the reasons for these security measures, still nancy can't get her story straight. >> the threat of -- of all

the commanding general of the d.c. national guard testifying today that he was frustrated and stunned that it took more than three hours to get permission to move guardsmen to the capitol. here's cnn's oren liebermann. >> reporter: this moment you see here, it look 3 hours and 19 minutes to deploy the d.c. national guard to help secure the capitol. at 1:49 p.m. a frantic call from the capitol police to the d.c. guard pleading for help. >> chief sund, his voice cracking with emotion, indicated that there was a dire emergency at the capitol. >> reporter: but major general william walker, commander of the d.c. guard, says his hands were tied. walker had guardsmen at the armory but to move them he needed approval if his superiors. acting secretary christopher miller and army secretary ryan mccarthy. that included a 40-person quick reaction force that had been tasked to help with traffic control. >> just to be clear the secretary of defense said i could use it as a last resort. >> last resort, right. >> but the secretary of

like d.c. water, most utilities have raised rates for years to meet the compliance obligations of the federal clean water into safe drinking water act. it must be recognized that if it is important for the federal government to regulate, it is equally important to provide funding to meet these increasingly stringent requirements. the burden from this disparity is often borne by households of color and it leads to an acute environment of justice challenge. for several years, d.c. water has been at the forefront of meeting these challenges even as the income gap widens among our ratepayers. we are still investing on upgrades to our infrastructure to achieve intergenerational equity and meet our compliance obligations. at the heart of these efforts is a program designed to capture and clean wastewater during rainfall before it ever reaches local waterways. the program's investments are on track to deliver a 96% reduction in systemwide -- to our overflow volume, nitrogen reduction to the chesapeake

for instance, june the 4th, 2020, helicopters, d.c. officials pushed back of show of federal force on city streets. from january 4th, national guard activated for d.c. protests were more restraints than in june. it's the picture here, if i got this right, that we had these -- we had riots, we had civil unrest in the summer, the national guard was involved in some of these to some extent. that was politically controversial as journalists at the time documented. i'm sure people watching this are familiar with. that then led in some way to this reaction where we're going to be careful. we're going to be more careful. we're going to put restraints on how we deploy the guard that we previously haven't before. do i have that correct? >> you do, senator, that's exactly what happened. just to call on the mind that we had a new secretary too. secretary miller came in. he was aware of the events and he wanted to make the decisions at his level. >> right. got it. i think that's helpful. i think that's very helpful clarifying testimony. i think th

d.c. statehood bill. last week, the majority leader in the house says he expects the house will pass the bill before the summer. so we will spend the remainder of the program asking you, should the district of columbia become the 51st state? here's the lines. yes, 202-748-8000. no, 202-748-8001. if you are a d.c. resident, the line is 202-748-8002. and you can begin dialing now. we will get to those momentarily. should the district of columbia become the 51st date? the hearing will be -- state? the hearing will be on c-span2 this morning. and a report in the washington post yesterday morning was, "it 's not a local issue anymore." d.c.'s statehood is moving to the center of the democratic agenda. one of the co-authors on the piece is megan flynn. thank you for joining us. guest: thanks for having me. host: this is a notable hearing for the house. have they ever taken up a hearing considering a d.c. statehood bill before? guest: they did in the last congressional session, before it passed t

as the head of the d.c. national guard has testified that pentagon officials were telling him on january 6th they didn't like the optics of authorizing national guard troops to help capitol and d.c. police during the riot, leading to hours of delay in getting the troops to come to the rescue. and p person on that call who made that comment, it was general charles flynn, brother of fired trump national security adviser mike flynn, who on that day had been one of the high-profile supporters at the rally dedicated to stopping the electoot

as the head of the d.c. national guard has testified that pentagon officials were telling him on january 6th they didn't like the optics of authorizing national guard troops to help capitol and d.c. police during the riot, leading to hours of delay in getting the troops to come to the rescue. and p person on that call who made that comment, it was general charles flynn, brother of fired trump national security adviser mike flynn, who on that day had been one of the high-profile supporters at the rally dedicated to stopping the electoral vote count from taking place on capitol hill. >> at 1500 i directed that the quick reaction force that was based at andrews air force base leave the base, get to the armory, at all speed. we put guardsmen on buses, brought them inside the armory so nobody would see them putting on the equipment and getting on the buses. then we just waited to get the approval. at 5:00, i decided, hey, you know, we've got to -- there's got to be an approval coming so get on the buses, get the

in washington, d.c., democrats on the left are showing exactly what their dangerous agenda is for all elections across the country, including here in the peach state. by trying to ram house resolution one through congress. the contrast cannot be clear -- could not be clearer. while strengthen our voter id laws -- strengthening our voter id laws here in georgia, hr one would remove id requirements on voting. part of the interruption. and as i was saying, with sb 202 now becoming law, georgians should know what the alternative being pushed by the other side contains. in washington, d.c., the democrats and the left are showing exactly what their dangerous agenda is for all elections across the country, including here in the peach state, by trying to ram house resolution one through congress. the contrast could not be clearer. while we are strengthening voter id laws here in georgia, hr one would remove id requirements on voting. ballot harvesting is against georgia state law, but hr one would encourage it across the country. in georgia, we maintain accurate voter rolls. hr one would ban

instead, the new bill treats d.c. as a state as usual, because d.c. residents pay full federal taxes and it funds d.c. for city, state and county levels because d.c. provides services at all three levels. this bill resisted the republican plan for less money because the american people want to be rescued now, not later. the american rescue act will hasten doing our business together again on this house floor and getting the american people back to business and to schools. i yield. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> thank you, mr. speaker, over the past 10 years, we made a lot of progress in making congress more transparent and accountable. after years of persistence, i was pleased to see that the house finally adopted to compare the text rules that i proposed. the comparative text rule made it possible for members of the house and the public to actua

learned that d.c. national guard was told the day before the attack, january 5th, they were going to need special permission directly from the secretary of the army himself, personally, if they wanted to deploy a quick reaction force in case of attack. learned that the next day when the attack happened, they refused to give that permission for more than three hours when the capitol was overrun and five people including a police officer died. request to send in national guard as backup languished for hours. hours. also got confirmation believe it or not, at the pentagon one of the senior officials who fielded that desperate call for help and expressed opinion wouldn't be good idea to allow the national guard in to help was the younger brother of trump national security adviser mike flynn who was a focal point and hero of the extremists who carried out the attack, who promoted and spoke at events in d.c. that preceded the attack and publicly called for trump to use the military to overturn the election a

after a frantic call from the d.c. police chief, it took more than three hours for the defense department to send in the d.c. national guard. the commanding general william walker telling lawmakers he felt frustrated, that his hands were tied. >> at that point, seconds, minutes mattered, and i needed to be ready to get them there as quick as possible. >> reporter: when the green light was finally give, walker says they arrived within 18 minutes. but it was too late. rioters had already stormed the building. lawmakers today asked, why the delay? >> i just keep thinking of the hours that went by and the people that were injured. >> all agree that once requested, it took far too long for the national guard to arrive. >> reporter: general walker said trump's military advisors were concerned about optics. >> the army senior leaders did not think that it looked good, it would be a good optic. they further stated that it could incite the crowd. >> reporter: the roughly 340 national guard troops that were requested by d.c.'s m

as just today, the commanding general of the d.c. national guard testified that he waited 3 hours, 19 minutes before being allowed to send forces in to help in the middle of the riots at the capitol. rachel scott live on the hill tonight. >>> new york governor andrew cuomo for the first time in front of the cameras in days apologizing, but says he will not resign, after three women have accused him of misconduct, saying "i now understand that i acted in a way that made people feel uncomfortable. i deeply apologize." adding, "i feel embarrassed by it." reaction already coming in tonight. >>> president biden blasting texas and mississippi for lifting their mask mandates and allowing businesses back to 100% capacity. at least 11 states easing restrictions. the president calling it, quote, a big mistake and neanderthal thinking. and dr. anthony fauci weighing in on this late today, you'll hear from him, as well. as the average number of daily cases now increases from a week ago. >>> also news on vaccinations across this country, and with

buxley been told joins me now live from washington d.c. via skype is the editor of the gray zone dot com an online investigative news site good to have you with us on the program we think pushback from the u.s. i presume we can say that was expected. absolutely expected and it's really notable that in fact 2 bensouda and the i.c.c. are beginning their investigation in 2014 which was the day of israel's most brutal assault on the occupied and besieged gaza strip it lasted 51 days i documented it extensively in a book called the 51 day war and in a documentary film inside gaza during the war called killing gaza and in the middle of that assault when we saw entire family homes be targeted by israel summary executions captives executed a documented all of this or much much of this in the film barack obama president at the time resupplied israel including with $5000.00 pound bunker buster bombs so the united states is clearly worried that its client and that itself could be in the dock next so it's absolutely expected that the united states wou

d.c. u.s. attorney's office about arrests and people they were seeking, potential charges they were going to face. that's been a long time now. they haven't briefed the public since january 26th. and there is turnover of an unusual kind in that office that is running the january 6th investigation. the u.s. attorney's office in d.c., that was such a troubled office, right, where trump attorney general bill barr installed all of his staffers in positions to replace people who were otherwise basically normal justice department personnel. they used that d.c. u.s. attorney's office to get all of donald trump's friends out of trouble, to go after donald trump's enemies. at least until this week, that u.s. attorney's office and the january 6th investigation was still being run by a former personal aide to bill barr who had been installed in that office under bizarre circumstances. until the biden administration took the unusual step just this week of installing their own acting u.s. attorney in that o

>> the most important thing we have to remember isn't that d.c. may elect a republican or democrat senators. we're going to elect two senators who can vote in the senate on behalf of the residents of washington, d.c. right now this country has so many problems that the idea of two more officials working to solve them is in the national interests. the most important thing though for statehood has nothing to do with necessarily shifting one party's control or another. for those in d.c. the lack of statehood has become a threat to our health and safety. we didn't get the aid we needed under the coronavirus relief bill because they treated us like a territory not a state. our mayor couldn't call out the national guard the way a governor could protect capitol and community at times of civil unrest. d.c. statehood is one of public health, national security, our own security. it's as much about our self-determination as it is a vote one way or another for a political party. and let's just say this. you know, for years they thought alaska shouldn't be a s

the commanding general of the d.c. national guard testifying today that he was frustrated and stunned that it took more than three hours to get permission to move guardsmen to the capitol. here's cnn's oren liebermann. >> reporter: this moment you see here, it look 3 hours and 19 minutes to deploy the d.c. national guard to help secure the capitol. at 1:49 p.m. a frantic call pleading for help. >> chief sund, his voice cracking with emotion indicated there was a dire emergency at the capitol. >> reporter: but major general william walker, commander of the d.c. guard, says his hands were tied. walker had guardsmen at the army but be needed approval from his superiors. that included a 40-person quick reaction force that had been tasked to help with traffic control. >> just to be clear the secretary of defense said i could use it as a last resort. but the secretary of the army says that i could only use it after he gave me permission. >> reporter: some 30 minutes later, as this was unfolding on capitol hill, d.c. official

. >> this was the scene in washington, d.c. where two months after the attempted insurrection the area around the capitol is still on lockdown because of worries of postings about another plot for another violent attack today. thankfully nothing happened. >> 6-4 is a weird one. hang on with me, and i will say that media coverage of how silly this all is made it seemingly less palatable for q-anon people over the last week. it always is with these people. luckily they stayed behind a computer. >> tucker: it totally makes sense. it turns out q-anon's battalions looked to msnbc for their news coverage. it's on in the q-anon break room and after watching chris hayes and brandy flex their intellectual muscles they realized they were totally outgunned. these msnbc people are just too clever. so q-anon decided to stay home and fight another day. "newsweek" for one was not buying that explanation. a reporter came up with this. q-anon theorists switched the date to march 20 after no trump inauguration, they call the march 4 date a false

we learned the d.c. national guard was told the day before the attack january 5th, that they were going to need special permission from the secretary of the army himself, personally, if they wanted to employ a quick reaction force in case of attack. the next day when the attack in fact happened they refused to give that permission for more than three hours while the capitol was overrun. five people, including a police officer died. and the request to send in the national guard as backup langished for hours. we also got confirmation, believe it or not, that at the pentagon one of the senior officials fielding the desperate call from the police expressed the opinion now would not be a good idea to allow the national guard in there to help was the younger brother of mike flynn. who was a focal point and hero of the extremists who carried out the attack and promoted and spoke at the events in d.c. that proceeded the attack and called for trump to use the military to overturn the election to stay in town. his

and d.c. can become the 51st state. permanent pandemic rules with loser deadlines and permanent chain of custody would turn he election in he state blue. the elections would look like this. president biden, president harris. jason riley says the covid relief package is the greatest expansion of the welfare state since franklin roosevelts and lbj's program. "watters' world" supports stimulus checks. it has nothing to do with covid. it's bailouts for poorly run state governors so they can buy election. they don't need the money because the ref throughs were flattened. there are slush funds and subsidies. the goal since democrats have the lower class dependent on government is to make the middle class and upper middle class dependent on government. there are bonuses or government workers who make over 100 grand a year. there are checks for families making over $50,000 a year. the bill prohibits states from cutting taxes. the law creates a commission to examine how people consume political content, which is basically a trut

if you're a d.c. guardsman who's been on duty in the city since january depicting america, you can add another metal to your chest and more may be coming. according to air force lieutenant colonel robert karp, we aren't making this it up, other federal decorations will also be considered. wow, that seems a big deal. here's some context. more than 60,000 american soldiers and marines fought on guadalcanal in the south pacific, about 15,000 died or were wounded there but not one of those got unofficial guadalcanal metal for the experience because the pentagon didn't offer it. it may have been horrible and bloody but it just didn't justify its own ribbon. guadalcanal wasn't north capitol street, the imperial japanese weren't as fanatical as trump voters, no metal. so yesterday, the war against qanon is likely to escalate intensely. march 4th would be the tet offensive in the fight against right-wing insurrection. it was something called a q1 on inauguration day and we had never heard of that before but w