Tonight on The Readout.

Lord, when babies die at a church school, it is time for us to move beyond thoughts and prayers.

Remind our lawmakers of the words of the British statesman Edmund Burke.

All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.

Senate Chaplain Barry Black, appealing to lawmakers to do something about gun violence.

But one of the parties has made it clear where they stand.

And it is not with American children who just want to grow up.

A Republican congressman admitting today, we're not going to fix it.

Also tonight, Trump's goons wanted to murder him.

So why is it taking a court order to force Mike Pence to testify about his life and death or deal on January 6th?

And gone are the days of a functioning house of representatives.

Kevin McCarthy has handed the keys to the insurrection caucus, which has no agenda,

except punishing their political opponents and doing the dirty work for Donald Trump.

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi widely considered one of the greatest to ever do the job

and the current Speaker and Maritok will join me right here in studio.

But we begin the readout tonight, nearing the possible end of Mike Pence's days of obedience.

After trying to have it both ways, telling a private gathering what he actually felt about Donald Trump's role

and potentially getting him killed during the January 6th insurrection, while fighting tooth and nail to avoid testifying about it.

Donald Trump's reek for you Game of Thrones fans may have to turn back into theon Greyjoy and grow a spine.

The federal judge says the former vice president must testify before the federal grand jury investigating the insurrection

and Donald Trump's plot to overturn the election.

Pence had argued that his role as president of the Senate granted him immunity under the speech and debate clause of the Constitution.

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