Good evening. We begin tonight with what happens when courage is called for, but cowardice answers.

Today in the very chamber, overrun by a violent mob just a few months ago, Senate Republicans

blocked the creation of a bipartisan commission to investigate that attack. The bill actually

got far more, yes, than no votes. 54 versus 35, but under the strange rules of the Senate,

35, Trump's 54 and 60 votes are needed for most bills to pass. Which means the minority

party can block nearly anything, even a bill like this one, even to investigate the attack

that sent many of the same senators who voted no today 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? They remember. And it's not like there's nothing more to be learned, just today

a CNN review of court records and Pentagon documents reveal that one in 10 people charge

in the insurrection or veterans are current service members. A quarter of those defendants

have connections to right wing extremist groups. So how deep do those extremists in insurrection

as ties reach into the ranks? It's a troubling question we don't know. The fact is, there's

a lot we still don't know about the day, but also the threat to democracy, which clearly

still exists. So what could be more frightening to these senators than that? A minority leader

Mitch McConnell who lobbied hard against the bill said nothing on the floor today or after

the vote. However, Alaska, Senator Lisa Murkowski, one of six Republicans who voted yes, spoke

to the question late last night. Before playing what she said, I just want to read all six

names. Bill Cassidy, Susan Collins, Rob Portman, Ben Sass, Mitt Romney, and Senator Murkowski.

To be making a decision for the short term political gain at the expense of understanding

and acknowledging what was in front of us on January 6th. I think we need to look at that

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