And gun violence victims from you faulty Texas in Buffalo
, New York testified on Capitol Hill yesterday and appealed
to lawmakers to push for stricter gun control laws in
gut wrenching testimony, witnesses offered horrific details of the
massacre in Uvalde where 19 Children and two teachers were
murdered at Rob Elementary School last month. In the
real that keeps scrolling across my memories. She turns
her head and smiles back at us to acknowledge my
promise and then we left. I left my daughter
at that school and that decision will haunt me for
the rest of my life. On Wednesday, the
House of Representatives passed a wide ranging package of gun
control legislation in wake of the recent mass shootings.
Among the other things, the package would raise the
age to buy certain semiautomatic rifles from 18 to 21
. We should note the measure likely won't pass the
Senate due to widespread republican opposition to stricter gun control
, but Senate negotiators are weighing a narrow set of
changes and that includes bolstering state red flag laws and
also allowing juvenile records to be searched in background checks
and elsewhere. A man armed with a pistol,
a knife and other weapons is in police custody today
after being arrested Wednesday near the home of the Supreme
Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. He has been charged with
attempted murder. Now Nicholas Rosky said he traveled from
California to kill a Supreme Court justice. According to
federal officials. According to a court filing, Rosky
told the police quote, he was upset about the
leak of a recent Supreme Court draft decision regarding the
right to abortion as well as the recent school shooting
in Uvalde texas. Rosky indicated he believed the justice
that he intended to kill would side with Second Amendment
decisions that would loosen gun control laws if convicted.
Rosky could face 20 years in federal prison And with
the world of politics waking up this morning, Ariel
Hickson is live in our nation's capital, bringing us
the biggest stories unfolding there and Ariel all eyes on
the big January six hearing tonight in primetime. That's
right bigger. The House Committee investigating the January six
attack on the Capitol is holding the first in a
series of hearing revealing the findings of its investigation to
the American people later this evening, the tea will
be spilled. So we have to break down exactly
what to expect here, aides to the select committee
said that we can expect to see quote substantial new
audio and video material from the day of the attack
that hasn't been seen before. The hearing will also
feature testimony from two live witnesses and a handful of
prerecorded interviews with some of the over 1000 witnesses The
committee has spoken with in the nearly year long investigation
. The two witnesses appearing live this evening. Our
U. S. Capitol police officer Caroline Edwards and
documentary filmmaker Nick Quested. Now Edwards is believed to
be the first law enforcement officer injured in the attack
. And Quested was embedded with the extremist group,
the proud boys throughout the day of the attack.
Committee aides say the two will recount what they saw
heard and experience on the day of the attack.
Members of the committee have said that the goal of
sharing what they've learned is to show the public the
full scope of the effect to overturn the 2020 election
and ongoing threats to democracy. So Ariel having said
all that, can we expect to hear anything about
future hearings? Given that this is sort of the
first one that's just planned so far. Absolutely,
Committee aides said that the aim of this first hearing
is a function as a sort of opening statement for
the entire effort to share the investigation with the american
people. Committee chairman Bennie Thompson and vice chair Liz
Cheney will lead the presentation tonight and we'll preview upcoming
hearings and the broader narrative the committee has discovered in
its investigation. Yeah. And there are reports potentially
brad Ratzenberger, the Georgia secretary of state likely going
to testify as well. Ariel Hickson live from the
White House. Thank you so much Ariel and breaking
this morning the biden administration announcing a new plan for
vaccinating Children under five years old for Covid 19.
The White House has already procured 10 million doses for
younger Children and will secure millions more in the next
coming weeks. Now. Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are
expected to be available this week of june 21st,
As long as both the FADA and the CDC find
them to be safe and effective for kids under five
. The administration is estimating about 85% of Children under
five to be within a five mile radius of a
vaccine site. Like other Covid vaccines, they would
be available in primary care offices, Children's hospitals and
local pharmacies.