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On the eve of the first January 6 public hearing, new audio emerges of what GOP lawmakers were saying in the days before and after the Capitol attack. A former adviser to the select committee says it will try to prove coordination between multiple groups ahead of the riot. As an 11-year old testifies in Congress that she put blood on herself to survive the Uvalde massacre, the DOJ announces a team to investigate the law enforcement response to the Robb Elementary School shooting.

Plus, audio of Rep. Jamie Herrera Beutler confronting Rep. Lauren Boebert for tweeting where lawmakers were during the Capitol attack, California's primaries send a message to Democrats on crime, and a suicidal man is arrested for planning to kill Justice Kavanaugh.

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As questions continue to grow over the police response at the Robb Elementary School massacre, the former head of the FBI’s active shooter program Katherine Schweit tells Don that Uvalde police officers didn’t follow their training, and says we must ask ourselves if their current training still works. Actor and Uvalde native Matthew McConaughey makes an emotional plea at the White House for bipartisan action on guns, but GOP concerns remain the key obstacle in Congressional gun talks, with raising the age of gun ownership, banning assault weapons and universal background checks now off the table. Plus, the January 6 Committee is to present its findings in prime-time hearings starting on Thursday, with promises of new information and “Disturbing” new evidence.

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With the first January 6 hearings happening this week, federal prosecutors say they have an e-mail revealing the Trump campaign told so-called fake electors in Georgia to use ‘complete secrecy’ as they tried to overturn Joe Biden's win in the state. CNN Senior Justice Correspondent Evan Perez joins to discuss.

This could be the worst year of mass shootings ever in America's history, with 13 more occurring over this weekend. A small bipartisan group of gun bill negotiators are finally inching closer to taking action on gun reform. Plus, a Uvalde school shooting survivor describes what happened, families of survivors of the Uvalde massacre sue the estate of the gunman, and a Colorado Republican who lost his job for supporting red flag laws speaks out.

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Biden calls for gun reform after the devastating recent back to back mass shootings, saying “We can’t fail the American people again.” More details come to light in Tulsa, Buffalo, and Uvalde; the Tulsa gunman has been identified as a patient of one of the victims, the Buffalo shooting suspect has been charged with a domestic act of terrorism motivated by hate in the first degree, and law enforcement inaction is scrutinized in Uvalde. 

Plus, the January 6th committee reaches out to witnesses ahead of a public hearing next week, a new book looks at “Alabama v. King”, and teachers are on leave at a Rochester school after allegedly sending denigrating texts about students.

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At least four people were killed Wednesday in a shooting on Saint Francis Hospital’s campus in Tulsa, according to police. This, as the Uvalde shooting continues to horrify the nation; the Texas State Senator calls for a special legislative session as shifting accounts fuel sharp criticism of the police response.

Plus, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are both found defamed with more money going to Depp, the White House struggles to answer questions about the ongoing baby formula shortage, and rising sea levels threaten coastal communities.

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