i'm jessi tenure. >> and speaking of the january 6 riot as the one-year anniversary approaches a congressional committee that's probing the attack is preparing to go public with hearings revealing what led up to the insurrection hearings will determine. >> well, they're not. >> what occurred on january was a comedy of planned effort on paul certain individual. >> committee members say they're not ruling out issuing subpoenas to members of congress or criminal referrals to the justice department as the panel digs into former president trump's role. congresswoman liz cheney, one of the 2 republicans on the committee is slamming his action as a lack of action and a dereliction of duty. a man who would watch television. >> as police officers are being beaten as as his supporters were invading the capitol. the united states is clearly unfit for future office. >> donald trump has said he wants the u.s. supreme court to block the committee's request for white house documents and records related to the riot in a letter to house gop members. house minority leader kevin mccarthy is accusing democrats of

i'm jessi tenure. >> political analysts said been having a field day, of course, today speculating on what might happen next. kron four's catherine heenan spoke to political science lecturer donna crane, kho says this whole process really is tite has it given by washington dc standards. she agrees the justice briar successor will not be able to do much to slow the supreme court's right word trajectory. but crane says that she likes the short list of potential nominees and underscores how high the stakes are right now. >> this term alone, we are seeing 3, 4, 5 giant issues come before the court. and it's it's still going to be a 63 conservative majority. there is a lot going on. there's a lot of state. a lot going on runs a lot of state for this particular seat. but everyone a list of that i'm aware of is really top of their game. they as judges or people and other senior legal positions that already are following these kinds of cases. there are aware of the nuances and what they get to the supreme court. of course, they will have clerks team of clerks. so i i think we will have a prob

i'm jessi tenure. house speaker nancy pelosi revealed today how a quarter of a million dollars in federal funding will be used to upgrade sfo. >> she was joined by representatives jackie spear and anna eshoo during their visit. the congresswoman shared how 25 billion dollars allocated for airports nationwide as part of a bipartisan infrastructure bill could be used here as sofo will be getting up to 50 million dollars a year for 5 years from that bill. the money will go toward improvements to the harvey milk terminal and environmental upgrades for the airport. >> this big hole you see behind us. it's 200, 50 million dollars that will the rest of the final phase of the harvey terminal. one. >> representative spears said that she hopes some of the money will be used to help reduce noise for people living near the airport. now to russian president biden says he will move thousands of u.s. troops to eastern europe soon as tensions continue to rise with russia. >> the bipartisan group of house foreign affai

i'm jessi tenure. >> the white house is working with the u.s. postal service to distribute millions of covid home test kits to people who want them. the administration is purchasing 500 million of the kits. the according to the washington post, it is close to finalizing an agreement with the post office to achieve that asked the postal service is negotiating with the labor unions to expand the seasonal workforce. that's about 40,000 extra personnel hired as holiday. hello web site will be set up in the near future where people can request the government issued test kits. the fda has shorten the amount of time you have to wait before getting a moderna booster. those 18 and older can now get the booster shot. >> at least 5 months after initial vaccination. the decision comes amid a nationwide omicron surge. the fda has also shorten the wait time for those 12 and older who got the pfizer vaccines. also to 5 months, those who received johnson johnson can get a booster after at least 2 months. >> broadway san francisco is requiring a proof of covid b

i'm jessi tenure. closed door meetings began in norway today between the taliban and western diplomats. those talks are aimed at easing afghanistan's humanitarian crisis. >> they are the first talk since the taliban took control of the country in august. discussions included a focus on a taliban restrictions. a lot of them directed at women. also the group's demand for the release of nearly 10 billion dollars us dollars frozen by the u.s. and other western countries. millions of afghans are facing the risk of starvation. >> authorities in beijing are testing 2 million people ahead of the winter olympics. and that's after. >> a few dozen covid cases were reported in neighboring districts. they will even test people who have been buying cold or flu medicine recently, chinese officials have been taking drastic measures to try to isolate every infection before the games begin. february 4th athletes must also be vaccinated or quarantine upon arrival in china and they have to undergo daily testing. the warri

i'm jessi tenure. >> and as jessi tenure just mentioned, democrats are holding a number of events. january 6 reflects on the stunning events last year trying to find more effective ways to protect our democracy. and one of the members of congress hosting an event. thursday is oakland congresswoman barbara lee. she joins us live now. >> with more. congresswoman, thanks for joining us. i want to start before we get into what you're going to actually do on thursday by reminding people. what happened a year ago and some have tried to dismiss this or play down what happened that the police allowed protesters to walk into the capitol. it wasn't that big of a deal. you are inside the capitol that day. tell us what happened. several people died. what was going on where you were when this riot was taking place. >> thanks so much. nice being with you both this and let me tell you, there's so many trying to revise history. i was sitting right there in the chamber. when it in fact, and this was an attempted coup. these insurrectionists were trying to get into the chamber. i had to evacuate fir

i'm jessi tenure. >> the events that took place on january 6 started as a rally and then ended as an attack. we have been reflecting on that tragic day here at kron for joining us now with more insight tonight, our political analyst michael yaki. michael, thank you for being with us. i just watched a documentary looking back at that day and it's still chilling to see what happened in the nation's capital. how do you think president biden's remarks will be received today, especially in light of the fact that the nation is still so divided and those who would need to hear it really don't believe him. >> thank you, care. and for having me here tonight, you know that i think what the president said today. for a lot of americans was a little bit long overdue. the fact is that what happened a year ago was the culmination of weeks of education and i and in fact, planning by the former president and his allies to try and effectively overturn the will of of other voters and and a victory margin of 7 million, 7 million americans. so what were remembered with the president was trying to make us