Thursday, May 27, 2021: McConnell to GOP Senators: Sink the January 6th Commission Bill

Republican leader Mitch McConnell is asking fellow GOP Senators to vote against the January 6th Commission bill as a “personal favor” to him -- even as the mother of fallen Capitol Hill officer, Brian Sicknick, makes a personal appeal to 14 Republican Senators to support it. Plus, President Biden’s new mandate to the intelligence community: find out if Covid jumped from animals to humans or escaped from a Chinese lab. And Republicans release their $928 billion infrastructure counteroffer. On today’s show: CNN’s Jamie Gangel, Manu Raju, Jake Tapper, Lauren Fox, Josh Campbell, Stephanie Elam and Gabby Orr, along with Seung Min Kim of The Washington Post and infectious disease physician Dr. Monica Gandhi. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices