Congressional report details failures during Capitol attack

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The first congressional report detailing what went wrong on January 6 at the U.S. Capitol was released on Tuesday. The 128-page bipartisan Senate document recounts significant intelligence and security failures leading up to and on the day of the attack - as well as a list of recommendations. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins joins Judy Woodruff to walk us through the details.

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