Biden awards Presidential Citizens Medal to Jan. 6 committee leaders and different Americans

President Biden awarded the nation’s second-highest civilian honor to twenty Americans on Thursday, together with House Jan. 6 committee leaders Rep. Bennie Thompson and former Rep. Liz Cheney. CBS News political reporter Zak Hudak has extra on why Mr. Biden picked them and the House speaker vote.

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