McCarthy says Jan. 6 footage amounts to 42,000 hours and says Carlson getting early access because 'sunshine matters'

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy defended his decision to release security footage of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol to Fox News host Tucker Carlson. The House Republican leader said it was necessary for transparency and that “sunshine matters.” Conservative lawyer George Conway tells Anderson Cooper if he thinks McCarthy’s rationale for giving the video to the Fox News host makes any sense.

Plus, CNN National Correspondent Randi Kaye joins AC360 from Walterboro, South Carolina where the jury in the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh will be headed to Moselle tomorrow, the property where Paul and Maggie Murdaugh were killed in June 2021.

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