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0 swing. be vigilant and informed about your own health. that does it for us. "the reidout" with joe reid is -- joy reid is up next. hi, joy. >> have a wonderful evening. much appreciated. good evening. youre looking at the room where members of the house select committee on january 6th will soon be gathering for a special meeting. in this hour they will vote in a measure to refer criminal charges for donald trumps former chief of staff. mark meadows who defied their subpoena. theyll also be dis...

0 wrapups of either palestinian question or more pressing issue of iran, wolf. >> i suspect they talked about it privately. didnt make mention of it in the public statement. thank you very much. and to the viewers, thanks very much for watching. i am wolf blitzer in the situation room. and our out front starts right now. good evening, out front tonight we are standing by for a viewing vote. any minute members of the january 6th select committee are spec to recommend that the full house find do...

0 defense. the court yesterday appointed a guardian to represent their son. they have seemingly abandoned him. have had no contact with him. have not seen him or spoken to him. obviously what lies ahead for their case, its going to be a difficult one for prosecutors after they charge them with four counts of involuntary manslaughter arguing that they gave him the gun as a gift, but also saying that they did nothing to prevent him from unleashing this shooting, this attack. prosecutors saying the...

Privilege. and prevented released to congress of documents in his possession that he deems to be needed for a critical legislative inquiry. on the record before us, former president trump has provided no basis for this court to override president bidens judgment. >> the appeals court position clears all way of the noise and bluster and what the court calls on elaborated assertions in the trump arguments and then crushes whats left. page 47. because mr. trump has sued solely in his official capac...

Contenders who have embraced the former presidents false assertions about the 2020 election. donald trump is looking for collaborators. he wants collaborators for his next run at american representative government to destroy it, and he is getting them in droves. senator sheldon whitehouse, a democrat from rhode island who serves in the senate judiciary committee, he just wrote this opinion piece in "the boston globe" about the upcoming ever summit for democracy and fight against corruption and a...

For repeat home burglaries. this is rampant, it is systemic and yet george gascon and the d.a. in san francisco and all the woke district attorneys across the country, they are doubling down, bill, irrespective of the crime spree. you think they would say you know what? our experiment didnt work. they are literally doubling down and asking the public to continue to support the outrageous public pollz. >> bill: gascon is the d.a. in l.a. the "wall street journal." biden finds a culprit for americ...

Interference or fraud possibly? >> well, i dont want to comment on that, don, for the reason that i dont want to give mr. clark any -- you know, any false reason on his part to claim the fifth. and so i dont want to speculate about that. but, you know, i will say that the witnesses you mentioned, who were his seniors at the justice department, have testified openly before the senate. were not confirming, i think, witnesses before our committee, but they did both testify. neither claimed any kind...

Concern about self-incrimination. he had a whole range of theories, and then in more recent correspondence, he added to those and complained about the composition of our committee. and now most recently, hes said he has a fifth amendment concern. so well ask him the range of questions that are pertinent to our investigation. with some, he may take the fifth. with others, he may use these other, you know, assertions of privilege which we think have no merit. and on the basis of what does happen, ...

So i dont want to speculate about that. i will say the witnesses you mentioned who were his seniors at the justice department have testified openly before the senate. we are not confirming witnesses before our committee but neither claimed any executive privilege so the idea a more junior person at the justice department would have an executive privilege claim when the seniors did not is i think pretty ludicrous. we will have to see what assertions he makes with respect to what questions. one th...

Investigation. with some he may take the fifth. with others he may use the other, you know, assertions of privilege, which we think have no merit. and on the basis of what does happen well make a decision about next steps. >> so this deposition in person, remote? >> its in person. i mean, there will be an opportunity for members to participate remotely as well but it will be in person. >> youve already met with clarks former boss jeffrey rosen and richard donahue. they didnt take the fifth. do y...