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battleground states and former president trumps lawyers are now in discussions with the january 6th select committee and testifying under oath. this as the u.s. supreme court rejects senator lindsey grahams bid to avoid testifying in the investigation of the 2020 election interference what they claim this georgia. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer and youre in "the situation room." we begin this hour with the first court appearance by t...

Across, not roads, but more like rivers with a few bags in their hands. Th they just grabbed a few snacks, pillows. In many cases they were carrying pets. As we talked about last night, still one of the big issues is power. 100 of the island not having power right now, only those that can get to generators, also, the first thing people still ask me is, do you have signal. People desperate to find out the condition of loved ones who they cant get to because of flooding many because of debris . An...

At the end of the day, its protecting our democratic process. >> i think they need to protect the family members, too. the lawmakers. gloria, the former homeland security secretary, jey johnson, he joined me last hour and described this political environment here in the united states right now as combustible. what do you think its going to take for elected leaders to come together and agree its time to lower the temperature? >> wolf, i wish i knew the answer to that question. i dont know the ans...

I came in here did not want to get a motion. i have sat through trials that were hard to sit through but nothing like sitting this week and this committee hearing. >> we have a constitutional responsibility to serve as a check and balance on an out of control executive branch. control executive branch against president trump. the committee committeess expeo vote on those two articles sometime tomorrow, thoroughly expected to be up or down part our own correspondent garrett haake has been working...

Capit capitol. appreciate your time. thank you so much. a voting rights victory for people with felony convictions in florida. a judge issued a preliminary injunction for a state law that would bar anyone with felony records from registering to vote if they had an outstanding court fine. people are disproportionately likely to be black. all of this sna state that that voted for amendment four to restore voting rights. a different strategy in effort to mobilize black voters. it is called a ra...

Were talking about a vote, the first to condemn a president with racist tweets out outset were interested how many republicans would vote for it. in the end four did. two from swing states, two from red, one african american, one independent and former republican voting, yes, he voted coming up shortly how some republican women voters see all of this but first, cnn phil mattingly joins us from the capit capitol. four republicans voted for the resolution. is it a surprise it was that small or a s...

He went onto spend 31 years serving his country. senator john mccain was shot out of the sky, sank to the bottom of a line and survived after five years of torture. if you wonder about his time in captivity, listen to him struggle to speak as he laid in agony. >> i would just like to tell -- >> in a few hours the final details of senator mccains funeral plans are set to be announced. wednesday would have been his 82nd birthday. hell be at the arizona state capit capitol. the public is invited to...

Leadership from prime minister may. if president trump meets with boris johnson, that under cuts anything that he would do with the prime minister here, almost immediately. that would take over the story. this special relationship between the united states and the united kingdom is on shaky ground. but so are all of the institutions that president trump seeming wants to tear down much. he does not seem to care about n -- about nato or the european union. thats why theres giant blimp of the ameri...

Says worse things or acts in a more confrontational manner than the president of the united states. that does not, however, justify us following suit. however, you say he came to the capit capitol. he came to talk about the policies were considering today and one of the things he did was go after senator sanford and bee rate him for losing the election. s he own congress booed him in that process, so he came here in a confrontational mode. thats not unusual. hes always in a con front tainational...

Capitol. thank you for coming in. >> its my pleasure. we appreciate the story. thank you. >> one year ago, i remember you speaking at the press conference. we remember everything that happened. your sons were there with you when this happened. how are you feeling? how are they feeling today? >> well, my youngest son jack is back this year. hes now 12. my oldest son brad couldnt come. hes got the business down in texas. but a year ago we were all lucky to be alive and we were thankful for it. we ...