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Officials, including republicans, with trump loyalists. each day seems to bring another headline. none seems to bring any joy. joining us now, two cnn political commentators. both of them, conservatives. mike shields, who advises house minority leader kevin mccarthy. and s.e. cupp. s.e., they are leaders in the republican party. scalise is perpetuating the big lie. and grassley is kind of coming up with this new lie that trump was somehow the victim in the insurrection. what does this do to the ...

Its -- >> carpet. >> the thread of the threat. when biden was vice president and running with barack obama for re-election, dont compare us to the almighty, just to the alternative. theres a real threat. the former president, not just jimmy carter building houses for the poor. hes inciting an insurrection. ive got a piece coming out tonight or tomorrow on cnn.com, shameless plug. and i dont think this is hysterical. im a moderate guy. if the democrats fail it may be the end of american democracy...

Elections. those are the people responsible, and the people who are willing to believe them instead of believing the myriad audits, the phony audits. theyre willing to go down the conspiracy-rabbit holes and follow donald trump off a cliff because hes told them -- um -- he likes them and theyre special. its crazy. >> hey, mike? um, hillary clinton conceded the election the day after. i was anchoring a television show while that happened. something that donald trump never did. no, she did. i mean...

Seen of real time samples. >> the samples might reveal when and even where antibodies against the virus first appeared in humans before november two years ago. china says they had to be kept for legal reasons for two years in case of lawsuits over the blood transfusions theyre from. but now, that limit is almost up for the key months at the end of 2019, and the chinese official confirmed to cnn that china is preparing to test them. echoing a promise from july when they said they would share the ...

Investigations before. and now, with steve bannon, one of the four big names subpoenaed to appear openly refusing to cooperate, the answer seems to be the committee will get tough. heres congressman adam kinzinger, one of two republicans on the panel this morning. >> its my impression and my intention and the committees intention that they will be compelled. you know, theres some little back-and-forth nuances between the lawyers right now but i think if it gets to a point where we realize theyre...

In our national lead, cnn obtained new details about gabby petitos death. documents reveal she died by manual strangulation. a wyoming coroner also said the manner of death was homicide. athena jones reports this could change how investigators handle the search for brian laundrie, petitos fiance who returned to his home in florida without her and then disappeared. >> reporter: gabby petito died of manual strangulation. >> manner of death of gabrielle petito, we find the cause and manner to be ca...

Conspiracy-rabbit holes and follow donald trump off a cliff because hes told them -- um -- he likes them and theyre special. its crazy. >> hey, mike? um, hillary clinton conceded the election the day after. i was anchoring a television show while that happened. something that donald trump never did. no, she did. i mean, she absolutely conceded the election. and congratulated donald trump. she did. she did. she did. i mean, thats an absurd argument. its absurd on its face. it adds -- and as for c...

Joining us now, two cnn political commentators. both of them, conservatives. mike shields, who advises house minority leader kevin mccarthy. and s.e. cupp. s.e., they are leaders in the republican party. scalise is perpetuating the big lie. and grassley is kind of coming up with this new lie that trump was somehow the victim in the insurrection. what does this do to the party? and what does this do to the country? >> well, its an embarrassment to the country to watch two grown men so emasculated...

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Elie honig. and cnn medical analyst, dr. leana wen. elie, let me just ask you, legally speaking, whats your take on this case? >> yeah, john, first of all, im surprised we havent even more of these cases and i think we will see more going forward. these are not easy cases to make, though, if you are the plaintiff. if you are the one doing the suing. you have to show causation, first of all. that you or the person you are suing on behalf of actually got it from this classmate, for example, and no...