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Chamber door. we are all helpless. is there anybody in your reporting, luke, pointing the finger at mark meadows that was not doing it before? >> thats a good question. and thanks for having me. as you were outside that day, i was inside. so i know the way a lot of these people felt, sort of this panicked feeling of how this attack needs to stop and would somebody do something. it does not seem to me, though, that these text messages have turned any member of the congress against mark meadows wh...

Me, though, that these text messages have turned any members of congress against mark meadows who were not previously. as you saw when the vote came up to hold him in contempt, the only two republicans who voted for it were liz cheney and adam kinsinger who were the two members of the committee recommending the contempt charge so unlike steve bannon who had nine republicans voted him in contempt, seven of those votes disappeared, in the white house at the time so stronger claim of executive priv...

Dissipate. someone is going to get killed. >> also this hour, president biden departing for kentucky to survey damage. hell meet with victims in the wake of the deadly tornado outbreak that devastated the area over the weekend. first we want to get to paula reed. lets look at where we stand this morning. the doj now weighing this contempt charge for mark meadows. the big question is how quickly could they act. >> it is a great question. but this case is a lot more difficult than the one they hav...

Protect the reputation of individuals. so i dont know what theyre up to, but this is a separate matter. the committee needs to find these facts not only to report to the american people, but also to inform us as to what further legislative steps well need to take to help prevent something like this from ever happening again. we came very close to overturning our democracy on january 6th. its not acceptable to me or to the american people. >> does this contempt charge feel any different for you p...

Frantic pleas from fox tv hosts, trumps son, don junior, and some lawmakers, their names have not yet been released. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles is live on capitol hill. ryan, the house vote in favor of steve bannons contempt charge, we saw that vote with just a couple of republicans on board. what are we expecting for meadows today? >> reporter: it should play out in a very similar fashion, victor. house republicans are recommending to their members not to vote for this contempt...

Tight-lipped. its not appropriate for prosecutors to discuss who theyre prosecuting or who theyre investigating. you do that either by an indictment or deciding you dont have a case. and all of that is done to protect the reputation of individuals. so i dont know what theyre up to, but this is a separate matter. the committee needs to find these facts not only to report to the american people, but also to inform us as to what further legislative steps well need to take to help prevent something ...

Last hour. the district attorney in washington, d.c., excuse me. attorney general in washington, d.c. announce add civil lawsuit against the proud boys and oathkeepers and several mens of both groups individually accusing them of planning the attack on the capitol. d.c. is suing for damping consulting the groups actions "a coordinated act of domestic terrorism" this at the house votes later today to hold former chief of staff mark meadows in contempt. referring to the justice department for even...

>> it is just different matter when youre dealing with a white house chief of staff. so likely were talking about, you know, they carve it up differently in this report making the case that there are a few statements in a few different types of communications where, yeah, hes misbehaving. but at the end of the day, hes gist in a different place where bannon from day one made clear that he was not going to comply. mark meadows did comply for part of the time and then changed his mind. now if you ...

Hes not a yule joule. hes not of that ilk of the law. whats going on? >> so, it is hard to understand exactly what their motivations are, but according to mr. terwilliger, their strategy was to participate as much as possible with the committee to avoid a contempt charge while still respecting the assertion of executive privilege by mark meadowss former boss, former president trump. so mark meadows is stuck, perhaps, between a rock and a hard place here. he doesnt want to offense or alienate his...

Scheduled or announced. we do expect that at some point and for now wes being briefed, and we should get images of that shortly after this briefing end in the oval office. john? >> jeff zeleny, sure well be back to you momentarily when we do hear from the president. up next, when the president does speak, well bring you that has son as possible and the january 6th committee prepares its contempt charge against the trump chief of staff mark meadows. take care of that heart with lipton. because ...