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america to a state of, quote, godliness. the secret recordings that are creating fresh controversy for supreme court justice samuel alito. plus, a rare op-ed from attorney general merrick garland this morning, defending the doj as the house takes new steps towards holding him in contempt. and later, a primary day battle of wills, how donald trumps endorsement power is colliding with kevin mccarthys revenge tour in south carolina. great to have you with us. thank you for being her...

Had to vote the way we did today." you know what happened that day? that day, house democrats and nine republicans voted to hold steve bannon in criminal contempt of congress for ignoring a january 6th committee subpoena. wagner and mccaul voted against the contempt effort but confessed, clint watts, at the sonoma restaurant wine bar on capitol hill last thursday while standing at the bar that they only did so because theyre afraid of being primaried by let me get those right those wacko bird. y...

States who could not handle a negative nra vote. megyn: our viewers should keep in mind, there are reports and some believe this entire operation was not a botched gun running sting, it was an intentional operation to let guns walk to gin up anti-gun sentiment. attorney general eric holder phase what would be the third time in history that the u.s. congress launched a contempt effort against a sitting attorney general. coming up, jay sekulow and julian epstein. they will join us in five minutes ...

Hold the attorney general in contempt in an election year. joining me now, bernard whitman, former pollster for president clinton. guys thank you very much for being here. this could wind up being a double-edged sword if the republicans proceed against the attorney general. there is political risk to them. by lets start with what it would do to the obama administration if you have the attorney general of the united states defending a contempt effort by the u.s. congress? >> its not good and the ...

Short time ago. >> brian terrys family has a right to know what happened. the american people have a right to know what happened. and were going to proceed. weve given them ample opportunity to comply even as late as yesterday. >> so at this point speaker boehners attitude is enough is enough. theyve been waiting for answers, theyve been investigating fast and furious for about 18 months now, and they say it is time for the attorney general to comply. barring that, they will go forward with cont...

That, and i know he would be saying, you know what, i died for my country, and he was a true american, and i think he deserves the truth, and i think everybody should know the truth, and if this was a bad thing that they did with fast and furious it should be acknowledged so it never happens to anybody elses son. rick: mike emanuel live on the hill. what is the attorney general saying today about this contempt effort in congress? >> reporter: you mentioned the possibility, rick of whether this c...

Oppose this effort, but we do know democrat jim matheson from utah has said that he will support contempt. he is the only democratic member representing utah, and so he is in favor of contempt. we can expect his vote tomorrow. bottom line, we will be counting heads between now and tomorrow to see where other democrats may fall. a short time ago we got an update from some key democratic leaders. their take on contempt. >> thats where we are, though, and thats what this house of representatives un...