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He then left as republican lawmakers began firing off questions to him. his lawyer abby lowell tore into republican lawmakers on their way out. the live picture here expected to pass that contempt resolution and then it will go to the full house for a vote. well bring you any news as we get it. during all of that confusion as hunter biden was leaving, you heard him shout a word dangerous. we want to lean in on that now. that comment that hunter biden made into that scrum of reporters who were al...

That the election was stolen and to recruit americans to come to washington with the false premise that january 6th would be an opportunity to, quote, take back their country. mr. navarro will also be a key witness. he has written a book boasting about his role in planning and coordinating the activity of january 6th. yet as the chairman noted, he does not have the courage to testify here. >> to put it plainly, they were both involved in efforts to challenge or overturn the election. last i chec...

Two advisors to former president trump are one step closer to being held in contempt of congress. the house rules committee yesterday advanced the contempt resolution for peter navarro and dan scavino. both have refused to cooperate with the select committee investigating the capitol attack claiming executive privilege. the leaders of the executive committee laid out why testimony of the two men matters in the investigation. >> mr. scavino worked directly with president trump to spread president...

Switc seven republicans that voted, there were some republicans that voted for contempt resolution on steve bannon. they didnt do it this time. what is the reasoning here? what is going on? >> i think that there are a lot of republicans youve seen, not a lot but a hand full of republicans weve seen from time to time that have crossed party lines for these issues related to january 6th. either to vote in favor of the impeachment of the former president donald trump who have voted to form that ind...

Contempt of congress. as they have previously done with steve bannon. if he is held in contempt, the case goes to the doj, where they will decide whether or not to prosecute. the actual vote is expected soon. well continue to bring you the latest on whats happening on the floor. of course this all comes a day after the house committee investigating the insurrection voted unanimously in favor of the contempt resolution the house takes up tonight. and part of the reason that happened, a big part o...

The latest on what is happening on the floor. of course, this all comes a day after the house committee investigating the insurrection voted unanimously in favor of the contempt resolution the house takes up tonight. part of the reason that that have, been a big part of the reason, is because mark meadows, former chief of staff his defense that he didnt have to comply with the signature executive privileges is basically been invalidated. i mean, meadows it has been claiming that he cannot talk a...

And not answered a subpoena correctly. its up to prosecutors in the d.c. u.s. attorneys office to determine whether or not thats a prosecutable offense. they thought that about steve bannon, and the situations a little bit different with mark meadows because he was working in the executive branch at the time in question. but the committee believes that theres enough evidence there that the department of justice should move forward and prosecute this case. it will then go to trial, and mark meado...

School, we can still offer those opportunities because theyre going to be much needed. >> superintendent joe henderson, i cant imagine what its been like over the last five days, thank you for your time and you have a lot of people around the country thinking and praying for you tonight. thanks. next up, democratic senator alex padilla joining us live with a lot of questions in front of him, including the million dollar one, will president bidens build back better deal get a vote before christ...

Father doesnt actually use the phone to text message. he may have tried to reach him other ways. but certainly, this is the new narrative now. and even as seemingly every day has more revelations about just how much the white house knew what was happening that day and just how bad things were in the capitol, most reasons dont want to hear it. they want to move on, put their head down, look at next years midterms. paying no mind to the investigation at capitol hill. >> some of us havent seen the ...

Extraordinary power, and the courts are loath to second guess congressional motives or duly enacted statutes so he says, case dismissed. obviously, mr. trumps lawyers will appeal this. they have tried everything in their power to try to restrict the publication or the turning over of his tax returns. the only failure they have had so far, before this case, was the tax returns were given to a grand jury in new york, a statewide grand jury that was investigating his -- the companys finances. so, t...