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With a forceful speech denouncing putins invasion of ukraine, speaking in front of a crowd that included ukrainian refugees, the president framed the war as a fight for democracy and urged for western countries to brace for the long road aheads. >> in the threat of democracy and freedom, ukraine and its people are on the front lines, fighting to save their nation, and their brave resistance is part of a larger fight for essential democratic principles, and unite all free people. my message to th...

Members have been clear that they think the doj needs to do more. in order to hold people responsible for donald trumps and tempted coup. this week, the january six committee voted to hold former advisor peter navarro and deputy chief of staff, dan scavino, in contempt for outright refusing to supply subpoenas. there is every indication that the house will hold both men in a contempt, and then it would be up to the department of justice to criminally charge. like it already has four top trump ad...

Well share with you tonight the january 6th committee is going at trumps aide peter navarro. you remember when he confessed the plot to overthrow. now they want to hold him in contempt. i have an update. and this is the final day for the confirmation hearings for judge jackson. we begin right now with president biden and an emergency nato summit in europe talking about the new sanctions for russia, and the fears about how far putin would go. >> reporter: if chemical weapons were used in ukrain...

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Apply to crime and insurrection. the courts have not only rejected it -- we have very little patience for these arguments anymore. the courts are slapping it down. and we are not accepting it. we fully expected these guys would have to comply very quickly if they want to avoid criminal contempt. >> you have made this point several times before and it is important to keep on making it, that you dont actually get executive privilege for the commission of a crime. jamie raskin, good to see you. tha...

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Crimes, political attacks on the very nonpartisan peaceful transfer of power that is the bedrock foundation of democracy are not going to be protected and privileged. they are going to be fruits of that plot and theres going to be accountable for that. jared kushner has decided to take a different approach than some of the people held in contempt last night. itll go to the full floor eventually. joyce, thank you as always. >> thanks for having me. >> really appreciate it. coming up, we turn to...

Have material evidence that members of congress were in on it. would you like to see the 1/6 committee subpoena some of those members, sort of blow through that tradition, i guess, of not doing so? >> i think that they should subpoena them and put them under oath, and if they dont come in, they should be held in contempt and not be able to serve in their duties as members of the senate or congress if they would be held in contempt by a congressional committee. otherwise, they undermine the integ...

Enkirshner, a former prosecutor. why are these two former trump aides so important to the committees investigation? what do they want to hear from them? >> i mean, these are people -- everybody that the january 6th committee subpoenas or most people they believe has direct knowledge of what the president was doing, thinking, planning, plotting around january 6th. and the web of financial ties there within. so obviously scavino is someone with close ties to the president, as is peter navarro. the...

Of the houses argument here that they should be held in contempt which means they could be indicted? >> the house has an incredibly strong argument, ari. as you say, mark meadows had some sort of arguments to maybe not be prosecuted for contempt and merrick garlands is evaluating that now. these guys have squat to use the technical legal term. i mean, its astounding to me that they are making the same executive privilege arguments that trumps inner circle made six months ago and trump made and i...