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Contempt. john eastman, a lawyer who has taken the fifth. we are allowed to say, boy, thats suspicious. i think the committee has drawn that conclusion and they want to know and need to know who was in communication from the outside with that war room up to and including potentially donald trump. >> and shan, how does the committee piece together the role trump may have played in advising that command center? how do they put that together? >> well, the phone records well of course tell what was ...

Actually subpoena and even potentially hold them in contempt and then what would the department do? the second thing is even though they dont subpoena trump, liz cheney and others have indicated they may be ready to actually do a criminal contempt referral -- excuse me, an obstruction referral to d.o.j. wow, how would d.o.j. handle that? that would be the sort of world war iii move for this committee. thats what im watching for. >> all of this as the anniversary of january 6th approaches. ali, p...

Most descriptions are like moral leader, moral compass, that sort of thing, but what i learned about him was that he was a deeply spiritual man, similarto the was that he was a deeply spiritual man, similar to the trappist monks. he paid about seven times a day. i think it was from that kind of centredness and contempt of life that he enjoyed the longevity of 90 years. —— well as being able to say the right thing at the right time in pivotal moments of history. find the right thing at the r...

Also spending time with him, what was it about him that surprised you the most? i was it about him that surprised you the most? ~ ., , was it about him that surprised you the most? ~ . , ., , ., . the most? i think, as i was watching and listening — the most? i think, as i was watching and listening to _ the most? i think, as i was watching and listening to the _ the most? i think, as i was watching and listening to the descriptions i and listening to the descriptions you had of arch, the affe...

Of the ultimate traitor. >> the man who sells out jesus for 30 pieces of silver. >> judas crime is so easy to understand and at the same time so terrible. he betrayed his friend. >> along comes a bombshell, a newly translated ancient manu manuscript. >> just 25 tattered sheets of papyrus written in the ancient coptic language. the lost gospel of judas: it challenges our contempt for judas character. but now will missing fragments of text complete the gospel and force us to reconsider judas role ...

Former attorney general in contempt. the kangaroo court was in existence during president obamas time because he was a president with a spotless record on corruption, and they needed to create some fake corruption in order to just dirty him up. that show republicans do business. none of it is serious. the clinton impeachment, none of it was serious. i wonder if democrats are worried enough about what a future under the leadership of people like that with the weakness of kevin mccarthy, if he eve...

Ahead and that referral would be in the justice departments hands, how rare would it be to prosecute a former president? >> it would be very rare. you have to remember a referral on something like this is different than the referral for contempt of congress. there congress is saying you know, this person disobeyed our request, our subpoena. we want them held in contempt. and theres a federal law that says the justice department must consider that. theres no such federal law if congress refers an...

Arent the only republican lawmakers the committee is interested in. do we know who else is potentially on the committees radar? >> at this point, no, i think that kind of remains to be seen, joe. i think one of the things you have to look at going ahead here is exactly -- is what happens in the courts, right? steve bannon has been held in contempt, hes fighting this. there is also this michael flynn lawsuit. he had a setback the other day in this lawsuit he filed on tuesday. but he has the oppor...

Center to train these police officers to have the repetition, the muscle memory, to be able to do the things that they need to keep their citizens safe and had kimberly potter after 26 years been trained appropriately she never would have mistook the gun for taser, so what keith said is were with you, police officers, but lets get to the deeper cause here, and i think thats training. >> do you see this as a sign of change? >> well, certainly, if its not a sign of change i think people need to wa...

There is resentment about that in black and brown communities because they felt like there has not been help there. when you have a republican party that embrace the politics of contempt and politics of trying to fight others at all times, you end up with the country that we have now. its unclear how conservatism and the republican party change from here. >> i would go beyond black and brown people. i would say women, too. it was 90% white and 90% male. the threat is white men feeling and produc...