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Decision, but was asked specifically this morning for the reaction to congress holding meadows in contempt and the president said that its worthy, that in his view, its worthy of being held in contempt. what do you make of that? as a former attorney general, you know, and the president weighing in on this at all. >> well, again, this wasnt a statement, as i understood, giving an opinion as to what he thought the department of justice should do. >> right. >> thats different than his views about w...

Language, that people that are going to say these things and try to attack communities, the communities i represent for example. i represent one of the most diverse districts in the nation in colorado in a large muslim population. well send a clear message to america that we stand behind our muslim community, our muslim neighbors and brothers and sisters. these are people i fought along with and i joined the military people that i fought with that served this nation came from all races backgroun...

Meadows. today president biden saying he hasnt spoken to anyone about the case. the doj is supposed to be independent, but weighing in. >> it seems he is worthy of being held in contempt. >> reporter: it is complicated. he does hand over some documents including some text messages. >> he presumably being president trump, quote, he thinks the legislatures have the power, but the vp has power too, end quote. the power to do what? we could guess the power to overturn the election results. the power...

In contempt. >> donald trump is also taking their money. he continues to raise money, asking those people you just talked about, rev, to pay his legal bills. mr. billionaire. >> and he yells at them. >> this is a group of people who know better. >> yeah. >> there are some people in congress, and we could name them, who actually may not know better. the republican colleagues said theres some limitations. >> yeah. >> thats hard. >> we dont hold that against ron. >> ron cant help it. but its the pe...

From his inner circle. essentially, he abandons people when the going gets tough for people. and, you know, in some ways, its embarrassing to think that in a lot of ways, we bought into what essentially turned out to be a bluff or a con. >> your attorney, josh, who is with you there, said this morning that you have text messages and e-mails with people who are, in your attorneys words, very senior in the former presidents orbit, as well as with members of congress and you would turn those over t...

Now about who was behind one of the explosive text messages to meadows. >> we are learning it was representative jim jordan who texted mark meadows this, that as president of the senate, the vice president mike pence should call out all electoral votes that he believes are unconstitutional as no electoral vo votes at all. as committee seeks to learn what mark meadows knows and what he did. >> reporter: tonight mark meadows fate now resting in the hands of the justice department. >> the resolutio...

And when we have signal, well bring it to you live. in the meantime, the fate of mark meadows now lies in the hands of the justice department. the house voted to hold donald trumps former chief of staff in contempt of congress for refusing. this is the first time a former member of congress has been held in contempt in roughly 170 years or so. nbc leigh ann caldwell on capitol hill. a historic but how do they think the vote will help move the legislation forward? >> the vote last night will no...

Capitol. he is the first former member of congress held in contempt since 1832. that was a while ago. the democratic-controlled house voted 222-208 with just two republicans, kinzinger and cheney, joining the democrats. it will be up to the department of justice to decide whether to pursue criminal charges. more on this in a moment. first, though, a new cdc warning this morning that covid is raging across the u.s., and it is possible that a new wave is imminent as soon as january. this as the ...

Responsibility and why havent you asked china to do more to be transparent on the origins? >> i hope so. its going to be close. >> whats your reaction to holding mark meadows in contempt? >> i dont know enough, just what ive seen, ive not spoken to anyone. it seems to me hes worthy of being held in contempt. >> what do you think about the text messages? >> i havent seen them all. [ inaudible question ] >> joining us now kentucky lieutenant governor jacqueline coleman. lieutenant governor, the pr...

The darkest days in our democracy. >> if thats the case, let me ask you a 30,000 foot perspective question, the democrats seem very focused on accountability for what happened on january 6th. and we do need to know the answers to where trump was during those hours, why he wasnt calling in the national guard for help. all of that needs to be answered for sure. republicans seem to be focused on installed cronies at the state and local level into important election oversight positions. from your pe...