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900 coronavirus cases among the student body in just the past week. were going to bring that to you a little later on in this program. i want to get democratic congressman jason crow of colorado. he has voted. thank you for joining us now. you just cast your vote to hold one of your former colleagues in contempt. how is this sitting with you tonight? do you think its going to help get to the bottom of what happened on january 6th? >> hi, don. good to be with you. first of all, i didnt want to ...

Not they personally are going to get away with it. this newly urgent question. the investigation, yes, is having people prosecuted, is seeing people prosecuted for contempt. but its members are naming even more serious crimes that are in the bullseye of this investigation. we now do have in newly urgent question as to whether the people involved in that plot are going to get away with it personally. but also will they get away with it politically? because the effort to overthrow the election rel...

Explains whats likely to happen next. the recommendation goes to thejustice department, that will then make a decision as to whether to actually indict him for contempt as recommended by the house of representatives. this exercise happened recently with former donald trump aide stephen bannon, and he was indicted and his trial is injuly. the factual circumstances are a little bit different. mr meadows did co—operate to some degree, he turned over 9,000 documents, records, including texts and e...

Is exactly how many republicans will vote to be supportive of that move given that there were nine who voted to hold steve bannon in contempt. i think i have the representative now. how many republicans do you think will join democrats when the vote takes place and say that he was in contempt of congress? >> well, the only two we know, michael, and its good to see you, are liz cheney and adam kinzinger. im hoping some of the republicans that were brave enough to vote for impeachment earlier in t...

Thousands of pages of records. the case really is different. it could make it more difficult for some republicans to support referring him to the justice department for criminal charges. but the house select committee over the past three days, michael, we have seen they have been making their case certainly in the court of public opinion about why meadows should be held in contempt. now, they argue that, look, you clearly handed over thousands of pages of documents. you didnt think those were pr...

About what happened on january six. people who do not only believe that trump was responsible for the violence that was underway, but that the violence was very serious and that only he can turn it off. pleading with him to try to turn it off. a very dramatic stuff from the committee last night. the way it pursued really works out is that the committee votes whether or not they are going to hold him in contempt. then it needs to go to the rules committee of the house. then the full house of repr...

Data on a key question today. how do current vaccines hold up to the new variant? and heading to kentucky. president biden arrives in kentucky. he arrived in kentucky moments ago to see the tornado devastation firsthand. lets begin with the congressional investigation into the attack on the u.s. capitol. the justice department now must decide whether to pursue a prosecution of mark meadows. the house voted last night as we know to hold the former trump white house chief of staff in criminal ...

Ways? like, yeah, im cooperating, so therefore you shouldnt hold me in contempt. i should not face any consequences for this. but also, hey, trump and trump supporters, look. im defying. >> well, look, if theres a strategy here, its winston churchill would say its exceedingly well disguised. i dont see any strategy here other than possibly bannon panicking when he discovered that trump wasnt as excited about his book as he was. i think he simply went into retreat. so i dont think he has a strate...

Meadows. theres no question about it. and so that is why the, it seems as though this is the point of no return and when i say this, i mean the unprecedented vote last night of members of congress voting to hold in contempt their former colleague for defying a subpoena. but you never know. if there is some way that they can find accommodation with mark meadows and his attorneys in order to try to stop the train from going further down the legal station. one thing i will say about how potentially...

Accounts today. nearly 10 million children are at risk of slipping back below the poverty line if payments are not extended. senator michael bennet will join us this hour. weve got to start with the historic vote in the house to recommend criminal contempt charges against one of their own, former congressman and white house chief of staff mark meadows. just two, only two republicans, liz cheney and adam kinzinger joined 220 democrats in voting to hold meadows in contempt for defying a congressio...