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You think americans deserve to know eventually who those individuals are? >> let me just say that we are going to follow the facts wherever they lead, and ultimately the american people will learn everything that we find out. >> do you believe the evidence uncovered by your committee could be used by the department of justice to obtain a probable cause warrant for the records that you know mark meadows has but has not yet handed over? is this one way that could play out? >> you know, i dont want...

>> chair lady yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois mr. kinzinger. >> thank you, mr. chairman. this is a rare unique moment in history as we vote whether to hold a former colleague in contempt of congress. the last time that happened was 1832. mark meadows committed a crime, in this case a premeditated one. he thought carefully about his actions and actively chose to stone wall which you can clearly see in his back and forth with the select committee. first, he produced o...

Infiltrate large clouds. i dont care if they are radical left or right. non-who they are. >> a lot of violence but it wasnt a terrorist attack, not 9/11, not the worst thing that ever happened to america. its not an insurrection. >> fbi will infiltrate groups whether its the mob or al qaeda and try to be one of them and unwind a pot before it takes place. >> right. >> do you think maybe perhaps and you dont want to give away your theories that you find indications that the fbi was possibly pushi...

Last hour. the district attorney in washington, d.c., excuse me. attorney general in washington, d.c. announce add civil lawsuit against the proud boys and oathkeepers and several mens of both groups individually accusing them of planning the attack on the capitol. d.c. is suing for damping consulting the groups actions "a coordinated act of domestic terrorism" this at the house votes later today to hold former chief of staff mark meadows in contempt. referring to the justice department for even...

The committee. >> so theres damning evidence about why meadows should be complying with the subpoena. certainly theres a lot of points of inquiry that would not be subjected to executive privilege. how likely is it the justice department would prosecute meadows for contempt? >> reporter: this is a great question, anderson, because of course we know theyre moving forward with a criminal case against steve bannon. but this case is different for several reasons. first of all, mark meadows was a top...

The january 6th committee voting to hold mark meadows in contempt but what do the revelations mean for the people to hold people for the effort to hold people accountable, i should say. joining me to discuss kirsten powers and stewart stevens, the former chief strategists for the romney presidential campaign. good evening to you both. kirsten, chairman thompson saying our democracy was inches from ruin. look, i think that was an under statement, right? i think it was a fraction from a seconds aw...

World awaits your decision. a lot of pressure on one guy. i think i agree with you if he stands up for the people of west virginia, its a no-brainer. good people. the left rush to politicize the deadly tornadoes in kentucky this weekend. it was shameless and oconee and covert mandates are coming back and blue states. mark meadows in an exclusive interview will join us live as a january 6th committee with a predetermined outcome recommended to charge him with contempt. stay with us as we continue...

Set to vote to held him in contempt. cbs kris van cleave reports from capitol hill. s. >> reporter: tonight, mark meadows is poised to become the first current or formren neearse january 6 committee. > se a tin hfull opeople whohinw w gks.ey kw a frt ofted statesan havno kings appropriate the vote comes after wiem, republican liz cheney read startling text messages meadows received on january 6, pleading with him to get former president trump to stop the capitol assault, including from donald tr...

Is trump going to say something? this is hurting all of us. he is destroying his legacy, laura ingram wrote. please get him on tv. destroying everything you have accomplished, ryan kilme texted. quote, can he make a statement, ask people to leave the capitol, sean hannity urged. as the violence continued, one of the presidents sons texted mr. meadows. quote, hes got to condemn this shit asap. the capitol police tweet is not enough, donald trump jr. texted. >> the nine members of the bipartisan c...

Over election fraud which is really interesting. it begs the question was there coordination between the white house instructing members of congress. >> hugo, its rare to see in black and white the evidence like we put up on the screen of the powerpoint presentation lays out step by step how to pull off a coup and now we are hearing text messages directly from members of congress and the press. what else do you expect coming down from pipes? it seems they got a ton of evidence and theyre rolling...