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President bidens agenda. well have the latest from the white house. plus well go one on one with adam schiff after the house votes to hold steve bannon in contempt after defying demands for documents and testimony. an update on a bizarre and tragic story from new mexico after alec baldwin discharged a prop firearm on a movie set killing one crew member and injuring another. what hes saying about the incident, ahead. welcome to account meet the press daily. we start this hour with the two s...

Jamie raskin. greene reportedly shouting at them, calling cheney a joke and asking raskin why dont you care about the american people? so what all happened there. lets talk with jamie raskin, congressman from maryland. a member of the january 6th select committee. sir, thank you for being with us this morning. what did happen? >> well, thank you for having me. i went up to congratulate liz on a splendid set of remarks she made about steve bannons contempt. he had blown off our subpoena. and she ...

Eugene robinson. good morning to you all. anna, i will begin with you. you cover congress so closely. 229-202, nine republicans voting in favor of contempt for steve bannon. did any of those votes surprise you? >> yeah, i think you played some sound earlier of nancy mace, certainly that was interesting, and the fact she actually worked for donald trump before she was a member of congress, and then there was brian fitzpatrick, the republican from pennsylvania,a key district there, was a surprise,...

Cheney. tell us about that. >> jake, this is just an example of how things are very tense here on capitol hill. and this happened during the debate over the criminal contempt referral of steve bannon. and taylor-greene walked behind congresswoman liz cheney and congressman jamie raskin during that debate and basically accused them of making too much out of this and saying they were focused on the wrong things. it delved into a shouting match on some level between the three of them and liz cheney...

To the white house christmas party, thats fine as well. im just telling you -- >> if you heard me last night, im definitely not getting an invite. >> you have to wear a tie if they do. >> first of all, i am going for millennial sexy. i told you that already. that is what this is about. >> okay. im going to go. let me just say this, the reason bakari is dressed that way and i was very proud to be there with you and your lovely wife tonight, the american liver foundation, the 45th legacy gala. he ...

The what rothschild family. just to be clear on what she said there. just want to be sure that claim is clear. >> i think she is pressing that same point. >> people should know what she said. >> final thing, is it a bit, is she doing a world wrestling hell thing, whats the deal? we >> i mean, its hard to know, she seems to be it spired by a lot of the qanon mythologies and stories that are out there. and, she certainly had a lot of contempt, herself, for liz cheney. liz cheney has become a hero ...

Place you wouldnt want to hold somebody in contempt for defying the committee. so, my suspicion is that the justice department takes it up. this is by the way how these things are adjudicated. hes not going to stand a very good chance. well see how it plays out. i was in a position once when i worked for president bush, i got subpoenaed by congress, and i actually had to show up and then say the president was asserting executive privilege over my testimony. but i had to show up and do it. in thi...

We can work that out. thats one thing. but to do what steve bannon did, which is just to blow the whole thing off and to act with sneering derisive contempt toward the whole process puts you in contempt of the u.s. congress and the people we represent. >> will the committee subpoena jim jordan? >> as far as i know there have been no discussions yet about any members of congress. that obviously raises different kinds of issues. jim jordan decided to come forward in the rules committee this week a...

Trump got us into. i dont think he thinks somehow or another there is going to be reprisals against him if he does this or does that. the respect for independent law enforcement and the separation of powers has been restored in the country. we turned over the information we have to the u.s. attorney and well let the process play out. thats not the end of the story for us, because there are civil contempt procedures also for compel and compliance with an ignored subpoena and we have the inherent ...

Crest. the #1 toothpaste brand in america. the house of representatives voting to hold steve bannon in criminal contempt, but if most republicans had their way, this referral would never have passed, okay? so joining me now, cnn political commentator scott jennings and also ana navarro. good evening to both of you. scott, im going to start with you. republicans remain hellbent on whitewashing this all in the name of what? donald trump and his big lie? >> well, obviously the republicans would r...