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President speak. now been hunted down because a group decided to break into the capitol building. >> charles: were tight on time. breaking news. the vote on holding steve bannon in contempt. your thoughts on that. >> well, congress authority to subpoena is -- theres no check on it. if any other subpoena, a prosecutor has to go to court, show probable cause to believe that a crime has occurred, then they get the subpoena. congress doesnt have that sort of a check. thats why its investigatory powe...

That bannon be held in contempt after hearing from lawmakers on the january six committee. also, her from good measure trump acolytes jim jordan and matt gates who showed up just to speak against the move to subpoena bannon. during one lively exchange, games made sure to push the former presidents lies about election fraud. do you accept that joe biden won the 2020 presidential election? >> i accept that joe biden is the president. >> do you accept that he won by 7 million votes, and if he did d...

Should they continue to vote for you? think about this. because even the people -- most people know -- most republicans know, except for the -- whatever. you know, some of the fringe people. heres a question. how can trump and the republicans get their voters to believe and act on completely false narratives? and democrats cant even get them to act on the truth to save the republic. republican leadership, officially, telling their party to vote against holding steve bannon in contempt. what are ...

>> reporter: democrats have been framing this as a test not for the party but for the house, the idea that the vote regardless of what you think of the committee and the work is to stand up for the ability to conduct investigations and issue subpoenas that compel people to testify. they challenge the republican colleagues to take the vote at least that seriously but the early indications is the overwhelming majority of house republicans will dismiss this vote as part of a committee that they don...

Matter of not letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. >> pelosi is selling the plan hard. >> this legislation will be paid for, in fact it may be more than paid for. >> no one knows the true cost of a still unwritten bill. >> its going to cost trillions of dollars, someone is going to pay for it but its a future generation. >> if democrats are able to nail down details of a bill that could unlock a vote on the infrastructure bill next week a vote on the spending bill may not come until nex...

Talking about border crossings and afghanistan and president bidens son. the other panel of witnesses was a more sober one. the chairman of the january 6th investigation, bennie thompson, the vice chair of that investigation, republican congresswoman liz cheney. luz cheney voted with her colleagues on the committee last night in favor of holding bannon in contempt and she had a strong message today for fellow republican members of congress ahead of tomorrows vote. >> let me address my republican...

We are going to start seeing soon. this subpoena is part of it. its part of the larger precedent setting of congress ability to have oversight. broadly speaking for the january 6th committee, they are getting information. its not like theyre sitting in a black hole of nothing. theyre just not having access to what steve bannon has, which is important because we know he was in touch with the former president. at the same time, there are other people who were subpoenaed who also were. thats just a...

Doesnt get what they need. this is what pelosi was asked this morning as to whether or not congress needs to do more. now, there was something called inherent contempt. we always hear when they issue subpoenas and we always hear when they talk about holding somebody in contempt of congress. we think about former attorney general eric holder. 2012, a couple of years later and congress flexing its muscles, but they dont blink at the end result. what inherent contempt and this is something jamie ra...

>> were going to hear from president biden tonight that at a very important cnn town hall in baltimore, a cnn exclusive. president taking your questions. asoap cooper is the moderator. cnns town hall tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. next, crime and punishment, the attorney general facing questions on capitol hill right now about the prosecution of the january 6th rioters, that as the full house prepares to vote tonight to recommend criminal contempt charges against trump ally steve bannon.

Expectation of the founders that members of the congressional branch would defend their own institution. that ambition could be made to check ambition. but here they are willing to sacrifice the congress. they are willing to sacrifice their systems of checks and balances in the service of this unethical former president. and it is, you know -- it is really quite shocking. when you listen to steve scalise, their number two, the gop number two member of the house. just a week ago, couldnt admit th...