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The former us president donald trump is suing congress and the national archives in an effort to limit their access to white house files that would detail his communications around the time of the jan. 6 capitol riot. the lawsuit comes as a house committee votes tonight on whether to hold former advisor steve bannon in contempt for ignoring their subpoena. here to break down for us what it all means is elizabeth wydra from the constitutional accountability center. before we come to steve bennett...

Of these potential witnesses, those who got subpoenaed, but not steve bannon for that exact reason. >> exactly. >> he has no grounds, i think, to be supported on that executive privilege claim. that will be thrown out, i think, in court. >> paul, with bannon, could it be decided that he be held in custody until there is a legal resolution of whatever this is? that could be some time. do you think theres an argument to be made for him to be held in custody until its resolved? >> thats an interest...

Next november potentially as democrats are worried about getting wiped out in the 2022 midterms. so, again, the timeline unclear. but i think in democrats minds, why theyre moving to take such aggressive action here, because they want to get this done as quickly as possible. and they think criminal contempt is the way to do that. >> on this unusual night during these unusual times, we are so thankful for our three friends of this broadcast, peter baker, jackie alemany, and general barry mccaffre...

Correspondent jonathan karl. >> reporter: tonight, the house january 6th committee is voting to recommend criminal charges against trump ally steve bannon, for refusing to cooperate with its investigation into the capitol high rot. >> we are left with no other choice than to ask the justice department to lock him up and hold him in contempt and that might send enough of a message that he will agree to talk to us. >> reporter: in a 26-page report, the committee alleges, quote, "bannon had specifi...

Multiple states and when that didnt work out, he summoned a violent mob that laid siege to our capitol to try to intimidate congress into not certifying bidens win and we know that happened because we watched that happen and now this country must ensure that it will never happen again, which is why any witness who defies or obstructs this committees investigation has got to be prosecuted. which is why the committee will vote tonight on a 26-page report that outlines the case for contempt against...

During this interview with "60 minutes" australia and she said it is hard to watch. she wanted to reach through the screen to rescue her daughter and she looked like a young girl who needed someone to hug her, brianna. >> yeah, i can only imagine. randi kaye, live from florida, thank you. "new day" continues right now. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. im brianna keilar with john avlon who is subbing in this hour as berman goes to jury duty, to be cl...

Will go the route we are with steve bannon and seek prosecution. >> all of this just one day after former president trump filed a lawsuit in an attempt to block the committee from obtaining records related to the attack on the capitol. arguing that those documents are protected under executive privilege, a claim the current administration rejects. joining me now with more is nbc news justice correspondent pete williams and live on capitol hill is national political reporter sahill capor. walk us...

Choice then to ask the justice department, lock him up and hold him in contempt and clearly that might send enough of a message that hell agree to talk to us. >> with me in studio to share their reporting and their insights, margaret at alloff of axios, a reporter with the "new york times," politicos heather capital gainel and cnns paula reed. paula, lets start with you, congress votes -- the house votes to hold steve bannon in contempt and refer him to the justice department. he says lock him u...

This, coordinate this. we have the open question about what members of congress help give recorecon. there are two things congress needs to do. number one, they need to act on new enforcement authority and give themselves the tools to enforce their oversight in realtime. they need to pass something that gives them fast track authority with the courts and number two, there is something called inherent contempt where they can throw steve bannon in jail now and force him to sit there until he provi...

Country mourns the loss of soldier, statesman and pioneering american colin powell. we will bring you only on cnn whats believed to be the final interview that he did. a 42-minute long conversation with bob woodward. he joins us. so does former secretary of state madeleine albright. we begin, though, with breaking news in the former presidents fight to keep documents from his administration out of the hands of the house select committee investigating him. just a day before the committee meets pe...