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With jim acosta right now. you are live in the "cnn newsroom." im jim acosta in washington. and were following several top stories, including congress ready to hold steve bannon in contempt. the former trump adviser defied his subpoena from the committee investigating january 6th. will that decision send him to jail? there is a key vote this week. plus, former president bill clinton on the mend and out of the hospital. details of his very nearly week-long battle against an infection, and an ...

Spiked the late justice saying the athletes were showing contempt for a government that made it possible for her parents and grandparents to live a decent life. she clearly let her own political views override her journalistic responsibility for a fair interview. john guden lost his job as the raiders cost courtesy of the new york times which obtained e-mails from him that ranked of homo phobia and racism. he also spent time as an espn analyst and apologized when he resigned. he was e-mails with...

Discipline it is to that employee. if you opportunity like him, just dont watch. comedians are going to keep talking. i wish i could create controversy. id be too big for your panel. >> you mean if you get big, you are not going to come back and join us? im offended by that. >> you have the standing invite. talking about another story. katie couric covered up rbgs dislike for talking the knee saying the protesters show a contempt for a government that

For politico and msnbc contributor. betsy, good morning to you. on a number of fronts, this is a very, very busy week for capitol hill. i do want to start with january 6th stuff, though. the bottom line here is that they had subpoenaed four people. three of whom they say theres still some conversations going on with, but steve ban nonhas been really clear, youre not getting papers, text, testimony from me and theyre going to vote on whether to hold him in contempt on tuesday. >> thats right. and...

Others, saying were at an independent unit here. you get a sense that they may end up prosecuting? >> ill be lead at you too, kendis. congress has an expensive authority to subpoena this information. but what weve learned of the last few years is that their power is much more circumscribed. as much smaller than the power to actually get this information. so, when you have someone like steve bannon, typically in the past, when congress has subpoenaed members of the executive branch, including the...

Theyve threatened to go to the doj and thumb this out. they dont want a future where they can be confused but i have to tell you, this is a long game now. this is not going to happen or get resolved overnight. everybody including people like kash patel are watching it out. i further ask we have contempt, they lay hands on bannon. >> i would like to see this pan out. seeing that much more quickly than we are siege now.

Criminal contempt referral for steve bannon is the first shot over the bow, its very real, but it says to anybody else coming in front of the committee, dont be able to think that youre just going to be able to walk away and well forget about you. were not. >> and president biden could be one step closer to reaching an agreement in congress for his build back better plan, but it could come at the cost of the lynch opinion from his climate change agenda. due to opposition from moderate democratic...

A judge would say you must obey this subpoena, and now if they defy the courts order, the court can hold that person in contempt, including jailing them until they do. you may recall susan mcdougal during the clinton investigation being jailed because she refused to testify in response to a grand jury subpoena. thats the same strategy you would use there. and so the person would have to stay in jail. steve bannon said if a judge orders me to testify, i will do so. congress has the authority you ...

Chairman schiff, thank you so much for coming back to the sunday show. lets talk about whats going to happen on tuesday and the potential of criminal contempt charges for steve bannon. whats the process here? >> reporter: the process on thursday night, well be voting on a report in the committee. the report concludes that bannon should be held in contempt. he failed to appear. he has no reasonable explanation for that failure to appear. and that will then go to the full house. the full house wil...

In contempt for defying their subpoena. with me is cnn legal analyst eli honig. >> on tuesday the committee is going to vote to hold steve bannon in contempt. then it has to go to the full house, which will vote to hold them in contempt. and then it goes to doj. this specific charge has not been brought since 1983. doj since then has passed on prosecuting this several times. now, were in unprecedented territory here for sure. will merrick garland break from past president and charge this crime? ...