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U.s. viewers, later in the show i will be talking about the up tick in covid-19 cases. with doctor ja. the dean of brown university school of public health. meantime the pandemic continues to push healthcare systems across the world to the brink. experpts fear the omicron variant could make matters even worse. >> sparkle at night. full of holiday lights and shoppers. some wearing masks. some not. a festive scene but there is a different hustle and bustle going on. in hospitals in france. and els...

Constitutes an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy which is an element that you need to prove a conspiracy. maybe the one smart and legal thing jeff lee clark could do would be invoke his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination. it looks like he is on his way to being referred for indictment. then, joy, there is an easy way to deal with jeffrey clarks fifth amendment right against self-incrimination once hes referred for prosecution. it is called a guilty plea with cooperation. t...

People who you will hear argue there is simply no legislative purpose for this committee this investigation, or for the subpoena. mr. bannons own public statements made clear he knew what was going to happen before it did. and thus he must have been aware of and may have well been involved in the planning of everything that played out on that day the american people deserve to know what he knew and what he did. >> on the vote today was 220 9202. that was nine republicans along with all the democ...

>> i dont think we can have a set time line, yasmin. the reality is this will be looked at through several layers of supervisors inside the d.c. u.s. attorneys office. presumably theyll consult with folks at main justice. they may for all we know have made up their minds and be on a quick time line. but this could also take a longer amount of time as they gather evidence and make some of the other considerations that the federal principles of prosecution ask them to make before they make a prose...

Decide not to. the d.c. u.s. attorney could convene a grand jury, present evidence to that grand jury and let the grand jury decide whether not an indictment against mr. bannon as warranted one other option i believe dont hold me to this if its not the case but i believe based on my understanding of how these things, work based on the type of charge this would theoretically be against mr. bannon, i believe the d.c. u.s. attorney also has the option to draw up the charges against bannon himself w...

For prosecution over his refusal to obey a subpoena from the january 6 investigation. now, as to whether or not the justice department is actually going to put him on trial, we really dont know. the dc u.s. attorney could decide not to. the d.c. u.s. attorney could convene a grand jury, present evidence to the grand jury and let the grand jury decide whether or not an indictment against mr. bannon is warranted. one other option, i believe, dont hold me to this if this doesnt turn out to be the c...

A vote of like the entire, i dont know, d.c. u.s. attorneys office or the metropolitan police department to come to the conclusion that a subpoena needs to be enforced. i mean, i feel bad for the members of the committee that have to go through this kind of, you know, circus, just to enforce a subpoena. >> its interesting you just said that because i think you point to something that hangs over this entire story. youre a police officer. youve spent your life and career as a police officer and po...

The vote was 413-0. once the justice department got that unanimous referral from the house to prosecute her, the d.c. u.s. attorneys office moved quickly. they pretty much immediately convened a grand jury and within eight days that have vote in the house the grand jury, in fact, handed down an indictment of that reagan administration official. so she was put on trial, but then in the end, surprise, the grand jury, excuse me, the jury in her trial acquitted her. she was found not guilty of crimi...

That unanimous referral from the house to prosecute her, the d.c. u.s. attorneys office move quickly. they pretty much immediately convened a grand jury, and within eight days, of that vote in the house, the grand jury in fact, handed down an indictment of that rigging image ministration official. so she was put on trial. but, in the end, surprise, the grand jury, the jury, acquitted her. she was found not guilty. of criminal contempt of congress. and that was the last time that it was tried, 19...

Breaking news on this friday. a u.s. capitol police officer has about indicted on obstruction of justice charges in connection to the january 6th insurrection at the u.s. capitol. the d.c. u.s. attorney just announced these charges. lets get straight to our justice correspondent jessica schneider. what do we know? >> this just came out. a u.s. capitol police officer of 25 years indicted on obstruction charges this. capitol police officer wasnt actually working or at the capitol on the day of the...