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congressional correspondent ryan nobles. what have you learned about this with the january 6th committee? >> reporter: we know its starting to happen, anderson. this was, of course, a big roadblock to the department of justices investigation as it expanded into areas beyond the rioters that breached the capitol on that day and started looking into more of the efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. they were very interested in many of the interviews of the january 6 select commi...

of the efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. they were very interested in some of the interviews that the generals whigs committee has already conducted. the committee was reluctant to canned over those transcribed interviews to the department of justice, because they considered their work and their property, and they wanted to be able to have it in their possession as their investigation moved forward. this became something of a standoff between the doj and the january 6th se...

thats the time between his speech to supporters outside the white house, to the moment he asked the rioters — who he called "very special" — to leave the capitol and go home. the committee has said it may hold additional hearings, but tonight will deliver the main argument that the president could have called off the assault, but chose not to do so. lets head straight to capitol hill, and our correspondent nomia iqbal. give us a sense of who we are going to hear tonight. who are th...

state department is rejecting steve bannons sudden willingness to testify before the january 6th committee days before his criminal contempt trial is set to begin. bannon produced a letter from donald trump, trump saying he is waiving executive privilege so bannon can testify. heres the thing, the committee and most legal analysts say no privilege existed in this case to begin with. whats more, federal prosecutors argue, trump never invoked executive privilege here. so, this doj court ...

hung. >> he thinks mike deserves it. he doesnt think theyre doing anything wrong. >> tonight new testimony from witnesses who were inside the white house with the president when it happened. >> it was bad and the situation was getting out of hand. >> we were always in the dining room. >> it was my understanding he was watching television. >> i thought the president needed to tweet something. >> i read that tweet and made a decision to resign. >> mike pence didnt have the courage to do ...

gun legislation in three decades, just a week after a gunman killed seven people in highland park. >> this legislation is real progress, but more has to be done. those families in highland park, on july 4th a parade became a killing field. >> the white house being urged to do more on guns as democrats are also calling for more federal action on abortion rights. >> yeah, theres more that needs to be done. and i know the president knows that. >> president biden is facing challenging poli...

to leave on a major middle east trip including a controversial visit to saudi arabia. can he reset relations with the country he had vowed to make a pariah? and new efforts are now underway to free americans britney greiner and paul whalen from captivity in russia. the better and hostage negotiator former governor bill richardson is now expected to travel to moscow in hopes of winning the release. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world, im wolf bl...

tomorrows january 6th hearing, what president trumps former white house counsel may have told lawmakers. plus steve bannons last-minute offer to cooperate. presidential palace under siege, the remarkable pictures tonight. why these protestors stormed the residence of the president of sri lanka. elon musk versus twitter, the social media stock plunges after the billionaire pulls his $44 billion bid. how this saga could end. and an honor 77 years overdue for an american hero. >> god bles...

president biden pay respects in the wake of the assassination of former japanese prime minister shinzo abe. also, search and rescue efforts are under way in ukraine after a russian missile hit a residential building, killing at least a dozen civilians. well get a live report. n civil. wel welcome to "way too early," on this monday, july 11th. im jonathan lemire, thanks for joining us. the next hearing into the january 6 capitol attack is tomorrow and it will focus on what the committ...

>> when youre telling people that a presidential election is being stolen, you cant be shocked when people believe you and then become violent. at some point, they have to take responsibility. >> you know, you know, the thing is, mika -- first of all, donald trump is saying that its smart. yeah, so smart that while he is sitting there lying to them and grifting and getting hundreds of millions of dollars from people lying, saying, give me money and well fight the election, and it all g...