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>> reporter: chairman bennie thompson publicly claiming the january 6th house select committee will not refer former president trump or anyone else to the justice department for criminal prosecution. >> what i prefer that we complete our work and seal that work with the department of justice. and they will make that call after that. >> reporter: even without a referral, the justice department would prosecute. but some committee members feel those comments are premature. >> we have had ...

im brianna keilar with john berman this morning. we begin with major news just in, president biden will officially be making a controversial trip to saudi arabia. what was really an open secret is now being confirmed by the white house. the middle east trip next month will include visits to israel as well as the west bank. >> the controversy surrounds what biden said as a candidate, he vowed it punish the kingdom and make the saudi crown prince a pariah for the assassination of journal...

learned trumps inner circle told him the fraud claims were false. within the committee, a significant public split over whether to send a criminal referral to the doj, and so thats where we want to begin today with democratic congresswoman of virginia who is on the select committee. shes joining us now. thank you so much for taking the time, congresswoman. the chairman says that a criminal referral is not going to happen. i know you and other committee members say thats not been decide...

campaign team, that his claims of election fraud were just lies. >> but they were proposing, that was nuts. >> the mayor was definitely intoxicated. law firms were not comfortable making the arguments that rudy giuliani was making publicly. >> evidence today that former president trump knew he lost, and kept telling lies about it. >> the president accepted that. he said, okay, fine, but what about the others? >> i told them that it was -- it was crazy stuff, and i was doing great, doin...

breakdown. plus, live on the campaign trail where the economy is on the minds of voters in four states holding primaries today. some of these elections the latest tests of the power of the trump endorsement. a lot to get to. we start with that breaking news from capitol hill. mitch mcconnell making some of his first comments on that bipartisan deal on gun reform. our team there as the republican leader gave his blessing to the framework, right, the framework of the deal in the last h...

eastman. one day after, january 7th, eastman was still talk at trying the get some way to overthrow then president-elect bidens incoming administration, preserving information out of georgia. this is the new testimony. >> eastman -- i dont remember why he called me, or he texted me or called me, wanted to talk with me, and he said he couldnt reach others. and he started to ask me about something dealing with georgia, preserving something potentially for appeal. and i said to him, are y...

alex! alex. >> and the lies. >> he could turn his ton black as though he were possessed. >> to making a fortune. >> truth doesnt really matter. its like a far right qvc. >> threatening american democracy. >> 1776! 1776! >> through exclusive footage. >> im donald trump now. >> interviews with former employees. >> we made up the stories. we lied. >> al lex not stop. >> his victims. >> every day i get a death threat. >> and those trying to stop him. >> how would you describe him to people...

blackmail. >> high crimes against the very structure of our constitutional state. >> the nixon team receives an overwhelming mandate from the american voters sweeping every state but one, massachusetts. >> as a result of the cover-up, richard nixon stayed in office a lot longer than he should have, but imagine if the american people had known in the summer of 1972 the extent to which richard nixon had participated in criminal enterprises. >> its not just a desire for political power. i...

political processes in the years to come, long after i have left this office. i looked at my own calendar this morning as i was working on this speech. it showed exactly 1361 days remaining in my term. i want these to be the best days in americas history. god bless america, and god bless each and every one of you. >> central to the problems faced by president nixon is the watergate tapes and their tangled history. fred graham traces that story. >> it all began suddenly when an obscu...

history from the fringe. >> he could turn his tongue black as though he were possessed. >> to making a fortune. >> the truth doesnt really matter. its like a far right qvc. >> threatening american democracy. >> 1776! 1776! >> through exclusive footage -- >> im donald trump now. >> interviews with former employees. >> we made up the stories. we lied. >> alex will not stop. >> his victims -- >> every day i get a death threat. >> and those trying to stop him. >> how would you describe him...