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have because we won the state. >> that is just a really short clip of the one-hour call between then-president trump and georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger four days before the capitol insurrection. it is key to the question of how far donald trump went and how much of a role he personally played in the efforts to overturn the election results in georgia and six other states. raffensperger is set to testify before the committee tomorrow. so too is his deputy gabe sterling an...

>> reporter: but the president is laughing off questions about what exactly he gains by being so cozy. >> coming under a lot of fire for your fist bump with the crown prince. [laughter] are i want to give you a chance to respond to that, but also how can you be sure another murder or like that wont happen again in. >> >>■ç god love you, what a silly question. i just made it clear if anything like that occurs again, hell get that response and much more. >> reporter: president biden...

>> plus, wnba star brittney griner is set to take the stand in russia, while the family of another american also held by the kremlin, also on drug charges, calls for more attention to his case. >> welcome to "the lead." im jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead and merrick garland saying moments ago that the justice department will not hesitate to hold donald trump accountable for the events around january 6th even if trump is the republican nominee for president. if thats ...

very real sandy hook mass massacre, calling it a fake. they today a texas jury ordered him to pay more than $4 million in damages to parents of six-year-old jesse lewis, one of the 20 young children and six teachers murdered in that shooting. jessies parents wanted at least 150 million for defamation. this afternoon their lawyer said the next step in this case is the real name of the game. >> the jury just returned a verdict for damages exceeding $4 million. thats a darn good start. we...

cannabis. it was nearly the maximum sentence for bringing less than one gram of cannabis oil into the country. -- when she arrived in moscows airport in february. she told the court that bringing them into russia was an honest mistake after she packed in a hurry. before the sentencing today, on emotional brittney griner apologized, saying she never intended to break any laws in a final plea for leniency. >> i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to put in jeopardy the russian pop...

>> good evening, once again, im stephanie ruhle. today was a very, very busy day on the hill. the fifth january 6th hearing, and we saw even more revelations of just how far former president donald trump was willing to go to stay in office. front and center. how the former president attempted to strong-arm officials and his own justice department to overturn the 2020 election. the riveting testimony came from trumps former acting attorney general, jeff rosen, his deputy, richard donogh...

ahead this week, theres two things you should drop into your calendar. first of all, the next hearing of the january sixth investigation is gonna be tomorrow, tuesday. it starts at 1:00 eastern, whether or not you are available at 1:00 eastern, whether or not you are available to watch that live, you should know that were gonna have a primetime recap tomorrow night after the hearing. we will recap all the most important stuff from the hearing and what it means, tomorrow night, in prime...

focusing on the elaborate effort by then president trump to pressure state officials to overturn the 2020 presidential election. plus the latest on the bipartisan group of senators negotiating new gun legislation in a moment well speak with chris coons of delaware on just how close senators are on a final bill. also ahead, were keeping an eye on wall street as stock futures soared overnight following a brutal week. well get a live report from cnbc. and it is primary day for several s...

about why they wanted to stop those kind of maga attacks on trump democracy and the loss after the insurrection. but we have the receipts from those you see on your screen today, including senator graham, a loyal trump supporter then criticized what trump was leading on the insurrection on the night of january 6th. but now as he faces legal pressure to testify in georgia for his own role in helping a trump effort that he claimed was over when he gave his famous enough is enough speech ...

the 2020 election. alex holder joined me after his meeting today with the january 6th committee. he has turned over more than 11 hours of footage, but donald trump and his footage before the election. we have an exclusive clip from his trump documentary series. first, the explosive fifth january 6th committee hearing, and trumps explosive plot trying to strong-arm justice department leadership into keeping him in power. attempting to strong-arm officials to legitimize his election lies...