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And prosecute potential election election-related crimes which trumps outgoing attorney general said were inconse inconsequential. its the blueprint for a coup laid out in three pages. cnn has not been able to independently verify this draft, and its not clear who wrote it, but it is believed to be part of a massive batch of documents, about 700 pages now in the hands of the january 6th house select committee. lets go to cnns senior legal analyst elie honig, former federal prosecutor for the sou...

>> you say great progress. theres been a lot of talk today about whats possible without congress, about what the president can do. >> uh-huh. >>en 0 his own. obviously theres been reaction already from republicans saying theyll try to stop these actions that hes taking any way they can. do you feel these are substantive actions that are going to make a difference? >> yeah, i think the bigger point here, rachel, is the message that this sends that we are raising awareness of this issue. its becom...

President can do. >> uh-huh. >>en 0 his own. obviously theres been reaction already from republicans saying theyll try to stop these actions that hes taking any way they can. do you feel these are substantive actions that are going to make a difference? >> yeah, i think the bigger point here, rachel, is the message that this sends that we are raising awareness of this issue. its become part of the forefront of our conversation. we need to continue this conversation. we need to bring this convers...

Barton who was killed at newtown. mark, its nice to see you again. thank you for being here. how did it feel to be back in washington today introducing the president again for ultimately what was a very different occasion? >> thats exactly right. and the honor is the same. the honor is incredible. but to be there to share in this moment of great progress was overwhelming. >> you say great progress. theres been a lot of talk today about whats possible without congress, about what the president ca...

Got the answer he wanted from the white house. >> does the president have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an american, not engaged in combat on american soil? the answer is no. >> and in return, the white house got what it wanted too, john brennan was confirmed today as cia director in a 63-43 vote in the senate. it was brennans nomination, of course, that paul was holding up with his close to epic filibuster. but not everyone in senator pauls own party is celebrating his win. >>...

Is with greece. >>en 0 lehman brothers, we just fold our tent and go away? >> you wind up with the direct impact, what you can see. the issue is the secondary and tertiary impacts that you cant see and if you lose confidence, i think what is starting to happen in greece and perhaps in italy. the confidence there, you basically have an issue and markets will finish you. all right. good seeing you, thanks for coming out. >> good to be with you. >> neil: when we come back, forget graffiti and smash...