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Comes down, to this. ♪♪ today former u.s. attorney b.j. pack is set to testify before the senate judiciary committee. the panel is investigating former president trumps pressure campaign to overturn the 2020 election. pack used to represent the northern district of georgia, but resigned suddenly in january, one day after an audio recording was released of trump pressuring georgia officials to find enough votes to change bidens win there. cnns jessica snyder joining me now with more.

Lets bring in our friend historian and professor at princeton. good morning. a significant moment here for the biden presidency, this resolution and this bipartisan infrastructure package, more work to do obviously, but what kind of momentum does he have here on these issues? >> he has a lot. if this finally reaches his desk, it is a huge piece of legislation in terms of infrastructure with all its limitations. it is the biggest commitment weve had in a long time. and it would be evidence that b...

>> it wasnt rigged and trump lost but trump replaced pak with a much more friendly prosecutor from southern georgia named bobby christine. according to the atlanta journal constitution, christine donated $2800 to trumps reelection campaign and described as someone who was quote absolutely devoted to trump. manu raju is "outfront" live. what more are you learning what happened in that interview tonight with b.j. pak? >> a source said pak testified for two to three and a half hours today and plann...

Legacy if the deal does get passed? >> it would be legacy-making legislation. weve lived in the shadow of ronald reagan for so long that any big commitment to the social safety net has been generally absent with the exception of course of the first obama year with health care. and if this moves through, well see a new kind of commitment and a signal that liberalism is still alive and well even in 2021. >> so interesting, you hear democrats cheer this biggest social change since even the new deal...

Putting out in big pink letters mystery solved because it was something i had tried to understand as well. b.j. pack, the timing was so interesting. as reporters we were all sniffing and wondering what has happened. now he told senate investigators what was really going on behind the scenes. and what also is fascinating about this, nicole is, its a part of a pattern, not just regarding election fraud claims that the president was trying to make. but also of a pattern of u.s. attorneys that trump...

But the thing that gnaws at me in reading this reporting is its all well and good for the senate judiciary committee to pursue this investigation, and they should, and it is all well and good for the department of justice inspector generals office, which initially evaluates whether or not individuals, employees of the department of justice violated regulations or protocols or perhaps laws, but they are not a prosecutorial arm of the department of justice. the big question here is what is going o...

Question of what happens to this information. we expect that presumably your committee will release these transcripts. we expect from chairman durbin that there may be some report at some point. but i was struck by the fact that this weekend after sitting through some of that testimony, you said that you see the prospect for criminal charges here. does that mean youre expecting your committee to make a criminal referral? or that the -- the justice department might, itself, move ahead on these ma...

To january 6th. we dont know at this point whether that investigation has included any interviews that -- with jeffrey rosen or richard donahue or b.j. pak. we dont know that. my fear is that everything of course in congress is leaked so thats not a surprise. but the igs office for the department of justice generally keeps their investigations confidential. and if that is leaking to the press, my concern is that the -- there is no leak about any jeffrey rosen testimony to the fbi or to the u.s. ...

Briefing, clark wouldnt believe him. so we learned that. there were also new revelations in this testimony over the weekend about trump and how much he actually pressured the acting a.g., jeff rosen, to back up his false claims of fraud. take a listen. >> how directly personally involved the president was. the pressure he was putting on jeffrey rosen. it was real. very real. it was very specific. this president is not subtle when he wants something -- former president is not subtle when he wants...

Everywhere else. they are truly taking the brunt of this punishment, which unfortunately as we have alluded to at this moment in time is very much preventable. >> yeah. 122 now. so what is -- give us the context. what does that mean for your hospitals, for your staff and how soon will you likely have to use those tents outside of lbj? >> we are going to start using those tents as soon as we can put them up. the context that id like to discuss is, yes, the numbers are very high. definitely. were ...