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his new reporting. so, ryan, this is significant. obviously. why these five lawmakers specifically? why are they being subpoenaed? >> reporter: well, first of all, victor and alisyn, before we get to that, i do want to tell you that the house minority leader, kevin mccarthy, just walked by us here on his way into the house chamber and was asked about this new subpoena for the first time and told reporters that he simply hadnt seen it yet so he didnt have anything to respond to. thats t...

Expected. erica. >> nick wat, thank you. joining me now to discuss, cnn law enforcement analyst john wack. >> there is so many talk about hate crime charges. colorados laws changed recently, it was rewritten last year. so no longer have to prove that hate or bias was the sole motivation in a crime, only part of it. what will prosecutors need to show, joey, to prove that this was, there fact, a factor in this deadly attack. >> yeah. erica, good morning to you. and my friend jonathan. just a hor...

Nick, any word on containment? >> well, victor, they have set up a perimeter around this fire. thats a hose line and also theyre going to fire break that they have dug both with their hands and with bulldozers. but the issue is the winds that whipped this fire up yesterday that brought it from nothing to basicry 200 football fields in just a few terrifying hours, that wind is going to be back during the day today, so that is the fear. so right now, what theyre doing is trying to damp down and do...

Skies near the alaska/russia border. its going on. a damage assessment is on going. and the governor of alaska has announced that this base will be the headquarters for the incident response center that the state is conducting with the commander of the national guard. this impacted to some extent the extent of that damage still being assessed by base personnel. >> got it. ryan, thank you. well stay in contact with you as they continue that assessment. as far as roads and bridges, nick wat, i was...