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That this is the first of about 20 cases in the january 6th attack on the capitol that shocked the -- america and the world where there is a conspiracy charge. about 20 cases will go to trial where theres a conspiracy charge. this was the first one with seditious conspiracy, one of the most serious charges. we have just gotten another decision by the jury in another of the up to ten charges. count number three, which is obstructing an official proceeding and either stopping an official proceedin...

And of course, then the justice department brought them. explain how this guilty verdict fills in the bigger picture of what happened during the deadly riot on january 6th. does this say, look, this was a conspiracy, this was planned? >> exactly. so this was, of course a good day for the department of justice. you dont see me smile much. this is a really great day for the united states, for the rule of law, for the peaceful transfer of power and making sure that that is protected, because that i...

Thinking, well, perhaps i need to help myself. if thats the case, if stewart rhodes or kelly meggs has a change of heart and a conviction by a jury certainly can change a persons heart, you make a call to prosecutors. the way this works, jake, if you want to cooperate in the federal system, its all or nothing. you cant be selective about who you cooperate against or what information you give, you have to give everything. if im a prosecutor, id be interested in hearing what they have to say. if i...

Guilty on trying to obstruct an official proceeding. thats the third count, all five defendants have been found guilty. all five of them are either in jail or going to jail. and jake, i want to point this out. if people are wondering how could there be not guilty verdicts as to the bottom three defendants on the seditious conspiracy charges but guilty verdicts as to obstruction of an official proceeding charges, the difference there is the use of force. what distinguishes seditious conspiracy is...

0 as a geopolitical showdown. cnns don is in qatar. what were some of the highlights of the u.s. win? >> reporter: jake, well, there werent many highlights, it was a pretty tense affair, but the main thing is that christian scored the winning goal, and thats taken the united states through to their first knockout game since 2019. youve referenced the buildup to this game, how tense it was, it was interesting watching the iranian players, again, during the anthem. they appeared to mouth the natio...

Including the mass shootings this week, at a colorado lgbtq, nightclub who killed five people, and a massacre at but you know walmart that left six people dead. recent shootings igniting some unfinished business for biden, who is renewing his -- foreign assault weapons ban he signed into a first law gun central legislation in decades providing grants for red flag laws and the closing the boyfriend loophole which prevents people convicted of domestic abuse for mourning a gun. and funding addition...

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Arising out of that investigation? reporter: mueller never concluded either way whether the president obstructed justice, so william barr made a determination himself. jamie raskin: you know theres an attempt, i think, here to preempt congresss role. we are the lawmaking branch of government. we are the primary and dominant branch of government. and we are the ones who will decide whether there were high crimes and misdemeanors committed by this president. barr had done a masterful job of propag...