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Issue the warnings. another florida county, teachers can now warn parents of a student who has been open about their gender identity, isnt a childs gym class or overnight field trip. we know the dont say gay law as one example of a larger trend and led states, which targets lgbtq+ people and went into effect in alabama, tennessee, and utah yesterday. for more on, this im joined by florida state senator shevrin jones and attorney john quinn, who is a part of the legal team that is challenging the...

Leading up to january 6th. as we take a pause in the hearings, a break for the fourth of july, and theyll come back in a couple weeks, where are we, do you believe, in terms of the way this could be prosecuted? >> much advanced. even before cassidy hutchinsons testimony, we learned theyd served search warrants, a big step, on clark and eastman. my sense is this, two points to make. the end of the day, there will be things on the other side to think about if youre going to go against the former p...

They have tried to neuter the congress every time they had to be held to be accountable for anything. pat cipollone led that, as norm well knows, very effectively in an impeachment proceeding that was really almost an obstruction of congress, and how he got away with it i dont know. but he did. the statute has run, i think, on it so its no longer an issue. don, one thing i want to add, i think pat cipollone has to consider whether or not hes got jeopardy, criminal jeopardy, and whether hes going...

Serious problem and will discuss as a committee what to do in a particular case. >> reporter: two big questions is whether theres more mess messages that the committee doesnt know about. preventing witnesses from coming forward epa whether it plays a role in the committees presentation of evidence before officials at the justice department who are watching and considered obstruction of justice to tamper with witnesses and the testimony. thats something to keep an eye on as far as those two angle...

Trump, trying to influence or intimidate them. three sources familiar with the committees work tell cnn one of the people contacted was cassidy hutchinson, the former aide to chief of staff mark meadows who testified tuesday. national correspondent for "politico," betsy woodrow swan, broke the story and joins us now. also with us, hugo lowell, who has new investigation on the reporting. betsy, what can you tell us about the possible obstruction and the threats, if you want to put it that way, to...

That means its up to joe biden to decide whether or not pat answers those questions. >> what happened to i work for the american public. im serving my country in this capacity. i have nothing to hide. ill answer your questions. >> that doesnt play with the trump administration at all. they have fought tooth and nail. they have tried to neuter the congress. every time they had been held to be accountable for anything. pat cipollone led that as norm well knows. very effectively. an impeachment pro...

Everything, stayed a case much stronger than those convicted. the doj hates that crime. i think theyre proceeding methodically, but they may be at the point of zeroing in on mark meadows, who could be the linchpin to everything. everyone is very eager for them to go quickly. theyve already done the biggest investigation of all time with the folks on the ground. and theyre not going to go quickly. theyll go methodically. at the end of the day, there will be much to consider. but on just the quest...

Likely statute or crime the justice department is probably considering in regards to president trump and people close to him would be obstruction of an official proceeding. that would essentially look at the efforts that trump and his allies took to keep the january 6th electoral college certification from moving forward. the witness tampering piece of this, using, of course, the legal phrase that jamie raskin, a member of the committee, used to describe the slides the committee put up on screen...

Attempts and thats right after she gets the new lawyer who is considered less trump friendly, but its a real issue for meadows because he has clammed up, as you say, but first the committee knows more than it said and whatever they dont know the department of justice will be able easily to discover and it is a fairly clean charge. if its traced to him, this is not a minor thing for the department. they could make him a target of it immediately and the pressure would be quite substantial, and pot...

Of the people in that circle. where are we on that front? >> i think the committee is in a tremendous job at educating the public. one member of the committee told me that their goal was to win this politically. to weaken donald trump politically. and i do think that there are republicans who are convinced, bill barr, you know, dismissing this idea that the election was stolen. another aide, bill stuffing, saying the same thing. i think that there are republicans who think of trump running again...