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You have a good lawyer right over here. maybe, we can ask him. but i think this is another important thing that the committee is investigating. intent and obstruction. >> norm, what jumped out to you? >> well, i -- i do think that the focus is on, um, 18 usc 1512, anderson. i agree with gloria, and that is obstruction of congress. look. its already been charged against the lower-level insurrectionists. why shouldnt the insurrectionist in chief -- former-president donald trump -- get a very, very...

I just dont come from a school where youre constantly airing dirty laundry. like, there are really big divisions in washington right now, period. democrat, republican, within each party. but i just dont believe that the way that you get back at other people is by putting that on air, airing that publicly. so i dont love that. i also dont think that, you know, if we disagree with someone, thats a normal part of governing. >> okay. moderate michigan congresswoman alyssa slotkin had choice words fo...

Reporters -- he was wearing a gym suit, a tunic, im only saying that so youre not jarred by his appearance in the next clip. he was at the capitol but he was wearing this sporty outfit. he told reporters scornfully while answering questions that he and senator sinema working with republicans to block federal voting rights protections. that will in no way result in people not being able to vote in the next election. he said that wont happen in the next election because the government wont allow i...

33 minutes past the hour here in new york. senate democrats say they plan to move quickly to fill the seat of retiring supreme court justice stephen breyer. breyer is expected to confirm his retirement officially at a white house event with president biden later today. democrats are already preparing for obstruction from senate republicans. >> in the senate, we want to be deliberate. we want to move quickly. we want to get this done as soon as possible. >> some republicans on the other hand, som...

Mar a largo. >> and that part of the letter that ryan read is what trump told mccarthy to say in other questions, and could this spell legal trouble for trump here, and could this spell trouble for witness tampering here? >> it is not in a accusation, but it is clearly evidence that they are investigating this question of obstruction of justice or obstruction of congress, because trying to cover up something that you knew about or trying to cover up the fact that people were engaging in acts of ...

President say yesterday when addressing inflation that build back better will, in fact, lower inflation in the country. and some economists seem pretty skeptical about that. >> well, hes not wrong in that the stronger the case he can make of the specifics that he plans to push through. dont talk about build back better. dont talk about the reconciliation package. but talk about item one and item two, what theyre going do for voters, what theyre going do for voters in west virginia, and make a ca...

The reality of crime that is making our citiesless safe. thats where we are now. will president biden deal with the reality that there will continue to be obstruction, there will continue to be resistance, there will continue to be misinformation, the big lie, all of it, there will continue to be that. people are locked in their positions because they have been fed so many misinformation they dont know whats true, whats not. theyre just -- they sit in front of the television locked into one chan...

Now, u.s. senate democrats are pushing forward with voting rights legislation despite almost certain failure. lawmakers are expected to vote later today, but it looks likely republicans will remain united in blocking the legislation. now, on tuesday, senate majority leader chuck schumer laid out plans to try to steer around the gop obstruction. >> if the senate cannot protect the right to vote, which is the cornerstone of our democracy, then the senate rules must be reformed. must be reformed. i...

I want to bring in now cnn political commentator bakari sellers and charlie dent. cant wait to have this conversation. bakari, president biden defending his first year in office despite coming up short on some big promises. does it feel like we are seeing biden grapple with a political climate that is changing -- look, quite frankly, do you think finally he is starting to realize, hey, man, they dont want to work with you? >> you know, its -- i am hard pressed to believe that the vice president ...

Could rudy giuliani, as could the presidents sons comments and actions. and was concerned enough about this to threaten that he and his colleagues, his deputy counsels, might resign if the president pushed this issue of sort of prepardoning anybody with regard to january 6th. very concerned about the idea that the white house or any other officials might be drawn in the a claim of obstruction by helping donald trump avoid some consequences for some of his actions that day. now, of course we know...