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Uses the phrase dereliction of duty, i think for specific legal reasons. why does she keep harping on that? >> well, because the issue of whether there was any criminal conduct by the president or anyone around the president is a critical one. and two washington federal judges have held that obstruction of the counting of the electoral votes is a crime. that several of the people inside the capitol can be charged with obstruction of congress, as well as some other offenses. and that raises the q...

Anything that we come upon as a committee that we think would warrant a referral to the department of justice, well do that. >> luke, what is your sort of sense of where this stands among the committee members and their staffs. >> right. so the committee is, i would say, wrestling right now with whether a contempt referral could be made for donald trumps inaction on january 6th. normally, omissions of action are not crimes. so you are hearing them say things like, you know, we are trying to figu...

Support for his domestic spending plans. democrats control the white house, the senate and the house, but mitch mcconnell continues republican obstruction of many democratic priorities even though he is out of power, in the minority. even though voters put democrats in charge of both political branches, and even though mcconnell has failed to find a majority for many of his positions, he uses old senate rules to obstruct and to constantly try to require a supermajority vote for most items to go ...

Election. >> i agree with tim on how this will be covered and perceived on the right, and the permission structure is real, and none of us living in fact-based america should ever underestimate its power, its sort of mind altering and speech altering impact of peter navarro is exhibit a of that. but the fact remains that we have learned in the last seven days that the 1/6 committee is looking at two specific areas of crime. one is fraudulent -- wire fraud using the lie to raise money. and the ot...

They manage. this idea that this is sacrosanct that it absolutely has to exist in the u.s. senate is largely kind of a creation of the last 60 or 70 years. and i think if you have a commitment of small d democracy, as i know you do, theres really compelling reasons to look to get rid of that. >> yeah. and i think, you know -- >> let me go to anan first, linda, and then ill get you. >> i think faz spoke movingly of senator reids evolution and love of the institution. and i think part of loving an...

He always worked to solve any problem he could for anyone. and if he couldnt, he would tell them. and, you know, people always knew that he did his best for them. >> he lived a remarkable life, coming up from literally nothing, and he leaves behind a remarkable legacy. david mccallum, thanks so much for sharing that with us. that dentist story really gets me. i know what its like to have issues with your teeth and how expensive it is, but how important it is for your dignity. its just remarkable...

Way loving a person means having an honest relationship with that person. at some point as any conscientious person would realize over the last 20, 40 years in america the senate started being from somewhat quaint to being a principle obstruction in the throat of american democracy. i think today if you had to rank the top, you know, four or five institutional features of this society that might through a series of consequences spell the end of the republic, the senate would be very high on this...

Say this happens in every family, including my own, and we need to deal with it. >> something we talk about so much now is the filibuster. this will be part of his ennduring legacy, the changes to the roles for nominees and how that shaped what we see even now today. he told dana, i believe, he had no regrets about that. how is that a decision that he made? >> reporter: well, first of all, mcconnells m.o. during the entire presidency was to obstruct everything that the president proposed and did...

A federal judge is allowing a major January 6 conspiracy case against four Proud Boys leaders to move forward, rejecting their bid to throw out the charges.