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I was thinking and looking at some of the information that the committee has put forward. they have spoken to or interviewed more than 250 people. they have gotten the preservation of records. they are collecting the metadata around conversations and texts. they will be able to -- we, congress, will be able to connect a tremendous number of the dots, even with the obstruction of thugs and gangs and those who are really fearful for their own culpability for what they know, for what they knew and ...

Will be able to connect a tremendous number of the dots even with the obstruction of dogs and gangs. those are really fearful for their own culpability, for what they know, for what they knew and did nothing about. the notion that people knew and prepared and planned, knew about the dollars that were to be spent and of course knew what the president knew and they knew when he knew it, and they were by his side as he did nothing about january 6th and an attack. something i think a lot about, lawr...

Situation on the border of ukraine. im wondering if youre seeing any movement away from that. >> no, at this point, i have not seen any. ill turn to you. this fees like a great for you. >> there is some coherence around a position to put nordstream 2 back into place. on that side, theres been relative bipartisan support for blocking nordstream 2, the executive branch of bidens administration thats not for it. senator cruzs obstruction of nominations to compel an outcome in nordstream 2 is a trav...

Charge. that makes the last two years of the biden administration not just full of obstruction, but full of chaos. what joe biden is trying to do, ari, is win the voters that control general elections. in states that will matter in terms of holding the senate. in the suburbs that will matter in terms of whether or not the republicans take the house. and with talking about infrastructure, hes going to that sweet spot. >> all good points. former senator claire mccaskill, thank you for being here. ...

That might be able to forestall some of the worst case scenarios. strengthen democracy. do you agree with the critics that look at with the senate is doing and so you are not doing enough? >> we are totally not doing enough. on the other hand, youve got a local da in fulton county georgia who was doing her job of doing a proper investigation. youve got this litigation by the department of justice, which if they are energetic and aggressive in the discovery phase, they could find out quite a lot....

He means, he couldnt have survived as president. he couldnt have made it four years as president. because of the fbi investigations in place under comey that stood to remove him from office. t so he fired the fbi director in order to divert those investigations. in order to keep himself in power. he just admitted thats why he did it and that it work. thats how he managed to stay in office for four years. this is like the thing you hope to like, you know, entrap somebody into saying. this is the ...

Job of doing a proper investigation. youve got this litigation by the department of justice which if theyre energetic and aggressive, particularly in the discovery phase they could find out quite a lot. weve got our investigations going in the judiciary committee in the senate. so theres more to be done on the investigative side and more to be discovered i think through courts and through investigators. so while we are kind of blocked up with trying to find a way procedurally forward around repu...

He just admitted thats why he did it and that it work. thats how he managed to stay in office for four years. this is like the thing you hope to like, you know, entrap somebody into saying. this is the thing you hope to, like, tape somebody accidentally admitting to somebody who doesnt know that theyre going to get in trouble for saying it. this is in confessing. i will just say, not a lawyer, but theoretically, if someone were going to bring an obstruction of justice prosecution against him for...

Couple at an art studio that belongs to an artist by the name of andre. his attorney says the artist knew the couple because they had some shared hobbies. he said they did not know each other particularly well. the attorney claims his client did not know that the couple were facing any charges. he says that they had asked to stay with his client because they said theyd faced death threats. heres more from the artists attorney. >> i dont believe theres going to be evidence that shows that the art...

And the sheriff believes someone let the crumbleys into that art studio. theyre investigating, and that person could potentially face charges, including aiding and abetting and obstruction. jamie. >> yuccas: michael george, thank you. now to the battle against covid and the new omicron variant. as expected, its spreading, this as the number of americans fully vaccinated hovers near 60%. cbs lilia luciano is at hollywood burbank airport with more. lilia. >> reporter: good evening, jamie. omicron ...