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Democrats last month to win the backing of joe manchin. those efforts, joe, failed to sway any republicans support yesterday. what does it mean and explain the position joe manchin is in right now. >> first of all, it means republicans have taken obstruction to a new level. you talk about do nothing republicans? think about this. >> they block the vote. they are sort of a schoolhouse story situation. they were like george wallace. they stood in the door way and stopped people from being able to ...

Accessible, most on-the-level elections in modern history. republican obstruction is not a cause for throwing in the towel. as soon as next week, im prepared to bring the john lewis voting rights advance management act back here to the floor. what we saw from the republicans today is not how the senate is supposed to work. >> president biden later wrote in a statement, the senate, quote, needs to act to protect the sanction credit constitutional right to vote, which is under assault, he says, by...

Once it goes, it goes. but i think joe manchin and kyrsten sinema may be open to change the rule and to change it in such a way that it forces debate. it allows debate. thats the whole idea. it is supposed to be unlimited debate, not a tool of simple obstruction. so i think were going to be searching jeff murphy of oregon has done a huge amount of work in studying the details how to do it. norm, i think you know norm, he has a suggestion that says instead of the proponents having to get 60, the ...

Supposed to be a limited debate, not a tool of simple obstruction. so i think well be searching that -- studying the details how to do it. norm almost that for example says instead of the proponents getting to 60, the opponents would have to muster 40 or 41, they would have to have other people on the floor. right now if you are against the bill you dont even have to show up because the pros have to get the 60. there are lots of interesting opportunities, lets get moving people go to the floor a...

Theres one thing for counsel to indicate you told your client not to say a word. quite another for you to be helpful through counsel to facilitate an investigation, how? you protect your client to the extent theyre not talking to anyone, and any information coming out is not from the client, and so theres no misrepresentation, theres no hindering prosecution, theres no obstruction of justice. thats one thing. to not even from counsel give indication of where anyone is or where gabby could be or ...

These contempt citations, the u.s. attorney in the words of the law, shall present it to a grand jury. now, the justice department has traditional viewed that law as discretionary under the belief that the congress cant tell the justice department who to prosecute. but it will be up to the u.s. attorney, and there are several factors weighing i think for and against this. on the one hand, bannons got a claim of executive privilege here, but its weak. the biden administration has waived it. execu...

The hill. this is a standard oversight hearing. this house vote would toss the bannon hot potato to his department, doj. this is what mr. garland said in an exchange with the committee a few moments ago. >> the country and the congress is still reeling from the events of january 6th, and the select committee is diligently pursuing the investigation into the insurrection. this week chairman thompson and his colleagues voted to hold in contempt steve bannon who failed to comply with the select com...

Barrs down playing of the trumps obstruction of the mueller investigation. this committee was looking into the emoluments clause violation of the trump hotel and see reports. the d.o.j. appealed. do you believe the transparency those 2w0 situations are ones where transparency was not per misted as well as the mueller report that hasnt been redacted. >> with respect to judge jacksons ruling i respect her very much. we just have a difference of opinion with respect to the freedom of informations a...

Committee. you say for the justice department, though, its not so easy. why? >> well, its just not quite that simple, kate. you know, this is a winnable case, dont get me wrong. i think the justice department should do it. the reason is that what bannon is doing is not really claiming hes got executive privilege but in fact claiming an absolute blanket privilege, that he doesnt have to do anything. he doesnt have to supply any documents or testify at all. so thats the reason i think that doj sho...

It. i dont think that theres any up side beyond perhaps the humane factor to them telling it. the legal that would be caused by inconsistencies, inaccuracies, misrepresentations would be problematic. last point, and thats this. theres one thing for counsel to indicate you told your client not to say a word. quite another for you to be helpful through counsel to facilitate an investigation, how? you protect your client to the extent theyre not talking to anyone, and any information coming out is ...