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Guns that use those guns to commit aggravated assault, even murder. >> and so i want to come back to the teenagers in a moment. when we look at the younger children, jean, youre also an attorney, if a child uses a gun, what is the liability for a gun own injure. >> you know, all of our states have different law, right? there have been civil liability issues with parents, this case right here is criminal. hes being charged with neglect which is a felony but there is a precedent-setting case right...

Want to play a little bit of republican ranking member from that house ways and means committee press conference before that brief meeting. lets play it. >> if taken, this committee action will set a terrible precedent that unleashes a dangerous new political weapon that reaches far beyond the former president and overturns decades of privacy protections for average americans that have existed seasons the watergate reforms. >> so congressman curbelo, i want to talk about that idea, this preceden...

They have not suspected the power of the subpoena when they were on the receiving end of it, but when theyre issuing them, several republican lawmakers that i talked to, they say they want to make sure their subpoenas have teeth and people respect them, so there is going to be some precedent setting here that could really set the tone for the next two years based on how this jan ry 6th committee deals with their fellow lawmakers here. look, on monday, we are expecting eight chapters to the final...

House ethics committee. thats one likely path for them to resolve the republican lawmakers who ignored their subpoena. and then they also could issue other referrals against lawyers who were in trumps inner circle who did things potentially unethical and illegal, and john eastman and the back and forth what they had to do to get his eplalgs and judges said they think something criminal could have happened there. there is a range of referrals that we could end up seeing from this. so kevin mccart...

Ethan crumbly admitted to one count of terrorism causing death and four counts of first degree murder for the mass shooting at oxford high school. prosecutors are also targeting his parents. cnns jean casarez has more. >> reporter: the criminal case against the parents is precedent setting and the prosecution wants to include even more evidence through experts saying that the parents of ethan crumbly created that pathway of violence. they want expert testimony. the defense is saying it is uncons...

Could be precedent setting when it comes to reparations. weve got of course on the start of one up in just over 100 years ago, when a white mob attacked the black greenwood district of tulsa, oklahoma known as black wall street. now the survivors might finally get some accountability. and tulsa county judge rules that the three remaining survivors of the massacre can absolutely continue their quest for reparations in court. however, the judge also ruled that the descendants of survivors could no...

So if there was a time to cut a deal and tell the truth that you know, that this man is unfit for office and that he did pressure the department of justice, now is the time to tell that story. >> just back to the legal questions, elie, you heard the report from cara about the argument that trumps attorneys are making to the doj about executive privilege. saying if my people come and talk to you, that what is to say that any other future white house staffer is going to be forced to do the same. i...

Also that theyll work with them, but hes not going to get into private conversations. whats going on here? >> its very confusing and in some cases, it seems contradictory because what do they want? at the end of the day, they want their investigation not just to change minds and hearts in the public. they want it to change things when it comes to the law. and to produce criminal activity -- criminal prosecution. and so, yes, i guess there is some precedent setting that hes talking about, but pre...

The future of western europe and nato is at stake. if teaching russia a lesson because this is not a good invasion. this is not an ambiguous situation as far as the u.s. and europe are concerned. i should also point out that you know thats not the whole world and that india, brazil, mexico, you know, all these other countries, indonesia, you know, are now not condemning, have not condemned the invasion and have not supported u.s. in the u.n. >> worrying about precedent-setting. >> yeah. >> it al...

Prison for these federal crimes, in addition to the life sentences they already received for their state murder convictions three months ago. many civil rights leaders applauded the guilty verdicts calling it, quote, precedent-setting. but this almost never did happen. we know that the state murder case against these three men almost never happened. the men walked away from the crime scene free february 2020. the district attorney ordered police officers not to make arrests she failed to file an...