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the washington post. the post reporting the justice department is investigating former president trumps actions in its criminal probe of efforts to overturn the 2020 election. the paper reports, quote, prosecutors who were questioning witnesses before a grand jury, including two top aides to vice president mike pence, have asked in recent days about conversations with trump, his lawyers, and others in his inner circle who sought to substitute trump allies for certified electors for som...

what happens next. then, more states take action on abortion, after the supreme court decision, with democrats pushing the president to do something more, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening, im alicia menendez, in for stephanie ruhle. after days a very public invitations to come talk, the january 6th committee tonight has issued a formal subpoena for pets to pallone. the move comes just one day after that devastating testimony from cassidy hutchinson, ...

have declined to cooperate with us further, including by providing on the record testimony. we are left with no choice but to issue you this subpoena. earlier this evening, committee member adam schiff had this message for cipollone. >> he ought to show just a small portion of the courage that cassidy hutchinson displayed. he needs to come out of hiding. he needs to do his patriotic duty. >> as we mentioned, cipollone was prominently featured in yesterdays testimony. >> mr. cipollone s...

phone calls and meetings demonstrating how the former president personally and continually tried to convince them to support his fraudulent claims about a stolen election. >> part of todays hearing focused on someone whose home was actually rated by federal investigators yesterday. former justice department official named jeffrey clark. we are going to have more on that right in just a moment. the committees interest about clark has to do with the former presidents effort to install cl...

swing the election to the former president. this is what it looked like in michigan back in december when those fake electors actually showed up at the state house and tried to talk their way past police. >> the electors are here. theyve been checked in. >> were electors. were electors. >> all 16 electors are inside. the elector college has been checked. >> but these are the rest of the electors. >> he said the rest of the electors. theres no such thing. it may seem ludicrous watching ...

>> these are the rest of the electors. >> the rest of the electors? there is no such thing. it may seem ludicrous watching that. the testimony that we will hear more of tomorrow, this was part of a multi-scheme for the president to overturn the election. its unprecedented. some members of a january 6 committee. he said he received at his home. addressed to his wife had mentioned how she and her husband and their child would be executed. the division of whats to come in the politics and...

politics reporter at "the washington post." also the co-author of the book "his name is george floyd." so happy to have all of you on. why dont i start with you. good evening to everyone. to the trump pressure campaign. last week the committee focussed on the intense pressure on pence and how much danger that put him in. this week it is the pressure on state officials to overturn the election. remember this call that trump made to georgia secretary of state? here it is. >> so, look, al...

eastern time. the committee saying tomorrows hearings will focus on former president trump pressuring state officials to overturn election results and pushing to advance phony slates of electors. a lot to discuss with doug jones, charlie dent, a former republican congressman, and political analyst, the national politics reporter at "the washington post." also the co-author of the book "his name is george floyd." so happy to have all of you on. why dont i start with you. good evening to...

footage "the statesman" writes, arrendondo is trying to find keys to open the classroom doors even though officials say they do not believe officers tried to open either door. the texas tribune reports, officers held their positions outside adjoining classrooms as the gunman fired aft least three more times. the tribune released a surveillance picture, 12:04 p.m., that shows multiple officers with at least two ballistic shields. police would not enter the classroom for another 46 minut...

shield. there also appear to be at least two rifles there. that picture was taken at 11:52 a.m. thats just 19 minutes after the gunman first entered the school. and 58 minutes before officers took him down. now, theres another picture obtained by the texas tribune this time that shows multiple officers armed with rifles there. ballistic shields, multiple shields. and axe-like tools. most of which the tribune reports were never deployed. now, we must note, we do not know at what point i...