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Involving general thomas, that they may close some loopholes that have to do with disclosure. if the supreme court justices wife can be paid an unlimited amount of money by a secret client, of some sort, and its not visible, thats a problem. >> thats an understatement. its certainly a problem. its a huge problem. it goes to the very heart of our justice system. jane mayer, we appreciate your reporting. chief or spin -- please do check out her latest piece on johnny thomas. thank you. >> thanks. ...

Right-wing media in the days leading up to the january 6th insurrection. cnns chief media correspondent brian stelter has the story. >> reporter: in the weeks leading up to january 6th -- >> congress will decide in january, so we will see what happens. >> reporter: -- kayleigh mcenany said donald trump was fighting to stay in office. >> this presidents a fighter. hes not giving up. >> reporter: fight, fight, fight. that was the right-wing tv narrative until insurrection day. >> i think its not a...

Fishermen with say they plan to disrupt russias war games exercises next week which are scheduled to take place in the waters where they fish, where they make their living. because these fishermen are undeterred by the russian governments statement about those war games, that would be an understatement. listen to this. are you aware of that, that the russian embassy is saying well, your behavior is reckless. >> how is it reckless to go out in a boat and protest peacefully to say we, you are not ...

But one thing jonathan has learned along the way is that ukrainian borders matter. if you cross without permission you will be droned into the next life. kamala harris strongly agrees with that. heres harris threatening would be russian immigrants. >> the bottom line is that we have been clear and consistent for quite some time. that we expect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the ukraine, and we expect that russia would do the same, and any aggressive action taken by vladimir putin w...

Trumps plan to overturn the election that said effective immediately, the secretary of defense should seize, analyze all machines, electronic records required for retention. laura, crazy seems like an understatement here. thankfully, this order was never issued but what could the document mean for the select committees investigation? >> well, it means there was really no ceiling or end to the absurdity of trying to use the power of the presidency in this way. i mean, imagine this. secretary of d...

President before them to explain his side of the story. >> theres always just to get to you all before we go here this new reporting that nicholas "politico" has about a white house document prepared for donald trump on january 7th but never read, its titled "remarks on national healing" and it says id like to begin to address the heinous attacks that took place yesterday at the capitol. for those that engaged in acts of violence and destruction you do not represent me, do you not represent our ...

But one thing jonathan finer has learned alongas the way is that ukrainian borders matter if you cross without position permission, you will be droned into the next life. kamala harris strongly agrees with that . heres harris. threatening would bebe russian immigrants. the bottom lineimmi is that we e been clear and consistent for quite some time that we respecti the territorial integrity and sovereigntyto of ukraine and we expect that russia would do the same d and any aggressivn actions taken ...

Process. make sure that everybody in the country gets a chance to get a good look at this woman and get a good sense of the kind of justice she will be. >> something else people in this country are looking to is whats happening with their money. right? we heard from the fed chair jerome powell in the last hour. to say you havent seen eye to eye with him is an understatement but do you agree with the move to raise interest rates in march? >> look. we obviously want to deal with inflation, with ri...

Orders. is the committee then directly investigating trump for a coup attempt now? >> well, these are details that we continue to look at and investigate. our own investigative process is under way. were not going to detail exactly where we are. but to say that this is dangerous or what the former president did was dangerous is an understatement. we were at the doorstep to a democratic and constitutional crisis. and i think its important to acknowledge that. the committees work will continue to ...

For us in moscow. in geneva fred pleitgen joins us now. fred, the talks are huge, that is an understatement. what everyone wants to see is a de-escalation of the tensions. what are your spectations from the advantage point? >> reporter: they want to see de-escalation and progress. well see whether or not progress is possible between the u.s. and its allies on the one hand and the russians on the other hand as well. the fact the talks are happening at all shows how high both sides understand the ...