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>> reporter: chairman bennie thompson publicly claiming the january 6th house select committee will not refer former president trump or anyone else to the justice department for criminal prosecution. >> what i prefer that we complete our work and seal that work with the department of justice. and they will make that call after that. >> reporter: even without a referral, the justice department would prosecute. but some committee members feel those comments are premature. >> we have had ...

Were to be armed to be proficient at reducing that? >> well, quite frankly, we -- law enforcement in ohio give police at least 46 hours of training on the range and we have to requalify every year. thats not happening in this bill. and also, what a lot of officers are taught is whenever you have a gun, youre bringing a gun into that scenario that can be used against you. so youre taught weapons retention. youre taught to fight for that gun. and now youre going to have a teacher, you could be sit...

Have to use to get control from those persons who he was investigating. aggressive defense techniques something he never had to use on his job, but something he trained weekly. every friday with the red man suit. and he talked with you also about immediate weapons, weapons retention and the use of deadly force. travis spent a long time going through these things in his testimony if you recall i was writing feverishly so i could capture what he had to share about these things. it includes what ga...

Techn techniques and the things that he would have to use to get control from those persons who he was investigating. aggressive response techniques, something that he never had to use on his job but something that he trained weekly, every friday with the redman suit. and he talked with you also about intermediate weapons, weapons retention and the use of deadly force. travis spent a long time going through these things in his testimony. if you recall, i was writing feverishly as i was testifyin...

Force. these are just demonstrative things. >> the only thing that caught my eye is the argument that this is what he received, not wa he testified to? >> right. these are just demonstrative -- >> theres nothing on those that show the coast guard manual or anything like that that would be -- for example, i know that the state presented a few of the pages from the actual manuals themselves. >> the only thing that i have is what ive created that shows he testified about officer presence, verbal co...

0 cash bond on charges of battery, disorderly conduct and resisting an officer. and theres more. his criminal history reportedly dates back to 1999 and includes felonies and misdemeanors in various states. so, youre going to see attention turned. if this is accurate reporting by several media outlets, youre going to see attention turned on this phenomenon were experiencing that covid has caused judges to empty out prisons. that some activist das and judges are engaged in letting people go who in...

0 >> andrew mccabe, thanks so much as always. thanks so much to all of you for joining us today on yet another busy news day. im jim sciutto. >> im erica hill. stay tuned. "at this hour" with kate bolduan starts right now. good morning, everyone. breaking news in the trial of three men accused of killing ahmaud arbery. we are moments away now from the defense beginning its closing arguments. the prosecution has just wrapped up its closing statements this morning, which lasted just over an hour...