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Capitol. he is the first former member of congress held in contempt since 1832. that was a while ago. the democratic-controlled house voted 222-208 with just two republicans, kinzinger and cheney, joining the democrats. it will be up to the department of justice to decide whether to pursue criminal charges. more on this in a moment. first, though, a new cdc warning this morning that covid is raging across the u.s., and it is possible that a new wave is imminent as soon as january. this as the u.s. crosses the tragic milestone of 800,000 coronavirus deaths still the start of the pandemic. cor...

Data on a key question today. how do current vaccines hold up to the new variant? and heading to kentucky. president biden arrives in kentucky. he arrived in kentucky moments ago to see the tornado devastation firsthand. let's begin with the congressional investigation into the attack on the u.s. capitol. the justice department now must decide whether to pursue a prosecution of mark meadows. the house voted last night as we know to hold the former trump white house chief of staff in criminal contempt of congress for refusing to cooperate with the panel investigating the insurrection. meado...

Accounts today. nearly 10 million children are at risk of slipping back below the poverty line if payments are not extended. senator michael bennet will join us this hour. we've got to start with the historic vote in the house to recommend criminal contempt charges against one of their own, former congressman and white house chief of staff mark meadows. just two, only two republicans, liz cheney and adam kinzinger joined 220 democrats in voting to hold meadows in contempt for defying a congressional subpoena. it's the first time a former member of the house has been held in criminal contempt s...

Little bit and expand on what sahil was just saying there. legally speaking, once the vote takes place and assuming it's going to pass as it's expected to, what happens next? what is the u.s. attorney's office in d.c. going to consider? and from your legal perspective, from your expertise, is this the most efficient way to do it? because as you probably saw in my last hour, i was talking to congressman ted lieu who said, no, the congress has inherent contempt powers. they should exercise it because this could drag out and be delayed. >> so, first of all, i mean, i want to say, just even before...

Privileged case might be a little stronger. we'll see the full house vote tonight and then in the doj to decide whether or not they want to charge meadows. the bannon case, took about be three weeks. this case seems a little more complicated. might be waiting a little while to see whether there are criminal consequences for mr. meadows. >> what would that look like? if the house recommended that the justice department seek charges against meadows, what are those charges? because, remember, when we all sat in these seats, gasping saying, goodness, steve bannon could be charged. he walked into t...