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battleground states and former president trump's lawyers are now in discussions with the january 6th select committee and testifying under oath. this as the u.s. supreme court rejects senator lindsey graham's bid to avoid testifying in the investigation of the 2020 election interference what they claim this georgia. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." we begin this hour with the first court appearance by the man charged in the brutal attack on paul pelosi. he entered not guilty pleas just a little wh...

Across, not roads, but more like rivers with a few bags in their hands. Th they just grabbed a few snacks, pillows. In many cases they were carrying pets. As we talked about last night, still one of the big issues is power. 100 of the island not having power right now, only those that can get to generators, also, the first thing people still ask me is, do you have signal. People desperate to find out the condition of loved ones who they cant get to because of flooding many because of debris . And loved ones who cant get out, because of that same reason. The government has announced that fema h...

At the end of the day, it's protecting our democratic process. >> i think they need to protect the family members, too. the lawmakers. gloria, the former homeland security secretary, jey johnson, he joined me last hour and described this political environment here in the united states right now as combustible. what do you think it's going to take for elected leaders to come together and agree it's time to lower the temperature? >> wolf, i wish i knew the answer to that question. i don't know the answer to that question. i remember after september 11th, democrats and republicans standing on the...

I came in here did not want to get a motion. i have sat through trials that were hard to sit through but nothing like sitting this week and this committee hearing. >> we have a constitutional responsibility to serve as a check and balance on an out of control executive branch. control executive branch against president trump. the committee committees's expeo vote on those two articles sometime tomorrow, thoroughly expected to be up or down part our own correspondent garrett haake has been working late tonight and shows us from the capit capitol. garrett, sum up just what it was weum witnessed ...

Capit capitol. appreciate your time. thank you so much. a voting rights victory for people with felony convictions in florida. a judge issued a preliminary injunction for a state law that would bar anyone with felony records from registering to vote if they had an outstanding court fine. people are disproportionately likely to be black. all of this sna state that that voted for amendment four to restore voting rights. a different strategy in effort to mobilize black voters. it is called a rad callaway to mobilize black voters in 2020, work on issues, not voting. joining me now is nbc repor...