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Chamber door. we are all helpless. is there anybody in your reporting, luke, pointing the finger at mark meadows that was not doing it before? >> that's a good question. and thanks for having me. as you were outside that day, i was inside. so i know the way a lot of these people felt, sort of this panicked feeling of how this attack needs to stop and would somebody do something. it does not seem to me, though, that these text messages have turned any member of the congress against mark meadows who were not previously. as you saw when the vote came up to hold him in contempt, the only two repub...

Me, though, that these text messages have turned any members of congress against mark meadows who were not previously. as you saw when the vote came up to hold him in contempt, the only two republicans who voted for it were liz cheney and adam kinsinger who were the two members of the committee recommending the contempt charge so unlike steve bannon who had nine republicans voted him in contempt, seven of those votes disappeared, in the white house at the time so stronger claim of executive privilege, he has a lot of friends on capitol hill, has the head of the freedom caucus for several years...

Dissipate. someone is going to get killed. >> also this hour, president biden departing for kentucky to survey damage. he'll meet with victims in the wake of the deadly tornado outbreak that devastated the area over the weekend. first we want to get to paula reed. let's look at where we stand this morning. the doj now weighing this contempt charge for mark meadows. the big question is how quickly could they act. >> it is a great question. but this case is a lot more difficult than the one they have brought against another trump ally, steve bannon, who completely refused to engage with the comm...

Protect the reputation of individuals. so i don't know what they're up to, but this is a separate matter. the committee needs to find these facts not only to report to the american people, but also to inform us as to what further legislative steps we'll need to take to help prevent something like this from ever happening again. we came very close to overturning our democracy on january 6th. it's not acceptable to me or to the american people. >> does this contempt charge feel any different for you personally? i mean, you mentioned in your remarks mark meadows was a member of congress. he was a...

Frantic pleas from fox tv hosts, trump's son, don junior, and some lawmakers, their names have not yet been released. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles is live on capitol hill. ryan, the house vote in favor of steve bannon's contempt charge, we saw that vote with just a couple of republicans on board. what are we expecting for meadows today? >> reporter: it should play out in a very similar fashion, victor. house republicans are recommending to their members not to vote for this contempt. we do expect two republicans, right, liz cheney and adam kinzinger, who are members of the house...