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jonathan karl reporting from miami. the debt ceiling showdown and what we have just learned tonight about the talks today, no deal. and house members will go home for the memorial day weekend. rachel scott is live. the memorial day weather, we are tracking severe storms across several states in the south tonight and the system in florida set to move up the coast. we'll time this out through the holiday. rob marciano is here. tonight the remarkable medical breakthrough when it comes to spinal cord injuries. groundbreaking technology helping a paralyzed man walk again for the first tim...

>> now that the shelby county commission done their job. i'm so glad we get to get back to doing our job and what is our job? to elevate the voices of the six kids -- the six people in nashville. three children who were just 9 years old. >> now both lawmakers expelled by republicans in the tennessee legislature have been reinstated, proving just how pointless that exercise was. state representative justin j. pearson joins me in just a moment and the two pillars of the republican party, trump and fox, are all friendly again and there are big new developments in both of their perilou...

of people that included roger stone and steve bannon urging trump to declare victory regardless of the results, the actual legal results, of the 2020 election. now the january 6th select committee cites a memo that fitton wrote for trump in the run-up to election day, i think the summer before the election, as evidence that in the words of committee member zoe love gren friend the big lie was untensional, promeditated and a plan concocted in advance. here's a snippet from the january 6th select committee's final hearing. >> a few days before the election, mr. trump also consulted wit...

contempt of congress charges were politically motivated. proceedings began after the judge denied a defense request for a delay. last week he rejected executive privilege leading one defense attorney to ask, what's the point of going to trial if there are no defenses, to which the judge replied, agreed. this is the same steve bannon who promised as he made his first court appearance to make this the misdemeanor from hell. the same steve bannon who as he recently offered to appear live before the select committee expressed contempt for the members and tried to set conditions for his t...

put himself above the law. the defense suggesting that to contempt of congress charges against him were politically motivated. proceedings began today after the judge in the case, carl nichols, who is a trump appointee, denied a defense request for a month long delay. you will recall that last week he rejected the number of defenses, including bannon's claim of executive privilege, leaving one ban a defense attorney to ask -- and these are his words -- what's the point of going to trial if there are no defenses? to which the judge replied, agreed. remember, this is the same c van who...