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>> i can hear the voice of pete williams in my head pointing out that the justice department often doesn't like to act on politically sensitive things the closer they get to elections. so put that in your file here a little bit, too. jackie alemany, i want to bring you. we heard from the chairman bennie thompson about whether these republicans will comply and why he thinks it's important they do so. here's the chairman. >> i hope they do. i mean, it's important based on our investigation. and we kind of outlined in the letters. they have come up in a number of ways and we feel that information...

Is probably able to go into these hearings with a narrative that's set from the tens of thousands of documents and hundreds of witness interviews that they already have. even in these letters. and jackie was detailing them. we know what these five men would likely say if they were in front of the committee and actually complying with the subpoena request. we know why the committee wants to talk to them too. i do think, though, when you're talking about the power of the subpoena here, we talk about this from the perspective of well, if republicans retake the house in november they're going to g...

Affecting people who don't have the best jobs, people who have huge families to feed. >> reporter: public transportation isn't great in atlanta in most suburban and rural communities. it is almost non-existent for a lot of people. driving is really their only option to get around. and when you ask them about alternates like driving an electric vehicle, some people said they're starting to look at that now, but a lot of people told us, said they didn't really feel that that was a financial option for them just yet. if something doesn't change, though, garrett, this will be a big political issue...

Consider as these five republicans are likely, it seems today, we don't know for sure, but based on what we know right now it's not a stretch. i was just talking to jamie raskin about this. they've been dodging this committee for months. they think it's illegitimate. if you're a gambling person, they're not going to be participating willingly. it's prudent to start thinking about what the next steps are for this committee. >> two legal things that come to mind as i hear you say that. number one, multiple federal courts have upheld the legitimacy of this committee. but also the doj has had the ...

>> while senate republicans work to get their house in order, i want to bring in a democratic congresswoman from the other chamber, mikie sherrill of new jersey. she's a member of the house armed services committee. and congresswoman, i want to talk about this new aid package here. it would bring the total to about $53 billion toward ukraine in just the last couple of months. that was actually added $7 billion on to what the white house had requested. so my first question is what need did you and congress see for more than what the biden administration was asking for in terms of getting this a...