just say “watchathon” into your voice remote and get ready to watch! i love you! i love you! i love you all! neil: all right. don t deep 6 title 42 just yet. a judge temporarily halting the administration s efforts to lift the title 42 until a hearing is held on may 13. may 23, of course, that was supposed to go into effect. mark meredith has more from the white house. mark? good afternoon. the white house says once title 42 is lifted, it expects for a large number of people to cross into the united states. but the white house has a plan. they put out this memo outlining how they plan to respond. it includes sending personnel to the border, increasing
case. now this all comes as manhattan new district attorney you can see here attorney alvin bragg is under fire for controversial plans that he believes will make the criminal justice system more fair. last week bragg sending out memo outlining changes including no longer prosecuting some trespass offenses, the charge of resisting arrest, subway and bus fair beating and also sex work. bragg is reducing charges for stealing from stores or home storage areas and some accounts of drug dealing. though he says he s focused on getting violent offenders off the street the association telling me this morning which represent 13,000 active and retired police sergeants in new york, the policies that he s trying to make are not his job as district attorney. last i checked it was work with law enforcement, it was to uphold the laws of the state. he took an oath just like i took
participants who were involved. so, again, that vote is on going. folks have been coming up to the lecture, getting their vote, full house voting on whether to hold former trump white house chief of staff, and of course a member of that body at one time a congressman mark meadows in criminal contempt. and then it would be up to the biden justice department to decide whether to prosecute. we ll let you know when that vote is finished. there s other news though. meanwhile, conservative lawyer, john eastman, is now suing the committee and verizon, over the subpoenas of his phone records. eastman, who is also refusing to cooperate with the committee and is taking their fifth, is the reported architect of a memo outlining how former vice president pence might overturn the 2020 election. now, the committee did hear today from another witness, destin stockton. the organizer of the rallies that took place on the ellipse before the capitol riot. he says he spent several hours in that depo
deposition tomorrow as expected, but will appear in person on the 16th of december. the chair of the 1/6 committee noted it was due to a medical condition and clark provided ample evidence of his claim. clark, who the committee says tried to get the doj to act on trump s big lie and deny the biden presidency had signaled he intended to plead the fifth. this week members vote today refer him for contempt of congress after he refused to answer questions during his first deposition. today we learned another high-profile witness, john eastman, who wrote that memo outlining a plan to overturn the election, has also invoked his fifth amendment rights. politico obtained a ten-page letter to the committee in which his lawyer questions the legitimacy of the subpoena, and the committee itself. the committee has requested eastman to turn over documents and appear for his deposition on the 8th of december.
will not give deposition but will appear on the 16th. jeffery clark s postponement was due to medical. clark who the committee says trying to get the doj to act on trump s big lie and deny the biden presidency signalled he intended to plea the fifth. members voted to refer him of contempt of congress. today we learned another high-profile witness, john eastman who wrote that memo outlining a plan to overturn election have also involved his fifth amendment rights. the committee has requested eastman to turnover documents and appear for his deposition on