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Proceedings perhaps as early as tomorrow. it's a lot. we start with cnn's ryan nobles. so, ryan, what about these phone records? what are they? >> so this is an attempt by the committee to paint a picture of exactly who was talking to whom on the days leading up to and on january 6th. this is the outgrowth of the preservation requests that the committee had put in place to many telecom companies over the summer. this is now them formally asking for these phone records. now, these aren't the messages themselves or the phone calls themselves. instead, it is just a record of a number that called ...

First, a cnn exclusive on committee efforts to obtain phone records of some of the key players in and around the insurrection. also, a court date for steve bannon's contempt case, which may not let him run out the clock entirely. but is certainly not speedy, either. former chief of staff mark meadows, also deciding he'll no longer cooperate with the committee. setting the stage for contempt proceedings perhaps as early as tomorrow. it's a lot. we start with cnn's ryan nobles. so, ryan, what about these phone records? what are they? >> so this is an attempt by the committee to paint a picture...

Like they might be scared. on monday, the house select committee asked over 30 social media and telecom companies to preserve records that could be relevant to the investigation into the attack. house minority leader kevin mccarthy responded by threatening the company saying, if any comply with the lawful requests, he and other house republicans, quote, will not forget it once they are back in the marj. just yesterday 11 republicans doubled down on mccarthy's warning threatening to pursue all legal remedies against any company complying with the committee's request. the bluster coming from mcc...

Mccarthy who engages in that type of conduct should be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. if this had happened during obama years, if the leader of the democratic party at the type had said, don't cooperate with subpoenas, don't cooperate with congressional investigations, and if you do there will be payback for you, there will be revenge sought upon you if we ever get back in power, republicans would have lost their mine. they would have tried to throw someone out who said that, impeach somebody who said that. now the shoe is on the other foot and i think the democrats need to...

Investigations when someone robs a bank or should law enforcement. now what the democrats are doing are trying to use an unconstitutional, unlawful ability to go after americans who they think disagree with them philosophically. >> beneath his bluster and lies, kevin is running scared. petrified that he might be more deeply implicated in that day. mccarthy's phone records are subject to the preservation requests that the committee issued on monday to more than 30 social media and telecom companies. that means there's a decent chance his data will be the target of a potential issue po be that e...