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rioters. as trump pressured him to stop the vote certification of the 2020 election. it was a move trump knew was illegal as several witnesses revealed just yesterday. let's get to cnn's senior justice correspondent evan perez. what more are you learning about next week's hearing? >> well, the committee, the january 6th committee is trying to nail down the list of witnesses that they have from the former justice department, former justice department officials under former president trump. and right now we know that they have slated -- they were key in standing up to the president. he...

talk to us about this new development as it relates to the january 6th committee and this intent to respond to this doj request for transcripts. it was something the department of justice had to ask for twice to this point. >> yeah, had to ask for twice. and you saw in the letter that came yesterday, as hearings were ongoing, that the justice department said that by not having this, it could also be hampering some of the investigations that they are already ongoing with. that's something that i posed to chairman bennie thompson yesterday after the hearings were over. he said, basical...

chairman benny thompson says no. >> but you don't, just to be clear, you don't anticipate that the committee, itself, will offer up a formal referral? >> no, that's not our job. our job is to look at the facts and circumstances around journal 6. what caused it and make recommendations after that. >> but is ranking member liz cheney saying maybe. she tweeted the january 6th select committee has not issued a conclusion regarding potential criminal referrals. we will announce a decision on that at an appropriate time. all right. the committee laid out a case for the why when the preside...

violence associated with the supreme court's eventual decision on abortion rights. this warning comes as the senate is holding a hearing on the threat of domestic terrorism, and lawmakers are still talking, trying to find common ground on something to combat the gun violence epidemic in the country. this morning, a teacher who survived the elementary school massacre in uvalde is speaking publicly for the first time. every single one of his students in his class were killed. >> i lost 11 that day. and i tell the parents i'm sorry, i tried my best. it's what i was told to do. please do...

with primary races under way in seven states. california, iowa, mississippi, montana, new jersey, new mexico and south dakota. polls are just opening now in california. one of the races closely watched is the los angeles mayoral race in which democratic congresswoman karen bass is facing off developer rick caruso. in montana, ryan zing ki who left congress to become the terror secretary is trying to return to the house representing the state's congressional district there. a top gop target this fall, iowa's third congressional district, the three candidates facing off in the republic...