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conference at the capitol. >> i just got off the phone with the president, i talk to him twice today, and after weeks of negotiations, we have come to an agreement in principle. we still have a lot of work to do, but i believe this is an agreement and principle that is worthy of the american people. >> i expect to finish the writing of the bill, checking with the white house and speaking to the president again tomorrow afternoon, and then posting the text of it tomorrow, and then voting on it on wednesday. thank you for your time, and i think this is very worthy of the american publi...

ginsburg. one of the capitol police officers finishing testimony here in washington, taking the stand during the trial of accused rioters. we're live at the courthouse with his emotional testimony and how the defense tried to make its case. i'm hallie jackson in washington with a busy news day for you. i want to bring in julia ainsley, congressional investigations reporter for "the washington post," along with former u.s. attorney and deputy assistant attorney general harry lipman. let's run through what we are learning from this filing. it's a lot. we've been talking about it a lo...

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...

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, basically, it was...

There are still so many questions all this time later. you had representative raskin warning witnesses not to test the patience of the january 6th committee. take a listen. >> we've got all of the same authority that a court would have to issue subpoenas. we're not going to play these games that we saw during the trump administration where they treated a congressional subpoena like some kind of optional thing or some kind of hide and go seek game. that's not what it is. >> you take what raskin said there, what thompson said earlier, how might this investigation play out differently from the tw...