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chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> it will invest in child care, universal pre-k, and home care. the build back better act makes the largest commitment toward addressing the climate crisis ever considered by any nation in history. >> this build back better legislation will make health care accessible and affordable for 2.2 million low-income, uninsured americans. >> tonight the vote we cast is about history. we're going to change the lives and livelihoods for americans for generations to come. >> it's a late night in washington where the house is on the verge of passing the signature piece of president biden's agenda, the build back better act. and getting to this point has been quite a saga. seemingly endless negotiations over the scope of the bill and the cost of the bill, heated standoffs over the wisdom of splitting this stuff off from the smaller bipartisan physical infrastructure bill, that smaller bipartisan infrastructure bill was split off, passed by the house and senate and signed

chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> welcome back, everybody. the jury is seated and opening statements are set to begin soon in the high profile sex trafficking case against ghislaine maxwell. she's accused of being a key player in the epstein's sex trafficking ring. t saying she helped and recruit four underage girls mostly in the 90s. she insists she's innocent. our investigative reporter tom winters outside the courtroom. also joined by katie fang. she's also an msnbc legal analyst. tom, let me start with you. set the scene for us here. we know proceedings very underway. the jury seated. catch us up on what's going on right now. >> reporter: right. well, we didn't think the jury was selected and about to be seated and sworn in, but there's been a couple complications. one of the jurors came forward and told the judge after being picked, going through the process, that she had a financial hardship. her employer only covering two weeks of paid leave for her for jury duty, and this trial expected to last at least si

chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> it has been more than a year since i was last able to interview her. since then we as a country have had a fairly consequential presidential election, a major violent effort to disrupt the peaceful transition of power, a losing presidential candidate who has mounted a relentless and increasingly bizarre, but weirdly successful, campaign to convince his followers he secretly won the election and so maybe he is the shadow president. we have had, nevertheless, an inauguration of a new president, the end of america's longest war, the ongoing battle against covid and, and, and, and. so let's talk about it. joining us for the interview is hillary rodham clinton, former presidential candidate, now novelist. she has co-written a political thriller called "state of terror" with her friend louise penny. i read it, i read it in like a day. it was like i was being chased. i very much enjoyed it. secretary clinton, it is good to have you here. congratulations on the bo

chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> i think joe biden has been just -- his mindset is trapped in amber from the '90s where you could go back and play squash somewhere or racquetball and work these kinds of issues out. we're not there anymore. and i don't know -- for everybody on the panel who travels around the country, claire in the midwest, north, wherever we go, i've not met one regular voter anywhere who says i think we need more bipartisanship in washington. no one ever says that. no one outside of d.c. says they want more bipartisanship. what people say is they want things to get done. >> democrats have a lot to get done by the end of the year, in fact. first there's the most massive social spending bill since roosevelt. then there's the looming government shutdown deadline, the debt ceiling and a must-pass military defense funding. joining us now to talk about all of it, robert gibbs, former obama campaign senior adviser, white house press secretary of course under president obama. he

chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> thank you for watching. have a great thanksgiving. don lemon tonight begins right now with laura coates sitting in. today's news, all of these headlines, right in your wheel house. >> right in yours as well, and i was listening to you on siriusxm a couple of hours ago, and here you are again, my goodness, you work hard. nice seeing you. >> unfortunately that was the rewind. i hope the things that i said this morning stood up after the verdict came in. >> do you want them to have stood up, i'll tell you they did. of course they did. you're smerconish, of course they did. >> you're nice, thank you. >> take care, happy thanksgiving. >> you too. thanks, laura. >> this is "don lemon tonight," i'm laura coates in for don. >>> our breaking news tonight, three white men found guilty of murdering ahmaud arbery, an unarmed 25-year-old black man. a man who was chased down and shot to death for running in a georgia neighborhood. the verdicts come in spite of the racis

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chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> developing on capitol hill, they decided to censure congressman after he posted a cartoon depicting him killing another congressman. they are supporting the vote with a third vote present. the first censure from the house in more than a decade. we've been all over this story. now that the vote happened, what happens next? he becomes member of congress without any appointment. now this resolution came after paul gosar refused to apologize for posting this video. he did speak on the floor before the vote happened and said he took that video depicting him culling aoc and attacking president biden down not because he regrets doing it, but because it was misunderstood. listen to what he said and the congresswoman's response. >> it was not a threat. but because some thought it was. >> what is so hard about saying that this is wrong? >> now it's worth keeping in mind that this resolution was not just a condemnation of paul gosar, it's a condemnation in the text u

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they did not sign up for chesa boudin in this manner? >> brian: what's going to be the difference between this recall and gavin newsom's recall. we heard he was going to hit the pavement. he didn't. >> so you know, gavin does have very popular opinion. he is a big fan base here in san francisco. that is why when all of the votes were tallied, his recall was rejected soundly here in the city. but for chesa boudin, he's not very well-liked person here anymore. i believe he's going to be very, very surprised when in june of 2022, june seventh, it's election day, his recall that he earned this recall. he's going to be defeated in a landslide. >> brian: nancy pelosi, who is overseeing this chaos, and homelessness, she is looking to move to naples, florida. isn't that nice? grew in that city and moved to another one that the governor straightened out. once he goes, i hope boston, philadelphia, st. louis follow suit and they start getting control of crime in this country. thanks, richie greenberg. appreciate it. >> think of having me. >> brian:

chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> thank you for watching. have a great thanksgiving. don lemon tonight begins right now with laura coates sitting in. today's news, all of these headlines, right in your wheel house. >> right in yours as well, and i was listening to you on siriusxm a couple of hours ago, and here you are again, my goodness, you work hard.

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chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> european watchdog group says the rule of law was not respected in venezuelan's elections in which maduro claimed victory. >> if you are a fan of democracy, november has been a very bad month in latin america. the latest example, venezuela. nicolas maduro claiming victory for his party which won 21 of 24 state governorships. he says the result is because of our hard work and honesty. critics though in the outcome was already determined. and the vote can't be trusted they say in a country where maduro controls state institutions. allegations of coerced voting and violence have already surfaced. and then there is nicaragua where on november 7 daniel ortega won another term in what can only be described as sham elections. his regime unleashed a campaign of political terror back in june arresting any prominent would-be oppositions and tossing them in jail. those in jail are sons of mr. b [ bleep ] he says. and we tried to get in ourselves to see what was happen

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chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> a big step forward for president biden's again to today. democrats passing the 1. 9 trillion dollar economic agenda including more money for child care, home health care, obamacare subsides, universal prek and more but it's anyone's guess what will happen when the senate has its say. joining me to discuss, and former republican congressman charlie dent and analyst kirsten powers, the author of the new amazing book called "saving grace." welcome to both of you. kirsten, after months after wrangling democrats are onto the next step with a bill that would transform people's lives. there is still a ways to go as i pointed out but we saw democrats celebrating on the house floor after it passed. is this a moment for the party to be excited? >> yeah, i think it is. and let's remember that there are many people who are claiming this was never going to happen, that the democrats were never going to be able to get this done, that it was dead. and it's true it's not

chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> also developing this morning, china is accusing the u.s. of, quote, sending wrong signals after president joe biden invited taiwan to a democracy summit next month. tensions between the united states and china remain strained. >> i'm steenk jhung in beijing, just a week after the virtual summit between president biden and his chinese counterpart xi jinping, taiwan has become a source of contention with beijing accusing washington of, quote, unquote, providing a platform and sending a wrong signal to separatist forces on the island after the white house invited taiwan to a summit early next month. china expressed firm opposition to this move with a foreign ministry spokesperson saying taiwan has no status under international law even though the two sides have been governed separately for seven decades since the end of the chinese civil war and the ruling party has never controlled the island. tension has been rising across the taiwan strait for months with

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chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. gearing up for a major move, preparing to hold jeffrey clark in criminal contempt. that is big. he was a senior justice department official trying to help trump overturn results, refusing to answer questions claiming a type of privilege. he's not a lawyer for the president and the committee's view is he has no right to that. congressman schiff says soon they will make contempt decisions about charges. >> two weeks ago you said that the january 6th committee would move very quickly to refer former white house chief of staffmark meadows for criminal contempt charges after he defied a subpoena. is that still likely going to happen, and if so, when? >> i think we will probably make a decision this week. we are moving with anyone who obstructs the committee and that was certainly the case with mr. bannon and it will be the case with mr. meadows, mr. clark for any others. >> schiff's reference there shows that he means business, because the committee has exercised its powers to a degree tha

chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. even though this is not a celebration, it is a reflection to acknowledge that the spirit of ahmaud defeated the lynch mob. the spirit of ahmaud, defeated the lynch mom. [applause] >> the spirit of ahmaud, defeated the lynch mob. >> tomorrow in all our joy today, there will be an empty chair at one this table. ahmed will not be a thanksgiving tomorrow, but she can look at that chair and say to ahmed, i fought a good fight. and i've got you some justice. >> joining me now is democratic congresswomen karen bass of current phony. she is the former chair of the congressional black caucus. and a member of the house judiciary committee. congresswoman bass, great to see you again. we just heard benjamin crump, the attorney for the family of ahmed aubry saying that, quote, the spirit of ahmaud defeated the lynch mob. you said, in your statement today, quote, would happen to ahmed was a modern day lynching. you also noted that legislation to make lynching a federal crime still hasn't been passe

chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> very good monday morning to you. i'm jim sciutto. >> i'm erica hill. right now there are a lot of questions about a new coronavirus variant, omicron. while we wait for some of those answers, u.s. officials hoping to mitigate the spread with a new travel ban. starting today, all non-u.s. citizens and permanent residents traveling from south africa and seven other neighboring countries are barred from entering. >> a lot of protests from those countries there. big questions around the new variant. they include, is it more transmissible? is it more dangerous? and how much do existing vaccines protect against it? we don't know now. it is early and will take some time, they say perhaps weeks before we know answers, but we know a few things. have a listen. >> what we do know, it has a lot of mutations, more than 50. that's a new record, and some of those we've seen before and some we haven't. so this searchly suggests that this is a new kind of virus we have to take very seriously. if you needed one more r

chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> so just days after a federal judge said the former president was responsible for the attack on the capitol and a capitol rioter was a pawn provoked into action. another federal judge is going after the former president for lying about voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election. and today, a different judge took it a step further. during the hearing for a capitol riot defendant today, senior district judge reggie walton said former-vice president al gore had a better -- had better standing to challenge the 2000 election results but that he was, quote, a man and walked away. the judge also told defendant adam johnson who was photographed carrying house speaker nancy pelosi's lectern through the capitol on january 6th, that he was quote gullible enough to can come to washington, d.c. from florida based on a lie and that the person who inspired him is still making those statements. that person, of course, is the former president who continues to spread

chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> tonight, defending earth from armageddon. that is the purpose of nasa's next liftoff which is just a few hours away at 1:00 a.m. or just about eastern time. the mission is to test whether a spacecraft can actually successfully change an asteroid's orbit. if all goes well, the golf cart-sized craft, whiis going t intentionally slam into a 525 foot wide harmless asteroid. just think about that speed. it's incredible. it's known as a moonlit. nasa hopes the collision will change the asteroid's orbit, which is of course the stuff of mov movies. shifting an asteroid's path to save planet earth. thanks so much for joinings you. ac 360 starts now. >>> good evening. the jury in the cases of the three white men charged in the killing of an unarmed black man, ahmaud arbery, just wrapped up its first day of deliberation. it's one of three cases we're focused on this evening. all have captured the attention of americans across the political spectrum. and delve into issues of either race or far-right extremism. and also, importantly, whet

they did not sign up for chesa boudin in this manner? >> brian: what's going to be the difference between this recall and gavin newsom's recall. we heard he was going to hit the pavement.re he didn't. >> so you know, gavin does have very popular opinion. he is a big fan base here in san francisco. that is why when all of the votes were tallied, his recall was rejected soundly here in the city. but for chesa boudin, he's not very well-liked person here anymore. i believe he's going to be very, very surprised when in june of 2022, june seventh, it's election day, his recall that he earned this recall. he's going to be defeated in a landslide. >> brian: nancy pelosi, who is overseeing this chaos, and homelessness, she is looking to move to naples, florida. isn't that nice? ruin that city and moved to another one that the governor straightened out. once he goes, i hope boston, philadelphia, st.s louis follow suit and they start getting control of crime in this country. thanks, richie greenberg. appreciate it. >> thank you for having me here.

chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> well, a phone call did not do much to diffuse tensions between lauren boebert and ilhan omar. the call which can be described at the very least as contentious came after boebert suggested that omar was mistaken for a suicide bomber in a capitol hill elevator. this is a sitting member of congress. >> and here is how boebert described the conversation with omar on monday. >> i never want anything i say to offend someone's religion. so i told her that. she kept asking for a public apology. so i told ilhan omar that she should make a public apology to the american people for her anti-american, anti-semitic, anti-police rhetoric. >> at that point, omar reportedly hung up on boebert. cnn capitol hill reporter melanie zanona and chris cillizza joining us now. melanie, let's start with you. what happened after that point? we saw that very forceful reaction that boebert posted on her social media after ilhan omar also talking about the conversation after. >> report

chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> americans are making up for lost time with loved ones this thanksgiving. if you're waiting for someone tonight, they'll probably get there. just not on time. because what we are witnessing is nothing less than the resurgence of the busiest travel week of the year, and we get our report tonight from nbc news correspondent tom costello. >> reporter: wednesday night on the nation's highways and airports are starting to wind down. the heaviest thanksgiving travel rush in two years, a far different scene from last year when 18 states required out of staters to test or self-quarantine. >> we want to stay safe, and that's why we're absolutely staying within our inner circles and just going to our cabin. >> reporter: fast forward to 2021 and this thanksgiving rush looks very different. >> we're just blessed and fortunate to still be able to have all of our family members to get together. >> reporter: but this is only the start of the yearly ritual as airlines and

chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> you said that michael flynn would come back even bigger and better. would you consider bringing him back and your administration? >> i would consider it. i think he's a fine man. >> would you have him back at the white house. >> >> i would. i think he's a great general. >> he's a great gentleman. while president trump was running for re-election last year, he talked more than once about how in a hypothetical second trump administration he would gladly welcome back his disgraced national security adviser michael flynn who pled guilty twice to charges. president trump pardoned him on the way out the door and didn't get a second term, at least not yet, but if there was one, mike flynn would be back in there because he's such a gentleman. in the meantime, what has mike flynn, potential general in a future trump administration, what has he been up to? >> somebody sent me a thing this morning where they're talk about putting the vaccine into salad dressing. have

chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> make sure you bring an extra quarter next time you go to the dollar tree. one of the country's last remaining dollar stores is raising the cost of most of its items 25% from $1 to $1.25. the dollar tree insists this is not a reaction to short-term market conditions but falls in line with the rising inflation that is hitting retailers across the country. thanks so much for watching "newsroom" today. "the lead" starts right now. >>> why was he out of jail and behind the wheel in the first place? "the lead" starts right now. any moment the man accused of plowing through a christmas parade is due in court as we learn this wasn't the first time he allegedly used his vehicle as a weapon. >>> drop in the bucket? president biden making moves to keep you from punching air at the pump but will it spell relief? >>> plus, a pill that could help end the pandemic. now cnn is learning it could face a rocky road to fda approval

chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> even though this is not a celebration it is a reflection to acknowledge that the spirit of ahmaud defeated the lynch mob. the spirit of ahmaud defeated the lynch mob. the spirit of ahmaud defeated the lynch mob. >> tomorrow there will be an empty chair at wanda's table. ahmaud will not be at thanksgiving tomorrow. but she can look at that chair and say to ahmaud i fought a good fight and i got you some justice. >> joining me now, democratic congresswoman karen bass of california. she is the former chair of the congressional black caucus and a member of the house judiciary committee. congresswoman bass, great to see you again. we just heard benjamin crump, the attorney for the family of ahmaud arbery, saying that "the spirit of ahmaud defeated the lynch mob." you said in your statement today, "what happened to ahmaud was a modern-day lynching." but you also noted that "legislation to make lynching a federal crime still hasn't passed in the senate." how do y

chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> in our politics lead new revelations are sparking fresh scrutiny over a controversial document known as the steel dossier nearly five years after it first made headlines written by a retired british spy, full of explosive and alarming claims about then presidential candidate donald trump and his campaign's alleged ties to russia. but now we know more about who was behind it. we decided to take another look at what ultimately became an unreliable partisan backed political memo that got a lot wrong. >> it didn't happen. and it was gotten by opponents of ours. >> reporter: nearly five years since the steele dossier first emerged publicly federal prosecutors have laid out a clearer picture of the role well connected democratic insiders played in the narrative surrounding donald trump's ties to russia. two special counsel investigations, numerous congressional inquiries, and an internal review by the justice department giving weight to suspicions that the so-ca

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chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> republican representative lauren boebert refusing to publicly apologize directly to democratic rep ilhan omar for the anti-muslim remarks she made about her. the two spoke today after that video surfaced of boebert implying omar could be a suicide bomber. the call didn't go well. omar hung up on boebert who says she, quote, refused to publicly acknowledge her hurtful and dangerous comments and instead doubled down on her rhetoric. boebert followed up the call with this defiant video. >> rejecting an apology and hanging up on someone is part of cancel culture 101 and a pillar of the democrat party. make no mistake i will continue to fearlessly put america first, never sympathizing with terrorists. unfortunately, ilhan can't say the same thing. >> were you sorry or not? and what are you sorry for? i don't know. doesn't make much sense to me what is going on in terms of trying to make it better. let's discuss with scott jennings. what is your read? >> well, i

chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>>, man, what a day. what with a week it has been. this is going to do it for us, at least for this second. i'll see you again on monday. time for "the last word" where zerlina maxwell is in for lawrence o'donnell. good evening. >> thank you so much, rachel. you're right.

chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> more breaking news to report this friday night. this time on the health of president biden who received a physical exam today. his first since taking office as the oldest first-term president in history. want to talk with sanjay gupta who is also author of the fascinating new book, world war c lessons from the covid-19 pandemic and how to prepare for the next one. so, sanjay, what can you tell us about the results of this physical? >> well, we had some idea of some of the president's past medical history. we also know he is the oldest first-term president. so putting those two things together, there were specific things that i think they were sort of targeting. we know that he has this history of reflux, for example. we know he has a history of atrial fibrillation. they were focused on the fact that his -- his gait -- his walking, anderson, seems to have changed a bit. they describe it as being less fluid, stiffer gait. we also know he takes this medication for his cholesterol and he had a colonoscopy. so those were sort of the maj

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chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> china is once again blocking cnn's signal to prevent further reporting on the disappearance of tennis star pengment is hui. every time cnn covers this story china blocks their signal there. there is growing concern for her safety from some of the biggest names in the sports. she hasn't been seen in public in weeks since she accused a former communist leader of coercing her into sex. the allegation was posted on her social media account, deleted within 30 minutes. cnn's will ripley joins us from taipei with more. it's quite telling that just reporting on peng shuai is being censored. what doesn't the government want people to know? >> reporter: yeah, i'm not surprised, anderson. i've been out here in asia covering china for eight years and i've lost count of the number of times that our reporting on cnn has been blocked by chinese censors. it's being blocked right now. i think we have a live picture from beijing. so every time we talk about something contro

chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> conservative media mogul rupert murdoch is sending a public message to former president trump. move on. murdoch, whose family controls fox's parent company, said this at the news corp. shareholders meeting. >> here it is. he said, the current american political debate is profound. it is crucial that conservatives play an active, forceful role in that debate, but that will not happen if president trump stays focused on the past. the past is the past, and the country is now in a contest to define the future. >> okay, let's talk about this and more with olivia troye, an advisor to former vice president mike pence. olivia, great to see you. i want to be very clear. this was to news corps. there's no marching orders like this at fox, i'm certain. rupert murdoch goes along with whatever gets ratings so fox can be as fawning with president trump as they have been and want to be. this is not some sort of edict that he's issuing and as we know, they are -- if he th

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chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> just moments ago up on capitol hill the treasury secretary janet yellen and the chairman of the federal reserve jerome powell warning the uncertainty around the comb cron variant could put yet another cloud over the economic recovery. >> the progress of our economy, of our economic recovery can't be separated from our progress against the pandemic, and i know that we're all following the news about the omicron variant. as the president said yesterday, we're still waiting for more data, but what remains true is that our best protection against the virus is the vaccine. >> the recent flies covid-19 cases and the emergence of the omicron variant poses downside risks to the economic activity and increased uncertainty for inflation. >> cnn's matt egan joins us now in the studio. you know, the president says from a public health perspective get boosted and vaccinated and from an unvaccinated with another covid cloud what do the policy-makers do. >> there's no do

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chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> still undetermined after the kyle rittenhouse verdict is the legacy of this jury's decision and what it means for future protests, armed vigilantes, and legal and law enforcement officials who have to police a nation deeply divided over the meaning of today's events. two perspectives now, cnn law enforcement analyst charles ramsey, former d.c. police chief and philadelphia police commissioner. and nancy gertner, former federal judge who is now senior lec lecturer at harvard law school. judge gertner, i am wondering what you made of the verdict? >> i wasn't surprised. like your other analysts have been, i also was not surprised but what's troubling is the -- not so much the fact that the jury reached this verdict but the implications of it. it's almost as if the justification to use -- when you carry a gun, it sort of justifies using it. so much of this case was rittenhouse responding to people trying to take the gun away from him, which could as much be tr

chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. the white house. we just got word on president biden's choice to lead the federal reserve and it's a very familiar name. he's expected to nominate jerome powell for a second term. nbc's shannon pettypiece joins us from the white house. what's the latest? jay powell has been under an enormous amount of scrutiny and people have their arms folded saying, what are you going to do next, buddy, and now here he is on the stage again. >> reporter: right. well, this certainly provides some consistency and not a big surprise, not a big change or reverse of course by the biden administration. it does seem to be an acknowledgment that the white house feels powell has done a good job so far leading the country through the pandemic, through the recovery, and an indication that they want him to sort of protect that recovery and stay that course by keeping this consistency here. it's also a name that's probably not going to get a lot of opposition in the senate, though who knows. everything seems to be able to create

chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> tonight, chinese state media releasing what it says are new pictures that tennis star peng shuai posted on chinese-social media. we have no way of knowing whether she actually posted the pictures or when the pictures were taken because -- well, she's not been seen publicly in more than two weeks. that's when she a accused a top-communist party official of sexual assault. demanding, quote, indpepend and verifiable prugt of peng's safety and whereabouts. refusing to answer any questions, they face growing pressure to do so, though, especially from the women's tennis association whose ceo told me last night despite the lucrative deal his organization has with china, some things are more important than money. >> there's too many times in our world today when we get into issues like this, that we let business, politics, money, dictate what's right and what's wrong. >> will ripley is out front. >> reporter: tennis in china. a billion-dollar business for the wta.

chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> moments from now, a federal appeals court is hearing arguments as former president trump attempts to a a. void having to hand over documents to the committee investigating the january 6 attack on the capitol. earlier this month a district judge ordered the national archives to begin handing over documents to the committee but a separate court halted the process as it reviewed trump's appeal. joining us now to discuss, justice correspondent pete williams and also have us ali vitali and former u.s. attorney joyce vance. >> the trump lawyers will say don't be the committee has a legitimate need for these documents, the real goal is just to embarrass the president. they will also say the president even though he is the former president does have some residual executive privilege and his concern is that if this is the way the archives are going to handle this, it could make it harder for people in the future to give president candid advice. both the archives an

chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. >>> in brunswick, georgia, we're learning this just in from the courtroom, in the trial of the three men who were charged with killing ahmaud arbery, the jury we learned has asked to see a video, according to a sheriff's deputy who came in at 9:27 a.m. which video they're asking to see is not clear at the moment. also not clear if the jury will need to be back in the courtroom to watch that. we'll monitor the developments and we'll keep you posted as we know more. meantime, we're also keeping a firm focus on the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection. five new subpoenas issued, lawmakers are now targeting in those new subpoenas right wing extremist groups that were involved in the attack. among them, the oath keepers and the proud boys. >> dozens of members of both groups are already facing criminal charges tied to the capitol insurrection. paula reed joining us now from new york. what does the panel hope to learn from these groups?

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