now last week the us congress department blacklisted at a so group and another is really fir. mcandrew alleging the companies provide spyware to foreign governments intending to target journalists, embassy workers, activists, and other. back in november, apple filed a lawsuit against and s o group in its parents, company o s y technologies for targeting, i phone users with pegasus spyware. so let's go ahead and dig deeper into this story as cybersecurity has been front and center this year with morgan wright, chief security advisor at no one and former senior advisor to the us state department, anti terrorism assistance program. now, morgan, i mean, it seems like this spyware, developed by this group, has been extremely controversial since that came on the steed. what do we need to know about pegasus and how it was used in this situation? so this package, the software, is to zeros. it's uses 0 day exploits, entered, involved 0 touch infections. and in fact, one of the ways they did this in this case, they send a specially crafted, malformed message. you didn't even have to interact wit

s. congress department blacklisted s. so group and another israeli fir, mcandrew alleging the companies provide spyware to foreign governments intending to target journalist embassy workers activists and other back in november, apple filed a lawsuit against and a so group in its parents, company o s y technologies for targeting i phone users with pegasus spyware. so let's go ahead and dig deeper into this story as cybersecurity has been front center this year, with morgan wright, chief security advisor at no one and former senior advisor to the us state department, anti terrorism assistance program. now, morgan, i mean, it seems like this spyware, developed by and so group has been extremely controversial since that came on the feed. what do we need to know about pegasus and how it was used in this situation? so this peg us, the software is to zeros. it's uses 0 day exploits, entered, involved 0 touch infections. in fact, one of the ways they did this in this case base and a specially crafted malformed message. you didn't

s. congress department blacklisted at s. so group and another israeli firm. mcandrew alleging the companies provide spyware to foreign governments intending to target journalists, embassy workers, activists, and other. back in november, apple filed a lawsuit against an s o group in its parents, company o s y technologies for targeting, i phone users with pegasus spyware. so let's go ahead and dig deeper into this story as cybersecurity has been front center this year with morgan wright, chief security advisor at no one and former senior advisor to the us state department. i terrorism assistance program. now, morgan, i mean, it seems like this spyware developed by it. so group has been extremely controversial since it came on the feed. what do we need to know about pegasus and how it was used in this situation? so this pegasus software is to zeros. it's uses 0 day exploits, entered, involved 0 touch infections. in fact, one of the ways they did this in this case, they send a specially crafted, malformed message. you didn't ev

it's a bad parallel but i will use it anyway. it is like the internal investigation department and a police force where there is internal action taking place to determine whether the officers in a police force are doing the right thing. congress has the ethics committee also serve an important function. there's not a great deal of transparency into the process and we have asked dozens and dozens of people probably hundreds of questions for the past year about the process of who is responsible and very few people want to talk or provide any real information about it. we filed a freedom of information act to determine if members of congress were saving checks to pay their fines. the law stipulates that you have to pay a fine to the u.s. treasury. they came back with no responsive records. it didn't provide us and the public after that and ability to have a window into whether lawmakers are actually doing with the losses they need to do. host: todd on the independent line. caller: you called it a bipartisan phenomenon. i would like

s. congress department blacklisted s. so group, and another israeli firm. mcandrew alleging the companies provide spyware to foreign governments intending to target journalists, embassy workers, activists, and others. back in november, apple filed the lawsuit against and so group in its parents, company o s y technologies for targeting i phone users with pegasus spyware. so let's go ahead and dig deeper into this story as cybersecurity has been front center this year with morgan wright, chief security advisor at no one and former senior advisor to the us state department, anti terrorism assistance program. now, morgan, i mean, it seems like this spyware, developed by an a. so group has been extremely controversial since it came on the feed. what do we need to know about pegasus and how it was used in this situation? so this pegasus software is to zeros. it's uses 0 day exploits, entered, involved 0 touch infections. in fact, one of the ways they did this in this case, they send a specially crafted, malformed message. you

charge for his role in trying to use the department of justice to overturn the election basically at trump's behest and that is why the committee is so interested in talking to him. headmeadows introduced clark to trump. and when you look at the footnotes, that is also important because a lot of it is documents on filed with the committee, meadows production, meadows production. he gave this list of documents to the committee and yet won't answer questions about them. which is why we're now at this very possibility of -- >> listen to what they say, right? and he said some things that could have meaning to the investigation. whitney, thanks very much. >>> and cnn has learned the president spoke with senator joe manchin late last week, perhaps a topic of conversation the "build back better" vote. so could president biden put manchin in the yes column? that is next. this is your home. this is your family room slash gym. the guest bedroom slash music studio. the daybed slash dog bed. the living room slash yoga shanti slash regional office slash classroom. and this is the basement slash p

congress, let's get this done. >>> so tonight the justice department reviewing the criminal contempt referral of mark meadows by the house as the big lies exposed piece by piece by the january 6th committee. back with me preet bharara, david axelrod, and david gergen. preet, you first. we see the abject lying and deception involved at all levels. and there has been zero accountability. should merrick garland be doing more to hold the planners and organizers of the insurrection accountable? >> well, you know, we don't know what all he's doing. we don't know what's happening behind the scenes. what we know is a process that began before he even was in office was to arrest, investigate, prosecute hundreds of people who were involved in the insurrection at various levels. there is some concern that the department of justice may not be looking at the highest level individuals, mark meadows, donald trump and others, but we don't know that because there may be a lot of things going on behind the scenes, may be evidence being collected from some of the other people who have been arrested and

and to refer potential charges to the us justice refer potential charges to the usjustice department refer potential charges to the us justice department after he failed to comply with a subpoena to testify committee looking into the events of january six. committee looking into the events ofjanuary six.- events ofjanuary six. ok, david willis, _ events ofjanuary six. ok, david willis, thank - events ofjanuary six. ok, david willis, thank you . events ofjanuary six. ok, i david willis, thank you very much for being with us. the british socialite, ghislaine maxwell, who's facing sex trafficking charges in the united states, has told the court she won't be giving evidence. ms maxwell said there was no need to testify because the prosecution had failed to prove her guilt beyond reasonable doubt. she denies grooming girls for the late convicted paedophile, jeffrey epstein. our correspondent nada tawfik has been outside the courthouse in new york. the defence has rested its case today and it comes after ghislaine maxwell decided not to take the stand in her own defence. as she stood up an

for contempt of congress. will it get us closer to learning what exactly led to the insurrection and how to prevent another one? my next guest says our democracy barely survived january 6th. welcome progressive caucus chair pramila jayapal. congresswoman, thank you so much for being here. we'll talk about build back better in just a moment. but as we're awaiting this vote, how many republicans do you anticipate -- okay. we're going to square out an audio issue. as we square that away, let me say we're awaiting a vote as to whether mark meadows will be held in contempt of congress. it seems like it's a foregone conclusion. what i'm eager to learn from representative pramila jayapal is exactly how many republicans will vote to be supportive of that move given that there were nine who voted to hold steve bannon in contempt. i think i have the representative now. how many republicans do you think will join democrats when the vote takes place and say that he was in contempt of congress? >> well, the only two we kno

use of power to protect his allies and himself. when congress sought to hold him accountable, he brought stonewalling to a new level and titus up in courts for years as he -- tied us up in courts for years. that is why the protecting our democracy act is so urgently needed. after watergate, congress learned the lesson of the nixon administration and enacted landmark reforms to prevent the future president from abusing the power of the presidency as nixon had. the trumpet administration systematically worked to erode transparency, evade accountability and upset the system of checks and balances. it is so fundamental to our democratic order. it has become clear that a new set of reforms is necessary. many provisions draw directly on our -- they are not anti-trump measures. they are forward-looking. they protect against future abuses by any president of any party. i am especially proud of the reforms within this bill within the dish era committee's -- judiciary committee's jurisdiction. we reaffirmed that partners may form the basis o

for contempt of congress. will it get us closer to learning what exactly led to the insurrection and how to prevent another one? my next guest says our democracy barely survived january 6th. welcome progressive caucus chair pramila jayapal. congresswoman, thank you so much for being here. we'll talk about build back better in just a moment. but as we're waiting this vote, how many republicans do you anticipate -- okay. we're going to square out an audio issue. as we square that away, let me say we're awaiting a vote as to whether mark meadows will be held in contempt of congress. it seems like it's a foregone conclusion. what i'm eager to learn from representative pramila jayapal is exactly how many republicans will vote to be supportive of that move given that there were nine who voted to hold steve bannon in contempt. i think i have the representative now. how many republicans do you think will join democrats when the vote takes place and say that he was in contempt of congress? >> well, the only two we know

s. 1269 requires the department to submit a report to congress on the estimated use of recreation permits by recreation service providers serving environmental justice communities. the department strongly supports the goal of promoting equitable use of public lands are all americans, communities of color, low-income communities, and rural and indigenous communities that have long suffered disproportionate and cumulative harm from air and water pollution and toxic sites. s3264 requires the department identify no less than ten existing long-distance bike trails and ten areas with potential for future long-distance bike trails. the department supports the goals of establishing additional opportunities for biking on federal lands. in conclusion the blm appreciates the committee's effort to promote recreational use on public lands to appreciate the opportunity to testify today, and i would be happy to answer any questions you may have on the blm related bills. >> thank you. appreciate it. now we have ms. turner. [inaudible] >> ,. >> members of the committee, on behalf of the upper recreation b

that ideas actually not so crazy, while congress has been tied up presents department -- announced plans to make the whole coastline for wind farms like this one. what else can biden do? joining us now is bill mckibben he's a climate expert and one of the founders of the environmental group 3:50 dot org. mr. thank you for joining us this evening, we really appreciate your time. so, with the need to keep joe manchin happy and out of the window now that the shackles could come off, so to speak, in the fight against climate change, will kind of things could the white house -- could president biden do by using his executive powers on climate change? >> well let's make three points. one, the best scenario still, is that somehow we get joe manchin on board and pass the build back better legislation. look, in the 30 years of the climate crisis, congress has never passed any climate legislation. we've got to finally do something. if joe manchin is taking more money from the fossil fuel industry than anyone else, and refused to budge, then the president has something that he can still do. he can

s 1269 requires the department to submit a report to congress on the estimated use of recreation permits by recreation service providers, serving environment of justice communities the department strongly supports the goal of promoting equitable use of public lands by all americans, especially communities of color, low income communities, and rural and indigenous communities that have long suffered disproportionate and cumulative harm from air and water pollutions's and toxic sites. s 22 624 requires that performance right and find no less than 10 existing long distance bike trails and 10 areas with potential for a future long distance bike trail. the department supports the goals of establishing additional opportunities for biking on federal lands. in conclusion, the blm inc. -- appreciates the use of public lands. appreciates the opportunity to testify today and i would be happy to answer any questions you have on the blm related bills. thank you. senator manchin: thank you, sir, appreciate it. it's not on. try now. >> chairman mansion, ranking member also numbers of the community, on

meadows has left us no choice. the select committee is investigating an attack on our democracy and it's essential witnesses cooperate. >> meadows refused to appear for a deposition, reversing course after first saying he would cooperate and handing over unclassified documents. >> i tried to share nonprivileged information, but truly the executive privilege that donald trump claimed is his to waive, not mine to waive. >> text messages were released. >> one of the president's sons texted mr. meadows, quote, he's got to condemn this [ bleep ] asap. >> and fox news has slammed the committee for releasing these messages. >> can he make a statement? ask people to leave the capitol, sean hannity urged. >> some said the release was politically motivated. if convicted, meadows could face up to a year in prison. >> liz cheney defended the move saying how we respond to january 6th is, quote, the moral test of our generation. laura, back to you. >> a day so many will not forget. thank you for the latest. >>> new details now i

the most fervent members of congress, and using them against the united states department of justice. talk about that part of the reporting. >> sure. so it's pretty clear that there was really nothing was happening during that time that meadows himself was not at least aware of or apprised of. for example, two days after the election is called for joseph biden, so when that happens in november, two days later on november 9th, there's a meeting at trump headquarters in virginia. trump campaign headquarters. and you see steven miller, rana mcdaniel, head of the rnc, and others sitting down and saying how are we going to message this idea that trump still could win and still could be president. you see two members of congress, jim jordan and scott perry, representatives from ohio and pennsylvania respectively helping to shape that messaging. then during the lunchtime break when meadows comes in, they brief him and let him know what's going on. mark meadows is in the middle of everything. now we saw in other reporting in "the washington post" which has been extraordinary and in some of th

, the reverse is happening where congress is sending criminal information to the department that the department is going to have no choice but to investigate. i'd be happy to debate the attorney general about the wisdom of doing nothing versus the wisdom of doing something and i think doing nothing is much more partisan than doing something. anyone who commits a crime must be investigated whether it's the president or mark meadows, whoever it is, the investigation must go forward. >> jill, expand on your point that you just made that doing nothing is actually more partisan than prosecuting crimes that you find in this situation. >> it's not only more partisan, although i think it is, but i think it's very dangerous because, you know, i was one of the prosecutors that thought that a sitting president could be indicted pack during the watergate era and i still think the same today. but we were advised that we could not do that and so we took this other method of using the road map but i think that had richard nixon criminally indicted rather than just being an unindicted co-conspirator

after it was revealed, the homeland security department secretly obtained information about reporters congress members and possibly even its own staff by running database checks, normally reserved for suspected terrorists. he says that he press his report or was among those targeted is demanding answers where he deeply concerned about this apparent abusive power. this appears to be an example of journalists being targeted for simply doing their jobs, which is a violation of the 1st amendment law. the center of the uproar, a special unit inside customs and border protection named counter network division . it reportedly gather data on 20 journalists using sensitive databases. the revelation prompted condemnation, not just from media workers, but also lawmakers if true, this abuse of government surveillance powers to target journalists, elected officials, and their staff is deeply disturbing if multiple government agencies were aware of this conduct and took no action to stop it. there needs to be serious consequences for every official involved and department of homeland security and t

recommend to the department of justice. >> briefly, given us a quick breakdown of what meadows' argument is here and also what we should expect today. >> it's twofold. as a former official, he is still protected by executive privilege, and also as his side sees it, the justice department's position is they cannot seek testimony as the committee is seeking to do here. as to whether or not that will bring him to testify remains to be seen. you know, the committee is still moving forward with, you know, trying to interview hundreds of witnesses, going through thousands of pages of documents, and we'll see the results of that hopefully soon. >> all right. nicholas wu, congressional board of politico. thanks so much for being here. >>> still ahead, the air force starts discharging active duty servicemembers who refuse to get vaccinated against covid-19. >>> plus, after a long legal batter, victims of larry nassar reach a settlement. those stories when we come back live from washington, d.c. back live from washington, d.c. feeling sluggish or weighed down? it could be a sign that your digestiv

how you do think the justice department will respond to congress's latest contempt referral? >> alexander hamilton would be appalled by my colleague's text message and his lack of understanding not just of the constitution but of the importance of a free and fair transfer of power. the losers respecting the results of an election is the very bedrock of our democracy, and we have seen over the last year that there's an authoritarian wing of the gop that certainly does not respect democracy anymore. it underscores why it's so critical that before anybody goes home for the holidays, we pass voting rights legislation in the u.s. congress that protects the franchise and protects state and local election officials from partisan subversion. >> congress, you've got an important call we want to have you on to talk about. you want to ban paypal on -- >> americans are exhausted right now by covid-19. we're facing yet another wave, and it's unnecessary. we know how to put this pandemic behind us. it's vaccination drives. and yet only a dozen companies account for almost three-quarters of

we and congress used it as exactly what it was intended. as the roadmap for articles of impeachment. and so in this case, the wind versus happening or congress is sending criminal information to the department that the department is going to have no choice but to investigate. i'd be happy to debate the attorney general about the wisdom of doing nothing versus the wisdom of doing something. and i think doing nothing is much more partisan than doing something. anyone who commits a crime must be investigated whether it's the president, whether to mark meadows, whatever it is, the investigation must go forward. >> jill wine-banks, explain on your point that doing nothing is actually more partisan than prosecuting the crimes that you find in the situation. >> it is not only more partisan although i think it is but i think it is very dangerous. i was one of the prosecutors who thought that a sitting president could be indicted back during the watergate area. and i still think the same today. but we were advised that we could not do that. so we to

information on journalists, congress members, and possibly even its own staff using data basis set up to track international terrorists. the associated press, whose reporter was one of those targeted is demanding answers where deeply concerned about this apparent abusive power. this appears to be an example of journalists being targeted for simply doing their jobs, which is a violation of the 1st amendment. what we have in question is a secret border patrol unit called counter network division. and apparently it had very few rules, very few guidelines. it operated and well abided by and according to the report that has well, that has made the headlines, bused a proudly some of the america's most sensitive databases to look into and to vet people. when i say people, i do not mean known criminals on poor people. charged with something or even people suspected of committing a federal crime. when i say that people, they were rather vetting journalists or world congressman or congress people or just and your workers. they were vetting them as they were considering working with them this we

most of the referrals we made, frankly, are people who come before congress we believe have lied to us like roger stone, like mike flynn and others -- well, not mike flynn in terms of congress, but like roger stone. and so we've made those kind of referrals in the past, but if we discover other criminal activity we will discuss referring that as well. >> all right. congressman adam schiff who sits on that committee. thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> up next, the head of the cdc is here to talk about the new covid variant and the administration's plan to tackle it. that's next. . >> i know you are tired. i really mean this. and i know you are frustrated. we all want this to be over, but we're still in it. we're still in it. hey lily, i need a new wireless plan for my business, but all my employees need something different. oh, we can help with that. okay, imagine this. your mover, rob, he's on the scene and needs a plan with a mobile hotspot. we cut to downtown, your sales rep lisa has to send some files, like asap! so basically i can pick the right plan for each employee. yeah i s

s. homeland security department is under fire . after it was revealed, the agency had secretly obtained information on journalists, congress members, and possibly even its own staff using databases set up to track international terrorists. the associated press whose reporter was one of those targeted is demanding answers. where deeply concerned about these apparent abusive power. this appears to be an example of journalists being targeted for simply doing their jobs, which is a violation of the 1st amendment. what we have in question is a secret border patrol unit called counter network division. and apparently it had very few rules, very few guidelines. it operated and well abided by and according to the report that has, well, that has made the headlines views to proudly some of the america's most sensitive databases to look into and to vet people. when i say people, i do not mean known criminals on poor people, charged with something or even people suspected of committing a federal crime. when i say that people, they were rather

information on journalists, congress members, and possibly even its own staff using databases set up to track international terrorists associated press, whose reporter was one of those targeted is demanding answers where deeply concerned about this apparent abuse of power, this appears to be an example of journalists being targeted for simply doing their jobs, which is a violation of the 1st amendment. what we have in question is a secret border patrol unit called counter network division. and apparently it had very few rules, very few guidelines. it operated and well abided by and according to the report that has, well, that has made the headlines views to proudly some of the america's most sensitive databases to look into and to vet people. when i say people, i do not mean known criminals on poor people, charged with something or even people suspected of committing a federal crime. when i say that people, they were rather vetting journalists or world congressman or congress people or just angio workers. they were vetting them as they were considering working with them this well cou

s. homeland security department is under fire. after all was revealed, the agency had secretly obtained information on journalists, congress members, and possibly even its own staff using data bases set up to track international terrorists. the associated press, whose reporter was one of those targeted is demanding answers where deeply concerned about these apparent abusive power. this appears to be an example of journalists being targeted for simply doing their jobs, which is a violation of the 1st amendment. what we have in question is a secret border patrol unit called counter network division. and apparently it had very few rules, very few guidelines. it operated and will abided by and according to the report that has well, that has made the headlines views to proudly some of the america's most sensitive databases to look into and to vet people. when i say people, i do not mean known criminals on poor people. charged with something or even people suspected of committing a federal crime. when i say that people, they were rather

. >> all right, jon karl tracking this vote tonight for us. jon, thank you. >>> we are also tracking this new storm system moving across the country again, rescuers already from this. and it could hit some of the very same states already dealing with the devastation from those tornadoes. tonight, the death toll. at least 88 americans dead across five states, and in kentucky alone, at least 74 dead, including at least 12 children. abc's elwyn lopez from kentucky tonight. >> reporter: tonight, with more than 100 people still missing, the search and rescue effort under way in kentucky. this team in hard-hit dawson springs. of the more than 70 confirmed dead in the state, 12 are children. oaklynn koon was just 2 months old. her parents taking her off life support monday. >> i'm going to miss her crying in the middle of the night, waking me up. i'm going to miss her not wanting to be put down, wanting her mommy and daddy to hold her. >> reporter: at that candle factory in mayfield, eight people confirmed dead. the company says everyone is now accou

s. department of homeland security is under fire. after it was revealed, the agency had secretly obtained information on journalists, congress members, and possibly even its own staff using databases set up to attract international terrorists. the associated press, whose reporter was one of those targeted is demanding answers. very deeply concerned about this apparent abuse of power. this appears to be an example of journalists being targeted for simply doing their jobs, which is a violation of the 1st amendment. what we have in question is a secret border patrol unit called counter network division. and apparently it had very few rules, very few guidelines. it operated and well abided by and according to the report that has, well, that has made the headlines views to proudly some of the america's most sensitive databases to look into and to vet people. when i say people, i do not mean known criminals on poor people, charged with something or even people suspected of committing a federal crime. when i say that people, they were rathe

information on journalists, congress members, and possibly even its own staff using databases set up to track international terrorists. the associated press, whose reporter was one of those targeted is demanding answers where deeply concerned about these apparent abusive power. this appears to be an example of journalists being targeted for simply doing their jobs, which is a violation of the 1st amendment. what we have in question is a secret border patrol unit called counter network division. and apparently it had very few rules, very few guidelines. it operated and well abided by and according to the report that has well, that has made the headlines views to proudly some of the america's most sensitive databases to look into and to vet people. when i say people, i do not mean known criminals on poor people. charged with something or even people suspected of committing a federal crime. when i say that people, they were rather vetting journalists or world congressman or congress people or just and your workers. they were vetting them as they were considering working with them this w

them like domestic terrorist using fbi terror firepower meant for al qaeda to go after parents. that is a real abuse of power, why the stonewalling? >> a list that is a great question good to be with you. let me tell you something this is where we seen the democrats weapon icing that and what we are seeing is the d.o.j. is not responding to the senate or the house they don't respond. they have utter contempt for congress. we're going to see that happen the senate's gotta get over the hurdle of the votes. they're going to have to get the votes told them in contempt and enforce it in the courts. i think it's an appropriate move. i can tell you my office alone we've generated over 40 on the responses take everything from the border to this very issue ted cruz, mike lee, senator grassley the others are trying to get at. parents are showing up at the school board meeting. they send spies and one even tells how many they are doing that too. >> they don't have any transparency no data whatsoever on the fbi d.o.j. targeting intelligence division within the d.o.j. to go after parents the

e >> breaking news, a critical vote on holding mark meadows in contempt of congress. the house voting on referring meadows to the justice department for criminal charges for defying the january 6th committee and the newly revealed text messages from fox news hosts and the then president's own son pleading with him to help stop the capitol violence. >> also, the search growing more desperate after the tornado outbreak. inside the hospital with a worker trapped in a collapsed candle factory, how she survived heartbreak for a missouri family. the image of their three young daughters sheltering minutes before the tornado hit. one of the girls tragically dying. plus the new tornado threat on the move >>> promising news on pfizer's covid pill. how effective is it? will it work on the omicron variant? and the first major study on omicron how severe is it, and how well does the vaccine work against it >>> our nbc news investigation into retail theft rings our cameras there for the undercover sting. >>> in the race to deliver. the holiday shipping deadlines to get your gifts t

information on journalists, congress members, and possibly even its own staff. the sensitive government databases used had been set up to tract international terrorists. the associated press, whose reporter was one of those targeted is demanding answers. where deeply concerned about these apparent abusive power. this appears to be an example of journalists being targeted for simply doing their jobs, which is a violation of the 1st amendment. what we have in question is a secret border patrol unit called counter network division. and apparently it had very few rules, very few guidelines. it operated and will abided by and according to the report that has well, that has made the headlines, bused partly some of the americas most sensitive databases to look into and to vet people. when i say people, i do not mean known criminals on poor people, charged with something or even people suspected of committing a federal crime. when i say that people, they were rather vetting journalists or, well congressman or congress people or just angio workers. they were vetting them

that's why i am running for congress. we have to have accountability and have republicans that fight for the people of this country. >> tucker: if you don't defend your voters you deserve to lose. joe kent, thank you very much. black lives matter picked a great name. black lives matter and all lives matter. but it hides what is a radical agenda. they have a radical agenda. they are pushing black christmas which means a boycott on all white owned businesses until christmas is over. sean duffy is a former member of congress in wisconsin. he has a new christmas book. it's called an all american christmas, we are happy to promote regardless of skin color on this show. what is this book? >> well, this is a celebration of christmas unlike black lives matter. we went to fox news friends your and my colleagues. he wanted to celebrate the history and traditions that so many of our friends have when they were little and how they celebrate christmas today. we have great heart warming stories. we have recipes from my family and pictu

joining us now live, congressman pete aguilar, a democrat from california. he sits on the january 6th committee. thanks for joining us today. mike pence's former national security adviser, keith kellogg, testified before your committee. he was at the white house in the oval office with trump during the attack. what did he tell you? >> well, i'm not going to get into the specifics of what any witness tells us within their depositions, but what i can tell you is that we're going to continue to ask these questions of anyone who had interaction with the former president on the lead up to january 5th and january 6th. it's important to tell that full narrative and understanding fully, especially as my colleague vice chair liz cheney talks about. the 187 minutes of unaccounted for time of the former president. the time when he could have asked folks to leave the capitol, but he didn't. so we need to understand that, and that includes talking to individuals who were within his orbit that time and that afternoon. >> trump's former communications director alyssa farah

>> congress has the power. normally those don't go anywhere in such charades as this, but the department of justice is fully in line. they've artie brought one criminal charge indictment against one of the people that refused to comply. the phone companies i think would prefer not to reply -- comply, but they're going to be held in criminal contempt if they don't. they about forced me and my lawyers to work with some of the other people to file a court action to try to block these unbelievably expensive and unconstitutional subpoenas of our private records and communications. >> it be nice if some of the media could cover this. maybe everybody. john eastman, i appreciate you coming on tonight. >> let me come back. >> tucker: go ahead. to speak of people want to help with this, we've got a legal fund set up. they can send a support for that. we've got to push back against the stuff or we're going to lose our country before our eyes. >> tucker: officeholders -- as a lot of republican officeholders. there's about

. >> all right, jon karl tracking this vote tonight for us. jon, thank you. >>> we are also tracking this new storm system moving across the country again. rescues already from this. and it could hit some of the very same states already dealing with the devastation from those tornadoes. tonight, the death toll. at least 88 americans dead across five states, and in kentucky alone, at least 74 dead, including at least 12 children. abc's elwyn lopez from kentucky tonight. >> reporter: tonight, with more than 100 people still missing, the search and rescue effort under way in kentucky. this team in hard-hit dawson springs. of the more than 70 confirmed dead in the state, 12 are children. oaklynn koon was just 2 months old. her parents taking her off life support. >> i'm going to miss her crying in the middle of the night, waking me up. i'm going to miss her, you know not wanting to be put down, wanting her daddy and mommy to hold her. >> reporter: at that candle factory in mayfield, eight people confirmed dead. the company says everyone is now acc

congress has given the department of education broad authority to fine institutions that use systems to place imitations on participation and title iv, and to seek recovery of financial losses against owners and executives of such institutions. but the department of education has been failing to do that, leaving the taxpayers and students to pay the price when institutions engage in fraudulent activities that leave students stuck with the bill. in a hearing we had in march, we -- i witness said we should use -- in march, a witness said we should use that authority. now let me just say -- use that authority against the owners and executives. i'm not talking about strict liability. i'm talking about triggering that liability when they have personal involvement in the fraud, with consideration for the seriousness of the fraud, and why the executives made of the fraud, taking that into consideration how much they profited. and obviously, if we did that, it would deter future fraud. is that something the department is looking at? mr. cordray: so i will say we have that letter from you. i

it's a bad parallel but i will use it anyway. it is like the internal investigation department and a police force where there is internal action taking place to determine whether the officers in a police force are doing the right thing. congress has the ethics committee also serve an important function. there's not a great deal of transparency into the process and we have asked dozens and dozens of people probably hundreds of questions for the past year about the process of who is responsible and very few people want to talk or provide any real information about it. we filed a freedom of information act to determine if members of congress were saving checks to pay their fines. the law stipulates that you have to pay a fine to the u.s. treasury. they came back with no responsive records. it didn't provide us and the public after that and ability to have a window into whether lawmakers are actually doing with the losses they need to do. host: todd on the independent line. caller: you called it a bipartisan phenomenon. i would like

what liz cheney is telling us. i also think that's what the january 6th committee is beginning to show us as a result of this document production. look, they're now naming nameser, and they're saying from both ends of pennsylvania avenue, from the white house to congress, and the political organizers themselves, this was a conspiracy to commit an authoritarian coup, to keep someone in power who had legitimately lost that power in undermining democracy in the actions of the u.s. senate to actually certify the new president of the united states. that is a conspiracy, and i think liz cheney is leaning into that. and ultimately the question for the 1/6 committee is this, zerlina. if they ultimately overturn evidence that does demonstrate a conspiracy, is it the responsibility of the 1/6 committee and the house of representatives to include liz cheney and adam kinzinger and others to make a criminal indictment to others? i think that's where the house is going, but it's going to be tough on whether or not to pull the tr

within the department of justice using the brand of the department of justice to continue to stoke the fear and the misinformation campaign that the former president waged. >> here is what we know. breaking tonight because it would be the second official after bannon. you know what happened to bannon. the vote led to his indictment. first, as scheduled in the next hour, the committee would hold a vote. if they vote on contempt, then congress could vote. if anything like the bannon vote, we expect the democrats would be united there. the big choice falls to doj to decide whether or not to indict a second trump official. in that case, the trump veteran could find himself prosecuted by his own former colleagues at the justice department. quite a quick turnaround. i am wondering what michael steele thinks about why some trump aides are folding and others are taking criminal risks to run and hide. i will ask when he is back with us in just 60 seconds. s back wi us in just 60 seconds. with pronamel repair toothpaste, we can help actively repair enamel in its weakened state. it's innovative.

would take over why on earth did take us ten years to make a decision whether we should stay or go or we oriented policy the way things we were doing was fundamentally broken a decade ago? so my hope is that by passing this legislation or reversion it breeze little courage to congress not just on the formal mechanisms to declare a war but on the oversight itself and frankly it will make executives a little more careful how they engage with congress. if an executive knows they need to get proactive approval from congress to approve an arm sale and will share much more information with us about national security policy. i just want a two-year fight with the administration to allow every member of the senate to have one staffer to have access to classified information. it is stunning amount of information that remains classified that most members of congress cannot access and that is deliberately tried to record information on the conduct of war often to try to shade from public view information that is embarrassing. not necessarily classified but embarrassing and now with more congressi

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what liz cheney is telling us. i also think that's what the january 6th committee is beginning to show us as a result of this document production. look, they're now naming names, and they're saying from both ends of pennsylvania avenue, from the white house to congress, and the political organizers themselves, this was a conspiracy to commit an authoritarian coup, to keep someone in power who had legitimately lost that power in undermining democracy in the actions of the u.s. senate to actually certify the new president of the united states. that is a conspiracy, and i think liz cheney is leaning into that. and ultimately the question for the 1/6 committee is this, zerlina. they are making criminal referrals of individuals simply for refusing to cooperate with a subpoena. if they ultimately overturn evidence that does demonstrate a conspiracy, is it the responsibility of the 1/6 committee and the house of representatives to include liz cheney and adam kinzinger and others to make a criminal referral for indictment

now the plans are standard procedure at been used several times since then. the department has worked to improve its handling of its intelligence, including by making sure that information is shared with rank-and-file officers, another of our recommendations. we said that congress should provide sufficient funding to support capitol police, as well as training and staffing. we signed emergency funding into law which passed both houses of congress to deliver resources to do that. significant resources in the supplemental budget that many of us on this committee worked rep. senator lahey, as well as senator shelby as well to make sure these resources were included. wanted to get it done immediately. it also provided funding for mental health support for officers. something i strongly supported. on other recommendation was for the capitol police board to appoint a new police chief, which it did in july with the selection of chief major. for the past several months, he has work to make needed changes and implement recommendations both from our report as well as f

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>> congress has the power. two issue criminal content and normally those don't go anywhere in such charades as this, but the department of justice is fully in line. they've already brought criminal charge indictment against one of the people that refused to comply. the phone companies i think would prefer not to reply --on comply, but they're going to be held in criminal contempt if they don't. they about forced me and my lawyers to work with some of the other people to file a court action to try to block these unbelievably expensive and unconstitutional subpoenas of our private records and communications. >> it be nice if some of the media could cover this. maybe everybody. john eastman, i appreciate you coming on tonight. >> let me come back. >> tucker: go ahead. >> if people want to help with this, we've got a legal fund set up. they can send a support for that. we've got to push back against the stuff or we're going to lose our country before our eyes. >> tucker: officeholders -- as a lot of republican offi

while congress has been tied up, president biden's interior department announced plans to make almost all federally controlled coastline available to be leased for offshore wind farms like this one. so what else could biden do? joining us now is a climate expert and one of the founders of the grass roots environmental group 350.org. thank you so much for joining us. we greatly appreciate your time. with the need to keep joe manchin happy potentially out of the window now, the shackles could come off, so to speak, in the fight against climate change. what kind of things could the white house, could president biden do by using his executive powers on climate change? >> well, let's make three points. one, the best scenario still is that somehow we get joe manchin on board and pass the build back better legislation. look, in the 30 years of the climate crisis congress has never passed climate legislation. we've got to finally do something. if joe manchin, who's taken more money from the fossil fuel industry than anybody else, refuses to budge, then the president has some things he can sti