Canvas, Cannon Office building balcony, its interesting spot over lucky its beautiful out here and i thought was really a lot colder. Thought was going to get code. It might be a little chilly at times in this hearing room. As we were pointing out in the beginning of this both democrats and republicans are a little upset about how all this played out. Obviously, republicans wanted to see the president indicted over this, but democrats initially thought her might not take these kinds of shots that they think he did and it appears he did in this report, but paul, i mean, you have a draft of some of these statements that her is going to make. What stands out to you. I just spoke with this source close to rob hur and its interesting, hes walking in. Im told a width the viewpoint that hes not looking to make anyone happy, which is probably pretty good because we know everyone is unhappy with the rubber for one reason or another. But he has prepared for this. Interestingly, he left the Justi
of course i talk to the p.i ve been clear about that. i don t recall the number of times. was it before, during or after the attack i talked to the president after the attack. not before or during? right. and you i ve been clear about that. we ll lit decide if any of that is clear, and let s not forgot republican leaders wanted jordan on the committee to investigate the insurrection. let s break it all down with cnn political commentator and former republican congressman charlie didn t and lawmaker and former federal prosecutor kim whaley. congressman, a sitting member of congress from your party, the ranking member of the house judiciary committee, making real efforts to overturn the will of the people. i m just going to ask you directly how big of a threat to democracy is jim jordan? well, sadly, there are far too many members who believe this false narrative, that the president the former president has been pushing that
and as congressman didn t indicated, mitch mcconnell sort of pointed to civil litigation as a moefns accountability. all of these lawsuits seek to hold donald trump, rudy giuliani and others aable under federal civil rights laws, under assault and battery laws, other ways of basically saying, no, going forward. here s an unjunction. can t do it next time. here s some damages. the d.c. government also filed similar lawsuits. they are arguing first amendment. they are argue immunity. they are arguing a lot of threshold protections that frankly, ana, we haven t seen anything like this in our in recent memory, this kind of a coup or an attack on the capitol, an attack on democracy itself, so the arguments that old laws don t fit these new these new circumstances, i don t think it s going to work, and then the question will be what will these cases, these litigants, find out in discovery? will jim jordan and others be brought before depositions in federal court? and holding someone in c
than contempt of congress which has squishier constitutional implications that i think have allowed people to get around their obligation under the constitution to give the american people their story. we ll be watching closely and reporting it all out. thanks so much, kim whaley and charlie didn t, good to have you here. appreciate the discussion. soon, president biden will present the medal of honor to three men who served in iraq or afghanistan. their incredible stories of sacrifice and courage just ahead.
laura: well, remember back in june when president trump started tweeting and talking about baltimore s blight under congressman elijah cummings watch? the left of course rushed into label trump a racist for raising the issue and elevated cummings to sainthood. few people in congress more respected as a member of congress, more respected in his district. he fights every day to community.es in his he s got people from all walks of life who respect him. elijah cummings is what i consider one of the finest public servants that we have serving in maryland in my lifetime. laura: who needs st. francis? well, today, cummings returned to his district for a forumon ce former congressman didn t really address the elephant in the room. we need to be about the we need everybody s help. we have to all join in. sitting on the sidelines of life and watching our kids and just complaining, complain, complain complain, that s not going to solve anything. joining plea now is