government to help as it is buckling under record cancellations and delays. let s go up front. i m poppy harlow in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, hunting down enemies. a republican senate candidate is calling on voters to take down members of his own party. republicans in name only, he said, pretending to hunt down maga opponents, a tactical team breaks down the door of a home, sets off smoke bombs and runs through with their guns drawn. he follows them in and says, quote, joined the maga crew, get a rino hunting permit, there is no begging limit, no tagging limit, it doesn t expire until we save our country, . the fraternal order of police condemning the ad, saying it sends a dangerous message that it is somehow acceptable to kill those with different political beliefs is beyond disturbing, and this violence needs to be called out. also comes at a time when the united states is on track this year to break the record for mass shootings and the department of homeland secu
late word that the agency might temporarily disable texting on employee phones while it fixes gaps in how it retains these messages. first, though, what could be far reaching repercussions from primary elections in five states last not. in kansas, a ballot measure to strip abortion rights from the state constitution lost by a wide margin. here s president biden say hailing it as a bellwether for november. in a decisive vote, in a decisive victory, voters made it clear that politicians should not interfere with the fundamental rights of women. the voters of kansas sent a powerful signal that this fall the american people will vote to preserve and protect the right and refuse to let them be ripped away by politicians. well, tonight, we ll look closer at whether that is likely to be the case based in part on who turned out in kansas and what polling. in the wake of last night the former president s clout on the republican party. in michigan, congressman peter meijer, one of
addicted to drugs even when she was pregnant. but will it sway the jurors? let s go outfront. good evening, everyone. i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, breaking news. cnn learning exclusively that the department of justice issued a new subpoena to the national archives for more documents related to its investigation into january 6th. according to sources, the request for additional material pertains to both before and after the insurrection. it s a possible sign that the adoj is ramping up its investigation into the role that trump and his staff may have played in the events leading up to the capitol riot. and to be clear, this is yet another federal investigation involving the former president, separate from what the fbi what led the fbi to conduct a search of mar-a-lago. and there s also news on that front tonight. the former president is responding in court for the first time since the fbi searched his home. trump is filing this lawsuit agains
themselves as well as on their families, having to withstand the demonstrations and threats of violence of those inspired by the former president who are often quite literally outside their doors. some of the most personal and damning testimony heard today came from arizona s republican speaker of the house. rusty bowers is his name. he was one of those officials who was pressured directly by the former president s legal advisers. he offered more evidence today that they all knew their scheme was illegal and he spoke of his refusal to help not only in terms of law but also his faith. it is a tenet of my faith that the constitution is divinely inspired, of my most basic foundational beliefs. and so for me to do that because somebody just asked me to is foreign to my very being. i will not do it. there was also a key moment of testimony during today s hearing that for the first time directly linked the former president to the utterly bizarre scheme to install fake elector
his hanging. the photo was obtained by abc news. it was taken in his ceremonial office just moments after he and his family were evacuated from the senate chamber, according to abc. along with the former vice president, you see his brother, congressman greg pence, his daughter charlotte and his wife karen who is closing the curtains. according to abc, the photo was taken after the attackers had already taken the capitol, some of them chanting hang mike pence. this comes a day before the select committee is to focus on mike pence weighing in on whether some in the january 6th crowd were aided by tours they got from house members. the allegation there were reconnaissance tours is not, repeat not yet substantiated. but today the committee released a video of the tour of the capital georgia republican congressman barry lauder milk gave on the 5th of january. in the video, one man is seen snapping pictures of security checkpoints, staircases and hallways, which in the words of b