To give its first formal response after they arrive in cairo. The cia director William Burns is reportedly in cairo and thats very important because us support for this deal has been crucial. Now, the Sticking Point in all of this is that hamas wants a commitment by israel that the fighting stops. Israel wont give that commitment, partly for political reasons and partly for political military reasons. It believes the remaining four Group Battalions of hamas are hiding out in buffer, probably below ground entitles and yahya sinwar, the leader of us, the military leader of us, the military leader and the architect the october seven massacre, is amongst them. Hiding out there, possibly even surrounded by hostages. So the Israeli Military want to go in and finish thejob. Now, a Ceasefire Deal would certainly postpone, if not shelved that rafah Military Operation altogether. But hamas are taking their time over responding and i think they will want some reassurance that they dont give up ho
thing. jeannie suk gerson, harvard law professor, thank you for weighing in and you can watch ao missions granted tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. that s going to do it for me. o back next saturday. prime weekend is next. welcome to prime time weekend. i m nicolle wallace. let s get right to the week s top stories. underscoring the stakes of the election in november even further, newly released decisions by the u.s. supreme court, the conservative super majority which includes three of the justices hand-picked by donald trump himself overturned a 40-year-old president taking aim at the power of federal agencies to function. the dechevron ruling as the blo puts it, cuts back sharply on s the power of federal agencies to interpret the laws they mr. andrew that courts should rely on their own interpretation of ambiguous laws. the decision will likely have er far-reaching effects across the country environmental regulation to healthcare cost. today also saw the
2020 electoral win. appears to be regular, informed and authentic. reporter: something pence ultimately refused to do. we have sent ms. thomas a letter asking us to come and talk to the committee. we look forward to her coming. reporter: ginni thomas issued a short response to the committee. saying she can t wait to clear up misconceptions. i look forward to talking to them. eastman denying he ever discussed election litigation that might come before the supreme court with ginni thomas or with justice clarence thomas. eastman writing we have never engaged in such discussions, would not engage with such discussions and would not do so in december 2020 or anytime else. while the committee is requesting cooperation from outstanding witnesses it s so far refused to share full transcripts of all its interviews with the justice department, but the committee says it ll not be an obstacle to justice department prosecutions.
discussed election with thomas or clearance thomas. eastman writing we never engaged in such discussions, would not engage in such discussions and did not do so in december 2020 or any time else. while the committee is requesting cooperation from outstanding witnesses, it is so far refused to share full transcripts of all of its interviews with the justice department, but the committee says it will not be an obstacle to justice department prosecutions. we are not going to stop what we re doing to share the information that we ve gotten so far with the department of justice. we have to do our work. reporter: cnn has learned the panel is running into problems securing witnesses for an upcoming hearing about trump s efforts to pressure the justice department to support and promote his false election fraud claims. while jeffrey roenz and richard donoghue, the top two officials at doj in the final weeks of the trump administration are expected to appear, the committee is so far striking
while the committee is requesting cooperation outstanding witnesses, it has refused to share transcripts of all of its interviews with the justice department. the committee says it will not be an obstacle to justice department prosecutions. we are not going to stop what we are doing to share the information that we ve gotten so far with the department of justice. we have to do our work. reporter: cnn has learned the panel is running into problems securing witnesses for an upcoming hearing about trump s efforts to pressure the justice department to support and promote his false election claims. while jeff krirey rosen and jef donahue, the top two officials in the trump administration, are expected to appear. the committee is striking out with pat cipollone, the former white house lawyer credited with talking some sense into trump by threatening to resign. sources say cipollone is not expected to join the hearing in person despite already talking to the committee privately. and the