reporter: chairman bennie thompson publicly claiming the january 6th house select committee will not refer former president trump or anyone else to the justice department for criminal prosecution. what i prefer that we complete our work and seal that work with the department of justice. and they will make that call after that. reporter: even without a referral, the justice department would prosecute. but some committee members feel those comments are premature. we have had a discussion about that. i thought we discovered that decision until we concluded our investigation, at least that s my understanding. reporter: vice chair liz cheney pushing back on thompson s statement. writing in a tweet, the january 6th select committee has not issued a conclusion regarding potential criminal referrals. despite the discord in the committee, attorney general merrick garland said he s monitoring its findings. i am watching. and i will be watching all the hearings. and i can as
i m brianna keilar with john berman this morning. we begin with major news just in, president biden will officially be making a controversial trip to saudi arabia. what was really an open secret is now being confirmed by the white house. the middle east trip next month will include visits to israel as well as the west bank. the controversy surrounds what biden said as a candidate, he vowed it punish the kingdom and make the saudi crown prince a pariah for the assassination of journalist jamal khashoggi. arlette saenz live at the white house with this official announcement, arlette. what are they saying? reporter: well, john, those comments from president biden appear to be in the rear view mirror as he is now preparing to travel to saudi arabia next month. the white house saying this will be part of a broader trip to the middle east, spanning from july 13th to july 16th, starting with those stops in israel and the palestinian west bank. the president will then travel on t
psychiatric treatment facility, which is not for psychiatric treatment. they could have taken him to an fsb location. it is extremely concerning obviously. it is extremely concerning. trevor, we appreciate you speaking with us. we re going to continue to follow this path that you are walking as you try to get some accountability and also the plight of these other americans who are in russian custody. thank you so much for being with us this morning. he looks great. you gained 30 pounds. 30 pounds is 30 pounds of pure muscle, i ll say that. certainly is. all right. new day continues right now. good morning to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is tuesday, june 14th.