stolen, and a live stream captured the crime going down. welcome to the lead. i m kasie hunt in for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and the january 6th committee releasing new evidence in its case against donald trump as it narrows its focus for the coming weeks. on the agenda, trying to compel testimony from ginni thomas, a conservative activist and wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, over her role in advocating to overturn the 2020 election. committee vice chair congresswoman liz cheney telling cnn they will consider a subpoena if thomas doesn t cooperate. we certainly hope that she will agree to come in voluntarily, but the committee is fully prepared to contemplate a subpoena if she does not. committee is also pushing to get more documents from the u.s. secret service and answers about the agency s potentially missing text messages from on and around january 6th. one of the committee members, congresswoman elaine luria, released previously
he s going to vote for it. i think the conference is going to wind up split on this. i think alito and kavanaugh couldn t have been more clear, and rubio has a point. this is not a real issue. it s not really in danger of changing. i do think he has a point, but i think the political tactics are i have to show the people that support me that i m a fighter. and that s what he s doing. do republicans really want to be fighting on this turf ahead of the midterms? they want to vote against a bill that legalizes a very popular issue. gay marriage is very popular in this country. it also legalizes interracial marriage. some do, some don t. some will be jurisdiction. if you represent a rural state, you have a lot of church going voters in your states, you might have a different view. steve daynes came out on his position. he represents a very rural state, of course. it s going to be a split issue and there s a legitimate political view which you brought up which is let s vote for it, go w
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judiciary democrats for their handling of brett kavanaugh s nomination, i d say threatening them. over the weekend trump complained democrats were raising threats about the nomination. for them it was never enough. never will be enough. in reality it was republican senator jeff flake who forced the week long investigation into kavanaugh before holding the confirmation on his nomination. that didn t stop trump from making his vague claim without any evidence about an unnamed democratic senator. you know, i tell you what, i happen to know some united states senators, one who is on the other side, who is pretty aggressive. i ve seen that person in very bad situations. trump also indicated he s open to changing his mind on the kavanaugh pick if the fbi investigation uncovers relevant information on the sexual misconduct of kavanaugh. i have a very hope mind. i just think he s an outstanding
get their way, like they re doing with judge kavanaugh. do you believe he just said that? democrats will do anything to get their way. trump s talking, him, saying he doesn t believe the ends justifies the means. that was president trump moments ago at a rally in tennessee. with over a month now until midterm elections, the debate over judge kavanaugh s nomination is likely to be on voters minds as they head to the ballot box. there is a prediction of a kavanaugh wave. that s the phrase in november. which side? democrats say dr. ford s testimony made it clear the wave of women will march against trump beginning the day after the election. shared stories of abuse in the me too era, empowered female candidates to primary victories this year. that is for sure. that can only build. republicans say they see signs kavanaugh s defiant testimony brought the gop together and fired up apathetic base voters the party needs.