it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. thank you for sticking with me. i m sara sidner. we re now get a look at even more witness transcripts from the january 6th investigation, 19 to be exact. the january 6th committee released key interviews from members of former president donald trump s family and staff, and conversations with people involved in the state level effort to overturn the 2020 election. in one interview, donald trump jr. gave more context around texts that he sent to mark meadows about plans to keep his father in office days after the election that he lost, and trump lawyer christina baub detailed something with lindsey graham in which he pledged to become a, quote, champion of election fraud claims. sara murray with me now. i know there s a lot to go through, and there s a team of people going through them, but what else stands out to you? reporter: there is a team that is diligently going through these transcripts, but the don jr. transcript is tfasc
voting. give me a snapshot that i can take and champion. just give me five dead voters. lindsey graham essentially saying to her, give me anything. give me any examples of fraud that i can take and talk about publicly. you know, lindsey graham would go on and speak in the chamber and say, you know, enough is enough. he would vote to certify the election after the riot had unfolded, but earlier on in this process, it was very clear that he was on team trump, and of course, we know since then, he remains a close ally, sara. i remember him saying, trump has not lost. it was a moment. the january 6th committee withdrawing its subpoena of former president trump? what does that mean? reporter: yeah. this is something that donald trump is claiming is a victory. in reality, it s a little bit more like housekeeping. we ve seen the committee drop a number of their subpoenas now that their work is winding down. last night chairman of the committee, bennie thompson notified trump s attorneys t
ending the controversial program that collects americans phone and text records. we begin today with the head of the house judiciary committee casting a very wide net calling for documents prodozens of current and former white house officials from trump family members even wikileaks and the nra. the president tweeting this morning that democrats have gone and i m quoting him here, stone cold crazy. i ve got a great team to help me break it down. but first, let s break down what we ve learned. the judiciary committee is spearheading one of six congressional investigations happening in the house. but it s the only committee, of course that, can initiate impeachment proceedings. last night chairman jerry nadler said what he is looking into and it s a lot. we have to look at the three major threats of the rule of law that we ve seen and that is corruption, personal enrichment and violation of the clause. it means abuse of power, attacks on the press, attacks on the
welcome back to hardball. if hillary clinton needs to win tuesday night she ll need a strong showing from coalition of hispanics and women. they are reporting a surge of hispanics out there voting. according to politico in florida hispanics have so far posted 14% of the early ballots cast. that puts hispanics far ahead of where they were in 2012. when it comes to nevada, donald trump may have been here this weekend believing polls are competitive here. like bruce willis in the sixth sense he does not realize he s dead. that surge in the hispanic vote, 10:00 friday night to accommodate long lines. last night chairman of nevada s republican party complained the move of leaving the lines open favored what he called a certain group of people. further evidence the system is