that historically thinking would mean democrats is should lose the house in november. there have been only three exception since the 1930s. 1934 after fdr passed the new deal, 1998 after republicans overdid the lewinsky scandal and 2002 in the aftermath of 9/11, which makes this moment so, so, so interesting because we could be in for another exception to that rule, at least partially. while holding the house is still going to be tough for the democrats, the senate suddenly looks a lot better and it is not just democratic spin. here was republican senate minority leader mitch mcconnell yesterday. i think there s probably a greater likelihood the house flips than the senate. senate races are just different. they re statewide. candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome. quote, candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome. he did not mention names but our friend at punch bowl news say it is an implied dig at former president donald trump who played a key role i
anderson, thank you very much. does former vice president mike pence really mean it when he says it s willing to sit down with the january 6th committee to tell him what he knows? it sort of sounded like he meant it when he said this in new hampshire today. if there was an invitation to participate, i would consider it. it would be unprecedented in history for a vice president to be summoned to testify on capitol hill. but as i said, i don t want to prejudge. if a formal invitation were rendered to us, we would give it consideration. but wait, there s more. the chairman of the committee, bennie thompson, said nearly two months ago the panel did invite former vice president mike pence to come in and talk to them. we would love to have former vice president pence s testimony. we have sought it, we ve talked to his attorneys in the past. okay. and then what about the next part? mr. pence claimed it would be, quote, unprecedented for a former vice president to testify
so, in just a few hours a judge will hear arguments over whether or not to unseal the affidavit behind the fbi s search of mar-a-lago, and tonight, cnn is learning that some trump allies are pushing him to publicly release surveillance video of the search. let s discuss now, cnn law enforcement analyst and former fbi dictated director andrew mccabe, he s the author of the threat, how the america fbi protects america in the age of terror and trump. kim whaley is here she is visiting professor of law at american university and the author of, how to think like a lawyer. i m so glad both of you are on. good evening, thank you so much. andrew, you know, we re talking about the former president here, threatening to release the surveillance video. wouldn t that put this investigation somehow in danger? especially the agents as well who are executing this search? sure, absolutely. there s a couple things the agents are gonna be really concerned about. first and foremost, focus on
hear arguments over whether or not to it and steal the fbi affidavit behind the fbi. cnn is learning that some trump allies are pushing him to publicly released surveillance video of the search. let s discuss now, with the senior law enforcement analyst and deputy director who is the author of the threat to how the fbi protects america in the age of terror. also, kim whaley is. her she is a busy professor of law at america university and the author of how to think like a lawyer. i m so glad both of you are on. good evening, thank you very much. so andrew we are talking about the former president here threatening to released surveillance video. wouldn t that put this investigation in danger somehow and in the agents who are sk executing the search warrant? there s a couple of things that they re gonna be concerned about. first and foremost, they re focused on the work. they go into that space to recover materials highly classified sensitive materials that shouldn t be in the
surveillance video of the actual fbi search of his home. now, in a separate case, moments ago, allen weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of trump s family business, he pleaded guilty to a 15-year tax fraud scheme. we ll have more on that in just a moment. let s begin with katelyn polantz. katelyn, set the scene for us here. reporter: this afternoon, kate, we re going to be listening for justice department prosecutors and how much they re willing to say about this ongoing investigation into the handling of classified material, potentially kept at mar-a-lago after the trump presidency. it is going to be about this affidavit, but this say court hearing over secrecy. the justice department says that this is a serious ongoing criminal investigation. it implicates highly classified materials, and that they need protections of confidentiality to keep their investigation going, to keep doing the work that they need to do to decide whether there should be a charge here.