today, because that larger economic package is not moving at the same time. i m also told bernie sanders backs the house progressives position on this. did joe biden change any mind is unclear, but he talked for some time. it s unclear if he answered any questionsallayed any concerns. he wants the cowboys to get behind something he believes is essential for the party and the country. we ll see if the vote is a hope or reality. manu raju, thanks very much. nic robertson in rome, kaitlan collins. much more to report in the coming hour preparing for the g-20 in rome. erica, back to you. just ahead, the focus of the investigation into cinematographer halyna hutchins death. it s now narrowed down to two rust crew members, who officials are looking at today and what could prompt criminal charges. that s how much university of phoenix is committing
welcome back, everyone. leaders of the world s 20 wealthiest nations are getting ready to meet this weekend in rome for the first time in more than two years. the two leaders, russia s vladamir putin and china s xi jinping are skipping the g20. joe biden is expected to leave for rome later today, and will meet with the pope on friday more now from cnn s nic robertson in rome. reporter: rome is ready. but some invitees are not. vladamir putin of russia to be a no-show. president xi of china too, and mexico s president, ditto. can t come to rome because of covid issues at home. last year s g20 in riyadh, pandemic restrictions kept everyone away. rome was supposed to be different.
coulds to out state electoral votes, himself. righting this in part. the main thing here is that pence should do this without asking for permission. the fact is that the constitution assigns this power to the vice president as the ultimate arbiter. so, when you take all of this together, especially the questions you just laid out, do you think eastman is the key to finding out exactly how close donald trump was to all of this? he could be so crucial for that, kate, because eastman worked himself into donald trump s inner-inner circle very, very quickly and if you look at the history of the days leading up to january 6th, eastman, on january 2nd, reportedly was on a conference call with trump and rudy giuliani and hundreds of state legislators where they laid out the plan. january 4th, eastman reportedly met with trump in the oval office. january 5th and 6th, eastman s with this group of people in the willard hotel. rudy, steve bannon. and then, on january 6th, eastman spoke at the ra
agreement at the moment back home, that s going to be difficult for him to sort of set a global standard leading. so this there s a lot to achieve here and a lot at stake, wolf. certainly is, nic robertson in rome for us. thank you very much. and to our viewers, thanks for watching. erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next. the man who handed a loaded gun to alec baldwin revealing what happened in the moments leading up to the deadly shooting as the district attorney says no one has been ruled out when it comes to potential charges. plus, anger on capitol hill over what s in and out of biden s spending bill. some democrats, furious tonight paid family leave is expected to be dropped from the bill. is that a deal breaker? and a trump-aligned lawyer caught on camera slamming mike pence for not following his memo on how to overturn the election. and now, he s wanted by the
select committee can get from eastman? i d have a lot of questions for john eastman, kate. most fundamentally, he wrote this document that s really a blueprint, a roadmap to a coup. now, he is trying to distance himself from this, as you just said. now, he s saying it s crazy. i agree with that. but that s not what the memo says. the memo is very clear. it says, here is the scenario we propose. he says this is what the law is. these are what the facts are. and so, the big questions that i d have for john eastman are how did this memo fit into the overall effort, scheme, perhaps conspiracy, to steal the election? who told you, john eastman, to write this? now, the national review asked him that. he said he did not remember. i find that i will be polite here, i find that difficult to believe. who paid you for your legal services? what did you did with this memo? who did you give it to? who did you discuss it with? those are all questions i think are squarely in play for the committee