of the witnesses in the house investigation into the january 6th attack. plus, republican congresswoman liz cheney of the committee defending her work there during last night s republican primary debate in wyoming, as she fights to keep her seat in congress. and the latest in the debate over abortion rights. president biden says the senate should make an exception and suspend the filibuster and its rules to allow new protections to make it through congress. but does he have the votes to pull that off? we ll discuss it. and a brutal six months for financial markets, as wall street closes out one of its worst periods in a half century. brian sullivan joins us in a moment to look ahead to the next six months. with us this morning, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katty kay. and pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. let s start with the questions of whether donald trump may be trying to influence wi
good to see you. appreciate it. welcome, everyone, to the beat. i am ari melber. answered that question honestly. it s all i could do. top story is very important. major news coming out of the justice department which has been under sustained pressure to be more aggressive and the probe into the insurrection. to see why this news is significant, it is worth remembering something right off the top here, how a lot of credible people from legal experts to the house investigators themselves have said it s imperative that the doj bear down on any law breaking of subpoena defying by people linked to the events of january 6th. will the department of justice be quick and aggressive? how much pressure is gallen going to be under then from liberals, from democrats? he s going to be under a lot of pressure. this committee is doing its job. the department of justice needs to do theirs. what s the holdup at the department of justice? the department of justice has a duty
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We need to. This is not what we want, not what were looking for. We dont want escalation. Is we dont want a second or third front develop. We dont want to see our forces or our personnel come under fire, but if that happens, were ready for it. Secretary of state Antony Blinken making it clear, the United States will respond to any provocation from iran connected to the israelhamas war. It comes as Israels Defense Forces are expanding air strikes in gaza. Well get the latest with a live report from israel straight ahead. Plus, new reporting on how President Biden and other u. S. Officials helped delay the Ground Invasion of the territory. Also ahead, well dig into the republicanled dysfunction on capitol hill. There are now several candidates hoping to become House Speaker after jim jordans failed bid. And well get you expert legal analysis on Donald Trumps violation of the gag order in his Civil Fraud Trial, as well as another new guilty plea deal from one of his codefendants in the ge