america to a state of, quote, godliness. the secret recordings that are creating fresh controversy for supreme court justice samuel alito. plus, a rare op-ed from attorney general merrick garland this morning, defending the doj as the house takes new steps towards holding him in contempt. and later, a primary day battle of wills, how donald trump s endorsement power is colliding with kevin mccarthy s revenge tour in south carolina. great to have you with us. thank you for being here. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with verdict watch in the federal gun case against hunter biden. the jury back to deliberations this morning after being handed the case yesterday afternoon, following closing arguments where the prosecution called the evidence overwhelming. and the defense argued the prosecution had not proved their case beyond a reasonable doubt. nbc s ken dilanian is outside that courthouse in wilmington. also with us, civil rights at
had to vote the way we did today. you know what happened that day? that day, house democrats and nine republicans voted to hold steve bannon in criminal contempt of congress for ignoring a january 6th committee subpoena. wagner and mccaul voted against the contempt effort but confessed, clint watts, at the sonoma restaurant wine bar on capitol hill last thursday while standing at the bar that they only did so because they re afraid of being primaried by let me get those right those wacko bird. you have the republicans confessing of being corrupt in the more conservative districts and weakening the body in which they serve. how do you salvage anything out of a party that s reached that point? nicole, they cannot. they have essentially tied themselves to a tyranny of the minority and that minority is extreme, it is violent and white nationalist in origin.
i am proud the fact we are bringing up this contempt. it is sad we got to this day. we have no other choice. but we as a body, asen institution, a separate branch of government have a duty and obligation to fulfill that today. very report and there are reminders of brian terry, the border agent, killed 18 months ago and his family s need for answers. this contempt effort is moving forward. a historic day as he faces contempt. shepard: we heard from attorney general eric holder himself, right? reporter: and we expect to hear something more formal later. he is out of town, plan picking the right day to leave washington. here is a key supporter of the attorney general and the attorney general himself. i tell you it is good to be here and not to be in washington, dc right now. that is not what is being done here. this is something that is making a witch hunt look like a day at the beach. it is a railroading of a
they got up and walked out. house democratic leader nancy pelosi, members of the congressional black caucus and many other democrats got up, walked out of the chamber. one member said that he did not want to be part of this skunkivity, house leader nancy pelosi sounded aggravated by this contempt effort. just when you think they couldn t possibly go any further over the edge, they come up with something like this. it s stunning. republicans say this is not the weapon of mass destruction of their work. there is more investigation to be done. there will be more subpoenas. and they are planning to meet with the lawyers to talk about what to do with these contempt votes that they now have in their pockets. shep? shepard: mike emanuel live on capitol hill. well, the president did not get any special advanced warning of the supreme court s decision we re told. in fact, we re told he first learned about it the same way a lot of americans did by watching television. and as it turns out,
states who could not handle a negative nra vote. megyn: our viewers should keep in mind, there are reports and some believe this entire operation was not a botched gun running sting, it was an intentional operation to let guns walk to gin up anti-gun sentiment. attorney general eric holder phase what would be the third time in history that the u.s. congress launched a contempt effort against a sitting attorney general. coming up, jay sekulow and julian epstein. they will join us in five minutes on some of what you just heard here exclusively. fox news alert. another supreme court decision we are waiting for at this moment. and that is the decision on the healthcare law. the white house senior adviser david plouffe says they are ready at the white house for any