we ve got new reporting on who might be next up for criminal charges. president biden set to sign his infrastructure bill on monday, as well. even as the house is preparing to pass his build back better bill. all of that plus a special report. who is really to blame for inflation? when it comes to rising gas prices, a journalist is putting the blame on the saudi government bent on pun iring the biden administration for the stance of the murder of a journalist. that s ahead, as well. we begin with developments for former white house chief of staff meadows. a short time ago a committee member congressman schiff said they re moving quickly. meadows failed to appear for a deposition on friday. and repeatedly defied congressional subpoenas. the news arrives mere days after the indictment of former trump top aide steve bannon set to turn himself over to authorities tomorrow after being charged with contempt of congress. with me is julie sirken and paul butler. julie, bannon expec
so it s very positive. i view this as an early test whether the democracy was recovering. meanwhile trump loyalists in congress targtding colleagues for the sin of voting to actually do something, a situation that left a republican congressman that voted for an infrastructure bill searching for words after getting death threats like this one. voted for dumb ass biden. you re stupider than he is. [ bleep ]. piece of crash. i hope you [ bleep ] die. i hope your [ bleep ] family dies. i hope everybody in your [ bleep ] staff dies. it is so unsettling. you know? this is not what our democracy is about. these physical threats not only to ourselves but to the family members as well as to our staff. it is a sad day in america when this type of stuff i got a better four-letter word for it but i ll save you, when it happens. president biden is going to sign that infrastructure bill into law tomorrow and the administration out in force today to assure americans they have a pl
bring out pence! bring him out! bring out pence! bring mike pence! bring mike pence! [ chanting ] much of today s testimony centered around john eastman, an attorney whose theory that the vice president had the authority to nullify the election outcome so laughable that donald trump s own aides, allies and closest advisers described dismissing it outright. here s that evidence. made clear with mr. meadows about you and the vice president having a different view about the authority on january 6. i believe i did. did he explit sy or tacetly agree with you or say that makes sense or okay? i believe that that mark did agree. what makes you say that? i believe that s what he told me. but as i mentioned i think mark told so many people so many different things that it was not something that i would necessarily accept. that s okay why that s resolved. i see. tell me what he told you on this topic. you know the vice president doesn t have a broader role.