it s 4:00. we ve got news we have a behind the scenes legal battle with potentially major consequences for the justice department s investigation into the ex-president s handling of classified documents at mar-a-lago the washington post is reporting this quote, a federal judge has at least partially granted a request from u.s. prosecutors to force an attorney for donald trump to testify before a grand jury about the former president s possession of classified documents after leaving office that s according to two people briefed on the decision. evan corcoran had refused to answer investigators questions about his interactions with trump. prosecutors sought to show the chief u.s. guess strict judge beryla.howell of washington that there were grounds of a crime-fraud exception. they spoke anonymously because this is under seal this breaking news is is where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends jackie alamany is here her by-line is on that neil is here
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. our breaking news this hour certainly is breaking indeed. the january 6th committee has now released its final report just moments ago. it is here. i want to bring in cnn justice correspondent jessica snyder. jessica, i understand the committee is making very specific recommendations about how law enforcement and also of course legislative bodies ought to proceed now in the wake of this report and their findings. tell us what are you learning? reporter: laura, that s the big take away from this report. so it is 845 pages. the vast majority of that actually incapsulates eight chapters where they out the entire narrative surrounding up to and including january 6th. but the real meat of this is not until page 689, and it lays out about let s see 11 different recommendations this committee is making. i want to highlight a few for people. and laura you were asking before where can people go to actually read this entire report. it is up o
president trump responding to the panel s findings, specifically where they say he is to blame for the deadly riot. also this hour, if you re trying to travel for the holidays, pack your patience, as they say. we re tracking a massive winter storm blankets much of the midwest, and the east coast. bitter cold temperatures bringing snow and ice to millions of americans. thousands of flights canceled. and at least a million people are without power. plus, a growing humanitarian crisis at the border with mexico. migrants being turned away from shelters as temperatures plunge in texas. a report from el paso coming up. we start this hour with the latest revelations from the january 6th select committee s final report. joining me now are nbc news congressional correspondent judy tsirkin, danny cevallos, criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst and mel harvin, former chief of homeland security, and intelligence for the district of columbia. thank you all for joining us.
as it stands right now, 845 pages of damning evidence, painstakingly collected by the january 6th committee contain therein what amounts to a charging document aimed squarely at donald trump. the results of more than 1,000 witness interviews and hundreds of thousands of text messages, emails and documents hearings and reported combined to provide an incomplete look at what the committee uncovered the newly released final report contains a trove of important new information. so much, in fact that it could take us weeks to fully appreciate what the committee compiled some of the most startling revelations, startling witness accounts about the twice-impeached disgraced ex-president s state of mind in the leadup and during the attack on the capitol for instance, there s new evidence that indicates trump approved the violence excuse me i ve come back with a cough as it was happening one of his aides, robert gabriel texted during the siege, potus i m sure is loving this. reme
Secure the u.s. capitol, the grounds where we work and where so many millions of people attend every single year to visit with our offices or just to take a tour. does loudermilk have anything to say privately about the prominent role he played in the january 6th select committee s hearings where he s shown on tape leading around a group i ll remind our viewers what the people who were on a tour of a capitol office building with him would go on to do. the this is from the january 6th select committee s final report. danny hamilton carried a flag with a sharpened tip which he said was, quote, for a certain person, to which trevor hallgren who had traveled with hamilton to washington responded, it has gun. later, hallgren commented that there s no escape. we re coming to take you out, to pull you out by your hairs, end