or at least try to? i don t think they would ve been successful, because i think the senior senior commanders of our military that i have great faith and confidence in, would not have allowed that to happen. but if you start with the assumption that donald trump and his key enablers and the people that were supporting him and helping with this effort together, like mark meadows and others if you start with the assumption that they do not care about american democracy, they do not care about the right to vote, they care about nothing other than their own power and staying in power. and they would be willing to do anything and use anybody and anything to accomplish that. so, if you use that assumption, that will actually lead you to where you need to be and what you need to know about donald trump and his enablers in almost every instance. congressman jason crow, i know you have to go to the house floor now to vote on the mark meadows contempt of congress. thank you very much for joi
remote hacking with satellites and even thermostats. we have seen other memos from trump lawyers, and reports about an unhinged power point full of conspiracy theories whose author says he met with meadows in the white house. not only that, the chief of staff was communicating with members of congress, trying to overturn the election while also assuring at least one person that the national guard would protect pro trump people on january 6th. this is the opposite of law and order. it is the most sickening example of putting partisanship over patriotism in our history. they were actively trying to overturn democracy just to stay in power, and the fact that so many of them were willingly duped by the big lie speaks to how pervasive it had become on right wing talk tv. in those desperate texts, maybe fox hosts realize they helped create the conditions that led to the capitol attack. and now, they re responsible for perpetuating the big lie, which allowed the leader of an attempted coup to
it is time for the good stuff. north carolina nurse maya is providing diapers and other supplies for those struggling to make ends meet. she knows what it is like to be a single mother during the holiday season. we have moms choosing between food versus diapers or having to bill pay versus necessities for the baby. i ve been in that position myself at one point in my life. good for her. all right, everyone. cnn s coverage continues right now. good morning. i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. minutes from now the house rules committee will begin debate ahead of a full house vote on former white house chief of staff mark meadows contempt of congress charge. this, the final step before sending a criminal referral to the justice department. this follows meadows abrupt
minutes? and the reason i ask that is because the vice chair of the committee, congresswoman liz cheney, said something yesterday that caught a lot of people s attention including mine. she asked this question, did donald trump through action or inaction corruptly seek to obstruct or impede congress proceedings? the reason that jumped out to me, there is a law that reads exactly like what she said. you can t corruptly obstruct or impede the due or proper administration of the law by congress. so is it possible that the inaction or action of the president during those 187 minutes broke the law? that s exactly why we need to why we need to hear from mr. meadows. another phrase that liz cheney used was dereliction of duty and being that is truly as commander in chief, it seems to me that if the president is
protester/rioter, members of congress, i think this is a very revealing i think this is i think we lose sight of the fact this was a massive crime scene, what happened on january 6th. people forcibly entered a restricted area of the capitol, numerous aggravated assault charges against law enforcement officers, of course trying to desecration and destruction of property in the capitol, and trying to stop the peaceful transfer of power. so i think this is devastating for meadows. seems to me he s kind of one foot in, one foot out. he s already complied. he s provided, you know, massive amounts of documents. and he won t talk about those documents. he s talking about all this stuff in his book. a lot of the stuff in his book. won t talk to congress about it. so i think he s in a no-man s-land. i suspect the former president is putting pressure on him, not to testify so he can t he doesn t want to tell the truth, he can t lie either. he s in a bad spot. the focus on this 187 minute