he died of covid complications while battling both parkinson s and multiple myeloma. we will have much more on his life and legacy just ahead. tonight is also the eve of the first major legal showdown for the special house committee investigating the january 6 riot and insurrection. in a little over 20 hours, the committee is scheduled to formally vote on whether to adopt a report recommending criminal contempt charges against trump adviser steve bannon, who has failed to comply with their subpoena. earlier tonight they released that report on bannon s refusal. it outlines what the committee wants from him, and it recommends he be referred to the justice department for prosecution. bannon argues he doesn t have to comply because of donald trump s attempt to assert executive privilege to try to keep his activities and those of his aides and allies from congressional scrutiny. tonight members of the committee flatly rejected that argument. his claim of executive privilege is
cannes they re suppresses the body s immune response. powell held a variety of critically important roles in his lifetime of service to the united states secretary of state, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and four-star u.s. army general. his leadership in several republican administrations helped shape american foreign policy over the last four decades. at one point, he was considered a potential leading presidential candidate. but his story is also a complicated one marked by his speech before the united nations in 2003 to make the case for the invasion of iraq citing faulty intelligence about weapons of mass destruction. he would later call that decision a blot on his record. cnn s wolf blitzer looks back at the incredible life and career of general powell. i will never not be a soldier. reporter: colin powell, a soldier turned statesman made history on many fronts, the first african-american and youngest of the joint chiefs of staff and later the first africa
secretary of state. a true braille blazers respected and loved by many presidents earning him the presidential medal of freedom twice, by a both a democrat and a republican. his family saying we ve loved a remarkable husband, father and american. and now from president biden moments ago, after our many years, working together even in disagreement conley was someone who always gave you his best and treated you with respect. colin embodied the highest ideas of both warrior and diplomat. he will be remembered as one of our great americans. powell died this morning of complications of covid-19. his family says he was fully vaccinated, but we ve also learned powell was battling multiple myeloma, a blooz cancer that suppresses the body s immune response and powell also had parkinson s which put him as additional risk. colin powell was 84 years old. cnn s gloria borger and elizabeth cohen join us now. the tributes pouring in have about profound, not only talking about the remarkable
colleague, al sharpton, and politics nation. good evening, and welcome to politics nation. tonight s lead, battleground georgia. in 2020 the peach state proved crucial in sending joe biden to the white house and delivering democrats, a slim majority in the senate. with the midterms and 2024 looming, georgia may once again figure as a flash point in an all-out fight for the heart and soul of our nation. former president trump, who is still under criminal investigation for his hand-fisted effort to try and find more than 11,000 votes in the state held a rally there last month where he called for an arizona-style audit of the 2020 election results. georgia s republican elected officials, including governor brian kemp, who resisted trump s blatant coup attempt last year, nevertheless used the big lie to pass one of the most repressive voting laws in the country, in a desperate attempt to keep their state blue by disenfranchising black and brown voters who dare to vote for d
thwarted an constitutional attack on our nation s values and votes. because of you, democracy survived. a new video released by the department of justice shows us exactly what officers were up against on january 6th. one of the videos shows what the justice department says is one of the first breaches of the capitol. the person you see right now is using a riot shield to smash a window. that s a member of the so-called proud boys then more than a dozen rioters climbed through that window. the second video also shows a breach of the building. people rushing through a door and down a hallway where they have a confrontation with capitol police officer, eugene goodman. hey, where they definitely not tourists. just unbelievable. jessica, along with that new video, we re learning about a capitol police officer who s been indicted. we were talking about these charges in the last hour. what can you tell us? this is notable because this is the first capitol police officer wh