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in a statement released just moments ago mccarthy has said he will not cooperate with the investigation despite that statement of rules for thee and not for me and also saying that he actually would if he were asked. and he was asked. a lot more of that in a moment. and look, i ve got to tell you, i don t really know when you watch this show which side you re on. i don t know what political party you affiliate with or who you vote for or even where you re from. but i ll bet, i ll bet that you were as sick of double standards as i am. you have been hearing about them at least all day today. whether it s another elite athlete who thinks the covid prevention rules somehow shouldn t apply to him because he wants to win more titles at the australian open, or maybe it s a senate leader who tells you that democracy requires fighting for the rights of him and his colleagues in the political minority but the rights for a racial minority, that somehow is not what democracy is sup ....
circle, our digital news show that allows us to dig into topics in depth. let s hand it over to lawrence coates and cnn tonight. thanks, anderson, nice to see you. thank you. i m laura coates and this is cnn tonight. i want to start by asking you a question and it s a real one. anyone else tired of double standards in, you know, one rule for you and then another one for everyone else? it s something that house minority leader kevin mccarthy of all people recently railed about. it s an old definition of abuse of power. rules for thee but not for me. keep that in mind in a second, if you will, because we have some big breaking news tonight involving him and the january 6th committee. in a statement released just moments ago mccarthy has said he will not cooperate with the investigation despite that statement of rules for thee and not for me and also saying that he actually would if he were asked. and he was asked. a lot more of that in a moment. and look, i v ....
for the first time everything they heard and saw. 31 witnesses taking the stand, including the accused killer himself. cnn shimon prokupecz is live outside the courthouse. shimon, what more can you share about this jury, and i understand they have already asked a question. reporter: yeah. they have, just a short time ago we got word that they committed a note to the court asking for a cope of the jury instructions, and what we have learned since then is even more information. very specific stuff, questions that they have on the from the jury instructions. what they asked for was for pages 1 through 6. now, most that have has to deal with the self-defense and provocation instructions. the provocation instruction was only given to the jury after the prosecutors had argued for it at the end of last week, a small but perhaps significant victory for prosecutors in getting that instruction told to the jury. the other thing that we learned is that on page 4 of these instru ....
the kyle rittenhouse case. and britney spears finally has her freedom. a judge just term nailed the conservatorship she s lived until for 13 years. stand by for the details on this life-changing moment for the pop star. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s getting right to the breaking news, what it means for the january 6th investigation. paula reed is joining us. this is a major, major win for the january 6th commit aye. this is a critical development for the committee. up to this point they have not secured meaningful cooperation from any of the trump associates they subpoenaed. i m told several of the witnesses who have been stonewalling have been watching to see if there was any consequences for bannon s indictment. without this indictment, the investigation would have been essentially been crippled. each of the two counts car ....
either. it s happened once previously, and several times under the man that he replaced, former president trump. more on that in a moment. in this hour, federal crews are briefing for the seven mile radius where it fell, after being shot down by an f 22 fighter jet. the big question now, we are does this ordeal take the already strained relationship between the united states and china? beijing says they are reserving the right to respond. receiving an onslaught of monday morning quarterbacking by the gop. republicans quick to attack the president. taking down over the atlantic, it s really attacking the quarterback after the game is over. this mission should never been allowed, how late into january did they know that this high altitude balloon was not where it was headed. why didn t they take action at the time, and why did they not wait until wednesday or thursday to talk about this? are they equally upset by donald trump? of course not. despite bringing simil ....