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this is don lemon tonight, thanks for joining us. multiple breaking stories. major vote on capitol hill and what alec baldwin is saying about the fatal shooting on ru rust, speaking out in raw interview, when hallina hufrpinson was killed. i was handed something with no charge round, nothing. she goes down. said to myself, did she faint? he s insisting he was not responsible. someone is responsible for what happened, i can t say who that is. but know it s not me. honest to god, if i felt i was responsible, i might have killed myself if i thought i was responsible and don t say that lightly. that s a little bit of it. you ll hear more. breaking news, congress averted a government shutdown with hours to go until the deadline tomorrow, the senate voting to kick the can down the road to mid-february and handing defeat to conservative republicans who tried to force the biden administration to knuckle under over vaccine mandates by threatening to shut down the govern
itself to be played by the chinese government. we feel strongly this is being orchestrated. reporter: the wta took the strongest stance yet, standing up to china over its treatment of penguin. organization suspending all tournaments in china, potentially costing it hundreds of billions of dollars. ioc is being given a master class by the wta on how to basically punch a bully in the nose. reporter: the world s number one ranked men s player is back the wta s move. i think it s a very bold, very courageous stance from wta. reporter: in a since deleted social media post in early november, peng publicly accused former vice premier of coercing her into sex, she was censored by the regime, after international outcry, chinese state-controlled media released so-called proof of life videos of peng but analysts are concerned about her condition. if you don t think she s under psychological pressure from the authorities given embarrassing charges against a senior chinese o
here is our breaking news tonight. the house committee investigating the january 6th insurrection, planning to subpoena john eastman, the law who advised the former president on how to overturn joe biden s victory in the 2020 election. also tonight, negotiations on president biden s social safety net bill at a fever pitch right now. his agenda hanging in the balance as new disagreements threaten a deal between the moderate and progressive democrats. the white house wants an agreement before joe biden leaves for europe on thursday. i will speak to a member of the progressive caucus about this. word tonight criminal charges are not ruled out in the shooting death of the cinematographer on the set of the alec baldwin movie rust. joining me john harwood and senior political analyst john avalon. good evening. john harwood, i have to get your take on breaking news, an aide to the cnn select committee they plan to subpoena john eastman, the lawyer who drafted ways to overturn