i m christi paul. i m boris sanchez. it is saturday, june 4th. we appreciate you starting your weekend with us. we begin with a possible blow to the january 6th committee and efforts to interview witnesses. it will not indict two former trump officials found in contempt by the panel. the committee calls the decision not to prosecute mark meadows and dan scavino puzzling. this is ahead of the first public hearing on thursday. that s where new evidence and witness testimony is expected to be unveiled. let s bring in national reporter zach cohen with details. zach, walk us through the decision against prosecuting scavino and meadows. boris and christi, the committee is frustrated by the department of justice not to pursue inprosecute meadows and scavino. the committee put out a message in response to the news that the doj would not pursue criminal contempt charges. quote, we find the decision to reward mark meadows and dan scavino for the attack on the rule of law puzzli
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some big moves in that already huge search for the escaped killer in pennsylvania. that s where we begin this morning. we just learned moments ago from state police that the escaped killer is on the move, and the search area is now expanding. they released new security cam images of how he was spotted overnight. the photos are coming from an area of a vast botanical gardens, pushing the search area to move and forcing authorities also to close area schools as a result. let s get over to cnn s danny freeman there with the latest. we just we re hearing from the press conference. tell us what it means. reporter: this press conference just wrapped up with pennsylvania state police and chester county officials. what we have learned is, as you said, this manhunt has expanded. initially over the weekend, we were told by law enforcement officials that it the bulk of the search operations were centered two miles south of the chester county prison where that inmate broke out back on
It could hinder the committee s efforts to enforce subpoenas. another trump ally is facing charges. a grand jury indictmenting former adviser peter navarro for contempt of congress over his effort to stone wall the january 6th investigation. the select committee begins its first public hearings this thursday. the panel expected to reveal evidence and witness testimony that we have not yet seen or heard before. for more on the january 6th investigation, let s bring in cnn national security reporter, zach cohen. zach, fill us in on the justice department, their decision to indictment navarro, as opposed to mark meadows or dan scavino. yeah, good morning, boris and christi. the january 6th committee making clear it flat out disagrees with the justice department s decision not to pursue criminal charges against scavino and meadows. two people they cast as key witnesses in their investigation
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