have not responded immediately, with what the receiver thinks is probably a responsible amount of time, and i resent the expectation and in the respond to stuff. i resisted, and i feel like i have friends who have just feel like i'm insulted. so, am i wrong? >> i am totally completely with you. the frustration that you just -- >> very passionate about not responding to emails right away. catch a live at 6:00 p.m. on mondays wednesdays and fridays on cnn.com. that's it for us let's turn things over to dawn. >> two things i like the sweater on the full-circle pitcher and i'm dealing with a bigger issue right now.

>> i'm busy i have stuff to do. >> i resent when i have people that expect immediate responses. >> maybe we shouldn't have to apologize. it doesn't have to be right away . >> if you don't text me back and you often don't, i won't be offended. have a good night. this is don levin tonight, was to with breaking news, of course it's breaking news because we are in a crazy type it congressman bennie thompson who chairs the committee investigating what happened on january 6th saying they had with he calls a significant discussion today about whether to subpoena lawmakers who refused to voluntarily cooperate. the committee has requested voluntary cooperation from kevin mccarthy, jim jordan,

from scott perry, in an effort to find out what they knew in the lead up to the january 6th insurrection, and the medications with the white house on that day. it's no surprise at all that these three people have refused to cooperate voluntarily. now the committee is stuck trying to decide if it wants to force their hands and issue subpoenas. that, as we are learning more and more about the plot to overturn our free and fair election. it window so much farther than the insurrection on january 6. that was the most visible part of it. but we are learning more about what was going on behind the scenes, both before, and after that shocking day. there is the plot at the doj, where the former justice department official helped the president come up with a plan for him to replace the acting attorney general, and have the

doj intervene in georgia to overturn it's about and give the state to none other than the former guy. clark who stonewalled the committee for months made good on his promise to plead the fifth more than 100 times. then there is congresswoman zoe lofgren she is a member of the committee think that they are considering granting him immunity to get him to answer questions. sure seems like there's a whole lot of things that he doesn't want the committee to know, right? sources telling cnn that two aides to mike pence answered most of the questions they were asked in an exclusive interview only declining to discuss direct conversations with then- president. they saw a lot, and they know a lot about what happened on that day. when pens had to be hustled out of the capital. well, he had to do that while rioters were chanting about him. the pieces of the potter coming

together and they are coming together slowly but they are surely coming together for the committee has talked to 475 witnesses. they've got 60,000 documents, and they followed up on 375 tips to their hotline. meanwhile, the washington post is revealing a previously unknown last ditch effort to stop joe biden from taking office. one more aspect of the big lie there. then there is the fake electors piece of the plot. the almost laughable effort to just replace genuine electors with trump supporters. can you imagine? that's true. psycho can be made that up, no, that's true. the new york times said team trump was laying the groundwork just before he lost, and less than a month later they were

meeting like these in arizona, probably doing it all on camera, it was right out in the open, the republican party of arizona tweeted it out. >> the duly elected -- of the united states of america, from this date of arizona, do hereby certify the following, that we convened and organized in the city of phoenix state of arizona at 12 noon on the 14th day of december 2020 to perform the duties upon us. and that being so assembled and duly organized proceeded to vote by ballot and balloted first for president and then for vice president by distinct ballots. nc, that the following are two distinct lists, one of all the votes for president, for the president donald j trump the of the state of florida number of votes allowed for vice president michael r . in the

state of indiana number of votes 11. >> they are very proud of themselves. how much kool-aid you have to drink to not only serve as a take a look at her, not only sign your name to a fake election certificate, but to do it on camera. and they applaud. at least one of the selectors arizona representative jake hoffman seem to have an awful lot of trouble recently explaining just how he got involved. >> in unprecedented times, unprecedented action has occurred, there is no case law, there is no precedent that exists as to whether or not an election that is currently being litigated in the courts, has its standing, which is why we find it appropriate to find congress and the vice president with dueling opinions. >> did direction from anybody in doing this?

was it you yourself doing it or did someone give you advice on the matter in which you could do it? >> so i simply was one of the electors. i'm not in charge of the elector so you would -- you would need to ask the party chair . >> how did you hear about the plan? >> you would need to ask a party chair that question. >> you are the person who received the call, you shut up, how did you know to show up at! because i said you can go ahead and ask the party chair. the logistics of it. you are welcome to talk to them about that. thank you i appreciate your question, thank you so much. have a great one. >> so i'm just one of the people on this show, if you want to know what's happening that means you've got to ask. you're free to ask all of these people in the studio you see how ridiculous that sounds. it's you buddy. he wouldn't say how he heard about the plan come he wouldn't say how he knew to show up, he wouldn't say much of anything

beyond ask the party chair. the pieces of the plot are coming together but there is so much more that we need to uncover. so many more questions that we need to answer. and we need answers to write? i said before, democracy demands that we hold accountable the people who try to destroy it and are trying to destroy it quite frankly. that is there is no denying that a crime is surging in cities all across this country, some big cities, seeing more homicides in 2020 or 2021 than any other year on record. americans are demanding action to keep our streets safe, and today, president joe biden coming here to new york, new york city with some tough talk on gun violence. calling for 300 million dollars for local police departments. a national ghost gun enforcement initiative and gun laws like universal background checks . the president meeting with the new mayor of new york

city eric adams a former nypd captain. >> you know mayor adams, you and i agree, the answer is not to abandon our streets, that's not the answer. the answer is to come together, and communities, building trust and make us all safer the answer is not to defund the police is to give you the tools, the training, the funding to be partners, to be protect yours, and community needs you. >> the mayor had a message on with anderson just a little bit ago. >> unfolding on our streets everyday, places like chicago, detroit, atlanta, san francisco, new york, we were witnessing this violence that was isolated to black and brown communities, and it was as though no one saw this crises could we talked about assault rifles, we never talked about the handguns that was really carved in highways of death in the communities of color across

america. this president has taken a different direction, he took his spotlight, and he stated that we are going to look at this gun violence and we are not going to allow to continue. >> summon the presidents party, are you listening, can learn from the mayor's approach. it's not about defunding the police and never has been for joe biden even though you'll hear that from republicans and right-wing media joe biden never said he wanted to defund the police. did you notice his change of tone on the crime bill? there was such a big issue for him in the campaign? >> the crime bill that you wrote in 1994, which showed poor hesitant -- against minorities were to stand on that camera >> first of all things had changed drastically the black caucus voted for it every black mayor supported it, across-the- board prints because it is a mistake to support your >> yes it was.

is where the mistake came the mistake came in terms of what the states did locally. >> now he is using it to make the point he is not soft on crime. >> in my expense, when i wrote the first crime bill, i noticed that you know, i don't hear many communities, no matter what their color, the background, saying i don't want more protection in my community. i haven't found one of those yet. >> that is where we are tonight, the president taking on gun violence in the pieces of the plot to overthrow our election coming together. good evening everyone this is where we are. i want to talk about the rise in crime and gun violence with the former new york city police commissioner bill tells us his thoughts, and you want to hear them right after this. what yo, and help you build a flexible plan for cash flow designed to last. so you can go from saving... to living.

president biden in new york city today to take on the rise in violent crime and gun deaths the president meeting with law enforcement and the mayor of new york city the new mayor laying out how he wants to fund the police come and take on

illegal guns. joining me now bill, the former new york city police commissioner and author of "the provisioning memoir of community grace and a darker policing in america". commissioner thank you i always have enjoyed -- i always enjoy having you on, that your candor but what we can do here, good evening, welcome the president was clear today in his speech that the answer is not to defund the police, many democrats including president biden have never supported that with crime on the rise and police under fire we are glad to hear that message i'm sure you are as well, and more people need to listen to that message do you disagree with that? >> i'm very pleased to hear the president coming to center once again. eric adams, the mayor campaigned from the center and won the election in new york because he was in the center come the center being a place where there is a commitment to do something above crime to prevent it, not just respond to it and throw your hands in the air. i applied both the president

and certainly the mayor in their efforts to regain control of this issue once again. >> my friend and former dc metropolitan police officer michael says this is about the position police are in across the country. listen. >> a cultural war, we are being utilized for pandered to do different political entities, and very pitted against members of the community. at least that's you know, the appearance. but, in reality i think police officers are getting fed up, we don't want to be pandered to, we just want the resources that we need to keep communities safe, and the citizens are tired of it as well. >> he talked to me about these issues all the time, and

especially about the frustration in the communities, and actually when within you can hear the frustration that's a pretty terrible position for officers to be in. >> you can also hear from the community i've been in the police business for 50 years i've never seen a time in the profession so demoralized, so defamed, so diminished. they no longer feel respected were supported. the public is beginning to become very fearful recent polling shows that behind the inflation -- crime once again has moved up to number two. so we are in a very interesting place. the good news is that fear is creating a lot more public attention to what has gone wrong in the last couple of years. this turmoil has occurred in last two or three years, 2008 he was the safest year in the city's history in new york city

and one of the safest in the country. but, a lot of politicians trying to change the system that was working, created the chaos that we are now in. >> can i ask you something before we get too far field here. because since we are on the subject. listen, there is a place for activists, and there is nuance here's a don't get me wrong about what i'm saying. but do you think that the -- the politicians are losing name to activist than the people who are actually in the community on how they feel about police and what's important to them as far as crime and safety in their communities? >> i think over the last several years activists and criminal justice reformers, and even elected officials who were alike did by the voters, have taken us to a bad place their voices have allowed us to yield expression. the good news is that what they have been advocating for, or what they have been preaching

has turned out to be pretty disastrous as the body counts increase, the number of shooting victims increase, and the fear increases, with the president address today it's reached a national level as eric adams understood when he was campaigning for mayor in new york city. they both have plans to try and alleviate some of that fear. the nypd is very good at this despite its demoralized state at the moment, last year they took 6000 guns off the streets of new york. so, they can get reenergized and they can get resupplied if you will, if they get refunded they can regain the energy that made new york city the stiletto city in america. that's the way to go. >> we talked about that, we have spoken abou t decision

policing a lot, let me ask about i'm sure money helps. the president is calling on congress to get an additional $300 million to state and local law enforcement agencies. so, if we are going to fund the police, what is the best use of that money and should more of it to be spent on social services, the better question is what should it be spent on when it comes to policing? >> funding going directly to the police, you expect to go to the attorney. the get jammed up doing things often times because of lack of training, lack of de-escalation training lack of training on identification for different types of drugs have different types of effects on people, and you need to understand you're going to treat that person in a different way. advocating that the funding go specifically to training but also to encourage offices to come back into the profession. in the first place. separate funding for all of these social programs, which knew we were, can be designed

to around the country. i began back in 2006 in los angeles. i had a police office, and i had a trained clinician to go to the mental ill calls that would come in as they were trained to specific de-escalate a situation, understanding this person are they schizophrenic, they bipolar? what is their mental illness because again you have to know the person is suffering from before you can treat them. good news is we are in a place where we learn so much we can now apply that learning. >> commission i'm going to ask you something quickly if you can. because as you know, you've done this many times i've got to move on, but i want to ask you, what is the solution when you see people, when the message is being sent from officials that you know, you can jump the turnstile that may not be prosecutor, probably

won't. do see people walking out of stores, just you know, they don't even care if the security guard is there, or just stealing things, at will. what is the solution for that? two things, is it the right message to send, and what is the solution to that? how do you fix it? >> i hope you can see the smoke coming out of my ears because we had the solution in the 90s. you with serious crime by also dealing with quality of life crime. the victim is however in fact society, it's -- neighborhoods that go into decline because of fear of what's going on that seems to be out of control. i go out of my mind with how much we have let behavior slide . that's what we corrected in the 90s that's how we got the city so safe but we've learned how to do it in a better way that we basically are not abusing people while we are

doing it. to get back on track here in new york city, to get back on track in the country, we can focus more seriously on serious crime and more effectively. but if we don't also focus on what you are talking about, the leniency that we give to these people who are breaking these laws, we are never going to feel safe. and so, this is something that i've read in that book, something i learned 50 years ago. you have to focus on crime, and disorder at the same time. >> you said the way you do it without -- you have to be cognizant of people's rights when you are doing it because he's talk about stop and frisk and all of that. there are ways to do it . >> it's policing compassionately, constitutionally, and safely. we know how to do that, we know how to train for that, basically the goal is to train so that they do that, and we regain the trust of the community and we together can

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chaired telling cnn tonight the committee had a "significant discussion" on whether to subpoena lawmakers refusing to cooperate the committee has asked for voluntary cooperation from kevin mccarthy, jim jordan, and scott perry. all of them have refused. tonight the committee is still not deciding on whether or not to subpoena them. joining me now to discuss danna basch, and regal and oats and former federal prosecutor elliot williams. good evening to both of you. let's see. elliott, let's start with you. >> i want to start with this exclusive interview, the constitution, has the district attorney who impaneled the special grand jury to investigate the trumpet campaign should talk about the blowback for doing her job. watch this. >> you know, i get called -- it's really silly to me that they believe that by hurling those kind of insults that it's

going to impact the way that we do our investigation. it's not going to impact me, to do something faster, it's not going to impact the and treating the former president or anyone else unfairly. and it's not going to make me stop what i have a lawful duty to do. >> this comes after the former president called prosecutors investigating him racist. is he stoking this kind of thing? >> sticks and stones they can call her the n-word but at the end of the day she's got a special grand jury as the most important thing about the special grand jury is they are not time bound. it can extend far into the future. she conceived document, and they are not going to be considering a whole bunch of criminal cases at once, which is what normal grand juries would do the. this is just focused on that issue.

you know, regardless of the blowback and the fact that this is become so politicized, she is a very powerful investigative tool and it looks at she's going to use appeared >> did you hear her, she's like this is not stopping me they can do and say whatever they want, is not going to stop me. hi danna, we heard the former president called for his supporters to stage huge protest as prosecutors move forward with charging him in any of the probes he is facing, these officials face not just name-calling, but the potential of physical violence here. now that is scary. >> it is, and it's not like we haven't seen the ramifications of those calls for potential, in this last event that he had he called for protest. but we know the lengths to which the supporters of donald trump will go to heed his call, to heed his desire to do what ever it is that he's asking.

in this case, you are right, the fact that he called african american prosecutors racist was -- wasn't a dog whistle it was a megaphone that he had, and he used it on the highest level. and, everybody needs to really focus on that, and focus on what is happening. yes she is standing firm, and of course she has to, it's her job she's going to do that. but we have seen this in action, and we have seen the result of this kind of language and rhetoric from the former president when he was still president. and it's -- the fact that there is an investigation going out of that and it's been whitewashed while he's doing it again for a potential another situation that he's going to begin, you just can't make it up. >> let's talk about the subpoenas, bennie thompson telling cnn that they are weighing carefully but issuing subpoenas to members of the

congress, would be a significant escalation by the committee, don't you think? i without go down on capitol hill? >> not well, but it's already so partisan it is so political. and it shouldn't be. because the attack happened to and on all of them. they were, they were victims, their stabs were the terms of the attack on that day. but, what could happen is that if they make the decision to send out the subpoenas which is you will alluded to this a very big decision to subpoena your colleague. the likelihood that they would actually come, comply, and do anything other than plead the fifth, probably slim to none. i mean elliott is the attorney here but just on the politics of it there is no reason for them to take any political chance since they've already laid down their markers saying

that they are not going to cooperate . >> let's ask attorney elliott, >> sir is fine. or your honor. >> so elliott, >> listen those here's the, if these congressmen fight the subpoena it could end up in the courts and drag on past the midterms that they were going to try this, should they have done it by now? >> danna is exactly right, it comes out one question how certain how much of a circus you want to turn january the sixth committee to, if you want to bring a circus yes issue the subpoenas. if not, like danna says, we would be inviting is a much larger political fight. right now it's a pretty structured legal proceeding as it operates in a political body. but, it would become political armageddon. every time a congressional investigation plays out, that's

a calculus that congressional investigators had to consider which is how much a mess they want to bring to our hands and may not be worth it because you are getting a lot of information from a lot of sources including congressional staff not just the members themselves . >> former doj official and trump loyalist jeffrey clark appear before the committee yesterday, and pleaded the fifth of before more than 100 times in questioning. i mean just tonight, they are considering granting clark immunity there. how does that work? and what would it mean? >> a couple of things, the mere fact that you have a former justice department official seeking immunity because the fact that he thinks they might have committed a crime, that is why witnesses seek community. they are immunized against the statements that they used being used against them in a future proceeding, so what congress would do is just work out with the justice department that he won't be prosecuted based on his statements. the problem here is that he has privilege claims because he's an attorney, would've been providing legal advice to the justice department or the president, it's hard to know

what immunity would actually do because he still has some safe ground, that you know, he could claim privilege over. really what the immunity would do it would be symbolic almost allowing him to save face a sort of . i don't think you would gain a temperament in this instance. in some cases you get a lot from immunizing awareness because you get a lower level person to go up and testify against somebody else. here because you're not really going to get much testimony out of him anyway, it just may not be worth it. >> think about i appreciate it, good to see you. so the owner of the miami dolphins denying that he offered a top nfl coach big bucks to lose games. john elway is denying allegations of a sham interview the latest on the lawsuit rocking the nfl, after this.

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against racial discretion across the league, john elway say the claims are false and defamatory, it alleges that the wind of executives put them through a sham interview process in 20 issuing of an hour late and looking like they had been drinking heavily the night before. elway says for brian to make an assumption about my appearance and the state of mind early that morning was objective hurtful and just plain wrong. if i appeared disheveled as he claimed, it was because we had flown in during the middle of the night immediately followed another interview in denver, following another interview in denver, and were going on a few hours of sleep to meet the only window provided to us. the new york giants always calling them disturbing and false, but florez is also getting some major support. the dolphins assistant coaches is saying that he is a true leader, 20 now to break all of this down, mr. jones, the host of espn's the right time, with

of course, mr. jones. thank you, the story this is a huge story. elway is putting himself -- pitting himself, against florez, so the giants are doing it as well, i spoke with florez last night his claims sound credible. it is obviously the nfl has a race problem there is just one black head coach, are you surprised about how forceful these denials are? >> i am actually. i did think that florez put himself in a tricky situation when he started to presume about white was that the broncos may have looked the way that they did. and then they come back and say he would just got off the plane. i don't know what to say that i don't even think what prior florez would think to say that the larger issue of course is the part that prevails in the part that stands up at the giants and the forceful denial

that is surprising because john elway seems to be in a position where i am more inclined to believe what he said. but what florez had disabled the giants that all seem to add up they seem to lay out a pretty strong timeline that made the case you know, that he was trying to make, and the giants came all the way out on the other side there was no denial the nfl has made the decision considering that the statement came out immediately saying that this was all baseless before they even had a chance to look at it, they are not just going to try to let this lay low they are going to fight back hard. >> you've gotten a little attention, a lot of attention i should say forcing the problem with the nfl as white people. though you did clarify not every single white precipitate expand what you thought it was that -- >> the question that i was asked is what has to change for these things to change but after that i probably afraid that in a way that i should not. but the question very clearly was what has to change, what i was saying what has to change is white people, and that is the truth in this. whether you are talking about the white people to have the power to make the decisions or the white people that are in a position to observe this and

also themselves have power to be influential in ways that people of color simply cannot. but the thing that isn't changing is the behavior patterns of the people who are in charge, and who the people are who happened to be in charge. so that's what has to change, what gets to be frustrating for somebody like me is the when the stories come up my phone blows up never been want to talk about it and people ask me what the solution is as though i somehow created the problem or, as if i knew the solution i would not have long ago implemented it. if i was sitting here with a cure for cancer is what are we doing i was just waiting on some but it asked me. i would've gone ahead and done something about it when it comes up, nobody asks white people what needs to change, even though they are in much greater proximity to the potential to actually make something change. >> i had to ask about it but i don't see where it's controversial, understand exactly what you are saying. so you know -- there was no apology there, you were just clarifying right? >> yeah, also the idea that

that is something that has to be asked, not everybody has to be acknowledged and of course these discussions. the point that i was making i agree with you, i think it's clear and don't necessarily think it's controversial. but what it comes down to and what i can very clearly say for anybody that did not understand is asking the people who are taking the brunt of a racist situation what needs to change is completely missing the point. because of our opinions on that matter mattered that much we would have made something change for people just ask his comment was something other about it. but the people who can make something change, nobody asked them how they are going to do it. >> right, and the folks who are the problem should be the one to ask how we fix ischemic to assistant coaches are supporting florez and many former nfl players are also coming to his defense. watch. >> i think you did an admirable job. very noble to basically risk obviously his, his future as a

coach on a national football league by standing up for something that he believes in. >> we are commodities, commodities that can be replaced, commodities that can be sold, commodities that can be traded,o when brian florez speaks of it in that nature is absolutely true. >> the idea that you can take brian bledsoe is a black coach, and has a hard time getting the job, and ask him to tarnish his reputation and to low which is probably going to be his only shot because black coaches have a hard time getting that second opportunity, so that you can get a draft pick is unethical, and despicable. >> so he's putting a lot on the line here, and there are lots of calls for other people to stand up for him. would you think? will that happen? >> i mean a thing about it is if we can acknowledge the courage that it takes for them

to do this whether or not you think that brian florez is correct is completely separate for the fact that he has put this all on the line at the very least you can question whether or not he believes appeared like this is a dude on the verge of being out of the league, still 40 years old there is a reason to think he could get a job on coming along those lines did he decide to put this on the line outer how many people it's reasonable to expect to be willing to make the same sort risk that brian florez is but i think that we will probably hear from some people i am wondering who this law firm has probably heard from who is not willing to put their name on the record necessarily. my buddy howard brian makes this point and he's absolutely correct. why do we always have to sacrifice our careers, or our livelihoods in order to make something change? because that's what we are asking of all of the people in this, to roll the dice on what you worked for ticket the bid that you have in order to make something change. why do you have to put everything on the line in the name of something that really, like we aren't even asking for are talking about something that is a dish portion a chair,

it's about job interviews, like to get somebody to do something fair, we are asking people to put everything they have on the line, and that is just ridiculous on its face . >> i'm glad you said that, it's not about how many people you have to have there. because people are saying well it was just quotas and whatever, i've heard that part. and that's not what it is. it's always a pleasure, i always learn something from you. thank you very much . >> thank you . hundreds of thousands without power tonight, thanks to a winter storm pushing across much of the u.s., we are live and one of the cities being hit the hardest, after this. p your day,gh medicine. new from vicks.

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under winter storm warnings or advisories. the storm packing snow, sleet and ice, hundreds of thousands without power tonight. derek van dam is in minneapolis for us. you get all the great assignments and, yes, that is sarcasm. you're in one of the cities that's supposed to be hit the hardest right now. how do you feel right now? >> reporter: not to correct you, i'm in indianapolis. not the warmest of assignments but the snow is starting to come a end. it has been a brutal 24 hours. we drove in from south bend yesterday, a drive that normally takes two hours to get here to indianapolis, it took us four hours. we could see grass on the ground because it was raining here. all this snow has accumulated since we've been here. 24 hours we've accumulated six to eight inches and all that

rain that fell last night, the temperature dropped, we have a sheet of ice underneath all of the snow. that's what making this so treacherous for the hoosier state. the ice storm crippling parts of the ohio and mississippi valley, looking at you, louisville, dallas, all the way to texas, this storm is huge. it stretches all the way from maine to the gulf coast. there are tornado watches, flood watches and ice warnings. cover a third of the population, 25 states. this thing is quite significant and packing quite a punch. >> i see one car out there. i think i said you're in indiana. yeah, you can correct me. i don't mind. i just have a couple seconds left. what about power outage concerns? >> reporter: ohio the numbers are going up. in tennessee we're at about 140,000 customers without power. it is improving in texas.

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