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committee is coming off yesterday's successful meeting where members weighed possible criminal referrals for former president trump and key allies. committee member adam kinzinger said the referrals, though mostly symbolic, they will make the special counsel decide what to do could lead doj investigators in the right direction. >> i do think it will be an important symbolic thing that the committee can do. even more than symbolic, just very clear that congress thinks that a crime has been committed here or the doj should investigate it. >> plus new cnn reporting this morning, newly appointed special counsel jack smith moving full speed ahead in charge of two criminal probes involving former president trump and has been making a series of high-profile moves an we have those details. but first let's get to jessica schneider with more on the developments with the january 6 committee. what more do we know about this meeting yesterday? >> we know it happened yesterday afternoon, erica.

where this committee discussed these possible criminal referrals here. it is forthcoming but probably not for another week. the committee expected to release the final report necessary wednesday, december 21. but we could hear about criminal referrals here. but they are not in any way legally binding on the doj. this is just a congressional referral that the doj may or may not take into consideration. but it really carries no legal weight here. however, it is symbolic, it would still be a big move by this committee and talking about the timeline here, we heard from congressman adam schiff who is on that committee and he talked a little bit about what the public could expect moving forward. >> we are as a subcommittee, several of us charged with making the recommendation about referrals is going to be making that recommendation to full committee today. we will be releasing our report i think around the 21st. that will include whatever decision we've made on referrals.

if we do make referrals, we want to make very careful about how we do them. but i think we're all certainly in a agreement that there is evidence of criminality here and we want to make sure in a the justice department is aware of that. >> so the big question is who exactly will the committee refer to the justice department. and our team reported last week that it looks like the committee right now is considering about five people in addition to the form he president donald trump, also former chief of staff mark meadows, trump's lawyers, former lawyers john eastman and rudy giuliani and then former doj official jeffrey clark. interestingly, several of those people actually did come before the january 6 committee as with regards to mark meadows, he hands over about 2,000 text messages but still not satisfied when it comes to the referrals to the doj, jim. >> we'll see if that has any influence to lead the doj in the right discretion. >> the special counsel

investigation full steam ahead, so we'll see if this is any factor in it. >> thank you very much. let's talk about the special counsel work. the newly appointed special counsel jack smith is moving swiftly on a pair of criminal probes around former president trump. there are two things they're looking at here. senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz. what have you learned about the speed and the work he's doing. >> there is a lot of pead and quite a bit of focus. that the special counsel's office has just three weeks after the appointment of jack smith, a few of the things that we learned our reporting team was digging into what this office looks like right now. and it is big. there are already 20 prosecutors working on the january 6 side of the case that smith is going to be inheriting. and will be managing as they continue forward. that is in addition to the set of prosecutors that is largely going to be moving over from the mar-a-lago documents

investigation, that second investigation, smith will also be overseeing. one of the big things that the prosecutors on the january 6 side have been asked about is they have been asking about whether there was indeed a specific plan to steal the election for donald trump in 2021, january 6 and with that capital riot. and what they're asking about is about trump, did he have knowledge, did he have intent, now on the mar-a-lago side of things, that case is moving forward quite quickly. it hasn't skipped a beat in the same way the department pledged it would not. and one of the things that just happened this morning is judge ilene cannon, that judge in florida that donald trump went to to try and get -- slow down the evidence collection and get a special master to be reviewing documents with his team and with the justice department for whether that could be used by prosecutors, judge cannon did dismiss that case today under the orders of an appeals court. so, the justice department now

is going to be getting pretty unfettered access to the evidence that was found around classified documents, smith will continue on. >> and there we go. katelyn polantz with those developments. thank you. joining us to discuss, former federal prosecutor jennifer rodgers. so as we look at everything that has developed here, one of the things that i have found interesting is, as we wait for the potential criminal referrals, there is talk about can we look at what happened with the referrals for contempt, ome two of the four were acted on by the doj. a criminal referral is different. no? >> it is. it is. the work that the january 6 committee does in this investigation and in looking at these crimes of maybe seditious conspiracy, interfering with congress and is different than someone coming from congress and lying and refusing to answer a subpoena. in those instances, congress is a victim and doj looked at it

that way. should we act on this crime that may have happened that victimized congress. this is different. doj doing its investigation. do we agree with the conclusions reached by congress? doj of course will be making its own conclusions on that. but i think they will be helped along by all of this evidence that has been gathered by congress over months and months. i'm sure they're eager to get their hands on that. >> so the special counsel has two tracks here. one is investigating is attempts to overturn the election and is it possible or even likely that the special counsel moves on potential indictments for the mar-a-lago documents investigation given that it is less complicated before he makes a decision on whether he indicts on january 6 related charges? >> i think it is. and i think he likely will, jim. as you said, it is much less

complicated. we're now coming up against a time frame in which it is a challenge to finish either case if it is brought to finish it before the election. so i think they will bring a case on the documents side if they can. as soon as they can, i don't think they would wait for the other investigation to wrap up. and that january 6 investigation, while it is moving swiftly, it sounds like it will take longer. >> there is speed and there is focus here. since the special counsel has come on board and there is a public push, that the doj needs to act faster and the attorney general needs to do something. what are the chances in your view that some of those information, this testimony, that the doj has been asking for, the committee has withheld for a time, do you think that that has in any way hindered the doj investigation or slowed it down? >> that is a good question. i hope not. i do wish that the committee had been more forthcoming with their evidence sooner. but the truth is the real heart

of any case they bring honestly is going to be in these witnesses that they've just started to get. that the committee never heard from because they refused to testify and it took this litigation about judge howell to get through these privilege claims that were being made. and so now doj is getting at some of these people who refused to testify. and these are the people who were in the room with donald trump and have the evidence about his knowledge and intent. so i suspect that what the committee hands over, while extremely valuable, is not really the hart of the matter so it likely didn't slow doj down at all. >> tough question, maybe impossible one before we go. we talk about speed here. but speed is relative. if you had to guess for folks watching at home when they could see if and when these decisions are made, is it weeks or months or could this drag out well into next year? >> i think we're looking at weeks in terms of the documents

case. maybe january, february time frame. january 6, i'm just not sure. i'm not sure how long will take them to get through all of this. if they don't bring a case by spring of 2023, it is unlikely to get through the paces before the election. so i'm hoping if they're going to bring charges, that we'll be able to wrap it up by march-ish time frame. >> all right. well we'll be watching for all of those developments and going through them with you. good to see you. jeb jennifer rodgers, thank you. right now on capitol hill, perhaps a familiar story, on going negotiations to avoid a shutdown. friday is the last day for congress to pay for the government. >> manu raju joining us. and lawmakers want to get this done before the new congress is sworn in. i don't know, maybe this is the year they call in santa for help. >> reporter: well i'll tell you, this is a familiar story an this is a huge challenge in the new congress if they decide to kick the can down the road and punt

it to next year, the divided congress, the narrowly divided republican house and the democratic senate getting a deal next year which is why they're trying to get this done next week. congress continues to blow past the deadlines to fund the entire federal government. they were supposed to do this september 30th, passing each of the 12 annual appropriations bills an they couldn't do that so they punched it until december 16th to get a deadline and they still don't have a deal and they're trying to put it together in one bill called an anybody us spending bill but they still don't have agreement on how much to fund the republicans. they're far apart. democrats want more money for pentagon and domestic spending. about $26 billion or so apart. about $1.57 trillion to fund the government. they still haven't figured out the exact dollar amount. but if they can't get a deal by

this friday, expect them to try to kick the can down the road again for one more week and push it right before christmas, december 23rd, to get that deal on the larger spending bill and if they can't get it then, that is when they will kick the issue into the new congress presenting a huge challenge for a potential speaker mccarthy to try to get republicans on board behind this idea and also getting democratic buy-in, getting joe biden to sign it which is why tler trying to resolve this right now if they don't, it will add to the major issues. a new congress will have deal with this, not just raising the debt limit coming down the pipe, all key questions for this congress and has huge implications for the next one as well. >> manu raju, thank you. this morning more than 10 million americans across 16 states dealing with winter weather. they're winter weather alerts including blizzard warnings from colorado to the dakotas. >> the powerful storm system has already dropped several feet of

snow in northern california and nevada. it is now moving to the central part of the country. it is expected to bring not just snow, but severe winds and hail and even tornados. we've seen that a lot of late. chad myers has been tracking all of this for us. man, that map is full of a lot of blue. >> it sure is. >> is it going to move across the country. >> it is. and in fact, what i'm talking about here, at least some it, will be in interior new england by friday. so, yeah, this is just a marching storm that will go across state. we have 60 inches of snow there springs along i-80 to the west of reno. here is your heavy weather to the north and severe weather to the south. this is where the humidity is, where the moisture is. the gulf of mexico. a cold front will try to push it away and that cold front is going to cause this severe weather. radar doesn't show up in the mountains but it is snowing out here and we know that because of the warnings posted out there

and this big red one. blizzard warnings. heavy snow. visibility less than a quarter of a mile. there is some of the winds that they're talking about. north platte, 40 to 45. you won't knee a lot of know, but back towards scotts bluff, shien, that is where is the wind is blowing there as well. moving you ahead. how does the severe weather happen. here is the warm sector. this warm front and the cold front where they connect will be the low pressure. and that will be the focus right along it and too the east of it right where this severe weather will be today, tonight and all day tomorrow. and tomorrow is even a more significant severe weather day than today. and on the north side, you throw enough moisture up here into the temperatures that are in the 20s, you get a snowstorm and that is what we have. look at the size of this. this just goes into wednesday night. rain from virginia to snow in nevada, by the same storm.

by the same low pressure. that is how large this system truly is. a dangerous storm for sure. but you know when it comes to the drought out here, we'll take it. >> yeah. i guess we do need it thofor th. >> thank you. >> still could tom, agreeing number of reporting threats to power infrastructure under investigation across the u.s. as officials work to locate the suspect behind one of those attacks. that one in north carolina. what is the common thread here. who could be behind it all? we're going to discuss. and later volodymyr zelenskyy will join a virtual meeting of g7 leaders today. this is as ukrainian forces launch fresh attacks on russian occupied regions of the country on the ground. plus, iran executes a second protester involved in anti-government demonstrations an it is the international has identified 17 others who they believe are at a risk of a death sentence. we've those details ahead.

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happening right now, officials are looking into a growing number of reported threats to power infrastructure across the united states. now this is as investigators have so far failed to determine a motive or suspect behind the attacks in north carolina. we are learning, however, that prior to those assaults, at least five electricity substations in oregon, and washington were attacked. >> is this a pattern? could it be a group or similar group. dianne gallagher is in charlotte, north carolina. with more. diane, first, what do we know about north carolina and are investigators beginning to make any connections to attacks they've seen elsewhere? >> reporter: well, jim, look,

federal state and local official authorities are still investigating and trying to determine who shot up the two substations a little more than a week ago in moore county, north carolina. knocking power out to tens of thousands of people for several days. sheriff telling cnn last week that they applied to search warrants and noting that they have not been issued just yet. but law enforcement sources tell cnn they've been zeroing in on two possible threats. one the increase in disruptions and confrontations outside of lgbtq eepts across the country. there was a drag show happening at time the power went out in moore county. there is also the increase they've seen in online chatter among extremists about the electric grid. it has begun going on for years but there has been an uptick. just last month, before what happened here in north carolina, there were five power substations that were attacked in the pacific northwest.

in washington state and in oregon. now, look, around that same time, last month on november 22nd, a bulletin was issued by the fbi to the private industry and it warned of reports of threats to electric infrastructure by people who have racially and ethnically motivated extremist ideology to create civil discord and inspire further violence. now look, the memo said that any kind after tack like this could be seen by extremist as societal collapse and a subsequent race war in the united states. of course, again this chatter has been going on for years. even the fbi bulletin mentioned a potential plot that happened over the course of a couple of years focussed on substations in the pacific northwest. but the concern is also the additional attention on this right now. and any sort of chatter as we approach winter months when things like heat and electricity

is so much more powerful and necessary for people's survival. >> dianne gallagher, thank you so much. all right. to discuss, joining me now senior law enforcement analyst andrew mccabe, former deputy director of the fbi. good to have you have on this morning. >> good to be here. >> so the more we learn about this north carolina attack, it does seem to be some evidence right that this is not isolated. you have attacked in oregon, two in washington state and a lot of folks have mentioned this attack south of san jose in 2013. based on what you see here, do you see a pattern of a possible connection between these attacks? >> sure. so i think it is important, jim, to point out that we don't know of any evidence that specifically connects any of these attacks. we can't at this point say that these are being conducted by the same people or the same group. >> right. >> but it is certainly indicative it a pattern. very similar targeting,

targeting of substations and specifically attacking those substations with firearms. and those sorts of patterns are very important to law enforcement and to investigators because they indicate a wave or a movement of extremists activity that is likely being inspired or potentially even coordinated by other activity, online activity, sources, you know, conversations in these chat rooms, abilities for extremists to connect and to discuss grievances and like-minded themes. often it results in similar activity in different places by different actors. >> so that is a question here. it doesn't have to be the same group carrying it out, to be a concern, right? because if you have multiple lone wolves following the same script in effect and with the same motivation of kind of creating mayhem and inciting a race car as a result, that

sounds to me like it has the makings at least of a genuine national problem. >> that is absolutely right, jim. and i should say there are historical precedents for this. particularly among right wing and right-leaning extremist groups and white supremacist groups here in the united states. if you look back over the evolution of groups like the ku klux klan and the white power movement in the united states, in the early '70s, late '70th a and early 80s, and with prosecutions, they moved to a less or hierarchy structure, these small cells that wro not communicate with each other and operate in their individual areas. they're all following the same motivation, following the same inspiration, they're in pursuit of the same goals but they pursue their own independent acts and it becomes much harder for law enforcement to stay on top of all of those groups at

the same time. >> that sounds a lot to me and i wonder if you agree with how islamic terrorist groups acted particularly when we saw, yes, isis but a lot of lone wolves. is there a fair comparison? >> it is an on point comparison. so al qaeda, their name alone shows you the same sort of strategy. al qaeda translated means the base. the idea behind al qaeda was that they would be a centralized location of inspiration and recruiting and things like that. but that independent islamic extremists around the world who w act in concert. we've seen that in somalia and northern africa. so this is a time-testing strategy among extremist groups of all stripes. >> goodness. before we go, we already heard in the wake of north carolina attack, discussion of let's

harden up the power stations, let's put up concrete walls around them so you can't shoot in. the trouble is you have thousand theses, right. p tens of thousands of them around the country. what is the fix here? is it hardening up the stations or tracking down the groups doing this? >> it is hard to believe that a legitimate campaign of hardening these targets would be effective. there are tens of thousands, many, many of them are in remote places. they're in places where people, they're not close to businesses and homes and things like that. a lot of people don't want these things in their backyard for very good reason. and they're very remote and isolated nature makes them obvious targets. there are ways that you could increase video surveillance at those locations which would help investigators if there is an attack but discourage people from engaging in mischief around them. but, building walls and, you know, putting guards and gates around every substation in america is just not something that we're ever going to be able

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this morning ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy is joining g7 leaders for a virtual meeting with the energy concerns and immediate assistance for ukraine will be key topics. >> the meeting comes after zelenskyy and president biden spoke by phone overnight to discuss russia's on going attacks on ukrainian infrastructure and recent ongoing u.s. efforts to strengthen air defenses. will ripley is live in kyiv. you spoke with ukraine defense minister about the recent ak thats. and i wonder and we'll ask, do they feel they're getting enough help, is there enough urgency on the side of the west in response to their requests? >> reporter: and the response from defense minister predictable. he said when you have a war, you never have enough. we always need more. but they're grateful for the tens of billion dollars in

assistance from the united states. which has been by far the largest contributor to ukraine's war effort. and when i was on the front lines up in the north where they're reinforcing ahead of an belarus, you know, they said to me point blank that, yes, ukrainian soldiers are bravely fighting but without weapons from the united states primary and nato, it would not be possible to fend off the much larger russian army. that said, they have a list of items that they say they pretty desperately need and at the very top of the list are more advanced missile defense systems because of the ongoing attacks, the systematic russian assault on ukraine civilian infrastructure, the power and the water. essentially making life miserable and potentially very dangerous for millions of people as temperatures plunge. it is winter time here and there are people right now who don't have power. a lot of people who don't have power. i was in odesa over the weekend,

1.5 million people were plunged into darkness after a strike from iranian combat drones but they were without power last week for three days. so i asked the defense minister is he being told on if and when they may get those systems? >> you have been given an explanation where the patriot missile defense systems have not arrived yet. >> it is a large discussion because it is very sophisticate and expensive system. today we have eight different -- and we have himars and we have lru from front and i think -- will also be in our battlefield but in the next stage. >> reporter: the front lines to the east and the south are holding and it is really remarkable when i talk to people in ukraine, the majority of people say they're not worried about the war coming to them, they're not worried about a russian occupation.

they're number one concern is power. so that said something in and of itself. about how well the ukrainian army is fending off the russians. while they're facing legitimate concerns, still they're not afraid for russians to be taking over their homes like they will earlier this year. >> a lot of suffering in the interim. will ripley, thank you so much. another story we're following closely, iran has now executed a second protester in connection with demonstrations that have shake ebb that country. inspired by the death of a woman taken into custody for not wearing her hijab. the man was publicly hanged overnight, convicted, said state tv, of quote, waging war against god. >> selma abdulaziz joining us with more. what more do we know and about further concerns as well for other folks inside of iran. >> reporter: absolutely. iran demonstrators repeating the name of the man executed this

morning. this was a public execution. iran's authorities hanged him in the early hours of this morning in the city. i bring up the public part because that means residents could have potentially seen his body hanging on streets this morning. he was convicted of waging war against god. the allegation from iran's authorities is that he stabbed two members of the security forces killing them and wounding several others. now there is a very important detail here, jim and erica, that i want to point out. the authorities allege this took place on november 17th. that means in less than a month, this man went from allegedly stabbing members of security forces to facing execution. and that is what right groups are saying. they're saying these are speedy sham trials, with very little due prose, very little that is fair or right, and that they're actual intention, the intention behind these executions activists say is to repress, is

to silence, is to intimidate and keep people scared from going out and joining the demonstrations on the street. i'll point owe another bit of material that protest ores are speaking about today and that is some cctv footage. i want to explain that cnn has blurred part of it because it shows a violent act. but it is this surveillance footage that iran authorities used to convict this man. it shows apparently the stabbing incident taking place. but we have seen the original footage and it is unclear who the individuals are in the video. and again, that is what protesters are saying. that is what rights groups are saying. they're saying these are not trials. these are kangaroo courts that are just meant to give iran yet another tool of repression to silence dissent. >> there is so much in there that is so important. selma, really appreciate the reporting and i'm glad we're staying on top of this. thank you. well back home, in florida, hundreds of thousands of bee

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hurricane ian caused more than $50 billion in damage to central florida after sweeping through the state this past september. there is also another devastating impact you might not know about on a vital element to our nation's eco-system and food

klain. bees. >> that is right. m hundreds of thousands of bee colonies which are used to pollinate across the united states were destroyed and bee keepers are now desperate for supplies and equipment to help those surviving bees recuperate. bill weir spoke with some of the beekeepers. >> now you have to get a handful of bees. >> really? >> yeah. >> okay. >> reporter: i'm not in the habit of accepting a handful of zinging insects. but keith council has a 40-year professional relationship with honeybees. >> you you rarely wear a veil or gloves or anything. >> don't need to. >> reporter: and these days they need all of the love they could get. the hurricane arrived just as beekeepers from around the country were set up to catch the autumn bloom of the brazilian pepper tree. >> the whole yard went under. >> reporter: the storm drown and crushed hundreds ever thousands hives, killing countless millions of bees.

>> there ain't nothing left. >> reporter: you could see a water line where it came up to here. and because ian blew away so much veck vegetation, those that survives are starving. >> we're talking about 36 pounds of feed already and you could still go back after they sucked the feed down and it looks like they were never fed at all. >> they're just starving. >> they're starving. it is nonstop. so it is just an added cause and you're trying to go the best. you have to make that tough decision of really is worth the money, the financial cost to try to save it, or do you just have to walk away and take your medicine. >> this is all bee food. >> this is used for liquid bee food. >> reporter: they're mixing sugar water as fast as they can. and while some bee farmers file for federal relief, the greater good charity is giving away a quarter ton of pollen substitute.

>> where we have donated meals to foot pantries for humans and donated supplies to animal shelters and now we're donating the bee pollen to the farmers here. >> can't forget the bottom of the food chain. what helps get all of the other food to the table as well. >> but even if the bees recover, the whole business depends on the health of the almond crop there california, now shrinking under mega drought. >> if the drought takes out the almond drop in california. >> the whole bee keeping industry is in trouble. and there is no feral bees. wild bees can't survive on their own. >> reporter: he explains that pesticides and development and invasive pests have plemade it impossible for bees to survive without deliberate human care. >> and if all the beekeepers released all of their bees, every bee keeper in the country and released them into the wild, we estimate about two to three years before bees would just collapse. bees are the most important

farmer. they're the most forgotten as well. and that is why we just need the entire public to really continue to get involved in bees and a little -- two beehives makes a big impact. >> they went totally under water. somehow made it. >> reporter: in the meantime, all keith can do is pick up the pieces and focus on the survivors. like the hive he found drowned inside air water meter box near fort myers beach. >> it is a different feeling. when you have bees walking all over you. >> it really is. >> and nobody is getting stung. they're doing their thing. >> maybe they could sense we're rooting for them. you know. >> and that is -- >> we appreciate them. >> that is part of the thing. you have to treat them with respect. when you get down to it, the bees are the pillars to all ag culture and they're the bpillar to our whole civilization. >> if you want a quick read on

the state of american agriculture, talk to a florida beekeepers. they pollinate 130 different vegetables and fruits all around the country and talking to them is so sobering and you realize how vulnerable with these colliding. so a hurricane and a drought at different parts of the country could effect this bee industry which feeds and gives us one every three bites of foods is thanks to a bee or a butterfly. >> i know we're out of time, but quickly, they fwere in florida. do they bring these to california for the almond. >> exactly. you truck them across thep country. some some do blueberries in washington state and now they have fewer bees and it will take years for the eco-system to come back to feed the bees and this little insect that used to feed us for free, we're now feeding them desperately to keep them alive because this partnership is -- we depend on each other. >> they talked about the bee food, the impression that i have. that was not it.

jim has a question for you. >> has it always been the case that bees only survive with the help of human beekeepers? is that a recent think? >> no, that is the result of just human sprawl, pollution. yeah, the guy in the piece, keen said you could put hives out in the woods and leave them and now they wornt survive a couple of months. >> we could talk about this all day long but we're out of time. but i'm going to pester bill weir with questions during the break. >> please do. another story that we're following, the l.a. councilman kevin de leon is facing scrutiny after this video purchases online of him in a physicalitier kalgs with an active. why he said he was acting in self-defense. your home insuranc, here's one that'll rereally take you back. wow! what'd you get, ryan? it's cucustomized home insurance from liberty mutual!!! what does itit do, bud? it customizes our home insurance

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>> hey, hey. >> lord. not really in the holiday spirit. nick watt joins us now. so the activist was part of a crowd already calling for de leon to resign and it is not first run-in we've had. tell us what we know. >> reporter: well first thing to know is kevin de leon is a big deal here in los angeles. he's a major mover and shaker in the democratic party and ran for mayor this year, contested a primary for u.s. senate seat. so to see him wearing a santa hat apparently wrestling with a constituent is pretty shocking for the people of l.a. and many say just one more indication of how low politics in los angeles have gotten. now jason reedy is the activist seen grappling with de lowon. reedy has given this video to the lapd. each side is saying that the other is the aggressor. so kevin de leon said that reedy

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