they are free to ignore if they choose what the house committee has now referred to them. nk they are not going to ignore it. are one thing, the committee has generated a lot of evidence that will now be made available to the justice department and that should inform the decision the justice department takes. i think what is when to be really important for the reasons chairman thompson laid out in the beginning and as ruth said, the justice department proceed with prosecution. they're going to be a lot of reforms proposed. the house republicans are not likely to move forward with them. one significant reform will be achieved and legislation in the next couple of days to do with the mechanism of counting electoral votes. but at the end of the day, the most important thing to prevent this kind of crew from ever taking place again is accountability with the people at the top. most importantly for the single person who masterminded it, donald trump. was it a justice department proceeds with it, that is been kicked over, at least in the first instance, away from the actual leade

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house select committee investigated january 6th capitol riot will hold its final public meeting in thers ahead. we expect to learn which criminal referrals will be sent to the u.s. justice department. those referrals would be nonbinding, and it is up to the department to decide if to pursue them. cnn has learned the committee is weighing multiple alleged crimes committed by former president trump. they include obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the government, and insurrection. here is what one member of the committee had to say. >> viewing it as a former prosecutor, i think there is insufficient evidence to charge the president. this is someone who, in multiple ways, had tried to pressure state officials to find votes that did not exist, this is someone who tried to interfere with a joint session, even inciting a mob to attack congress. if that is not criminal, then, i don't know what is. >> i want to turn now to jessica levinson, she is a professor of law at loyola university, and the host of the passing judgment podcast. she joins me now from los angeles. j

the january 6 house committee with former president donald trump to testify, "in light of the investigation select committee can no longer pursue specific information covered by the subpoena." taking to social, they did something because they know i did nothing wrong or about to

the house committee investigating the january 6 attack on the us capitol has published its final report in full. as president zelensky returns to ukraine, we get the latest update from the front line. for all the sophisticated weaponry and all the ammunition, this is what it comes down to in the end. men, mud and an enemy which is within rifle range. the us is in for the coldest christmas in four decades, as a major winter storm sweeps the country. and the mystery of the missing christmas beetle. australian scientists launch a campaign to find it. and we take a journey through david hockney�*s imagination, as he describes his new immersive exhibition. hello and welcome. within the past couple of hours, the us house select committee investigating the january 6 attack on the capitol has released its full report. the report runs to almost 850 pages and is the culmination of the committee's investigation over more than a year and half, including more than 1,000 interviews. it was looking into donald trump's actions on the day the house was stormed. vinoo varghese is a wall street criminal d

countries of origin to arrive in their countries of origin. >> for 21 dow happening today, the house committee investigating the january 6 capitol riot is set to make its closing arguments. washington correspondent reshad hudson joins us live with a preview of the committee's final presentation. good morning or shot. good morning, john. in the committee's final move, they're expected to make criminal referrals to the department of justice. >> against former president trump citing his role in the january 6 capitol attack. >> later today, the house committee investigating the january 6 capitol attack holds what's likely to be its final public meeting. the committee has called it an attempted coup that warrants criminal prosecution from the justice department. >> i think there's sufficient evidence to charge the president. california congressman adam schiff says the committee is also looking to take action against members of congress who ignored congressional subpoenas. you know, we have weighed what is what is the remedy for members of congress? isn't. >> a criminal to another branch of governme

. >> meanwhile, the committee referred former members of congress to the house ethics committee for ignoring the panel's subpoenas earlier this year. the lawmakers were minority leader and potential house speaker kevin mccarthy, jim jordan who is expected to be the next chairman of the house judiciary committee, congressman andy bigs of arizona as well as congressman scott perry of pennsylvania. mccarthy has not responded to requests for comment but others were quick to dismiss the referrals. a spokesperson for jordan called the committee's move just another partisan and political stunt. a spokesman for perry said this was, quote, more gains for a petulant and soon to be defunct kangaroo court and this statement, i look forward to reviewing the documents, publishing their lies, and setting the record straight in the 118th congress. reminder, of course, gop about to take control of the house. the subpoenas likely -- the referrals likely go away. at yesterday's hearing, the committee played new never before seen testimony from some of trump's closest advisors. let's take a listen to former whi

sources say the house committee investigating the u.s. capitol riots and donald trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election have started handing over evidence from its probe to the justice department. the panel is recommending criminal charges against the former president and others. here's cnn's sara murray. >> reporter: they started handing over materials related to mark meadows, who is the former white house chief of staff, including the mark meadows text messages that the house select committee obtained. they've also started handing over information related to john eastman. he's an attorney who worked on the various election schemes with the former president and they have begun handing over information on the fake slate of electors. the committee is handing the ball over to doj. doj has had a robust investigation and wants to make sure it can get as much evidence as possible from the house select committee. >> sara murray there. a federal appeals court is asking the justice department to weigh in on whether trump should be protected

committee. we're not dealing with matters of criminality. you're dealing with violations of housenctions available to the ethics committee. expulsion, that's the most serious, and there have been five in the history of the house to my memory. three during the civil war for treason, ozzy myers of philadelphia, and then james traffican. those are the five who have been expelled and then there's a censure, a reprimand, and a letter of iapproval. that's all that can be done. they can make a criminal referral if they thought there was criminal wrongdoing with the justice department. >> ozzy myers who is in jail again by the way. >> i know. >> these are going to be the most sensitive matters referred to the committee of ethics incidence the newt gingrich case when i was on the council, and there are remarkably republicans who have crossed over. jim cole who conducted a very robust investigation that led to sanctions against a speaker of the house. it's highly doubtful in a house majority governed by kevin mccarthy that he's going to allow anybody to get off the train and support action

is recommending. >> thank you so much. >>> january 6th house committee member jamie raskin why the panel is asking the justice department to criminally charge donald trump. take a listen. >> ours is not a system of justice where foot soldiers go to jail and the masterminds and ringleaders get a free pass. we believe that the evidence described by my colleagues today and assembled throughout our hearings warrants a criminal referral of former president donald j. trump. >> let's discuss with my panel. gloria, mm mark meadows just released a statement about the january 6th referrals, quote, the entire nation knows who is responsible for that day. beyond that, i don't have any immediate observations. he is is obviously referring to donald trump without referring to donald trump. >> do you think so? >> he said it in december -- no, no, i'm sorry, he said it in january, that the mob was directed by donald trump. he gave a very forthcoming speech about it and then basically didn't say anything about it for the rest of the year. >> he said it on the senate floor and he tried to kee

the committee closes or basically shuts down on january. the 3rd, when the republican dominated house take over, but this is its final act. what it is doing today is summarizing those charges that it will be recommending and its final report, which will be released on wednesday as the, to our large meeting, symbolic the committee itself as no ability to bring a criminal charges. however, what it will be doing is referring these charges to the department of justice, which will then go on its own course to decide what to do. and actually might. we're now hearing that the house committee is recommending that federal prosecutors do bring criminal charges against one president, trump, for conspiring to defraud the u. s. government. so they are recommending criminal charges against for president, for assisting insurrection. they say, indeed, yes, these are the charges that i was just mentioning, which are now being outlined by members of the committee. what now happens is that these letters of referral are sent to the justice department. the justice department will look at this decide wheth

the committee is not the only one wrapping up work. the housed means committee has one more piece of business before republicans take control next week and shut down the trump -related investigations. the committee will release tax returns to the public on friday after voting last week to do so. the committee spent years fighting in the courts to get the documents, the supreme court ruled in november congress had a right to the taxes. as part of oversight. >> the investigation by the committee revealed the irs had failed to audit then preisdent trump as required by law. >>> today the former longtime leader of israel sworn in as prime minister for the six-time, benjamin netanyahu will lead the most extreme far right government in israel since the foundation of the company. the new government pledges settlement expansion in the west bank, raising alarms over key territory. he was ousted from office last year from opposition to leadership while on trial for corruption. >>> mourning the death of possibly the greatest soccer player of all time, the b

in what's likely to be its final public meeting, the house january 6th committee is expected to formally adopt its final report and vote on possible criminal referrals. it concludes the panel's months' long procedure that included a series of bombshell hearings with former white house officials, examining the events surrounding the u.s. capitol riot and what role former president trump and his supporters played. >> we want to focus on those for which we believe there's the strongest evidence. >> reporter: committee member adam schiff told cnn he believes trump should face prosecution. >> i think that the evidence is there that donald trump committed criminal offenses in connection with his efforts to overturn the election. >> reporter: the former president lashed out against schiff on his truth social platform and slammed the house panel as the highly partisan unselect committee. >> i am announcing my candidacy for president of the united states. >> reporter: trump announced another presidential run last month. days later attorney general mailer -- merrick garland appointed jack smith to

but we know that those lawmakers, or some of them, are going to be referred to the house ethics committee notable, though, the house ethics committee is evenly divided between republicans and democrats. time for this congress is running out. so that's likely pretty too with this in terms of punishment for ignoring these subpoenas in the first place. and the other piece of this that it's important to remember, which i know you know so well, is that even though the committee does these criminal referrals, whether it's against trump, whether it's against anyone else they want to add to the mix, they are not legal -- they don't carry legal weight. it doesn't mean just because congress sends this referral, doj has to act. in fact, doj remains its own independent entity and will make its decision as such. we also know that they've got all their own investigations happening concurrently right now. and so, that's another thing that's going to be factored into the process here. but again, monday's meeting is really a precursor. they'll lay out the public case, much of it are things that we've alre

the house committee is urging congress consider barring trump and other individuals involved in the insurrectionrom holding public office citing the 14th amendment. the january 6 committee is also calling for reforms to the electoral college certification process and expanded efforts by the government to combat far right and white supremacist groups who played a key role in the january 6 insurrection. the report documents how many of the first rioters to enter the capitol on january 6 were members of the proud boys, three percenters, believers of the qanon conspiracy theories, and other white nationalists. the report was issued thursday night, three days after the house select committee voted to refer donald trump to the justice department for criminal prosecution. to talk more about the january 6 report, we are joined now by john nichols, the nation's national affairs correspondent. in a very cold wisconsin. welcome to democracy now!, john. >> thank you for having me. amy: it is great to have you with us. why don't you start out by responding to the report. it came out last night about 10:00 ea

another house committee is scheduled to meet today to release -- do decide to release tax returns. l try to send it through the house and senate to avert a government sactown. --shut down. the bill provides funding for government agencies and has $45 billion for aid to ukraine. economists say there is a seven-10 likelihood that the u.s. economy will sink into a recession and that is more than double it was six months ago. economists -- consumer spending, which accounts for two thirds of gdp, is expected to barely grow in the middle half of the year. ukraine has ever -- reach a deal with space x to receive more startling antennas and they will be used to counter russian era cap -- attacks. these antennas will be sent to ukraine and they provide internet -- regulators accepted the company's promise to stop using nonpublic data on independent sellers on his marketplace for competing retail business. they also will offer people access to amazon's by box. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 co

but we know that lows lawmakers, or some of them, will be referred to by the house ethics committee. it's notable, though, the house ethics committee is evenly divided between republicans number crafts. time for this congresses running out. that's likely pretty toothless in terms of being punishment for ignoring these subpoenas in the first place. the other piece that's important to remember, which i know you know so well, is that even though this committee does these criminal referrals, whether it's against trump or anyone else they want to add into the mix, they're not but -- they don't carry legal weight. it doesn't mean that just before congress sons this referral, doj has to act. in fact, doj remains an independent entity and will make its decision at such. they have their own investigations happening concurrently right now. that's another thing that's gonna be factored into the process. but again, monday's meeting is a precursor. they'll lay out the public case -- things that we've already heard from the committee over the course of the summer, and the areas we've already heard

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congressman turner is the ranking member of the house intelligence committee has served in congress since his 2002 elections. and in that time, he served in leadership roles, including as ranking member of several subcommittees of the house including house armed services committee and this president, as i mentioned earlier with the nato parliamentary assembly. our expert panel includes terry bingham, former member of congress -- met craning and glenn nye. kerri bingham served as deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence and security, from 2017 to 2020. overseeing the defense department's intelligence agencies, defense intelligence agency, the national security agency, national geospatial intelligence agency, and national reconnaissance office. she's now the director of the aerospace security project at csis. jane harmon served as the u.s. congresswoman from california. during which time she was also ranking member of the house intelligence committee. she brings a lot of expertise to this. and after her time in congress, she led the wilson center as its president and now is a disti

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we also know that this committee is referring at least 4 republican lawmakers to the house ethics committee after they refused to testify for now in washington, raquel martin, back to you guys. recall, how is the white house responding to what happened today? well, the white house was asked about this committee hearing today. they say they support the efforts that these lawmakers made by investigating this incident on january 6 in saying that it was vital for democracy. but when it comes to the actual criminal charges, definitely not wanting to get in the middle of that. they are saying that they want the doj to independently investigate the january 6 attack and they are not going to muddy the waters live for us in washington. thank you so much. our political analyst michael yaki weighed in on today's hearing. he said the committee successfully convinced the public that the election matters and that the peaceful transfer of power is important. >> he also said the january 6 committee's next move with trump's tax return could lead to more investigation. >> it may have which can i think what's

and house committee voted to release tonight. tax returns, we have seen and chief congressional correspondent. live on capitol hill, what are you seeing? >> they acted to reports in the committee released tonight. when was a committee investigation of the mandatory presidential audit program that the irs is supposed to do on president -- and how that was done. another one, and analysis by the nonpartisan joint committee looking at donald trump's individual tax returns. as well as the returns from his businesses. there's an irs mandatory program and they find you it was not working. he was dormant at best this is an important program to ensure that he did not have any financial conflicts of interest, he signs bills into law's. but in this case they say that is only the chairman of the committee making a request. in 2019 he was looking to look into donald trump's tax return. and that's when the audit took place. it was after the 2016 election in 2017 all the way up until january of 2021. now, the committee goes on to say a new inves

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>> there's talk of your committee referring to the house ethics committee some members of the house ofsentatives who may have participated in the insurrection in some way and refused to comply with the investigation, pennsylvania congressman scott perry comes to mind. he referred jeffrey clark who is this obscure lawyer, part of this conspiracy to get him, jeffrey clark to become head of the justice department so he would weaponize the justice department. is that, also, on the docket tomorrow, voting to refer for house ethics investigation your fellow members of congress, some of them? >> we will also be considering what's the propose remedy for members of congress who ignore a congressional subpoena as well as the evidence that was so pertinent to our investigation and why we wanted to bring them in. so that will be something we'll be considering tomorrow. we have weighed what is the remedy for members of chronic? is it a criminal referral to another branch of government? or is it better that the congress police its own? >> censure? >> censure is something we considered, ethics referr

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committee may do. some potential referrals to, prince, the house ethics committee. we know there are a number of republican lawmakers who snubbed subpoenas from the committee so refer them to the house ethics committee could be one of the options. and we're expecting the committee to a vote to submit the final report. they're going to hold back until wednesday the 21st. that's when they're going to make the whole thing available to the public. >> if there are other referrals other than to the department of justice, how likely will any of them go anywhere under new republican-controlled house? >> you know, that's a great question. when it comes to the house ethics committee and these republican lawmakers we don't know how that could potentially pan out. but some of the other potential referrals they're talk about are still referring to bodies outside of congress. we know there are a number of lawyers who have come under scrutiny. we're talking about referring them for bardis plin to certain boards. they're talking about potential campaign finance referrals. it's unce

the committee also referred four republican congressmen to the house ethics committee for not complyingith the january 6th committee committee subpoenas. and level criminal charges against trump attorney john eastman. john eastman's attorneys just issued a statement saying in part, quote, a criminal referral from a congressional committee is not binding on the department of justice and carry no, sir more legal weight from referral from an american citizen, in fact, a referral from the y6 committee should carry a great deal less weight due to the nature that produced it end quote. cnn's sara murray is on capitol hill where congressional leaders laid out their charges. >> reporter: the house investigative committee convening publicly one last time. >> he lost the 2020 election and knew it. in the end, he summoned the mob to washington, and knowingly, they were armed and angry. pointed them to the capitol and told them to fight like hell. >> reporter: and laying out its case that former president donald trump was ultimately responsible for the attack on the u.s. capitol. >> no man would be

the house judiciary committee would become the locus of the oversight proceedings in congress along with the house oversight committee led by congressman james comer. host: i heard it reported that there are 40 or 50 things they are looking into, the strategy to keep investigations going and not overshadow -- will that overshadow slate of efforts? guest: one congress is they know how to walk and chew gum at the same time. we will see. there worked on impeaching former president trump not once but twice, and other committees can focus on other bills, but members of congress can only juggle so much in their heads at one time so we will see publicans, many of whom are to government, most have not been house majority before, we will see them juggling the oversight and the legislation. host: speaker mccarthy was on the sunday show yesterday and talked about the ndaa. first, explain that. guest: it is the national defense authorization act and it has been going on 60 years. every year congress passes a military possible -- policy bill saying how many ships will be billed, how may planes will b

so in about 30 minutes' time the house committee which is l time the house committee which is made upading up to it. they believe they have shown enough evidence and testimony and footage that done his trump and his allies try to overturnjoe biden ins election victory and try to subvert democracy. there will be hoping to achieve their legal and political goals today. we expect that the reports are they are going to refer three criminal the part charges to the department against the former president and his allies. insurrection charges included. these are rare and serious. basically, insurrection is when you try to revolt against the established government using violence and they believe they have evidence to prove that. it is important to emphasise even though they have legal goals they don't have the weight. or they can do is both on the charges to be referred to the just the department and it's up to thejustice department to take these on board. bearing in mind they have their own investigation as well. that bearing in mind they have their own investigation as well.— investigation a

politically fraught for the justice department, and they have to tread more carefully then this house committee able to do. >> the committee effectively says, you know, january 6th wouldn't have happened without donald trump. that is very difficult to prove, isn't it, in a court of law, when he wasn't actually there. >> that's right. and, the standard, of course, for a court of law is beyond a reasonable doubt, which is a higher standard than this committee which is about weight of evidence. this is an extremely impressive report, this is a report which i think will go -- if not quite to that level, maybe close to the level of the warren commission, you know, over 1000 interviews, extremely extensive inquiry, but, at the end of the day, this is almost from the perspective of prosecutors, this is a symbolic set of evidence. this is not the case that a prosecutor can just put out, prosecutors will have to hold the cards a bit closer to the chest, as time goes on. of course, the timing is out of sync, here, because, the house needs to move on this, because the democrats are about to lose control o

the genuine six panel could refer house members to ethics committee. -- january 6 panel could refer house members to ethics committee for ethics investigations since it wraps up the nearly 18 month investigation into the january 6, 2021 attack from the u.s. capitol. chairman bennie thompson told reporters the panel would consider how the ethics can many referral along with votes to approve the final report and send kernel referrals to the department of justice department and other entities, and all of those areas. the committee wrap up effectively comes too late to translate into congressional action as republicans prepare to retake control of the house in january. the final week of congress this week as they have a deadline friday to pass the omnibus spending measure. next, it is joe. caller: first time caller and i will try to stay focused. i will say listing to a few callers that we can see it is effective in the half-and-half situation. for me, it is not effective, but the caller from north carolina, his viewing of it made it seem so effective and it is news, that is for sure. it does

house committee has voted to release donald trump's tax returns from 2020.ike a drum roll moment. >> something the democrats have been working on. the ways and means committee has voted to release five years of donald trump taxes from 2015-2020. incorporating almost the whole time he was president. there will be some reductions of personal information, but i think we will get a lot more information we have ever seen. the report released by the committee today done by a nonpartisan group of tax lawyers and accountants showed a lot of red flags that normally would require an audit or would cause an audit by the irs to take place. it does not appear to an audit did take place for a lot of those issues. dani: republicans take over the house in less than two weeks time. the timing here seems a bit rushed, what do you make of it? bill: the committee just got some of these tax returns and information about a month ago. they have been jamming to try to get it out and see what they can publish and do legally. they do have a deadline, the first week of january. they w

it pertains to the role of the house oversight committee. god willing, january 3, i will take command as chairman of the house oversight committee. my goal as i said to just about every media outlet that's asked about it is i want to bring the house oversight committee back to its original intent. the intent of the house oversight committee is to eliminate waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement in the federal government. and i believe when we look around in the federal government we see a whole lot of waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement. so when asked about my priorities as the next chairman of the house oversight committee, i want to talk about my first priority and that's to get the backs of the taxpayers of the united states of america. just in the name of covid, over the past three years, mr. speaker, so that spans two administrations, over the past three years this body has been reckless in its spending in the name of covid. when you look at all the stimulus bills. all the stimulus programs. all the giveaways. those dollar amounts run i

the committee also referred for republican house members, kevin mccarthy of california, jim jordan of ohio, scott perry of pennsylvania and andy biggs of arizona to the house ethics committee for failure to comply with subpoenas. report comes as trump is running again for the presidency and also facing multiple federal investigations. the house committee is expected to release his tax returns as well after he fought for years to keep that private. and recently some republicans have blamed him for a worse than expected showing in the midterm elections, perhaps leaving trump. it is most politically vulnerable position in many years. catherine and ken, back to you. >> all right, grant, thanks very much with the busy christmas coming up, the fears of a triple demic are escalating as cases of covid flu rsv continue to rise. we talked to infectious disease expert doctor peter chin. hong about what to do if you come down with any symptoms. >> first of all, don't go to work or to >> trying to figure out if you have covid, which is easier to do with that test and if you really feel like it mig

lauren it, is a bit complicated but what did the house ways and means committee just vote moments agoll, we expect that any minute we are going to get a report from the house ways and means committee that is going to summarize a couple of things, but this committee voted first to release a report as well as the underlying tax returns that they had requested, that of course extremely significant john, for all the reasons you just reminded viewers about. former president had promised repeatedly to release those returns, never did on the campaign trail. while they are going to come, at some point, with some heavy redactions. now first off we expect that report any minute from the house ways and means committee. it will summarize their findings, it will also include a report from the joint committee on taxation. that is the official tax committee up here on capitol hill. that will include a report as well. then we will be working to redact personal information from the tax returns, and then at some point in the next hour or days we will start to see those. so very, very significant, this

the committee is expected to push for at least two chargesrif witnesses. house select committee investigating the january 6th capital riot will hold its 11th and final public hearing on monday ahead of the release of its report, abc news has learned. the committee plans to recommend criminal charges against former president donald trump. this is someone who uh, in multiple ways, tried to pressure state officials to find votes that didn't exist. this is someone who tried to interfere with the joint session, even inciting a mob to attack the capital. um if that's not criminal, than, uh, i don't know what is, sources say the recommended charges will include conspiracy to defraud the united states and obstruction of official proceeding. the committee also considering recommending trump be charged with insurrection, walk down to the capital. because never take back our country with weakness. you have to show strength and you have to be strong committee conducted thousands of interviews and depositions, including some of trump's closest advisors, senior staff and his

>> well, those are a good start right there but you have 22 committees in the house. all of them need to be involved and engaged in oversight. the oversight committee is solely focused on those things. since 1814 we have had this in place. democrats aren't going to like it. no doubt they have already start evidence to write the press releases seethes owe an overreach and they aren't legitimate and they will only succumb to subpoenas that are legitimate and the legacy media will already start writing stories and op ed's being the republicans are overreaching. the problem is the precedent that democrats set in the 117th congress. >> rich: if you look at the house oversight committee and it has jurisdiction over a host of issues more than other committees on the hill. what is it like -- you know the dynamic of being a republican in a republican-controlled house trying to subpoena a democratic white house? how difficult is that and what kind of roadblocks are republicans going to run into as they try to look into these issues? >> well, issuing the subpoena is fairly easy.

he now set to face public skutny after a house committee voted to release them a week ago. what it could mean we begin this hour with that critical supreme court decision on title 42. here's the question at hand. we're going to find out potentially at some point in the next few hours whether the high court will take on the case or pass and let this trump era public health policy expire. if that is the question at the heart of this and there are big implications depending on which way the supreme court goes i want to bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent, julie. it's become an immigration policy, but the question is if the supreme court decides to pass and title 42 is lifted, the concern is this surge of migrants at the border there's a political context and backdrop to this as well talk us through it >> i've been tracking bipartisan negotiations over comprehensive immigration reform on capitol hill for the better part of last year, but even with democrats in control of the house and senate, obviously not those 60 votes they need, they were not able to get that done.

joining us now, a number of the january 6th committee, the current chairman of the house intelligenceou so much for being here. appreciate it. you're a former federal prosecutor before you became a member of congress. do you think the evidence is there that donald trump committed any of the crimes i just mentioned and that the cases are prosecutable, that you could get a conviction? >> i think that the evidence is there that donald trump committed criminal offenses in connection with his efforts to overturn the election. viewing it as a former prosecutor, i think there's sufficient evidence to charge the president. >> to get a conviction though? >> well, i don't know what the justice department has. i do know what's in the public record. the evidence seems pretty plain to me, but i would want to see the full body of evidence if i were in the prosecutor's chshoe to make a decision. this is someone who in multiple ways tried to pressure state officials to find votes that didn't exist. this is someone who tried to interfere with a joint session, even insiciting a mob to attack the capito

let's get to the bloomberg business flash. >> a house committee has recommended donald trump be prosecuted his role in the january 6 assault on the u.s. capitol. the committee voted unanimously to refer trump for prosecution on four criminal offenses, including insurrection. it is the first such referral of a former u.s. president, adding to the legal trouble plaguing his 2024 reelection bid. european nations have reached a deal to cap natural gas prices at 180 euros per megawatt hour, it ends months of wrangling over whether to intervene in an energy crisis that has risk recession. but cap a significant we lower than an earlier proposal that would not have prevented the price spikes seen earlier this year as russia curbed gas supplies. chinese banks have maintained their benchmark lending rates for a fourth month after the central bank last week kept its monetary policy settings unchanged. some economists expected a 10 basis point cut in the five-year loan prime rate to help the property sector. the pboc has kept its key lmf rate unchanged since august as officials left covid restrictions

from speaker, i rise today to thank a member of my staff on the house committee on veterans affairs who will not be continuing with us into the next congress. peter tyler is a former member of the navy reserve and staffer who brought skill and oversight experience to my committee. he led many of our efforts to make the veterans' administration a welcoming place for all who served our nation and protect veteran and families from abows i have debt collection practices by improving administrative processes at the v.a. peter's passion shown through in every task he took on for the committee. the work of my committee and this congress and our government to honor and support our veterans was made better by peter's service and he will be deeply missed. mr. speaker, i rise today to thank a member of my staff on the house committee on veterans affairs who will not be continuing with us into the next congress. matt horowitz brought experience on cybersecurity and broadend the scope of our oversight efforts into this important, complex and often overlooked area. his deep knowledge, patience and go

the house committee investigating the attack on the u.s.itol accuses the former president of crimes including inciting insurrection and referred him to the u.s. justice departmentor prosecution. >> those in favor, say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. laura: vladimir putin goes to meet president lukashenko as fears grow that belarus may be used to launch a new attack on ukraine. we have the latest from moscow. a peace deal. the biggest conference in a decade agrees to protect a third of nature around the world. ♪ welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. we begin tonight in washington. almost two years ago, supporters of donald trump stormed the u.s. capitol building claiming the presidential election had been stolen. now, the house committee investigating the january 6 attack has referred former president trump to the u.s. justice department for criminal prosecution. that is without precedent. committee members voted unanimously to refer mr. trump on four counts, including inciting insu

the house committee now recommending criminal charges against former president donald trump. they say the evidence merits prosecution by the justice department. the committee sites four offenses, conspiracy to defraud the united states, obstruction of a percent official proceeding of congress, conspiracy and insurrection. the committee's chairman says we have every confidence that the work of this committee will help define a roadmap to justice. >> january 6 committee members say that they believe former president donald trump is criminally culpable for the assault on the u.s. capital. >> as a former prosecutor i think there is sufficient evidence to charge the president. >> reporter: the committee voted to recommend the doj to file charges for obstruction. he is also charged with conspiracy. they may make a rule for inciting and insisting and insurrection. >> i think the president is violating criminal laws and i think he should be treated like any other american. he needs to be prosecuted. >> reporter: trump slammed the committee on social media and sent a message to support