donald trump accepted alex jones's endorsement for president, after alex jones told those lies aboutge of the case, is to have a trial, about how much money alex jones now owes, the families of the victims. that will be decided by a jury, in a connecticut courtroom next year. joining us now is democratic senator chris murphy, of connecticut. senator murphy, thank you very much for joining us tonight, this has been a very important cause for you. since that horrible day in connecticut, what was your reaction to the judges finding today? >> i'm thrilled for the families, i was in touch with one of the lead plaintiffs, whose mother was the principal, the heroic principle a sandy hook elementary school. and i'm glad that alex jones and his movement is finally being brought to justice. it's really hard lawrence to explain how crippling this conspiracy theory movement led by alex jones, perpetuated by many, others has been to these families. leni pozner dropped his three kids office in a hook elementary school that day, and he never saw one of them again. he died, he was the first funeral

here they are interviewing one of the editors working for alex jones. >> jones had no evidence whatsoever't happen. and he said it many times. because that's just what fit into his world view. on some level that's what he wanted it to be. >> one of his employees long time editor rob jacobson brought concerns to jones. >> i stopped him and i was like alex, they're going to come after you for sandy hook. look, man, this is crazy. and he just stopped and looked at me with no reaction. he had nothing to say to me. he just stopped like a deer in headlights. >> senator, the fact he was warned is part of the evaluation of how much damages he should be paying here. >> yeah. i don't know that there's any number that makes these families whole for what they have experienced. because of this conspiracy theory movement. around sandy hook denial. what i know is that alex jones was doing this because it fit into his world view. also because it got him ratings. because there is unfortunately a people out there removed from reality and willing to believe all of these wild concoctions. whether it be about

they are roger stone, and alex jones. roger stone avoided serving the 40 month prison sentence that he got for his previous crimes on behalf of donald trump, when donald trump commuted the sentence that roger drone was scheduled to begin serving. the committee's letter to roger stone says, quote, you have stated that you are invited to lead a march to the capitol from the ellipse rally on january six, but did not end up doing so are going to the ellipse rally or the capitol, that day. tonight, roger stone issued this statement, saying, quote, i have said time and time again that i have no advance knowledge in the events that took place at the capitol on that day. after the subpoenas served and after my council reviews the requests, i will make the determination of how i will proceed. today subpoena will add to alex jones is mounting legal bills. last week a connecticut court found alex jones liable for money damages in the defamation lawsuit brought by the parents of children killed in the 2012 massacre at sandy hook elem

alex jones peddled the big lie in the months and weeks leading up to the january 6th insurrection. s jones to the money, to the financing of the rally that ultimately led to the march on the capitol that day. david jolly, i want to read a little bit from the roger stone letter. roger stone was reportedly in washington on january 5th and 6th, spoke at rallies on january 5th and was slated to speak at the january 6th rally at the ellipse that directly preceded the violent attack on the capitol. before traveling to washington, stone promoted his attendance at the rallies and solicited support to pay for security through the website stopthesteal.org. while in washington, stone reportedly used members of the oath keepers as personal security guards, at least one of whom has been indicted for his involvement in the attack on the capitol. stone has made remarks that he was planning to, quote, lead a march on the capitol from the ellipse rally. roger stone, of course, was -- well, he was pardoned by donald trump. he has been in the middle of all of donald trump's high jinks and efforts to c

they also want to hear from alex jones, the disgraced right-wing conspiracy theorist who just lost a defamation lawsuit over his allegations that the sandy hook shooting was a hoax. he was sued by family members of those who were killed. jones repeatedly promoted donald trump's lie of election fraud including on the night of january 5th where he said this. >> we have already begun to resist the globalists. we have already begun our fight against our tyranny. they are trying to try to steal this election in front of everyone. as i told them 20 years ago, i tell them again. i don't know how all this is going to end. but if they want to fight, they better believe they have got one. >> boy, real kind of form and content merger with some unsettling historical references. the white house told you on or about january 3rd, 2021, that you were to lead a march to the capitol where president trump would meet the group. you did in fact march from the ellipse to the capitol. the subpoena has subpoenaed two people we haven't heard that much about, dustin stockton and jennifer lawrence, a couple hea

the same. 9/11 was the first one we saw how that was going to work. >> waiting in the wings was alex jonessold videotapes one by one, he has a line straight into american households. info wars. >> alex very quickly became the world's leading 9/11 truther, with the idea that it was an inside job. it was always test the new world order, the fbi, they're all trying to destroy our freedom. >> but after the 2000s drew a close, jones turned to his megaphone to start promoting an even more outlandish theory and his theories would target the most vulnerable. yes to clean and fresh ingredients! and yes to living life to the flavor-fullest. panera. live your yes. now $1 delivery. to make progress, we must keep taking steps forward. we believe the future of energy is lower carbon. and to get there, the world needs to reduce global emissions. at chevron, we're taking action. tying our executives' pay to lowering the carbon emissions intensity of our operations. it's tempting to see how far we've come. but it's only human... to know how far we have to go. ♪ ♪ ♪ hey google. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ lisa here, has ha

the house letter in the subpoena today to alex jones is really striking., as you have stated the white house told you, alex jones, on january 6th you were to lead a march to the capitol where president trump would meet the group. according to this house letter, trump was supposed to actually be at the capitol on january 6th. what they're doing is trying to seek information about that and about trump's presence on january 6th. that to me is a pretty striking news statement. >> very important that you identify that. it was, of course, known that donald trump claimed in public that day he would go to the capitol. he didn't. there's been much, much debate over how long it took him to say anything and the way he responded to what was a violent insurrection. is your supposition or interpretation that the committee must have additional evidence or documentation of that plan? >> yes, exactly. that's what it looks like. it looks like a lot of people were read into the plan. this wasn't just some sort of donald trump last-minute thing he wanted to do. it looks like

alex jones did something very simple.an effort to make a lot of money really easily without much work, he decided he would prey on the families of sandy hook to come up with a theory of, a story, a narrative so ridiculous and cruel that it would appeal to a certain amount of people in our society and that would drive traffic to his platform in which he could sell his products like you described and make a lot of money real easily and quickly. that is exactly what he did and it didn't matter to him to what advantage he was making the families pay. >> so in the united states you can say a lot of horrible things about people under the first amendment. but, you know, defamation exists. what is the standard here that you were presenting to the judge that presented this, that pushes this over from someone being a heinous person to actually committing a civil infraction? chlk sure. first of all, the motive here is to make money. he makes money by getting people's attention and standing out among a field of people who say terribl

we're talking about alex jones, excuse me, yeah, alex jones and roger stone. forgive me. they are two people at the very center of these stop the steal rallies. those are the two most well-known names in this list of subpoenas which includes dustin stockton, jennifer lawrence and taylor budowich. these indicate they're really going for the people at the center of the top the steal moment and involved in the organization of the rallies that proceeded the riot. the subpoena for jones notes he was denied a speaking role at a rally on january 6, but indicates the white house either told or asked him to leave the march to the capitol from the ellipse to the capitol on january 6th after that rally. the subpoena quotes also from jones' own remarks in december which he said, quote, finally trump has done the right thing. he is now calling on we the people to take action and show our numbers. the time for action is now. where were you when history called? roger stone's subpoena points out he promoted his appearance at the stop the steal rally and asked for donators to pay. while i

then, alex jones must pay the families, of sandy hook victims. tonight the attorney who won today's massive defamation suit joins me live. plus, >> you lose the right to self-defense when you're the one who brought the gun. >> what we learned today as the murder trial of kyle rittenhouse nears conclusion. and joe biden throws a party at the white house, as infrastructure week finally arrives. >> today we're finally getting this done. >> went all in, starts right now. good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. we have a ton of new developments today, the story of the attempted coup. the effort at the various highest levels of the u.s. government to throw out the results of last november's free and fair election. and install the loser donald trump in power, today one of the most prominent coup plotters, former top trump advisor steve bannon. who was indicted on criminal charges last, week over his refusal to cooperate with the house committee investigating the insurrection, bannon was in court, he now faces two charges of contempt. which could ea

and alex jones, the far-right radio host and conspiracy theorist. all, involved in the stop the steal movement and rallies that preceded the riot. and also, a fresh reminder today about what's at stake and about why it's important to get -- get to the bottom of what happened that day. federal prosecutors have brought five charges, including carrying a loaded weapon and assaulting police officers against an indiana man. he has denied assaulting police officers. more frightening, however, may be what investigators say he told them. according to investigators, mark maza said he wanted to talk to house speaker nancy pelosi that day. he didn't. then, investigators say he said this to them. quote, i was glad i didn't because you'd be here for another reason. cnn law enforcement correspondent, whitney whield joins us with the latest on this new round of subpoenas. whitney, what's here? what does it seem the house select committee is focusing on? >> well specifically, when it comes to alex jones and roger stone, they are focusing on the way in which these t

and alex jones, the far-right radio host and conspiracy theorist.

but alex jones does make the march long, and so the committee obviously has been doing a good thing of listening not only to steve bannon's podcast but alex joneses. and they're picking up on these details that people are saying out in public. but it takes some unearthing to dig up the sort of piece together where you can sort of put all the puddle together the way the committee wants to lead to the conclusion of what happened on january six. >> that is a great point. that sort of hiding in plain sight aspect which we have seen at the lower level, and the people who have been indicted the hundreds and hundreds of arrests. many who have been documenting what they have done on social media. confessed to what they've done on social media. and then they just have to go and find the. stuff which is not being used in evidence against them. but it wasn't just like the january 6th rally. or even the plan to go to the capital, let's see what, they were particular private as they said they were going to march down to the capitol and i'm going to come to you and you are going to fight like hell.

alex jones stoked the big lie for months on his radio show and instrumental helping trump pull it off. he was key to the financing to secure a large donation from the heiress to the chain. the committee cites a video jones says he was directed by the white house to lead the march to the capitol where he was told that donald trump would meet the group. in other words, he was literally giving marching orders by the trump white house. here is that video. >> the white house told me three days before we're going to have you lead the march. the secret service before trump finishes 30 minutes before so we'll lead you to point, take you out of the front row and lead you to the place where they want you to start the march and trump will tell people go and i'm going to meet you at the capitol. >> okay. meanwhile the committee's subpoena to roger stone notes he was in d.c. to talk in support of trump and solicited donations from supporters to pay for security for his appearance at the stop the steal event. "the new york times" reported last winter, six people associated with the oath keepers ser

and as you probably heard alex jones was subpoenaed by the january 6 yesterday. today the committee issued other subpoenas and with the people who handed out those flyers. the subpoenas went to three far militia or paramilitary groups who the committee says were involved in the planning of the riot on january 6. they are the proud boys international and its chairman, the oath keepers and its president, elmer stewart rhodes, and the first amendment tritorian and its president, robert patrick lewis. we'll have more on those subpoenas later. the thing that makes this different, pause i think you can see the continuities here. the country has been around a while, things have been pretty nuts for a long time. it's not the presence of people like alex jones or the group that passed out those fliers in dallas, it's the fact that one of our two parties is captured by that faction. the beliefs of those extreme fringes are the politics of the man who was president of the united states who put their conspiracies into motion in his final days in office to attempt the most se

five new subpoenas monday from the january 6 committee including two trump marquee names including alex jonesell us don't expect cooperation. >> the committee has launched this witch hunt, drag n.e.t. against people that peacefully went to d.c. to protest what they thought were fraudulent results in the election. if i've done nothing wrong, but i know this is a political witch hunt similar to the soviet commizars, how do you respond to that? >> yeah. our panel is back with us. elliott williams, i'll going to you first as an attorney. investigations involve criminals or bad actors and criminals and bad actors lie, and alex jones is just a renowned conspiracy theorist and liar. roger stone goes back to the richard nixon days, liar, but they are important to the investigation because they are involved with the organizers, involved with people coming, so how do you launch an investigation when you know the person across the table is going to refuse to cooperate or what they probably tell you is a lie? >> this is the big challenge because you can make people do a lot of things but you can't make t

specifically, for alex jones, the committee is also acutely interested in his role in finding a major donor for the stop the steal rally. the subpoena also notes that jones was either asked or directly told, as of january 3rd, that you would lead a march from the ellipse from that stop the steal rally to the capitol where we know that violent insurrection then took place. for roger stone, the subpoena specifically mentions that the committee understands that he used, again, his enormous platform to promote his appearance at the stop the steal rally. and then, further, used the oath keepers -- a far-right extremist group -- as protection in washington, d.c. surrounding the dates of the stop the steal rally on the 6th and then another rally that happened on january 5th. but the -- what's very clear is that the committee is now circling trump. they are specifically going after people who had a direct line into the former president, longtime confidants. and then, obviously, a longtime conspiracy theorist, alex jones. john. >> so who else beyond those two was issued a subpoena and what was

perhaps the two biggest names on this list, roger stone and alex jones. , the well-known infamous online radio host who is one of the biggest distributors of misinformation out there. jones, of course, one of the many who are encouraging people to come to washington on january 6th and also peddling falsehoods about the big lie through his massive online media presence. roger stone, too, was someone that was raising funds and encouraging people to come to washington for the stop the steal rallies and is someone who has been a longtime ally of president trump and also someone who enjoyed a pardon from the former president in the closing days before he left office. now there are three other names on this list. taylor budawig, the spokesperson for donald trump in his life outside of the white house. he is being asked for information related to a social media and radio advertising campaign that he was involved in in the days leading up to january 6th that was encouraging people to take part in these rallies. and then two other key figures who are by no means ho

let's listen to alex jones.things he said, i believe, from january 5th. >> i don't know how this is going to end! if they want a fight, they better believe they've got one! >> they got a fight -- i'll translate to english. if they want a fight, they better believe they have one. >> let's not forget the other guy. donald trump was speaking the morning of january 6th, saying, "fight like hell." saying, you know, "take your country back." take those words for what they are, and look at what steve bannon -- you've played it many times here on "new day." steve bannon on january 5th also, telling his listeners, trump supporters, this was their time in history. this was their moment. all hell was going to break loose. i mean, what exactly does that mean? that doesn't mean a peaceful march up to the capitol. >> david fromm who has been on with us says something interesting. for all the investigating about things we don't know, isn't there enough to happened in broad daylight that we do know, that illustrates exactly wha

victims winning a case against conspiracy theorist alex jones. t the judge cited as willful non-compliance after he failed to provide documents requested by the plaintiffs in the case. this is the latest legal defeat for jones after losing two defamation suits filed in texas by other parents of sandy hook victims. joining us is william ogden, an attorney representing sandy hook family lisies in the defamation against alex jones and into wars in texas. thank you so much for being with us, william. what do you think -- >> absolutely. >> -- damages should be here? >> so i think the only way our society allows damages like this to be calculated just to give it up to a jury of mr. jones' peers, at least in our case, in travis county texas, which is in austin, and allow a jury to determine how much damage he's actually done to these families. >> i wonder, you know, when you think specifically of, say, noah pozner's family, who was the youngest victim at sandy hook, his family has been harassed by people who believed alex jones. they've had to move ten t

that have ties to alex jones. it is continuing to connect the thread among a relatively small group of people that the committee is also interested in. >> yes, and when we say ties to roger stone, we mean literally providing his security today's living up to this. this is not some connect the dots sort of string and thumb tack at the board. like if they were giving him security. we should also note, that one -- >> in photographs, next to him, behind him. >> yes it's well documented. and one of the things that are true is the rhetoric, and some of the things that are document, calling for a traders that. this is extremely hidden violent rhetoric. and heated violent rhetoric is not per se against a lot, depending on the context for the first the membered of judas prudence. but in the once of the committee of what led to the bottom of what led to the verge of the violence on the capitol, -- >> and i imagine the committee is also interested in the oath keepers for a number of reasons, but one of which being that sever

subpoenas that to the former president's allies including roger stone and conspiracy theorists alex jones. plus, in the latest in the civil trial against the organizers of the deadly unite the right rally in charlottesville, i want to go right to the trial of three men accused of killing ahmaud arbery. cnn's savidge has that. >> reporter: protests outside the glen county courthouse have grown in size and volume. for the first time, armed citizens with semiautomatic weapons were seen patrolling the perimeter of the courthouse grounds while inside the attorneys began making closing arguments. travis mcmichael, his father gregory mcmichael face charges for the killing of 25-year-old jogger ahmaud arbery. >> this case is about assumptions and driveway decisions. they made their decision to attack ahmaud arbery in their driveways because he was a black man running down the street. >> reporter: and reminding the jury the definition of a citizen's arrest according to the law. >> they never, ever said on february 23rd, 2020 that they were doing a citizen's arrest. a citizen's arrest is for emerge

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alex jones is talking to somebody at the white house. you can see why the committee is very interested in getting his testimony. >> i want to make sure you meant mike pence. talking about hanging mike pence. not john mccain, right? >> oh, no. stewart rhodes called for john mccain to be hanged as well. some years ago, but yeah, he -- before john mccain died, stewart rhodes had an event in arizona. andy biggs was the head of the freedom caucus is there with him and he was angry over something that escapes memory at this point, but he said he should be hung by the neck until dead. this dates back a while. obviously we saw it, the thing with some of these groups is for years, they've been saying violent things and nothing came of it. and so now finally on january 6th, when something does come of it, all of a sudden, you look back at all these things in the path and you say why weren't people paying closer attention? so i think that, and certainly in the build up to january 6th, where you have numerous public statements of violent rhetoric, t

and the noted conspiracy theorists, alex jones. committee's letter to stone says that he promoted his attendance at rallies on january 5th and sixth supporting trump's false claims of election fraud. it also points out, he did speak at the january 5th rally and used members of the far-right oath keepers for security. the letter adds, quote, you have stated you were invited to lead a march to the capitol from the ellipse rally on january six, and did not end up doing. so last december trump pardons don't from the mueller investigation, but that won't help him. here tonight, stone issued a statement in response to the subpoenas agreed in part, quote, i have said time and time again that i had no advance knowledge of the events that took place at the capitol on that day. now, as for alex jones, the committee says that he helped organize the rally ahead of the. right the subpoena also said, quote, as you have stated the white house told you on or about january three, that after the ellipse rally on january six you were to lead a march

it's just how cooperative these witnesses will be, particularly alex jones and roger stone who have aant for either ignoring congratulations and legal requirements that are put on them, or outright lying to panels like this. this is what the -- one of the committee members zoe lofgren had to say about both of these individuals coming before the committee. >> mr. stone raised money for security through his website, stop the steal.org. he reportedly had an affiliation with the oath keepers that led some of the assault on the capitol. he made remarks that he was planning to lead the march to the capitol from the elipse that day. mr. jones claims to have raised the majority of the funds for the staging of the rally. so, we want to find out what they know. we're following up with other leads that we have received about the funding. >> reporter: this ultimately, though, is about connecting dots. there were obviously three layers to all this, right. there was the peddling of the election lie first. there was the effort to bring people here to washington. and then the final step would be conv

there's two big names in this group, alex jones and roger stone, two major conservative provocateurs,ple that have been longtime supporters of the former president, donald trump, and of course played a big role in peddling the lies about the election that trump was the leader of. they also helped to raise money and convince people to come to washington on january 6th with the implicit goal of trying to interrupt the democratic process. but it's not just jones and stone. there are three other names. taylor bud vich. he's currently the spokesperson for the former president in his capacity outside of the white house. and then two other individuals, dustin stockton and jennifer lawrence. they are an engaged couple. they have been behind the scenes players in all of this, closely associated with steve bannon, also closely associated just on the outer ring of the trump campaign and the trump political effort. they had a lot to do with the organization, the raising of funds, and the spending of funds as it relates to those rallies on january 6th. there is a big question, though, as to how co

including roger stone, conspiracy theorist alex jones.ning, we're seeing this new, stunning video of january 6th rioters invading the capitol. you can see it right there. attacking police officers as they pour through a security door. cnn's paula reed here in new york with me now. nice to see you in person. let's talk about the subpoenas. who are the characters being called? >> lawmakers are targeting trump allies who were involved in the planning and financing of the stop the steal rally. what we're reminded about with this list is the fact that investigators are not just focused on the violence on january 6th, they're also focused on the days leading up to that, the messaging being pushed out, the money that was being raised, and how it was being spent. they're looking at potential coordination with congressional officials or folks in the white house. as you noted in terms of who is on the list, it includes dirty trickster roger stone and alex jones. in addition to steve bannon, these were three of the biggest voices pumping out these l

is qunol. >>> major legal victory for eight connecticut families and a first responders who sued alex jonesones spread the despicable story that the 2012 massacre at sandy hook elementary school where six adults and 20 children were killed, was staged. here are the faces of victims, young children, teachers and the principal. they were murdered. we remember them. today a judge ruled that jones is libel because he repeatedly refused to hand over records. a jury will decide how much he has to pay in damages. in september he was defaulted in texas for failing to turn over documents in a similar case. joining us now attorney chris mattei who represents the plaintiffs in the lawsuit. can you explain what liability by default means? >> thank you for having me on, anderson. today what the connecticut supreme court determined was that because alex jones had engaged in a long series of misconduct in discovery abuses he prevented the plaintiffs from getting a fair hearing, the evidence and because of that forfeited the right to present evidence in the case. and as a result of that the allegations aga

now, as for alex jones, the committee says he helps organize the rally ahead of the riot. the subpoena also says, "as you have stated, the white house told you on or about january 3 that after the ellipse rally on january 6th you were to lead a march to the capitol where president trump would meet the group. you and others on infowars repeatedly promoted president trump's allegations of election fraud and made statements implying you had knowledge about the plans of president trump with respect to the rally." last week alex jones was found liable for damages in defamation lawsuits that were brought by parents of the children killed in the sandy hook elementary shooting. his attorney responded to today's subpoena with this statement. "the first amendment guarantees the right of assembly and the right of petition for redress of grievances. we will be in touch with committee staff to determine what our next steps will be." the other trump allies subpoenaed include trump's current spokesman taylor broadowich and trump supporters dustin stockton and jennifer lawrence, no relati

now, among those on the list, trump ally roger stone and far right radio host alex jones. both men spoke at the rally. in a statement, stone said, quote, any statement, claim, insinuation or report alleging or even implication that i had any involvement in or knowledge about the commission of any unlawful acts is categorically false. jones is also responding tonight through his attorney saying, quote, the first amendment guarantees the right of assembly and the right to petition for redress of grievances. congress's attempt to chill ordinary americans in the exercise of these rights is terrifying the fall-out continues. lester >> all right, kristin, thank you. >>> as we begin this thanksgiving week, road travel is expected to hit its peak in coming days, and the tsa says it's already seen record numbers of air travelers. tom costello went behind the scenes to united airlines to see how it is managing the rush. >> reporter: two years after the last thanksgiving homecoming, americans are tonight on the move again, navigating rain delays in the northeast and south florida, fr

the subpoenas that for roger stone yesterday for alex jones. fundraising off of this. they're actually trying to become martyrs this some respect like steve bannon ateftempted t last week. will they be successful? >> with their audience, sure. you know, i think it is as you say an extraordinary measure of kind of the tribalism and the reflection of the refusal as we talked about before of any republicans in congress other than the two on the committee to stand up for the institutional prerogatives and authority of congress to demand answers not only from the executive branch but the public and essentially allowing this kind of positioning to go forward where people can defy a subpoena and try to make themself as hero for doing so. i assume you've had me here for my legal analysis -- >> naturally, ron. naturally. >> i do wonder, i would assume and i could ask this as a question back to you, i would assume the committee is on stronger ground in demanding compliance of subpoenas that with people that have no plausible executive privilege claim her

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the subpoenas that for roger stone yesterday for alex jones.they're actually trying to become martyrs this some respect like steve bannon attempted to last week. will they be successful? >> with their audience, sure. you know, i think it is as you say an extraordinary measure of kind of the tribalism and the reflection of the refusal as we talked about before of any republicans in congress other than the two on the committee to stand up for the institutional prerogatives and authority of congress to demand answers not only from the executive branch but the public and essentially allowing this kind of positioning to go forward where people can defy a subpoena and try to make themself as hero for doing so. i assume you've had me here for my legal analysis -- >> naturally, ron. naturally. >> i do wonder, i would assume and i could ask this as a question back to you, i would assume the committee is on stronger ground in demanding compliance of subpoenas that with people that have no plausible executive privilege claim here. whatever they may do in

melissa, if you want to talk about that as well, and then peter baker, i want to talk about alex jones, andrea. this is a really momentous ruling. these were defamation charges. alex jones refused to show up in court and what the trial court judge here has done is issued a default judgment in favor of the sandy hook parents. >> i just heard that closing arguments are starting. let's check in with the rittenhouse trial. let's find out if this is indeed closing arguments. >> antioch, illinois, and staying out after a city wide curfew. >> your honor, i would object. there's no curfew charge anymore. there's no gun charge. >> although he claimed -- >> there's no charge, but -- and there has been some discussion about the lawfulness of the curfew, not in this case, but elsewhere, so it's -- but there had been a curfew announced. that does not mean that it was technically lawfully -- legal curfew, but there had been an announced curfew, and i'll leave it at that. >> and it was a curfew that all the rest of us here in kenosha were aware of, and i think most people, most reasonable people obey

the most notable is roger stone, alex jones as well.t does that tell you about the direction of the investigation and the kinds of questions they could answer, and what do you think the odds are, hugo, that they actually cooperate? >> well, i think these subpoenas are really interesting. if you look at the subpoena that is for these two guys, like roger stone, alex jones, what becomes clear is that the committee has noted that these two guys, huge figures in trump world were invited to speak at the rally before the january 6th attack, and they were also invited to lead the march from the rally to the capital, but curiously, they didn't attend either. and i think the fact that chairman bennie thompson mentioned this in the letter shows where the committee is going with this, and they want to know did these guys, you know, who are connected to the people -- that are connected to trump world operatives, possibly even to president trump himself, did they have advance knowledge of what might go down at the capitol and was that the reason why

>> stephen: well, now we do know how it ends: with alex jones under oath, in congress, trying to sell vitality supplements: "mr. chairman, as a weak-minded member of the deep state, you need my prostaguard pills. take 'em with two cups of my patented male-enhancement serum, and i'll put it this way: if your toilet wants a fight, you better believe it's got one!" ( applause ) "you better-- in a van down by the river!" a little crossover. "white wine fever!" speaking of the former president's cronies, we've got some news from his ex-fixer and jurassic park lawyer about to get stepped on by a t-rex, michael cohen. cohen got off of house arrest just yesterday, and his first stop was cnn. >> i do want to make this promise to you and all of your viewers, that i may have been prosecuted-- and right now i am the only one, but i will not be the only one at the end of the-- >> for this crime? >> for this crime and for others. >> who else was involved? >> well, there were quite a few people involved. eric trump was involved, >> stephen: (as eric) "help me, dad. dad, help! i'm too pretty for jail

former trump ally roger stone and alex jones. demands for documents and testimony about whether they had prior knowledge about the attack. for the first time, we are hearing from kyle rittenhouse since he was acquitted. the 18-year-old told fox news channel he's not a racist person. he supports the black lives matter movement. he said his case had nothing to do with race and everything to do with the right to self-defense. >> it wasn't kyle rittenhouse on trial, it was the right to self-defense on trial. if i was convicted, no one would be able -- no one would be privileged to defend their life against attackers. >> rittenhouse shot dead two men and wounded another following a police shooting of jacob blake in wisconsin last year. >>> coming up, extreme weather condition. one region will get hit by more powerful hurricanes in the decades to come. >> lebron james learns his punishment for a bloody hit. this is the cbs morning news. i'm still wowed by what's next. even with higher stroke risk due to afib not caused by a heart valve

alex jones, how helpful can he be? >> i think that's a fair and interesting point.ee, you need to seek the testimony from everybody you can. you don't prejudge their noncooperation because you nvr know what might happen. but some of these folks, i don't believe they can get documents from third parties. that involve him in k communications between him and the president and others. so i think you have to seek all this information and all this testimony. i don't know how much additional time it will take. at this it point they have a prelt easy process. that doesn't take a lot of effort and probably it's the case with respect to some of them, they are day deefiant andt invoke the fifth amendment right, you can have a quick vote if you think it's appropriate to be referred to the justice department for contempt of congress criminal charges, i don't know it wastes a lot of time. there's no way you go through this process without asking for testimony from it all those kinds of people. >> great insight as always. we appreciate it. thank you. >>> new tonight, coming up, th

some have to make their next move like roger stone and alex jones. some are embroil for leading militia groups while under indictment, groups embattled for what their members did, what they did on tape and there's ongoing questions about how these plans were in the works, how many people above the line of just those combatants that day were plotting for the type of coup. i want to get right to our experts. professor melissa murray, there's a distinction between people who carried something out and those who may have otherwise before involved at a higher level. there's more than one legal track here. what us through what you see congress eyeing here as they broaden this net. >> i think the net broadening is interesting here. it reminds me of what you see in organized crime cases where in order to get the head of the fish you have to go through the entire organization and hoping that these people who are more peripheral to the organization will flip, provide information about what is going on and who is at the head of this. part of what's going on and

were skeptical of the dossier but didn't want to look like they were carrying water for trump. >>> alex jonesmation suit on the horrible sandy hook school shootings after refusing to turn over documents. jones has, in the past, called the shootings a hoax. >> it's been almost a 4-year fight, and we were winning because what they were alleging wasn't true. so now they've done these defaults where i'm guilty until proven guilty. i don't get a jury trial in america. howard: that doesn't give you immunity for slandering people. that's why we have libel laws. >>> the debate over alec baldwin's accidental killing of a crew member is heating up with this stinging criticism from george clooney. >> every single time i'm handed a gun on a set, every time, they hand me a gun, i look at it, i open it, i show it to the person i'm pointing it to, show it to the crew. they have live ammo with dummies in her pack, and that is insane. it's insane. it's the infuriating. howard: but daniel baldwin defended the brother saying people are going after him because he's an opinionated celebrity. >>> the board of disc

they include roger stone and alex jones. stone was pardoned by the former president.ared at multiple stop the steal events leading up to the capitol attack. according to the committee, stone had been slated to lead a march to the capitol from the ellipse on january 6th but did not end up doing so. in a statement last night stone said in part this, "i have said time and time again i have no knowledge of the events that took place at the capitol on that day. after the subpoena is served and after my counsel reviews the requests,ly make a determination of how i will proceed." an attorney for jones said his client has yet to decide on his next steps. meanwhile, today is also the deadline for several former trump 58 lies to turn over documents to the house select committee. former adviser stephen miller and also press secretary kayleigh mcenany are expected to produce tchl. >>> he was a man about what happened to him. he accepted it and walked away. the comments came from senior district court judge reggie walton who went on to tell the capitol riot defendant adam johnson

the two high-profile targets, conservative provocateurs alex jones and roger stone. h donald trump. and fanned the flames of misinformation about the 2020 election, leading up to january 6th. jones promising chaos during the certification of the electoral college results the day before. >> i don't know how this is going to end, but if they want to fight, they better believe they've got one! >> reporter: jones and stone both already forecasting that they won't give the committee what they are looking for. >> as one who was framed for lying to congress, i would probably assert my fifth amendment right and decline to be interviewed. >> reporter: while the committee continues its push to get witnesses to hand over documents and provide interviews, it's also battling in the courts to get access to hundreds of documents from the trump white house. trump's legal team continues to contend the information should be kept secret under executive prf ledge. the committee's lawyers evoking shakespeare to make their argument. any inquiry that did not insist on examining mr. trump's

speaking of alex jones' level energy, donald trump jr. up about his latest conspiracy theory. and the invoking of sheeple is when you know it's all gone really, really well. this conflation with public health with propaganda is a source of the lot of the sickness in our country, the disinformation that gets fueled by people like donald trump jr. who should probably find a real job at this point. >> it's notable too. this pointing out of the media and blaming the media like americans, as though americans live in a totalitarian system where we don't have an internet, we didn't look up, i don't know, the bbc, any european paper, any source of information around the world. we are not living in an authoritarian regime that shuts off our access to our free inquiry of information. perhaps the people listening to him are in the sense that they are trapped, they are trapped in a siloed information cycle. and so they're willing to believe him. and that's the real danger here. >> and dr. fauci -- i try not to, i'll abstain in that case. dr. fauci, b

and i want to play some of what he had to say. >> i read about them subpoenaing roger stone and alex joneste house that had conversations with either one of those individuals. but it just seems like they are just determined to pull out the phone book and subpoena as many people as they possibly can in hopes that they find a narrative that will stick politically. >> reporter: as you can see there, no expression from mark meadows he's going to change and cooperate. and the committee is going to have some difficult decisions to make if he's going to continue to defy. >>> and coming up next gone in 60 seconds. why coordinated moms of thieves are acting like no one will stop them. l stop them e... get more with neutrogena® retinol pro plus. a powerful .05% retinol that's also gentle on skin. for wrinkles results in one week. neutrogena®. for people with skin. >>> you got to see this video. police in multiple cities around the country are investigating a series of brazen robberies apparently pulled off by organized thieves. the smash and grab thieves are hitting high end stores like nordstroms a

alex jones made his money for a long while selling this fantasy to his followers that the sandy hook massacre was faked and the kids didn't really die. the lawsuits against him by the parents of those kids may very well have bankrupt him and shut down his media and supplement-hawking company. a jury will decide what to do with him in that case in terms of financial penalties. but he and roger stone and three other people are all now subpoenaed as of tonight to bu testify and hand over documents about their role in the january 6th attack on the capitol. we will see if president -- former president trump tells them not to respond to those subpoenas, tells them to defy those subpoenas as he's encouraged others to do. we're going to have reporter david fahrenthold here a little later on this hour. pulitzer prize-winning reporter for the "washington post." mr. fahrenthold actually had two different scoops today in the "post." one about the contours of the new case, the further investigation that new york state prosecutors are pursuing against the former president and his business. mr. fah