a rare show of bipartisanship during yesterday's vote t house committee's secretary chairman bennie thompson led the floor debate along with his co-chair, liz cheney. cheney called out her republican colleagues and specifically kevin mccarthy during her remarks. >> my colleagues in the republican party, the republican members of this body, have to understand, have to recognize that there's a moment when politics must stop if we want to defend and protect our institutions. a violent assault on the capitol to stop a constitutional process

congressman bennie thompson h bringing the special meeting into session tonight. >> let me start by saying that it gives me no joy that i have been forced to call this meeting.e i think my colleagues feel the same way. c expectation of this committee is that all witnesses will cooperate with our at investigation. witnesses who have been subpoenaed, have a legal obligation to do so. and when you think about what we are investigating, a violent attack on the seat of our democracy, perpetrated by fellow citizens on our constitution, a, attempt to stop the certification of an election, at it's shocking to me, shocking that anyone would not do anything in their power to assist our investigation. while we don't know all the facts, we do know that there was a powerful push to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 election. americans have been and continue to be lied to about that. we know that ultimately there was a violent attack that interfered with the peaceful transfer of power from one president to another. o we know that lies about the outcome of that election haven't gone away. and n

took chairman bennie thompson one paragraph to make that clear. the white house counsel's office, this is interesting, this not part of congress, this is counsel's office that advises president biden inside the white house, counsel's office then sent mr. bannon a letter of their own telling mr. bannon that the white house is, quote, not aware of any basis for your refusal to appear for a deposition. either legal or otherwise. bannon has tried to claim that he can refuse the subpoena on the basis of trump asserting executive privilege. the white house reminding mr. bannon today that only the sitting president can assert executive privilege and in this case president biden is not doing so. ahead of tonight's vote, the january 6th committee released a report outlining the ways in which bannon is delinquent in his response to their subpoena and also why it's in the public interest that he reply. it says in part, mr. bannon's testimony and document production are critical to the select committee's investigation. among other topics, the committee seeks

and you will also hear from both the chairman of the committee, bennie thompson, and one of the only two republicans on the committee, vice chair liz cheney. both are going to speak live here on prime time and so you are going to see them live. of course, cheney one of only ten republican house members to who voted to impeach trump for his role in inciting the riot on january 6th is on the committee along with republican adam kinzinger. this is a critical moment for the committee. their first public chance to fight back against attempts by the former president and his allies to completely stymie their investigation. the committee hopes in part that this threat against bannon will persuade other witnesses to cooperate and they hope the threat pushes bannon to cooperate as well. now, it's obviously really important to know here that bannon very likely has crucial information about how the insurrection happened, who did what, who knew what when and what role trump played in it all. according to the book "peril," it was bannon who pushed trump to return to washington from mar-a-lago for

. >> reporter: select committee chair bennie thompson says they will use all the tools at their disposal to hold the people behind the insurrection responsible. bannon says he is following dire trump's directive not to testify. next thursday is the deadline for documents to be submitted by two stop the steal rally organizers. on thursday and friday, the committee has scheduled depositions of three different people who planned and executed the event. thompson making it clear, no one, including the former president, is above the reach of their investigation. >> i would say this at this point. nobody is off-limits to a subpoena from this committee. >> reporter: and the committee is hoping their aggressive stance with bannon will send a message to other potential witnesses that they are not messing around. >> we have the power, basically equivalent to the court, to get to these answers and we are danged determined to do that. >> reporter: that officer's attorney responded to cnn with a statement saying they plan to do everything they can to fight the charges. he's also getting some support f

mississippi democrat bennie thompson joins us from jackson this morning. you. >> good morning, how are you? >> brennan: i'm well. before we get to, that i want to y si you adet,ha is that ent hatoe tuition-free community college and cut paid leave from 12 down to four weeks' time? >> well, you know, i'm a realist in the process of making legislation. it's the art of compromise. sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. but it's the ultimate product at the end. i know what we have tend is good for america. and if we don't get everything in this package, we'll have another opportunity. >> brennan: well, we will watch for those details as they come out, perhaps in the days and week ahead. i want to ask you about january 6 and the work you're doing. in the past 24 hours, cbs news and other organizations have reviewed internal facebook documents that show the company researched and identifieded ways to limited the spread of false news reports leading up to january 6. some groups, though, still use that platform to organize ahead of the violence. how culpable do yo

chairman, congressman, benny thompson, vice chair, liz cheney released a statement today, threatening former trump advisor steve bannon with criminal contempt, while noting that other witnesses are cooperating, they say quote, mr. bannon has indicated that he will try to hide behind vague references to privileges of the former president. we will not allow any witness to defy a lawful subpoena or attempt to run out the clock, and we will safely consider advancing a criminal contempt of congress referral. new york time room ports bannon's attorney led -- saying he would not comply with a subpoena. the committee made no intention of former trump aide, stands convene oh in their statement. he held the title deputy chief of staff will basically running trump's social media. he was one of the original groups subpoenaed, and politico reports that he was served with his own just today. as the investigation into one six continues, the government has made public even more evidence of the brutality of the assault on our capital. nine months ago. we dramatic video, new to us, released today, show

congressman, and chairman of the january 6th elect committee, congressman benny thompson. congressman thompson joins us live right now. sir thank you very much for joining us tonight, i know that this is a big and busy night. >> thank you very much for having me rachel. >> so your committee voted unanimously, nine to nothing tonight. to hold mr. bannon in contempt. we understand that the next stop is the vote in the full house, which we have just learned will happen the day after tomorrow on, thursday. what do you expect from that vote? do you expect any republicans, for example, other than the two on your committee, might join democrats in voting to hold mr. bannon in contempt? >> well, rachel, we are hoping so. as you know, this is an opportunity for the house to express its displeasure with what mr. bannon is trying to do. he is actually trying to chart the process of democracy. what we have going for us is an opportunity to set the record straight. i hope my republican colleagues will join us it is unfortunate that people saw would have been, play out on january six bef

so when benny thompson talks about criminal referrals, i would suspect that what he's talking about isal subpoenas, to the department of justice, for them to investigate and consider charging the witnesses with criminal contempt. which is a felony crime. how long is that process? >> well, it depends on what happens, and it depends on how much the testimony gets wrapped up in the litigation. that many believe is forthcoming. the reason why you would go after the testimony, is much cleaner, then documents. documents, some of them may give rise to punitive, executive privilege claims, that donald trump would've sir, and biden would have to respond to, it gets very machine and that's not a good case to bring for a criminal contempt, but the doj would have to investigate it, it doesn't take that long to investigate it in theory and then they would prepare to potentially bring charges this is rarely done. but if there is ever a time to do it it would be in relation to, the insurrection on january six. when are democratic republic was put in peril. >> donald trump did say something uncharacte

my guests tonight include the chairman of the january 6 committee, congressman bennie thompson, voting rights adversary stacey abrams, press secretary karine jean-pierre and congresswoman pramila jayapal. but we begin "the reidout" with the ball that is now in the doj's court. the house passed a resolution to refer steve bannon for criminal contempt charges. speaker nancy pelosi is now free to transmit that referral to the department of justice, which will decide whether to prosecute bannon for his flagrant defiance of a congressional subpoena. now by and large, house republicans voted to let bannon off the hook for spitting in the face of the very congress that they s.e. serve. but a small but hardy nine republicans wound up siding with the democratic majority that seven other republicans besides adam kinzinger and chaney. with that bipartisan support, the measure easily passed with 229 ayes and 202 republican no's. it came after cheney criticized the selective memories of her republican colleagues. >> there are people in this chamber right now who were evacuated with me and with the

the chairman of the january 6 committee benny thompson announced in a written statement that, quote, the select committee will not tolerate defiance of our subpoenas so we must move forward with proceedings to refer mr. bannon for criminal contempt. the house is not in session this week in washington. chairman thompson issued his statement from his district in mississippi. the first opportunity the committee will have for the necessary formal vote by the committee on criminal contempt will be when the house is back in session next week and on tuesday they will have that vote. chairman thompson told us what to expect in an interview this evening with joy reid. >> and so we look forward to our date on next tuesday. the public is invited. it will be a business meeting of the committee. you will see all the information we have available and we will put this before the united states house of representatives, ask for a criminal referral. if we get the votes, the speaker will then transmit that document to merrick garland and he has to do his job. >> the chairman expects the committee to vo

the committee chairman, democratic congressman bennie thompson of mississippi, today warned that witnesses who try to stonewall the committee will not succeed. >> we think steve bannon has information that's germane to what happened on january 6th. and if he refuses the subpoena, like we expect him to continue to do, then we're left with no other choice. there are other things available to us, but we think the criminal gets us to where we need to be in the shortest period of of time. >> thompson says the committee will vote to approve the contempt charge on tuesday. then comes a vote by the full house. if that passes, it goes to the justice department. it will be up to the attorney general merrick garland to decide on prosecution. those are broad strokes of the process, of course. it could be drawn out by legal challenges or other actions. could go to a full trial. appeals could draw it out for years. and steve bannon knows that. house members have also subpoenaed other former trump officials for depositions. ex-pentagon official kash patel, former chief of staff mark meadows, his deputy d

bennie thompson and liz cheney and others who were a part of this process to abuse their power should be held accountable for that abuse of power. it's our duty to hold them accountable for it. >> i want to thank you for all you do in congress and hope that you're fully successful. political question. it's hard for me to believe that all of the democrats in congress are really totally in line and in step with nancy pelosi. are there any efforts without naming names to get these folks to convert or declare themselves independent from the democrats? >> i wish i could say that there was, but nancy pelosi doesn't control the democratic party in the house of representatives. this is not my grandpa's democratic party or nancy pelosi's democratic party this is bernie sanders' democratic party this is bernie sanders' democratic party. this is not my democratic party. the radical socialists controls this democrat party. that's why they have this tug of war going on over the reconciliation bill and the fake infrastructure bill on all of the other radical proposals that they put on the floor bec

the members of the committee, who you saw, bennie thompson, for mississippi, who was the chair, zoe lofgrene aguilar of california, jamie raskin, two republicans, liz cheney, the vice-chair of this committee from wyoming and adam kinzinger of illinois all unanimous, very quickly review what was said. chairman thompson saying he takes no joy doing what they did tonight, but asks those of you at home what would happen to you if you did what steve bannon is to go? if you were a material witness in a criminal prosecution or some other lawsuit, what would happen if you just refused to show up? do you think you would be able to go about your business? we all know the answer to that. he suggested steve bannon is willing to be a martyr to the disgraceful wall of whitewashing what happened on january 6th and demonstrating his complete loyalty to the former president. he warned other witnesses to understand plainly, he said, if you are thinking of following the path mr. bannon has gone down, you are on notice that this is what you will face. saying there is -- there are consequence toss refusing to c

committee chairman bennie thompson said in a statement, quote, the select committee needs to understand all the details about efforts inside the previous administration to delay the certification of the 2020 election and amplify misinformation about the election results. we need to understand mr. clark's role in these efforts at the justice department and learn who was involved across the administration. now, clark has until the 29th of october to hand over relevant documents and sit for a deposition. the deadlines have come and gone for the four ex-administration officials who were hit with the panel's first wave of subpoenas. the panel says former allies of the twice impeached ex-president, like mark meadows and kash patel, are cooperating somewhat. former aide steve bannon is openly defying the subpoena orders. in response, the committee is expected to vote next week on tuesday whether to refer steve bannon to the justice department for potential criminal prosecution. president biden expressed his support for this move yesterday. >> i hope that the committee goes after them and holds

chooses no the prosecute, bennie thompson's commitments may not hold. let me show you that. >> look, i think there is a real desire on the part of the attorney general for the most part not to look backward. do i disagree with that? i do disagree with that. and i disagree with it most vehemently when it comes to what i consider even more serious offenses. for example, a taped conversation of donald trump on the phone with brad raffensperger, the secretary of state from georgia, trying to coerce him into fraudulently finding 11,780 votes. because i think so if you or i did that, we would be under indictment by now. >> so, claire, the question is, do you believe that under merrick garland, d.o.j. will enforce these contempt votes in the house? >> it will be interesting to see, first, how quickly d.o.j. acts, and what they do, whether they pursue civil contempt or criminal contempt. if they quickly pursue criminal contempt, we have another problem. that is, there will be every effort by bannon and trump to delay and to try to make this take months, even ye

. >> laura interviewed benny thompson.and then we'll talk. >> if former president trump thinks he can get away with what happened january 6th by being cute with his press releases, then he has another thing coming. our committee, the bipartisan committee takes our work very seriously. and we will pursue it. >> now, thompson went onto say that no one is off-limits when it comes to a subpoena including trump. do you expect that he's going to be subpoenaed? >> i think he will be subpoenaed. but remember we're talking about whether or not somebody has the ability to not respond to questions that are actually asked. that's important here because the idea of fighting a subpoena would be something that would be a universal kind of swiping and saying, look, i'm not going to be even able to appear when in reality that's about appearing and you have the ability to assert privileges with respect to particular questions. you don't get to just not show up because you were the former president of the united states. you have to actually

and the congress member bennie thompson and liliz chaney said will not allow a witness to attempt to run out the clock and consider advancing a criminal contempt of congress referral. we will soon how bannon's defense holds up. bannon's resistance doesn't exactly make him look innocent. >> if he was innocent, he would cooperate. the reason he is not cooperating is because he doesn't have a reasonable explanation for his conduct that day. >> to be clear, despite the merry band of crooks over the subpoenas, the new justice department said it will enforce the rule of law. let's see. if any of the trump people are found in contempt, they could face fines or a year behind bars. his loyalty to a twice impeached ex-president worth that sacrifice? joining me now is a pulitzer prize winner and author of "zero fail" and "a very stable genius." carol, good morning. bannon's lawyers say he is refusing to comply with the house select committee subpoena because trump told him not to and claiming executive privilege. why might that defense not hold up and what is the plan to get him to cooperate? >

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but i saw it as an affront to the leadership of my friend, benny thompson.etached from that, but when people of the congressional black caucus are made to look ineffective, there's a disingenuous position on the other side that the steve bannons of the world will not respect subpoenas. that has nothing to do with the leadership of benny thomas. michael, did you have a word? >> yeah, i appreciate that. i agree with that. so if i tell you not to show up for a congressional subpoena, and you don't show, who is that on? is that on me, is that on you, or is it on the body that requested you to appear? they have federal authority. they have u.s. marshals that they can send out. and the fact of the matter is -- >> you and i know, my mama's word is only so good if my daddy is willing to whoop me. it's not the democrats' fault that you're forcing us to play hardball. and you know this, all of us participate in the social construct to some degree. >> but if i don't, that's what law enforcement is for. >> yeah, but we're also trying to win elections, we're also trying

listen to committee chair bennie thompson. >> how premeditated was this attack? >> well, there is no question. clearly, the direction of the committee is to look at that premeditation to make sure that we identify it. but the worst kept secret in america is that donald trump invited individuals to come to washington on january 6th. he said all hell would break loose. steve bannon was part of the conversation and the promotion of january 6th. the podcast we just listened to talks about it. >> yeah. >> steve bannon was in the war room, and he was in the willard hotel doing a lot of things. so that's why we subpoenaed him. >> new revelations in the campaign to overturn the 2020 election is where we start today. "washington post" congressional correspondsent jackie al mainy is here. also joining us, an yell goldman former u.s. attorney. and ben rhodes is here former deputy national security advisory to president obama, now an msnbc contributor. i don't want to race into the reporting. jackie, i do want you to take me through it. i want everyone to listen to john east

benny thompson this to say. >> we hope that the attorney general sees the importance of moving aheadent, moving ahead with locking steve bannon up. you can't conduct an insurrection on the government of the united states of america and nothing happen. >> and president biden has said anyone refuses the january 6th committee subpoena should be prosecuted. last night doj spokesman anthony coaly released a statement that read in part, the department of justice will make its own independent decisions on all prosecutions based solely on the facts and the law, period, full stop. is it possible in your eyes tht the justice department would not act on this? >> so, look, it's always possible and i do think it's important the justice department says we need to be independent. we don't want to get out of the last administration and just because we want the doj to take a certain position, for instance, we want them to go after bannon because frankly we do need to show in our country that the subpoena is more than an invitation for brunch. it is a binding legal document. it's not would you like to

the committee chairman, bennie thompson, says that's not going to fly. it goes to a u.s. attorney in washington who decides whether to prosecute. the prosecution here could include fines, it could include up to 12 months of jail time. this is an important one, because it's going to set the tone going forward for all these hostile witnesses who are either refusing to comply, who are kind of throwing sand in the gears, who want to wait and see how aggressive this committee is going to get in terms of its demands, how aggressive it's going to be in terms of forcing people to comply. lastly, steve bannon is a figure with a national profile of his own. he's been prominent in far right circles for many years before donald trump even appeared on the national scene, worked on his campaign, worked in the trump white house, has been a strong supporter of the trump message and the whole maga theme vision for the country ever since. >> so matt miller, take us through some of the history here of criminal contempt referrals for refusing to comply with congressional subpoenas. in the pa

the committee chairman, bennie thompson, announcing the committee is moving ahead to hold steve bannonn criminal contempt. the select committee will not tolerate defiance of our subpoenas, so we must move forward with proceedings to refer mr. bannon for criminal contempt, thompson said in a statement. that kicks off a process. once the committee votes on it, it will go to the entire house of representatives before being referred to the department of justice to act on. >> today we have an attorney general that respects the rule of law, who upholds the principle no one is above the law. we expect those subpoenas to be enforced and enforced with prosecution. >> reporter: the former white house counsellor and trump booster, bannon went to great lengths to defy the wishes of the committee. sending them two different letters to say he was deferring to the former president who directed him not to testify because the information is protected by executive privilege. a claim legal experts don't buy. the other thing about steve fo taking aim at patel. >> patel was a form nunes staffer who was a d

the chairman bennie thompson with a warning for anyone else who just might try to defy the committee. >> maybe he's willing to be a martyr to a disgraceful cause of whitewashing what happened on january 6 by demonstrating his complete loyalty to the former president. so i want our witnesses to understand something very plainly. if you're thinking of following the path mr. bannon has gone down, you are on notice that this is what you'll face. >> the vice chair liz cheney who lost her position in the gop for taking a stand against the former president is saying the privilege argument suggests that trump was personally involved in planning what happened at the capitol. >> mr. bannon's and mr. trump's privilege arguments do, however, appear to reveal one thing. they suggest that president trump was personally involved in the planning and execution of january 6, and this committee will get to the bottom of that. >> let me just say this about liz cheney. you may not agree with her politics and whatever it is, but what she's doing i think is pretty heroic. even i was watching, i've been watc

it's not as if bennie thompson can just wave his finger and steve bannon is then put under arrest. happen first is what is mentioned in this statement. they will have a business meeting just of the select committee on tuesday night where they will vote to adopt this referral. it will then go to the full house of representatives, and the house of representatives will have to vote on it. from there it will be referred to the department of justice who then can execute the criminal contempt charge, so this is significant though because it shows that the committee, as they have told us, you know, quite frequently over the past couple of days, that they are not messing around in terms of their commitment to trying to get these witnesses to comply. bannon has been the most vocal in his direct opposition of their requests which is part of why you see them moving ahead in this fashion today, ana. >> they warned they were going to do it and said they would do it quickly, and sounds like they are putting that into action. ryan nobles, stand by. i want to bring in elie honig, our senior legal

however, he is not even mentioned in the joint statement from committee chair bennie thompson and vice chair liz cheney. as for steve bannon, he's flat-out defying the committee. his lawyer citing the former president's executive privilege which is a pretty brazen claim to make, given that bannon hasn't worked in the white house since 2017. and for the record, january 6th, 2021, wasn't in 2017. bannon is acting on the former president's orders. a trump lawyer last night telling all four not to comply. as you know, the former president has made it clear he no longer even sees january 6th as a thing. saying this week, the real insurrection was on election day. and last night on fox, he made his contempt plain for those who have tried and failed to hold him accountable. >> you had fake impeachments, two fake impeachments where the republicans were great. i have to say, they stuck with us. the whole thing was fake. and i had to survive. and to survive, you had to be tough and you had to be out there. you didn't have time to be necessarily dainty and nice. >> dainty and nice. or as it used

. >> now in a statement to committee chairman benny thompson saying the select committee will not toleratepoenas so we will move forward to move mr. bannon for criminal contempt. one of the two republicans on the committee, adam kinzinger offered this warning. >> we're serious about this and anybody that is either being subpoenaed now or will be in the future, think twice before you reject a lawful order from congress. >> my next guest is the perfect person to talk to about all this, she's an msnbc opinion columnist in which she argues that though bannon may have a weak legal argument he could still come out triumphant in all this. jessica levinson is a professor at loyola law school. it's great to have you with us. first of all, you argue that bannon's claim is weak, but that it may not actually matter because in part this situation is like a toddler who throws a tantrum because he doesn't want to go to the doctor and cries and screams so long that the appointment is passed. explain why you believe the executive privilege put for by both bannon and trump are weak but how he could still th

congresswoman liz cheney, who leads the select committee with the chairman, bennie thompson, says theharges against anyone who doesn't comply. and today, committee member stephanie murphy didn't rule out taking it a step further. >> in federal court, people who don't take advantage of responding to the subpoena, the marshals go out and bring them to court. are you going to use the marshals service to bring people like mark meadows to congress? >> i know that we have engaged with a wide variety of law enforcement offices including the u.s. marshals in order to issue the subpoenas. and we will use everything, as you said, with all due respect, we will use all of the agencies and all of the tools at our disposal to issue the subpoenas and then enforce them. >> with us now from capitol hill is punchbowl news co-founder jake sherman. so jake, we learned from both impeachments that when congress wants to enforce subpoenas, it's got inherent contempt, a process which congress hasn't used for a hundred or more years. it's got civil process, that process can take years. and it can do criminal

but chairman benny thompson said the committee will issue criminal referrals to witness who is refuse to obey subpoena deadlines. how do you see this playing out? are these aides more inclined to listen to their former boss or congress because could jail time be among the penalties for defying the subpoena? >> that's a good question, and i spoke to at least a handful of those men targeted in the first tranche of subpoenas this week, and by and large, they all say we're waiting for instructions from the former president and america first and from the legal team shared by those two entities, and the expectation from trump world is that these aides do not testify, and trump has made it very clear through intermediaries and through personal communications. although i understand trump has not instructed kash patel or steve bannon on matters to defy them. that's not how the president operates. there's an expectation of loyalty to him that he thinks will prevent them from come playing with the orders. but it's true, and thompson is saying as well as adam schiff, a member of the committee is

with me now is congressman bennie thompson of mississippi. he is the chair of the select committee to investigate january 6. and mr. chairman, thank you so much for being here. i am very interested to get your reaction to the apparent reluctance of the attorney general of the united states to be too hard on the people who broke into our capitol, threatened the lives of yourself, your staff members, the speaker of the house, to hang mike pence, brought a noose, a lynch mob. multiple people died as a result of what happened. what do you make of the attorney general of the united states saying oh, if we're too hard on them, they might get more radicalized. so we shouldn't be too hard on them? >> it's my wishes, joy, for the attorney general to decide to expedite the process and the document that we said clearly the law says he has to receive it, present it to a grand jury, indict mr. bannon. so he needs to do his job. we have kept the firewall between our committee and the department of justice so they can't say there was any unfair leverage or

let's show some of what chairman bennie thompson had to say about the decision to move to hold steveontempt. he said the smitty will not tolerate defiance of our subpoenas so we must move forward with proceedings to refer him for criminal contempt. and this is as scheduled depositions for three other men have been delayed. mark meadows and kash patel are getting a little extra time because the committee says that they are engaging and a committee aide telling nbc news that they are hopeful that they will get the cooperation that they need from these men. dan scavino postponed because they had trouble serving him. so he gets extra time. but steve bannon, this will be heard around the world. this man is controversial. and this will set the tone going forward. >> is there really a question of how that discussion, how that decision will turn out at this point? realistically given what we know that members of the january 6 select committee have said publicly. >> highly likely that the criminal referral will pass both the committee and the house of representatives. >> all right. stand by.

committee chair bennie thompson said in a statement, quote, the select committee will not tolerate defianceour subpoenas so we must move forward with proceedings to refer mr. bannon for criminal contempt. the vote will be a critical test for the select committee of just how far that panel is willing to go in its investigation. joining me right now, associated press white house reporter jonathan lemire and university of alabama law professor and former u.s. attorney joyce vance. jon, is he seeing this executive privilege as a way to keep stalling things? >> i think there are a few things at play here. first of all, let's remember that when president trump was in office and the democrats took control of the house, the administration stonewalled every attempt to investigate. the motto here was just say no, the trump official would not cooperate with subpoenas and other congressional inquiries. bannon now, who had fallen out of grace with the president and is now back in, is certainly the one carrying trump's message of electoral fraud, suggesting that he would be returned to office some day. a

o'donnell: sunday on "face the nation," margaret brennan's guests include democratic congressman bennie thompsonscott gottlieb, and former u.s. envoy to afghanistan, zalmay khalilzad. and if you can't watch the "evening news," set your dvr, so cawatch us l.d at inight's itio the "cbs evening news." i'm norah o'donnell in our nation's capital. i hope you have a great weekend. w'll see >>> right now at 7:00 -- >> we have some preparation to do. >> we have about a day left to make those preparations before the biggest storm we have seen in at least 9 months blast the bay area. >>> heavy rain and gusty wind in the forecast for sunday. details coming up. >>> the stormy weather has already turned deadly for at least one driver. >>> meanwhile, pg&e scrambling hundreds of crews into position . we will show you what they are doing to try to keep your power on. >> it's all hands on deck right now. >>> a bay area police employee accused of encouraging people to kill officers. tonight, he is free on bail. >>> a double dose of pfizer news. >> it's not all about the vaccine. plus, what a company scientist tol

contempt he was a no show for a scheduled deposition yet the committee chair democratic congressman benny thompson says witnesses who try to stonewall the committee will not succeed, saying they will vote to approve the charge on tuesday. it then goes to a full vote on the house and is passed to the justice department for prosecution. >>> the city of miami officially fired the police chief they voted unanimously to terminate the chief after he spent only six months on the job. he gained national attention for supporting police reforms serving in houston, was in a feud with miami officials. the city manager says he lost the from you can to the department in an interview with the washington post, he says the city of miami was not ready for reform >>> caught on body cam, the intense rescue from a fiery crash. two police officers in garland, texas, unconscious driver, ejected from the vehicle before making a harrowing real zaition. >> we have one more. we have one more grab the happened, get the happened c'mon, man, get the hand, get out, c'mon c'mon. yeah, i got you. >> the officers are being hailed

the panel's chairman, congressman bennie thompson, saying the select committee will use every tool at its disposal to get the information it seeks. >> we're left with no other choice than to ask the justice department, lock him up and hold him in contempt, and clearly that might send enough of a message that he will agree to talk to us. >> reporter: the panel will vote on contempt charges against bannon on tuesday, then the full house controlled by democrats will vote on the recommendation. if approved, the justice department will have the final say on whether to charge bannon. >> the battle over bannon's testimony is about more than bannon. it will have big implications for others close to trump who the committee wants to testify. >> reporter: 19 subpoenas have been issued in the investigation so far as the committee seeks information about the role former president trump may have played in the capitol riot. earlier this week the committee questioned trump's former acting attorney general jeffrey rosen for eight hours. >> nobody is off-limits to a subpoena from this committee. >> rep

the chair of the investigation bennie thompson saying in a statement this afternoon, the band and his quote, hiding behind to the former president's insufficient, a blanket and vague statements. bannon alleging that mister trump and his allies are covered by executive privilege. it's the purview of the department of justice to if there would be. >> a criminal referral, a criminal many criminal decisions. 3 more former trump officials were scheduled to appear before the committee this week, trump's white house chief of staff mark meadows deputy chief of staff for communications. dan scavino and former chief of staff to the acting secretary of defense ash patel. their interviews have been delayed and the republicans have to stay strong. meanwhile, the former president is telling his own republicans not to vote in the midterms or the next presidential election. mister trump saying in a statement last night, if we don't solve the presidential election fraud of 2020 republicans will not be voting. >> that was allison harrison or allison harris reporting for us again. there's no evidence of

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the chair of the committee democratic congressman bennie thompson expressed astonishment that mr bannonence: and when you think about what we are investigating, the violent attack on the seat of our democracy, perpetrated by fellow citizens, and our constitution, an attempt to stop the certification of an election, a shocking teeny, shocking that anyone would not do anything in their power, to assist our investigation. so it is a shame that mr bannon has put us in this position but we won't take no for an answer. a mob of donald trump supporters staged an insurrection at the us capitol and they are pressing ahead with getting steve bannon to give testimony. testimony that he is seeking to avoid giving to this committee on the grounds that there is executive privilege attached to the documents that he might forward to them. i have to say, there's a feeling today that this is going to go all the way to the house vote later in the then perhaps be referred to the attorney general of the district of columbia and then to the usjustice department for steve bannon to be held potentially in cont

steve bannon has led us down this path mississippi, democrat bennie thompson called for the committee vote. referring bannon for criminal contempt. >> after he declined to cooperate with the panel investigating the january 6th attack at the u.s. capitol. what sort of precedent would it set for the house of representatives. if we allow witness to ignore us flat out without facing any kind of consequences. those consequences could mean jail time. but it's up to the department of justice to decide whether to prosecute the department of justice will do what it always does in such circumstances will ply the facts and the law and make a decision consistent with the principles of prosecution. bannon says he can't cooperate with the committee because the documents the panel wants are protected by executive privilege and it's up to the courts to resolve it. we believe mister bannon has information valuable to a pro most republicans stand against the effort. issuing invalid subpoena. we conserve power, not of somebody votes against garland says the department of justice would review any referra

in his opening statement, the chair of the committee democratic congressman bennie thompson expressedr bannon hadn't given evidence: it is shocking that anyone would not do anything in their power to assist our investigation. so it is a shame that mr bannon has put us in this position but we won't take no for an answer. this position but we won't take no for an answer. let's get more from our north america correspondent david willis. what more did we learn today? we learned that this committee is extremely determined to get to the bottom of the events on that fateful day. the 6th of january of this year when a mob of donald trump supporters staged an insurrection at the us capitol and they are pressing ahead with getting steve bannon to give testimony. testimony that he is seeking to avoid giving to this committee on the grounds that there is executive privileged attach to the remarks to the documents that you might forward to them. i have to say there was a feeling today that this is going to go all the way to the house vote later in the week and then perhaps be referred to the attor

bennie thompson says the committee will meet on tuesday to discuss adopting a contempt report. he has been hiding behind the former president's insufficient and vague statements regarding privileges he purported to invoke. we reject his position entirely. he adds, the select committee will use every tool in its disposal to get the information it seeks. and witnesses who try to stonewall the select committee will not succeed. it is worth noting that expentagon official and trump adviser cash patel, former chief of staff mark meadows and his deputy dan scavino were also set to appear today and tomorrow. their testimony has been delayed by the committee. but committee's action against bannon today backing up assurances from its members in recent days that they are going to go the distance in pursuing exact will you how donald trump came to gather the insurrectionists in washington, d.c., dispatch the insurrectionists to the capitol, then lavish them with praise and declare his love for them in a way that guaranteed the conduct of that day would become our nation's new normal. it f