does the house refer to doj? let's presume the votes are there, but does doj prosecute? i don't know, this case gets fairly complicated. doj is not really quick to prosecute congressional contempt cases, you know, in normal circumstances. in this circumstance, abby -- abbe lowell has a good case to say we have tried to cooperate, and this is not a case where you want to bring criminal charges for contempt of congress. >> what do you ladies think, our two brilliant legal minds here? would this be something the doj would proceed with? >> no, and the congressman is right. hunter biden says i'm here. i'm willing to testify. i just don't want to do it in secret. so he is not being, you know, violating a subpoena. this is all what you saw this morning was not a legal proceeding. it was partisan political proceeding and there is just no way, and it's not just because of the biden administration that i see doj prosecuting someone who has said i will testify. i just don't want to do it in secret. >> do you agree? >> i think it's a closer call maybe than we might think. we've seen

doj would not prosecute such an contempt. normal has not been the standard when it comes to the hunter biden charges. >> his attorney after court, hunter biden's attorney, said that they have given five different offers to cooperate and were ignored. so all of that will have to be taken into account if and when there is some decision from that congressional hearing, and then of course the doj. shan with. thank you so much. you jumped on camera after seeing all that madness up there in capitol hill. we appreciate you. >> good to see you. >> okay. >>> coming up for us, defense secretary lloyd austin reveals he is being treated for prostate cancer and why the white house pushed the pentagon to say more. >>> also, jets quarterback aaron rodgers trying to grab attention once again. the latest on his fight with jimmy kimmel. >>> administration officials tell cnn senior white house officials pushed the pentagon to release a statement on defense secretary lloyd austin's condition barely a day after learning about his hospitalization.

that's not what doj will consider. they will consider is whether there was good faith negotiations, whether the witness completely blew off the subpoena, failed to negotiate at all, just denied it altogether, as in the case of the two people who were actually charged of contempt of congress, steve bannon and i'm forgetting his name, the economic advisor to former president trump because they refused to even negotiate at all. when you're looking at the criminal standard, it's not quite well congress gets to have it the way they want it and if you don't comply with their demands, you potentially go to prison. it's a different standard. if you negotiate at all in good faith, at least that's how doj has considered it in the past, then you will not be criminally charged. there is no basis under the set of facts, for hunter biden to be charged. but i think doj will, as they always do, take a referral from congress and give it some thought at least, before coming forward with their decision. >> i think it was peter navarro yo

nobody from the doj ever weighed into it. you're saying you could not go forward with that i find that absolutely astonishing. i'm sorry to take up all this time. for the record, and your article, the prosecutor says wherein it discloses that the individual shot at the police four times before fire was returned. i yield back. >> i will now yield stability from has a mania -- i will now yield to the lady from pennsylvania. >> received some questions about the d.c. jail that we heard increasingly from any of our colleagues on the right. since january 6, isn't it true that the d.c. jail had deplorable conditions for decades before january 2021? >> i cannot speak to formal findings. the more resources, we could do more. we want jails and prisons that comply with the constitution and the mandate of the civilized persons institution act. >> i would like to go to a time magazine article from 2022 entitled the d.c. jail again decades before january 6 defendant started racing concerns. >> thank you. >> yes. >> concerns had been raised

the doj has no jurisdiction over this. they can't prosecute. she can.ed to be able to move forward? >> reporter: since the uvalde school shooting, districts across the country have reassessed their security protocols. >> we began to look at our door configurations, ensuring that they are able to be locked and secured at all times. we began to look at the need to have an armed officer on each campus. >> lilia joins us now from uvalde. lilia, the central question for the families, will there be criminal charges arising from this report? >> reporter: well, major, i pressed the doj precisely on that question today because the d.a. doesn't provide any answers. i asked the doj could any of those failures lead to criminal charges? they said it is up to the state of texas and the d.a. the d.a. has had the investigation from the texas rangers now for a year. i reached out today to ask with this one too in hand, whether or not they will present any evidence to a grand jury. we are still waiting for a response. major. >> pressing for more answers. lilia luciano, t

i'm going to bring doj here and here we are today. it's because of that that the families are able to get the answers that they've been wanting. because quite frankly, rihanna, i don't think, we would still be playing a guessing game here. the families would still be wondering, well, what really happened here? because to this day, when you think, to this day, not one state official, not one state official, has briefed these families. not one city official has set them down and said, let me tell you everything that has happened here. and it seems like today, at least for now, they have some answers and as they said, they're going to keep fighting because there is so much more and they've got to figure out how to bring this community together. to be here, you see it, you feel it. even the families of the victims, there's some separation now, they aren't as united as they once were, and it's really hard to see. i know for them, it certainly very painful. maybe this today brings everybody together as we focus on the victims, the families.

doj is prioritizing investigatns size these departments. president biden doj has opened 11 pattern or practice investigations in the police country compared to just one under the previous administration. this combined with fairly radical views that we'll talk about with the witness earlier about defunding the police in the past, which raises concernsh investigations, especially at a time when police are demoralized , following the defund the police movement and crime wave that is followed. the division's activities have also too often amounted to using the law to advantage or disadvantage certain states and example, the freedom of access to clinic entrances or face act prohibits threats of force obstruction of property damage intended to interfere with the reproductive health this law protects abortion clinics, pregnancy resource centers and houses of worship alike. however, the divisions of prosecutions under the face actd prosecuting face act violations involving abortion clinics, particularly a situation involving mark ha who was charged

the doj has no jurisdiction over this. they can't prosecute. she can.t else does she need to be able to move forward? >> reporter: since the uvalde school shooting, districts across the country have reassessed their security protocols. >> we began to look at our door configurations, ensuring that they are able to be locked and secured at all times. we began to look at the need to have an armed officer on each campus. >> major: lilia joins us now from uvalde. lilia, the central question for the families: will there be criminal charges arising from this report? >> reporter: well, major, i pressed the doj precisely on that question today because the d.a. does not provide any answers. i asked the doj, could any of those failures lead to criminal charges? they said it is up to the state of texas and the d.a. the d.a. has had, as you heard, the investigation from the texas rangers now for a year. i reached out today to ask, with this one too in hand, whether or not they will present any evidence to a grand jury. we are still waiting for a response. major? >>

last the doj could any of those failures lead to criminal charges?y said it is up to the state of texas and the d.a. the d.a., as you heard, the investigation from the texas rangers now for a year. i reached out today to ask, with this one too in hand, whether or not they will present any evidence to a grand jury. we are still waiting for a response. major? >> major: pressing for more answers, lilia luciano, thank you so much. now to the snow, ice, and freezing temperatures battle battering communities in the pacific northwest and some parts of the upper midwest, lake effect snow is being measured i. at least 13 -- blamed on this winter freeze. >> reporter: tonight, snow and ice torment and vast regions of the country making driving dangerous and even venturing outside deadly. >> throughout this period of storm, we are averaging around -@>, a horrific loss of life caused by this arctic blast, three family members built on a nine-month old injured after power lines fell on their suv while they were inside. neighbor daniel buck here the boom. >> saw th

in her statement she said the doj did not comment. it is unclear whether or not their scope is larger than the ethics entities in congress are pursuing. the department of justice is currently investigating her but it is unclear if the doj is looking at something broader than paying her husband above market value for security services. host: axios is reporting house democrats are organizing a task force to look at security. guest: tom marelli the top ranking member that oversees the capitol police when issues arise that are of concern to members they get together and get briefed. marelli, a couple of representatives from the capitol police and talk about best practices and how to stay safe one example was the israel hamas war broke out in the data briefing on keeping the member safe. as current events happen, they will get together and hear from the house sergeant at arms and security experts on those fronts. host: chris marquette, you could findwashington journal continue. host: welcome back to washington journal. it is open forums so

a lot of these findings in the doj, we have known. since the doj put it out there, put their seal on it, maybe these people start taking us seriously. because we do get told to move on and uvalde doesn't want to be known as the place with the mass shooting. well too bad. it is. it's the place where my son took his last breath. >> you also mentioned that there is some hesitation in the community to address the law enforcement officers that were involved directly. you said quote they don't want to believe that the people that are supposed to protect us failed our children and you specifically mentioned seeing some of these officers at the grocery store. i'm wondering what your interactions with them have been like. if they approached you, recognized you. and try today offer you some kind of explanation. >> so one of the officers is a county commissioner. and we go to the county commissioner meetings. we have to sit there and look at him in his face and all he tells us wait until the reports are out. when we see that he just stood there,

in other words, for a contempt prosecution, if you remember, mark meadows was referred to the doj for contempt. he ultimately was not prosecuted in part, because i think his lawyer convince the justice department that he had made some efforts to comply and i think, here you can bet your bottom dollar that hunter biden's lawyers are going to make the doj very aware that hunter biden was willing to testify but given the circus that you saw here it's understandable why he wanted to testify publicly. at least that's what i think the argument is that they will make. >> if you were advising him, would you advise him for that reason against a deposition in private, would you like him to lean into doing it privately? >> i think so. i mean hunter biden is in an unusual circumstance. there's no debate about whether or not he paid or doesn't pay certain types of taxes, but you know, he needs to change public opinion because there's been a very concerted campaign, public campaign against him, and so, trying to move the needle on that is probably his best move. and so, that's why his lawyers have

authorities and the ftc and the doj.active discussion in the senate so it's a completely different situation. >> meanwhile, guys, the efficiency drive, that continues with google the latest planning to lay off hundreds of employios in ad sales. burnstein calls it the years of efficiency with an "s. this would be an ai element at play, as well. a survey revealed that a quarter of global ceos expect generative ai to lead to head count reductions i thought this was interesting it's an interesting example here the company is cutting contractors while leading on moo produce more content go to cnbc/tcweekly. guys >> thank you very much, deirdre. >>> peacock's playoff bet, well, it seems to have paid off. what the record-setting viewership for that kansas city game means for the future of watching sports as well as k comcast streaming wars the dow is off 306 massive solare added a 25th hour to the day, businesses are wondering "what should we do with it?" bacon and eggs 25/7. you're darn right. solar stocks are up 20% with the

that's not a very attractive factual posture for doj or even if doj charges, to put before a washington, d.c. judge and jury. so we'll see what happens, but there are some substantial arguments on hunter's side. >> hunter biden as we've all seen has taken a pretty aggressive approach to oppose republicans' efforts to get him to testify behind closed doors. as we saw this past week he showed up unannounced on capitol hill to show that he's willing to testify, but only publicly. so he hasn't exactly refused the subpoena, right? i mean, what do you make of the strategy? >> the legal rules that will apply when doj decides whether or not they're going to charge and then when the matter goes before a judge and ultimately a jury in the district of columbia, look at this back and forth. it's called accommodation. we dealt with it often with our subpoenas in the first trump impeachment. i think that the repeated efforts and drama advertising them, you don't have to go to a hearing to make your point that you're willing to dry. dramatising them drives it home to doj. house republicans are insisti

it is very unfair when an opponent, a political opponent is prosecuted by the doj by biden's doj, so, they are losing in every poll. they are losing in almost every demographic, and numbers came out today that are really very mind boggling if you happen to be joe biden. i think that they feel that this is the way to try and win. it is not the way that it goes, and it is going to be bed lamb -- bedlam in the country, and as we said it is the opening of a pandora's box, and it is a very sad thing that has happened with this whole situation. when they are talking about the threat to democracy, and that is the real threat to democracy. i feel that as a president, you have to have immunity, and very simple. if you don't, as an example, if this case were lost on immunity and i did nothing wrong, absolutely nothing wrong, i am working for the country. i worked on very hard on voter fraud, because we have to have free election and strong borders and free elections and those two things almost above all, and we have found tremendous voter fraud, and we have a list of it and findings of it, and

is there anything the doj can do? >> well, unfortunately, for, us there's very little. i think the attorney general handled that well during the press conference. so the justice department gets involved in the aftermath of mass shootings, typically when the shooter is still alive, they can pursue criminal charges against the shooter for violations of civil rights. that sort of thing. it's obviously not the case here. you know, the attorney general also pointed out that it is doj policy to specifically name high-ranking people in the sort of after action reports, and not name lower ranking people. i think it's important to remember that reflects the purpose of the critical incident review. the purpose of the review is not to hold people accountable, it is not the responsibility of the department of justice to impose personnel violation offenses on members of other law enforcement agencies, or things like that. they are simply coming in and making an absolutely complete statement of fact for the families, for the victims to understand what happened. then also for law enfo

>> yeah, that's the thing, jose, as far as the doj is concerned this is what they have done. this was not a criminal investigation, there are no criminal charges coming out of this report. they undertook this report to understand what happened here so it can serve as a lesson for other communities, so that this horrific situation never happens again. as i said, there is a local district attorney criminal investigation happening, but, look, history tells us it is really difficult to prosecute police officers for failing in their duty for cowardice, essentially. and i want to go back to something, a fantastic interview with kimberly, one thing she mentioned, one thing is not mentioned in this report is the ease with which an 18-year-old was able to legally purchase an ar-15, a weapon of war. we shouldn't lose sight of that. the ar-15 was a big factor in some offailures. it was very clear from the interviews that the officers were terrified, initially, when they approached the shooter and he fired at them and some of them were grazed and they thought they were in a killing funne

>> it's -- i mean, the -- of course the doj looks at the criminal, doj is looking at criminal allegations, but the other facet to these incidents is how can we -- what went wrong and how can we hold those people accountable in the traditional means we do so, which is by bringing legal action against them so that there's another incentive to clean up their act, right. and so you know, so we have to look at all the angles here, what contributed to this. l and it should be noted that when many of us were growing up, am i the oldest person here, but when many of us were growing up we didn't have the routine mass shootings with ar-15s, but guess what, they were available. so, something has changed, and so one of the big things that we have seen in sandy hook and parkland and other cases, what's changed is the way these weapons are pushed on youth. and this is tragic and unnecessary example of the repercussions of that. when we were growing -- i was growing up, nobody new what an ar-15 was, and now every kid of a certain age, especially boys know what they are, they are being courted and courte

i don't want to make a guess of what the doj does.have seen the doj has been very strong against hunter and in fact, has indicted him for certain things he now has to defend himself. who knows what would happen there. >> john: congressman jared moskowitz of florida, thank you for being with us, and thank you for joining us on the antisemitism issue. appreciate it. >> sandra: members of a girls high school basketball squad accused of antisemitism against a visiting team. what an investigation showed that now has the coach out of a job and a player kicked off the team. >> john: one of the world's most popular youtube creators is rejecting the richest person in the world. online marketing expert will tell us why mr. beast said no to elon musk, and why mr. beast's videos are so dang popular. with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, my skin was no longer mine. my active psoriatic arthritis joint symptoms held me back. don't let symptoms define you. emerge as you. with tremfya®, most people saw 90% clearer skin at 4 months... ...and the ma

. >> byron: congress put up $250 million to the doj in 2022 through the bipartisan "safer communities >> we know these programs can work. and it really helps provide us a complement to law enforcement that can help really engage with high-risk folks and help change their lives. >> byron: it's change that komtds at a cost. not simply in dollars. and no one knows that better than paly houston. i don't see pictures of your brother, why? >> grief. lessening the impact of that grief. >> byron: dante barksdale was 46 when he was murdered. shot and killed three years ago. >> six shots to his head. two to the torso. >> byron: and it was someone in the course of his safe streets work, someone he tried to help at some point? >> yes. safe streets was there for the people that didn't want to come to the police that were afraid to because they were afraid for their well-beg. >> byron: they would say, i don't go to the police, but i'll go to you, a intervene? >> yes. >> byron: safe streets didn't just have street cred, it had statistical success. a 2023 report found safe streets reduced homicides a

this is what we talk about with the doj being weaponized and politicalized. as hunter biden faces felony charges skipping out on over a million dollars in taxes. his father bragged about making americans "pay their fare share." as of today the irs has collected over 500 million of unpaid taxes from 1600 millionaires this. is about the super wealthy needing to pay what they owe and twha the existing tax code calls for just like hard working americans do. will he give that election tour to his son, hunter? he made millions no, experience, addicted to drawings. here our guest who broke the story today, john stallman. john, let's get your side on this and how it broke today. >> ya, lear are where the facts r right. clearly the stunt on wednesday didn't go well in democratic circles. they day flip flop today. a 180° turn about saying we will show up now this. is a legitimate impeachment hearing this. is what was said, we don't need to send a new subpoena. you have a lawful subpoena. we're hardened you're talk ing about cooperating. the status now has to be on hunt

i think it's very unfair when a political opponent is prosecuted by the doj, by bidens doj. they are losing in every poll. they are losing in almost every demographic. the numbers came out today, it's very mind-boggling if you happen to be joe biden. this is the way they are going to try and win. it's a very bad thing. it's the opening of a pandora's box. it's a very sad thing that has happened with this whole situation. when they talk about a threat to democracy, that's your real -- that's your real threat to democracy. i feel that as a president, you have to have immunity, real simple. if you don't, there's an example of this case where i did nothing wrong. absolutely nothing wrong. i'm working for the country. i worked very hard on voter fraud because we have to have free election, we have to have strong border and free election. those two things, almost above all. we found tremendous voter fraud. we have a list of it. we found tremendous voter fraud. determinative voter fraud. and they were talking about after, nothing has to do with after. it was during the time and tha

so, to continue with the already-public judicial process is not a conflict with doj policy. i also thought it was notable that the attorney general went out of his way to point out that there is a public need and an imperative to resolve some of these cases before the election. it's something that doj has been very cognizant about from the very beginning of the jack smith investigations. i think it was good of him to say that. >> help me, andy. i've been on social media the last few minutes trying to see if there was any public outrage or at least social media outrage to the idea of the attorney general saying there should be a speedy trial. i didn't find it. i didn't look hard yet. do you think anything he said crossed a line? should the attorney general be weighing in on how fast or slow a trial is? >> well, i'm surprised you weren't able to find outrage. it's usually pretty available on social media. but, no. he hasn't stepped over a line here. i think the attorney general did a good job of communicating that doj's first responsibility is not managing public perception or

also remember the doj under democrat administrations this is the doj that censored americans. department of justice, parents are terrorists and pro-life catholics -- by the way this is this department of justice, spied on president trump, gave us mueller investigation, special counsel and jack smith. for her to say that almost laughable if it wasn't so darn serious. exposing how the justice department turned on we the people. no one more so than president trump. >> sean: amazing work. we have to have equal justice, equal application of our laws. we don't have that right now. america needs to understand how dangerous that is to our country, jim jordan, thank you as always. >>> coming up, surprisingly strong showing, 2024 democratic candidate dean phillips. one and only stephen a. smith. watch out. straight ahead. tired muscles and joints were keeping me from doing the things i loved most. not anymore. blue-emu gave me my freedom back. it supports healthy muscles and joints. shop our expanded family of products at major online retailers. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> sean: all right. seems to be exa

>> 25 years at fbi, doj for a portion of my career leading shooting reviews, is this the most scathing report. the language could not be stronger. they used the phrase cascade of failures. and it is true. this is worse than the absence of failure, this is the absence of leadership and presence of leadership specifically the school chief who didn't know what to do or how do it. and definitive responses in the report. specifically they say that they wrongly treated this as a barricade situation. they say this bold face you should never treat an active shooter with continuing access to victims as a barricaded subject. it is an active shooter. they later say we couldn't get in the room. it was locked. we didn't know how to breach it. they say nope, not true, he could have broken a window or checked the doorknob and found that it was unlocked. >> let's go to merrick garland. >> the united states department of justice has finished its critical incident review. in undertaking this review at the request of the then mayor, the justice department committed the expertise to assess and provide gui

. >> john: bring in kerri urban, she said it there, suck it up, we'll see what the doj says. >> kerri: i don't know how her constituents felt about that, most of us don't have the money to several hundred thousands of dollars per year. she confirmed in the statement and so we don't know much beyond what she said because grand jury proceedings are conducted in secret, we know a subpoena issued to the house pertaining to documents and based on the statement related to potential or allegations about misusing funds related to her security detail. >> john: we do know she paid a lot of money to her boyfriend, now her husband for security, and we don't know if that goes against the rules. she said since before i was sworn into office she had threats on her life, as a rank and file member of congress i'm not entitled to personal protection by the house and have used campaign funds as permissible to retain security services. i have not used any personal tax dollars. any reporting that i've used federal funds for personal security is simply false. >> kerri: and she's right, it allows you to use

i read the letter you folks sent to doj, but tell my audience what is the most egregious interference that you are alleging? >> two biggest things are the intimidation against no labels supporters and potential candidates. some of our opponents are on the record saying they want to destroy the reputations of people who support no labels, say they want to find any skeletons in the closet of any candidates who want to affiliate with us. and look, i understand politics is hard ball. we appreciate that and embrace the first amendment, but you can't do this kind of stuff. you can't intimidate people from participating in the democratic process. >> i read it, i was a bit nonplussed by it, because to me it was the rough and tumble. i mean, if everybody beefed to doj about the sort of things that are in your letter, i think everybody would be complaining. i'm not condoning any of the behavior. >> but remember, michael, we're not a political campaign. what we're doing is akin to voter registration. i want you to imagine if there was a group out there registering disenfranchised voters and ther

doj talked with white house before issuing school protest memo and pro-life leaders denounce doj prosecution of activists. before we get to warrantless. >> kennedy: they are looking for individuals to investigate, who have not committed crimes. they are using keyword searches in the messages, when you zelle someone money, you put an amount and what it is for. they are looking for the what it is for for people who might commit acts of domestic terrorism or mass shootings, but using very broad terms like dick's sporting goods and cabela's. people looking for camping gear or fishing pole are now under radar of the federal bureau of investigation which absolutely needs to be audited. too much power has been concentrated there and we don't know how they are using it. it is a fourth amendment violation. if any searches led to arrests or prosecution. >> kayleigh: harris, this stood out, purchase of books, including religious text and subscription to other media. religious text. >> harris: that fits into targeting catholic church and those members who speak latin. that was some indicator they might

kelly, this comes from a new york times headline that says that the doj is moving closer to wrappingits antitrust investigation into apple. we know this has been going on for a long time. doj, like so many other regulatory bodies around the world really, looking at apple's control over the app store and how that impacts the fees that the charges for third-party apps. i will note, however kelly, the story does not say when this lawsuit is finally going to drop. a lot of people in fact expected it to happen last year, still did not happen, but we know jonathan kanter, the anti trust chief official over at the doj, is one of the key players. looking into apple over all of these issues around the app store, around the wallet, and things like that. not to mention the epic games case. fortnite maker, that lawsuit between the two countries companies still going on, so going to court. we expected here between the supreme court pretty soon whether we'll take up that case but also plays into this whole theme around apple and it's up for dominance as well, kelly. >> we have just been talking ab

we're standing by for the attorney general of the united states to address a scathing new doj report on the failed response to the 2022 uvalde school massacre. cnn obtained a copy of the report detailing what it calls, quote, cascading failures from law enforcement. the haunting conclusion, the gunman who killed 19 children and 2 adults could have and should have been stopped much sooner. instead, the shooter was left alone for 77 minutes where he was able to carry out mass murder. the report says this, in part, officers on the scene should have recognized the incident was as an active shooter scenario and moved and pushed forward immediately and continuously toward the threat until the room was entered and the threat was eliminated. that did not occur. cnn has been leading the way on the story, exposing details the authorities tried very hard to keep quiet. that is all thanks to cnn's shimon prokupecz and his team, who spent well over a year reporting on so many of the failures that are laid out now in this very government report. shimon, you are there, back in uvalde at this news c

doj.he opening of a pandora's box. it is a very sad thing that's happened with this whole situation. when they talk about threat to democracy, that is your real threat to democracy. >> reporter: so, larry the court will come out with its decision in a few days, it could be a few weeks. ultimately feels like the supreme court will have the final word on this issue. larry? larry: hilary vaughn, thank you very, very much. just a few comments from me on this and other things. i want to make a couple points about joe biden and his administration's serial inability to tell the truth. now, of course, defense secretary lloyd austin going awol a prime example. now we wish general austin a total, full recovery from all his health issues but his health issues are not really the problem. the problem neither he nor his staff followed the proper communications chain of command and it sounds like a coverup and obviously it was a huge mistake. i will tell you a quick story. when i served in the white hous

. >> reporter: the doj's critical incident review found responding officers inside the school should have gone into the classroom immediately to stop the 18-year-old shooter. some of the first officers on scene acted appropriately, but ones that were grazed by bullets, they retreated. that's when the scenario changed from active shooter to barricaded. >> that failure meant that law enforcement officials prioritized a protracted evacuation of students and teachers in other classrooms, instead of immediately rescuing the victims trapped with the active shooter. >> reporter: investigators place much of the blame on the school district's former police chief, pete arredondo, who displayed an epic lack of leadership, as well as the uvalde acting chief . the report found some responding officers lacked active shooter training, and wasted time searching for a key to a classroom door that was likely unlocked. 17 families of victims are considering legal action. >> do right by the victims of rob elementary. terminations, criminal prosecutions. >> reporter: the doj says it's goal is to honor th

ed: mark your calendars for march because bloomberg reporting the doj suit could be coming. digital markets in europe and apple needing to make changes to comply with that. leah nylen out on the east coast. let's bring in da davidson, senior software analyst. you heard the reporting from leah. when we think about the antitrust threat to apple, is that price in? >> i do not believe so. great reporting from leah and the rest of the bloomberg team that broke this story. i believe implication could be far-reaching. apple will have to do something. either allow these other third-party equipment providers access to some of their closed system, which would degrade the consumer experience or they would have to fight this and deal with whatever the regulators decide on their own. one way or the other, this will hurt. the reason all these apple products work so well is because it is a closed system. that is why it is so seamless and fast and intuitive. they are the only ones that can use their tools. they do not allow tools to plug-in unless it is through the app store in a way they a

on tuesday lawyers for president trump and those of the doj reporting to special counsel jack smith will square off in front of a three-judge pam of the court of appeals for the d.c. circuit. at issue whether trump has immunity for conduct he undertook as president or cannot otherwise face prosecution because it would represent double jeopardy. that's the legal issue. but what's most important here is the timing. trial court judge has determined she can't move forward until this issue is resolved. she entered an order on december 13 saying trump's appeal automatically stays any further proceedings that would otherwise move the case toward trial. but that stay could be lifted after the outcome of tuesday's argument. for sure, the losing side is going to appeal to the supreme court after perhaps first asking for the first court of the appellate court to hear the matter on bond. the losing party has 90 days to ask for supreme court review. as i detailed before, smith is eager to get trump tried before the election. trump, on the other hand, wants to run out the clock. he hopes to win the pr

a biden-led doj. want every child growing up in poverty like i did to have access to quality legislation. unfortunately, the democrats have sold their soul to the teachers unions, trapping poor black kids in inner cities into failing schools and out of their best future. i want a nation where every child looks into the future and says, the american dream worked for me. i was that kid. and so when i think about bringing this country together, not under grievance, but over greatness, not being victims, but being victorious, i am talking about the future of this nation and politicians who get in the way of that today, that's joe biden. >> and you don't see any grievance in donald trump's campaign for president? >> well, here's what i can tell you. and for a person who's seen the doj weaponized against it, for a person who before he was ever sworn into office, "the washington post" said that they're going to make sure that he is a one-term president. when you look at the challenges that he faced, there's

chair booker: right now the doj -- i did the doj's engagement with the technology now there is a lackicient independent oversight. dr. howard: we did not look at the doj in-depth in terms of how they validate algorithms. we talked to a number of officials at the fbi that told us they worked with nist to develop accommodation protocol they run in house. but we have not evaluated it. that was not part of the scope of our work but he does work we could do if there was interest. chair booker: i have interest, but can't speak for the doj. if you were called to do that analysis, one thing you would look at is the independent objective review, this efficient review of algorithms, of the technology itself, correct? dr. howard: the algorithm, accuracy, demographic bias. chair booker: what is the danger of them not having done that now? dr. howard: they may not know how effectively their algorithm works and they might not know the candidate list could be skewed by training data that the algorithm was trained on. they may not be aware of that if they have not run that. chair booker: does that se

bottom line is this, guys, this is a big win for the doj and again, the second time the doj prevailedthey also prevailed endorsing jetblue and american to unwind their northeast alliance they have that win and this win blocking the spirit and jetblue merger. >> phil, thank you very much phil lebeau reporting for us. >>> coming up, the goldman standard goldman sachs bhoeing away earnings estimates plus, top executives weighing in across the network today we'll recap the key take aways in three-stock lunch "power lunch. we'll be right back. dad, we got this. we got this. we got this. we got this. life is for living. we got this. let's partner for all of it. edward jones >>> welcome back to "power lunch. earnings season heating up today with results from more big banks. let's bring in leslie picker hi, leslie >> hey, contessa yeah, morgan stanley results weighing on the stock today. currently down a little more than 5%. most analysts have described the quarter as effectively just okay and the stock reaction is reflective of that there was a slow down in net new assets into wealth managem

if the doj was trying to try their own boss, that's complex for a four or eight-year problem.the constitution explicitly provides for an impeached and convicted president's criminal prosecution for the same. you could be a strict texture list and you would still land on saying the constitution literally writes out post presidential prosecution. >> absolutely. and you can see how measured smith is being. look at the alternative. what trump is trying to argue for is a get out of jail for as his right. it would essentially allow a president, as long as you could have some plausible connection to your official duties to say, hey, i'm going to order the military to go imprison my opponent. the sort of thing would you see in a horror movie. not the sort of thing you would actually want the president of the united states to do. >>hat goes to what smith argues. i mentioned this. i want to read this for your response. it is really something. if they accepted trump's claims, the nation would have no recourse to deter a president from inciting his supporters during a state of the union a

this according to the sources familiar with and the particular moves of the doj. tell us a little bit about what exactly the department of justice is looking towards with regard to apple specifically and maybe big tech in general. >> i appreciate your having me and i appreciate the question, but as justice department official, i can either confirm nor deny the existence of any investigation. unfortunately, i won't be able to talk to about those reports today. one quick follow-up, is there a sense right now that that department of justice is taking on more of an interest right now in those big technology companies given some of the headlines that we have seen over the course of the last year with regard to artificial intelligence and everything else? >> great question. i appreciate it. this administration has prioritized restoring competition to markets across the entire u.s. economy including big tech. as you know we finished a trial late last year involving google search and advertising markets. we filed a case in early 2023 alleging that google maintained its mo

why did the doj attempt to sweep all of biden's crimes under the rug? remember weiss original plann ls was not to charge hunter. and then, of course, the whistleblowers came ou t. >> he had no choice. the so they went to plan b. that was a sweetheart deal. well, that got blown up by ade judge in delaware that actually halad wherewithal to readgreeme the agreemenntt and asked the defense team, have you ever seen an agreement like this before? t no, your honor. then why are you handing this to me? and that is now resulted in a special counsel. but it's still same guyt that didn't want to charge hunter in the first place. the federadi l government is so deeply biased and corrupt, it should make every american sick. this is what we talked when we talk about whether or not the doj has been weaponized d in the fbi.e weaponized and politicized ch hunter biden now faces felony charges for skipping outp on over $1,000,000 in taxes that his father bragged about making pay their fairay share. quote unquote, as of. today, the irs has collected over 500 million in u

and for that reason, doj will say, well, hunter kind of has a point here. i think it helps him, and today's appearance is just a reminder to the world of his negotiating position. >> i got to let you run -- quickly, we don't know yet if the white house was given an early warning that this was going to happen. you've been inside the white house as a lawyer. do you think the white house lawyers are excited that hunter biden was up there? >> no. i think the white house is keen to have all things hunter biden be as low profile as possible in this election year. they were probably the least pleased of anyone in washington. but from hunter's perspective, a sound pr and legal move. >> ambassador norm eisen, thank you so much. kate? >>> so we are following a lot of breaking news, a lot of moving parts this morning in today's show. it is debate night in america in iowa. right here on cnn we're going to see that big debate tonight. what will we hear from nikki haley and ron desantis? how high are the stakes? and will it make a difference with voters? much more ahead.

. >>> board showdown, the doj sues texas over its new immigration law. >>> disorder in the court, a convicted fellon hurls himself over the bench taking down the judge. >> [ bleep ]. >> we'll tell you what happened just moments before. >>> and airbud. a beloved golden retriever is air lifted to safety after plunging off a cliff, we'll tell you what it took to save this lucky pup. >> so scary. >>> but we begin this hour with another deadly shooting in america. >> the latest community now coming to grips with a shocking instant of gun violence is perry, iowa, this morning a gunman opened fire at perry high school on the first day back for students after the holiday break. at this point sources tell nbc news the shooter is believed to be a student at that school and is also dead from an apparent gunshot wound. self-inflicted. three other people are injured including two students we're told and one school administrator. >> following the latest developments is nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard outside perry high school for us. what's the latest you're hearing from the scene. >> reporter: thre

. >> our statement is consistent with doj's filing, as the doj filing said, there was an ongoing emergencyon that border patrol was blocked from accessing. >> there were other migrants in the water. >> then why twenty included in the statement that that's what you were referring to. >> our statement is very much consistent with doj filing, anything else specific you want to know about that i would certainly refer you to doj. >> judge jeanine: all right. jesse, the white house is lying here, like they've lied about whip-gate a couple years along and they get away with it and there are no consequences. and most of the print media won't even write a correction. >> jesse: no, they recycle the propaganda that's the game. so many hoaxes just in the last couple weeks. remember dictator on day one, the seal team six assassination squad, mar-a-lago's only $18 million. biden only talks to hunter's clients about the weather? trump wants the economy to crash. i mean, that's just the last couple weeks off the top of my head. now you have that these people were drowning and avid blocked biden's life gua

watch this. >> doj and biden's doj and opening of the pandora box and that's a sad thing that's happened that's a sad thing talking about threat to democracy and that's your real threat to democracy. elizabeth: what do you think, jason. there's the bomb shell revelation in the court filing that georgia da, fulton county da, fanny willis hired her boyfriend as special council -- sorry special prosecutor and he has no rico cases behind him and he was a municipal court judge and hired her boyfriend to work on the 2020 case and that boyfriend met allegedly with the white house a number of times before they indicted trump. these are all allegations. what do you say? >> yeah, the allegations truly are a bomb shell and having no relevant direct experience be paid hundreds of thousands of dollars and then have the personal relationship of the prosecutor, that doesn't really smell right and, look, most people understand that jack smith is on this political vendetta and they're not 90 counts against donald trump that are going to withstand any sort of scrutiny and people understand. it's been supp

he has said that he will use his doj the election.resident biden and that is why biden, the democrats, progressives in the us say that donald trump, if he is elected, would be a threat to democracy. imilli he is elected, would be a threat to democracy-— he is elected, would be a threat to democracy. will vernon, thank you very much — democracy. will vernon, thank you very much for— democracy. will vernon, thank you very much forjoining _ democracy. will vernon, thank you very much forjoining us. _ we're going to take a look at what is supposed to be the driest place in the us. this is death valley in southern california — and as you can see it's not very dry at all. this is called lake manly and it was formed by rare heavy rains last year. but you need to be quick if you want to visit — scientists say it's drying up fast, and may not be there for much longer. you are watching bbc news, stay with us. hello there. temperatures have been a little bit higher today, but we have seen more cloud around, particularly across more western parts

. >> our statement is an system with doj's final income as the doj filing side, there is an ongoing emergencyon that border patrol was blocked from accessing. >> why wasn't that included in the statement, that is what -- >> our statement is very much consistent with doj filing. anything else specific you want to know about that, i would certainly refer you to the doj. >> jeanine: all right. jesse, the white house is lying here, like they've lied about withgate a couple years ago, and they get away with it and there are no consequences. and most of the print media won't even write a correction. >> jesse: no, they recycle the propaganda, that's the game. there are so many hoaxes just in the last couple of weeks. remember dictator andre 1, the seal team six assassination squad, mar-a-lago's only $18 million, talking to hunter's clients about the weather? trump want the economy to crash? that's the last couple of weeks off the top of my head. now you have these people were drowning, and abbott blocked biden's lifeguards from a rescue. we are going to face, judge, such a torrent of disinformation

the doj january 6th coop trials scheduled for march, and so that trial could change.l counsel jack smith slated for may. and then the trial that could come latest, or even after the election, the bottom right you see, in the georgia r.i.c.o. case proposed for august. some of these cases stand alone. trump was caught the stolen evidence, the doj case is the only one that addresses that. the other three trump trials slated for the coming year, and of course the december cases against trump aides, they are all led by defendants slash candidate trump's plots to allegedly distort, change, steel, or defraud elections. the new york cases that trump broke finance laws back in 2016. the 2020 plots stretch for months. we have documented that in this chart based on our extensive reporting when we first showed you that there were indictments of trump or his aides for those activities, plots, including elective fraud, demand a state officials, where the vice presidents to delay the election. all, of course, leading to the sabotage and violence of january 6th. now, since we have fi

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