and i think they're trying to pressure garland to act. i think it was excellent that he spoke today. he needs to speak out more. he needs to be sort of explaining how federal law enforcement works, how they're investigating this case. and i worry that he is -- and he's totally sincere. he believes in the judicial system. most americans don't. so i think he needs to be a more present, more public attorney general who is talking, you know, when appropriate more openly about this investigation. >> david rohde, executive editor at newyorker.com. thank you for this thoughtful, well-reported piece today. thank you for being with us tonight. >> thank you. >>> as i mentioned, we've got the senate majority leader chuck schumer, leader of the senate democrats, joining us live here right after the break. stay with us. stay with us it's time for our lowest prices of the season on the sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses your movements and automatically adjusts to relieve pressure points. and its temperature balancing so you both sleep just right. sa

and i think they're trying to pressure garland to act. i think it was excellent that he spoke today. he needs to speak out more. he needs to be explaining how federal law enforcement works. how they are investigating this case. and i worry that -- and he believes in the most honest judicial system. most americans the. he needs to more be more present. he needs to be more open an honest about this investigation. >> david rohde, pulitzer prize-winning reporter, thank you for this really thought-provoking wall reported peds today. thank you for being with us tonight. >> thank you. all right, as i mentioned we've got the senate majority leader, chuck schumer, the leader of the senate democrats joining us live here right after the break. stay with us. stay with us your heart isn't just yours. protect it with bayer aspirin. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. are you taking a statin drug to reduce cholesterol? it can also deplete your coq10 levels. i recommend considering qunol coq10 along with your statin medica

merrick garland could. you notice he is not. that is why i keep saying, he can talk the game, but look at the man's actions. if he was willing to go after trumper crimes of trump committed, he already has the mu eller report but he is not acting on it. maybe -- like he said, goes back to trust most maybe this great life institutional liberal prosecutor will totally get trump this time. not like the last 1 -- that is what you're selling to me. there will be people who believe that. but again, i went actual evidence that this man is willing to take on the powerful politically connected republicans who did this to us. and so far, i don't see that stuff amy: elie mystal, thank you for being with us, the nation's justice correspondent and we will link to your piece "will garland do what it takes to bring the insurrectionists to justice?" forthcoming book "allow me to , retort: a black guy's guide to the constitution." restrict voting access, especially for black voters. we go to georgia to speak with professor carol anderson. among h

because we don't have to just go on our feelings about merrick garland.ers, right? we have stats. 71 people so far have been sentenced behind january 6th and we see the vast majority of then have gotten very light sentences, no jail time at all for most of them. 56 people have been convicted for picketing, parading inside a capitol building. 56 people. is it too much to ask those 56 people get at least what a person in northeast d.c. would get for having an ounce of crack cocaine? is that too much to ask? because it seems like it shouldn't be. it seems like if you go into the capitol with the intent to go search for mike pence and other members of congress who yell and intimidate them into stealing an election, you should at least get as much as the crack head. and that's -- >> there have been more -- >> he spoke to that. >> -- much more consequences. it is unbelievable that this is appearing they will get away with it. sorry, go ahead. >> no, no, no, no. he spoke to that. he said that he's getting those people to cooperate. and what he wants to do is get

and today, the attorney general, merrick garland, gave a speech about that.to play you a little bit of what he said and get your reaction to it. here's what he had to say. >> those who assaulted officers or damaged the capitol face greater charges. those who conspired with others to obstruct the vote count also face greater charges. those who did not undertake such conduct have been charged with lesser offenses. particularly if they accepted their responsibility early and cooperated with the investigation. >> what's your reaction? >> i mean, it's encouraging. in this society that we live in, everybody wants instant justice. it happened yesterday, it needs to be resolved today. unfortunately, that's not how investigations go. i'm not any part of the justice department. i'm a police officer. and i'm just going to do my job, and i'm glad that the justice department is doing theirs, and like i said, i just urge them to do their job while i continue to do mine. >> all right. officer harry dunn, i really appreciate you making time tonight. be well. thank you very m

i take no question about merrick garland's integrity. he has done a good job restoring doj's truthfulness and integrity. he is a very accomplished prosecutor and judge. i think, however, the problem is the good thing merrick garland is doing is he is keeping politics out of prosecution. that is so key and that is a reversal from what was happening under donald trump and william barr. however, i think he is too timid act act any case, even if it needs to be brought if there might be any political implication whatsoever. and if you are too timid about that, you are not doing your job. >> no and in this case, right, it gets to the heart of the entire thing, right, the political process. both, i thank you so much for your perspective. and next, a grim new prediction tonight from the cdc now forecasting up to 84,000 people dying from covid in the next four weeks. and we are in 2022, so once omicron burns through the u.s., are we done with the deadly disease or no? >>> plus, breaking news. chicago's mayor and ceo of the city's public schools a

what merrick garland should say about january 6th. so far failed to indict trump or his cronies, his credibility and the credibility of the department are at risk because he has not yet demonstrated the vision and nerve to defend democracy in its hour of need. glenn greenwald tweeted this: a full year after the 1/6 riot at the capitol the total number of dimes from the biden doj for insurrection, or treason is the same number of mueller criminally conspiring with russia over the 2016 election many. zero. guy, what about this? >> well, january 6th was an outrageous attack on the rule of law, among other things. and i think in response to that attack, there needs to be an adherence to the rule of law. and that sometimes takes a period of time. it's not instant justice, instant graphics the way that some people want. i understand it's a year later there have been hundreds of arrests there have to be due process for the people that were arrested. they did not lose their rights or not stripped of their rights just because they behaved terr

and i think that's one of the concerns that garland is weighing.rying to obstruct an election. >> it's a good point you make about potential acquittal and the impact of that. putting 1/6 to one side, because you are talking in the context of, can you try to sur role in the insurrection that merrick garland hasn't done enough to hold donald trump and his inner circle to account for numerous other alleged crimes, non1/6 related. for example, obstruction of justice during the mueller inquiry. ten examples in the mueller report. financial crimes. is that fair? is it fair to criticize garland for not going after trump for other things. there's no special prosecutor or special counsel. is garland the right man, the right ag for this pretty historic moment? >> it depends on your view of what the justice department should do. i don't see merrick garland trying donald trump for other crimes, for financial crimes. you know, the mueller investigation, mueller famously no made decision on obstruction of justice. so i'll just be honest, i don't see that happeni

you mentioned general garland and his experience. and the democratic party has not done that -- has not made it as central. and i think that's not a partisan point. just an observation. the country's getting ready to have a kind of crash course in supreme court politics. and my hope would be that yes, it's an inherently political organization. it would be full hearty to say it wasn't. but without a court and legitimacy about the court, the constitutional experiment is in more jeopardy than it's already in. >> i wanted to ask you about how you believe this white house is going to proceed. >> i was reminded, while you were speaking to john meacham there, last spring, during the transition period, the top advisors including the former white house counsel who you know well and the current white house counsel, that they made a formal presentation to soon to be president biden about candidates to the supreme court. that was intensely focussed on their expectation that it was important to be prepared in case there was to be a justice retiri

during his speech garland gave something of an update on the ongoing criminal investigation into the riot and noted that more than 700 people have been arrested and charged. he then vowed to pursue everyone who might have been involved in the insurrection. >> the justice department remains committed to holding all january 6th perpetrators at any level accountable under law whether they were present that day or were otherwise criminally responsible for the assault on our democracy. we will follow the facts wherever they lead. as long as it takes and whatever it takes for justice to be done consistent with the facts and the law. i understand that this may not be the answer some are looking for, but we will and we must speak through our work. >> now, one member of the january 6th select committee says he's concerned about what attorney general garland didn't say. >> what was left unsaid, anderson, though, is what about the role of those involved not just on the 6th but in the days leading up to the 6th and the aftermath of the 6th who may have broken the law? what comes to mind to me is

and yet there have been complaints from house democrats that garland is not moving fast enough. congress gallego said he was weak and adam schiff was frustrated about this just 24 hours ago on this show. do you believe that one year, or 364 days in, that this investigation by the department of justice is about where you would expect it to be? >> well, i think they're moving rather rapidly. i think criticism that they're not moving quickly enough is silly. i mean they've charged 725 people in under a year. as i mentioned before, they have 300,000 tips to work through and 15 terabytes of data. also, we don't what they're doing behind the scenes. to barbara's point, this is a very important speech. even though it is what i would expect him to say, it is an important speech. because he's saying, we're on it. we're working. be patient. justice takes time. the worst thing you could do, hallie, is rush to charge somebody. you have to charge when you have the requisite facts and the law supports the charge, when you could bring a case in court and win it and sustain it on appeal. and th

garland addressed the hundreds of arrests already made. that's true.e also broadly said there's more to come. >> the justice department remains committed to holding all january 6th perpetrators at any level accountable under law whether they were present that day or were otherwise criminally responsible for the assault on our democracy. the actions we have taken thus far will not be our last. >> but a year in many results are available and some say it's not enough. i am joined by democratic senator from rhode island, sheldon white house. welcome back, sir. >> thanks, ari, good to be with you. >> absolutely. this is an important time. you put out a new statement. with regard to this doj probe, quote, sweeping up low level players while ignoring the kingpins of stream isn't a full investigation end quote. why do you say the doj investigation at this point is not full and what should it look like? >> well, merrick garland would agree with me it's not fully said so at his own speech he would continue and also said you ordinary in an investigation begin wit

but merrick garland will not prosecute those people, oddly enough. and i will go to the shooting of the young lady. everyone talks about how this was a racist incident. are we kidding? ok, the people prior to me were saying if this were a black lives matter crowd, they would be shot. ok, we have had plenty of black lives matter crowds, but if a white officer shot into a crowd and killed a blm protester, i think there would be a much bigger investigation than what happened here, a young white air force veteran who was shot without a weapon. essentially, he shot into a crowd, and do you think that is appropriate? host: the justice department days ago give a status update in a press release to where the investigation is when it comes to january 6. more than 725 defendants arrested in nearly all 50 states. more than 225 defendants charged with assaulting or resisting officers. others using deadly or dangerous weapons are causing serious bodily injury to an officer. it says approximately 10 individuals have been arrested on a series of charges related to

do you think attorney general garland has been weak?y colleagues is that we need to ensure there's accountability. at all levels. and the department of justice has a role to play there. and so clearly that's what we're interested in is making sure that we're accountable, we're holding individuals accountable for what happened. and congress, we have our role here through the select committee. we're going to be finding out what exactly happened and what transpired. but the department of justice also needs to have a layer of accountability. that's what i hear from my colleagues, and that's what we expect out of an impartial department of justice. >> but do you think he's been weak, garland? >> i think what we want to see out of them is to hold people accountable. we see that from our perspective within the committee and so we're going to be patient and allow the department of justice to do what they need to do. but at the end of the day, we want to make sure they're committed to accountability just like we are here in congress. >> the secr

the attorney general today, merrick garland vowing to hold the perpetrators responsible no matter who they are. defendants have been arrested and charged for their roles in the january 6th attack, and house select committee investigating the attack is following the trail deeper into the former president's inner circle. just in this last 24 hours, releasing texts from fox propaganda network star sean hannity, asking to talk to him and to the former vice president mike pence who had to flea the capitol with rioters just minutes away, and tonight the one time white house press secretary stephanie grisham speaking to the committee. we all saw what happened on january 6th, we saw it with our own eyes but the right is still trying to whitewash that history, so let me get this straight. this is not a tourist visit. those rioters were not peaceful patriots, they were not antifa, they were not black lives matter, they were trump supporters. and they were trying to overthrow our free and fair election. you don't have to look far to see the damage done in this country, the damage still being don

garland is under pressure to charge people like that. we'll see what tea leaves we can read into what he says and if we can get hints how the justice department is viewing those questions but we know he woend head-on address hey, we're coming after former president trump. >> what are you hearing behind the scenes relating to that pressure? now you have including one democrat member of congress recently raised real questions about attorney general garland's ability it essentially meet the moment and pursue an aggressive investigation, and some feel needs to be pursued? how are folks in the justice department dealing with that pressure and criticism? >> frankly, the justice department tries to ignore that. another form you've seen take the criminal referrals from the house committee which uncovered a lot of information about what happened on january 6th and sort of events surrounding it. public talk, hey, we are going to send over a referral to the justice department and make sure, try to make sure they do something about it. try to force

i don't think this was a game on speech by garland as much as a get off my back speech. to hold more of the ring leaders or inciters to account and the criticism for judges for maybe not in some cases, the department not pursuing more serious charges against the rioters and he's heard the criticism from capitol hill and probably those of us who talk on tv from time to time. this was his way of saying look, i've got this. i would say though, i don't think we should read too much into this line that's getting a lot of attention. because that's what attorneys general always say. i believe it's true. i believe if they do find evidence that donald trump committed a crime and they believe they can you know, make those charges stick in court, they will bring charges against the former president, but i don't think we know anything more about that investigation today than we did before the speech and as he said, it's not appropriate. he's not supposed to talk about the charges that the department might or might not bring in the future. he's not supposed to talk about the investig

garland will speak tomorrow. we'll look at what he's expected to say and what he should say. >>> and forever changed. that is how some people who witnessed the insurrection firsthand are feeling now almost a year later. the toll january 6th has taken on those in and around the u.s. capitol that day. >>> also, after more than 27 hours, an update to one of the stranded motorists on i-95 outside of washington, d.c. all those stories and more when deadline white house continues after a quick break. don't go anywhere. a trading platform. it's an entire trading experience. with innovation that lets you customize interfaces, charts and orders to your style of trading. personalized education to expand your perspective. and a dedicated trade desk of expert-level support. that will push you to be even better. and just might change how you trade—forever. because once you experience thinkorswim® by td ameritrade ♪♪♪ there's no going back. ♪♪ three times the electorlytes and half the sugar. ♪♪ pedialyte powder packs. feel bet

merrick garland did not mention that.focussed on. >> we received over 300,000 tips from ordinary citizens who have been our indispensable partners in this effort. the fbi's website continues to post photos of persons in the event of january 6th and we seek the public's assistance in identifying those people.th >> tucker:r: they are posting photos and taking them off the website including the most wanted. remember epps? he is on video several times encouraging riots reaching the capital on january 6. he was on the fbi website. now he is gone. hasn't been charged with anything. why is that. that is a real question. no one in congress seems to care even supposedly conservative republican senators what are they busy doing they are busy repeating the talking points that merrick garland wrote for them. here's one example. >> we are approaching a solemn anniversary this week. anniversary of a violence terrorists on the capitol. we saw the men and women of law enforcement demonstrateaw incredible courage and bravery, risk their l

there is a legal justice in the house of representatives who think garland has failed the test.errick garland has been extremely weak, and i think there should be a lot more of the organizers of january 6 that should be arrested by now. we have, again, an attorney general who is feckless and has not been helpful in preserving our democracy. >> feckless is a very tough word to hear from another democrat about a democrat's choice for attorney general. they will be watching very closely at what he says. he fought for our ideals so they will be looking at what they feel are democratic ideals and they don't feel like they've gotten that from merrick garland as of yet. >> the committee referred steve bannon to the justice department. it took a while but the justice department did bring that case. the chairman of the committee says down the road there could be even higher business, you might say, higher priority business referred to the justice department. listen. >> if there's anything that we come upon as a committee that we think will warrant a referral to the department of justice,

we are expecting remarks in about 30 minutes from attorney general merrick garland who will update the doj's investigation into the january 6th riot. we will bring that to you live when it happens. >>> an capitol hill today, lawmakers are preparing to mark one year since the day a violent mob stormed the people's house. a moment being met by somber reflection but also warnings that history could repeat itself and that the danger is not over. new capitol police chief thomas menger appeared before a congressional hearing this morning and testified that while his force is better prepared today than a year ago, the threats against lawmakers have only grown over the last year. >> i mentioned the threats against congress. many people in this very room, committee members, have experienced them. over 9,000 threats in 2021 alone. that's an astounding number. >> the biggest challenge i think we have is keeping up with the number of threats. prior to the 6th, we were not sharing information the way we should be. intelligence is only useful if you act on it. we're going to get tested again, and --

well, the attorney general, merrick garland, is a very good man, a friend of mine, a former student of am hoping that he will do exactly what you say, but i'm not confident. the reason i'm not confident is that there is very little reason to believe that anyone other than the foot soldiers, the people who actually stormed the capitol is being investigated. the fact is that the investigation ought to extend to the plotters, the planners, the funders, the people at the top — and it is quite possible that the committee that you're describing, two of whose members are former students of mine and quite brilliant, adam schiff and jamie raskin, will get to the bottom of things. but the culprits have to be held accountable. it's not enough to simply announce something that most of us already believe — namely that donald trump and his chief of staff, and his inner circle planned the coup that almost succeeded. they have to be held accountable. that means indicting them if the evidence supports it, and i argued in a new york times opinion piece a couple of days ago that the evidence certainly su

it is under new leadership with merrick garland.ht for victims rights in a prior life, in the past as a lawyer. we asked that he agree with us or at least not fight us on asking a declaration that our rights were violated and we should have an opportunity to meet and confer and, in fact, we ultimately want this agreement we opened so that our input is reflected and it is not a hasty rush job at the end of an administration. amy: what is your since the attorney general will go? to summarize, the department of justice has charged boeing with criminal conspiracy to defraud the faa, federal aviation administration. boeing agreed to pay $2.5 billion in fines and compensation but the arrangement allows the company to avoid criminal prosecution. >> yes. just one correction, boeing only paid 240 3.7 million dollars in fines. the rest of it was mostly to airline customers that they had harmed, where they owed the money anyway because of the grounding. so they drew that money plus a bit of money to families to make it look like a bigger settl

attorney general garland will discuss this more.h, we are bringing greater transparency to the industry. a free market is not truly free without transparency around prices. how do you justify the price? right now, that is largely disappeared in the cattle market, transparency. back in august, the department of agriculture took steps to address this, and we will keep pushing it. and i am pleased to see that congress is taking action to increase competition and fairness. the bipartisan group of senators now working on the legislation to make capital markets more transparent. and all of these issues are areas where we can and we must come together in a bipartisan way. i am grateful to the members of the democratic and republican congress, for being willing to come to the table. senator jon tester and senator grassley from iowa. they have been leaders in this effort. i will be inviting a bipartisan group to come together to discuss how we can make progress legislatively, as well, as they are proposing. even as we continue doing everythi

>> yes, this is exactly what he is talking about, and look, this is not a charge that marek garland,eluctant to go to this place, because it is something that the former acting u.s. attorney michael sherwin has said that he thought was ready to go. this is early 2021. he said that he thought that this is quite ready to go. in the end, garland and the other leaders of the department thought that it needed more investigation and steps, and that they have now done this, and that they had hesitated to do this a year ago and now garland has been persuaded this rarely used charge was to be used against the puerto re-- against the charges, and something rarely used to bring up in court, and it is rarely used and the fact that garland signed off on it, it is a meaningful step in this investigation, and really, one of the criticisms that you will hear from republicans, and sort of the trump loyalists is that clearly this attack was not that bad, because nobody has been charged with something like this. well, now it has happened and so now they have to come up with a different excuse of why th

which is what everyone said they wanted merrick garland for. they wanted the apolitical guy.w, i had the same reaction. we spent four years, people criticizing, politicizing the justice department. so i don't know people will be satisfied, but i also don't think that you should look to what criminal charges are coming against trump. he has -- let me just remind people. donald trump may make a lot of noise. he cannot fill a room any more. he is going out to these rallies. people are not buying tickets. in some ways, if you think of him as leading a radicalized movement, his platform has been severely debilitated. meanwhile, we have to go to his a adherents and make sure they don't use violence for political gain which is what they're doing. >> he had one scheduled and it was canceled. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> now to this horrific story out of philadelphia. 12 people, including eight children, died after a fire tore through a three-story row house. firefighters faced heavy smoke, heat and limited visibility on all floors when they entered that building. they rescued

attorney general garland was asked and the judiciary committee by my colleague about ray. he could've resolved the questions but he declined to do so. it seems that senior officials in our justice department have no problem giving long speeches to try to politically target and smear those they disagree with, what they don't answer the questions that can get to the truth of what really happened on january 6. i want to credit the reporting at revolver news for having aggregated a number of the videos that i'm going to go through now. but i think continue to show these two concerns that we have. -- i would ask to show the first clip. >> went into go into the capitol! into the capitol! [shouting] >> tomorrow -- [indiscernible] >> we need to go in. into the capitol. >> we need to go into the capitol. >> monument hell. -- hill. >> we are going to the capitol. >> [indiscernible] [shouting] >> this is the very last thing that happens. this is the moment of breach. if you were the committee, what you want to know what he whispered into that individual's ear? here is a moment of bre

that is what in part garland, a.g. garland was discussing today. this downstream effect from the bile in our politics. but it's also going to take accountability to rein in some of these folks who now feel free rein to threaten violence because they've become unhinged. we need to cut that off at the pass before it escalates again. >> mr. harwood, in a "new york times" op-ed out today the former president jimmy carter is calling out republicans in his home state and other key states warning and i quote here, they seek to win by any means and many americans are being persuaded to think and act like wise threatening to collapse the foundations of our security and democracy with breathtaking speed. i now fear that what we have fought so hard to achieve globally, the right to free, fair elections, unhindered by strong men politicians who seek nothing more than to grow their own power has become dangerous fragile at home. very profound. when a former president says american democracy is on the brink wouldn't you say, hey, we have a real problem here? >>

first of all, i think merrick garland gave a great speech.essed with two phenomenal speeches in a 24-hour period. his and president biden's. and garland said, went out of his way to say in the speech to say no one is above the law. there are two possibilities here. one is that merrick garland has a secret investigation into trump and the other coup plotters and we just don't know about it. the second is that garland is too afraid of his shadow and doing nothing. as we think about, nicolle, which of these possibilities is right, i think there are three things to consider. first, it's really obvious that an investigation into the higher ups including trump and his coup plotters is required for all the reasons you were just saying to the congressman. a criminal statute makes that kinds of behavior a federal flnl. the second is, it is rare for a investigation of this magnitude to be kept secret. if it is happening over the last year we would normally have leaks, at least have witnesses talking, or trump and those who are targeted by the investiga

reuben gallego says it's time for action from the doj. >> i think merrick garland has been extremelythere should be a lot more of the organizers of january 6th that should be arrested by now. >> cnn legal and special agent joining us now. there's not a lot of specifics that it the attorney general is likely to offer tomorrow. there's only so much he can say. we know he's under pressure and some lawmakers feel he's not doing enough, but based on all of that, realistically, what should we expect from the speech if he can't really go into detail? >> well, aisha, i don't know what he has planned, and you're right that he can't speak with specificity about particular ongoing investigations, but i really hope that he goes beyond just stating, you know, the unusual -- the department of justice upholds the rule of law platitudes because i think that there is right now an erosion of faith in -- in the ". to uphold the rule of law it's not enough for justice to be served. just has has to be seep to be served and, you know, for three years the department of justice was weaponized and used as an

so there are laws on the books, but merrick garland is absolutely right. the law will constrain the things that they're actually able to do. the elements must be met. the evidence must be there. and the court of public opinion, while impatient, cannot dictate what they do. >> i think one thing about biden also drew attention to in -- made in his speech talking about trump's role that day. that's something that he says -- jen psaki said yesterday he wanted to talk about how trump has tried to distract from the role he played that day. you saw biden talking about how trump responded to this, saying he had just rallied the mob and went back to the west wing and highlighting his lack of action. that is something we've talked about so much and we know the january 6th committee wants to get to is what was happening in those hours, those minutes, a little over an hour inside the west wing while this attack was happening and the former president was -- >> important point because president biden specifically said this former president did nothing for hours. >> and

. >> and will merrick garland look at it? will the doj look at this? will they probe trump? should they, george? >> yes, they should. that's exactly my point. the u.s. attorney's office in the district of columbia is responsible to attorney general garland, and they're the ones that would present evidence to a grand jury in d.c. if attorney general garland, as his speech indicated two or three weeks ago really means that they're going to look at everything and everybody including people who are much more important to what happened on january 6th than some of the food soldiers, he has to do it. >> george, trump put out this statement overnight. what he's doing is criticizing reform of the electoral act. the last line in the statement about mike pence, he could have overturned the election, which is sort of like the end of "a few good men." did you order the code red? you're dam right i did. >> somebody really should read him his miranda rights. he has the right to remain silent. the statements when he praises the insurrectionists. he's not a very smart man. he's a very arroga

merrick garland plan to reaffirm the justice department's commitment to defending american democracy. >> but he also finds himself on the defense. some critics say he has not been aggressive enough in pursuing the big fish responsible for january 6th. meaning the powerful people who ginned up the rioters and organized the attack. still, more than 725 people have been arrested for the siege on the capitol. evan perez is at the justice department. what do we expect to hear from the attorney general? >> well, you know, i think one of the things you're going to hear from the attorney general is about this extraordinary law enforcement operation that has gone on for the last year, a dragnet across the country. one of the unusual things about the crime scene on january 6th was that almost nobody, very few people were arrested that day and the fbi has had to go hunt down all these people and you know, they've done, they've had a lot of success, but there's you know, from the fbi's perspective, there's one big investigation that they have not been able to make much progress on and that is the

a few hours from now attorney general merrick garland is expected to deliver remarks. he will update the department's efforts to hold those responsible for january 6 accountable. let's begin with the very latest on the january 6th investigation. cnn law enforcement correspond whitney wild. she's been following the story. there are a whole host of revelations from these texts. broadly what it shows is a number of people inside and outside the white house were aware of the effort to overturn the election and reject the votes of states, among them sean hannity. what do we know? >> reporter: clearly the committee thinks sean hannity has a direct line, a direct amount of information that would give very colorful detail about what was goings-on within the white house and what was going on in trump's mind in this lead up to january 6th. trump's mindset is a critical fact pattern here that the committee has to establish. that's why they're going to these people who they really think can understand and articulate how the president was thinking, what he was intending to do leadi

garland: good afternoon. it is nice to see you in the great hall and to connect on my first day as attorney general, i spoke with all of you, the more than 100 15,000 employees of the department of justice, for the first time. brought us all together again. first to thank you. thank you for the work you have done, not just over the last 10 months, but over the past several years -- work you have done in the face of unprecedented challenges, ranging from a pandemic to an attack on our democracy. thank you for your service, your sacrifice, and for your dedication. i am honored to serve alongside you. second, as we prepare to mark a solemn anniversary tomorrow, it is a fitting time to reaffirm that we at the department of justice will do everything in our power to defend the american people and american democracy. we will defend our democratic institutions from attack, we will protect those who serve the public from violence and threats to violence. we will protect the honor stone of our democracy, the right to

merrick garland and the doj.rrick garland but 11 people charged, seditious conspiracy, the oath keepers. we are getting closer to trump. two of the people charged yesterday were bodyguards for roger stone on january 5th and 6th. in the charging documents it talks about oath keepers talking in mid-december last year. they were going because trump invited them with his tweet, saying come hear, make it wild. they said, yes, sir, we will make it wild in their postings. we are getting to the point, donald trump is the osama bin laden of january 6th. it's a trump reduction, and merrick garland, if you indict trump, you will be my person of the year. of the decade. so i give it to merrick garland. >> i am not ready to go from calling him merrick the mild to merrick the magnificent, but merrick maker is all right. bakari, who won the week? >> actually, first of all, i love this game. that's first. second. >> i agree with dean because merrick, i think people have to be patient with merrick garland. the organizers and the

garland. i think we all understand the trip wires that he is up against, or at least them as he perceives them. he's working to rebuild the public's trust in the doj. he knows this country's politics, and so the question is, how can he oversee a case like this do so firmly, fairly, publicly, without any appearance of partisan politics? how does he do that? >> i think the speech that he gave the other day was an effort to do that. no doubt he's getting a lot of pressure from all kinds of sources to say you got to get out there and tell people what's going on. people are afraid you're asleep at the switch. on the other hand, as you indicate, one of the reasons he was selected for this job is to restore public confidence in the independence of the justice department. and so i think he mentioned watergate in his remarks, about how important it was in the years after watergate to restore that trust, and i think he sees himself as being in another one of those moments where that's a very big and imp

. >> does the garland -- the failure to confirm garland hang over the united states supreme court?i think there's certainly a sense if anything could be done to stymie this nomination it will be done. my overwhelming belief that nothing is going to stymie this. simply because it's no plausible reason. but i do think that the idea that the norms that used to govern this policy fallen away and created real urgency. >> we heard it from an authoritative voice. let's move on. this is msnbc reporting. the white house has been so focused and some activists have acknowledged looking at the success of republican administrations in the pace of confirmations from federal judges. the president, this white house focused on this since the transition is my understanding. biden's top advisers including former white house counsel made formal presentation to president biden during the transition of potential candidates for the supreme court and see the preparation important. two justices retired in president obama's first two years as president. talk about what's happening behind the scenes? what ar

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i think merrick garland was speaking the way merrick garland speaks. that's his tone. there are a couple of phrases that he used that stood out to me. he said, as long as it takes, whatever it takes, and then he said at whatever level. i think that was not by accident. >> one more line, he said perpetrators that he would deal with perpetrators who may not have been at the capitol. >> right. >> that's a hint. >> it is suggesting he's going after bigger fish right now. and just be patient, it is going to happen. let's see how long it takes. he's really going after them. he made that clear yesterday. jim sciutto is watching all of this unfold. i remember your coverage a yore ago today, it was really powerful, jim. what goes through your mind as we await the vice president of the united states and the president of the united states to address the people of the u.s. and indeed the people of the world? >> i think the point here is that it is not just a political threat. it is a security threat. i'm going to quote from christopher ray's testimony before congress a couple of m