the chairman of the house judiciary committee violated his oath of office on january 6 by voting to overturn the presidential election but jim jordan leads the performance art of pledging allegiance to the flag in the judiciary committee, as he did today. >> we welcome everyone to today's hearing on oversight of the department of justice. the chair recognizes mr. mcclintic to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. >> are pledge of allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. >> no harm in a little flag worship, right? except that they don't mean it. >> i have to say, i am pleased and a bit surprised to see that the flag in this committee is still flying right side up because they want to turn upside down even as they want to turn our justice system upside down. >> there pledge of allegiance to the flag is a lie. their allegiance is to donald trump and they have pledged that allegiance much more convincingly than their allegiance to the flag. they would turn that flag upside down in a second if donald trump ordered him to. none of those republicans have any problem with supreme court

. >> that is one of the memorable moments that republicans invited today in the house judiciary committeehouse and senate judiciary committees have never investigated any district attorney in america ever before. alan bragg successfully prosecuted donald trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records with the intent of influencing the election and violate election law. alvin bragg has already appeared -- agreed to appear at the house judiciary committee on july 12, the day after trump will be sentenced. there is no reason for alvin bragg to agree to testify to the house judiciary committee that he has agreed to do it, so there was no reason for the republicans to have a fake hearing today about alvin bragg when he's not there. in which, the republicans had to sit on the full side of the room, listening to the truth. >> i want to begin by quoting the jury in the manhattan hush money payment trial, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, g

a hearing in that same committee, the house judiciary committee, on july 12, the day after donald trumpn the case prosecuted by alvin bragg. there is no reason for alvin bragg to agree to testify to the house judiciary committee but he has agreed to do it and so there was no reason for the republicans to have a fake hearing today about alvin bragg when he's not there in which the republicans have to sit on the full side of the room listening to the truth. >> i want to begin by quoting the jury in the manhattan hush money payment trial. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. lt. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. guilty. this is what the jury pronounced unanimously on every count. >> joining us now is democratic congressman eric swalwell of california. he served as impeachment manager in the second impeachment trial of donald trump in the senate. congressman, sometimes they make it too easy for you. >> and so

the house judiciary committee took up the hearings. here are the democrat seats that served on that committee. jack brooks, democrat of texas, was the chair. javier becerra, california, john bryant of texas, john conyers of michigan. don edwards of california. barney frank, massachusetts. dan glickman kansas. william hughes, new jersey. romano mazzoli, kentucky. jack reed, rhode island. george sang meister, illinois. pat schroeder, colorado. charles schumer. chuck schumer who was in the house at the time. new york, bobby scott of virginia and mike signer of okla homa. do any of those democrat names stand out to you? david jackson is effective on the committee. of course, schumer, who is perhaps the biggest proponent of gun control in congress, so he was someone that a lot of democrats rallied around because this was already an issue back in 1993. and he was cast as the villain by republicans and a lot because of his gun control views. so he he he very much was a player in both sets of hearings, both in 93 and in 95. and mike skynyrd's,

where the attorney general of the united states, merrick garland is testifying before the house judiciary committee. house republicans are continuing to grill the attorney general on the baseless allegations of oak so-called weaponized department but of justice will continue to monitor the hearing and bring you the latest throughout this hour standby for that. but first, there's other important news we're watching right now. president biden is getting ready to bypass congress and unveil executive actions, cracking down on the flow of illegal migrants across the southern border the measure would severely restrict asylum seekers who crossed unlawfully. the threshold effectively shutting down the border would kick in once the crossings reach a daily average of 2,500, the regulation was enforced under the trump administration and was widely denounced at the time by democrats. cnn's rosa flores because on the border in a hidalgo texas for us, rosa, what's the reaction there to this expected executive action by the president well, if the reaction is mixed, there are officials who say that the president i

biggs: i thank the gentleman during his testimony before the house judiciary committee special counsel, quote, the evidence and the president himself put his memory squarely in question. special counsel hur notified the president's memory was president biden contested that. the democrats contest that. but in reality, it's the fail tower fully comply with the committee's subpoenas regarding the audio recordings of the biden and zwonizer's interview that has impeded the oversight of hur's findings and the president's retention and disclosure of classified materials and has impeded the committee's impeachment inquiry. so the committee must assess whether special counsel hur's decision which was based on president biden's poor mental state was consistent with the rtial justice and whether special counsel investigations are required because they're not leading to impartial outcomes. quote, the audio recordings would offer unique information to inform the judiciary committee as to the need for legislative reforms to the operations of the department or the conduct of special counsel instigati

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we'll bring you the full highlights coming up straight ahead, will get reaction from the house judiciary committeen and data one of the hunter biden trial featuring his actual laptop as evidence. by the way did you get that, hunter biden's laptop was real all along. first return to a political stunt at the white house, three and half years into his four-year term only 153 days until election day and all of a sudden your president shuffled out to the podium to announce an executive order on the border crisis. 's deadly crisis has been arranging for more than three plus years, but with just a few months until the election, biden has now decided that it's time for action. of course as election conversion, that will do next to nothing to actually solve the crisis. it's all smoke and all me years. and as reported by her own bill, it does not stop the 1500 illegal immigrants per day released into the us or the 30,000 illegal immigrants per month at biden's flying directly into the us that you are paying for. meanwhile unaccompanied minors are exempt the ordering don't expect any mass deportation of the

. >> house judiciary committee voted along party lines tgarland in contemps for not providing the committeeaudiotapes of the special counsel interview with president biden regarding classified documents. tuesday, attorney general garland testified before that committee. our live coverage begins live tuesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> on the ci floor, dick durbin responded to supreme court justice justice sael alito's letter to congress that said he would not be recusing himself from the presidential immunity case that is still to be decided by e court. this comes after several lawmakers were calling for a cusal after an upside down american flag was seen flying at the justice's home in the days following the janry.s. capitol attack. also spoke about the issue and emphasized a need for the senate to pass slation for a binding code of conduct and recusal standards for the justices. >> when i went to college here in washington, georgetown, i used to to come into this capitol building and set up there with our -- where our visitors are now sitting and watch what was going on on the senate floor.

i just noticed that adam schiff is here as his role as a member of the crazy house judiciary committee meeting today, but he is also going to be the next senator from california. he is the democratic nominee and he will be joining us. andy cam will join us right after he won tonight in new jersey, the senate nomination for new jersey and jon tester is with us, who has the nomination in montana, running for reelection. >> so you could pass a law tonight. >> something close to a quorum. yes. >> there is a lot of possibility for your hour of television. i will be watching. >> thanks, alex. >> have a good show. >> thank you. >>> my first thought this morning was the house republicans were behaving like children once again, but i realized how wrong i was when i saw a c-span video of an actual child in the house of representatives, sitting behind his father yesterday while his father spoke to an empty house chamber. >> regardless of one's opinion of the current republican nominee, we would be well served to remember the long and cherished tradition we have in this country of settling our pol

merrick garland will testify before the house judiciary committee at the top of the next hour.d faces accusations, of course, that his department of justice is weaponizing the justice system. we'll have that for you in about 30 minutes. >> this is all an election year deathbed conversion by joe biden. basically this executive order, which would be by my count the 95th executive order he issues does nothing about catch and release and says the first 2500 that come across the border get in free. >> bill: 23 days from debate number one and today president biden will sign an executive order that might affect the border. the idea if daily migrant encounters exceed 2500 a day, asylum requests will be shut down. according to available data this is the number that we have. estimated number of illegals who enter the country since joe biden took the white house surpassing 5 million. griff jenkins has lived on the border and on the white house north lawn today. good morning. >> we have yet to see the text of any of these executive actions on the border but we just learned moments ago from

it's the responsibility of the house judiciary committee to protect the rule and its equal application it is our responsibility to guard our nation against the convulsions that comnly af banana republics whenever a ruling party tries to jail its opponents. the handling of the documents cases involving mr. trump andring alarm bells in every corner of the land. the the principal justification of radical application of law is the interview the judiciary committee seeks through ancient constitutional prerogatives. it is vital we understand the whole context of this decision to verify the accuracy of the determine the extent that this conversation informed a decision t the heart not only of our rule of law but the right of teople to guide their own destiny through fair, free,ions. congress has a constitutional right seek this information the attorney general has a legal obligation to provide it, an obligation he refuses this congress has enforced this prerogative in past cases under a far less demanding circumstance than these. in order to assure that we have discharged our responsibilities

was written r house judiciary committee member. in the piecehat is moe supreme court had the chance to consider the issue in december but chose not to and decided to take the case in february. now it is dragging out deciding the case. guest: with all respect to the author that is far-fetched reading. no one would expect a case like this consequences and importance to be decided so quickly. through and get it right. there will probably be more than see how anyone familiar with the operation of the supreme court could taking two s it will probably to issue the opinion in this case. host: other we are waiting on from the court as well. we want youconversation to talke cases before the court this term. you can do so if you are a republican at (202) 748-8000, democrats at (202) 748-8000, and -- republicans at (202) 748-8001 , democrats at (202) 748-8000, at (202) 748-8002. what else are you watching it for from the court this term? guest: are testing my memory on those yet to be decided. host: if you have the two abortion cases. do you

house. judiciary committee. let's listen know that your written testimony will be entered into the record, its entirety. accordingly, we ask that you summarize your testimony. you've done this several times before mr. attorney general you can you can start with the opening statement and i want to point out here at the outset that anytime you need a break, we're going to be here, we're going to have to go to the floor, vote anytime need to break this year team get a hold of our team and we'll be happy to do that you're recognized for your opening statement thank you, chairman. >> jordan ranking member natalie, and distinguished members of this committee since i last appeared before you, the more than 115,000 employees the department of justice have continued their work to fulfill our mission on behalf of the american people, to keep our country safe, to protect civil rights, and to uphold the rule of law just ten days ago, we secured the extradition of one of the lead sicarios or assassins of the sinaloa cartel.

we'll get reaction from the house judiciary committee stra g chairman, jim jordan.lus, day two of the hunter biden trial featuring hunter's actual laptop as evidence. by the way, did you get that npr? hunter biden's laptop was realpa all along. but first, we turn to a political stunt at the white house. three and a half years int houot his four year term, only 153 days until election day. and all of a sudden your president joe shuffled out to the podium to announce an executive ordem r on the border crisis. now, this deadly crisis har ons been raging for more than three plus years. but with just a few monthsmo the election, biden has now decided it's time for action. of course, biden's election conversion, wellaction that wil next to nothing to actually solve the crisis. it's alltothing to smoke. it's all mirrors. and as reported by our own bill, my illusio n, it does nots stop the 1500 illegal immigrants perno day released into the u.s. or the 30,000 illegal immigrants per month that biden is flyingpe directlyt into the u.s. that you're paying for. meanwhile, on ac

but the house judiciary committee is charged with defendingnd rule of law and its fundamental principleunder law. if we are going to restore them, this resolution is an indispensable step we must take today. i reserve the balance of my t time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. nadler: mr. speaker, thegenl counsel smith. this dangerous attempt to demonize anybody who would hold donald trump accountable for his actions is despicable and is a full out assault on the basic i remind my colleagues these types of actions have consequences. they affect the lives of many men and women who dedicated themselves to public service and upholding the rule of law. will i submit for the record, a june 11, 2024 article in "the washington post" by the honorable merrick garland, entitled unfounded attacks on the justice department must end. it is absurd and dangerous that public servants, many of whom risk their lives every day, are being threatened for simply doing their jobs and adhering to the principle that is

he's the ranking member of the house judiciary committee. thank you very much for coming to the sunday show. republicans say that their efforts to undermine the conviction is about respecting the rule of law. your thoughts. >> it is exactly the opposite. the rule of law is respecting the decision of the jersey. the rule of law is letting the judicial process play out. the moment that alvin bragg announced the grand jury indictment -- i forget when it was, jim jordan convened a hearing in new york of the judiciary committee for the purpose of dumping on alvin bragg. and now he's saying the weaponization subcommittee will call him and all because he secured a conviction on a mountain of evidence by 12 jurors. people are trying to threaten the jurors and the republicans and house speaker threatening the justice system. this is an attempt to up and the justice system of the u.s. it is an attempt to say you cannot prosecute president trump because he's above the law. it's a terrible threat to free government in the u.s. >> this is not the first t

well, the house judiciary committee was also looking for answers from garland on the former presidenttion last week. joining me now is texas congressman chip roy, member of the house judiciary committee. congressman roy, they have given us the transcript of the biden interview. so, why do you all need the tape? >> well, first of all, we want to be able to see the demeanor of the president when that was, in fact, the primary rationale for special counsel hur in saying he wasn't going to pursue charges against the president. when i was engaging with the attorney general, i asked him point blank, i said, look, did you all claim privilege when it came to the actual transcript? he, of course, said no, they didn't. but he had already just testified. literally moments before, that the transcript is the same as the audio. that the only distinction really goes to the heart of the demeanor of the president. but, when the demeanor of the president is at the core of why the special counsel said hey, i'm not going to pursue the charges, then it leaves you with only ability to, you know, take somet

they want to hear from him■ abt -- guest: is a regular oversight hearing for the house judiciary committee the aftermath of the verdict, even though that was state, at the local level prosecution, this is still something republicans will bring up in the context of having the attorney general on capitol hill. host: there are always hearings to choose from. this is one will be covering from on c-span. it is just after 8:00 and it is monday. we are talking about the week ahead in washington, asking what you want to hear aut, what stories you want to focus on. phone lines are open. republicans (202) 748-8001. independents (202) 748-8002. democrats (202) 748-8000. call for nicholas wu of politico. other hearings are watching for. guest: one thing i am hoping to hear is rules committees as republicans try to tee up legislation on appropriations and potentially sanctioning the icc for trying to prosecute israeli leaders -- the rules committee is normally and under the radar committee, but given their slim majority this is where we feel the fights happen within the republican conference before the

now the house judiciary committee is demanding manhattan district attorney alvin bragg and matthew coton to weaponization of government. new jersey republican congressman jeff bandrew sits on this committee why bring in the d.a. congressman, to testify? >> because this judiciary committee especially under the chairman jim jordan who is a good man of my friend will drill down and we will get through what really is going on here. understand how just for lack of a better word weird this is, michael colangelo left being the third person in the pecking order and the justice department and went to new york city with a pay decrease and, obviously, having less influence just to help alvin bragg. that's, obviously, being orchestrated he was appointed the first day of biden's administration he was appointed to the justice department as, obviously, being orchestrated there's collusion and orchestrated other things to hear about alvin bragg. i want somebody to explain to me how alvin bragg can change something from a misdemeanor to felony because it leads to his basic words another crime unnamed

here with more the chairman of the house judiciary committee, jim jordan is with us. et to the people that, you know, calendula and alvin bragg going before your committee, let me go back to what we learn in this trial of hunter biden, putting aside the low hanging fruit which has the tax crime but not the various -- burisma -- joe biden like to the cou country, hunter biden led to the country. fifty-one former intel -- officials lie to the country. of the fbi as a venue that really's attorney had a copy of alert -- laptop then you would believe so they were prebunking that in their weekly meetings with big tech and social media companies. and then when asked directly if they knew whether or not this was misinformation or the laptop was real and they wouldn't give an answer. the media mob line, big tech sensor the story. excuse me, is that election interference, jim jordan? >> yeah, and he was election interference literally two and half weeks before the most important in -- residential -- again for me the ruling in a break here in the hunter biden case was really abou

when he testifies before the house judiciary jury committee, and according to his prepared remarks, just released, gardens garden will slam trump's garland will slam trump's repeated attacks and conspiracy theories that he says is being weaponized against the justice department, garland declaring as john said, i will not be intimidated, seen as arlette saenz as much more on this from the white house for it so are like, can you talk to me about this new line of attack? we do need to call it from president biden against trump yeah. >> okay. president biden is really escalating his rhetoric against former president donald trump. in the wake of his conviction in new york city. now, the president, it's worth noting, made these comments in an off-camera fundraiser in greenwich, connecticut for the first time calling trump a convicted felon and saying that he is waging an all-out assault on the american justice system. but the president, also use his remarks to these donors to try to argue that trump would be even worse in a second term that he was in his four years in office, the president sai

in moments attorney general merrick garland will testify before the house judiciary committee. the nation's top law enforcement officers hitting back at republicans refuting their allegations the justice department is being weaponized against former president donald trump. we'll give you the updates as they come in. the buck finally stops at his desk after ignoring a crisis boiling for nearly four years. president biden is set to sign an executive order banning migrants who cross the southern border illegally from claiming asylum. the question is it a belated bow to reality or an election year stunt. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm dana perino. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. the move takes a page out of the predecessor playbook but avoids action on the migrants here already illegally estimated to be more than 5 million under joe biden's 3 1/2 year watch. it may be a direct result of the president's hands-off approach to the chaos. >> no, it's not. [inaudible] >> president biden: the only reason the border is not secure is donald trump and his maga republican frien

persecutions of president trump, if there is anyone that will get to the bottom of it it is house judiciary committee you think of biden white house reportedly considering a new way to turn out the vote for biden in november, that is what cbs is reporting a new plan to ease up on border rules to protect undocumented spoutses of u.s. citizen -- spouses of u.s. citizens and let them work in country illegally, that at the snap of biden's fingers could legalize millions of illegal aliens. >> all along, i think that open border policy of the biden administration was not an accident, they knew when they were doing getting in millions of new potential voters for biden. if you are an illegal and not an american citizen you are not allowed to vote, but there are ways around it, that is what you are seeing do a little bit here and little bit here bidens assume because they let in the people they could potentially give them amnesty quickly, voting rights then you have a big thumb on the scale of the american election to me that is election interference. find new voters, that is it. elizabeth: kt macfarlane we'l

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. >> reporter: and trump congressional ally and house judiciary committee chairman jim jordan has already written a letter collin on manhattan district attorney alvin bragg to testify on capitol hill later this month, nancy. >> natalie brand, thanks so much. >>> voters have a lot to say about trump's latest legal troubles. cbs news nicole killion reports from the battleground state of pennsylvania. >> reporter: at this barbershop clear-cut support for now convicted former president trump. >> a lot of people still standby trump. >> reporter: why do you think someone who is a convicted felon deserves to be president? >> i don't think he is. i just figure it's another thing he has to get through. >> reporter: but in pnnsylvania's third largest city of allentown, the historic charges give some voters pause. >> an appeal is not going to come until after an election, and we'll just have to see whether that invigorates a republican base. >> reporter: allentown sits in the heart of the lehigh valley, which is now home to an increasingly diverse population. this region went for president biden in

she serves on the house judiciary committee and is a former trump impeachment manager. you for being here. i want to get your reaction to these comments we just heard about from steve bannon and coming after the attorney general and how is this not retribution and political warfare? >> i'm so glad to be with you on this sunday, june 16th father's day. happy father's day to all the fathers out there including my husband and two of my sons. it's also my brother's birthday. i think of the stay in a very different way. i bet you remember nine years ago today on june 16th, 2015, donald and melania trump sailed down a golden escalator to announce his bid to become our president. i thought at the time it was a metaphor, a scary metaphor for where he might take us if he was ever elected president, that he would take us down. usually you're going to fight to be president of the united states he would say i want to take us up. i want to take us to a better place. that is not where he took us in this is all connected. steve bannon's words, his indictment at the time, is all connec

jim >> of the house judiciary committee. jim jordan is with us. before i getn is w. to the people that you know, michelangelo alvialvin bragg going before your committee, let me go back to what we learned in trial p of hunter biden, putting aside ase buw hanging fruit, which is a tax crime, but notous -- the burisma years, because david weiss allowed the statute of limitations to run out. joe joe lied to the country. hunter biden lied to the e formercountry. 51 former intel officials lied to the country. the fbi, they knew that rudy'sne attorney had a copy of the laptop they knew would be leaked. sod a co were pre bunking that n their weekly meetings with big tech tha social media companiesc and then when askeompad directlf they knew whether or not this was misinformation or the laptopr nothis w real, theyi give an answer. the media mob lied. big techne, bi, this story.e, i excuse me, is that electionth interference? >> jim jordan yeah, and it wasn election interference, literallinterfery two and a half before the most important election. we have the presidential elec

in fact, jim jim jordan, the house judiciary committee, chairman, has been pushing speaker johnson and tried to go take aim at funding for the department mean, of justice going after some of the prosecution's at the state and local level, johnson indicated that he would make them move forward with three-pronged approach, looking at oversight, looking at the issue of funding i'm looking at the issue of legislation, but also indicating that there'll be taken more deliberate approach. so a lot of details here are lacking. he is facing a lot of pressure from his hard right? when it comes time to fund the government in the fall and whether to pull back any funding from the department of justice. some of those members telling me today that johnson should absolutely fight to potentially move to a government shutdown i'm fight and try to define the department of justice even as the white house would not accept that democrats in the senate wouldn't accept it. and it probably can't even pass in the narrowly divided house, but that is the pressure that johnson has faced saying showing that what i

. >> this month the house judiciary committee voted along party lines told attorney general merrick garlandommittee audiotapes of the special counsel in view with president biden regarding classified documents and suzie attorney general garland stified before the committee and i'm coverage begins at 10:0n three, also c-span now free mobile video have been online ♪ ♪♪n.org. >> today ano unprecedented a lot of, landed on the shores of normandie. >> these are the boys the . thesere the men who took the cliffs of these are the champions who help free the continent of these are the year olds who helped and a war. >> 2,000,007 from 15 jumped into backfield skies at a bloodsoaked serve, and the met death but an even playing. smith is on the democracy revised and not of their own attacks and that that exact■ moment, on these beaches, the forces of the tide of the 20th century. rted long and traveled by weary and valiant men in history will always record with the road began and get here, with the first footprints on the beaches of nobody smith more than 150,000 assaults, set towards this tiny sliver

sit in the boat along the house judiciary committee goal right here is four hours.inaudible] schwarze. [inaudible] >> without objection today jewish. united states of america and t republic for which it stands onele nation under god indivisible liberty and justice for all. of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty an >> the chair is americanized for an opening statement. justice is no longer blind in america. today is driven by politics. example number one, trump. opening investigation in 2021 but doesn't bring charges until can't shall your president. in which i would indict trump and call mr. cohen as a prosecution witness, but that's extl after president trump announced he was running for president. and the attorney general named ja three days after president trump announces he is running for president. four months earlier, before jack smith -- attorney general merrick garland approved a raid on his home, something we have neve witnessed in this great country. this action broke every norm

he appeared before the house judiciary committee yesterday amid threats from republicans to hold him in contempt of congress. garland accused republicans of spreading false conspiracy theories by suggesting the justice department was involved in donald trump's historic conviction last week by a new york jury. >> these repeated attacks on the justice department are unprecedented, and they are unfounded. these attacks have not, and they will not, influence our decisionmaking. i will not be intimidated, and the justice department will not be intimidated. >> garland also shot down the baseless claim that federal law enforcement was cleared to use deadly force against donald trump during a search for classified documents at mar-a-lago. >>> a record-breaking heat wave is hitting the southwest, and it's hitting it early. heat alerts are posted from california to texas. temperatures will be running 10 to 20 degrees above normal for this time of year. today's highs will soar above 100 degrees in sacramento, las vegas, and phoenix. tomorrow the heat cranks up above 110 degrees in parts of ariz

this is in response to the house judiciary committee voting in favor of holding the attorney generalo turn over audiotapes of president biden's interview with special counsel robert hur. the hearing runs four hours.

garland appeared before the house judiciary committee amid threats from republicans to hold him in contemptcongress. garland accused republicans of spreading false conspiracy theories, suggesting the justice department was involved in former president donald trump's historic conviction last week by a new york jury. >> these repeated attacks on the justice department are unprecedented, and they are unfounded. these attacks have not, and they will not, influence our decision-making. i will not be intimidated. and the justice department will not be intimidated. >> james: garland also shot down the baseless claim that federal law enforcement was clear to use deadly force against trump during their search for classified documents at mar-a-lago. now to the brutal and dangerous heat in the west. at least four cities saw record-breaking heat today, and in the coming days, it's only expected to get hotter, fro california to texas. for a look at how hot it will get, let's bring in cbs bay area meteorologist paul heggen. good evening, paul. >> j.b., good evening. we are getting an early jump on summer

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joining us now is great friend and ohio kongman jim jordan and chair of the house judiciary committeek, sir. >> if you were president u would you declassify the 9/11 files? >> yeah. >> would you declassify jfk files? >> yeah, i did a lot of it. would you declassify the epstein files? >> yeah, yeah, i would. interesting. senator daniel patrick mob hon handout wrote a book 120 years about this and the name of the book was sec re-seizure disorders and in the book -- secrecy and in the book he said the u.s. government tries to be too secret and classify vastly millions of pages that's unnecessarily classified and no transparency and stopped donald trump two years later saying the same thing, you do you mack of it. >> it's a government of the people, by the people and for the people. we had a hearing today where maybe if fauci and biden administration had been more straight word with us. there's be a lot-trust and all the things that turned out not guilty to be too and tell the mesh people the truth. we're big boys and girls and can hand it will, and that's how it's supposed to of course i

and you know, it's just a distraction to the bigger other issues that the house oversight committee and judiciary of course is what james comer has said is money laundering and bribery and influence peddling. do you believe that to be true? >> 100%. i think it was the intention of doj under merrick garland to distract -- well, first, to see if we can get stat statute of limitationses to run. they pulled back on the reins on the fbi investigation. they tried to cut this blanket immunity plea deal and got caught red handed, whistleblowers popped up. money moving through shell corporations, moving to people who have no services to render on behalf of foreign governments and bad actors across the globe, that is what they're trying to distract us from. even the tax charges which are felonies are the equivalent of tataking chapo and getting him r possession. maria: if that's true, this is stunning, the house judiciary committee held a hearing yesterday, meanwhile, and i want to get your take on this. they're examining manhattan da alvin bragg's, quote, political prosecution of former president trump. h

manhattan district attorney alvin bragg trump prosecutors colangelo will testify before the house judiciary committeefter trump's sentencing next month rather after trump sentencing, last night jesse watters told us about a very important day for the democrats, watch this. >> november 18, very important date garland appoints jack smith special counsel on two different trump cases, the same day, 18th nathan wade meets with white house lawyers same during the course same day 18th number three guy at biden's justice department matt colangelo gives two week notice to start working with alvin bragg. what are chances on the same day the four criminal cases against donald trump emerge from the biden administration and come alive? everything we just reported well documented. maria: yeah. november 18 also, the directive from president biden came nine days before november 18th watch this. >> just have to demonstrate that he will not take -- power -- by -- if he does run, making sure he -- under legitimate efforts of constitutional does not become next president again. >> these are all the examples republicans

he will now -- he is being called by the house republicans before the judiciary committee and be grilledied behind mr. trump since his conviction last month. gop lawmakers are perpetuating his false narrative that president biden ordered his prosecution. what you think about the fact that they are not escalating to the point where they will call alvin bragg before congress? >> what we are seeing here unseld is an outright abuse of power in the politicization of the seats of power these republicans hold in order to intimidate the courts and exact political revenge. we have to just look at this from a basic jurisdictional point of view. alvin bragg is not even -- this is not even a federal case in the same way. we are looking at a state court. and we are looking at municipal and state courts and we have republicans who are trying to haul them in, on what grounds exactly? this is not federal court, they do not have jurisdiction over it, this is truly just and attempt at public targeting. and we see that they do this, this is in the middle of donald trump, it is in the model of invoking and

okay, so about three weeks ago, we heard from you that there was another letter sent to the house judiciary committeese committee on oversight and accountability calling for an investigation into these alleged. anything come of that? >> not yet, the majority party, so i've sent a letter. i've also talked to some of the members on both committees. they're aware of the issue, the attorney general is aware of the issue. obviously, the fbi has been very involved. so i think those hearings are absolutely essential along with a quick response from the bureau of prisons to our letter. >> right. and you mentioned something that's very interesting that we've encountered, too, which is a lack of response. they have responded in some instances to our requests for a comment. but looking here in the letter, very detailed things about requesting video or asking whether or not any documents were destroyed. what happens, though, if the bureau of prisons doesn't respond? can you issue subpoenas for this information? or maybe even call the director? colette peters up for a hearing to answer questions as all of the abo

house after 59 years, a great servant of our country. >> c-span, powered by cable. >>> the house judiciary committee will now consider contempt of congress charges against attorney general merrick garland. the resolution was eventually approved along party lines by a vote of 18-15. it now goes to the full house where it will be considered at a time to be discernment. up next, we will show you the house judicial committee estimate to consider the resolution.

state room july 11 while is prosecutors alvin bragg and matthew will testify before the house judiciary committeey, july 12. garland rejects allegations of the two-tiered justice system but congress is not buying it. >> i don't think anyone in america believes anything merrick garland the saying when he says the department of justice is a political creating the different. >> justice is no longer blind america. it's politics. example number one, president trump. >> for the first time in american history we have a presidential administration working to put his opponent in jail. >> this is entirely your work. >> the least surprising piece of news we've heard this week, d.o.j. announced merrick garland will not be prosecuting for holding contempt. the past several years, the investigative d.o.j. in congress and was once the united states attorney general. thank you for being here, happy father's day to you. let's start with the laptop, why would federal prosecutors use russian disinformation to prosecute the president's son? >> you can imagine gotten that question a lot this week and a lot of people

. >> todd: attorney general merrick garland will testify before house judiciary committee today expectednd doj against yaallegations. garland has overseen troubling rise in mrit sietzed prosecution and use of lawfare to target opponents, including cases against former president trump. pointing finger at alvin bragg and embattled d.a. fani willis and special counsel jack smith. also on the hill, fbi director wray expected to testify about ongoing border control. here is what wray told senators back in march. >> from an fbi perspective, we are seeing a wide array of dangerous threats that emanate from the border, including drug trafficking and violent crime in the united states is at hands of gangs, who are involved in distribution of that fentanyl. >> todd: christopher wray will draesdz the threat poised to critical u.s. infrastructure. >> brian: fiery today, both will be great. i think garland wants to fight back and defend himself. if republicans prepare, this will provide the whole show tomorrow. >> lawrence: to your point, they have changed documents when it comes from the transcript

this is in response to the house judiciary committee voting in favor of holding the attorney generaln contempt last month for refusing to turn over audiotapes of president biden's interview with special counsel robert hur. the hearing runs four hours. >> the committee will come to order. without objection the chair has authorized to declare a recess time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california mr. mcclintock to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. . we welcome everyone to today's hearing on the oversight of the dechair now re gentleman from -- to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united the republic the chair is recognized for an opening statement. just as is no longer blind to america. example number one, president trump. fani willis opens antrump in fet does nothe announces he is runng for president. mber one, president trump. opening investigation in 2021 but doesn't bring charges until after he announces he is running for president. alvin bragg said, quote, i cannot see a world in which i would indict trump and call mr. coh