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campaigned in ohio for nina turner, who also just picked up the endorsement of congressmember jamie raskin. shontel brown has received the backing of hillary clinton and the congressional black caucus political action committee. meanwhile in a special election in texas yesterday, voters rejected a trump-endorsed candidate and elected another republican, state representative jake ellzey to the u.s. house. ellzey ran an anti-immigration campaign and called himself a "reagan republican." he ran against susan wright, the widow of the former congressmember ron wright, who died this year from covid-19, leaving open his seat in texas's 6th congressional district. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. i am joined by juan gonzalez in new jersey. juan: welcome to our viewers and listeners across the country and the world. amy: the house select

>> no. >> congressman jamie raskin has had it with republican lives he joins me next.he move to take away election control in georgia and squash the vote. that's ahead. that's ahead miss fearmongering on inflation, and there has been, some it's worth noticing just how successful the democratic agenda has been. for one, today we learned the u.s. economy grew an honorable rate of six and a half percent between april and june. for the first time since the pandemic began, economic output was higher than it was before the pandemic. it's in the chart peeking back over the level that we saw the end of 2019. the great part about the economic bump in the spring, it was fueled by consumer spending. businesses opened up, millions of people got vaccinated and spent money. the other side, millions more people had extra money to spend. a new study found the huge increase in government aid prompted by the coronavirus pandemic will cut poverty nearly in half this year, from pretended nick levels. think about that. the money the government has given out in response to covid -- covid, w

one of the select committee members, congressman jamie raskin joins me tonight. >>> the 15 page indictment lace out tax fraud. >>> as climate change gets cut from the bipartisan bill, exxon lobbyist reveals just who he's talking to. >> joe manchin, i talk to his office every week. he is the king maker and he's not shy about sort of staking his claim early and completely changing the debate. >> "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. it has been a very, very news day on this july 1st. lots of moving pieces. today has shown above all else a big take away from today. what unifies the american right in this moment and why it is so dangerous, although we should start with one of the big headlines today which is about disunity among republicans, of which there is also funding. liz cheney of wyoming, conservative royalty, super conservative by every voting metric, has one fault in the eyes of her fellow conservatives that she just states the obvious truth, that donald trump lost the election, he lied about it, lied about losing it, and whipped up a violent insu

one of the select committee members jamie raskin joins me tonight. plus, the 15 count criminal indictment against trump's business and his chief financial officer. and as climate change gets cut from the infrastructure bill, and lobbies reveals just who he is talking to. >> joe manchin, i went to his office every week he is the king maker and he's not shy about changing the thing. >> when all in starts now. starts now. >> good evening from new york i'm chris hayes it has been a very very news day on this july 1st, lots of moving pieces. today has shown above all else, i think the big takeaway, would unifies the american riot in this moment and why it is so dangerous. although we should start with one of the big headlines which is among disunity among republicans. liz cheney, conservative royalty, superconservative, has one fault in the eyes of her fellow conservatives that she states the obvious truth he lied about it lied about using it and made a mob attacked the capital. because congresswoman cheney is not willing to lie about those simple facts,

jamie raskin. mr. raskin: thank you very much. the oversight committee has been conducting for several years an investigation into violent white supremacy. the department of homeland security has declared violent domestic extremism the number one security threat in the country and saw that threat explode right in front of us on january 6. so the impeachment trial of donald trump determined i think by robust bipartisan, bicameral majorities who incited the violence on january 6. but we need to figure out who organized the violence on january 6, how did they organize it and why did they organize it, what were the purposes of the different critical actors who were present on that day? that's why this investigation is critical for every american link -- american, living and as yet unborn because we need to defend our democracy with everything we've got. so it's a great honor to be able to serve on the select committee under chairman thompson and with these wonderful colleagues. thank you, madam speaker. speaker pelosi: a title that ve

we have congressman jamie raskin back.ou make any change when you have no buy-in from the other side? this is pelosi's fault, pelosi's commission, not bipartisan, it's a hack job, they won't accept the findings. how do you get progress? how do you get buy-in? >> the remarkable thing here is that the committee can actually work now because we have an effective, bipartisan group, that is focused like a laser beam on getting at the truth. and so that's been the ironic effect of the jim jordan people trying to destroy what we're doing. they did sand bag and filibuster the independent 9/11 style commission with five republicans five democrats equal subpoena power. they got rid of that but then pelosi said we mean business. we're going to do a select committee and not let you turn this into a partisan food fight. because of that i think the country saw how members of congress across the aisle can actually work together to get somewhere. so i'm very optimistic about our ability to determine what the interlocking networks were of

that includes jamie raskin, last night raskin confronted clyde at a rules committee meeting, clearlyh those comments still hanging in the air. >> did you have an opportunity to see officers hodges and fun none, and done, or sergeant canal? >> mister raskin, let's stick to the amendment -- >> i'm getting to the amendment. if you don't like the question, you can just -- say >> that's not the point. >> well i don't need you correctly my question, sir. i'm asking you did you watch the testimony of the capital officers who defended our lives on jenner six, or did you not. it's a yes or no question. >> it's irrelevant. it's a relevant to this amendment right. here >> than we were asked the question by several of our colleagues including missed genie, about statements that you made saying that january 6th violent insurrection against congress was akin to a normal tourist visit. and those officers said they weren't tourists, they were terrorists, do you stand by your statement that they were tourists? we >> i would like you to quote my exact statement. >> not your interpretation of my statem

the other democrats on your screen as well, congressman i aguilera, stephe murphy of florida, jamie raskin of maryland and congresswoman luria of virginia all of them serving on this committee this morning. there committee begins their work at 10 a.m. eastern time on c-span3 this morning. president r president, issued a statement last night saying this about the select committee "nancy pelosi is spending a great deal of time, effort, and money on the formulation of a fake committee to ask what happened. will nancy investigate herself and those host: what are your thoughts on this select committee? they begin today, the chair of the committee, bennie thompson, has said they could call former president trump to testify as well. that from an interview that he gave yesterday. and that nothing is off-limits for the committee. again, 9:30 a.m. eastern time, i misspoke, that's when the coverage begins. they are expected to gavel shortly after that. c-span3 is where you can watch the hearing today. or you can download the free c-span radio app and listen there as well. timothy in new york, republi

that includes democratic congressman jamie raskin. onted clyde at a rules committee meeting clearly feel that business could not just go on as usual with those comments still hanging in the air. >> did you have an opportunity to see officers hodges and fanone and dunn testify today or sergeant gonnel? >> mr. raskin, let's stick to the amendment as -- >> well, i'm getting to the amendment. if you don't like the question, say you can take the fifth. >> that's not the point. >> i don't need you correcting my question, sir. i am asking, did you watch the testimony of the capitol officers who defended our lives on january 6th or did you not? it's a yes-or-no question. >> it's irrelevant. absolutely irrelevant to this -- >> they were asked the question by several of our colleagues, including miss cheney, about statements that you made saying that the january 6th violent insurrection against congress was akin to a normal tourist visit. and those officers said they weren't tourists. they were terrorists. do you stand by your statement, that th

. >> leading off our discussion is jamie raskin of maryland, he's a member of the january 6th select committee. thank you very much for joining us tonight after this important day's work. and i want to begin with you as a constitutional law professor and a former impeachment manager in this second impeachment trial of donald trump, the lead impeachment manager for the insurrection of the capitol. from an evidencery standpoint, you obtained the testimony today that the people attacking the capitol were saying repeatedly, trump sent us, trump sent us. that strikes me as an important point in your quest to find out how this happened and who made this happen. >> yes, you're right lawrence. that was the unanimous sense of these witnesses that people were saying trump sent us. we were invited to be here by the president and some people of course started to use that as a defense saying we thought that the president had jurisdiction over the capitol and so we were invited to be there. we were not trespassing. legally that doesn't work. i can tell people that i actually own your house and the

you had jamie raskin on earlier. he was an election denier in 2016. so this is a joke. the idea you have to have someone that believes in the mission and nancy pelosi should remove the election deniers she apoenpointed to the commission herself. >> this is part of the problem. in 2004 you had a few people who raised their hand to try to call attention to a couple problems. you didn't have half of the caucus or more of the caucus reject the election. to carawl back through the history back and hold up and pretend it's the same thing as the mack truck that run through the democracy doesn't make sense. here is the problem. you got people at home, put reasonable people together. nobody wants violence and this kind of stuff, though, i think is going to result in more of it going forward. >> our law enforcement on capitol hill deserves what you said. i wish they could be bipartisan and hadn't played games. nancy pelosi admitted today this is a game -- >> well, she didn't admit it was all a game to be clear. i understand both sides are playing the hands they're dealt. it's tra

joining us now, congressman jamie raskin of maryland. he's a member of the select committee and he served as the leading manager in the second impeachment of donald trump. he's also a member of the judiciary committee. he's a former constitutional law professor as well. congressman raskin, thank you so much for joining. it's good to see you again. >> it's great to see you. >> congressman, let's talk about what happens here. just this evening, in the house of representatives, they had a republican house leader trying to get his nominees to this committee seeded. he still thinks that there is some play that he had there but we are moving ahead. it's bipartisan weather needs to be or not, it's bipartisan and it's moving ahead tomorrow. with the success look like for you? >> success looks like an investigation that gets up the truth and we're not gonna be distracted by any of kevin mccarthy's circus antics are sideshows here. we're starting off on the law enforcement officers cause they're on the frontlines defending congress and defending t

jamie raskin's on the committee. >> reporter: mccarthy called for a boycott of the committee.er pelosi then appointed two republicans of her own, liz cheney and adam kinzinger, both frequent critics of former president donald trump. >> i think what they have done has been blinded by their own ambition, to be perfectly honest with you. this is driven by not the truth of the facts but what they personally want to achieve for themselves. and it's quite disappointing. >> if people want to get petty, that's fine. this is a historic moment, and this is a democracy-defending moment. and no matter the consequences to me, and i know liz will stand and defend democracy. >> reporter: support for trump's actions that day have split members of the gop. cheney was ousted from her position as the chair of the house republican conference. >> there are some in my party, including leader mccarthy, who continue to act as though this is about partisan politics. i think it's really sad. i think it's a disgrace. >> reporter: she says part of the investigation should examine how officials, including

representative jamie raskin, a constitutional scholar as you know, oversight committee.at is a major committee of jurisdiction, the committee on over sight, also on the judiciary committee which has standing in all of this. and we're proud that elaine loria, a navy veteran, captain of the ship -- what was the title? retired commander, oh, my gosh, and member of the armed services committee. her interest in this is long-standing in the congress. she's also a member of the homeland security committee. now i just wanted to read the bill. it is really important for you all to know what our purpose is for this. and that is that the findings of the legislation speak to the testimony of the director of the fbi when he basically said there were more deaths from domestic terrorism than from global terrorism in our country in the previous year. testimony from the department of homeland security about concerns that are out there, all of these institutions talking about, well i hate to even go there, but it is what they have said in terms of white supremacy, anti-semitism, islama ph

. >>> democratic congressman jamie raskin of maryland served as lead impeachment manager for trump's second impeachment over the january 6th insurrection, also a member of the house select committee to investigate january 6th and he joins me now. i want to return to that question of process versus outcomes because i think there's a little bit of complacency because of the outcomes, and every time that we learn more about what happened in the run-up and on that day and vis-a-vis the u.s. military, it seems to me that you have less faith that this was a foreordained possibility and more that we kind of got lucky. where are you on that? >> well, we got very lucky with mike pence. i mean the way i see it, chris, is we had a huge demonstration organized by the president, and inside that was another ring which was a violent insurrection in which the three percenters and the proud boys and oath keepers, and inside that was the coup donald trump was trying to orchestrate targeting mike pence. all they wanted pence to do was to rebuff the electors coming in from arizona, georgia and pennsylva

even democratic reps aoc and jamie raskin sending a letter asking usada to reconsider the ban.se could still crush somebody's dreams. >> cannabis does not pose a risk to public health. the cdc has determined that 80,000 americans die every year from alcohol, from alcoholism. not one american has ever died from cannabis. yet wada and the olympic anti-doping committee has no problem with athletes using alcohol. >> reporter: richardson used marijuana in oregon, where the drug is legal, one of at least 18 states to have fully legalized cannabis. and activists like steven hawkins of the marijuana policy project argue the substance is not performance-enhancing and the rules prohibiting it are outdated. >> people do not see cannabis as performance-enhancing drug, which is the reason for her suspension, or one of the purported reasons. we are in a country now where almost 40% of the states have legalized cannabis, compared to the time when the world anti-doping laws were first written around cannabis, which at that point not one state had legalized. so the world anti-doping authority,

pete aguilar, steph my murphy, jamie raskin and elaine luria. besides jordan and banks, mccarthy had recommended others. let us hear from lorena, california, democrats line. good morning. caller: good morning. i want to say that pelosi basically took out the trash yesterday. the january 6 insurrection was a violent attack on our democracy. jim jordan and donald trump incited that insurrection along with mo brooks and a few others. i do not understand what we are talking about. the debate is not between a -- should we be doing this together or should we not. the debate is why is the g.o.p. lying to the american public? they have lied throughout this whole thing. they are denying everything that happened on january 6. they need to stop. this is a tearing our country apart. i am sad that this is how the gop has decided to act, instead of stepping up and finding out for the american people what happened. i would also like to point out that kevin mccarthy's separate investigation is going to be wasted taxpayer money and he should not be allowed to do

here is congressman jamie raskin in a vitally important exchange with the gop congressman who claimed the insurrectionists were just like everyday tourists, not the terrorists described by the law enforcement officials who engaged in hand-to-hand combat with supporters of the ex-president. we're going to show you the exchange in its entirety so the context is abundantly clear. this is the republican party addicted to bald-faced lies and propaganda. watch. >> they were asked the question by several of our colleagues including ms. cheney about statements that you made saying that the january 6th violent insurrection against congress was akin to a normal tourist visit. and those officers said they weren't tourists. they were terrorists. do you stand by your statement that they were tourists? >> i would like you to quote my exact statement. not your interpretation of my statement. >> okay. watching tv footage of those who entered the capitol and walked through statutory hall showed people in an orderly fashion staying between the ropes taking videos and pictures. if you didn't know the tv

jamie raskin, a democratic congressman, who is on this committee as well passed by report is a little earlier and said it's a bit rich that republicans are saying this because they proposed to insurrection deniers for this commission. the house speaker, nancy pelosi, the democratic leader rejected that motion rejected both of those members who said that what they were going to do is to try to blame nancy pelosi for her actions and controlling the capitol police. well, that's not exactly how that work. she is not in control of capital police, although she does coordinate with them. so the republicans are trying to minimize this process to de, legitimize it, and to deny, in many cases that there was an insurrection at all. democrats say what they want to do is shine a light on what happened that day to prevent it in the future, and particularly to shine a light on the influence of the former president donald trump. while the events of today will continue for a few hours and will continue to dip into what is being said with you, john 100, capitol hill? well, still had hill now to 0. sir

congressman jamie raskin said this.s that would like to bring this down as a mud fight as quickly as possible. this is not going to be benghazi, part two. it became very partisan very quickly as congressman raskin notes. the question is this is what leading sem carats say this is their goal. can they accomplish it? >> we're going to create a report that's as comprehensive and holds up to time. >> maybe we'll be surprised if this will be a thought. examination by the republicans joining the democrats about what i think was the most significant threat to our legislatures and to the civil war. >> is there any prospect? any fact-finding no drama let's look into what happened on january 6th. let's assign blame based on evidence to people who are responsible. let's have an open mind until the end. any prospect of that? >> i think we're already past that point. this is going to be a partisan affair just by makeup of the committee, just by the fact that the republicans rejected the bipartisan commission. so that train has left

jamie raskin, constitutional scholar as you all know. >> raymond: it's like the nursing home edition of the suicide squad. this is not serious but this is not fact-based investigation. this is the second trump investigation reunion tour. all three on the panel she just named not only voted to impeach trump, but were part of the prosecution. it's also hard to fact find and investigate when you come to the game with hardened opinions of those you are investigating. >> america has been through a civil war, world wars, a great depression, pandemics, and now a white nationalist insurrection. this is the single biggest terror threat to the american people into our public security right now. >> we don't need a long investigation to know the president incited right wing terrorists who attacked the congress to try to overturn constitutional government. speaker pelosi should've invited general anna reback to investigate. at least he wasn't part of the impeachment redo. pelosi also appointed someone laura has been warning about you for months. >> congresswoman liz cheney of the armed services c

i think it was jamie raskin who said it is a nightmare there. a lot of people are looking. a lot of people are looking at what to do to stay safe. does that include, for example, changing behaviors and going back to the old behaviors at the height of the pandemic? >>. >> i think it is all about taking new information in. so for example if you live with an unvaccinated child or an elderly adult, you may change your behavior as you're vaccinated. but if you are a vaccinated adult, it is true you might get covid. you will not get sick so be compromised. that's what this vaccine does. the guest before, the women with ms in the hospital, but not the icu, you have to ask if she wasn't vaccinated would she be here today to have that interview? remember that vaccination is still your best defense. >> there is new concerning information on the johnson and johnson vax seen that i think 13 million americans have gotten. they say it is an argument for booster shots. i wonder what your thoughts are. >> this is new ant -- and important vaccination. it's important if it is recommended. ce

representatives alexandria ocasio-cortez and jamie raskin appealed to the u.s.vertunered. patrick mahomes and dwyane wade slamming the ruling hoping she'll be allowed to run. others like former nfl player turned tv commentator emmanuel acho tweeted, richardson said the rule was in place and aware of the punishment for breaking it. richardson could still compete in tokyo as part of the 4 by 400 meter. that would take place after the suspension would end. cnn has reached out to team usa for clarification but has not heard back. >> meanwhile, 17-year-old leann wang headed to tokyo reveal said she has not been vaccinated. the international committee isn't requiring athletes to get vaccinated. wang's mother said she's being treated unfairly not only. she believes she's not at rick because of precautions in place according to the kansas city star. her parents are research scientists who develop drugs, neither of them is vaccinated. she would need her parents' consent to get the vaccine. ioc president thomas blotch said last month he expected 80% of olympians to be vac

. >> we will be joined tomorrow night by congressman jamie raskin.of the biden administration. we are now just hours away from the first hearing from the bipartisan house select committee to investigate the deadly january 6 insurrection at the u.s. capitol and will play out in this room on the hill. benny thompson, democrat

he was in a separate hearing, a house rules committee, where he was confronted by jamie raskin and askedtill stood by calling it a normal tourist visit and he said he still stood by his original statement. and then there is also congressman jim jordan who admitted yesterday that he talked to trump in the middle of all of this on january 6. so a lot of questions here for these republicans as the select committee continues their work. >> congressman clive will have a hard time living down those words a. when you watch the video and listen to the testimony, it is g gut-wrenching to listen to that reality. >>> and the economy is roaring back but some jobs are not. the economy down still 6.8 million jobs. and some of the hardest hit sectors are crawling out of deep holes. blame the virus as the pandemic raged almost all indoor theaters were closed, movie releases delayed, people stayed home and turned to streaming services instead. jobs from the concession stand to the box office have yet to return. the industry is about 91,000 jobs below where it was in february of last year. in the buffet i

members of the republican party and there was a wonderful exchange yesterday between congressman jamie raskin and clyde. clyde could not say himself to say -- >> david, i didn't know you were going to bring it up. our crack beat team here has it ready. let have you share more on the other side. for those who have not seen it, let's take a look. >> watching the tv footage of those who entered the capitol and walked through the halls, showed people in an orderly fashion standing in between the ropes. if you didn't know the tv footage from january 6th, you would think it is a normal tourist visit. those were your words. >> i standby my exact statement as i said it. >> in 1984, the epiphany of what the party does to people is that you have to say two plus two is five. that's not what donald trump is doing. it is anything but what happened. it is painful to see these victims brutalized trying to save our democracy and be challenged in this way. i think they get it. i was impressed. i know they know what they're up against and defend democracy, not just jus entail standing there and restraining the

joining me congressman jamie raskin of maryland. he's a member of the january 6th select committee, and he served as the lead impeachment manager in the second impeachment of donald trump. he's also a member of the judiciary committee, a former constitution an law professor as well. congressman, thank you for joining us tonight. it's good to see you again. >> it's great to see you, ali. >> let's talk about what happened here. just this evening in the house of representatives, the republican house leader tried to get his nominees no this committee seated. he still thinks there's some play to be had there. but you are moving ahead. it is bipartisan, whether it needs to be or not, it is bipartisan and it moving ahead tomorrow. what does success look like for you? >> success looks like an investigation that gets at the truth. you know, we're not going to be distracted by any of kevin mccarthy's circus antics or side shows here. we're starting off with the law enforcement officers because they were on the front lines defending congress,

just standing by his statement saying that he was being misquoted, and that was clearly jamie raskin,ly what he said. >> this was an attack done in the open. every american turns on the television occasionally saw this attack as it happened. so his -- his character is in realtomb refuted by what every american can see, and that's why we need to call other actors to hear what happened. that's why you need to hear from kevin mccarthy when apparently called the president. what did he say and what did the president say? what the congress now faces is what next? after hearing from these witnesses, although they have not announced who they hear from next, i think it's clear as the nose on your face, some of those they'll need to hear from. >> congresswoman eleanor holmes norton, as always, thank you very much. >> my pleasure. >> one day at a time, simone biles withdrawing from the olympic finals, one day after dropping out of the team competition and the shocking move putting on the focus on the elite athletes' mental health. this is "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. >>> in a shock for th

the events and andrew clyde getting into a verbal altercation with represented -- representative jamie raskin on his claim of what happened on january 6th was comparable to potentially committed by a bunch of tourists. >> so jeremy, let's talk a little bit about the security. one of the parts that stood out to me, all of it was riveting, but it was when officer dunn talked about getting a text message about things that had been on social media about what's the plan was. as he put it, it seems to foreshadow what happened later. at the time though, we had not received any threat letters from our chain of command. >> chris, i think one of the big issues that this committee will have to look at is what warnings were provided to capital police, to d.c. metro police, to federal agencies, and what were the response times? that will be investigated and analyze so that an attack like this cannot happen again. chris, the broader issue that i think the committee kicked off with today was, yes, they are gonna analyze the physical security posture, but the big lie was the reason why this all unfolded. hat

other members include congressman pete aguilar, jamie raskin and adam schiff, zoe lofgren and stephanie other five lawmakers of the committee. joining us white house correspondent for politico and co-author of "the playbook" eugene daniels and an msnbc contributor. first of all congrats on your recent engagement and secondly, what, as we see these committee names come out including the very polarizing pick of lizz cheney, what dynamic does this set up for the select committee aiming to be nonpartisan? >> exactly. i think that she is trying to -- the speaker is trying to recreate what she wanted with this kind of 9/11-style commission, right, something that was nonpartisan, bipartisan, something that could be beyond reproach, something where it is focused on the facts and the whitewashing or what's happened -- what happened on january 6th and that's happened since then isn't a part of this committee. that's something she's been extremely focused on this entire time. that's it. they're trying to recreate this idea that this would be something that would be accepted by most people as fact,

he also got into a heated exchange with jamie raskin late last night comparing the attack at the capitol january 6th to what he called, quote, a normal tourist visit. now congressman raskin getting him to admit he still stands by that even after four hero police officers testified under oath calling the rioters at the capitol terrorists. here's how it went down. >> i want to ask you this. they were asked a question by several of our colleagues including ms. cheney about statements that you made saying that the january 6th violent insurrection against congress was akin to a normal tourist visit. and those officers said they weren't tourists, they were terrorists. do you standby your statement that they were tourists? >> i would like you to quote my exact statement. not your interpretation of my statement. >> okay. >> for the record. >> watching the tv footage of those who walked through the capitol and those who walked through statuary halls showed people in ordally fashion standing between the stanchions and ropes. if you didn't know the tv footage was a picture from january 6th you woul

other democrats will serve on it, including impeachment managers zoe lofgren, adam schiff, and jamie raskin of maryland. >> we need to figure out who organize the violence of january 6, how did they organize it, and why did they organize it. what were the purposes of the different critical actors who were present on that day. a mako speaker pelosi also said republican congress member liz cheney will serve on the january 6 committee, one of 10 who voted to impeach donald trump for inciting the mob that attacked congress. kevin mccarthy said he was shot chain excepted pelosi's invitation and suggested republican leaders might strip her of her houseommittee assignment. attorney general merrick garland has ordered a halt to all federal executions while the justice department conducts a review of its policies and procedures on capital punishment. in a memo dated thursday, garland cites the "arbitrariness in its application, disparate impact on people of color, and the troubling number of exonerations in capital and other serious cases." attorney general garland also ordered a review of the letha

representatives alexandria ocasio-cortez and jamie raskin appealing to the u.s.pension overturned. some star athletes like patrick mahomes, sue bird, dwyane wade, all slamming the ruling, hoping she'll be allowed to run. others like former nfl commentator coming down on the other side tweeting while he doesn't agree with the rule, richardson knew it was in place and was aware of the punishment for breaking it. richardson could potentially still compete in tokyo as part of the fourx100 meter relay team if selected. that takes place after the suspension would end. cnn has reached out to team usa for clarification but has not yet heard back. >>> now u.s. president joe biden said he was really proud of the way richardson responded to her suspension, and he weighed in on that drug testing policy. >> the rules are the rules, and everybody knows what the rules are going in. whether they should remain the rules is a different issue. but the rules are the rules, and i was really proud of her the way she responded. >> christine brennan is a cnn sports analyst and sports co

>> i think we saw in both of the impeachments how impeccably adam schiff and jamie raskin in particular building a case, and building a narrative and using multi media to explain something very complicated. and this case, what happened is not necessarily that complicated. what is going to be complicated is the legal process of getting people like kevin mccarthy to testify. subpoenaing possibly donald trump. right? getting at the responsibility of people at the highest level of public republican politics. which is why it is not at all surprising that people at the highest level of republican politics want to sabotage this commission in any way they can. commission in any way they can>. mccarthy fighting it tooth and nail. and then allegedly, reportedly, trying to use are some illegible use his powers to intimidate people out of what being a what is a lawful house select investigative committee. take a listen. >> i'm not making any threats about committees. as you know how congress works. if the person is republican, for some to accept committee assignments from speaker carlos e., that's

jamie raskin got an answer during a separate hearing.thout answering. >> i want to ask you this. they were asked the question by several of our colleagues, including ms. cheney, about statements that you made saying that the january 6th violent insurrection against congress was akin to a normal tourist visit. and those officers said they weren't tourists, they were terrorists. do you stand by your statement that they were tourists? >> i would like you to quote my exact statement. not your interpretation of my statement. >> okay. watching the tv footage of those who entered the capitol and walked through statuary hall show people in an orderly fashion staying between the stangss and ropes, taking videos and pictures. if you didn't know the video footage was a video from january 6th, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit. those are your words. >> and i stand by that exact statement as i said it. >> okay. do you agree or disagree with the officers who spent four or five hours battling that medieval mob that had baseball bat

jamie raskin, a number of others as well and it's a committee that will hear evidence directly from somepeople who were in communication with the white house. at the time, jim jordan can't quite remember whether he didn't talk to the president, or did talk to the president during that time. he is going to have to refresh his memory and the justice department has made clear that executive privilege is not going to be available in many of these cases. we are witnessing the unraveling of the cover-up of the worst insurrection since the civil war in the history of this country. this is serious. it will not end well for donald trump although, he is -- has squeezed out of all fixes before. i wouldn't underestimate it. he is a very slippery eel. >> professor laurence tribe, thank you for joining us on the discussion tonight. >> thank you, lawrence. coming, up president biden is now working on a new legislative strategy for voting rights. zerlina maxwell and james howell will join our discussion next. next this is the greatest idea you'll ever hear. okay, it's an app that compares hundreds of tr

i want to go to democratic congressman jamie raskin a member of the january 6th select committee. i'm really grateful for your time tonight and i know you're hours away from the first hearing of the select committee. it will be important. you had republicans introduce a resolution where pelosi would be forced to seat mccarthy's vetoed picks, banks jordan for the committee and they are planning a dueling press conference to over lap with your hearing to try to minimize it as much as possible. what's your reaction to all of this? >> well, they're desperately trying to destruct and derail an investigation into what happened and you know that from the basic fact that we gave them everything they wanted in terms of five republican, five democrat, independent outside 9/11 style commission with equal subpoena authority on both sides and they blocked that. they just don't want an investigation into what really happened and i mean, it's almost getting absurd and comical all of their little diversion antics to try to distract the country from watching what we're doing. i think it's having t

the speaker named seven democrats, including former-impeachment prosecutors, adam schiff, jamie raskinlofgren. and one republican, congresswoman liz cheney, who was one of only-two republicans who voted to create this select committee. that means, as of tonight, donald trump is a target in three, important investigations. the new house committee's investigation, the manhattan district attorney's continuing investigation, and the grand-jury investigation in fulton county, georgia, run by district attorney fawny willis, studying evidence of donald trump's possible violations of election laws there. by trying to interfere with the counting of the votes. joining us, now, is john heilemann. nbc news and msnbc national affairs analyst. host and executive producer of show time's the circus. john, donald trump is famously an insomniac. tonight seems like one of the nights where sleep is gonna be very hard for him to come by. >> yeah. he'll be up watching don lemon over and over, again, because he likes to hate watch that. the other network. you know, lawrence, i was going to say, as you were g

alexandria ocasio cortez and jamie raskin asked the anti-doping agency to reconsider the one-month ban. on the nbc "today" show, she said that she took full responsibility for her actions and it was a result of coping with the death of her mother. she called it unfortunately and pledged to work with sha'carri to make sure that she has ample resources to overcome any mental health challenges. joining me is nbc news how things have been shaking out over the past couple of days. it seems like her olympic dreams are on hold over the weekend. she tweeted reaction to the controversy. i can't be olympic champ this year but i'll be your world champ next year. her agent also told three wire sports that they really vice president been preparing for the relays. she is under this one month suspension. she can't move forward with the 100 meter dash. she could compete on the four by 100 meter team relay. we're supposed to be getting word as to who is on that official roster. but based on that tweet over the weekend and based on what her agent is saying, it doesn't appear that she will be at the game

. >> the former lead impeachment manager, jamie raskin has already made a point this isn't going to be is about one person, whether it's pelosi or trump. it's going to be about the causes and the financing and the organization leading up to january 6th. we'll have more on that as we go along. amid growing covid cases, a bipartisan infrastructure deal that could also be in trouble, president biden is holding a cnn town hall in cincinnati tonight. cnn's kaitlan collins is traveling with the president today. what are you anticipating on the rest of president biden's agenda, which i suspect is what he will largely want to focus on tonight? >> reporter: it is what he's going to want to focus on, but not just where he is now that he's right past that six-month mark of his presidency and talk about what he's accomplished so far. he's also going to be looking ahead to what's to come. in the white house right now they see the next few weeks as a really critical period for essentially what his first term is going to look like. a lot of that has do with that domestic agenda and whether or not the

trump at won, we're talking about people that you would no, like maxine waters and, you know, jamie raskinngressman in seattle did the exact same thing. i mean, toyota is run by a bunch of cowards and are doing this because they feel like they have to. they feel like the political pressure is going to be too much because the folks who are potential consumers will actually punish them for these things. the lincoln project gets to do this, right? they have the right to go after any of these companies. just because you're a bunch of grifters of questionable morals, you still get to engage in this kind of stuff. i just wish they wouldn't. because the end of the day it's going to force republicans to engage in the exact kind of strategy to combat this to ensure that, look, if you're going to do it to us, and we are going to do it to you. there has to be some kind of mutually assured destruction her or it's going to continue to go down this path that i think is just dangerous. we should be targeting any company with the slaughter of white supremacy or white nationalist. can we stop? has there ev