and as a member of the house judiciary committee. also with us, andrew weissmann, former fbi special counsel. but he is an msnbc legal analysts. mr. swalwell, let me begin with you and the two year quest of your committee to get this testimony from don mcgahn. what do you think is the import of this testimony? and what should the judiciary committee be thinking about possible next steps here, if any? >> lawrence, andrew, good evening. it was a victory for separation of powers that the congressional subpoena powers still means something. i wish it would have meant something two years ago when we asked mr. mcgahn to come in. but we did ultimately prevail. more importantly, it showed just how close we came to a true constitutional crisis in our country. and that this is not a 500 year fly type of situation, that this could happen again under more competent, corrupt president. so what we could do, well, adam schiff has the protecting our democracy act. which would make a lot of reforms around presidential abuses. i also believe that presi

he is a member of the house judiciary committee and the house ethics committee.air fight action. she managed stacey abrams campaign for governor in georgia. congressman jones, the situation seems to be that there's a struggle now just to be able to keep up in congress with what republican legislatures are doing in states around the country, especially the elements of their bills in texas and georgia and now arizona that affects the way votes are counted and protected after the polls close? >> well, that's right. of course, we do have a bill, the for the people act, that would undo a lot of the voter suppression we are seeing in the places that you mentioned. of course, the for the people act has not yet had a floor vote in the united states senate, and so to the extent that people are perceiving deficiencies with respect to that legislation, i would encourage them to be patient for a couple of weeks to see if there are amendments made to senate bill one. here is the thing. there's no substitute for the for the people act. we must pass this legislation. it would d

the chair of the judiciary committee, dick durbin, talked yesterday about the legacy of daca since 2012. listen to what he had to say. >> since 2012, more than 800,000 dreamers have stepped out of the shadows to enroll in daca. the program has been a life changer. it has allowed them to work, pursue higher education, and serve in america's military. daca has unleashed the full potential of dreamers. august 15, 2012, is a date i will never forget. it was the first day that daca applications were accepted. i was at navy pier in chicago for a workshop to help dreamers apply for daca. we weren't sure if anyone would show up. then we weren't sure how many would show up. then what happened astonished us. thousands, thousands of young people showed up on that day, filled the entire boardwalk. some gathered with their parents at midnight before the actual opening that morning. some drove in from neighboring states. that's how eager these young people were to officially become part of america even if on a temporary renewable basis. and that's what's really the keyword when it comes to daca. it's

house judiciary committee announced the committee would conduct an investigation into such subpoenas,d by the trump justice department, which also targeted the phone records of two democratic members of the house intelligence committee. chairman adam schiff and orwell -- subpoenas also demanded staff members and intelligence committee, and a child. today, the democratic members of the senate judiciary committee sent a detailed letter to attorney general merrick garland demanding a copy of each subpoena, all documents and communications including emails, text messages, calendar entries related to the subpoena. joining us now is democratic senator sheldon whitehouse of rhode island. he is a member of the senate judiciary committee who signed that letter to the attorney general today. senator, thank you very much for joining us today. we really appreciate it. your letter to the attorney general gives him two weeks to deliver these documents. what happens if he doesn't? >> well, the house can move more or less immediately to a subpoena in case of their own members involved. i think it mig

the senate judiciary committee is split equally in half there has to be at least one senate rope canjoin in with democrats on that subpoena, and if you look at the panel, it's not -- there's no mitt romney or susan collins, stacked with a lot of trump loyalists and allies. i would be watching if perhaps ben sass or mike lee who is very vocal on civil liberties issues and privacy issues but otherwise we think this is something that will die in the senate judiciary committee and the focus is going to be on the chamber that does have unilateral subpoena power which is the house and we haven't heard too much yet specifically from house leaders on what their plans are regarding trying to get barr and sessions to testify. >> meanwhile, gloria, the watchdog for the department of justice, the inspector general has said he'll launch an investigation. >> he will. >> so what. >> i mean, not to put too fine a point on it. >> that's a report that drops in seven months and there's not necessarily any accountability. >> it will be an important report and the accountability will be in the report but

congressman jim jordan ranking republican on the judiciary committee. he joins me right now. congressman, thank you very much for joining me this morning. giver us your reaction to what we heard there. >> well, even the fbi director in the biden administration knows how serious the situation is on our border, the chaotic situation. i give my hats off to top republican on the immigration subcommittee of the full judiciary committee. joe biden won't go to the border and kamala harris won't go to the border and sen secretary mayorkas went to the border he wouldn't let nobody in. then having to send money back to these organized crimes, the terrible cartel. this is how crazy it is and it's all driven by the crazy policies that the biden administration put in place where they said we will not deport anyone, we will not build the wall and we will get rid of the remain in mexico policy and we get this chaotic situation that we have now seen over the last several months, each month sets a new record for illegal immigrants coming into our country. maria: well, it's just extraordinary

and on that front, we have breaking news just this evening, with the house judiciary committee announcing a formal investigation into the trump justice department's secret seizure of communications records of journalists, members of congress, and their staffers and families. judiciary chairman jerry nadler says tonight, quote, recent reports suggest that during the trump administration, the department of justice used criminal investigations as a pretext to spy on president trump's perceived political enemies. congress must make it extraordinarily difficult if not impossible for the department to spy on the congress or the news media. we should make it hard for prosecutors to hide behind secret gag orders for years at a time. we cannot rely on the department alone to make those changes. it is also possible that these cases are merely our first glimpse into a coordinated effort by the trump administration to target president trump's political opposition. if so, we must learn the full extent of this gross abuse of power, root out the individuals responsible, and hold those individuals accoun

the senate judiciary committee wants to see the subpoenas. democrats on the senate judiciary committee sent a letter to attorney general merrick garland, giving him two weeks to hand over copies of the trump justice department's subpoenas for the phone records of democratic members of congress. and trump white house counsel, don mcgahn. democratic senator, sheldon whitehouse, a member of the judiciary committee, will join us next. judiciary committee, win us next. staying active and eating right? yup, on it there, too. you may think you're doing all you can to manage type 2 diabetes and heart disease but could your medication do more to lower your heart risk? jardiance can reduce the risk of cardiovascular death for adults who also have known heart disease. so, it could help save your life from a heart attack or stroke. and jardiance lowers a1c. jardiance can cause serious side effects including dehydration, genital yeast or urinary tract infections, and sudden kidney problems. ketoacidosis is a serious side effect that may be fatal. a rare b

well, the alarm bells are sounding, but amid this crisis, the senate judiciary committee held a hearing this monger on a partisan -- this monger on a partisan bill that has nothing to do with the border crisis. make no mistake, i believe congress should absolutely take action to allow current daca or deferred action for childhood arrivals, to remain in the united states, but a partisan bill that would provide a pathway to citizenship for 4.4 million adults and other unrelated issues has simply no chance of passing in -- in the senate. now, if senator durbin, the chairman of the judiciary committee whose long been an advocate for the dreamers, if he really were serious about that issue, he now has the authority, as chairman of the judiciary committee, to put a bill before the committee to allow senators to offer and vote on amendments and to markup a bill. and if he were able to get a majority of the committee to vote for a bill, he could then ask majority leader schumer to put the bill on the floor. but so far most of our discussions on immigration have been just that, all talk and no a

the judiciary committee is ready to take that bill, to have a hearing on it and move it forward. he has adamant committee will do a hearing, but ultimately it has to come through the judiciary committee and i can promise you that if it comes to us, we will pass it quickly. we will get it to the floor, we will get it off the floor, and then it's a question of the senate doing its job and passing that bill along with this one. >> i might add concern, and i raise this in the civil rights leaders meeting that i was one of the participants with senator manchin about the george floyd justice in policing act, also a priority. we'd like to see it. not only won, but all three being pushed at the same time. thank, you congresswoman jayapal for being with us tonight. now to the state level. democratic responds to voter suppression, voter persuasion. virginians primary this week shored up its tip over the last few years as democrats along the spectrum resonated with voters and familiar face to take the top ticket. joining me now, fresh room his current democratic primary win in the state of v

i want to start with that investigation being launched by the house judiciary committee. e committee wants to learn, what you want to discover and find out. >> thank you for having me on. this is a really important moment for our country. when you have an administration like the former administration that shattered every norm of what we would expect from a department of justice, that is surveilling its own white house counsel, as well as members of congress, what the judiciary committee has to do then is to get as much information on what happened, who knew what happened, when did they know it. because the idea that two former attorneys general do not know anything about it, barr and sessions say they did not know about these things. that feels impossible to me. but we need to get all of the information and look at it. and ultimately, we have to hold this last administration accountable. and i think that is very important because it's not sufficient just to return the department of justice to old norms. of course we want to do that. but we actually have to have accountabil

but the judiciary committee is ready to take that bill, to have a hearing on that bill, and to move it forward. the house admin committee is going to do a hearing, but ultimately, obviously, it has to come through judiciary committee. i can promise you, if it comes to us, we will pass it quickly and get it to the floor, we will get it off the floor, and then it's a question, obviously, of the senate doing its job and passing that bill along with this one. >> i might add a concern. i raised this in the civil rights leaders meeting that i was one of the participants with senator manchin about the george floyd justice in policing act is also a priority we'd like to see dealt with. it's all three being pushed at the same time. thank you, congresswoman jayapal, for being with us tonight. >>> now to the state level. democratic response to voter suppression, voter persuasion. virginia's primary shored up its leftward dealt over the last few years as democrats all along the spectrum for that matter resonated with voters and a familiar face retook the top ticket. joining me now fresh from his c

first, the senate judiciary committee takes up a house passed immigration reform bill. 2:00 p.m.versight committee continues its probe into the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol -- u.s. capitol. during a news conference after the nato summit, president biden urged people to get the coronavirus vaccine. reporters also asked him about u.s.-russian relations in his upcoming meeting with president vladimir putin. president biden: good evening. be i

a member of the judiciary committee and an impeachment manager.st on just the way we've talked about these recent revelations, that the justice department wants gag orders lifted, has informed five of trump's most oft repeated enemies. and his own counsel, don mcgahn who became the star witness in the mueller investigation. if he's willing to ask his a.g. to overturn the election result in six days, why don't we presume that he had a role in all that surveillance? >> well, you're precisely right. and it's good to be with you. this is a scandal of epic proportions. it's outrageous in terms of what we've learned thus far, as you've described. at the end of the day, there is a lot that we don't know. and it is why the judiciary committee has embarked on this investigation that our chairman, chairman nadler announced just yesterday. as em, it is clear that this is but a glimpse into what was clearly an undermining of the rule of law. the likes of which our country really hasn't experienced, certainly since the watergate scandal and perhaps in the mode

have a good night. >> all right next we told you the house judiciary committee is opening up an investigationgainst the trump doj congresswoman val demings on that committee. she's running for senate to take up marco rubio. she joins me next. don't settle for products that give you a sort of white smile. try new crest whitening emulsions for 100% whiter teeth. its highly active peroxide droplets swipe on in seconds. better. faster. 100% whiter teeth. crestwhitesmile.com did you know that every single flush flings odors onto your soft surfaces? then they get release back into the air, so you smell them later. ew right? that's why febreze created small spaces. press firmly and watch it get to work. unlike the leading cone, small spaces continuously eliminates odors in the air and on surfaces. so they don't come back for 45 days. just imagine what it can do with other odors. chase first banking. a debit card and app for kids, and tools for you to teach them good money habits. set account alerts, savings goals, allowances and chores from your chase mobile app. all with no monthly service fee. cha

the judiciary committee transcript of the don mcgahn testimony.ember eric swalwell. and andrew weisman. because as you know, and as you are describing in your hour, so much of this testimony was about the mueller investigation and donald trump's attempts to

that is why the house judiciary committee and the senate judiciary committee have announced a formal how seriously we take this, because in actuality, the trump administration, his doj, both under sessions and barr, and then, of course, you just said the acting attorney general rosen, really, under the pretext of a criminal investigation got apple to subpoena any number of democratic members. we don't know how many, who are allegedly or on the trump enemies list. that is not a way to run a country. it's not a way to run a government or a white house. >> right, but -- sorry to interrupt, but that is -- i mean, i do want to get to that and i know that you have called that kind of behavior from president trump being tyrannical, that he's a tyrant, but in terms of this new information of just how far mark meadows and president trump were going, it sounds like the then acting attorney general, jeffrey rosen, was doing the right thing under this one by refusing to take these meetings with rudy giuliani, by refusing to look into these fraudulent and fictitious claims of voter fraud. but wit

if the department does not make substantial progress toward those two goals, then we, on the judiciary committeee work, ourselves. so, he's not announcing that he's opening an investigation. the committee has a short window to make a clean break from the trump era. we expect a full accounting. we expect attorney general garland to hold the relevant personnel accountable. or else, we'll do it for him. i don't know what the justice department, under attorney general garland, plans to do here. this is a very big scandal. we did get word, early in the day today, that the deputy attorney general, lisa monaco, had asked the inspector general, michael horowitz, to open an investigation. later in the day, we did, in fact, get a statement from the inspector general. affirming that he is opening that investigation. and that means, you know, some number of years down the road, we'll get the result of that inspector-general investigation, presumably. but for those of us who are, you know, sort of, sadly, not shocked. not shocked, to learn what the previous administration was capable of. for those of us who

mcgahn in front of the judiciary committee. or we allow these elected leaders, would be leaders, to continue the big lie. i reject the big lie. i think it is a extraordinarily dangerous if the pennsylvania republican legislators who went down to the arizona to take a look at the cyber ninjas fraud even and it. shame on them. sadly a fairly no no shame. >> professor glaude, i ethical the congressman sentiment. reading your material makes us all a whole lot smarter. this big lie thing, which a lot of people thought was done with our maybe behind us, isn't. today, vladimir putin actually commented on the insurrectionists. he said, these are not looters are thieves. these people came with political requests. which is one different from what andrew plight of georgia said. he said there was no insurrection, it was a normal tourist visit. if this is the problem. a guest said, it gets repeated. and to some people in america and around the world, it sounds like the truth. >> well thank you ali and congresswoman dean, about your canned r

private industry to do that, just as we have to lock our cars, and so members of the house judiciary committee ask director wray about what the fbi can and should do, but we have to rely on citizens, corporate citizens, to do their part too. >> we're taking a live look at that hearing room, chuck, where director wray is getting ready to speak right now, and one thing my colleague leigh ann caldwell mentioned this is first time we're hearing from him since the january 6th senate report that found frankly failures before and during the insurrection at the capitol. how do you expect the director to respond to questions about that today? >> you know, i was critical of director wray and the fbi in part for its response to the january 6th insurrection. one of the things that drig wray said -- i admire him very much -- but one of the things he said the fbi provided intelligence in advance of the attack to the capitol police by e-mailing them an intelligence report and posting it on a law enforcement portal, which i thought was unsatisfactory. if your house is on fire and i see it you should expect me

first, the senate judiciary committee takes up a house passed immigration reform bill. 2:00 p.m. the house oversight committee continues its probe into the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol -- u.s. capitol. during a news conference after the nato summit, president biden urged people to get the coronavirus vaccine. reporters also asked him about u.s.-russian relations in his upcoming meeting with president vladimir putin. president biden: good evening. before i begin, i want to say a few words about our fight against covid-19 at home. we made enormous progress in the united states. much of the country is returning to normal, and our economic growth is leading the world and the number of cases -- in the number of cases and deaths are dropping dramatically. but there are still too many lives being lost. we are still averaging the last seven days of 370 deaths per day. 370 deaths, that significantly lower than at the peak of this crisis. but it's still a real tragedy. we are approaching a sad milestone. almost 600,000 lost lives because of covid-19 in america. my heart goes out to

she is a member of the house judiciary committee. she served as a house impeachment manager in the second impeachment of donald trump. also joining us tonight, professor eddie glad jr. good evening to both of you. congresswoman dean, i want to play for you what the attorney general of the state that you and i share of pennsylvania said to rachel just a short time ago talking about the connection between what's going on in arizona and what's going on in other states, including pennsylvania. let's listen to josh shapiro. >> i don't think we can just simply dismiss these folks as fringe. this is who the modern gop is, certainly who the modern gop is here in pennsylvania. heck one of those three people who went down there is the leading republican candidate for governor. >> and he's talking about somebody who's running for governor in pennsylvania. this has now moved from fringe into mainstream, and it is definitely looking like policy of the gop. you've been up close and personal with this in the impeachment. what do we do about this no

the judiciary committee issued a report emphasizing these amendments increase the importance, quote, as a means of securing an expeditious and definitive resolution. the committee report concluded that the judiciary committee contemn plates that the court will give appropriate weight to the elimination of direct ruview when deciding whether to grant before government. at least in that respect the court is acting consistently with congressional intent. thank you very much. >> thank you, professor moorely. and next we will go to solicitor-general ali khan for five minutes. >> chairman johnson, ranking member issa and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. as the solicitor-general for the district of columbia i have experienced first-hand the increasing frequency the supreme court disposesf contentious legal issues on the shadow docket. these orders which address issues of importance have enormous consequences well beyond the litigants involved. for example, despite being styled as interim decisions several shadow docket order

it took the house judiciary committee years to get this testimony on the record from don mcgahn. this is the first time he has testified. the judiciary chairman saying, quote, don mcgahn provided the committee with substantial new information including firsthand accounts of president trump's out of control behavior and insight into concerns that the former president's conduct could expose both president trump and don mcgahn himself to criminal liability. could it really? could trump really be exposed to criminal liability by any of his actions? really? only if there was a prosecutor who would be willing to prosecute him for these alleged crimes. under justice department policy, robert mueller, the special counsel, didn't believe he or any prosecutor had the power to charge trump with any crime while he was still serving as president. mueller made very clear when his report was released that once trump was out of office, yeah, he could be charged as a former president. >> was there sufficient evidence to convict president trump or anyone else with obstruction of justice? >> we did

senator cotton is a member of the senate judiciary committee. this is one hour and 15 minutes.inaudible] >> good afternoon, everyone. i am reihan salam, president of the manhattan institute and it's my great pleasure to welcome you all here today. today's subject, crime and its consequences has been at the heart of our work since the institute was founded in the late 1970s when american cities were thought to be in their death throes. the urban crisis of that era had many dimensions but at the center of urban america's intertwined challenges was the rise of violent crime. between 1960-1990 america's violent crime rate increased over 350%. this change the texture and possibilities of urban life. cities that a long been engines of upper mobility were drained of their vitality as middle-class residents fled for the sanctuary of the suburbs and those left behind live in fear. rather than accept the client of public order as inevitable scholars at the manhattan institute offered an agenda for restoring public order. in 1982 the criminologist a long time and my fellow george kelly pa

the hill to move faster because of chairs are in place for the antitrust subcommittee, the judiciary committee are having hearings introducing bills, we haven't seen anything past yet but there is definitely momentum to get at least a bunch of bills introduced. i think this month whether they are able to give, that i'm kind of doubtful but we are seeing more movement from congress and we are executive branch. >> if you think about the lack of leadership, it is becoming increasingly a problem for these agencies so the fcc is a controversial supreme court decision to sift the fcc of one of its major powers and now it's without permanent care and they grovel with how to get back to the boutique and we know the biden administration is bullish on their plan from actively negotiating with republicans in congress. it would include $65 million for broadband and yet there's no acting chair of the fcc and as some of these policies, they are going to need city leadership. >> i believe you meant to say 65 billion with a b. >> i really good. [laughter] >> i will all three of you to think about an issue tal

and schiff and jerry nadler of the house judiciary committee does have the power to issue a subpoena.likely to see that. >> what does president biden say about, white house jen psaki spoke and had this response to the leaked investigation. >> first of all, an ig investigation looks into how this happened how could it possibly happen. let me be clear, the behavior, these actions the president finds them absolutely appalling. he ran for pardon in part because of the abuse of power bill the last president and by the last attorney general. >> so, elie, i mean, what will the department of justice under biden do differently? do we know if similar investigations are still ongoing? >> right, amara, i want to praise and criticize the current administration. i want to praise them first because it is clear there is a wall of separation that is truly being observed between the white house and the justice department. we have seen various stories over the past couple of weeks where the clear, doj and the a.g. are not consulting with the president, nor should they either way. here's my criticism, th

addressing gun violence is a top priority of the senate judiciary committee.in fact, the committee has already held four hearings on the topic. the first was the day after the mass shooting, the most recent mass shooting in boulder, colorado, that left eight people dead. sadly, unimaginably, listen to this number, mr. president. that was just one of 299 mass shootings in america so far this year. that's more than one mass shooting every single day. what is going on? how can we tolerate that situation in our country? yet during the first hearing on gun violence in our committee, one of the republican members of the committee described the hearing as, quote, ridiculous theater. ridiculous theater. you want to know what is ridiculous theater? you want to know what it really looks like? it's filibustering a piece of gun safety reform like yiewrchessal background -- universal background checks supported by 90% of the people. it's calling for an enforcement of gun laws already on the books and blocking anyone from being confirmed who will do it. ridiculous theater i

in addition, the justice department must provide information and answers to the judiciary committee, which will vigorously investigate this abuse of power. we have reached out to former attorney generals barr and sessions and have not heard back. sources told us jeff sessions was not involved in any of these subpoenas related to the house intelligence committee. as you'll remember, he made a broad recusal from the russia investigation. because this investigation of the house intelligence committee members or staff or even their family members, this was all related to any possible leaks related to trump aide contacts with russian officials. so, jeff sessions, a source that is familiar with this, says he was recused from this and not involved. but a lot still to uncover as we see from these multiple investigations being announced or even requested from lawmakers. victor and alisyn? >> jessica, thank you so much. let's bring in now jennifer rogers, worth cnn legal analyst, both former federal prosecutors and political correspondent dana bash. you have a response from former ag bill barr

judge griggsby was favorably reported by a bipartisan vote of the judiciary committee on june 10. i had recommended judge griggsby along with senator van hollen to president biden, and i strongly support this nomination. judge griggsby has been nominated to fill the current vacancy created when judge katherine blake, appointed by president clinton in 1995, announced her intentions to take senior status on april 2. president biden nominated judge griggsby to this nomination on march 30, and the judiciary committee held her confirmation hearing on may 12. shortly after the november 2020 elections, i worked with senator van hollen to establish a judicial selection committee in maryland. we used an open application process with a public advertisement and communication, and worked closely with state, local, and especially bar associations of maryland. in particular, we sought out a highly qualified and diverse application pool. our committee interviewed everyone who submitted an application, which involved several dozen interviews. senator van hollen and i then person personally interv

my friends on the house judiciary committee is here. i will give my warning here in a couple of minutes. i'm about to yield. i appreciate the work he is doing, my friend from colorado, trying to navigate the complexity of antitrust laws with respect to massive companies and we are going to have a robust day tomorrow in the house judiciary committee and i thank him for the work he is trying to address that. i don't know if i will agree and i will support one or two and see what happens in the process of amending and debating. what i would say to my friend, it would be great if we could address every issue with both sides of the aisle engaging and offering amendments and restore regular order. we are never going to deal with our spending issues if we don't roll our sleeves up like a small business and don't address the border and offer solutions that will work. never going to solve health care or a strong national defense without being involved in endless conflicts. i joined with my democrats with regard to our presence in iraq. we can fi

. >>> the house judiciary committee will hear testimony behind closed doors about former president donald trump's efforts to obstruct. there will be strict testimony and only be asked about information attributed to him or events involving him in the publicly available portions of the mueller report. in 2019 the house judiciary committee wanted to question mcgahn of russian interference in the 2016 election but he refused under trump's instructions. testimony is expected to begin at 10:00 this morning. >>> still ahead, less than 50 days ahead of the tokyo olympics. >>> senator joe manchin holding out hope for a compromise on infrastructure. what he said when asked if democrats can go it alone. those stories and a check on weather when we come right back. pain doesn't care how old you are. or what color you are. pain doesn't care if you live in a small town or in the spotlight. pain has no limits. that means we need care without limits. care like a parent with a newborn. care like we took an oath. care that's strong, fast and safe. that's care without limits. woo! you are busy... working,

testifying behind closed doors in front of the house judiciary committee. democrats trying to get that testimony as part of the investigations into former prump. looking into whether he tried to obstruct justice in the russia investigation. now that the house democrats are getting his testimony what are they going to do with it? >> reporter: that is a good question. they are -- will have a lot of questions for him. let's take a step back and for years, two years don mcgahn defied subpoenas from the judiciary committee to come testify about the trump administration. don mcgahn was a former president's closest advisers until 2018 so he knows a lot. his name was mentioned hundreds of times in the mueller investigation. don mcgahn is also someone who the president had told to fire robert mueller but who did -- but mcgahn pushed back against that instance so what the house judiciary committee wants to know is what exactly don mcgahn's role was, what he knew, what the president told him. did the president obstruct justice? and what sort of other things that -- th

the senate judiciary committee will investigate, as well.ancy pelosi saying the trump administration's behavior is worse than anything richard nixon ever did. >> what the administration did, the justice department, the leadership under the former president, goes even beyond richard nixon. richard nixon had an enemies' list. this is about undermining the rule of law. and for this attorneys general, barr and sessions, at least two, to say they didn't know anything about it. is beyond belief. so, we will have to have them come, under oath, to testify about that. >>> also, tonight, the fbi warning lawmakers that followers of the qanon-conspiracy theory may carry out more acts of violence in the aftermath of the january-6th capitol insurrection. a threat assessment obtained by cnn suggesting that since many of the qanon predictions have not materialized, followers may try to take action, on their own. against their political opponents and a member of congress who's pushed qanon conspiracies in the past. georgia republican marjorie taylor greene.

. >>> still ahead here, the house judiciary committee is planning to investigate the justice department's surveillance of lawmakers and journalists but over on the senate side, mitch mcconnell is dismissing that effort. >>> plus a look at where infrastructure talks stand on capitol hill and a doubt that bipartisan agreement could be reached. we'll have that and a check of your weather when we come back. f your weather when we come back when you have metastatic breast cancer, what does it mean to be a thriver? it means we grab a hold of what matters most. we sweat the details. ask for what we want. get what we need. and we need more time. so, we want kisqali. living longer is possible and proven with kisqali when taken with a nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor in premenopausal women with hr+, her2- metastatic breast cancer. kisqali is a pill that's significantly more effective at delaying disease progression versus a nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor alone. kisqali can cause lung problems or an abnormal heartbeat, which can lead to death. it can cause serious skin reactions, liver problems, a

. >>> next, we told you the house judiciary committee is soaping up investigation. man val demings is on that committee and she is running to take up marco rubio. she joins me next. she joins me next. ♪ ♪ with cutting-edge tech, world-class interiors, and peerless design... their only competition is each other. the incomparable mercedes-benz suvs. extraordinary runs in the family. visit your local mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional financing offers on select suvs. [lazer beam and sizzling sounds] ♪♪ it's all coming together. and teachers and school staff have worked hard to get us here. [lazer beam and sizzling sounds] securing federal funding, vaccines and making sure public schools are welcoming and safe for everyone. this fall, it's back to school. five days a week. we're excited to be with our students in person. as a parent, i had concerns, but with safeguards in place, i'm ready now. let's do this! we're all-in! ready to help every child recover and thrive! a message from the american federation of teachers. >>> back in january, right before he left office, o

i've got a senate judiciary committee meeting i'm chairing this morning. >> i'll get to senate judiciary in a moment. what's in this deal, you'll learn it before us, but not yet. listen, there is a question about whether or not all democrats are on board. you have ten republicans, which if you had 50 democrats means they could withstand any filibuster. but do you have 50 democrats that support it at this point? >> that's certainly the key question because i want to support the bipartisan plan. i hope we can reach that point. certainly if the president feels good about it, that helps. but we also want to make sure that democrats are on board for reconciliation. the next step in the process, it will complete the infrastructure request of the white house. and if we have all democrats on board, i think it gives the green light for this bipartisan bill to move as well. >> do you need a commitment from the so-called moderate democratic senators, from the manchins and sinemas? there may be others. does there need to be a commitment from more progressive members that the moderates would vote for

the senate judiciary committee takes up a reform bill.two :00 p.m., the oversight committee continues into the january sixth attack on the capital. >> washington journal continues. host: matt lewis joins us. you can find him at matt lewis.org or on twitter. we are talking about party politics. you wrote in a recent piece that the honeymoon is over for the administration. reality has set in. why? guest: joe biden wins the presidency. that gives everyone a big boost. whoever wins the presidency thinks that they have a mandate but usually they do not. his mandate was do not be donald trump, but people who run for president have all sorts of ideas and plans, but his agenda was going to be fairly modest until he won those senate seats in georgia. all of a sudden, he has democrats controlling both houses of congress. there was a sense of, we could be lbj. we can pass a lot of progressive legislation. it was not a good thing for joe biden. the expectations were raised. it just steamrolled republicans. it set the expectation that this would be ea

what is different today is that chairman durbin is chairman of the judiciary committee, and if senatorbin wanted to put a bill -- wanted to markup a bill in this committee he could do it and wouldn't have to ask permission of anybody, and then the judiciary committee could work its will if we were able to report a bill, then senator schumer could schedule it for floor action. so i think we have been talking about this issue for as long as i have been in the senate, and trying to solve a very complex issue and an emotional issue for many, which is immigration reform. but i think for me, i think starting with the original daca recipients, that would be a good place to start. that way we would not have to stop the discussion beyond that, but senator durbin could put that bill here before the committee, and we could mark it up and senators could offer amendments and once it received a majority of support it could go to the senate floor for action. i think what we need is action, and less discussion which seems to continue without end. mr. edlow, i wanted to ask you, you made a statement th

so this feels pretty on brand for donald trump. >> your colleague on the house judiciary committee, chairmanounced a formal investigation if barr, sessions, rosenstein, are subpoenaed by the committee. is it realistic that they would testify, anytime soon? i mean, couldn't they just resist and have their lawyers try to delay things? >> of course. and that's right out of the donald trump legal terrorist playbook that we saw during his administration. and sor, i hope our congressionl subpoena style means something. we did get don mcgahn to testify just a couple weeks ago. but also, i hope the public pressure really comes down on these individuals to be held to account. because this isn't going away. and it's not because it's personal, for us. it's because, if we allow this to occur, a future-corrupt president may not be so patient to wait for a grand-jury investigation. they may just call for them to be locked up and skip any, intermediary step that would be required. >> the fact that the -- the inspector general at the department of justice is investigating. doesn't that allow the justice dep

we on the judiciary committee will have no choice but to step in and do the work ourselves. g that he's opening an investigation. the committee has a short window to make a clean break from the trump era. we expect a full accounting. we expect attorney general garland to hold the rally vote personal accountable. or else will do it for him. i don't know what the justice department under attorney general garland plans to do here. this is a very big scandal. we did get word earlier in the day today that the deputy attorney general had asked the inspector general, michael horowitz, to open an investigation. later in the day, we did get statement from the inspector general affirming that he is opening that investigation. that means some number of years down the road, will get the result of that inspector general investigation, presumably. for those of us who are sadly not shocked to learn what the previous administration was capable of. for those of us who are and you are now to the idea that justice department officials would fall in line i do unethical, potentially illegal stuff

similar legislation was introduced by my friend and former congressman and former chair the judiciary committeejohn conyers. i am honored to continue his legacy in this way. why is congressional action so important to create accountability and why is accountability so important after atrocity such as greenwood? >> thank you. as you heard from mr. miller and mr. solomon simmons, the courts have failed to deliver justice necessary and to hear the merits of these atrocities and therefore the legislative rem

on the judiciary committee. then congressman chuck schumer. i can go on and on and on. they had reasons then based on the nature of the trade of the particular violent nature of the trade around it, but if they want, if they want to eliminate the differences between sentences, i'm perfectly willing to do that. but my propose is a little different. they want to take a census for crack cocaine. i'm willing to increase census for powder cocaine. i've introduced legislation to do just that. >> i suspect you will not be a ton of support for the initiative but it may be of turn. one of the of the reforms before congress right now and you mentioned it to get into remarks is of qualified immunity. for those who don't know you are also very learned in law. i have been critical of this proposal myself and so far as it doesn't seem to account for the round of indemnification for those of you don't know can basically means most ministers will pick up tab whenever police officers are successfully sued into individual capacities. sort of both sides of this argument overstate their ca

>> we have not seen trump officials exceed to the subpoena requests by the house judiciary committeeussian investigation. i'm hard pressed to believe that you're going to see bill barr/sessions now especially if some of these orders predated when barr was there. senate minority leader mcconnell already said, look, let the inspector general do this. this is now a politically-motivated investigation. it's a valid investigation. these sorts of leak investigations are going go on. you know, by even an attorney general, a democratic administration, but when you have what appears to be a blatant abuse of power, a president using a justice department to investigate political -- perceived political enemies and the media, men you have to look at how you go about all this and the justice department has to pull way back and that's what the attorney general is doing now. lisa monaco will do now to try to figure out what are the new rules of the road here, ho are we going to deal with news media or investigating members of congress. >> the obama administration was aggressive about investigating j

and what could the senate judiciary committee do beyond subpoenas?you expect them, if, in fact, subpoenas are leveled or issued, to comply with those subpoenas? >> well, i'm always a little skeptical as to their willingness to participate, and as you've already -- we've already seen the amnesia sets in pretty quickly. but i think it is important for the senate to bring them forward and probably the house oversight or judiciary committees have them testify under oath, see if that jogs their memory. this is going to be tough, though. i mean, look at what we've already gone through. this is an assault on a separate branch of government, but a lot of my republican colleagues don't seem to have a problem with that. we had the capital taken over for the first time since 1814, and some of them are denying that it really took place. many of them, if not most of them, aren't willing to vote for a commission to investigate that or to support a defense supplemental which will protect us against future attacks. >> what would you want to hear from attorneys gener

this is president biden as a member of the judiciary committee, spending time on these issues tryingframe the debate for this administration, by the way, in ways that he feels are effective agency crime strategies as well. that includes what we'll hear the president talking about today which includes taking executive action to make sure federally licensed firearms dealers are following the letter of the law. trying to stem the flow of illegal guns in the country. this is ahead of the selection of the atf director. and using which of that relief money, the $1.9 trillion rescue plan to hire more police officers but also community violence intervention programs as well. it's been interesting that this white house and white house press secretary jen psaki got asked a few times today in her briefing was it against republican proposals to reprogram, as they put it, use some of that recovery act money for infrastructure. but in her view, this is exactly what the rescue plan was designed to do. because they are tying this rise in crime, the spike, especially in the summer months to the pande

the judiciary committee -- decided on julian neals nomination by a voice vote. they didn't even bother taking a roll call vote. they just it all in favor, i, no objections. passing through and the senate then he can become a federal judge. that was in november 2015. zero controversy about him. he passes the committee without any objections which sets up what it is expected to be under normal circumstances a non controversial vote to confirm him into the court. but that never happens. the committee has this hearing in passes him through on a voice vote with no objections, november 2015 but there is no floor vote. and then december 2015 comes around, nothing happens. no floor vote. we roll into january 2016? nothing happening. no floor vote. president obama, of course was at the white house but in the senate that was controlled by mitch mcconnell and the republicans. and what mitch mcconnell and the republicans did when they control the senate is just they refused to consider president obama's nominees to be judges. they just refused to allow votes on obama nomine

the house judiciary committee launched an investigation into the trump administration's secret court orders, the digital records of journalists and democratic lawmakers. p >> reporter: according to the "new york times," they also targeted the electronic devices of former white house council and lawmakers in washington are now demanding answers. >> the notion that any president or political appointees could manipulate our democratic system to tap in to personal data has the fingerprints of a dictatorship all over it. >> reporter: lawmakers clashed over investigations of the trump administrations secret subpoenas. >> no need for a partisan circus. >> reporter: in a statement monday the chairman alleged that the department of justice used criminal investigations as a pretext to spy on president trump's perceived political enemies, secretly subpoenaing phone information dating back to 2017 and 2018 from apple for staffers, family members, including a minor. reporters records were conion leak investigations. >> this is about the flow of information to the public. >> reporter: media execut