the courts are not going to tolerate the kind of game playing that we saw from donald trump. >> norm eisens, appreciate it. thank you. >>> just ahead, that never-ending so-called audit in arizona. it was finally supposed to end today. instead, the preventible happened. details when we continue. woman: 5, 6, 7, 8. [band playing] a new school year begins. in the classrooms we've prepared... with the students we are devoted to. in concert with the parents and families we partner with every day. we can't do it without you. we're ready to teach. our number one priority is student safety. we're determined to keep everyone safe. and excited to help all students succeed. woman: because we know quality public schools make a better california... be handed over to the state senate today after a long drawn-out process that even a local republican called incompetent and conspiracy theory driven. joining us to explain the delay is cnn's kyung lah. so this group, the cyber ninjas, were supposed to share their findings with the arizona senate today. what happened? >> reporter: well, covid happened. increa

want to get perspective now from norm eisen, former counsel to house democrats during the first impeachmento'brien, author of "trump nation, the art of being the donald." so, norm, you raised a red flag, early on, about the emoluments clause and the former president. you heard what the judge wrote. the -- what do you make of where this has landed? of what the judge has, so far, decided? >> anderson, thanks for having me back. i think it's an important milestone on holding trump accountable. when you and i, first, started talking about emoluments, uh, in 20 -- early 2017 -- we didn't imagine it would take this long. but the rule of law, as slow as it is, is working. and there's no question that the constitution forbids a president from taking money from foreign governments, anderson. and now, finally, congress is gonna get ahold of his tax returns. that's an issue for when he's president. and we're going to see what the full extent of it was. i think we're going to have some pretty shocking, further revelations about just how much he was getting from foreign governments. >> tim, i mean, how

and cnn legal analyst, norm eisen, who also served as former counsel to house democrats during the formerexcuse me, ryan, the house select committee investigating the insurrection. they are planning to seek phone records, including that -- those of some members of congress. do we know which members' phone records they are planning on going after? >> we don't yet, anderson. committee wasn't specific about that but the chairman of the committee, bennie thompson, telling us today that they are going to seek the records of some hundreds of people as a result of this investigation. and another member of the committee, jamie raskin, told me today that obviously they want to find information about people that were involved in the planning, the execution. both, inside and outside on that day. and when it comes to members of congress who we know will be a part of this tranche of information that they are looking for. there is a certain number of republican members of congress who are on the phone that day with the white house. specifically, the house minority leader kevin mccarthy and -- and jim j

norm eisen and jeffrey toobin. >> see you, brianna. >> it's my turn to take? up into one moment right there. >> that was something. >>> all right. so, as everyone knows, in texas the governor there greg abbott who just tested positive with covid, he has made it impossible or tried to make it next to impossible for local school boards and towns to make their own decisions on masking in schools. so, one teacher went on social media to express her concern. listen. >> if i die, who is going to take care of my children? and if i end up in the hospital, how am i going to pay those bills? and if i give covid to my students or my own children and they die, how am i going to live with that? and i want you to ask any teacher how they feel this year, and i'm sure that they will tell you that they have never experienced anxiety like this because it is like we are trying to protect our students from a mass shooting that we know is coming, but cannot do anything about, except we can do something about it. it's just that not everyone agrees that wearing a mask will stop the