gosar as a cartoon hero attacking a giant with alexandria ocasio-cortez's face with a sword. gosar flying through the air, swinging two swords at a character with president biden's face. and tonight the wanna-be anime hero congressman says the video was not meant to depict any harm or violence against anyone portrayed in the anime. the video is truly a symbolic portrayal of a fight over immigration policy. right. imagine what would happen if you did something like that to a colleague. you'd lose your job, but not congressman gosar. what do you expect from someone who defended the bloodthirsty trump supporters at the capitol? >> outright propaganda and lies are being used against law-abiding citizens, especially trump voters. as a result, the doj is harassing, harassing peaceful patriots across the country. >> congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez tweeting, and i quote, a creepy member i work with, and i quote, a creepy cartoon of him killing me and he will face no consequences from kevin mccarthy, who no surprise hasn't returned calls from cnn. what has happened to this coun

his committee assignments for posting that anime video showing him appearing to kill congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez. and even appearing to attack the president of the united states, joe biden. and the vast majority of republicans just couldn't bring themselves to censure gosar for that. only, no surprise here, guess who. adam kinzinger and liz cheney had the courage of their convictions, voting with all of the democrats for the censure resolution. the most severe punishment short of being expelled. okay? then in a rare moment not seen in a decade, right? gosar stood in the well of the house chamber as the house speaker nancy pelosi read out the censure resolution. look at your screen. you see him right there. he's on the right side of your screen getting handshakes and pats on the back. republicans giving him an atta boy. this is where we are. but get this. only took them about an hour. just about an hour later he was at it again. seriously. paul gosar retweeting a supporter praising him, a tweet that included, by the way, the same violent video, the one that appeared to show him atta

i don't know how that makes sense, but alexandria ocasio-cortez calling out kevin mccarthy for letting it slide. a quote here again. it's become very clear that the republican leader kevin mccarthy intends on doing nothing about it. crickets from most republicans tonight. but there are a few standing up for what is right. of course adam kinzinger tweeting today that they have to hold members accountable who incite or glorify violence and saying he'll vote yes on the gosar censure resolution. liz cheney who just this week was ousted by the wyoming gop for having the courage of her convictions blasting mccarthy for not having the courage of his. another quote. the notion that leader mccarthy won't full-on condemn what gosar did on multiple occasions but seems to be entertaining this move to push the 13 off of their committees, i mean, it's indefensible. morally and ethically, and it's crazy politically. and that is quite honestly the gop leadership today. still in the death grip of a disgraced twice impeached one-term former president who wants to push 13 republicans who voted for the in

paul gosar retweeting a supporter, the one that appeared to show him attacking alexandria ocasio-cortez. watch. >> it's sad. it is a sad day in which a member who leads a political party in the united states of america cannot bring themselves to say that issuing a depiction of murdering a member of congress is wrong. what is so hard -- hwhat is so hard about saying that this is wrong? this is not about me. this is not about representative gosar. but this is about what we are willing to accept. >> posting that svideo was wron, period. full stop. any responsible adult would realize that, and they would apologize. but, you know, i guess i shouldn't be surprised and i'm not. not really. after all, this is a man who just this afternoon as the house was debating censure, didn't apologize -- and wait for it -- compared himself to alexander hamilton. >> to address and reject the mischaracterization, accusations from many in this body that the cartoon from my office is dangerous or threatening. it was not. and i reject the false narrative categorically. i do not espouse violence towards anyone.

congressman paul gosar about to be punished for his graphic video depicting violence against congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez and president joe biden. the house will vote tomorrow to censure him and remove him from two committees. >>> plus the state resting their case in the trial of the three men accused of murdering ahmaud arbery, but the defense seems more focused on black pastors in the courtroom than their own case. >>> and 1,500 pieces of satellite debris hurtling through space and coming dangerously close to the international space station. we're going to have the very latest on why nasa officials say russia is to blame for this. >>> let's get right to washington now and the breaking news there. our congressional correspondent, cnn's jessica dean. thanks for joining us this evening. walk us through this resolution and what it means for paul gosar, please. >> reporter: right. so let's just lay it out for everybody. first and foremost, this is the most serious form of punishment that can be bestowed on a member of the house of representatives. now, it is symbolic, but it hasn't been done s

alexandria ocasio-cortez, ilhan omar, corey bush, jamaal bowman, and others, they were clearly not happy with the direction it was going. but they had enough republicans who offset the losses including john, a moderate new york republican. congressman don bacon in nebraska. and fred upton of michigan, and don young of alaska. adam kinzinger, as well. they had enough republicans who voted ultimately to save off the democratic defections. but it was clearly not easy. they finally got this to the president's desk, after a bill that was approved in august. and we'll see what happens with the larger bill. when it comes up in m mid-november, they can only afford to lose three votes. will the moderates vote yes? things have been changing minute by minute. if they get it out of the house, the senate has a whole different complication, with manchin and others vowing to change the bill. at the moment, the white house is celebrating getting the infrastructure bill to the president's desk. >> i started chuckling. this has been a roller coaster of the day, but also recognizing how many steps to still

after all republicans refused to vote to hold paul gosar accountable for the anime video for killing alexandria ocasio-cortez and while the gop circus continues, the investigation of one of the darkest days in the history is moving forward in a matter of hours, a federal appeals court will hear the former president's latest effort to stop the national archives from turning over documents from around january 6th to the house. now, he is claiming executive privilege but the current white house is saying that's not his call anymore since he is no longer the president of the united states. that as the january 6th committee is about to vote on a criminal contempt of congress referral for former doj official jeffrey clark. jeffrey clark stone walled the committee showing up for an interview but refusing to answer questions. clark would be the second person to face contempt charges for defying the committee after steve bannon was indicted. bannon himself hoping to be the ring master of his own media circus trying to convince a judge in the to bar him from publicly sharing documents he vo receives from

two committees after he posted an anime video showing him appearing to kill congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez and attacking the president of the united states, joe biden. it is the first time the house voted to censure a sitting member in more than ten years. plus the so-called qanon shaman sentenced to almost 3 1/2 years behind bars for his role in the january 6th insurrection. and verdict watch continues in the kyle rittenhouse homicide trial. jurors set to resume deliberations at 10:00 a.m. i want to get right now to the censure of republican congressman paul gosar and the gop's refusal to condemn a growing culture of violence. so joining me now, cnn political commentator charlie dent and cnn senior political analyst kirsten power. she is also the author of the new book "saving grace." we're so happy to have both of you. good evening. charlie, i'm going to start with you. but before you're going to speak on this i want you to hear what the gop said today ahead of today's censure vote. >> the video was deleted. but democrats won't listen because they will do anything to distra