Today on Velshi, brand new developments on who's talking to the January 6th committee and where Stephen Bannon's criminal contempt referral is headed.

This, while Democrats are hinting that they might be ready to vote by next week on the two big spending bills that are at the center of Joe Biden's agenda.

And the way history is taught in American schools isn't just about right and wrong,

truth and lies. It's about ongoing harm to our fellow citizens. A sneak peek at a new documentary

that you won't want to miss. Then, new documents on the role that Facebook played in the

January 6th insurrection. Velshi starts now.

Good morning to you.

Today is Saturday, October the 23rd.

I'm Ali Velshi.

We begin with new developments in the ongoing investigation into the deadly January 6th attack on the nation's capital.

The select committee investigating that attack may soon gain critical insight from one of the main

former administration officials who tried to help the ex-president overturned the 2020

election.

CNN was the first to report last night that former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark may be one of the first

people to actually comply with the committee's subpoenas and testify in front of the panel

next week. You'll remember Clark, who nobody really knew about before this whole thing happened,

emerged as a key figure who helped craft a plan to get the Justice Department to validate the ex-president's

lies about the election results. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice, the current one, is now

weighing potential criminal charges against the ex-presidential aide turned right-wing podcaster

Steve Bannon over his refusal to cooperate with the House

Select Committee's January 6th investigation. Now, that comes after the House voted to hold

Bannon in criminal contempt for defying the committee's subpoena. Every Democrat in the House

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