tonight of just how far donald trump's allies are willing to go to try to ensure that he would not have to turn the presidency over to joe biden. the latest reporting lead again, pointing to an effort for more involved in the violence that took place at the capitol. the washington post reports on one scheme wrote involving a memo dated december 18th, 2020, that suggest trump use the intel community to dug up information to help overturn the election. the memo proposes, quote, trump should invoke the extraordinary powers of the national security agency and defense department to sift through law electronic communications. in an attempt to show that foreign powers had intervened in the 2020 election to help joe biden win. and according to the hill, this week's reports about plans to invalidate the election by seizing voting machines is now ratcheting up the pressure on bill barr. democrats on the january 6th committee and across the house want the former trump attorney general to testify under oath, after a

new york times reports that trump floated the idea of having the justice department confiscate voting machines. the time says barr rejected that idea. he has been in informal talks with the committee, but apparently no agreement to sit down in a formal setting. the select committee has also targeted trump's eldest daughter, ivanka. asking her to appear for an interview this week, or next. tonight, the chairman was asked about that. >> i can assure you it won't be this week or next week. >> what can you tell us about the engagement with ivanka trump? has she responded to your committees initial letter? >> at this point, i'm not aware of any engagement. >> benny thompson also said the committee held a, quote, significant discussion on whether to subpoena the republican house leader kevin mccarthy, and members jim jordan, and scott perry. all of whom were invited to give depositions. >> you know, you have to

respect this institution. you know, we have to see whether or not it's never been done before. if it had with authorities? so we just want to be right. >> earlier today, another committee member indicated the investigators are pushing ahead despite those witnesses who refused to show up. >> what we will continue to gather is additional information. we will work on the timeline, we will work on the players, we will work on the levels to which the white house was actively involved. we clearly know the top lines here, and that is that the president sought to overturn an election whether it was by fraudulent electors, or other harebrained conspiracy theories. the former president actively stoked at that. every interview that we have had, even those of the past few days, and a few weeks, have led to more information that we wanted to know. so all of these are hopeful.

>> meanwhile, da phony willis will have a special investigation january 2nd. that panel will have -- the constitution reports, willis said she expects the special grand jury will see a lot of activity in june and july. of course trump is also the target of inquiries in europe. and business insiders reports that court houses in -- and atlanta are for possible arrest while he is under investigation. also the white house says that a strike is for all terrorist groups that threatening the u.s.. the u.s. carried out a mission in syria, that ousted the leader of the taliban.

he took his own life, detonating explosives that are slow killed his children. -- >> i am determined to protect the american people from terrorist threats, and decisive action to protect this country. last nights operation took a major terror leader off the battlefield. and -- around the world. we will come after you and find you. >> today the white house also confirmed this stunning allegation. that the u.s. has intel about a russian plan to fabricate a pretext about you played -- in a false flag operation. we will have more on that just ahead. the president also spent a good portion of this day focus on his administration efforts to deal with violent crime. biden was here, in new york city today, to meet with law enforcement.

and lay out his plan to deal with -- . the plan is not to abandon our streets. >> the plan is to come together in places, communities where we can trust -- the plan is not to define the police. >> we need a nine, 11 type response to address the directs terror that is pervasive in the city. the nationwide response this public health crisis that is gun violence. >> the president also made time to meet with the families of the two police officers killed in the line of duty two weeks ago. now let's bring in our guests, philip rucker who is a washington correspondent for the washington post, karen, who is a washington post investigative reporter, together they wrote the bestseller i alone can fix it. and --

who spent 21 years as a federal prosecutor sir. good to see all of you. >> carol we're gonna have both for you and fill with us to break down what trump has going on. tell us what about this memo expanding the use of this -- to overturn the election. and the efforts to get the trump. >> will cool owes to my colleagues at the washington post for digging into this. a group of conspiracy theorists, and a group of what i call another member of source the colleagues heads as well. the amateur hour was trying and succeeding in getting inside trump's white house to try to use the amazing, powerful tools that he had in the oval office, to block biden from becoming president. in this case it was drafting this idea in which three men, all who had questionable backgrounds to execute anything,

to have them be the leaders of the effort to get the s nsa, collecting signals intelligence, checks, memos and other things are not supposed to get unless there is a national security crisis, and with the president to the suspend the constitution and make sure he was getting critical -- on whether or not he should re-run the election. something to emphasize here, this plan was a redo in a sense, of something that michael flynn, the presidents humiliated, and forced out of office in disgrace national security officer, part of his plan in early december to ask the president to seize voting machines so he could re-run the election. this is something that happens in banana republics, but it was frightening to hear that it

happened here in early december. and the idea that it continued to live, and give birth to other conspiracy theories and plans to how that could be effectuated. >> that is not all, your colleagues also reported on a meeting in the basement of the trump national hotel, two days before the riot that was organized by the ceo of -- . here's the quote, senator kramer and senator cynthia lieu must join some two dozen others crowned into a ground floor hotel -- according to kramer and an aide to laments. participants recall that senator johnson also attended via video conference. it sounds like three senators were where to try to decentralize the federal election. do we know if they were aware of the level of planning that is being reported? and what we will say, is between november 3rd and

january six in the white house, what was it like? was everyone scrambling for scream to keep the boss in power? >> fell? >> yes chris that is exactly why. those were the -- days. they were scrambling for a scheme to keep trump in power despite losing the election. and with regards to the election results taped by, they became more and more desperate. and you saw in that meeting before january 6th, that our colleagues at the washington post reported about, was a willingness by senators to hear out these conspiracy theories and these plots as carroll put it. the amateur hour crowd around president trump. i can tell, mike pillow, who is a fixture on fox news channel, was able to command the attention of these senators.

to float ideas for how did center the election results, and how to -- the will of the people in this democracy and how to keep trump in power despite losing the election. >> so today, another head of the cobra take shape. trump conspired to overturn the election, and as one narrative, dems stole the election failed, they turn to another foreign -- trump turned to increasingly desperate methods and in the end, january six. this latest report is just the latest concerning memos, efforts to try to keep trump in the white house. but let's tell you about what's the most alarming of using this with the nsa. >> well the proposal to use the intelligence community is something that is extremely out of bounds. the committee does not -- against u.s. persons in start of the united states.

and this comes on the heels of what we heard about in the defense department. this effort in the defense department which does not interfere in elections. interfered in the election by seasoning voting machines. and calling on the justice department to interfere. and calling on bill barr to seize voting machines. and he must have looked at him and said mister president, we do not have an army, we can go to court if we have probable cause. and there is no probable cause to believe there is a crime here. what we see is layer upon layer of efforts of -- illegal conduct. what emerges is an illegal conspiracy to interfere with the transfer of power. nfl sense, a conspiracy charge is in that agreement. you don't have to accomplish the goal of a conspiracy, as long as you agree to do it and take one step in fragrance of that conspiracy, the crime has

been committed. so to carole's point, it doesn't have to be a manage conspiracy, what we have here is a -- conspiracy. that does not make it any douglas dangerous to the health of the republic. >> when you talk about layer upon layer, the committee said they are pushing forward with little or no cooperation from some key fingers, like i ivanka trunk. lawmakers say they are waiting to call mike pence, they may or may not get cooperation from giuliani or the lawyers, so at this point should they forces of points to appear? or are you getting the information from other sources? >> my information from sources close to the committee is that they are gonna punch from critical information from the people who don't have a defense not to show up. but there is a clock ticking. and i know we have spoken about this before. this committee clearly, per the

letter that benny thompson put out two weeks ago, has a very good description of what happened between, as you correctly pointed out, chat november 3rd to january 6th. there is a very -- of people like pat cipollone, white house counsel, mark meadows, chief of staff, billboard the attorney general. they have tax. they will push to fill in all of the mortar between the bricks. they will push to fill out that narrative. at some point, they are going to give up the coast and -- because they have enough to write it today. they just would like to have more of the conversation, or the tenor of what happened. and also, they want more of the reporters that are seeking information. like one of my wonderful colleagues who wrote the story about the nsa intelligence and the memo.

we want to know how closely donald trump was entwined in this. we now know, and we reported in our book, how hard he was pushing every level that he could to try to block this. now we learned through additional reporting, that he was directly involved in -- the department of insecurities -- and also the d.o.d. to get him -- for seizing, and raising questions about swing state elections. but ultimately that is where the committee is headed. how hard was donald trump pushing, for example, this scheme? or encouraging? it or relaying some tender for it? how much was he advising it? how much did he know what they were doing in that conference room at the trump international hotel senators? >> those questions, obviously, that we want answers to, for

all we know the committee has some answers. there is a lot, clearly, that they know. information they have gotten from talking to hundreds of witnesses. but from what we do now, how close to e think we are in being able to say this was an all out conspiracy? to having evidence that directly points to donald? trump >> well, of course, the committee's purpose is different from what the doj would do if they were seeing a criminal conspiracy. the committee is on a fact finding mission. i think carole makes a really interesting point here, when you're trying to assess the existence of a conspiracy and what is involved. she said -- they've got testimony, you have people who are standing at this -- now you want to talk about the principles conversation. now you want to deny that --

stopped short about testifying to calm rotations with the president because the legal team had cited executive privilege. that seems like an easy fight for the committee. joe biden gets final say on what's covered by executive privilege. he said january 6th is incredibly important to the national security and he won't exert his privilege over those matters, at least written communications, and they have authorized the release. so it seems that are taking this one step further, trying to get access to the actual conversations with the former president. because that is the linchpin. getting his actual words. but the evidence continues to mount here. the fact that it was trump who was going to bill barr, going to d.o.d., going to dhs, and asking them to -- the voting machines, clearly in

-- . that gets more and more compelling by the day. >> i think we will want to get to that one more big event today with biden in new york talking about crime. they're fighting for a lot of folks. are we expecting press from the white house to reframe the democrats message on crime? how complicated is this message for us? >> it's incredibly complicated politically for the white house. because of the converging pressures from president biden and his team and what they feel. the movement, and the left in his party, and the defund police efforts that we've seen over the last several years. to what's happening now in cities like new york, and major cities like our democratic mayors that say hold it, we need the police. we need to be tough on crime. there is a real contrast there,

a real divide among democrats and with biden's political constituency of how we approach crime. especially in an air of the pandemic. where you're seeing in the numbers cities around the country, cried on the uptick. so biden was grappling with one of these realities as he spoke in new york at the nypd headquarters today with the new mayor, eric adams. you should see him trying to carve more middle of the road approach to this than the far left in his committee might like. but he's thinking about the midterm elections, and how to win over those voters who are going to be essential to make sure that democrats can hold on to their slim majorities in the house in the senate. >> thanks to all of you forgetting a starting tonight. and coming up, an isis leader dies and the plot is uncovered. we've got a former leader of

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would produce some very graphic propaganda video which would include corpses and actors that would be depicting mourners and images of destroyed locations as well as military equipment. at the hands of ukraine >> that indication that there's a

relations problem. this is what the former ambassador to ukraine said. >> i think that's an indication that the kremlin is of little worried that the russian people will not support an invasion, false flags, and these other tactics that they hope will generate this enthusiasm for an invasion. it's just not there. >> here with us tonight, former deputy national security adviser for president obama. his latest book, after the fall, being american in the world we have made. great to have you here tonight, ben. look, at the white house is no longer calling war between russia and ukraine imminent, but when you look at things like, oh let's just make up a story and then maybe we will have it justification for what i want to do here, is it your sense that putin recognizes he may have a weaker hand then he would like?

>> well, i think chris, the certainty is if there is a military operation by russian they will use all false pretext. we have seen this pattern before when you are covering the white house back in 2014, you will recall a civilian airliner was shot down over ukraine in the area controlled by russian separatists. all we heard about it is how ukraine shut down the plane, the united states shut down the plane, time and again they used false stories to justify their own actions, and i think with the biden administration is doing here, is trying to get ahead of that, and point the finger at russia, and spotlight the fact that if you start to see wild claims about ukrainian attacks on russia, as a justification for anything russia does, you should know that that is what it is, disinformation. if you look at russian television, there has been a lot of hyperbolic threat about how ukraine is actually preparing to invade russia, and the united states is preparing to attack russia through ukraine, or even a chemical weapons attack. those are things that are on russian television. so i think that the administration is just trying to do a spotlight on it. it does show,

i think that vladimir putin is not seeing the groundswell of public support for a roll war, but he might have been counting upon. i think he is in a bit of a box of his own making. the question is, what does he do about that? does he save face in some fashion through diplomacy? and walk back his threats? does he feel like he has gone so far in surrounding ukraine with these troops that he has to do something? >> let me read you this from the new york times, been. the administration has revealed information that could only have been obtained by penetrating, at least to some degree, russia's military and intelligence systems. the disclosures also raise the issue of whether, in trying to disrupt moscow's actions by revealing them in advance, the administration is deterring russian action or spring it on. so, what does biden need to weigh when the administration makes things like this public, or is it not a tough call to call out disinformation? >> i don't think it is a tough

call, you know, back in 2014, 15, 16, when we were dealing with russian intervention in ukraine, it was a bit more subterranean than having 120,000 troops there doing special forces. i thought we should have revealed more about what we knew about what russia was up to. both in the disinformation space, and in terms of what they were providing to separatists and ukraine. the question was around sources, methods, and whether or not if you declassify information, the russians will know that you are watching them. the reality, chris, is that they know that. the united states and russia spy on each other. they try to collect information on one another. it is not a surprise to russia that we are monitoring whether disinformation campaigns may be. we might as well lay that out there for the public to see. put it out in the open. i think that that is the right thing to do. on this question of whether it could provoke putin, look. this is a choice you have to make about whether to launch an invasion that could bring serious consequences to him, both in terms of loss of life from a russian military operation, and economic damage. he is going to

make that decision not based on what the press briefing at the state department and the pentagon does. he's going to make that decision based on his cost-benefit analysis of whether you have something to gain, or whether he has more to lose. that is where the administration has to affect this. >> let me ask you as well about the successful mission to take out the isis leader. and vice president joe biden was opposed to the raid that killed osama bin laden, but he made this call to decide on a special forces raided, not an airstrike, to minimize civilian casualties. you have watched these life and death decisions being made up close. what goes into them? do you think that as leon panetta told the washington post, biden knows this kind of judgment affects how he is viewed by history. >> look, first of all what goes into that is months. what people do not see, they just see the operation at the end, you find a compound that you associate with an isis leader like this, you watch it, you gather as much intelligence, you get a degree of certainty

that the target is there, then you have to design an operation, then you have to literally practice the operation, then there is the kind of decision point brought up to the white house about whether to do it, and this involves sending u. s. special forces into a party where the do not usually operate, where they will be engaged, it is a risk. is it worth the risk of getting this leader? and by the way, all the intelligence that could be exploited from this compound, whatever phones and hard drives they could get, and teach us more about what isis is up to. i think joe biden made the determination, it was the right determination, that if you are going to go after the leader of isis, you want to do that with a certainty that not only are minimizing to the best of your abilities civilian casualties, and frankly we learned today that you cannot minimize that if a terrorist is going to pull himself up, but also you have an intelligence mission of gathering what is in the compound, and he thought that that was worth the risk. the united states has been operating in syria for sometime now, so we have gotten more accustomed to these types of raids, that does not diminish

them, things can go wrong. in this case, they didn't for the u. s. forces. we should all be thankful for that. but we should not think that this is somehow routine. this is a fairly extraordinary operation, and part of the world, where u. s. does not usually function -- >> it is good to talk to, you thank you. >> thank you, chris. >> coming up, joe biden hits the road to take on some of the challenges he is facing here at home. we will ask when you to tell, ever and matthew doubt about it when the 11th hour continues. thew doubt about it when the 11th hou continues.

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reputation but, we really are friends. and that's not an epiphany we're having here at the moment. you've always done exactly what you said, you are a man of your word, your man of honor. thank you for being my friend. >> president biden may consider mitch mcconnell a friend, but that has never stopped the minority leader from blocking the democrat at every turn. and with the possibility of a democrat shutdown just days away, budget negotiations are no different. mcconnell already signaling his willingness to hold up the process. >> look, mister president, two years in, if democrats call for more emergency spending, the burden of proof lies with them. >> remember, mitch mcconnell

killed the filibuster for the supreme court nominations, or he will be getting ready to block the nominee for -- progressive candidates and causes and msnbc was contributor matthew dowd. matthew, maybe president biden's optimistic side of him was hoping for a reset with nominating justice to the supreme court. what are the chances of that? it's been slim and none or are you an optimist? >> somewhere between none and none. i think the presidents optimist, but i think that he's realistic about things. at this point he is, i think it's a come a little while to realize that washington would go back to some bygone era in which he was a senator in. i take joe biden today to be, the guy has a great sense of decency, a great sense of kindness. a great sense of positive

outlook, just relate to people. in an open way. but i also think it's a little foolhardy to describe mitch mcconnell as a man of his word. it's like saying jeffrey downer was a man of his word. he said what he was going to do, but he didn't do a lot of things that were very good. i think it's a sense of decency, it's not very helpful at this moment because i don't think it conveys a sense of -- mitch mcconnell really wants to do and what the republican party really is. i think that's my only criticism of it. i think that he's trying to be decent but it's not clear but the republican party is today. >> when he, thought when the president was in town today to fund the programs. take a listen. >> congress needs to do his job to pass the president, all

these folks from congress, are all supportive. but it's time to fund communities. community police and the people who are going to protect them. >> what do you make of that? are americans keeping track of who funds wet programs, on the perception of rising crime in their communities? what are you reading into what you saw on her today? >> i think the president has been consistent on his stance on police budgets, and let's be real, the budgets have been increasing. the budget increased to half a billion dollars in the last fiscal year. i don't think that there's a questionnaire issue of funding the police. i think if anything he should be focusing on the dreadful policing act and that people feel safe while being police well we know how disproportionately black and brown communities experience violence at their hands. that's something that he should put his energy and. that's where he promised he

would deliver to voters and as he goes into the midterms, he should be exclusively focused on promises. i couldn't agree with matt moore and how unnecessary that praise for mcconnell is at this point because it shows the voters that he doesn't understand his way promises that he delivered as a democratic president. so do the george floyd policing act, reintroduce some language around provisions for voting rights, make sure we're doing everything we can to get provisions for the build back better act. that should be biden's focus at this point. >> matthew, congressman eric swalwell is challenging critics who are saying that democrats are anti-police. this is what he said, quote, where mccarthy's and gop voted against new police funding, refused to meet with january six areas, and support trump who pledges to pardon popular. when you think of this messaging and what's your sense

of how hall all of this might play into the midterms? >> i'll take your last part first and connected back. i think what's going on around security is going to be a major issue. i'm here in texas. it's an issue in places like houston and dallas. it's a big issue for people. and you could argue over whether it's over more perception or it's a reality. it doesn't matter because people, most people, think it's a reality. in this moment. i think eric swalwell is exactly right. he's pointing out facts, but i also think he's also demonstrating that the democrats know it's an issue, they have to get on top of it. this was never a issue that democrats win on. they just can't get beaten badly on it. i agree with when eta. where we really don't need is another whole decade of war on drugs plan that never solves

the problem, it just gives people talking points. we need to fundamentally, yes, crime is an issue and there are issues of security, but we really need to get to the root causes of it. and maybe one leader will show up one day and say, yeah, we'll make sure the police you are secure, but what's fundamental and driving this is the root causes of crime, whether it's a lack of education, opportunity, all the things they are frustrated by. and until we get there, it's going to be an issue in 2022. but i hope that leaders can actually broaden their look at this and look at all parts of it. especially the root causes of crime. >> juanita and matthew are staying with us a bit longer. so coming, up we could preview what's a significant day for mike pence in florida when the 11th hour continues.

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is speaking at a federalists society in florida and will likely draw the ire of his former boss, again. the washington post reports the former vice president will address and defend his decision to certify the election. at the same time, the rnc will be voting on a resolution to censure liz cheney and adam kinsinger. congresswoman cheney released a statement ahead of tomorrow's votes saying, quote, i'm a constitutional conservative and i do not recognize those in my party who have abandoned the constitution to embrace donald trump. history will be their judge. i will never stop fighting for our constitutional republic. no matter what. still with us, when eta tolliver and mathew tao. when you, the nbc reports there has been this lengthy debate in the resolution against cheney and kinzinger that's going to be presented to the full rnc tomorrow. reportedly it's a watered down

version of the initial plan was to oust the two from the party. but what is censure lawmakers. they're outcasts. consider is retiring. either, way is this really what voters and potential republican voters care -- donors, care about? >> i promise you it's not, chris. and that's why i was roger down so far. from removing them from the house conference to censure which essentially means we won't support you, we won't give you money. and based on the waitlist, cheney is completely unbothered by that. i do think that it does signal the republican national committee is not on the same page here. they recognize it's not worth the ire of trying to remove them from the committee and convince voters when they're not republicans when they vote for republicans 90 plus percent of the time. i think this is yet another move to play fake trump and for the rnc to stay in his good

graces. but the reality is, they want the focus on other issues. they want to call out inflation, they want to call out gas prices and grocery prices and hit democrats. but with that me -- if they actually had a platform. which we know mcconnell said they're not gonna release. they're still trying to fall along behind trump's lies to certain degree. but it just shows the chaos within the republican party that is going to continue through the midterms. and it could come back to haunt them. >> let me ask you something about the washington post michael garrison warned about the trump's influence on the gop, he said will be long-lasting. this is what he writes, quote, a man who reintroduced raw racism and white grievance into our politics is approved of by more than 80% of republicans. a man who gathered and incited in the salt on the u.s. capitol is approved of by more than 80% of republicans. a man who contemplated a military coup against the constitution is approved of by more than 80% of republicans. in so many ways, the infection

is already deep in the bone. his approval ratings, you could argue, are down from what pretty consistently in the 90s. but is there any hope that at some point, trump's luster to republican voters will fade from a strong majority? >> i don't think it matters anymore. i think -- what cost the republican party to be what it is today, he is a rare election of what the republican party had become over the last ten years. which is why he won the nomination in 2016. he did win the nomination because he convinced republicans that he was a man of stellar integrity and virtue. he basically reflected a majority about the republicans wanted. so to me, the sooner we all get past the idea that trump is driving the republican party, and it's the republican voters, is the republican base that is driving the party, the reason why the rnc is even contemplating what they are doing, with adam kinzinger and the spiny, is because that's where the republican bases in

this. the root causes not excise donald trump. which is what happened. he lost in 2020. it's gotten worse since 2020 with the republican party is willing to do. so fundamentally, all of us have to understand, this is not a donald trump problem. this is a republican base problem. and the longer that goes on and the misinformation and everything that is consumed by that, the more danger it is, in my view, to our democracy. >> we've only got a couple of seconds left, juanita, but do you make anything of the fact that while donald trump continues to raise huge amounts of money, the people who voted for impeachment are raising more money than there trump backed other challengers. >> that shows there is more support for getting to the truth and accountability than he anticipated. and i do think that it shows it's an early mark that his lies and his brand only work for him. they don't translate into fund raising success. yet, i say yet because we still

have a long way to go on this midterm. but just as we've seen so far, it's not translating into success for his handpicked candidates to challenge these republicans. >> when eta tolliver, mathew tao, thank you very much. and coming, up an update on that enormous storm system that is bringing snow, ice, and power outages from texas to maine. when the 11th hour continues.

>> that huge storm system that is hitting a large portion of the country, hundreds of thousands in the states of texas and ohio are without power right now. the same system is spinning off rare and deadly winter tornadoes and alabama. millions more will be feeling the impact tomorrow as the nasty winter weather hits into the northeast. nbc news correspondent morgan chesky has the report. >> tonight, a frigid blast plunging nearly 100 million americans into a deep freeze. and even spawning rare winter tornadoes. new images from sawyer ville,

alabama, capturing home shredded from an afternoon twister. >> very scary. >> the tornado part of the system stretching from texas to new england, bringing snow and freezing rain. >> where in 35 and sliding, gets a call. it >> i see conditions behind this illinois pileup with jackknifed semis blocking traffic for hours. nationwide, 5000 flights canceled today. in texas, this -- dishing out a major test for the states power grid. cripple during last year's storm, they'll have more than 200 people dead. >> we are dealing with one of the most significant icing events that we've had in the state of texas then at least several decades. the texas electric grid is the most reliable and resilient it's ever been. >> officials say winterize plants and extra reserves are keeping the grid intact. but i see buildup on trees and power lines is causing local outages for thousands. >> oh no, not again.

that was my first thought. >> he still has power for now, but last year spent four days huddled in a sleeping bag with little food or water. >> where did last year storm leave you? >> with a new mind said to be prepared the next time. >> the real test will come friday, when demand for electricity is expected to peak. nbc meteorologist explains what's still to come. >> the highest energy demand will be tomorrow morning with temperatures in the teens. watch out overnight icing kentucky and tomorrow morning in central new england, as far as the snow, new england could get up to a foot overnight. >> even in winter hardy massachusetts, multiple cities are already shutting down schools on friday as the storm now powers its way north. >> right, now the main concern is the texas state power grid which has held up to this point, but officials say the peak demand won't come until some point on friday morning. they say extra reserves are on standby if they need it, and that 10,000 alignment are stationed across the state to respond to local outages as they come. we'll send it back to you. >> morgan chesky, thank you.

coming up, let the games begin, when the 11th hour continues.

last thing before we go tonight, competition in the 2022 winter olympics is underway right now in beijing. the games are officially open tomorrow, but the athletes began competing yesterday with curling and luge. today saw skiing, ice hockey, and figure skating. in fact, the u.s. women's

hockey team recorded a win over finland, but lost his star forward to an injury during the game. she will have to sit out the remainder of this olympics. beijing is 13 hours ahead of us here in the eastern time zone, so events on live tonight or actually taking place tomorrow morning in china. and one gold medal favorite worth watching his team usa's 22-year-old figure skater nathan chan, he's retiring to the ice after disappointing appearance in the 2018 winter games. since then, he's been preparing for a comeback, winning every national championship since then, while taking a full course load at yale university. he is off to a great start tonight, achieving his best ever score in the men's short program. nathan explain to lester holt when he's hoping to get out of this year's competition. >> well it's really i want to go to beijing and as cliché as it sounds is, enjoy that experience as much as i can. >> it's not cliché, a lot of

athletes talk about the one of the olympics have fun. >> i think about five and ten years down the line, and look back my career and say i love that, i enjoyed every moment. >> yeah, personal best is probably fine, right? we do enjoy it will enjoy every moment so the game, just six and a half hours from now you can casual opening's ceremony live on nbc and peacock. that is our broadcast for this thursday night, with our thanks for being with us. on behalf of all of our colleagues at the at networks of nbc news, goodnight. >>lleagues at the at network of nbc >> tonight on all in. >> he's a nice guy. >> a new republican witness test in the age of trump and why they're all the lies of the rigged election could come back to haunt them. >> it's not decided, this is the key. it's not decided. >> then a brand-new avenue for a coup is uncovered, new reporting a proposed plan to use national intelligence data to steal the election, as the president decides the supreme

court nominee, a crucial history for history lesson. >> the irony is that the supreme court is at the center very sometime hearing cases about this sort of formative racial discrimination. >> all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes, rebecca country here in america and we are essentially split between two large factions. you have a two party system. and so, naturally, there was going to be internal dissent. each political party is made up of millions of different people with lots of different views inside it. it's the nation of coalition politics. but ultimately what defines a party, even with all that in turn all dissent and conflict, and disagreement, is what's lines you can across. these are often called litmus test or, in other context, the party line.