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for that. insurrection, conspiracy, obstruction. the three charges the january six committee is considering as criminal referrals involving the former president of the united states, donald trump, for his role in the january 6th attack on the capitol in the his efforts to overturn the election. >> fortunately, we now live in a world where lies trump truth. where democracy has been challenged by authoritarianism. if we, america's elective leaders do not search for way out, i feel this great experiment will fall in the ash shape of history. >> coming, up by miller talked to a key witness from the january 6th hearings. >> you're asking me to do something against my oath, and i will not break my oath. >> arizona house speaker rusty bowers, who refused to break his oath of office for donald trump. later this hour his

expectations when it comes to charging the former president. almost gonna tell you about a shocking new push from airlines to change the loop rules and allow, get, this only one pilot in the cockpit, in a move that could mean saving money over your safety. plus, all plus tell-all. >> it was terrifying to have my older brother scream and shout on me, and my father say things that were simply not through, and my grandmother's quietly sit there and take it all in. >> harry when meghan revealing insight information about the feud between brothers who were once inseparable. the documentary that has turned up the heat around the royal separation. that is ahead. here's the very latest from capitol hill. the january six committee gears up to concludes this investigation, which, as we've been reporting could include recommendations to charge the former president with up to three crimes. --

ali, as, always great to talk to. what can we expect, and not only this monday, but wednesday as well when the final report is released? >> committee members have said for months now that this decision of whether or not to issue these criminal referrals to the justice department for former president trump, bad decision would have to be unanimous. ahead of this final meeting on monday, their committee members are saying they're confident saying they have enough evidence to make this unprecedented decision. >> all eyes are on the january six committee as its year and i long investigation comes to a close. members using the weekend to complete olympia report on the findings and recommendations that will be presented at a final meeting on monday. released widely on wednesday. included in those recommendations, potential criminal referrals to the justice department for former president trump, for his role in the attack on the capitol. >> we fight like hell. >> members debating whether to recommend charges for

insurrection, obstruction for an official proceeding of congress and conspiracy to defraud the federal government. >> we've been very, very careful in crafting these red commendations untethering them to the facts we've uncovered. >> all three charges are possible, three sources actually valdivia panels deliberations tell nbc news a final call is not been made. what would likely be the last public appearance by the committee seven democrats and two republicans, is a culmination of over 1000 witness interviews, millions of pieces of evidence, senate doesn't public hearings that laid on painstaking detail of the january 6th capitol insurrection, and trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. committee using never before seen video, and members of the former president's family an inner circle, to lay blame for the violence at his feet. >> you may not sending our mob to the capitol. we have been very clear by the

number of physical -- >> chairman bennie thompson substances 5 to 6 different types of referrals are on the table, including ethics violations, campaign -- and legal misconduct. -- could shape the legacy of this committee leaves behind. e legacy of thisyasmin, you andd about how this committee referrals don't carry any real legal weight, especially for the justice department that we know is conducting their own investigations into the former president. but the doj is eventually going to have to decide whether or not to move on this potential decision by the committee, a decision that committee members say nothing else is needed for the historical record yasmin. >> thank you as always we thank you for that. so, as we await the release of this final report, thousands of text messages originally turned over to the january six committee are being released publicly for the very first time. and a bombshell series this, week talking points memo, is

reporting on over 2000 text messages that they have obtained between 34 republican members of coronavirus and trump's former chief of staff, mark meadows. they show us frantic attempts to overturn the january's the -- the 2020 election. >> neither msnbc nor nbc news have reviews attacks firsthand. joining me is hunter walker, investigative reporter. a couple of things i want to take through as we are talking about these text messages. first and foremost is, the message that you received from congressman -- who wrote this -- so we're talking three days before president biden takes office, and just 11 days after the january 6th capitol attack. mark, and seeing what's happening so quickly, and reading about the dominion lawsuits attempting to stop any meaningful investigation, we are at a point of no return in

saving our republic. our last hope is looking invoking martial law. please urge to president to do so. he of course is referring to the debunking conspiracy voting theories about dominion systems -- >> a lot of these tax, where discussions began without clear context. and also seem to drop off without out of nowhere. also situations, notably with congressman scott perry, talking about -- on balance, we saw a lot more messages to meadows than from him. one obviously is reason that might be the case, these are the text messages meadows and his legal team provided to the january six committee, that were later -- by talking points memo. this was curated by him and his

legal team during a brief moment of cooperation before they began fighting -- we see calls for martial law, we see wild conspiracy theories, plots to seize the voting machines, from republicans of all levels of government local up to the senate up to the white house. as stunning as all this, is it is just the tip of the iceberg. >> -- ben there is the text message from jim towards to mark meadows saying vice president mike pence, on january six 2021, as president of the senate, should call out all electoral votes that he believes are unconstitutional as no electoral votes at all. again, we do not see the response from metals. >> and in that text, i believe that's when jim jordan, who reveals one of the really interesting things about these text messages, is that they show which members of congress has a leadership role in a push to overturn the election.

-- the wing ringleader of the whole january six steel. jim jordan is revealed to be leading other members of congress. ted cruz was leading the senate. when we asked his office about, this jim jordan was like oh, i was just forwarding on a message from someone else, which is a strategy lot of members of congress used to repress messages. which you're seeing there, whoever ritually wrote it, the strategy for overturning the will of the people. one thing that is perhaps even more alarming in these members of congress, is receipts -- he's corresponding directly with mark meadows. in the breach, which is a book i cowrote -- wheedle vin to a lot of these side characters, these more extreme people, like -- who were directly having the year of the white house, working with folks like sydney

powell and pushing these really extreme conspiracies. in the text, you start to see folks like powell were also working directly with members of congress. >> i want to get this one in. it's just stunning. it's realtime conversation that is happening from two separate sites. the text message exchanges that were happening between now infamous phone call with roethlisberger -- and former president donald trump, in which he essentially asked brad to find him 11,000 votes or however many votes were needed at the time, or that he thought and were needed at the time, to win the election. it is an exchange between the deputy secretary of state saying this, this is to mark meadows, need to end this call. that is from the deputy secretary state of georgia. meadows rights back, and they go on to say, i don't think this will be productive much

longer. metal rights back, okay. and then she response, let's say the relationship a few minutes later, after they've hung up it seems, thank you, wow. so understanding, in that moment, realtime, when you have the former president of the united states, then president asking for these 11,000 plus votes from the georgia secretary of state, which we now infamously word for word what happened, -- they knew then, right? this thing needed to and. this guy has gone far in beyond the line. >> well, i think jordan fuchs his reaction is the same one that i have. wow. in the text, you see that sheen meadows orchestrated that phone call. one other thing that you see is the pressure that was coming from the white house and members of congress on key local officials like route this

burger, doug doocy in arizona, brian kemp in georgia, -- pennsylvania legislators, and one thing -- a folks like raffensperger were physically going along with this -- this just might have worked. real, orchestrated, high level push and it came quite close. >> we talked about that repeatedly here on this show, specifically how it just all came down to individuals, to people. it was not the system that held up the election results. it was not the truth. it was these people, with brad roethlisberger and brian kemp. hunter walker, we thank you. all right, joining us now is a member of the -- mary gay scanlon thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. i want to talk about some

context as we mentioned. sitting member of congress at the, time ralph norman, calling for martial law, three days before president biden is to assume the office of the president. what do you make of that? >> i mean, it's obscene. we talk about there being a possibility of an unprecedented referrals for prosecution of insurrections. it's unprecedented that we're in a situation where, the sitting president, sitting members of congress are participating in that kind of activity. and marshall law, by the way, not even spelling it correctly. that gives you some insight into how conversant with the actual fact some of these folks were. >> yes, it's interesting. as i saw, that i recognize that it was not spelled correctly. i said, you know i'm a spell thing on text messages all the time, so i'm in a leave that one alone. what can be done about it though? >> well, i think we've already

seen what should be done about it, which is a high level national investigation. the hope was to have it be bipartisan commission outside of congress, but that was shot down by the presidents allies. so we do have a bipartisan, house committee, that has dug into this issue, has followed every lead, has taken thousands of depositions, review tens of thousands of text messages, all the evidence they could get their hands on, and of course some of it is been denied them by the president's closest allies, but they've done a high-level investigation. they've gone public with what happened. they're gonna present the nation with the final conclusions. they've already done a really great job of pulling together the threats. there was a lot to happen in plain view, in public view. but putting together so we understand why it was happening's been really important. >> my follow-up here is, what recommendations do you want to

see, what do you expecting to hear, and to read in this final report? and what position do you see the part mint justice in right about now? because there as damned if they do, and dentists they don't win, it comes to criminal charges against the former president of the united states. former president o sure, first and foremost the point was to provide legislative recommendations. i understand they have a bummer of them including reforms to the electoral -- which i'm hoping will push through the end of the year. obviously, they have the ability to make referrals, criminal referrals, reforms for ethics violations, refers to those lawyers who reach their professional responsibilities. but what we have seen again, time and again with these committees, they put together the evidence. they marshal the evidence if you will to see whether it fits within criminal categories or not. we have some really, really

brilliant and careful lawyers on that committee. adam shift and zoloft, they are not gonna go out on a limb here. they are not going to refer criminal charges unless there is rock-solid evidence for it. it may help the justice department put together some pieces that maybe they have not pursued in the same kind of way. >> congresswoman, while i have you i do want to talk about the judiciary committee holding this hearing on violence. gun violence i should say this week. let me play some sound, some of the testimony that your committee heard and then we will talk. >> are we not tired of hearing stories of victims? appearing them from victims families? are we not tired of hearing yet another tragedy because of gun violence? >> when is enough enough. >> someone missing lives, some's had holes in their tiny chest. you might mistakenly a match in a funeral where a child lies peacefully and a colorful cough,

and make no mistake there is no peace in the death of a child by a weapon of war. >> we just honored the victims of sandy hook. i know those are a lot of feelings for the victims of evolve. the iceman to be down there after that mass shooting. every day, we lose people in this country to senseless gun violence. what real solutions as congress have? especially going into this new, republican-led term? >> well you are showing the sister of one of the victims of uvalde. they played tapes from some of the 9-1-1 calls. it was gut-wrenching to sit through that hearing. the issue is wonderful, so strong on speaking on behalf of our system of course is not here. we lost 3600 children to guns last year. first time in our history that more children died from guns than any other cause. car, accidents anything else.

so we really have to do something. we are past the time where we should be doing something. thursday's hearing was about finding bipartisan solutions to gun violence. and it gives you an unfortunate preview of what we will be facing with the new congress when the two witnesses called by the minority. when you are somebody who saw that all of grand violence is the fault of children and fatherless homes and the second one was basically the nra's favorite status, whose methodology's and conclusions have been deepened time after time for the last several decades. so it does not appear that we have serious interest on the other side and pursuing actual solutions to gun violence and my part of the hearing. i tried to highlight the fact that you know, one republican say we have to enforce the laws that are on the books, great. we have good laws respecting who should be able to buy a gun and under what circumstances they can be sold to them. we only have 2600 employees and

the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. they cannot inspect the gun shells the way they are supposed to. they cannot stop the violations. we know from a study that was done in pennsylvania this past year that 90% of the crime gums come from 50% of the shops. there are shops that are just violating the law, wholesale if we can just crack down on that, we can put a dent in this. >> and you see, the most recent mass shootings across this country, many of them had violations to red flag laws? right instances in which the shooters could have been stopped had their ban, had there been the institution of these red flag laws. and they, weren't they were not carried eye and sense of quietly people lost their lives because of it. congressman mary gate scandal, and we appreciate you. thank you. >> we are going to continue to follow the latest developments this hour as the january six committee considers criminal referrals for the former president. also ahead, cut backs in the cockpit.

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we approach the heart of holiday travel season, and new and recent exclusive was shocking statistics from the nation's airports. the tsa says a confiscated a record 6300 guns at checkpoints so far. that number expected to reach 6600 by the end of the year. that would be a 10% increase from last year, another frightening note, most of those guns were in fact loaded. the prospect of flying with loaded guns on board is not the only thing that passengers should have concerns about. airlines are lobbying the faa and to consider having only one pilot on some flights. federal regulations currently require two pilots in the cockpit at all times. airlines arguing the move will help solve the staffing problem, caused by a pilot shortage and that technicolor advancement has made single pilot flight safe. but to cite one example, last

month, the captain of an american eagle flight from chicago to columbus became incapacitated after takeoff, their copilot had to take over. take a listen. >> can i help you? >> we need return, captain is incapacitated. >> did you have any and formation that need to pass along to the tower with paramedics, gate area? >> i have no get number, and he's knocked out. we are going to need paramedics. we are working on everything right now. >> okay, thank you. >> sadly, that flights captain that later on at the hospital. sarah nelson is the international president of the association of flight attendants and enshrining me now. i have to say when i heard this idea of what airlines are lobbying for right? to help with the staffing issues and all of the delays that we have been feeling while traveling. i was astounded really, tell me why you oppose this idea? >> yasmin, at the regulations

that we have in place and aviation are there because they are typically been written in blood. and we need to pilots on board the plane for the situation that you just talked about. we also need to pilots there to be able to work with each other and if you talk to captain sullenberger about his experience of making that that no computer would've helped to make, and landing on the hudson. that would've been a catastrophic amount of casualties rather than this accessed or that we know it to be. there are numerous stories where you have to have the human beings in the cockpit. to put this very bluntly, when passengers hear an estrangement on the plane, they turn to flight attendants to see what the reaction is, to see what the leadership is and the cabinet to make sure that things are safe. and i want to make it very clear, flight attendants will not fly with one pilot in the flight deck. it is that simple. this is not as situation and

the bottom line of the drive people to reason, outcome to conclusions that are not safe. we put safety for us and we are not going to allow this to happen. >> i have to tell, you this exactly. right when i am sitting on a plane, there is turbulence or anything that concerns me. the first thing that i do is look at a flight attendant. if they see these, they are still serving the drinks, they're making their way around the cabin. then i subtle but at the same a little stress, not as similar start as well. tommy specifically if you can provide any anecdotes about times of which you know a copilot has had to step in. >> well yes, i know of specific instances where much like the issue that you talked about in this opening where one of the pilots has become incapacitated. a heart attack, we haven't had a situation where flight attendant saved a life of the

captain but he had to be taken out of the flight back. another flight attendant who had some pilot lessons actually strapped in and assisted with landing the plane. we have situations where we have five very sad situations where one pilot has left the flight deck and another pilot has decided for whatever reason has not been in a good mental state and we have had lives lost. we have situations where they are just trying to figure out what is going on. going through the checklist. there are two human beings that are needed in that flight deck at all times. for those inances, or something goes wrong. we had a situation on flight 2:32. back in 1989 where a plane was only landed safely in a cornfield because an off-duty pilot, a third pilot came to the flight deck and helped to all hydraulics were lost. and through their own human strength and their sheer willpower, they're able to land that plane and save more than half the people on board.

so it's absolutely unsafe to think about having only one pilot on the flight deck. we would not stand for, you should not send for. it i want to be clear, for 80% organized -- we have strong unions, the pilot in the flight attendants. through our unions are a strong voice in the regulatory process and we are going to stand up for the passengers who are in our care, the rest of the traveling public and everyone on the ground, we will not allow this to happen. >> hey, sarah quickly here, if this is not the solution, then what is? there is a staffing shortage and there is a pilot issue. >> while the solution is what's happening right now. you contract bargaining that actually makes these good jobs again. it has been 20 years of concessions and austerity in the airline industry since 9/11. we are in bargaining across the industry right now to lift the standards on the jobs, attract people to the jobs. we no longer have mothers and fathers telling their children hey, this is a great

profession. going get trained in it and come work in aviation. we have to fix that, that's what we are working on right now, we are also working on making sure that these are jobs that are open to everyone. people of color, women, that there are scholarships. that people can use to be able to get into these jobs. those are the solutions that we need, not cutting corners on safety. >> sara, nelson we thank you. >> thank you so much. >> coming up everybody. >> you're asking me to do something that is counter to my oaths when i swore to the constitution to uphold it. >> k january six committee witness an arizona house speaker, wesley bowers joins me next on what he would like to see and the final committee report when it comes to potentially charging the former president. be right back. be right back. lincoln's witnessed of history. even made some themselves. makes you wonder...

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recommending criminal charges against the former president himself. that's dramatic finale, it is all the result of their over a yearlong probe, where witnesses dropped bombshells by efforts by trump in his campaign to stay in power. one of those witnesses, arizona 's republican speaker of the house, rusty bowers. >> he said we have lots of theories we just don't have the evidence. >> did you tell the president in that second call that you supported him? that you voted for him? but that you are not going to do anything illegal for him? >> i did sir. >> and speaker rusty bowers is joining us now. speaker, thank you for joining us on this. we appreciate it. i want to start if we can, with this final public hearing that we are gonna be seeing tomorrow and then the released before on and they see now essentially reporting and there'll be three possible recommendations of charges. we are looking at obstruction of official proceeding of congress and conspiracy as well. from your experience and the

information that is publicly available. do you think the former president and some of his top ally should in fact be charged? >> i don't want to pretend that i'm any type of a prosecutor and i'm certainly not one of those who held these. i would say that they were very intense and comprehensive hearings. we are going to trial. much more like a grand jury and what i saw and what i heard myself and then what happened to me, those things certainly should not be tolerated and our country. >> if i said anything else, that would be dishonourable to me. >> so you don't want to go on the record whether not you think the former president should in fact be charged but your constable and saying that it should not be tolerated. a former president should not inside an insurrection? go ahead. >> i am comfortable if he was charged. i am comfortable. and i think there's plenty of

evidence of all kinds of things here, if they thought that he did one i am not uncomfortable with that and i'm just not the one who would take that job. that is not my job. but i do have a job and i do it. >> are you comfortable if he's not charged? >> i think there should be some action taken against anybody who indulges in this type of activity in our country. this is harmful to our country. and there are many people who are re-falling like the pied piper. it is dangerous and i feel like it was having goals in mind that were not, those of the good of the country. i just don't. >> i want to talk about specifically this fake electors scheme if we can speaker.

there are folks in your state, local officials that received these grand jury subpoenas with regards to this fake elector scheme, which sought the appointment of right, these fake electors. to the electoral college votes for the former president. this is something that you actually told the committee, rudy giuliani pitch to you as well. what is your reaction to the investigation heading in this direction? have you spoken with the doj about this >> i have not any communication personally to me and i'm not trying to hide anything. i have also communicated with my previous lawyer who is now, all of us are transitioning away from the house of representatives. that he has not heard anything and i have not heard anything from them. i am happy to cooperate in any way that i can to promote legality and what we do. and a trust by the public and their country and our elections. it's the underpinning of the republic to have a democratic

and fair election. and i think that those people volunteering on their own, they certainly were not elected to serve as our electors and to go back there is a fraud. and i think that they should be held accountable. i have no problem with that. >> let's talk about the former president announcing that he will run for reelection come 2024. at one point following your testimony, you actually said that he would support him if he were the nominee but th clarified and went on to say that you are not inclined to support him. he said specifically on what the trends of having to look at trump again. and if it, comes i will be hard-pressed, i don't know what i will do but i am not inclined to support him because he does not represent my party. where are you now on that? >> i will not be promoting for candidate trump. and i say you, know it is hard to think that my party can choose him but what i said then

about that we need a robust primary, i think that is happening. and there are people that the country, not just in arizona where we stated. i think emphatically, today and yesterday, the last court rounds or court cases were found against the steal candidates. and i think that the country, in arizona we stated, it we will not put up with this anymore. i think the country will not put up with it anymore. it will be hard to split the party, my personal party here in arizona showed me the door. that is totally fine with me but for the principles that were embodied and the platform, it would be difficult because mr. trump will not win this election if he was nominated. and i will not help him. >> rusty bowers, thank you. >> all right up next everybody, a holiday homecoming for brittney griner as she gives her first statement since

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since she returned to the u.s., little over a week ago. the last ten months have been a battle at every turn. i dug deep to keep my faith and it was the left from so many of you that helped keep me going griner wrote. the u.s. special envoy who helped secure her release also expressing gratitude after a hard-fought battle. >> we are grateful to have her back, it was a hard slot to get there and the feeling is magical. >> after ten months in russian captivity, the wnba superstar spent her first week home at san antonio fort sam houston base. run on for treating people held captive abroad. griner thank the staff there for the time and care to make sure i was okay. and equipped with the tools for this new journey. and that journey will include basketball. griner confirming that she intends to play for the phoenix mercury this season. with the first game set for, may griner returns to the court with new passion and purpose. calling for the president to continue working to bring

americans wrongfully in prison abroad including paul whelan home. adding, i will use my platform to do whatever i can to help you. officials saying negotiations for paul whelan's release remain ongoing. >> i can't imagine the frustration, we detail on that we will come and get you paul. >> griner not looking to her future, while also vowing to remember those left behind. priscilla thompson, nbc news. >> and they get to priscilla thompson for that. all right, let's talk about a perfect proposal on everybody. state representative taylor small of vermont, the states first tranche under lawmaker got engaged to a partner, karen russell on tuesday with a rainbow late white house as the backdrop small and her partner were in town to attend the signing of the perfect respect for marriage act. excuse me. it provides additional protections for couples just like them. an incredible sight to see. all, right after the break, royal family drama. a look at the latest fallout

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series harry and meghan which chronicles the couples transition from royal life in the uk to private life in california. the couple opening up about the immense public scrutiny that they have faced since they married in 2018. reporting that the series have already become the biggest show of the year in the uk. all of this as king charles marks his 100th day on the throne today. and molly hunter has more. >> it has been absolutely nonstop a very full first 100 days for king charles. but at least on this side of the atlantic, on this side of the pond far away from netflix and california, the royal family wants to present a united front as we head into the holidays. it has been a difficult job from the start, mourning his mother, and trying to stitch his family back together. >> i want to express my love for harry and meghan, as they

continue to build their lives overseas. >> back in september, there was some hope on that front. but netflix has cast a shadow. >> it is like living through a soap opera. >> accusations this week flying from king charles's youngest son. >> it was terrifying to have my brother scream and shout out to me and my father say things that just simply weren't true, and my grandmother quietly sit there and take it all in. >> and if that wasn't enough, the crown season five deals directly with the breakdown of his marriage to princess diana. >> there were three of us in this marriage, it is a bit crowded. >> and queen elizabeth's longtime lady in waiting was forced to apologize for racially insensitive comments. but despite it all, the royal family has one message. it's business as usual. a united front. >> even though charles may, over the years in the past, have had some struggles with popularity, i think that the public really wanted him.

>> heading into the first christmas without queen elizabeth and looking forward to the new year, king charles has his work cut out for him. >> there have been a lot of issues on the home front, there have been family issues with harry and meghan, but i think that all of the polls here shows that charles's popularity is actually boosted in his new role as king. and i think that he will be [inaudible]. >> according to one recent poll, king charles is favorable lady raising has risen 54%, not as high as his son, the most popular royal by far, the prince and princess of wales. but looking to 2023, the biggest event on the calendar is a coronation. we will be watching closely, no doubt it will be a very big family affair. >> our thank you to molly hunter for that. croatia, by the way, one third place today at the world cup. they held off morocco with a decisive goal coming 32 minutes into the match and that would keep the lead for the remainder of the game leading morocco to

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