miss roy jacqueline alemany thank you for being here, i appreciate your time. >> thank you for having. >> so tell me what you make of these references to members of congress. some of this struck me as news tonight. they have described to being in communication with the white house chief of staff, basically about several parts of the plot. one described us working with jeff clark at the justice department. on his part of the scheme, another described as telling mr. meadows, he was sorry that january six didn't work out. this does seem like new information about the involvement of congress. is that true? well >> that is exactly right. it was a blockbuster night for the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection. and i think that two things really stood out to me that were notable. one, mark meadows is clearly at the center and the heart of this investigation. he is someone who was their first hand in those hours from 1 pm to 4 pm in the white house with president trump as a first person why count. and has already provided, almost, now 1000 pages worth of informati

joining us now is a political reporter for "the washington post," jackie alemany, who has been all over this story of the investigation and what it's turned up thus far. thank you very much for being here. appreciate your time. >> thanks for having me, rachel. >> so tell me what you make of these references to members of congress. some of this struck me as new tonight. members of congress described as being in communication with the white house chief of staff basically about several different parts of the plot. one described as working with jeff clark at the justice department on his part of the scheme. another described as telling mr. meadows he was sorry that january 6th didn't work out. this does seem like new information about the involvement of members of congress. is that true? >> that's exactly right. it was a blockbuster night for the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection. and i think two things really stood out to me that were notable. one that mark meadows is clearly at the center and heart of this investigation. he is someone who was there firsthan

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"washington post's" jackie alemany is here along with pete struck and joyce vance.own words. >> mr. meadows' testimony will bear on another key question before this committee, did donald trump, through action or inaction, corruptly seek to obstruct or impede congress's appreciate proceedings to count electoral votes? we know that for 187 minutes president trump refused to act. and he refused to act when his action was required, it was essential, and it was compelled by his duty, compelled by his oath of office. indeed, a be in of members of the press, a number of members of this body, a member of the president's own family all urge the president to take action because they understood that the president of the united states had a responsibility to call off the mob. hours passed despite this without any action by the president. >> joyce vance, i want to bring you in. i want to read the analysis of the specific language liz cheney is using. quote a casual observer might have missed it but what cheney was doing here was pointing to a specific criminal statute, a felony.

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the alemany interchange, or the 101 and 280 onramp spiral around and cross over the intersections are most often and accurately referred to as the hair ball. for more than 50 years, the intersection has been essentially a freeway on ramp, a deep scar between the portola and bernal neighborhoods. it's terrifying to see people returning home from the alemany farmers market dashing between speeding cars to reach san bernal avenue. the transportation authority completed a study outlining safety and accessibility recommendations. the hair ball improvement project recommended continuous accessible and safe series of bicycle and pedestrian pathways across the hair ball, including widening and constructing new sidewalks and bicycle lanes. the project also includes striping improvements, infrastructure upgrades to key crossings and upgraded lighting. the hair ball improvements have been moving forward in two phases. in february of this year, we celebrated the completion of phase 1. reconnecting the portal and bernal with a safe connective bikeway. phase 2 which is funded by the grant, will ins

the alemany interchange, or the 101 and 280 onramp spiral around and cross over the intersections are most often and accurately referred to as the hair ball. for more than 50 years, the intersection has been essentially a freeway on ramp, a deep scar between the portola and bernal neighborhoods. it's terrifying to see people returning home from the alemany farmers market dashing between speeding cars to reach san bernal avenue. the transportation authority completed a study outlining safety and accessibility recommendations. the hair ball improvement project recommended continuous accessible and safe series of bicycle and pedestrian pathways across the hair ball, including widening and constructing new sidewalks and bicycle lanes. the project also includes striping improvements, infrastructure upgrades to key crossings and upgraded lighting. the hair ball improvements have been moving forward in two phases. in february of this year, we celebrated the completion of phase 1. reconnecting the portal and bernal with a safe connective bikeway. phase 2 which is funded by the grant, will ins

jackie alemany, jeremy bash, appreciate it very much on this friday night. >>> and coming up, mitch mcconnell is now among those eager to see what the investigation into 1/6, an event he called horrendous, turns up next. >>> and later the president promises the battle against the other team is far from over when it comes to protecting the sacred right to vote. two of our favorite political observers help us wrap up this week. "the 11th hour," just getting under way on a friday night. every day in business brings something new. so get the flexibility of the new mobile service designed for your small business. introducing comcast business mobile. you get the most reliable network with nationwide 5g included. and you can get unlimited data for just $30 per line per month when you get four lines or mix and match data options. available now for comcast business internet customers with no line-activation fees or term contract required. see if you can save by switching today. comcast business. powering possibilities. >>> we're watching the investigation that's occurring over in the house, reading ab

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joining us, jackie alemany, author of the early 202 newsletter.former republican strategy -- and steve rosenberg is still with us. and johnny deutsche of on brand. jackie, take me through this latest? >> jeff lee clark and john eastman, two people who were in touch and president biden and intimately involved in some of the illegal operations in the attempt to overturn the 2020 election, deciding that now the best legal pathway for them is to plead the fifth. jeff lee clark did so earlier this week. john eastman is the lartest as reported by friends at politico. it is an eyebrow raising move here. as chairman thompson laid out earlier this week in the contempt report that we had on capitol hill, it could be a way for these witnesses, these people that the committee are interested in asking questions about their involvements as it rets to the january 6th insurrection as a means of simply delaying the inevitable, which is being held in criminal contempt. or it means they could be looking for a way to provide the committee with new information so long

with us, we have al sharpton, congressional correspondent, jackie alemany with us this morning. john meacham is with us. and the host of "way too early," john lemire. we'll get to the new reporting surrounding joe manchin and the white house in just a moment. but, first, the omicron variant of coronavirus over taken delta as the dominant strain in the united states. according to cdc's data, more than 73% of new cases in the country were caused by the new variant. in some places including parts of the tri-state area. the midwest, specific northwest and the south, omicron accounts for more than 90% of new infections. in texas, the harris county health department is reporting the country's first death from the new strain. health officials say the man was older than 50. unvaccinated and that's the key there and had already contracted covid once before. new york state recorded a record high in new covid-19 cases yesterday for a fourth day in a row. nearly 24,000 infections were reported on sunday including the state's own health commissioner according to governor hochul. the majority

we have david ignatitous and eugene daniels, jackie alemany and mika and willie both have the morning. they're on assignments. when i am off, they say i am on assignment. maybe i am sleeping in late or maybe i am in yugoslavia. katty, i was reading the post and i saw, we are a little disconnected with boris johnson. in america we hear oh there is scandal. boris johnson is having a scandal. that's like saying nick saban is winning a football game. i read this morning and it's kind of a bad sign that conservatives lost the seat they have held for 200 years. that's a little telling. first of all tells us bad seats and also how bad are things for boris johnson right now? >> well, i am glad this morning joe that i can be your north structure correspondent because i have not had that opportunity often enough. we don't do north structure. it's three hours from london. they lost in a complete shock last night to the liberal democrats in a special election there. they lost it really because of the state that boris johnson is in. there is been a financial scandal from his party and lawmakers ma