carter family. not only over jason, but bill, too.ent ludwig was looking at him since he was the last person known to have seen shirley alive. >> and he said, you know, you could have done this when you brought her back from coffee. >> reporter: then, for weeks, nothing happened. >> we have no leads. nothing's going on in the investigation. >> so, the shirley-carter murder case was heading to the cold-case file. >> it was heading that way, yes. >> but bill carter wasn't going to let that happen. he hired his own detective. nick webb is a crime-scene analyst and a former homicide detective from texas. bill strugt bill instructed him to dig into the case with an open mind. >> is it all going to be in your final report? >> the great thing about doing what we do is that we have the easiest job that there is. we are only advocates for the truth. so -- >> but you got somebody paying the bills, right? do you owe him anything? >> absolutely nothing but the truth. once we find out what the truth is, then the people with -- that have the hard j

jimmy carter, bill clinton, and now joe biden and kamala harris. it is a great day in georgia. i remember in 1980, around 800,000 voters. 1.2, now 2.4 million. so, we have come a long, long way in georgia and we've got a lot to be proud for. this is a great day for georgia. great day for all of you here on this historic day. i'm glad to join you. this is the day that the lord has made. let us rejoice and be glad. shall we pray? heavenly father, we thank you for this day. we thank you for your many blessings and we ask that you bless this meeting and give us guidance and help today. that your wisdom fall upon us. thank you on behalf of of all who are gathered at the sound of my voice. thank you for your many and abundant blessings. we ask your prayer. we face circumstances beyond our control. we thank you for life, for a measure of health during this pandemic. for the need to fulfill our callings. we are thankful for one another for the ability to do work and the honor to bear the ultimate responsibility as electors. thanks for the freedom to embrace you and for ever watching ov

28 and again in 2012, obama sold black america the snake oil of smoke and chains and joined bill clinton, carternd other men who presented themselves as people who would challenge the racial order of things. >> guest: i know we are falling short on time so i will fall back on my southern roots. .. >>. >> i make so excited to be interviewing kevin i am to talk to about your work talk about how you came up with the name. >> i wrote a couple years ago about poverty strike in kentucky he gets a lot of journalist visiting it because

carter joins the list of former presidents -- barack obama, bill clinton, and george w. bush -- who volunteered to take the vaccine on camera, if it will help promote public confidence. joining us now, physician and fellow at the brookings institution, dr. kavita patel, a former obama white house health policy director and an msnbc contributor. dr. patel, it's great to see you again. thank you so much for being here with us so early in the morning. i actually want to start with what we were just focused on, which is this question of public confidence in the vaccine and the best ways to build that confidence. obviously, we saw these former presidents come out and say that they would do it. i'm personally wondering, is president trump going to do something similar, especially considering how his followers seem to pay so much attention to what he does? i mean, the mask-wearing, obviously, became such a political act. they want to take credit for the "operation warp speed," so it seems like he may be willing to, but i'm not sure he's gone so far as these other presidents.

home and compound where the carters currently live, and the which served as carter's during the e presidential campaign. his bill would designate the site to a historical park. to help promote increased area.tion to the i'd like to thank representative bishop for his efforts to the life of jimmy carter and urge my colleagues to support this bill. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the reserves. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. wittman: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. wittman: h.r. 5472 the jimmy carter national historical site as immy carter national historic park. this site includes president arter's residence and boyhood home, plains high school serves as the site's visitor's center railroad depot which served as campaign headquarters during the 1976 presidential houses and also additional exhibits. redesignation of the site does not affect the laws or policies govern the area, and the primary impact of the passage of his legislation would be changing signs, maps, and h

at 2:00, they debate nine bills, including legislation redesignated jimmy carter national historic site as a historic park. it is possible members work on a spending package that funds the government through next year if an agreement is reached. on c-span two, the senate returns at 10:00 a.m. to work on judicial nominations for the district court in tennessee and the u.s. court of federal claims. on c-span three, the food and drug administration meets to consider emergency authorization for moderna's covid-19 vaccine. >> wednesday, president-elect joe biden announced the nomination of pete buttigieg, the former democratic presidential candidate and former mayor of south bend, indiana, to serve as transportation secretary in his incoming administration. mr. buttigieg spoke about his vision for revitalizing american transportation infrastructure. he also discussed the significance of being the first openly gay cabinet nominee to have his nomination sent to the senate for confirmation. this runs for 20 minutes. president-elect biden: well, good afternoon by three minutes. good to see you a

residents from jimmy carter to bill clinton to joe biden have defended and supported in the amendment is no longer supported by the democratic party today. so that is a fight we are going to engage in right out of the gate. the second would be preserving the trump era defense budgets. what president trump did over the past years to rebuild the military is significant and democrats now are telling us they want to cut military spending substantially out of the gate at the beginning of the new administration next year. we cannot allow that to happen. as we fell behind before and now we've caught back up with our chief adversaries in china and russia and others by rebuilding the military and getting back to where we are with significant defense budgets. the legacy issue has been balancing the budget and fiscal responsibility we will be out there like we always have. but the big area i think we have to move marrying the populist ideals with the conservative issues, those are new areas we want them to engage in. one would be free speech censorship and reforms that are heavily engaged and i

at 2:00 p.m., they debate nine bills, including legislation re-dedicating jimmy carter's national historic site as a national historic park. a spending package that funds the government for the next year if an agreement is reached among lawmakers. that is on c-span. on c-span two, the senate returns at 10:00 a.m. to work on judicial nominations for the u.s. district court and eastern tennessee, and the u.s. court of federal claims. c-span3, theon food and drug administration meets to consider emergency authorization for covid-19 vaccine. announcer: calls for republican -- makes for six votes. weekly, wherethe you get your podcasts. announcer: following his visit to the medstar georgetown clinic, secretary a's are joined other mems of the operation warp speed team for a news briefing on the vaccine's distributional. the she buffer ration officer discussed plans to distribute pending fdavaccine approval. this runs 45 minutes. >> are we ready to go, or are you going to make an announcement? sec. azar: good morning, everyone. thank you for joining this operation warp speed update today. we con

was s once bipartisan what presidents from jimmy carter to bill clinton and joe biden have defended and supported in the high commitment is no longer supported by the democratparty . that's quite we're going to engage in right out of the gate. the second fight will be preserving the trump era defense budgets. what presidenttrump did over the last four years to rebuild the military is significant . democrats now are telling us that they want to cut military spending substantially, right out of the gate the beginning of the new administration. we can't allow that to happen as we fell behind before, and now we've caught back up with our teeth adversaries in china and russia. some others by rebuilding the military impact, that's where we are with significant defense budgets. but rsv's legacy issue is balancing the budget. its fiscal responsibility, were going to be out here we have on this issue but robert, the big area that we have to move his different for the conservative movement. president trump has tossed and very populist ideals of the president trump mawhich is the traditional conse

at 2:00, they debate nine bills, including legislation redesignated jimmy carter national historic site as a historic park. it is possible members work on a spending package that funds the government through next year if an agreement is reached. on c-span two, the senate returns at 10:00 a.m. to work on judicial nominations for the district court in tennessee and the u.s. court of federal claims. on c-span three, the food and drug administration meets to consider emergency authorization for moderna's covid-19 vaccine. >> wednesday, president-elect joe biden announced the nomination of pete buttigieg, the former democratic presidential candidate and former mayor of south bend, indiana, to serve as transportation secretary in his incoming administration.

2012, obama sold black america, the snake oil of hope and change, he joined bill clinton and jimmy carter, other confidence men who presented themselves as people who would challenge the racial order of things ". >> guest: i know we are running short on time, i'm gonna fall back on my southern roots, going back to Ãbwhen i think about president obama now the only thing that comes to mind is that we been there and done that. been there and done that. >> host:, the author of six books, his most recent just published this year "begin again", james baldwin's america and its urgent lessons for our own, we appreciate your spending two hours with us from princeton. >> guest: thank you. >> host: any of this in-depth program re-airs right now. oh. >> up next, booktv monthly in-depth program with author and princeton university professor eddie glaude, his books include "democracy in black" how race still enslaves the american soul, the recently published "begin again", james baldwin's america and its urgent lessons for our own. >> host: professor glaude of princeton, your most recent book "begin ag

at 2:00 p.m., they debate nine bills including legislation re-designating jimmy carter national historic site as a historic part. it's also possible members work on a spending passage -- package that funds the government through next year if an agreement is reached among lawmakers. that is on c-span. on c-span2, the senate returns to work on judicial nominations with the u.s. district court in tennessee and the district court of federal claims. at 9:00 a.m. on c-span3, the food and drug administration meets in open session to consider authorization for moderna's covid vaccine. next, a hearing on u.s. policy toward refugees from hong kong. the senate judiciary subcommittee on border security and immigration heard about recent legislation that would give refugee status to hong kong residents who have been targeted by the chinese communist party for protesting. witnesses ine

bush and bill clinton and jimmy carter and george h.w. bush.y have been people i have covered on my show. i mean, they have not dominated my coverage in any way and i don't anticipate that donald trump will either when he, once he is a former president. >> it's going to be so different, right? he will maybe have a network or a streaming service or a big twitter platform. he is going to be throwing darts at biden every day and lying about what's going on in the new administration. there is going to be an entire media apparatus that takes that seriously, as you said, the "maga" media. >> then they can do that. i will focus on the news of the day, whether that's the pandemic or the new administration or foreign policy. i mean, i am sure that he will try remain as much in the news as possible, but the truth of the matter is he will not be as relevant. >> jake, let me fit in a break. i want to ask you what you thought was most difficult about covering the trump years. we will take a break. more with jake tapper in a moment. d up, switch to our essen

intertwined especially by our 39th president, jimmy carter, who really brought rock 'n' roll to the white house in a way no president has before or since him. billmmy carter and other presidents used music to try to connect to voters in "jimmy carter: rock 'n' roll president." >> popular music downstream of politics? >> bob dylan's records before i was governor. >> or is it the other way around? >> when i first met jimmy, first thing he did was quote my songs back to me. it was the first time that i realized my songs had reached into -- basically into the establishment. >> reporter: or maybe music is just a soul detector for any leader of the moment. ♪ friends of lincoln say he held equal love for the blue and opera, that certain songs wro mist his eyes and throw him into melancholy. in the modern era, nixon played classical piano and kennedy played along with frank sinatra. but it wasn't until jimmy carter that the white house held a true fan of country, rock, blues and soul. >> there were some people who didn't like my being deeply involved with willie nelson, bob dylan and disreputable rock 'n' rollers but i didn't care about that. i was doin

they debate nine bills including legislation redesignating jimmy carter national historic site as a historic park. it's possible members work on the spending package that funds the carpet through next year if an agreement is reached among lawmakers. that's on. the senate returns on 10 a.m. to work on judicial nominations. at 9 a.m. on c-span3 the fda meets in open session to consider emergency authorization for moderna's covid-19 vaccine. on. >> booktv on c-span2 has top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. coming up this week in the recent virtual miami book fair saturday at 1 p.m. eastern. >> watch booktv on c-span2 this weekend. >> yesterday, senate judiciary committee chair lindsey graham call for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate hunter biden's business giving. here's a look. >> what do you think about the e president considering a poignant special counsel for hunter biden? have

this is what everybody from bill barr to jimmy carter said about the potential fraud in mail-in voting. >> right. and it also just happens to be a crime breathtaking that have rallying crime to protect democracy and all votes should be counted and yet actively subverting the essence of democracy. they are trying to bring in false voting, false voters and you saw that the with "new york times" columnist saying people should move down to georgia to vote. this is all just disconnected from the narrative. it is not disconnected from the criminal code. this would be a matter of georgia criminal law. and it is clear that officials are prepared to prosecute people. and so i am particularly worried about students who are being, you know, encouraged to take these steps. they should not put themselves in this type of precarious position. >> martha: karl, this is the kind you have thing people are talking about across the country. they want to know who is backing these groups? who is supporting. this if we know about 250 votes are there thousands more that people don't know about? first of all, w

live thursday the house returns at noon eastern, at 2:00 pm they debate 9 bills including legislation redesignated jimmy carter national historic site but it is possible people work on a spending impact of that from the government through next year, with an agreement among lawmakers. that is on c-span. on c-span2 the senate returns past 10 am to work on judicial nominations with us district court in eastern tennessee of the us court of federal claims. at 9 am on c-span2 the fda meets in open session to consider emergency authorization for modern's covid-19 vaccine. the federal reserve chair jerome powell holds a news conference to talk about his agency's monetary policy actions during the coronavirus pandemic. is the nation of central bank would keep its policies in place like low interest rates until further notice. this runs an hour.

that the closer we got iraq obama started with richard nixon gerald ford jimmy carter ronald reagan george h.w. bush bill clinton george bush. and barack obama they all said energy independence and it all seem ridiculous i think even in 2008 when barack obama came in it did not seem very likely because people did not really that was 2 $1008.00 was the year that people began to see if you could apply shale gas technology toil it turned out to be incredibly disruptive technology transformed the market and stead of the u.s. importing 60 percent of its oil and the vulnerability or the sense of insecurity that goes with it you now have you the big 3 it's the united states russia and saudi arabia who sit astride world oil markets and the u.s. is the number one producer of oil and gas in the world 12 years ago unthinkable what would have happened 12 years ago if the iranians even with a small attack attacked a u.a. e. ship or attacked saudi oil production facilities or if the united states had assassinated you know an iranian i or d.c. al quds commander what would have happened to the price of oil tell that sto

2008 and again in 2012 obama sold black america the snake oil of hope and change, joined bill clinton, jimmy carterand overconfidence men who presented themselves as people who would challenge the racial order of things. >> guest: we are running short on time so i will fall back on my southern roots. when i think about president obama the only thing that comes to mind is been there, done that. been there and done that. >> host: eddie glaude is the author of 6 books was his most recent just published this year is begin again, james baldwin's america and its urgent lessons for our own. appreciate you spending two hours with us. >> 5 pandemic response briefings first. first colorado governor jared polis will update the situation including the discovery of a new variant of the disease that has been found in colorado. that is live at noon eastern on c-span2. later, governor roy cooper briefs reporters, discuss the effect of viruses on the tar heel state. watch that live starting at 2:00 pm eastern. you can watch both online on c-span.org or listen live with our free c-span radio apps. a look at the us c

carter on that next. >> edward: from covid relief to candid relief. will the stimulus billcans in georgia that want to get win something lee carter on what she's seeing next. >> edward: president donald trump headed down to georgia on the eve of the election. one week from today. steve harrigan is in atlanta with the latest on this. steve? >> that's right, edward. early voting in georgia has already begun now. more than 2.1 million people have voted really at a record pace. the pace of voting is equal to roughly the general election back in november. that is unheard of when it comes to run-off election. it's interesting too where people are voting. turnout is high in six democratic districts. its low so far in the northwestern part of the state of georgia. that is rural republican territory. as you mentioned, president trump coming to georgia is exactly where he will go a week from today to try to drive that republican rural turnout to the polls. the money spent is really almost hard to fathom here in georgia on the two races. more than $340 million in the past two months a

at 2:00 p.m., they debate nine bills including legislation re-designating jimmy carter national historic site as a historic part. it's also possible members work on a spending passage -- package that funds the government through next year if an agreement is reached among lawmakers. that is on c-span. on c-span2, the senate returns to work on judicial nominations with the u.s. district court in tennessee and the district court of federal claims. at 9:00 a.m. on c-span3, the food and drug administration meets in open session to consider authorization for moderna's covid vaccine. next, a hearing on u.s. policy toward refugees from hong kong. the senate judiciary subcommittee on border security and immigration heard about recent legislation that would give refugee status to hong kong residents who have been targeted by the chinese communist party for protesting. witnesses include hong kong activists. this runs an hour. of liquid savings to be able to weather this storm. >>> the topic of today's hearing is something that all americans should be concerned about. that is the chinese communist p

in a way to try to pump up some confidence about this vaccine, presidents jimmy carter, bill clinton,ome out and said they will take the vaccine. roll up their sleeves to try to instill the confidence in people as politics and science has come together so much this year. trace. >> trace: david spunt live in d.c. thank you. >> sandra: a man charged with demolishing a christopher columbus statue and causing upwards of $150,000 in damages has learned his fate. why his sentencing is raising a lot of eyebrows. plus schools getting rid of some of the biggest names in american literature. some students will still be able to get their hands on the censored books free of charge. we'll explain what exactly is happening on that next. interest rates have dropped to record lows. one call can save you $3,000 a year. newday's va streamline refi lets you refinance without having to verify your income, without getting your home appraised, and without spending one dollar out of pocket to get it done. it is the quickest and easiest refi they've ever offered. ♪ oh, oh, (announcer)®! ♪ once-weekly ozempic

bill clinton, george w. bush, gerald ford, jimmy carter, and barack obama. congratulations on your scoop last night of former president obama and bush and clinton will take the covid back to the - - covid-19 vaccine. >> now the show assures - - is yours. >> thankou for having us. ere you are. i am so thrilled to be here with all of you today and i just want to start because john mentioned the lack of a bus this year. this campaign was different in so many ways from what we are used to. how is it different for you? >> at the "washington post" we were all sent home the second week in march unless you could make an argument that your travel is absolutely crucial. the papers put a lock down and we are not in our office probably until june at the earliest. those who were out there for the primary season, this is the very moment it fits into the general election. we know for the democratic nominee will be. i just really felt it was very difficult to get a sense of what was going on. we were not the only ones to have that problem o'malley joined the biting campaign

at 2:00 p.m., they debate nine bills, including legislation reaches -- re-designating jimmy carter national historic site as a historic park. it is also possible members work on a spending package that funds the government through next year if an agreement is reached among lawmakers. that is on c-span. on c-span two, the senate returns or 10:00 a.m. to work on traditional nominations for the u.s. district court in eastern tennessee and the u.s. court of federal claims. at 9:00 a.m. on c-span3, the food and drug administration meets in open session to consider emergency authorization ♪or moderna's two has topn c-span nonfiction books and authors every weekend. this weekend, the recent virtual miami book fair. with anthony:00 depalma. sunday at 1:00 eastern with p joel work and dave barry and nicholas griffin. at 7:55 p.m. eastern, a discussion on the book "congress ."erwhelmed she's interviewed by bernard college and columbia university professor sherry berman. watch book tv on c-span two, this weekend. ♪ the naacp hosted a virtual town hall meeting wednesday on the governments coronavirus r

presidents overall during the terms and administrations of six presidents, nixon, ford, carter, reagan, george h.w. bush and bill clinton. you said that when you were running for senator, you didn't really talk about nuclear weapons because it wasn't a kitchen table issue, so to speak, for voters. for those who didn't grow up in the cold war, who were born long after, did it enter presidential politics. i know that then as now, we talk about who is tough on terrorism, and i know that democrats and republicans accuse the other of being soft on communism or who was going to be tough on russia, but did presidents -- was it part of the campaign that they wouldn't hesitate? you mentioned some presidents maybe didn't know how quickly they would be called upon. was it an issue for american presidents to say, i wouldn't hesitate to use american weapons. did any president say, i have a moral problem? >> it came to the forefront in terms of the public back when lyndon johnson was running against barry goldwater. there was a case being made that barry goldwater was like, ready, fire, aim. i love the guy, by the way, but th

bill clinton, george w. bush, gerald ford, jimmy carter, and barack obama. congratulations on your scoop last night of former president obama and bush and clinton will take covid-19 vaccine. john mentioned the lack of a bus this year. so let's ask each of, you how this campaign was different because it wasn't so many ways. from what we are used to but karen, let me start with you. how was it different for you because of covid? >> at the washington post, we were all sent home the second week in march, and unless you could make an argument that your travel was absolutely crucial, you know the paper put a lock down on it, and we are not even back in our office until next june at the earliest. those who were out there for the primary season, this is the very moment it fits into the general election. we know for the democratic nominee will be. i felt it was really difficult to get a sense of what was going on. we were not the only ones to have that problem. in the middle of march, jenna o'malley dylan join the biden campaign as a new campaign manager. she was sup

succession with three presidents, overall six during the terms, nixon forward, carter, reagan, george h. w. bush and bill clinton. you said that when you are running for senator he didn't really talk about nuclear weapons because it wasn't a kitchen table issue so to speak. for those who did not grow up during the cold war, did it and her presidential politics? i know that we talk about who's tough on terrorism and democrats and republicans say that each one is soft, but did presidents, was part of the campaign that they would not hesitate? you mentioned some didn't know how quickly they would be called upon. who is an issue for american president to say, i wouldn't hesitate to use nuclear weapons. did any of them say they had a moral problem? >> it came to the forefront in terms of the public back when lyndon johnson was running against goldberg, there was an advertisement because there is a case trying to be meet that cold water was ready, fire, aim. >> i'm going to love one into the men's room of the kremlin. >> he used colorful language. i love the guy by the way. that was issued in that campaign and

. >> bill: he went on to say we going from a reagan position to a jimmy carter position by biden andhe does that. we don't know if that's the relationship he will have. but what can we anticipate given the concerns that senator graham expressed there? >> i think the chamberlain comment is also of interest. you know, you don't want appeasement. we cannot appease china given that we know and don't know given the iceberg. so it raises legitimate questions about whether or not there's any compromise regarding hunter biden. there's a valid avenues to go down. that's why the doj is going down necessary avenues. we have to know if there's anything there to compromise the national security of the country. there's valid questions. lindsey graham makes a great point. joe biden said come on, mine, china will eat our lunch? that was the attitude then. whether or not he's changed his take on this, we'll see in the coming months. it's something that we need to have big red flags up given everything we're seeing with these cases at the fbi. >> bill: the transition team has been announced. many of t

carter evans, thank you. well, tonight, last-minute demands from a small group of senators are leaving the $900 billion covid relief billhold. the gridlock means americans hoping for a stimulus check will have to keep waiting. cbs' nancy cordes is at the capitol tonight. so, nancy, we kept saying that a deal was close. what's happened? >> reporter: norah, what's happened is that republicans tried to insert a provision that democrats argue would tie the hands of the incoming biden administration. this is a measure authored by pennsylvania republican pat toomey. it would pare back some of the lending powers the federal reserve had this year to try to prevent an economic crisis. so, that's the big sticking point right now. and until they work this out, the entire $900 billion relief bill is hanging in the balance-- the stimulus checks, the unemployment benefits-- all of it. and now, congressional leaders ch atelling us they don't think they'll be able to reach a deal tonight after all. they think it might take them the entire weekend to work this out, or possibly longer. norah. >> o'donnell: so many people waiting. nancy c

look at our oldest living president, jimmy carter, who is well up there in his 90' he finds a way to make it to my old boss, george w. bush, barack obama, billnton. it is not about you, it is about the office of the presidency. so, the notion that he does not have anything to do at2:00 no on on january 2when our 22nd amended to the constitution says the peaceful transfer of power takes place would be a profound mistake. because it would be all about him and his ego rather than our country, our constitution and the smooth transfer of power. laura: thank you so much for that analysi now, crucial post brexit trade talks between the u.k. and the eu have been put on hold after both sides said conditions for an agreement have not en met. time is running out. britain formally left the eu on januar rules of travel and trade have not changed yet. the transition period runs out of the end of this month. joining us now is heather conley from the center for strategic and international studies. it is great to see you again after a few monthsabsence due to lockdown. tell us how much trouble to you think these talks are in i' theyve had to pause them? heat

carter commission. "new york times" talked about it. democrats had in their own h-1 billn ballots are subject to fraud. go, have confidence in the election system. we need to turn out the vote. charles: i have a he agree. it certainly should be resolved before the next presidential election. >> yeah. charles: i want to talk about the new 900 billion-dollar covid relief bill. apparently the democrats, the house version of it, 5593 pages. i'm not sure when you get the time to read it all out. what happens here? because, i think that nancy pelosi made a huge mistake. president trump offered 1200-dollar stimulus, 1.trillion dollars. she turned it down so in part he would lose the election. i know you're a fiscal conservative but i think a lot of people have been crushed by this by no fault of their own in large part because of the way these states have handled it. a lot of these state lockdowns and restrictions created massive economic difficulties for individuals. i just don't think this bill, parts of it is enough for the average american. >> hey, charles, first of all, you

bill clinton famously played the saxophone on mtv. but america's real rock and roll president was jimmy carter?carter's close connection with some of rock's biggest stars. here is a preview. >> when willie nelson wrote his autobiography he confessed that he smoked pot in the white house one night when he was spending the night with me, and he says that his companion that shared the pot with him was one of the servants at the white house. that is not exactly true, it actually was one of my sons, which he didn't want to, you know categorize as a pot smoker like him. there were some people who didn't like my being deeply involved with willie nelson and bob dylan and dis reputable rock and rollers, but care about that because i was doing what i really believed, and the response i think from the followers of those musicians was much more influential than a few people who thought that being associated with rock and roll and radical people was inappropriate for a president. >> what a story. joining us now is mary wharton, the director and executive producer of "jimmy carter: rock and roll president."

carter page who was a key figure in mueller's investigation. >>> president trump is threatening to veto an annual defense bill authorizing more than $1 trillionrts to hold social media companies legally liable for the way they police their platforms. trump tweeted that section 230 of the 1996 communications decency act is a, quote, serious threat to our national security and election integrity. adding if a, quote, is not completely terminated as part of the defense authorization act i will be forced to unequivocally veto the bill. the decades long bill for the content posted by users have come into question by many lawmakers questioning whether it's outdated. joining me now nbc news and msnbc contributor benjamin witis. thank you for getting up with us, ben. we have so much news that is right in your wheelhouse this morning. and we started with the show talking about pardons, because all of a sudden, this has ka catapulted to the front of the news with unsealed documents that suggests there is someone trying to prescribe the president, to get a presidential pardon. and then there's this "the new york times" report that the president is discus

bill duffy. >> you do? >> no does he owe you any money? >> it's not great but it is great. >>> you know what, it's all worked out. >> it all worked out. to this day anthony cartert he still looks over his contracts. >> bill duffy is a really smart guy, too. >> it was a mistake. we all make them. >> we make them. >>> the multi-platinum selling musician machine gun kelly is known for his rapid fire lyrics, wild partying and his famous girlfriends. in september his album "tickets to my downfall" debuted atop the billboard chart. the first rock album to hit a million this year. it had half a billion streams in under a week. the 30-year-old is one of the stars of the benefit concert play on airing tonight at 8:00 right here on cbs. we talked to machine gun kelly at the apollo theater in new york where he taped his performance and where he made his first big break. ♪ >> reporter: machine gun kelly felt his career was floundering last year when he started working on his fifth album. ♪ ♪ >> i had nothing to lose. everyone thought i was a failure anyway. everyone kind of already wrote me off. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: so the rap star surprised everyone with a pop punc album. ♪ ♪

bill barr says that he sees no need for one. let's bring in california congressman-elect darrell issa. also here all morning long were lee cartersa, formerly congressman issa, great to see you this morning. [laughter] do you expect there's going to be hardings on hunter biden in 2021 -- hearings given the change in the administration? >> i do. i believe the senate is required to continue investigating. and as the president has said, a special counsel is almost absolutely mandated. and i understand the attorney general's statement, but he's simply wrong. the inherent conflict of the new attorney general appointed by the president, serving at the pleasure of president biden creates a conflict that is not acceptable when it's the president's own son. cheryl: is there anything congress can do about that in. >> well, we can continue to call for a special prosecutor. i called for a potential prosecutor or said we should have a special prosecutor with president trump. i also said that and the attorney general recused himself and left it to a career professional. now, that's been controversial, obviously. plenty of people saw a lot of