[applause] norm: so if without question donald j. trumpest friend that israel ever had in the white house, mike pence, mike pence is the best friend that israel ever had as vice president of the united states. [applause] one of the things that i heard as i listened to your remarks, let's start by a conversation about his real. i'm trying to figure out -- about israel. i'm trying to figure out, was a getting out of jcpoa. but you talked about the promise the president made about moving the embassy. i know it is a promise he made to sheldon. i heard a story about how that decision went down in the white house, wherever it was it went down. it was not an unanimous decision. i imagine you had a number of institutional folks expressing what they had to do for the folks they represented, that this would be problematic, that the world would come to an end. the arab world would rise up, etc. i'm told that your voice was the last voice before the president made his decision. mr. pence: second to last. norm: can you give us information about that no

no donald j trump. >> cohen spent the last 18 months under house arrest in new york after he was released from federal prison due to covid concerns. cohen says he plans to continue to work with law enforcement to quote, ensure that others are held responsible for their dirty deeds. coming up next on the kron 4 morning news, dozens of guns. >> we covered in san francisco. how social media helped police find them. >> now to the south bay where elizabeth holmes is back on the witness stand monday. the embattled there in focused on what she called positive early test results for the company's blood-testing technology. prosecutors claim she misled bold investigators, investors and patients into believing she had invented a breakthrough in technology. the homes are due today. she generally believe results and that she was not intentionally trying to mislead anyone. if convicted homes could be sentenced up to 20 years in prison. the trial will pick up again today. well, former raiders wide receiver henry ruggs will remain on house arrest. that's after nearly missing required alcohol test. he's r

and a statement by donald j trump 45th president of the united states of america, he declares that if we don't solve the presidential election fraud of 2020, which we have thoroughly and conclusively documented republicans will not be voting in 2022 or 24 it is the single most important thing for republicans to do, steve, what's your over under, on 2 days before a turkey day at the supreme court, and what's a republican voter to do with these mix messages? well, 1st of all, i, i think they should do what they did in virginia and send the democrats packing. they came out and they voted, all right, and other places around the country as well. but so say i just gotta go back and get in my, my take on. so the gas prices are in through the roof. you see, this is the disconnect. this is why what happened in virginia happened in virginia . the economy is great, right? 2 things like gas prices, that's a mean that's not real. keep it up, keep it up because when people go to fill up and they see that the gas prices are almost doubled, what they were on the trump. and by the way, a president has

that appeared to be operable, and they registered what appeared to be the official truth social donald j. trumpat account. promptly posted a picture of a pig going to the bathroom. and pigs don't use bathrooms. the "washington post" reporter found that it was possible to register what appeared to be an official account in the name of mike pence. the "post" also discovered it ran on a free software that literally anybody can download on line to make a site. but as forbes points out today, the new company is also making unusual contingency plans when it comes to how its business is going to go in the years to come. and what would usually be a fairly boilerplate, boring filing with the securities and exchange commission, this trump company that's going to acquire trump's media company, what would happen if a disruptive event were to occur in this new venture? quote, in order to maximize business continuity and mitigate or eliminate any impacts on the company from a material disruptive event, the company's principal ownership shall be structured in such a way so as to eliminate the need of restruct

their biggest considerations is what to do about the man who thinks he won the election in 2020, donald j. trump, because that's basically what trump is going to be running on. you realize that, right. he was cheated the last time, so he deserves another four years-- or maybe 30 years-- as president. but it turns out there is one republican who is brave-- or stupid-- enough to stand in his way. >> political blows from chris christie and former president donald trump. it started with comments the ex-new jersey governor made over the weekend at the republican jewish coalition's conference. christie called on republicans to move past trump's baseless claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him. >> we can no longer talk about the past is the past and the election is over. >> and now former president trump is slapping back. chris christie was just absolutely massacred by his statements that republicans have to move on from the past, meaning the 2020 election fraud. everybody remembers that chris left new jersey with a less than 9% approval rating, a record low. they didn't want to hear this from

page's right to spy on a presidential candidate, presidential transition team and yes, president donald j. trumpo revealed thatat one of deals first time clinton operative, and of was working with a long time course, the compromise and a congenital liar adam schiff has been exposed more than ever including this exchange with morgan ortagus on "the view." take a look. >> you have to get permission yourself for years by promoting this. i think that is the republicans and people who entrusted you the intel chair are called to this. and >> i completely disagree with are confused about. your premise. it is one thing to say allegations were investigated and they were. it's another thing to see in advance people were lying, which were lying to christopher steele is not what we are supposed to do. , and the misconduct is diminished by the fact people right the michael white to christopher steele. >> sean: unfortunately the unequal standard still on full display tonight after former trump advisor steve bannon indicted by the biden doj for contempt of congress. by the way, i have complete contempt of cong

office that cared about this country and still does to this top -- and still does and his name is donald j. trumpi will do it again and again and again and i am a democrat. i am ashamed, appalled and disgusted. host: one more story. democrats used gimmicks. as republicans marched ahead with a tax cut, top democrats hiding the truth -- hiding the true cost of legislation arguing they were loaded with gimmicks and packed with text tricks that would settle the nation with even more debt. -- withtaqx --tax tricks that would settle the nation --saddle the nation with even more debt. budget experts along with moderate democrats say the true cost of the legislation will be closer to $4 trillion because of the way the programs are structured and for in the budgetary process. this is in the "new york times." the house is coming into session, infrastructure and social spending bills, we expect them to be on the floor. thank you for being with us on " washington the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the

are we going to affirm the massive landslide sof donald j. trump or to the forces of darkness.riots groups, and conservative groups, and the half clarity that january 6th was going to be the day, one of the big days and you had to converge it all down to january 6th. is this a wound that will not heal. we are hurtling towards a process that will make it the impeachment look like a pund mick nick. 48 hours away. >> he's got great. >> consequential american history. >> some of steve bannon's greatest hits to take us off the air tonight. with that, that is our broadcast this week. thanks for being here with us. have a good weekend, unless you have other plans. on behalf of our cold leers here at nbc news, good night. d night. >> rachel has the night off, she will be back on monday however. here is something that is worth watching if you didn't see today, i'm gonna tell you this is not an exciting piece of tape, in fact it is so bland and normal that if we were living at any other time we might not even bother playing it for you, but this is worth seeing. this was the republican ca

donald trump's running mate in the 2024 presidential election. hundreds of people actually showed up in dallas to witness the second coming of jfk junior for the second running of donald jme fully prepared. they had shirts and signs. needless to say, neither jfk junior nor his father showed up to this party. the group of critical thinkers did not give up. some members of the group came to the logical epiphany that he must be disguised as keith richards, the rolling stones guitarist. as interesting as that may be to us keith richards fans, i'm not going down that rabbit hole because there's only so much crazy one can take. it's thriving today, last december, after trump lost the election, the elusive leader of the group, who is named q, appeared to have a come to jesus moment. according to ben collins, he addressed their nation of followers and made three revelations. jfk junior is, in fact, dead. two, the earth is not flat. three, elections are safe. just one month after that, trump supporters stormed the capitol motivated by the big lie that the election was stolen from donald trump. seems like q doesn't even control believers anymore. this past week, voters elected at

counterintelligence and the threat of donald j. trump. mr. strzok, it's a real pleasure to have you with us tonight. thanks for making time. >> rachel, it's great to be here. >> so i feel like this is a story that's a few levels removed from how most americans have come to understand the totality of what happened with the russian attack and russia investigation. i wanted to get your sort of top line perspective on the importance of what mr. durham is doing and the importance of what he has done today with this indictment. what do you think people should understand about it? >> well, i think the primary thing people need to understand are that the people that he's indicted to date and charged to date, whether that's michael sussmann, whether it's kevin klein smith, and today igor danchenko, let me be clear, lying to the fbi is a significant, significant crime. it's a crime if the national security advisor does it. it's a crime if as alleged mr. danchenko did it. i have some concerns with the indictment of michael sussman. i'm concerned about w

either way 11 days later donald j. trump won the election.t forward five years homa abedin the woman who hit send when it came to those e-mails writes now, quote, i have slowly come to accept i am not the sole cause of the 2016 election loss. one man's decision to play god forever changed the course of history. it should not be my burden to carry the rest of my life. she is out with a brand new book called both/and, a life in many worlds. it is a lovely book. i didn't know you were such a good writer. >> thank you, jake. i am happy to be on your show and to hear i really enjoyed the writing process. it was great therapy for me. >> let me start with the elephant in the room about comey. for a long time comey was a daily nightmare for you and what happened in 2016 you argue should be comey's burden to bear not yours. but do you believe that saga did change the outcome of the 2016 race? >> first of all, jake, thank you for mentioning a chapter in my book. i do have an entire chapter called "elephant in the room." it is something i lived with for

donald j trump's catastrophic final year. ashley parker, pulitzer prize-winning bureau chief, also with the washington post. and larry sabato, who is the veteran director of the university of virginia senator politics, that mean he is considered the foremost expert on virginia electoral politics. good evening, and welcome to all. professor, i am to two got to begin with you, as happy as we are to have you at this late hours. i don't know how you have any words left, i've watched you on cable all day. the washington post puts this virginia election this way, biden sinking popularity has emerged as a key factor. making the state look, once again, more like a battleground in a democratic stronghold. interviews with nearly two dozen voters found a profound sense of frustration that people have been seen benefits of democratic control trickle into their lives or their wallets. larry, do you buy into that? and can you blame any moderate virginia voters who may be on the fence, who also turned into cable news today and saw how the d

most unpopular president at this point in history at this point in history with the exception of donald j trump. they have tangible year one accomplishments, dating back to the american rescue plan, passed without a single republican vote and signed into law earlier this year. the american rescue plan was a massive $1.9 trillion stimulus package that provided direct payments, checks of $1,400 to americans in need, extended beefed-up unemployment benefits and expanded the child tax credit, providing up to $3,600 per child, which studies estimate could cut child poverty this year in half. biden is overseeing the waning pandemic, the worst of the delta wave appears to be behind us. businesses are reopening. life is slowly returning to some sort of normal in many parts of the country. and many americans are vaccinated the virus. the number is now nearly 200 million vaccinated and rising now that kids are eligible for the shots as well. and yet, despite all that, biden and his party took an absolute beating in virginia this week, when former democratic governor terry mcauliffe lost to republican gle

are we going to affirm the massive landslide of donald j trump, or are we going to turn over the constitutionales of darkness. there is a constitutional crisis going on, people don't understand. after hours ron scraping, we put these out to all these counties and all these patriot groups around, and conservative groups who see-through with the fog of war and this half clarity, that january six was gonna be the day, or one of these big days, everything when you conversion general six. this is a wound that will not heal, we're hurtling towards a constitutional crisis that is going to make the impeachment look like a sunday picnic, this is going to be a historic day. we're going to be a part of history, we want as many people to get here as possible. 48 hours away consequential moment in history. we >> medium at or's with a collection of some of steve bannon's greatest has to take us off the air tonight, and with that, that is our broadcast for this friday evening and for this week. with our thanks for being with us, unless you have other plans. on behalf of all our colleagues at the networks of n

. >> my released today in no and for the donald j trump.or of the justice department bill barr, the southern district of new york frost to judge william self my initial in parts or ration and prosecution. >> cohen was convicted of several charges including tax and bank fraud. lying to congress and campaign finance law violations. closing arguments began today in the ahmaud arbery murder trial. after weeks of testimony, the defense and the prosecution laid out their cases before handing things over to the jury. evan lambert reports. >> he for the police and they did not see the kind that you must admit day. because want to see he's right down the street in closing arguments monday the prosecutor painted father and son gregory and travis mcmichael and their neighbor. william bryan as vigilantes that unlawfully took police powers into their own hands in the shooting death of 25 year-old ahmad arbery the video of the february 2020 shooting recorded by bryan seen around the world. that's not the law each side got up to 3 hours to make their fina

you could tell he was energized, he was in the game, there is no world that exists where donald j trumptant is for the american people at home to remember that they have a president who is out there day in and day out fighting for them. the policies that they want that will benefit their families and their children in their employees and their companies, we don't have to sit back and watch joe biden faultlessly better climate summit helplessly thinking that this is supposed to be one of his top political agendas. maybe it is maybe it is not but it's certainly not what i wouldi want from a president, we can find hope in our president donald trump and i think we saw a lot of that last night. larry: correctly so he was very tough on afghanistan. and what that meant, not just politically for biden but the whole country setting us back and he linked it to the aggression of china and the president xi. >> he was making a point that american strength is a real force for stability and peace in the world and america's weakness when we are weak and we have a weak commander-in-chief as a provocatio

. >> i believe the election was stolen from donald j. trumpeporter: who is also embracing trump but trying to appeal to voters who didn't support him in 2020. . >> i am the candidate that can build a coalition between trump supporters and the education parents and bring back the suburban voters. >> reporter: and taking a subtle dig at her primary opponent. . >> you can't win a race in ohio on twitter. >> at a nearby forum in str stropbgsville, vance running from us as well. he would not take our questions. they are saying that the 2020 election either rigged or stolen. brianna. >> yeah. she's trying the glenn youngkin playbook. eva, great report. thank you. >>> up next, growing concern over the whereabouts of a chinese tennis star. the head of the women's tennis association willing to lose millions until she is fully accounted for. >>> baby carrots, mcdonald's and red dawn. topics covered by kevin somic kaerbgt in a record-setting eight-hour speech all to try to block the biden agenda. but a huge vote coming just minutes from now. t wasn't me

. >> i believe the election was stolen from donald j. trump: who is also embracing trump. but trying as well to appeal to voters who didn't support him in 2020. >> i am the candidate that can build a winning coalition of the trump supporters and the education parents. and bring back those suburban voters. >> reporter: and taking a subtle dig at her primary opponents. >> you can't win a race in ohio on twitter. sfwlfrmts now a form up about get underway here in strongsville. this is a suburb of cleveland. i was in virginia just a few weeks ago and the strategy that we saw by the winning candidate there, republican glenn youngkin, now governor elect could be not be more different than the strategy employed by these candidates in ohio. a full embrace of trump. a much different playbook, much different dynamics here in the buckeye state. wolf. >> very interesting. eva, thank you very much. in ohio for us. there is more breaking news straight ahead, a critical milestone in the three white men charged in the killing of the black jogger ahmaud arbery

. >> ladies and gentlemen, my father, donald j. trumpking the escalator to the white house. >> when donald trump announced his candidacy, jon stewart seemed over the moon. >> trump is the part of your brain that's like at 3:00 a.m. let's go take a [ bleep ] in the mailbox. >> i was the last correspondent hired by jon. >> hassan minhaj. >> i had learned so much from jon for the year and a half, two years i was there. then he called me to his office. he said i think it's that time for me to leave the show. >> i got maybe four or five more years with the kids before they really don't want anything to do with me. >> yeah. >> and i'm just not there. you can't go 9:00 to 9:00 for 16 years and think you're going to be able to tell them to not smoke pot. you can't just show up at 9:00 p.m. and be like don't get high. all right, good night, sweetie. >> when jon decided to leave the show, america had a hissy fit. what are we going to do? what's going to happen? >> oh, my god, jon stewart left at the exact wrong time. but i don't know that anybody

it was a mixed day on thursday, the dow snapping a four day string of record highs ending donald j. trumphanks to strong earnings. weekly jobless claims hit a new pandemic low. moderna shares fell more than 17% after it said it was struggling to meet demand, global demand for its covid vaccine. investors looking past the feds' announcement to roll back the stimulus. turning to the jobs report out in a couple of hours, analysts expect the economy added maybe 450,000 jobs last month, more than in both september and october. >>> opec and a.llies decided no to ramp up. at its virtual meeting in vienna, opec agreed to stick to its plan. it will increase production next month by 400,000 barrels per day. soaring prices at a crucial moment. gas prices are at a 7 year high. >> we went from schools being closed for months during the pandemic to now not enough bus drivers to get them to class. but one 12-year-old boy in colorado isn't letting that stop him. despite very real risks, josh smith told his dad he had a solution. >> one night around dinner josh just said, hey, dad, would you mind if i kay

nearly 1 in 20 americans, 21 million of them, find that use of force is justified to restore donald j. trump to the presidency. 21 million americans. nor is this theoretical or abstract. check out the actual violent threats against school board members, election officials, flight attendants who dare to ask people to wear masks in the air. guns, militias, in fact the near record number of gun sales this year. the domestic terrorists who keep getting caught including the guy arrested near the capital this summer after claiming to have a bomb in his pickup truck. i could go on because there is more. these days sadly there is always more. but are we on the verge of a new era of massive violence? new civil war even as some on the far right openly fantasize about? i can't believe i am having to ask this out loud. hey, what do i know? let's ask my expert guest a civil war historian and predictor. joann freeman is a yale history professor and author of the acclaimed book "the field of blood the previously untold story of the violence that helped spark the civil war" and a public policy professor at

i believe this election was stolen from donald j. trump. >> reprehensible. >> a smile.ater today by president biden. those turkeys are named peanut butter and jelly. the birds spent last night at the willette hotel here in washington, d.c. they will move to the rose garden this afternoon where justice and a little pumpkin pie will be served during the ceremony. later, these two turkeys raised in indiana will head home, new home, perdue university. have a fantastic weekend. ana cabrera picks up our coverage right now. >> jolo and thanks for joining us on this friday. i'm ana cabrera in new york. after months of division and dysfunction house democrats come together and deliver a major victory to the white house. erupting in cheers, the house now sends the president's build back bette

never stood there when republicans were saying they wanted another nominee other than president donald j. trump. jen psaki, next time she goes to the podium, shall be going there with more than 60% ofal democras saying maybe we should look into someone else as our nominee for president. wow, what a state of affairs for joe biden. >> sean: and donald trump would say no, you're going to pay your fair share, we're not going to sign trade deals anymore in europe ended up doing anything president trump wanted and made better deals for the american people. thank you. tonight we turn to the race in virginia.er polls show it is extremely tight, but according to our sources, late deciders now are breaking and masco republican glenn youngkin. terry mcauliffe is in panic mode, turning to the oldest trick in the democratic playbook, we talk about this every two years, four years, republicans are racist and sexist and misogynist and homophobic and xenophobic. anyway, late last week, vile stunt, several individuals reportedly democratic staffers dressed up as tiki torch-carrying white supremacists pretending

pence that day and now we're getting some unsurprising but new insight into the warped mind of donald j. trumpoday, trump defended the lynch mob that was rooting for pence's murder and he says it was common sense for them to threaten the life of the vice president. so in other words, trump is still very much on brand. take a listen. >> were you worried about him during that siege? >> no, i thought he was well protected and i heard he was in good shape. no. because i had heard he was in very good shape, but, but no -- >> those chants were terrible. >> he could have -- the people were very angry. >> they were saying hang mike pence. >> because it's common sense, it's common sense jon, that you're supposed to protect -- if you know a vote is fraudfraudul how can you pass a fraudulent vote to congress? >> coo coo, his remarks come from a march interview with jonathan karl of abc news for the upcoming book "betrayal the final act of the trump show" and with those words trump is signaling to his base that violence, even murder is justified in the name of the big lie. now, we should note that pence w

our party is open as long as you do not challenge donald j. trump he won the election. the two on the left kinzinger and gonzales not running for re-election. the question for kinzinger, with new jersey and virginia just proved to us 2022 could be a fascinating political climate, might be good for republicans, not just good. does he want to be in politics or do you run in 2024 where there will be trump himself or pro--like candidates in there? do you run to make a statement? that's the choice. >> right, right, and i think there are takeaways for republicans in new jersey and virginia. that's if you're a republican who wants to win statewide in a relatively liberal state, you have to learn at least how to tolerate trump, and that's what glenn youngkin did successfully. didn't alienate the former president or his base of supporters. no one can say adam kinzinger has not alienated the former president or supporters. you have kevin mccarthy calling him a pelosi republican, him and liz cheney, for supporting the january 6th commission and has been one of

this is called chapter 9, "donald j. trump, a unique challenge."s the most difficult since nixon, david. >> unique actually is a very good summary. john did a good job with that title because it conveys so much. it wasn't that donald trump was un-briefable. he did have intelligence briefings during the transition, and he did keep them through much of his presidency, but those briefings were decidedly different than with any other president. because donald trump did not want to sit there and listen to the objective facts as judged by the intelligence community. he wanted to talk. he wanted to interrupt. he wanted to ask questions. and not really focus on what the evidence was as much as what he thought the evidence was. that led to a very difficult relationship for an intelligence enterprise that has been built up over decades solely to get objective information before the president. >> look, you've written about this, every president is different in their engagement style, but there's this absorbing of the information. what we can see from this cha

effort, broader and more forceful than that in any other state where allies of former president donald j. trumpto overhaul elections, takes direct aim at the bipartisan wisconsin elections commission." last month a report ordered by republican state legislators and performed by wisconsin's non-partisan legislative audit bureau found -- big surprise here -- no widespread fraud in the 2020 election. but the report did make dozens of recommendations for the election commission. and republicans pounced. >> seth: think about how insane that is. they conducted an audit that found no evidence of fraud, but made a bunch of recommendations anyway it's like if you went to the doctor for a physical, and he said, "all right, everything looks perfect. we'll take the leg off on monday." [ laughter ] not sure how many bones are in there, but it's got to be -- >> upwards of nine [ laughter ] >> seth: the callback. this is the single greatest existential threat to our democracy right now, and it's hanging over every aspect of our politics one party wants to take control so they can never lose power again. from

and the registered what appeared to be the official truth social donald j trump account, and promptlyo that account of a pig going to the bathroom. and picks don't use bathrooms. washington post reporter found that it was possible to register what appeared to be an official account in the name of mike pence. post also revealed that the platform runs on completely free, open source software that literally anybody can download online to make their own social networking site. so, things haven't been off to a priority terry gangbusters sort of start. but as for points out today, the new company is also making it unusual contingency plans when it comes to how it's businesses going to go in the years to come. and what would usually be a fairly boiler play, file or with the exchange commission -- this public company which is going to acquire trump's new media company. they outline what would happen if they, quote, material destructive event were to occur in this new venture. quote, in order to maximize business continuity and to minimize, mitigate, or eliminate any negative impact on the com

wrote about his experience, the book is called compromise, counterintelligence and the threat of donald j trumpnight thanks for making time. >> rachel it's great to be here. >> i feel like this is a story that's a few levels removed from how most americans have come to understand the totality of what happened, with the russian, attacking the russian investigation. i wanted to get your sorted top line perspective and the importance of what mr. durham is doing. and the importance of what he has done today, with this indictment. what do you think people should understand about it? >> i think the thing that people need to understand, is that the people he indicted today, in charge today, whether it's coming claim smith the fbi attorney, and today then chain, go were all involved in matters which were very almost peripheral to the core of what we were looking at with regards to the russian investigation. let me be clear, lying to the fbi is a significant crime. it's a crime of national security advisers, it's a -- during his interviews with fbi agents. as you mentioned earlier, i have some concerns

negates the act donald j trump. >> cohen has spent the last 18 months under house arrest in new yorked from federal prison because of covid concerns. cohen says he plans to continue to work with law enforcement to quote, ensure that others are held responsible for their dirty deeds. new at 10 justice may have come too late for them. but the families of 4 black teenagers wrongly accused of sexually assaulting a young white girl. 72 years ago. finally have some closure of florida judge has exonerated the so-called groveland 4 who were convicted of the girl in 1949 even though there was no physical evidence against them all. the men have since passed away. one was executed. all of them were pardoned 2 years ago. relatives of the 4 say they hope something good comes from their story. 2 members of an american missionary group kidnapped in haiti. more than a month ago have been freed. they're ohio based church organization christian aid ministries says the released missionaries are safe and in good spirits, but they're not revealing their identities or why they were freed. 15 people are st

. >> president donald j. trump!side the chambers of congress, the certification of the votes paused. >> i want to object to further reading. >> with objections from republican senators and some republican house members. >> i rise today to object -- >> i rise to support the objection. >> i rise to support the objection. >> earlier that day vice president pence put out a statement saying he would not going to follow trump's instructions. >> usa! >> which upset the president as he conveyed to the massive crowd. >> mike pence, i hope you're going to stand up for the good of our constitution and for the good of our country and if you're not, i'm going to be very disappointed in you. >> trump continued to rile up the crowd demanding they take action. >> you'll never take back our country with weakness. you have to show strength and you have to be strong. >> many at the rally took his words literally. and we all watched as the effort to overturn the election. >> it's over! >> came to a violent, bloody crescendo. >> it was

didn't donald j. trump propose this with more money when he was president?ost: i don't remember the specifics of the dollar figure. i would have to look that up a go-ahead. caller: yes. i think your research will say that's true so why didn't they do it before? the infrastructure passage is a good thing overall but like a caller just said no one knows exactly where the money is going to go and it is going to be years before the money gets out of d.c. down to where it has got to go. who is going to take their cut out of all the money that flows down? it should have been done when trump was president but, of course, there is no way a democrat could vote for anything. a cure for cancer? no, he did it. we can't vote for that. that is the message here. host: let's go to douglas in hazel crest, illinois, democrat line. caller: good morning, good morning. i'm listening to some of your callers but i'll tell you, this infrastructure, if one don't go, the other one don't go. this gas going up just happened in 10 months, nine months as this president is here. host: you

they couldn't read donald j. trump. that really helped the united states of america, they always had the question what will this goo really do. they know what biden will do and candidly, neil, he will do nothing. neil: the sacrificing sound policy to politics. i'm making the leap here, you also seem to be hitting countries like china love that they love the discord that ensues as a result. >> yeah. you know, you have to look at china as a competitor. that is what president trump did. we know that economically, we do that militarily and would really is the term we used to use press of envelope pretty hard. biden has not done that. because of that they respect that. when you have respect, it forces them to act and perform in a different way. they don't do that with president biden. look, i will tell you, neil, we would have never seen the incursions, the air incursions of the volume that we've seen into taiwan's air defense identification zone when they are putting over 130 aircraft into that zone on a daily basis. that i

of course, it was the basis for the historic first impeachment of donald j. trumpstimony, an enduring reality check on the campaign that has unfolded in the wake of that first impeachment to downplay, excuse, and even embolden the disgraced former president's attempts to cheat in the 2020 election and undermine its result. his aim since he made that phone call to ukrainian president zelensky in july of 2019 was singular, to beat joe biden at any cost. it remained the underpinning for his pressure on election officials to find the votes he would have needed to win the 2020 election, to galvanize his supporters, to storm the capitol on january 6th, and to lie to the american people on an ongoing basis, falsely claiming their votes aren't safe at the ballot box, so that maybe, he seems to hope, he can find a way to grab power back for himself again. it is against that backdrop that today the warning lights are flashing red. the republican party having surrendered its identity and ideals to a twice-impeached disgraced one-term ex-president, penalizing its few members w

. >>> he was the democrats' not so secret weapon during the first impeachment of donald j. trumpg. he announced this week he's running for attorney general of new york, the state's top law enforcement official, to again tackle today's big fights, and what he calls the existential threat to democratic ideals and the rule of law. we're back with new york attorney general candidate dan goldman and john heilemann. okay, so, tell us what -- tell us what this campaign is about for you. >> well, nicole, over the last several years, we've seen how important the new york attorney general's position is with its broad authority and leticia james has done a very good job, an effective job. she's investigated donald trump, the trump organization. she's filed numerous lawsuits to sort of uphold fundamental rights and basic freedoms against the trump administration, and she filed a lawsuit to dissolve the nra for misusing its charity. so, the reach and the authority of the new york attorney general goes, obviously, it's quite broad in new york but goes beyond that. and as we were just talking a

effort, broader and more forceful than that in any other state, where allies of former president donald j. trumprect aim at the bipartisan wisconsin elections commission, an agency republicans created half a decade ago that has been under attack since the chaotic aftermath of last year's election. last month, a report ordered by republican state legislators and performed by wisconsin's nonpartisan legislative audit bureau found, big surprise here, no widespread fraud in the 2020 election. but the report did make dozens of recommendations for the election commission, and republicans pounced. the "times" continues with this, quote, then the trump aligned sheriff of racine county, the state's fifth most populous county, recommended felony charges against five of the six members for guidance they had given to municipal clerks early in the pandemic. the republican majority leader later seemed to give a green light to that proposal, saying that prosecutors around the state should determine whether to bring charges and that is not all. the milwaukee journal sentinel reports that senator ron johnson is

history demonstrated that president obama told a falsehood because the next republican president donald j. trump ripped the obama-iran deal to shreds, withdrew from the deal which was the right decision. i urged president trump to do that. and madam president, our allies and our enmights should -- and our enemies should mark my words on this, regardless of whatever empty promises president biden makes, he lacks constitutional authority to bind a subsequent administration. and i believe it is a hundred percent certain that the next republican president who is sworn into office will once again rip to shreds any disastrous deal negotiated with the ayatollah and iran. so president biden has three more years to try to give away the store, to try to send billions of dollars, perhaps on palates in the dead of night like barack obama did, to fund theocratic terrorists who want to murder americans and murder israelis. but the ayatollah needs to know, europe needs to know, our friends need to know, our enemies need to know that president biden's promises are empty words that will expire the instant his pr

. >> and, again, another federal judge who's pointing the finger and pointing the blame at donald j. trump of the trump show." it's incredible the last couple of days, we had two federal judges talking about the betrayal of donald trump against those very people who were gullible enough to believe his lies, upend their lives and come to washington, d.c. and have their entire lives wrecked by the fact they committed crimes against the united states government. >> i mean, he -- they were doing his bidding. that is clear, crystal clear in these proceedings, joe. and it was donald's activity didn't begin with his speech at the ellipse on january 6th. this is as i sketch out in "betrayal" a methodical buildup to january 6th using all means necessary, everything at his disposal to try to stop the transition of power. it wasn't simply a protest, it wasn't simply a violent protest. it goes far beyond the actual crimes committed at the capitol on that day. the assault of police officers, the breaking into the building, the vandalism and all of that. this was much more than that. this was much more

the dynamic is a natural outgrowth of the slash and burn politics of former president donald j. trumpbill as rhinos, republicans in names only, who should be ashamed of themselves. others followed his lead in calling out their colleagues. we told but the georgia congresswoman who posted on her social media pages the phone numbers of the house members who voted for the bill. former adviser to donald trump, steve bannon, sent out the number of senators who backed the legislation. several congressional aides tell "the times" calls have come from citizens, conflating the piece of legislation. nbc news has obtained a call sent to congressman fred upton of michigan. we warn you, it is disturbing to listen to. >> [ bleep ] traitor, that's what you are. you're a [ bleep ] piece of -- traitor. i hope you die. i hope everyone in your [ bleep ] family dies. >> joe, this is the culture, this is the climate that former president trump has helped to create, to seek out people seen as disloyal to him. now it's made its way to the leadership of the sitting republican party where kevin mccarthy told p