they gathered to celebrate john eastman.a video posted online apparently taken from the audience, trump sang eastman's praises, insisting eastman was, quote, right the whole time. fortunately for trump, vice president kamala harris doesn't share his volume set. tomorrow she will provide over the certification of donald trump's victory. harris will protect the tradition of peaceful handover of power as donald trump celebrates the efforts that tried to destroy it. with us is co oes of the sisters in law, podcast, kimberly atkins. >> give us a sense of the room. the audaciousness of it, just the in your face, m-fer, you know. we are going to celebrate four years later of trying to overturn an election. donald trump saying i am a big fan of john eastman, you know, he was right. they said he's not allowed to do it, and our vice president then right after the election, they changed the law so he can't do it. what he's referring to is the electoral count act which congress did change to basically shore up the ambiguities in the 188

because trump, along with a list of his maga cohorts, all gathered at mar-a-lago for the premier of john eastman's new documentary. of course, eastman being one of the more prominent figures in the effort to overturn the 2020 election. this comes two days before the anniversary of january 6th. what message is this sending, joyce? >> this is a clear slap in the face to democracy. i think it suggests that trump has normalized what happened on january 6th and although americans have notoriously short memories, it's important for us to dredge up the feelings of where we were, what we observed and how we felt. we know republicans in the house were outraged by what happened on january 6th in the moment. many of them issued stinging condemnations of donald trump. so for him to sit in mar-a-lago honoring john eastman, one of the architects of january 6th, someone who failed to honor his legal obligation to uphold the constitution, that speaks volumes about where donald trump as he embarks upon this second presidency. >> let's take a look at the clip from the documentary. here it is. >> he asked me to help

this for donald trump was not just john eastman who he welcomed back to mar-a-lago. it was rudy giuliani, peter navarro who served four months in jail for defying a subpoena from the january 6th committee. it included jeffrey clark, another individual indicted on rico charges in georgia. for donald trump, he was doing all of this, kind of merged two events at once. not only appearing with the likes of those individuals but also at the same time, italian prime minister georgia maloney. so i want to let you know about another incident from senator john thune, the incoming senate majority leader. he was asked about january 6th and donald trump's suggestion that he would pardon those attackers come day one, january 20th when he is inaugurated. take a listen. >> that is ultimately going to be a decision that president trump will have to make. you know, what i'm focused on is the future. and not looking in the rearview mirror and looking in the windshield of what we have to do. you learn from the past, remember the past, but you live in the present. >> reporter: tomorrow i

that's what john eastman engaged in. to bring it together the, the celebration of those who took part in the lead up to january 6 is the culmination of four years of disinformation about what happened on january 6. disinformation about the efforts to overturn the results of the will of the people. whether it's priming the pump for something we will see in the next four years remains to be seen, but it shows this constant, constant pushback against reality and using terms like john eastman used like lawfare to flip the tables, turn the tables and show that legitimate adherence to the rule of law by prosecutors and by judges, by judges, to bring back your point, about judge merchan. they are trying to flip that script. >> the thing that strikes me in all of this from donald trump to ruby duties janik -- rudy giuliani and eastman as they sound no different from the petty criminal that rudy giuliani used to prosecute who would stand in front of a reporter or bank of cameras or a judge and claim his innocence and say how the

they watched this film about john eastman that attorney who was one of those individuals who was alsoicted along with donald trump in georgia as part of the sprawling racketeering charges that came from the district attorney down in fulton county. but then you look at the likes of rudy giuliani, who also got a shout out from donald trump, who was at mar-a-lago last night. peter navarro, served four months in jail for defying the january 6th select smith's subpoena. you also had michael flynn, who the january 6th select smith outlined allegations he was port of an oval office meeting before the january 6th attack, he met with donald trump and there was discussion about potentially imposing martial law as well as seizing voting machines. jeffrey clark, the department of justice official who allegedly urged other doj officials to make false claims about the 2020 election an to donald trump who been actively considering to make acting attorney general before the certification. of course, all of this is up against the anniversary. january 6th attack four years ago that led to the criminal

john eastman was indicted for those acts but john eastman was joined by peter navarro, michael flynn,giuliani, all inside of the ballroom down at mar-a-lago for the film presentation. donald trump spoke highly as the italian prime minister watched on. of course, all of this coming on the heels of the anniversary of the gentry sixth attack but now as we are about to be on our way from the certification of donald trump victory ahead of his inauguration on january 20th. jose? >> vaughn hillyard, barbara mcquade, thank you so much. that wraps on social media at jdbalert. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. >

those acts but john eastman was joined by peter navarro, michael flynn, rudy giuliani, all inside of the ballroom down at mar-a-lago for the film presentation. donald trump spoke highly as the italian prime minister watched on. of course, all of this coming on the heels of the anniversary of the gentry sixth attack but now as we are about to be on our way from the certification of donald trump victory ahead of his inauguration on january 20th. jose? >> vaughn hillyard, barbara mcquade, thank you so much. that wraps on social media at jdbalert. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. >>> right now on andrea mitchell reports, the congress braves a blinding snowstorm to fulfill a constitutional mandate, to certify the election results, a peaceful transfer of power, far from the violence from trump supporters trying to stop the process four years ago. >>> also this hour, president biden is scheduled to leave washington for new orleans, where he and the first lady will meet with those affected by the bourbon street attack. >>> canada's

trump praised eastman and his efforts in 2020. >> john eastman. that is why they changed the law.k about that. >> joins me now is jim clyburn. great to see you congressman. happy new year and thank you for being with me. >> i have so many things to ask you about. i want to start with january 6th. it is so your mind. you were at the capitol that day. praising eastman. we are two weeks away from trump being sworn in and pardoning people who participated in the insurrection. i just wanted to know how you are digesting that reality.. >> reporter: thank you very much for having me. it is a very unnerving moment. i do not believe we will have a repeat of that. we will have a vice president presiding tomorrow who believes in the peaceful transition of the office. and, she will, preside over her own defeat. i saw al gore do that some years ago. this is what makes america great. not whether or not you have more hits on your social media than someone else or if you can insult more people than the other person, but if you can commitment yourself to maintaining those things that keep us stron

weekend" they were talking about the fact that donald trump hosted a screening of a movie about john eastman, the so-called architect of the fake electors scheme at mar-a-lago. people like rudy giuliani, michael flynn, jeffrey clark and peter navarro were in attendance as well. you know, on one hand, who cares what donald trump shows at mar-a-lago, except that in a few weeks he's going to be in the white house and this -- this wanders into the territory of things that the president is actually doing as president as opposed to the president-elect is doing with his friends. >> well, you know, criminals always return to the scene of the crime and they can't get over january 6 because they understand that that was the moment where their big lie exploded into full public consciousness and everybody could see where their lies were leading. they acted in the face of more than 60 federal and state court decisions repudiating every assertion of election fraud and election corruption that they were advancing about the 2020 campaign. and yet they can't leave it alone because they understand that this w

guest of honor none other than the architect of the fake elector scheme to steal the election, john eastman. in a video recorded by someone in the audience, trump describes himself as a -- as quote, quote, a big fan of eastman and another election denier in attendance, former assistant attorney general jeffrey clark. both eastman and clark face charges in georgia for their efforts to overturn election results there. earlier today on the weekend, former january 6th select committee chair congressman bennie thompson slammed the mar-a-lago lovefest and accused trump of rewriting history. >> donald trump should be ashamed of himself. every time i see windows being broken, objects being thrown at law enforcement, staff, and members of congress running for their lives, i still shudder. how can someone come back and say that those individuals did that were patriots? >> as a reminder, trump and his allies incited the most violent attack on the capitol in u.s. history. on january 6th, 2021, more than 1500 people marched to the capitol at trump's urging. reuters carried flag poeshlgs batons and bear

and so for donald trump, he this weekend had john eastman, jeffrey clark, rudy giuliani, peter navarro in attendance at a ballroom in mar-a-lago where they were watching a feature film focused on john eastman, one of the lawyers indicted in part of the fake elector scheme. for donald trump, today's certification was just as important as continuing to justify his actions from four years ago. >> so he had them over. what was the intention and what does that mean for when he gets sworn into office? should we expect to see more of these characters again, vaughn? >> i think it was a note to those who are loyal to donald trump that to the extent that you continue to be useful and stand by him to the end, that you will have a place at mar-a-lago in palm beach, and these are individuals who, right, jeffrey clark, individuals who could have testified against him, provided the grand jury, a grand jury information that could have been detrimental to him. could have flipped, right, could have pled guilty down in fulton county. these individuals chose not to do that. where are they at this crucial

this past weekend, just two odd weeks, he screened a documentary at mar-a-lago about john eastman who was one of the electors whose efforts were to overturn the election. he gathered dy giuliani, michael flynn, peter navarro, and others. many of the people who were deeply involved in the efforts to steal the election. they gathered with donald trump this weekend at mar-a-lago. i'm also told people close to the former president, they're considering up to a thousand acts of clemency or pardons of those involved. that's most of the people that the doj has charged to this point. some investigations are still ongoing. so he is on the precipice of taking power again, and he still cannot let go of the lie that he lost the last time. he's still believing that he was cheated, that he had won then as well. on the other side, we have president biden penning an op-ed in the "washington post" he spoke to reporters saying, this is a somber day of remembrance. the way we think about pearl harbor or other tough days, dark days in our nation's history, but that is certainly something republicans have

john eastman, rudy giuliani, peter navarro and michael flynn. trump giving each man a shout out from the stage. >> rudy's going to come out on top. it's just a question of time. >> our thanks to vaughn for that report. >>> chilling new details in how the suspect in the deadly new orleans truck ramming prepared for the attack. shamsud-din jabbar wore special glasses. >> were the glasses recovered? and did jabbar wear them? >> we believe he was wearing them throughout the evening. >> he was recording the entire time? >> we don't have any indication he he was recording, but he was wearing those glasses. >> jabbar placed two homemade bombs in the area before the new year's day attack. though neither detonated, one moved out of the way by unidentified people. today the white house says president joe biden and first lady jill biden will visit louisiana to grieve with the family as community members. >>> antony blinken has arrived in seoul meeting with south korean officials to discuss how they can, quote, strengthen efforts to promote a free, open and

those allies included jeffrey clark, john eastman, rudy giuliani, peter navarro, and michael flynn. trump giving each man a shoutout from the stage. >> rudy is going to come out on top. it's just a question of time. >> vaughn hillyard is joining us now. vaughn, we talked about the weather heading to washington. what if that snowstorm keeps some members of congress from making it to the chamber to vote. >> reporter: there is a minimal chance of impact. even then, there is no widespread plan among democrats to object to these results. hallie? >> vaughn hillyard, thank you. >>> in atlanta tonight, thousands of people are lining up to pay their final respects to former president jimmy carter before his national funeral service later this week. priya priya is outside the carter center. >> reporter: a line of people have filed through to pay their final respects. his final journey began saturday morning with a procession ending here. mourners i spoke with say he was a role model. >> if any of us can be a fraction of that kind of contribution to mankind, we will be very blessed. >> i think

i just played that clip of donald trump praising john eastman from last night.are two weeks away from trump being sworn in and potentially pardoning people who participated in the insurrection. i wanted to know how you are digesting that reality. >> well, thank you very much for having me. it is a very unnerving moment. i do not believeella repeat of that. we will have a vice president presiding on -- who believes in the peaceful transition of the office. and she will. she will preside over her own defeat. i saw al gore do that some years ago. this is what makes america great, it not whether or not we have more hits on your social media than someone else or you can insult more people than the other person, but whether you can commit yourself to maintaining those things that keep us strong as a country and keep us great as a nation. that's what you are going to see tomorrow. a great contrast. i hope the american people will take time out to watch this tomorrow and, hopefully, have their faith in this great country renewed. >> such an important reminder. let me as

participating in the insurrection and just last night at mar-a-lago donald trump hosted a screening of the john eastman dilemma, a movie about the attorney described as the architect of the attempt to subvert the results of the 2020 election. in a video posted online apparently taken from the audience donald trump saying eastman's praises, insisting that he was, quote, right the whole time. per nbc's reporting in addition to eastman, several other figures who played roles in trying to overturn the election were also in attendance last night, including rudy giuliani, jeffrey clark, michael flynn, and peter navarro. while trump offers absolution for supporters, he promises retribution on their behalf against those who tried to hold him and his supporters accountable. in a post on truth social two days ago he once again attacked former republican congresswoman and january 6th committee member liz cheney as, quote, a war monger of low intelligence, end quote. referred to her and other members of the january 6th committee as, quote, dishonest thugs, end quote. tomorrow will be remarkable for how ordinary it

last night, at his mar-a-lago resort, he hosted a screening for a documentary on his max friend, john eastman, who played a massive role in his efforts to overturn the 2020 result. also, on the guest, among the guests, were other key trump's allies involved in those efforts, like rudy giuliani, peter navarro, and michael flynn. what do you take from that, with this anniversary looming tomorrow, congresswoman, that he will show that documentary last night and have among his guest those were part of it? >> you know, president-elect donald trump is still obsessed with what happened in the 2020 reelection and i myself -- and i think my colleagues -- we strongly oppose, obviously, any efforts to deny what happened that day and officer done is exactly right. when i was impeachment manager, we presented our case to the senate and at the end of our case, mitch mcconnell went down to the senate floor and he pretty much admitted that president-elect donald trump had committed these acts, but he said he would not vote to impeach or to convict because he thought the court should do it. then the courts di

those allies who also spoke included jeffrey clark, john eastman, rudy giuliani, peter navarro and michaellynn. trump giving each man a shout out from the stage. what they've done to rudy. but rudy's going to come out on top. it's just just a question of time. i don't. that was nbc's vaughn hillyard reporting in new york city. a controversial traffic plan went into effect today. it is now the first city in the country to have so-called congestion pricing. that means drivers have to pay a $9 toll to drive on city streets into the heart of manhattan. that toll drops to 225 during off hours. now, city officials hope it will reduce traffic gridlock while raising money for public transit. the fight to stop the rollout continued in court until late friday, when a federal judge ruled the manhattan toll could go forward. i think it's just a tax. it's not going to alleviate any congestion. places like chicago and los angeles, which also have pretty severe traffic congestion, are watching to see what happens here in new york. the program launchehed without major hiccups early this morning, but offic

evening on saturday on the eve of this anniversary trump was hosting or attended this screening of john eastman'sbviously the attorney, kind of the architect behind the plan to get trump to try to block the certification. you know, he's lost his law license. he's been criminally charged. but he's this figure. he was there. rudy giuliani was there. both present, talking about the senior people who were there that day. and encouraging these people. >> yeah. i mean, look, there's even something called a january 6 choir, which is prisoners who basically called in and sang into a phone. and that's been kind of remixed with a trump speech. it's been played at trump rallies. just a total transformation. right? in the last four years in terms of -- and very intentional and purposeful too when it comes to tucker carlson and everybody else changing how people are -- or at least many people view what really happened that day here. >> donie o'sullivan, elle reeve greet both of you reporting. breaking news this hour, special counsel jack smith in his final report that he's expected to issue on his investigati

over the weekend, trump hosted a dinner at mar-a-lago featuring a documentary about john eastman, a formery who urged vice president mike pence to reject electors in an attempt to overturn the 2020 results. the documentary questioned the criminal investigations and legal scrutiny faced by eastman. eastman is currently being prosecuted in georgia and arizona for his role in election interference. other election denitser were also in attendance though including peter navarro, rudy giuliani, and michael flynn who all played pivotal roles in keeping trump in power. we heard a lot about them in the january 6th select committee hearings. alan dershowitz also spoke on a panel about lawfare while trump stood in the back of the room and listened. italian prime minister georgia maloney was also there, and she's seen as a potentially strong partner for trump given her conservative credentials. >>> president-elect trump will be sentenced for his 34-count felony conviction just before he's inaugurated as the 47th president. judge merchan denied the motions to dismiss the case. he will appear either in-

those allies who also spoke included jeffrey clark, john eastman, rudy giuliani, peter navarro and michaelmp giving each man a shout out from the stage. what they've done to rudy. but rudy's going to come out on top. it's just just a question of time. i don't. that was vaughn hillyard reporting. amazon is working on a documentary about melania trump. amazon prime video announced today that it's licensing a documentary film about the incoming first lady. jeff bezos is the founder and executive chairman of amazon, and today's announcement comes after bezos said that he plans to donate $1 million to the inaugural fund of president elect trump. bezos also met with trump at his mar a lago club in florida after his election win over vice president kamala harris. up next, not a day to day injury. who? steve kerr with an update on warriors forward jonathan kuminga. anthony flores has details ahead in sports. and right now we're starting to see some patchy fog around the bay area. you see it there near the golden gate bridge, also near santa rosa. the latest on this. and when gusty wind z's bakery

. >> the report poses similar problems for john eastman, showing that he was, quote, instrumental in fraud, as even eastman admitted the plans violated federal law. now, this matters because it draws the line against future lawyers who might try these claims. even if you look at this and say, gosh, what if donald trump got away with it? well, these folks didn't. giuliani himself bankrupt over related litigation. courts are moving towards seizing his money and cars to pay and give them to his defamed election workers. smith never did interviews. his office had few known leaks. he spoke through his work and some brief announcements for the indictments. today's report, though, features him speaking in a way we've rarely heard. he rebuts the maga attacks that claimed this was some sort of politicized witch hunt. smith, rebutting claims that he took orders from biden as, in a word, laughable. all right. as another wordsmith, nas might say, it's comedy. it's hilarious. look in the mirror. tell me the times ain't the scariest point being. it may be laughable, but it is not funny when the sta

with trump's election denying coconspirator john eastman. and all of that money appears to have been well spent, it has paid off. at today's hearing, senator ernst began her questioning by entering into the official record a letter of support for pete hegseth, and from there it was pretty clear where this is going. ernst spent half of her time asking about hegseth commitment to auditing the pentagon, before asking some perfunctory questions about women and sexual assault in the military, largely agreeing with hegseth dancers on both. it was not an adversarial line of questioning. in fact, it was hardly questioning. at the same time, the new yorker reports that senator ernst turned down offers to hear privately from hegseth sexual assault accuser. now, earlier tonight, senator ernst denied that reporting, saying she never received a request from the accuser or her lawyer. either way, any meeting between senator ernst and the victim is unlikely to happen. despite ernst's announced desire to have any allegation cleared and to be a voice for vic

but there are others like rudy giuliani, john eastman.s developed that was enough to call them coconspirators in the indictment against donald trump? what evidence is there? and could the special counsel have made referrals to other state prosecutors to perhaps pursue charges against those individuals? again, i don't expect we would necessarily see that in the report. you may see a number of redactions if they did do that, but that would be the kind of thing, at least for me, that would pique my interest. i'm interested in some of the other individuals, because so much of the evidence that jack smith had against donald trump really was laid out, not only in the indictment and the subsequent briefing as well. >> it's a bit of a reunion for all of us. and great to have you all here on such an important day. jonathan capehart, andrew weissmann, lisa rubin, christie greenberg, thank you. and still ahead, frontline crews facing challenges that only start with the flames. the latest on the problems getting water to the scene. but first, what nb

he held a screening of a documentary focused on john eastman, who of course, was the famous attorneyho urged vice president mike pence, saying he did have the legal authority to stop the certification. >> which he was wrong. >> trump held a screening this weekend praising him, saying that he was correct, which obviously he wasn't. he lost his law license over that, he's been charged criminally over there. it speaks to how trump is viewing that as he's preparing to be back on the steps in a matter of weeks from 93. >> people died that day, four trump supporters died. a police officer named brian sicknick, after being violently confronted by the mob, died. other police officers died by suicide after the trauma of the day. you talked to gladys sicknick, brian's mother. >> i said how are you doing? understandably, she said i'm a mess today. and it is very hard for her to see donald trump re- elected, coming into power. of course, she lost her son, but she said to me, quote, nothing will bring back brian or the others who helped defend democracy that day, not to mention all the cops who w

there were other people who were john eastman, people who were associated with the fake electors plot. so all of those people appear because this office doesn't exist anymore, are no longer facing that that legal jeopardy. i should note, by the way, 250 people were interviewed for this as part of this investigation. according to the justice department. and, you know, that is, you know, far more than we had ever known. and 55 people were brought to the grand jury, 55 witnesses were brought to the grand jury. again, that's brand new information. we didn't know exactly the scope of what this investigation had covered. >> i want to stop for a second. also, have we have some part of what the conclusion says in this report? is this the department's view that the constitution prohibits the continued indictment and prosecution of a president is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged. the strength of the government's proof, or the merits of the prosecution, which the office stands fully behind. indeed, but for mr. trump's election and imminent return to the presiden

when they then got together with john eastman and pence said, look, i can't do that.urn these electoral votes to the states. trump said to him, well, i like the other thing better. the other thing being just throw them all out altogether. you know, that's the kind of detail here that while it's not game changing, there are some additional details here that i think will inform the way that people understood jack smith's charging decisions, both in terms of what he did charge and as ken mentioned, what he didn't in terms of insurrection and some of the other options that were on the table. >> ken, i want to ask you about two other investigations. will we ever see the final report on the classified documents case, the other federal probe into donald trump? >> that's first. and secondly, we did hear from special counsel david weiss yesterday about the hunter biden probe. >> tell us what he had to say, including some criticisms of the current president. >> yeah, jonathan, that was remarkable. first, on the classified documents case, judge aileen cannon of florida appears t

when they then got together with john eastman and pence said, look, i can't do that.ectoral votes to the states. trump said to him, well, i like the other thing better. the other thing being just throw them all out altogether. you know, that's the kind of detail here that while it's not game changing, there are some additional details here that i think will inform the way that people understood jack smith's charging decisions, both in terms of what he did charge and as ken mentioned, what he didn't in terms of insurrection and some of the other options that were on the table. >> up next, award winning talk show host graham norton joins us on his wildly popular bbc program. and to share the inspiration behind his new book, hi, i'm greg. inspiration behind his new book, morning joe. we'll be i live in bloomington, illinois. i'm not an actor. i'm just a regular person. after working 25 years in the automotive industry, i retired. eight years ago, i just didn't feel like i was on my game. i started taking prevagen and i want people to know that prevagen has worked for me.