a breakfast. meeting with the national security adviser, henry kissinger, and attorney general john mitchell, according to the classified documents obtained by the national security archive. edwards then met with president nixon in the oval office, a meeting he never publicly acknowledged until his death in 2017 hours later records show that nix. it had a meeting with ben c, a director, richard house, where he gave the order to come up with a game plan which was described in a telegram from the c i a. it is firm and continuing policy that will end a b. i was thrown by 2, it would be much more preferable to have this trust by prior to the 24th of october, but efforts in this regard will continue vigorously beyond this stage. we ought to continue to generate maximum pressure toward this and utilizing every appropriate results. it is imperative that these actions be implemented clandestinely and securely so that the u. s. g and the american hand be well headed. but the commander in chief of the julian army was standing in their way. so the plan was to can map it in an effort to force the milita

the only cabinet officer ever to go to jail was attorney general john mitchell for obstruction of justice. i'm absolutely certain that the current attorney general merrick garland is in grave danger of being charged with obstruction of justice and with having destroyed the system. congress should be right now subpoenaing all the documents between smith and carlin. i think he has been directing this. i think the timing is weird. as you know the other night, a chart that shows something happens to hunter, the next two or three days, something happens to trump. something happens out center, the next two or three days, something happens to trump. this is so blatantly disgustingly political that has no business being in the department of justice. >> thank you for your time. we will see it go down a little bit later today. we'll talk again very soon. former president drop is back in federal court. that third time in four months pretty will travel from his golf club in new jersey to a courthouse in washington, d.c., facing 4 new calories, colonies. that happens at 4:00. alexis mcadams is alive i

to fight the right fight for the right and things, but sometime you should google chad mitchell trio and the john birch society song. the billboards along the highways would say impeach supreme court justice earl warren or get the u.s. out of the u.n. so they were very well-known back in the '60s. by the end of the vietnam war you didn't hear much about them, but as you'll hear tonight, their influence carried much further. the influence did not disappear. matthew dallek is a professor at the graduate school of political management at george washington university. ... crises, political transformation, liberalism and its critics. and tonight's topic, the evolution of modern conservative movement. he is he has authored or coauthored four books. he's a co-authored fourmac books, a frequent commentator on the news media about politics and history and public affairs. he is also a former speechwriter for former house minority leader richard gephardt. so we want somebody to talk to mathieu about his book and we could affect anybody better than joseph crespino, jimmy carter professor, an expert in politi

rubin points out this day, november 5th, is the very same date that pro trump lawyer, lida mitchell, email john eastman saying, "what would you think of producing a legal memo outlining the constitutional role of state legislatures in designating electors?" four days later on november 9th, eastman is circulating a memo titled, "the constitutional authority of state legislators to choose electors." one more thing. it was mark meadows who recruited that lawyer i mentioned into the efforts to overturn the election. in the same timeframe, early november, meadows was texting with gop lawmakers and don junior about the electors part, including text about the scene as early as november 4th, a day before the stone video. by november, meadows is telling someone he had "a team on it" and now is lisa rubin, msnbc legal analyst, and emily sassine, new york times legal writer. lisa, this is the thing. i don't have to be rudy giuliani to know a legal case. i don't have a legal expert to know a large fema conspiracy. the fact that we now have this larger stone video, and it lines up with other people's this p

and there was a group called the chad mitchell trio that had a song called the john birch society with lyrics like if mommy is a commie, you got to turn around and. it was just really a funny, funny song, you know? and they would sing things like fighting for the right to fight the right fight for the right things. but sometimes you should google chad mitchell trio and the the john birch society song, the billboards at the time, the highways would say things like impeach supreme court justice earl warren or get the us out of the u.n. so they were very well known back in the sixties, but by the end of the vietnam war, you didn't hear much about. but as you'll hear tonight, their influence carried carried much further. that influence did not disappear. matthew dallek is a professor of graduate to graduate school of political management at george washington university. he is a political historian. he looks at social crises, political transformation, liberalism and its critics. and tonight's topic, the evolution of modern conservative movement. he is he has authored or coauthored four book

and there was a group called the chad mitchell trio that had a song called the john birch society with lyrics like if mommy is a commie, you got to turn around and. it was just really a funny, funny song, you know? and they would sing things like fighting for the right to fight the right fight for the right things. but sometimes you should google chad mitchell trio and the the john birch society song, the billboards at the time, the highways would say things like impeach supreme court justice earl warren or get the us out of the u.n. so they were very well known back in the sixties, but by the end of the vietnam war, you didn't hear much about. but as you'll hear tonight, their influence carried carried much further. that influence did not disappear. matthew dallek is a professor of graduate to graduate school of political management at george washington university. he is a political historian. he looks at social crises, political transformation, liberalism and its critics. and tonight's topic, the evolution of modern conservative movement. he is he has authored or coauthored four book

john: i use a lot of alternate tuning because. people with joni mitchelld jimmy page and ry cooder and all these people have done this, a lot of blues players, you know, have done a lot of that. and and i was like, wow, i can write songs with one finger and this is amazing. and later i came up with that phony story about being influenced by joni mitchell. [laughter] we were a three piece band at first and i started de-tuning the guitar because i had to play a solo and keep the rhythm going at the same time. it was a way to fill it up so it didn't drop out when i was playing guitar solo. so i would have all these droning strings playing while i was like -- ? geoff: an approach that resulted in a string of megahits with memorable opening cords. -- chords. a number of the songs open with a really simple guitar riff. and then and then sort of the beat drops in. was that intentional? robby: yeah. i guess you are a bit of a fan. geoff: i am a bit of a guitar player. john: i like to start songs with like a top line or something like that. oh, i know this song. th

john feal, you're always with us. thank you. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." follow us online and twitter.g reports" right now. >>> good day, i'm chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. with hawaii being devastated by wildfires, just moments ago, president biden issued a major disaster declaration. what is happening there is almost

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john feal, you're always with us. thank you. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." follow us online and twitter. much more when fema administrator dee ann criswell joins "chris jansing reports" right now. >>> good day, i'm chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. with hawaii being devastated by wildfires, just moments ago, president biden issued a major disaster declaration. what is happening there is almost too much to take in. the headlines saying it all, heartbreak across the state as those fires continue to rage across maui chasing thousands from their homes. no power, no internet and next to no progress in beating back the flames that have already left dozens dead. fema directorwill join me live in a minute. >>> donald trump launching a three-pronged attack using ads, speeches, and tv interviews to go after the men and women charging him with crimes. is there a point in which those criticisms themselves break the law? >>> and a year and a half after russia invaded ukraine, it's a scenario that almost no one would have predicted at the start. moscow now under increasing thr

mitchell: what about the false flag? secretary blinken: we have raised real concerns about that. i think you have heard bill burns talk about that, john kirby. this is part and partial of the -- part and parcel of the russian playbook. at the united nations, we laid out in detail the kind of false flag operations they would conduct in anticipation of the attack. it is exactly what they did. we called them on it. the world knew about it. we want to make sure people see what this is if it happens for what it is. ms. mitchell: how concerned are you about the counteroffensive, which is bogged down? secretary blinken: these are still relatively early days. we have said from the start we have known from the start this would be hard going. you have heard a number of people talk about that. the russians have laid serious and significant differences when it comes to mines initially. ukraine is working their way through that. i believe they have what they need to be successful. as they deploy and as they actually put into this effort all of the forces that have been trained in recent months, the equipment that we and some 50 countries have prov

mitchell reports," ohio becomes the latest midwestern state where voters flocked to the polls in the august heat to protect abortion rights. a leading proponent of the massive turnout, former republican ohio governor john kasich. >>> donald trump with a fiery new hampshire speech. >> i'm sorry. i won't be able to go to ohio today, to new hampshire today because i'm sitting in a courtroom on bull [ bleep ] because his attorney general charged me with something. >> [ bleep ]. >> also a former obama cabinet secretary and leading conservative federal judge teaming up to defend democracy from what they see as new threats. >>> the president cracking down on investments in semiconductors and other sensitive technology to china. how will beijing respond? >>> massive wildfires in maui burning through buildings and forcing evacuations. >>> good day everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in new york. voters in ohio turned out in the august heat in record-breaking numbers, an overwhelming reminder that abortion access is still a major motivator to draw supporters to the polls. unofficial results showing ohioans voted to amend the constitution that passed. organizers calling the vote a huge victory. >> the majority still ru

mitchell reports," ohio becomes the latest midwestern state where voters flocked to the polls in the august heat to protect abortion rights. a leading proponent of the massive turnout, former republican ohio governor johneech. >> i'm sorry. i won't be able to go to ohio today, to new hampshire today because i'm sitting in