josh hawley said, i'm going to give it to you. if you are marco rubio, ted krus or another contender in 2024, john hawley handed you your lunch. >> as somebody who tried to convince my way and republican genius. everyone was like, oh, he's absolutely -- nobody knows who you are, josh hawley. wait until the ads use you and you live in virginia. you ain't donald trump. baby, you just not. >> la tash 145, you really are a national hero, i can talk to you and those who discover understand saying con if he had der race yes. new are in. how does that work them out? >> the writing is on the wall. i think that part of what they've done is under estimate the power of bladness. while there is a substantial number of people that have followed donald trump, there is a coalition of people who literally want a different america. they don't like this racism, this structural racism, so what works, and this general election, you'll want to see the backlash. that's the way to organize it. >> by the way, stay with you for a second, la tasha, seeing w

senator josh hawley plans to reject these election results when congress meets next week and we're hearing some updated information just in the last several minutes that hawley plans to challenge the results coming from multiple states. and so this could drag out the process all day long apparently next week. he's considering this from what we understand. what the senator is saying at this point. but this has zero percent chance of success, isn't that right? >> that's correct. zero percent chance. and the notion that he's going to highlight fraud and abuse in the electoral system is totally misplaced. the forum to do that is a court of law. and in all the many court cases, about 60 now, the trump forces have tried to present that evidence and have utterly failed. and so what josh hawley is going to do is just repeat the misinformation that's been floating around the country already. >> and nia, is this -- this is political theater. josh hawley is a smart guy. he knows what he's doing here. is he trying to perform for an audience of one here, or is this more about the next election cyc cycl

it came from missouri republican senator josh hawley, who casts himself as a reformist and a populist, a young senator willing to break with the old ideas and the old elites in charge of both parties. hawley partnered with bernie sanders in calling for $2,000 covid relief checks after trump took that stance, and some of his positions, including his very justified attacks on the power of big tech, are shared by many on the left. but hawley is also a calculating politician who many believe is positioning himself for a presidential run in the post-trump era. and he has decided that the best way to do that is to show that he is willing to overturn a democratic election and american democracy itself in order to keep republicans in power. hawley announcing today that he will object to the certification of some states' electoral college results on january 6th when congress is scheduled to ratify joe biden's very legitimate victory. it's a move opposed by mitch mcconnell because it means that every republican senator will have to go on record and vote to either side with trump and take a stan

you have josh hawley. side on the house, are you heartened to see a number of republicans coming, newly elected republicans, gop freshmen joining you in your effort? >> very much so. it's always heart-warming to see newly elected people and established congressmen that do the homework that is necessary to reach an informed judgment on how bad the massive voting fraud, casting of illegal ballots have been on the part of the socialist democrats. at a minimum, we're at 35, 40 congressmen that have come to myself and that they want to co sponsor of these objections or speak in favor of these objections on the house floor. so the momentum continues to grow. i anticipating a very strong showing on january 6 in the us ho of representatives. >> democrats have pushed back hard on this overall effort. be you have said that there's literally dozens of members of the house that will sponsor or co sponsor these formal objections. there's six states. michigan, wisconsin, arizona, nevada, georgia. we know josh hawley is

now they have the senator they need in josh hawley. there's been heavy, heavy criticism, particularly from democrats, and immediately so from democrats to josh hawley saying he's engaging in an act to overthrow the election. chris murphy on this network, the democratic senator from connecticut said he was engaging in an act to overthrow democracy. there's been criticism from republicans, most notably ben sasse, the senator from nebraska, can occasionally very strong critic of president trump said -- basically compared hawley to an arsonist and said he was trying to overthrow the legitimate result of an election. accused him, not by name, but accused him of being an opportunist and trying to tap into the president's base politically. >> that was a pretty remarkable statement there from that senator. jake, let me go to you just to try and expand our focus out here because as the president has focused on the election results, mitch mcconnell is blocking these checks. you are out there talking to some of the thousands, if not millions of a

josh hawley and others are trashing the rule of law. and that is what i find again so, so disgraceful. these are individuals that are violating, i think, the oath to the constitution that they took to uphold. again, pandering to those individuals who they believe are going to allow them to continue in office, which again, i just find exceptionally disgraceful. >> and director brennan, i know from my travels covering the white house all around the world, you talk to foreign leaders, people who work for those foreign leaders, they're greatly worried about what is going on in the united states, what donald trump has done to this country and this democracy, and the example it sets for the rest of the world. does this effort to challenge the election, and you also had those travels, of course, over many, many years. does this effort to challenge the election cause more of those concerns, do you think, in the international community? and does it raise national security concerns? >> well, absolutely, it does. because the united states has been

i think josh hawley knows he's not going to win that objection.e boxer, felt it was important to bring this up and have this moment -- >> but i'm asking you. >> -- where it was brought into focus. >> by the way, let me quote the republican senator from the state of pennsylvania where hawley from another state is saying pennsylvania didn't follow its own laws. he, senator pat toomey said the following, with today's decision this is going back to a court decision a couple of weeks ago by judge matthew brandt a long term conservative, president trump has exhausted all plausible legal options to challenge the result of the presidential race in pennsylvania. that's the republican senator from the great state of pennsylvania, right? >> i'm not arguing. >> so, i'm just curious if you call that a travesty in 2004, why does this one have legs to stand on? >> i don't think -- i don't think either of them do. i think that they're both trying to accomplish the same thing, which is simply draw attention to irregularities that stephanie thompson in ohio and bar

>> if you listen to what josh hawley is saying, he's saying the same thing in my opinion which is i can'tection knowing of the irregularities of what happened in ohio and hawley is saying the same thing. there are irregularities in pennsylvania and other states and he's not going to stand by not bringing it up. barbara boxer knew he's not going to win that and hawley knows. he like boxer thought it was important to bring it up and have this moment of where we brought into focus. >> by the way, let me quote the republican senator from the state of pennsylvania where hawley is saying pennsylvania did not follow its own laws. he, senator pat toomey said the following. "this president trump exhausted all possible options to challenge the result of presidential race in pennsylvania. why does this one have legs to stand on? >> i don't think either of them do. they're trying to accomplish the same thing which is drawing irregularities, obviously the ohio delegation and mike dewan who's now governor, you will see similar comment when this issue comes up. i think their deseign to accomplish is the

josh hawley knows better. >> we will see if he has any colleagues join him in that effort. will be the big question. >> we know you will be following that closely for us, thank you. >>> coming up -- virtual learning, missed games and social isolation. that's been the new reality for kids across the country. one superintendent said quarantine rules, well, they've gone just too far. he's joining me next. ♪ the only thing a disaster can't destroy is hope. donate now at redcross.org >>> president-elect joe biden says reopening schools will be a priority of his for the first 100 days in office, but the way forward is still unclear, as coronavirus consumes the country. one big question posed by educators -- how long should kids stay away from school if exposed to the virus? well, one superintendent rethinking his school's quarantine policy says, quote, we're overquarantining kids like crazy. and that superintendent joins me now. jonathan cooper is superintendent of schools in mason, ohio. jonathan, welcome. you say schools are overreaching when it comes to quarantining kids. tell

>> josh hawley is a tuformer attorney general.t is the e e idence that you have that the vote should not be counted in any state in we know we've had over 50 lawsuits by president trump and his friends, every he boe one has failed. and the supreme court rejected it. so there is no credible basis for objection. it is simply a political exercise. >> how many exercises do you think will join him? >> i don't know. i understand that senator mcconnell is discouraging the republican senators from doing this. john john if oth i don't know if others will join him, but it is time to accept reality. jared kushn joe biden will be sworn in on january 20 tth. >> and this has been done before. obviously the context is different. president trump rejecting reality. but it is true that your former colleague senator barbara boxer objected i believe in 2004 trying tob bring attention to te election issues in ohio. and in retrospect, was that mistake? >> no, of course a senator has a right to do that. but let's ask the question, is it reasonability, i

it's likely, like josh hawley, he might not be the only one.my tuberville has also said he might object. this isn't the first time this has happened. you have had in the house, for instance, democrats object, and i think it was 2004, feinstein joined with democrats as well to object with what they thought was going on in ohio with the 2004 election. but, listen, in some ways it was inevitable given donald trump's grip on the party and given his grip on this base. the idea, though, that these folks are going to inherit trump's base in 2024 or whenever, that is yet to be seen, but that's certainly what they're trying to do. >> so, ron, what is the difference here given the fact there have been a very small number of democrats in the last 20 years that have done the same thing? why is hawley doing it a bigger deal than that, if you think it is? >> it is, because it's broader with what's happening. when democrats did it in 2004, they specifically said they were not seeking to overturn the results in ohio, which is the state they were objecting to,

cemented today when gop senator josh hawley announced he will object to the certification of the electoralege when a joint session of congress is set to count the votes a week from today. hawley and his statement making clear he's capitulating to donald trump's lies about voter fraud, lies that have been denied or disproven in more than 50 court battles and multiple state recounts since election day. but what hawley's announcement means is that on january 6th, what was supposed to be just a procedural thing will now be drawn out. nothing will change in the end. politico describes what will happen. "the missouri republican's announcement guarantees that both chambers will be forced to debate the results of at least one state and vote on whether to accept biden's victory, a process that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has urged republicans to avoid. despite pressure from president donald trump who's urging republicans to overturn the democratic results. though hawley's challenge will have no bearing on the ultimate outcome of the election, numerous gop senators have accepted biden as

election issues, senator josh hawley will oppose the results of the presidential election

senator josh hawley will be on with will cain and for martha. we're still waiting news on the nominee of a new attorney general by by the president-elect tonight. jacqui heinrich is live live in wilmington, delaware, with the latest. good evening. >> good evening, bret. 20 days until inauguration the president-elect has not announced his pick for attorney general and reporters have asked what is holding up his decision. transition officials didn't directly answer whether biden is waiting for the results of the georgia runoff. biden's previously said it's not a factor and his team claimed he has a full plate with covid and national security meetings, telling us to expect more cabinet announcements next week. biden's longtime ally, senator chris coons, making his preference known. >> i'm hoping that he will choose my colleague, doug jones. there are a number of very capable and talented folks he is seriously considering. he's assembled an amazing team for his cabinet, a team that's experienced and ready to work together on day one. >> the transiti

and i don't think that josh hawley will be the last one. he is just the first to dip his toe in the water. but it does create a space for others to come forward. so you could see more republican senators who have political ambitions and that is why they are doing forward and falling in line with the president. >> but this is going nowhere. josh hawley knows this. he understands that this is going nowhere. and so obviously he is burnishing his credentials for 2024. this has little to do with the 2020 election it seems. >> yeah, a rep operative told me that it is pretty easy to play this gim whame when it is not l ammo. so whatever the objection z as are raised, they fail. mitch mcconnell made clear that it was a bad idea to join house republicans to do this. not necessarily because of the along term applications, but you for the purcharepublican confer. and a lot are up for re-election in 2022 or 2024 and they will have to take what shouldn't be a difficult votes but what is a difficult vote given president trump's vote h. ppower within t. a

what did he say about josh hawley's effort? >> you know, what he basically wanted to do, at least as it was relayed to me by somebody on the call, he want hawley to explain to his colleagues why he was dwg down this path. and a couple of weeks ago the majority leader warned his conference not to go down this path. not necessarily because of the long-term issues or concerns ben sasse laid out earlier today, but the potential for problematic issues it would bring to the table for republicans in the conference. those who have to run in 2022. he gave hawley an opportunity to lay out why he was doing what he was doing. unfortunately, hawley was not on the conference call when he was called on. after this all became public, i'm told senator hawley sent out an email to his colleagues, laying out the same rational he laid out publicly yesterday and said if they have questions, pick up the phone and give him a call. what's important to underscore is how unsettled the republican conference is. one senator i talked to last night when i ask

. >> josh hawley is the first republican senator to accept the challenge of president trump. he may not be the last. >> this is the one opportunity that i have as a united states senator, this process right here, my one opportunity, to stand up and say something. and that's exactly what i'm going to do. >> senator ben sasse said he won't participate in the stunt by his fellow republicans and urge others to reject this dangerous ploy. adding the president and his allies are playing with fire. if you make big claims, you better have the evidence. but the president doesn't, and neither do the institutional arsonist members of congress who will object. sasse also noted, when we talk in private i haven't heard a single congressional republican allege that the election results were fraudulent, not one. the vice president has a limited role in the process, president trump is demanding mike pence fight harder for him. editorial board is saying trump is putting his loyal vp in a tough spot. the scramble to overturn the will of the voters tarpishes mr. trump's legacy and undermines any

and nia, good to see you, friend. >> good to see you. >> josh hawley, how significant is this, is his voice, is his opposition? >> listen, i think in some ways, this was expected. you've seen movement in the house towards this, so the big question was whether or not they would get a senator to join in. you'd already had the incoming senator from alabama, tommy tuberville, say that he was going to object. so, now that there's josh hawley, they have enough to gum up the works, enough people to gum up the works. they don't have enough, as you said before, to actually overturn the results of the election. we know that on january 20th, the new president will be biden. the outgoing president will be president trump. i think what we will see from these republicans is they are trying to, essentially, line up to be president trump fanboys so they can be in a good place in 2024. >> there you go. >> for, you know, running for president. i think that's what this is about. >> that's what i wanted to get to. >> -- lines up. >> what this is really, really about. like, peel back the layers. what are

missouri republican senator josh hawley says that he will object next week when congress meets to certify the electoral college. more on that in a second. >>> first, a frightening discovery in colorado and new, awful, record-setting pandemic numbers after a holiday lull. a colorado man tested positive for a new and more infectious variant of the coronavirus that has already prompted lockdowns all across england. a more easily transmitted version of the virus circulating in the community adds giant concern to an already ongoing public health disaster. 201,555 new infections on tuesday confirm that cases are again starting to climb. 3,725 deaths is a new american tragedy and a new single-day record. look at these numbers. a record number of patients, nearly 125,000 in the overwhelmed hospitals, makes 4,000 deaths in a single day an all-too-real possibility. among all of these lives lost, a congressman-elect from louisiana, luke letlo. he was just 41 and had announced his diagnosis on december 18th. 11 days later, he's gone, leaving behind a wife and two precious children. vaccines are the w

thatcconnell's warnings was not enough to keep every member of their caucus in line because today senator josh hawleymissouri announced he will challenge the results of at least one state on january 6th. next wednesday. hawley claims that pennsylvania and other states did not follow their own election laws and that congress should investigate nonexistent voter fraud and for good measure, he says, social media companies interfered in the election too. now, to be entirely clear, this gambit is almost certainly not going to result in anything more than a delay in certifying the results on january 6th. all josh hawley can do is force a two-hour debate on pennsylvania's electors or multiple two-hour debates on many states' electors. but joe biden is still going to be the next president of the united states. what senator hawley may succeed in doing is opening up a major rift among senate republicans because each senator will have to choose between voting to support trump or voting to support the results of a democratic election. let's just be clear. that's what the vote's for. it's either for democracy or

corresponded rich edson has that story tonight from west palm beach. >> republican senator josh hawleyays "millions of voters concerned about election integrity deserve to be heard.ec i will object on january 6th on their behalf." and with that tweet, president trump will secure a debate and aur vote in the house and senate challenging the election results. democrats control the house and several senatens republicans including majority leader mcconnell have already acknowledged president-elect joe biden as the winner, so the maneuver likely only delays biden's electoral college certification. >> i have no doubt that next wednesday a week from today that joe biden will be confirmed by the acceptance of the vote of the electoral college. >> vice president mike pence will preside over next week's congressional session counted the electoral votes. some congressional republicans are pushing the legal effort to give him the authority to choose from electors, attorneys for the republican challengers say mike pence declined to join their efforts. vacationing at his mar-a-lago club, the preside

election issues, senator josh hawley will oppose the results of the presidential election during joint session next week. what this means and the chances

josh hawley is a member of the senate judiciary committee. that moment, good morning. that moment happened yesterday in eric swalwell returning to his home in the washington area out for a run. he was asked questions on this, important questions that the american people are wanting answers to. he said nothing. >> well, i can't imagine why this guy is still on the intelligence committee and why we still don't have the details of what his relationship with this chinese spy was. we know the spy raised money for him for heaven sake. you want to talk about an

republican senator josh hawley of missouri says he will object when congress meets next week to certify president elect joe biden's victory in the election. the reason holly claims some states did not follow their election laws despite not proving providing evidence and the evidence video to back up his claims. the move could force votes in the house and senate that would delay the certification of biden's win but not change the outcome. a biden spokeswoman is dismissing holly's move as antics that will have no bearing on biden being sworn in on january 20th. and words of warning from the fda about dangerous dog food after more than 2 dozen animals were killed because of it we'll tell you all about that when we come back. >>plus one bay area city now warning people of the consequences for setting off illegal fireworks tonight.

to overturn the results, missouri senator josh hawley says that he'll object to the results during that process. his objection will force the house and senate to vote on whether to accept joe biden's election win without giving specifics or evidence. hawley alleges that some states failed to follow their election laws and that big tech interfered on behalf of biden. >> 74 million americans have concerns about election integrity. we're supposed to just sit down and shut up? i mean, somebody has to stand up here. this process right here, my one opportunity to stand up and say something, and that's exactly what i'm going to do. >> reporter: now there has been no evidence of widespread election fraud, and many of his critics are calling this move purely political and it is important to note there have been a growing number of republicans including senator mitch mcconnell who acknowledged joe biden's win and that he will be inaugurated on january

senator josh hawley says he will object to the certification of certain states' electors on january 6thates where charges of election fraud and rampant irregularities have yet to be resolved. in a statement, senator hawley says, quote: i cannot vote to certify the electoral college results on january 6th without raising the fact that some states, particularly pennsylvania, failed to follow their own state election laws, and i cannot vote to certify without pointing out the unprecedented effort of mega-corporations including facebook and twitter to interfere in this election in support of joe biden. at the very least, congress should investigate allegations of voter fraud and adopt measures to secure the integrity the of our elections. but congress has so far failed to act. for every state's electors that senator i hawley and a member of congress object to, both the u.s. senate and the house will have to hold two hours of debate and then vote vote on it. if the chambers are split on which electors to sent from a particular -- can to accept from a particular state, federal law dictates th

we learned today that josh hawley plans to object. republicans in the house needed in order to draw out this process and force members of the congress to hold votes on whether those objections should be sustained. of course, mcconnell didn't want to have to do this, if you have to vote to say trump lost, that's something that could be used against many republican members in their re-election fights to create a division, if you will, within the republican party. what do you think we'll see play out on january 6th? and is there anything democrats can do to ensure that this process reflects the reality that joe biden won the election? >> kasie, this is the political equivalent of barking at the moon. it is not an effort that's going to be taken seriously, although we are going to take it through the steps that are necessary to make sure the american people who made a decision on november 3rd have that decision honored and protected by the united states senate and the house. now, senator hawley is an attorney. he's a former attorney gener

. >>> we begin though with senator josh hawley's announcement today to back president trump in the battle for the white house. it will be popular, certainly, among the president's supporters. take a look at this, a new rasmussen poll finds that 72% of republicans believe that president trump should be the model for the future of the party. only 24% think the average republican in congress is the better model. and there's yet more developments today in the battle for the white house.

what's happening next week and the certification of the election results and specifically what josh hawley had to say and his plans going forward. listen to what he said. >> you've got 74 million americans who feel disenfranchised, who feel like their vote doesn't matter. this is my opportunity to stand up and say something, to stand up and point out that there were irregularities in this election. there needs to be an investigation. >> so before you respond, libby, i want to read pretty quickly what ben sass said. "let's be clear what is happening here, a bunch of ambitious politicians think there's a quick way to tap into the president's base without doing any long-term damage. they're wrong and adults don't point a loaded gun at the heart of legitimate government. he's talking about hawley's ambitions of running for president in 2024, might be part of the reason why he's going to object to the certification of the results next week. what do you make of all of this? >> i heard from moderate republican senator murkowski's office and planning on certifying the results like all the democrat

josh hawley is the first member of the upper house to back formal congressional attempts to dispute mr biden's victory. the missouri senator claims congress has failed to investigate voter fraud and adopt measures to secure the integrity of our elections. he has not cited any specific examples of fraud, and the courts have already rejected dozens of allegations from the trump legal team. the development follows a move earlier this week by some republicans to sue vice president mike pence, who will oversee the congressional certification. they're demanding that he recognise sets of alternative, pro—trump electors sent of behalf of local republican party groups in swing states won by president—elect biden. i asked juliegrace brufke, staff writer at the hill, to break all this down for us. definitely january 06 is teeing up to be a crazy day. the conservatives in the house now have a senator on board. you need to have a member from each chamber to be able to challenge election results. senator hawley has made it very

now they have a republican accomplice by the name of senator josh hawley. cnn's congressional correspondent phil mattingly is live on the hill. phil, why is senator hawley -- why is he doing this? >> reporter: let me start with a cup the points. first, joe biden is the president-elect of the united states. the electors versus certified. by the time congress is done with its role, joe biden will still be the president-elect, and will be inaugurated january 20th. why josh hawley, senator from missouri, is joining with republicans deciding to object to the certification matters, is because house members can't object on their own. they need to pair it up with a senator, so a senator, in this case josh hawley saying he will join house members triggers actual. why he's doing this, according to his statement is twofold. he says he has problems with how some states changed their voting rules, and he notes pennsylvania specifically. and he said that was against state law. this has been litigated ad nauseam over the last several weeks, and the trump campaign and repu

i'm sure you know josh hawley, as well, right? >> yes. >> i just -- i -- i want to talk to you about him, then. what he is doing. looking to delay congress in affirming the -- in affirming biden's election win. get his republican colleagues to either side with the president, or the american people. this is just theater. we know the ending here. biden won and trump lost. but can you tell us how you think this is going to play out? what's going to happen? why they're doing it? >> yeah. i'm going to be there. one of the people running this because i'm the ranking member of the senate rules committee. the highest-ranking democrat. and so, i'm not going to -- dig down into all this works but we're going to prevail. we are going to prevail because we've got democrats and republicans, in the senate, making clear. today, susan collins, i do not think that he will prevail in his quest, talking about hawley. and i question why he is doing it when the courts have unanimously thrown out the suits, right? over 80 judges have thrown out these s

boris sanchez, thanks so much. >>> the republican senator behind the planned disruption, josh hawley, is making clear that he is sticking with his intentions to challenge the election results. lauren fox is on capitol hill. lauren, senator hawley defending this position. it defies the gop majority leader, the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, he did not want republican senators to do this. >> reporter: that's right. you can expect that josh hawley is hardly the most popular lawmaker on capitol hill right now when it comes to his connection with his colleagues in the republican conference. look, hawley is defending his decision. he is telling us that essentially he told leadership this is what he was going to do, he gave them a heads up, but hasn't said how many states he plans to object to. this could go on for hours, there could be theatrics on the house and senate in just a few days. this is what he said. >> this is my opportunity to stand up and say something, stand up and point out there were irregularities, there was fraud, nobody disputes that. there needs to be change. o

josh hawley making that clear. the big question, how many state wills he and house republicans object to. and will any other republican senators join him. it seems like the answer is yes. we'll have to wait and see. >> phil, thank you so much for that. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell killing the chance for $22,000 stimulus checks. there's a growing push after president trump decided to demand the payments. he even found unlikely allies. >> we have a very unlikely ally in president trump. nobody here has disagreed with mr. trump more times than i have, yet here is what the leader of the republican party says, he says $2,000 asap. so even on this issue, amazingly enough, the president of the united states is right. >> let's talk about covid-19 relief. >> mitch mcconnell remains unmoved, and less liability protection for big tech. >> we the senate is not going to split apart the three issues that president trump linked together just because democrats are afraid to address two of them. the senate's not going to

senator josh hawley saying he will object to it. tally and basically senator chuck schumer today saying, quote, this is disgusting these kinds of moves. he said that today. what is your reaction to all of this? >> well, it is easy to him to say it is disgusting after years playing along with the impeach and defending violent mobs all over the country including in his home state of new york. you know this is, this is, this is part of constitutional process. honestly, for the other side who is now shouting unity after shouting violence and impeachment and all these other fake news things from the last four years, they shouldn't be surprised that their cries fall on deaf ears. they have made their bed and now they have to sleep in it. elizabeth: yeah. >> let's face it, there are real questions about fraud in this election. and until they are resolved with transparency -- yeah, go ahead. elizabeth: i to clarify, republican adam kinzinger is saying 100 republicans may object. it is not senator josh hawley saying that. it is adam kinzinge

senator josh hawley says he'll challenge the results next week in congress. contrary to what the president may tweet, this stunt won't prevent joe biden from becoming the next president on january 20th. joining me, mr. john harwood and mark mckinnon. thank you, gentleman. you' tip of the hat. such a gentleman. >> i got no hat. >> i know. i looked in the monitor. you don't have it. let's get to it. we're hearing that president trump, john, is changing his travel plans because of this last-ditch effort to overturn the election results. what do you know about it? >> look, president trump is pretty badly wounded right now. he's lost the election. that was a huge blow to him psychologically. he is having difficulty accepting that, so he's holding on to this delusion that he can somehow with the complicit of republican politicians overturn the results of the election. can't feel good for him to be -- having been embarrassed by joe biden in the election to host that new year's eve party, so he's not going to his new year's eve party. he's not even happy about the re

. >> at this hour republican senator josh hawley has announced he will object the certification of joe biden the 46th president of the united states. he tweeted millions of voters with election integrity deserved to be heard. i will reject january 6th on their behalf. the senator will join us exclusively on "the story." good evening, will kane filling in for martha maccallum, but first, two weeks ago, a fox news poll rebuild 77% of trump voters, 68% of republicans and 36% of all voters believed the election was stolen from president trump. why? welcome if you flip the channels to another cable station or scroll through the cesspool of social media feed, you will be told it's because 74 million americans have been fed a steady diet of allies or more condon sending lee, that you are falling into a cult but that is not true. half of america's wide awake to society and an election that is totally rigged. they watch as the 2016 election results was blamed on russian interference. and democrats boycott president trump's inauguration, made promises to hashtag resist and use every level of gov

that's what he thinks what josh hawley's motivation is. so what is -- by president trump returning unexpectedly from mar-a-lago, what does that mean? how is he going to exert pressure? what's going to happen on january 6th? >> you've already seen the president trying to exert pressure through his favorite mode, twitter, when any republican including someone like john thune speaks out against the effort that they're trying to orchestrate in the house and the senate. some of these republicans, threatening primary challenges and what not. his presence in washington probably means more phone calls, maybe people being invited down, you know? that is how he has wielded his influence in the past and how he will continue to his last days in office. but we shouldn't, but this is about going to go anywhere. this is ceremonial, as you all noted, but this is a last gasp of a president who hasn't been able to come to terms with the fact that he is on his way out. and to adam kinzinger's point, josh hawley is someone that we expect to run in 2020. he's

now you have a senator in josh hawley wiho will join them. that's all it takes. it won't work.iden will be president on january 20th. but it still fuels these feelings, right, among many republicans out there. what damage does that do in your view? >> it's damaging, right? short-term here, i'm worried that the side shows and the distractions are causing some disruption around january 5th. but long-term, gosh, it's just not helpful. and quite honestly, it is a side show. you know, look, we've had every court from atlanta to washington, d.c. rule in the fact that there was no sort of systemic or organized fraud. we've had every investigative agency including the gbi. if you're a supporter of law enforcement, if you're a republican and support law enforcement, you should pragmatically look at what we've done here in georgia and see that we are using every resource at our disposal to validate and verify this election. we've counted, recounted, certified, done everything that we can possibly do. and just because the guy i voted for doesn't win, doesn't change the outcome of the elec

senator josh hawley announcing he is going to object to the electoral college results next week, signing on to the president's doomed last-ditch attempt to -- at a coup really. it's nothing but a big dumb show. that's all it is. a big reality tv show for all of them. they think it's a game. they think it's a game. no game. big reality tv show for an audience of one at the white house or on the golf course, i should say. the proof, we're learning tonight the current president is returning to washington. he's going to do it early. which means he'll be in town for that big dumb show. trump now expected to leave palm beach before his annual new year's eve party even though guests had already gathered at mar-a-lago and were told trump would be partying with them. partying. that's according to three sources. looks like he can't resist passing up a ritzy party filled with sycophants for his even bigger show. conservative lawyer george conway, former white house counselor kellyanne conway's husband, outraged tonight by the game playing on capitol hill and warning it is very dangerous to our demo

the announcement came hours after republican senator josh hawley said he will raise objections next week on january 6th, when congress is scheduled to certify joe biden's victory in the presidential race. he said he wants to highlight the failure of some states, who follow their own election laws. he didn't provide any evidence for his argument, the objection will delay mr. biden's win but not change the outcome. >>> the man called the most prolific serial killer in u.s. history has died. 80-year-old samuel little was serving a life sentence for multiple counts of murder. he died at a hospital in california yesterday. little confessed to killing 93 people across the country between 1970 and 2005, mostly in florida and southern california. >>> the nashville police chief says officers acted properly when they visited the home of anthony warner more than a year ago. last week warner detonated an rv filled with explosives injuring three. a 2019 incident report shows police received a tip from warner's girlfriend that he was building bombs in a recreational vehicle at his home. police chief j

>> josh hawley comments is manifest nonsense. he said nobodies has disputed -- well, bill barr, the attorney general. the infrastructure security agency that is in charge of security for the election, 50 secretaries of state, 50 governors, that's who have looked into this and found there -- yeah, of course there are irregularities. whatever it is, 150 million people voting, there are going to be irregularities, but the point is nothing remotely, remotely able to change the results of an election that was won by 7 million votes national lip, or in any of the so-called battleground states. so for senator hawley to say, you know, we need to look into this, well, the president and his allies have had almost two months to challenge the results, bring evidence before the court, and i think they're batting 1 for 60. they have lost all the cases. republican judges, trump-appointed judges have dismissed these cases. that's where you contest these matters. to say, you know, he's representing people who believe the election was stolen, the

but josh hawley say it differently, say iing he will object to the reading of the electoral college vote. it's hawley's right under the senate rules and constitution. he says following both the 2004 and 2016 elections, democrats in congress objected during the certification of electoral votes in order to raise concerns about election integrity. they were praised by democratic leadership in the media when they did, and they were entitled to do so. but now those of us concerned about the integrity of this election are entitled to do the same. now, he is right about democrats objecting, claiming voting irregularities after republican wins. this morning, we played you some sound bites of then california senator, democrat barbara boxer, announcing her plans to object to the electoral certification of george w. bush in the early 2000s. she claimed election irregularities. and here is a democratic senator objecting to electoral vote of president donald trump. >> if they're not signed by a senator, the objection cannot be entertained. >> mr. president, it is signed by a member of the house but n

missouri senator josh hawley is the first senator to publicly commit to objecting to the results.se correspondent boris sanchez is in west palm beach. boris, it is important to note that this will delay the process, but not change the outcome. nonetheless, it continues to play right into trump's delusional narrative. what more have you learned? >> reporter: good morning, bianna. well, it's clear that president trump remains fixated on this idea of overturning the results of the november election on january 6. the president getting the welcomed news that senator josh hawley of missouri plans to object to the electoral college vote certification, it's something he had publicly been campaigning republicans to do. we understand that behind the scenes sources have told us that aides are trying to explain to the president that this likely will not overturn the outcome, but it's something that he has remained fixated on. we understand the president is also continuing to ask about vice president mike pence's role in all of this. not seeming to fully accept that the vice president essentia

so explain how this and what senator josh hawley is doing?here's no comparison to what we did in '05. number one, john kerry had conceded the race. we have a president here who's orchestrating kind of an overthrow of the election. secondly, we said upfront we have no interest -- we said upfront we have no interest in overturning the election. all we wanted was to focus on voter suppression that we saw in ohio. she came to me on on behalf of members of the black caucus. she showed me photographs of african-american voters standing in line in the rain with children in their hands some of them in their arms, for up to nine hours. we found out there were only two voting machines in some of these precincts whereas in the white areas there were 20. so all we said was we wanted to take an hour of the senate's time, she took an hour of the house time, said upfront it was nothing to do with overturning the election. we didn't want to get any other votes we just wanted to focus on what we called electoral justice. after that was over, not that i was po