also, kyle cheney discusses the final january 6 committee report. "washington journal" starts now. >> in this war, we stand, we fight, and we will win because we are united. ukraine, america, and the entire free world. ♪ host: do ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy's whirlwind washington visit concluded with last night's address to congress and returns to ukraine with a new missile-defense system and pledges of more aid, but also with more uncertainty on the level of that support, both from the new congress and broader american public. good morning and welcome to caller." -- and welcome to "washington journal." it is december 22, 2022. should u.s. continue aiding the ukrainian war effort? here are the lines to use for the opening question. if you say yes, the line is (202)-748-8000. if you say no, the line is (202)-748-8001. you can send us a text at (202)-748-8003. tell us your name and where you are texting from. we are on facebook and twitter at --@cspanwj. we will show you more of the press conference with president zelenskyy and president b

kyle cheney bart mcquade, stick with me, we have so much more to talk about this evening. as we mentioned, in addition to cassidy hutchison, the committee tonight released the transcripts of five other witness interviews, including those of trump's defense secretary, mark esper and trump prosecutors sarah matthews, resigning her position on january 6th. what they told committee in those interviews. plus, what this new avalanche of evidence being released by the committee means for the doj 's ongoing investigation into trump's efforts to stop the peaceful transfer of power. that is up next, stay with us. y withs. u aubree. i went to st. jude because i had a cancerous tumor. casey: these kids, they don't deserve to have to go through this. my beautiful little redheaded girl has cancer. you don't know what's going to happen. narrator: please call or go online and become a st. jude partner in hope for only $19 a month. christen: i think it's the most worthwhile place to put your money, when it comes to childhood cancer. it's nice to unwind after a long week of telling people h

geoff: kyle cheney, senior legal affairs reporter for politico, thanks so much for your time. : thanks for having me. geoff: in the day's other headlines, a rocket strike has killed at least one person and injured eight others in russia's belgorod region near the ukrainian border. ukraine has not claimed responsibility for the attack. and to the south, russian shelling continued tod in kherson with at least three civilians killed in just the last 24 hours. meantime, moscow released video today of its defense minister surveying the battlefield, in a rare visit to the frt lines in ukraine. fighting continues to be focused in the donetsk region to the east, where entire cities lie in ruins. back here at home, the mayor of el paso, texas declared a state of emergency late saturday, saying the recent surge in asylum seekers to his border city has overwhelmed local authorities and federal immigration officers. city officials say the crush of migrants is both a safety and a health concern. that's with hundreds of migrants lining up along the border fence each day, many sleeping on the

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"politico's" kyle cheney says the 119 transcripts are released,an totaling 12,898 pag and adds this. only more transcripts to go. joining us is joyce vance, former u.s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst. thank you all for joining us. luke and kyle, i know you have stories out on the latest transcript dump, we pulled out some things that are shocking but we will need a new word for shocking but luke, take me through what you pulled out as highlights in your story. >> there's lots of things. i think you can start with ms. grisham if you wanted to. the comments you just highlighted were quite interesting about donald trump's demeanor, of course. but i also thought it was interesting that she said that melania trump had grown very distrustful of mark meadows, and of the lawyers who were surrounding donald trump, particularly rudy giuliani, sidney powell, and ellis, and she names them all and the first lady expressed to her she did not trust these people and did not want them around the president. clearly mr. trump had other ideas and he kept these people around him and in fact, they encou

out as a reading throug them's house senate minority leader mitch mcconnell had don according to kyle cheney reporting here i'm reading this out o politico and the national securit adviser robert o'brien t investigate rumors of potential attack on biden' inauguration that is one of the most detail you don't necessarily want t read but that's what's comin out of the transcripts right now. >> indeed. a stunning revelation. i think it speaks to what no only we saw in suspected tha mitch mcconnell was clearl much more concerned at the time but i think if anything, withi detail calls into question i why mitch mcconnell when he ha the opportunity to vote to convict donald trump and maybe do some of the work that we're seeing come out of these committee reports. which we've -- why he didn't take advantage o that opportunity when th moment was there in th immediate aftermath of january 6th. i like to go back very quickly to a point for the made which think is for tickle goin forward. the republicans take control o the house representatives just after the new year they are anxious to show a new type

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kyle cheney is here. his body of reporting is something we've talked about a whole lot here, we're so glad he's here today. carol leonnig is here with us from "the washington post." plus msnbc legal analyst barbara mcquade is here, arm fond remember u.s. attorney, now a law professor. and claire mccaskill is here, as well. kyle, take me through your reporting. >> sure, so, as you pointed out, the report is going to essentially track what we heard, you know, in the public hearings, it was a sort of seven-part plan the committee described led by donald trump in every way, in every aspect to both sow distrust in the results of the election, create this whole false claim that the election was fraudulent, as the sort of baseline, and to take actions from there, to pressure state governments, to pressure the justice department, to pressure his own haven't to try to get involved, to intervene, try to overturn the election on his behalf, based on that false claim of fraud. and so, i think the report will be somew

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our friend kyle cheney is over at politico. he read ivanka trump's transcript.after the january 6th investigation last night released its much anticipated final report, a whopping 845 page document outlining many ways president trump and his many allies conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election. trump wanted to overturn the results despite knowing within days of the election that he had lost. that's in the report. in the days after the election the president's own campaign team told him he had lost and there was no evidence of significant fraud. trump didn't listen and instead he executed on a plan. he and his team are going to deny he lost and instead say the election was stolen. former white house aide cassidy hutchinson told the committee that at the helm of that effort was her boss, former chief of staff mark meadows, who was under constant pressure from trump to figure something out. this is what she testified. mark was just kind of trying to tell trump, well, sir, like we have other options. we're still looking at other things. don't worry. li

boy, do we have som important names in these batch we're still going through them but our friend kyle cheneyka trump's transcrip that republican susan collin called trump's daughter, ami the violence on january six, t urge to her father get mor engaged in helping quell the violence, to put an end to it. ivanka trump spoke to senato collins afterwards and - murkowski of alaska. the three had a discussion about trump putting out statement supporting the peaceful transfer of power , again, we are still goin through these we will let yo know when we know more but these are important fact that are coming out after th january 6th investigation. last night route least its muc anticipated final report a whopping 845 page document outlining the many way president trump and his allies conspired to overturn th results of the 2020 election trump wanted to overturn the results despite knowing within days of the election that he had lost that's in the report quote, in the days after the election, the presidents own campaign team told him he ha lost and there was no evidence of significant fraud trump didn

think that will be a big component of what comes out of the process. >> host: calls waiting for kyle cheney. let's hear from frances in new jersey, republican line. >> caller: how're you doing, kyle? there's a whole lot of exculpatory evidence that doesn't seem to have been shown. there is a whole lot of what they used to call tradecraft going on. as of last night the report came out that nancy pelosi has known back in december was briefed on the security about what's going on at the capital. and it's going to come out. it will have to come out. this new guy, whatever his name is, he's already been overruled on mcdonald case of withholding exculpatory evidence by the supreme court. so i think that are going to some interesting times ahead and i think you're going to see a whole lot more come out. >> host: kyle cheney, is more evidence expected to come out? >> guest: yes, and i think what frances was talking about was the republican rebuttal report about some of the security issues at the capital, and i read that report and essentially suggest that the speaker's office was clued in on some o