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but in reality it was much messier and much closer to disaster. so by december 3rd, 1800, it was clear that there was going to be a tie between thomas jefferson and aaron burr. and yet the votes were not going to be certified until february 11th, 1801, which left two months for the federalists to get up to no good. and they did the arch federalist wanted to push burr passed to jefferson into the presidency because they thought he would be more malleable so that was plan one planned to was to try and postpone the results of an election. so basically deadlock it so that no decision could be made until march 4th, at which point there would not be an inauguration. they could potentially appoint a temporary president who could then run as an incumbent if. they had a new election or maybe not have a new election and just have the temporary president. as republicans learned of these plots because they didn't stay secret, the republican governors of pennsylvania and virginia gathered their militias on the state borders, ready to march into washington, d.c

fitz, although the situation isn't necessarily escalating, it does seem to be getting politically messier. now there's also some questions about the legality of what's going on right now. use legal team is saying that, so the present is immune from prosecution. but one of the, of the interesting things is that, you know, if you look at what's been going on as of the protest today, the supporters of you and the, these protest as they move focused on claims of electrical fold in the parliamentary elections and also claims that there are communists to full says, working and operating in south korea. so that perhaps has some sort of acknowledgment that the marshal declaration was problematic at. but in some ways, this is making a sort of excuse for it. but, you know, also today that was opposing protests taking place meet as apart from one another. and you know, as long as this stalemate continues, it does seem as though frustrations are going to continue. it has been over a overly, so far and very peaceful, but you wonder how long that's going to last so long as this continues. patrick, us s

>> um, from the outset it looks at strategic but is far messier in the room in the negotiations that they have among amongst themselves of who's willing to do what. and in this atmosphere, i think scott jennings said this correctly with trump involved coming into the white house, it's different. so you had these six republicans saying they're brave enough to to not say anything. they were not brave enough to cast a separate ballot from what donald trump's choice is for speaker. the three remaining, uh thomas massie has a very specific set of challenges of of problems with speaker johnson. i don't think they're going to be resolved. that is about performance. it is the shine that got knocked off of johnson in december. with this spending package he negotiated. he said that's too far right that we can beyond which we can bear. ralph norman has been a very difficult member to negotiate with, with a moving set of targets. he's had to negotiate in the past. that's likely the present situation. and and self of texas, significantly similar to to ralph norman in that regard. so we're going t

either way it's just a much messier world. >> the new book "the eurasian century hot wars, cold warse now. hal brands, thank you. congratulations on the book. thank you so much for coming on the show this morning. we appreciate it. >>> willie? >> last month president-elect donald trump intends to nominate former republican senator david purdue of georgia to serve as the next u.s. ambassador to china. if confirmed purdue will succeed nicolas burns as the facilitator for what chinese president xi has described as the most important bilateral relationship in the world. joining us live from beijing is nbc news international correspondent janis mackey frayer, who spoke to ambassador burns on monday in something of an exit interview. janis, what did you learn? >> willie, ever the career diplomat, ambassador nicolas burns is very careful in his phrasing. it's been a necessary skill here in dealing with chinese officials, as he saw u.s.-china relations hit historic lows. every meeting for him has been intense. i sat down him for a wide-ranging interview at the embassy earlier this week to as