so senator grassley, sam, and others repeatedly said to us if it could happen to michael flynn it couldyour thought about that? >> that is absolutely right. you have the manipulation of the system that the safeguards don't involve incoming president's foremost advisor that can happen to everybody. lower level government official, or be it a private official working in business or even operating a small business that runs afoul of some regulatory mandate. elizabeth: okay. sam dewey, thanks so much for joining us. really appreciate it. good to see you. >> thank you very much. elizabeth: next on "the evening edit" young americans for liberty analyst kristin tate on california governor gavin newsom lifting stay at home orders, that a lot of people there are ely mad about that he really botched it. he face as major recall effort. this is the sixth time in two years governor gavin newsom has faced a recall push. this story next. >> in san diego now there is a move, the supervisors have voted to require the science to show that outdoor dining causes problems or any other activity. so that move

senator got under grassley and others have repeatedly said to us if it can happen to michael flynn itink that is absolutely right, if you can have a manipulation of the system so the safeguard does not cash the abuse that evolves that one of the incoming presidents, foremost advisors that can happen to anybody, lower level government official or being a private citizen working in business or even operating a small business that runs the bigotry mandate. liz: thank you so much for joining us good to see you. next on "the evening edit" young americans for liberty analyst kristin tate on california governor gavin newsom lifting state home orders and a lot of people there are really mad saying he botched it. he faces a major recall effort, the sixth time in two years governor gavin newsom has made a recall push. that story is next. >> san diego now there's a move the supervisors have been voting to require the science to show the outdoor dining causes problems or any other activity, that movement is happening in california and gavin newsom's days are numbered. sfx: [sounds of everyday lif

because there's never been an indication, we know of, that he is influenced by michael flynn. -- the army, i should say, has never acknowledged that he was in any of the phone calls with washington, d.c. authorities, capitol police, as the insurrection was unfolding on january 6th. they have said they're not aware that he was there. but now, general flynn, charles flynn, issuing a statement, first published in "the post" last night, and let me read it, because it's important. he says, i entered the room, the meeting room . i entered the room after the call began and left prior to the call ending because i believed a decision was imminent from the secretary and i needed to be in my office to assist in executing the decision. that would have been the decision to deploy the national guard to capitol hill to help the police there, as that violence was clearly out of control. flynn is now a decision maker on this. he's not in the chain of command. that's another important piece. but clearly, the army did not acknowledge that he was involved in these calls. why is all of this so imp

aspect of this, he asked michael flynn to talk about the idea of rerunning the election. none of this is outside the realm of possibilities, partly because we're living in a world in which the president is doing exactly what he said he would do before the election, which is not accepting his loss, not being willing to concede. we have to take everything seriously. >> ron, another part of the context is that the pentagon now, a number of senior posts are not confirmed by the senate, they're a bunch of trump loyalists. according to former secretary of defense perry, it was dick cheney that organized the letter. >> yeah, right. look, i agree with abby. this did not happen by accident. there's no way they would have gone to this trouble, including so many former republican secretaries of defense, if they didn't feel there was a genuine threat they needed to squelch before it gained any momentum. short of the military, what we are watching from congress is equally outrageous. you listen to mr. sterling's presentation today about how absurd these claims were in georgia, the cla

michael flynn was talking about using the insurrection act and other violent scenarios. do you they meet shg be investigated? >> it really has to be. everything -- when a crime occur, we go backwards. with go back and we review what was going on during the days, weeks, months leading up to that event. and so it is critical that we clearly understand the meetings the day before, tours taken place, trying to find out what the conversations were. it is critical to the investigation, and while it may take a while to get there, i do believe every person who was involved or enabled must be held accountable and brought to justice. >> let's talk a bit about want proud boys. enrique is a floridian. there seems to be a florida connection. we have seen the proud boys attack the speaker of the house when she was in miami. we know they were active in the state of florida. are you concerned that because florida is also attracting so much of the white wing politics, so many of the people, including the retired former president, are you concerned that florida is going to become a base f

michael flynn and russia. here is the document.e dress but here is the obama blue dress. it says in part, obama started by saying that he went into the meeting with gates and comey after to stay behind and obama started by saying he learned of the information about flynn quote unquote in his conversation about sanctions for it obama specified he did not want any additional information on the matter but was seeking information on whether the right house would be treating flynn and he did fairly given the information. people have said that means keep information from flynn and i say that means treat the information differently yet flynn and that is exactly what they did put it up next, the trump administration's long list of compliments on mitigating the coronavirus and getting us a vaccine at warp speed. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ piano playing ♪ "what the world needs now" ♪ ♪ is love, sweet love ♪ it's the only thing that there's just too little of ♪ ♪ what the world needs now is love, sweet love, ♪ ♪ no not just for some but for eve

they include michael flynn, former national security advisers who was recently pardoned by president trump. attorney sidney powell who tried unsuccessfully to overturn election results. and ron watkins, associated with the dark web. >>> it has been a long week and we expect more major developments this weekend. we hope that you will stay with us for the latest on air, online, and everywhere else on our social media platform so you can head to nbc bay area.com. >>> now to our continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. we are now confronted with that dreaded post holiday covid surge. our state alone reported 50,000 new cases yesterday. that is the most we have seen in a week. you can see on this graph most states this week were between 30 to 35,000 cases per day. it is likely our stay at home order will remain in place. we are waiting for word on that today. we are nowhere close to where we need to be for it to be lifted. as a whole, the bay area has 3% standard icu beds open. that number has to be at least 15% before our stay at home order can be lifted. >>> there is pushback th

also, sidney powell is michael flynn's attorney. michael flynn, the former national security adviser to president trump, who just got a pardon. rudy giuliani also involved in that outside legal team that kind of took the reins, reporting around whether associates close to rudy giuliani were suggesting that for large sums of money, perhaps, it would be good to be represented by rudy giuliani. so we're seeing advisers, people who have been close to the president, in the early months, like matt schlapp, be obtained as consultants or john dowd, former lawyer to president trump. so the process allows this. and it's become increasingly controversial. and i think like so many other things, president trump is going to take the wiggle room, some of the perks that have been granted to the executive over the decades, and push those to a new limit. and that is what we are -- part of what we're going to see in this final wave around pardons that we're expecting. >> look, the cnn reporting is that at this point, he's not likely to pardon himself

the mypillow guy is like the michael flynn at the beginning of the administration, going in surrounded by nuts and fringe-dwellers. >> there were plenty who warned the president would not change and sadly, they were right. that said, let's get to the timing of the impeachment trial and how it will run. what do you know about the details on that? >> alex, the details are still murky. look, we have three big responsibilities before us that are all important but two are more urgent than the others. the first and most urgent is we have to deliver a peaceful transfer of power on january 20th if the last image of the trump presidency is a sentence of violence and chaos, the first image of the biden presidency should be a peaceful transfer of power. that's very urgent. second, we have to help joe biden has his agenda to help americans still suffering from coronavirus climb out of that. joe's done a good job of laying out a more rapid vaccine deployment, economic recovery. we have to help him do that. third, we've got to find accountability from the president, members of congress, for the riot

trump has issued pardons for michael flynn and -- >>> the final days of president trump ar -- anotheroving truck left the west wing. cleaning contractors on the job. while flags and banners to usher in the next administration are already on pennsylvania avenue a secluded trump days away from second impeachment trial, belittling the process as a imimpeachment hoax house democrats are reluctant to publicly discuss strategy or specific timing. >> there's discussions between speaker pelosi and the senate but we'll be ready to go when it starts. >> reporter: trump ally lindsey graum -- >> some democrats say president trump could lose access to national security secrets granted to former presidents. >> there's no circumstance in which this president should get another intelligence briefing. not now, not in the future. >> reporter: biden officials urge senators of both parties to split time for confirmation, the biden agenda and the trial >> it's important for the senate to do its constitutional duty but also to move forward on these appointments on the urgent action the country needs >> rep

silicon valley's been busy twitter has also frozen the accounts of former national security advisor michael flynn x. trump lawyer sydney powell another high profile supporters of the president you tube joined in bombing trumps former chief strategist steve bahman conservative social media platform parlor is being deleted 1st from the google play store and then from couples up store for feeling to moderate content posted by users while muscle prevented partner from using its servers and people have been getting creative on social media reacting to the presidential purge. it's not the end of the day for trump unless he has no platform laughter and that's exactly what they're trying to do so this is politically motivated censorship he's trying not to be silenced but he is being silenced what i read into it is that he has more to say and that he's you know he's going to continue despite the fact that he's given a mere concession speech he's going to get tenure to call the election fraudulent or at least based on widespread fraud and malfeasance they have been a political force and they've been drivin

that includes the accounts of high-profile trump supporters like michael flynn, and sidney powell. >>> the latest from washington. democrats are working toward impeaching the president. they plan to introduce a resolution as early as monday. lisa murkowski became the first publican senator to call for president trump's resignation. and the president said he will not be attending joe biden's inauguration. also this evening, to high- profile arrest in the capital, including a man in the style photo with his feet up and speaking nancy pelosi's office. six-year-old arkansas resident identified himself to the new york times, claimant he took a letter from speaker pelosi's office. and the west virginia state lawmaker is also arrested. he lives in terms of storming the capital. republican derek evans is now facing criminal charges of entering a restricted area of the u.s. capital. natalie brand is live on capitol hill with the next steps house lawmakers could take. >>> well, sources tell cbs2 news that a group of house democrats plan to introduce an impeachment resolution as early as monday,

they include michael flynn, former national security advisor recently pardoned by the president. attorney sidney powell who tried unsuccessfully to overturn election results. and ron watkins associate would the dark web. >>> it has been an exhausting week and we expect more major developments this weekend. we invite you to stay with us for the very latest on-air and online at nbcbayarea.com. tonight we're also confronted with that dreaded post holiday covid surge. california reporting 50,000 new cases today alone. that's the most we've seen in a week. you can see on this graph most days this week we were between 30,000 to 35,000 cases each day. it's likely our stay at home order will remain in place. we're nowhere close where we need to be for this to be lifted. the bay area region has 3% standard availability for icu beds. that number has to be at at least 15% before that stay at home order can be lifted. many small businesses are fighting back. they say they have no other choice. several restaurants in pleasanton have reopened outdoor dining. nbc bay area's cheryl hurd is there

victim big tech censorship which has taken down the accounts of former national security advisor michael flynn. sydney powell and the high profile supporters of the president joined in. chief strategist steve bond and conservative friendly social media platform was deleted 1st from google play still . still failing to moderate the content posted by he's for his part has denied pollard the use of the inspired people to get creative on social media media. platform laughter metrics. actually what they're trying to do so this is politically motivated censorship he's trying not to be silenced but he is being silenced what i read into it is that he has more to say and that he's you know he's going to continue despite the fact that he's given a near concession speech he's going to get tenure to call the election fraudulent or at least based on widespread fraud and malfeasance they've been a political force and they've been driving censorship and propaganda for the last 4 years at least which was increased during the election season so there's no surprise now that given the incident in d.c. on january

of the big tech boycott twitter has taken down the accounts of former national security advisor michael flynn extra employer sidney powell and other high profile supporters of the president clinton polled both met with trump at the white house in recent weeks as part of efforts to challenge the presidential election results you tube has joined in trump's former chief strategist steve bartman mexican president under the door and has expressed concerns over the power of social networks to silence and censor whoever they want . what happened a few days ago in the united states is a bad sign private companies decide whom to silence and sansar this does not bode well and restricts freedom. well i discussed the issue with julio divert editorial director of reactionary times dot com federica bindy a professor of political science. there is a feline i mean freedom of speech is guaranteed. to violence that is a completely different thing what they're doing is they're going ahead and expressing a message to the american people and to a lot of these other silicon valley giant that it's ok to go ahead an

used the platform twitter has also taken down the accounts of former national security adviser michael flynn trump lawyer sidney powell and other high profile supporters of the president as part of the crackdown on pro voices tech giants have targeted the alternative from platform parlor it is a social network popular with the political right wing but it has now been forced off the internet after amazon blocked access to its servers citing a spike in violent content google and apple had already removed the part of the app over similar concerns parlor has called amazon's actions politically motivated and illegal and is suing the company meanwhile right leaning users are looking for alternatives the social network gab is one such option its user base has surged by around 600000 per day since the major tech firm started tightening the screws on trump supporters earlier my colleague spoke with journalist and commentator chatted with more about the social media ban. certainly it became a home for people who've been banned off the mainstream internet various. outlets for a long time you know peopl

they include michael flynn, former national security adviser and trump pardon recipient. attorney sidney powell, who has gone to the courts to overturn election results in president trump's favorite. and a shadowy figure, ron watkins, associated with the dark web. twitter suspended their accounts for what the company calls their sharing of qanon content and it's, quote, potential to lead to offline harm. and check this out. a boat docked outside the san francisco home of twitter's ceo, jack dorsey, bears this message "twitter: ban trump." the maritime protesters onboard are from the consumer advocacy group some of us. it's a broad coalition of nearly 17 million activists. >>> now, we are continuing to watch washington closely. another great resource to get the latest information is on our website, nbcbayarea.com. right at the top there, we've got a section called "capitol riot updates." it's on our trending bar. it's an easy way to find all of our stories and updates all in one place. >>> our other top story this evening, the continued fight against covid. could it be the

riot and encouraged sedition he had a meeting and the white house where he talked about it with michael flynn his former general flynn as national security advisor about using martial law and having the military go into pennsylvania and georgia and other states to redo the election donald trump is behaving like a dictator and you can have a left wing dictator right wing that that are. they hate that way this has nothing to do with political ideology there's a big difference between a staunch conservative of which mitt mitt romney certainly has and someone like donald trump who does not believe in objective truth talks about alternative bax spills out lies and then ultimately believes in force rather than the rule of law and that's a decision the republican party has to make those want to say that marco rubio is just running scared right now because there's talk about a bunk up trump running against him for that senate seat down in florida no maybe he's just trying to not alienate the trump voters and he's just trying to say this again and save his job speak up for what's right for the united

tech boycott twitter's gone further and moved the accounts of former national security advisor michael flynn extra month lawyer sidney powell and other high profile supporters of the president clinton power both met with trump at the white house in recent weeks as part of efforts to overturn the presidential election results youtube's joined the trend and band trump's former chief strategist steve bannon mexican president and the result of dora's expressed concern over the power of social networks to silence and censor who they want. what was done a few days ago in the united states is a bad sign private companies decide whom to silence and censor this does not bode well and is contrary to freedom. we discuss the issue with who you are to vera editorial director of reactionary times dot com federica bindi who's a professor of political science there is a feline i mean freedom of speech is guaranteed. invitation to violence that is a completely different thing what they're doing is that they're going ahead and expressing a message to the american people and to a lot of these other silicon val

ever coveted presidential pardon on axed after handing down pardons like candy to the likes of michael flynn roger stone jared kirshner get one steven miller rudy giuliani even even steve bannon but through all the will he won't t. or who will be there has been one solid study cry for justice coming from the supporters of wiki leaks founder julian assange. currently wasting away in a reported 23 hour lockdown of britain's notorious belmarsh prison a songe and his lawyers continue to fight against his extradition to the united states in london courts songe faces multiple indictments in the u.s. including the chilling charge of violating the espionage act which carries up to over 100 years in prison if convicted sons of supporters which include everyone from whistleblower an american hero edward snowden to famed journalist john pilger along with over 7600 others have signed a letter asking president donald trump to pardon the son. and while no one will know until january 20th that these efforts to gain a pardon will be successful or all for naught one thing we do know for certain is that the u

well donald trump isn't the only victim of big tech boycotts former national security advisor michael flynn trial lawyer sidney powell another high profile supporters of the american leader have also been booted off twitter flynn and powell both met with trump at the white house in recent weeks as part of efforts to overturn the presidential election results. joined into bowling the president's former chief strategist steve mexican leader of the door as expressed concern over the power all the social networks to shut down and censor whoever they want. what happened a few days ago in the united states is a bad sign private companies decide whom to silence and censor this does not bode well and restricts freedom which earlier i chaired the page on this with julio divert editorial director of reactionary times dot com federica been a professor of political science. there is a feline i mean freedom of speech is guaranteed. to be. violence that is a completely different thing what they're doing is they're going ahead and expressing a message to the american people and to a lot of these other sil