those are steve schmitt's words. seldom do so few words mean so much. it explains the members of the house of representatives. they are members of the conspiracy to maintaining power in there. is no limit to what they are willing though say or do as members of the organized conspiracy. the members of the organized conspiracy had a meeting, and trump talked with the texas attorney general, and seditious abuse of the judicial process. others that were in attendance were the attorneys general of alabama, florida, mississippi, south carolina and utah, all of whom signed a brief supporting the texas attorney general's case. the texas attorney general has been under investigation by the fbi. federal agents served at least one subpoena yesterday on the office of ken paxton in an on going investigation into allegations that paxton abused his authority helping a friend and company donor, and today, the day after the fbi closed in tighter on texas attorney general ken paxton, he had an immediating with the man who has the ability to make ken paxton's fbi problems

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ability to break down organic material is what gives them the energy to grow other materials at home schmitt and to steam discovered that the local tinder fungus works best for their big plants for the fungus compas it. after the initial growth phase it can be broken up into regrown and molds to create different forms and sizes. but also put them on the 4th i could certainly imagine that you could build whole walls from funky and the supporting frames from other components like wood if you wanted to remain recyclable i can certainly imagine that you could build a large house with it of course. although the lightweight funky bricks are not a load bearing they could replace many of the building materials once they're dried and the growth of the mycelium is halted the brakes could replace polish tyrion for example providing a much greener form of insulation. this compas it is also very flexible. that time schmidt and his colleagues are planning to scale up their work working together with architects and engineers to see where the material can still be optimized. it wasn't by talk license was on

harold schmitt says states need to consider their demographics carefully to determine who is most ats to the elderly population, we want to be mindful of the fact that just because you're old, it doesn't mean you're at risk. >> reporter: for the many americans eager for their shot, what mentality should they be adopting right now? >> patience. we all want to know when is it my turn in the line, but it's not about us, but about all of us. >>> still ahead, help for the holidays. why more families are turning to toy charities than ever before. and remembering the writer who br ♪ chicago! okay, so, magnificent mile for me! i thought i was managing my moderate to severe crohn's disease. until i realized something was missing me. you okay, sis? my symptoms were keeping me from really being there for my sisters. so i talked to my doctor and learned that's us. (reacting to boarding announcement) humira is for people who still have symptoms of crohn's disease after trying other medications. the majority of people on humira saw significant symptom relief in as little as 4 weeks. and many achie

by friday, states must it in schmitt details to the federal government, laying out where they want the shipments to be delivered. >> they tend to follow what cdc puts forward, because it's a very representative body, a very san francisco process as they move forward. >> reporter: meanwhile, the cdc said the weekly hospitalization rate is at its highest point in the pandemic. the surge is devastating rural hospitals. one missouri doctor said his facility has been forced to decide which patients they can take in. >> i can't deal with those patients that need me when they come in with acute heart failure, or patients that have injuries. we don't have staffing for it. >> reporter: the state's intensive care units could exceed capacity by mid- december. a new stay at home order took everything in los angeles, in addition to a city ban on outdoor dining that took effect last week. and now many restaurant owners are pushing back. >> i feel like there are other places that are allowed to be open right now that people have just as much exposure if not more than we do here. >> reporter: federal

jon meacham, monica alba, robert costa, jeremy bash, mike schmitt.and in jon's case staying on the air with us for this breaking news. what a couple of hours in american presidential history here "the beat with ari melber" starts right now.

think back to like jim clapper and having a meeting with eric schmitt and take down good content.there's got to be something stronger but we haven't figured out yet. >> there's issues at stake both in terms of giving the government too much power and giving the private sector too much power. maybe we need a third voice which would be what i call the citizens and weighing on what that would play out. that's for another conversation. >> i want to talk about, we are about to get new government and we will get new people in positions that you've interacted with in the past. we will get a new head of nptc, a new dni, et cetera. if you were at nctc and you were going to make a list of recommendations for how to go about this in a way that is -- is responsible and to your opening earlier remarks, more transparent, and that is aware of a civil liberties issues, what was your -- what was -- would your assessment be. this is another brand of criminal justice and pull back on usage of performance, et cetera. do you think it's important to show that even as a here we are going to move in that

jon meacham, monica alba, robert costa, jeremy bash, mike schmitt. thank you all for jumping on the air and in jon's case staying on the air with us for this breaking news. what a couple of hours in american presidential history here "the beat with ari melber" starts right now. you're the best person to make sense of it >> that's sweet of you. i'm curious what you think, bill barr leaves certainly as a nonpartisan or objective statement one of the most controversial attorneys general since the nixon ear r the time line you were discussing sounds a little like it was what barr was hoping to get out of this including saving face. i'm curious what you think having managed white house, you know, these kind of white house situations. >> i think that, you know mike reporting that this was, you know, part of what barr wanted to be out of there, i think you have to ask why. what doesn't he want to be complicit in? if you take "the times" reporting and add what robert just reported from "washington post," that his sources are telling him to watch what happens

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