was that some of the witnesses that the the congressional panel that house and senate joint select committees were we're talking to we're also the subject of criminal and civil investigation. and in a couple of instances, the committee, the congressional folks granted limited immunity in exchange for testimony from some of those witnesses. lieutenant colonel oliver north and the national security adviser, john poindexter, were two of the most prominent witnesses who were granted limited immunity and that led to some difficulty. one of the challenges, particularly with oliver north, was that because he was being granted immunity, the committee decided not to conduct a deposition with him before he testified in open public. in the public hearing. so they didn't know what oliver north was going to say and how he was going to behave. and when the when he did turn up in the hearing, he was very combative and very, you can only say, political, which is not what they had expected. and had they deposed him, they would have known and been perhaps better prepared to deal with him. he he generated a tre

joining us bennie thompson, who served as the chair of the january 6th select committee. thank you for joining us. cnn has learned the president- elect's mindset today was, quote, pure vindication. congressman jamie raskin, a democrat as you well know, called today a very tough pill to swallow. as someone who put so much effort like you into the january 6th probe, how did you feel certifying trump's election win today? >> well, thank you for having me, first of all, wolf. i think what the public saw today was how this process is supposed to work. we have elections. elections have consequences. but at the end of the day, when you go into court, when you have recounts and you still lost, you go forward. in this particular instance, kamala harris lost. what we did as democrats, we supported the process. that's how it's supposed to work. so, others who had a different idea four years ago, they created a problem. it takes democrats to show republicans how to get it done. >> kamala harris, the vice president of the united states, and the president of the senate, according to th

i was the head to the treasury select committee . either?d to the | treasury select committee at that time and had plenty to say about it on the public record that people can have a look at. but reality is, when this government took over... reminds us what you _ government took over... reminds us what you set — government took over... reminds us what you set about _ government took over... reminds us what you set about liz - us what you set about liz truss' behaviour when it came to the economy?— truss' behaviour when it came to the economy? growth in two can six months _ to the economy? growth in two can six months has _ to the economy? growth in two can six months has actually - can six months has actually contracted. the problem that means, combined with the spike in bond yields, additional spending billions of pounds servicing an ever increasing national debt, which is money which is not going into public services. and it is a result of these policies.— these policies. you said yourself. _ these policies. you said yourself, is _ these po

as we have talked about so much on the select committee on china, the c.c.p.'s truly america's number one adversary. i have passed legislation to ban our military from using seaport reliance on chinese technology. i have also worked to strengthen taiwan's military readiness through the taiwan security act. congress must keep their eye on the c.c.p. and build on this progress. for now, i will be heading back to my home in sunny california, but while my time in congress is ending, i will always look for ways to serve the country that i love. i always t

there's a broader audience for the work the select committee did. and that's history.'s important to have an accounting of what happened in the short term. it did not result in accountability to the people. president trump and the others in the report. but it does matter historically. and the work that we did on the select committee was, was the audience was both america today, but it was also legacy and history. and i do think it matters, joy that these facts are out there. >> i have to ask you, as somebody who investigated what donald trump did, what's to make him leave in 2028? i mean, he'll be incredibly elderly, even more elderly than he is now. but if he decides he's going to be vladimir putin now that he's gotten away with it, and the supreme court has said he has absolute immunity, what's to make him leave? >> yeah, that's one of those questions where we're going to see about guardrails. we're going to see about whether or not there are separation of powers, whether there are places and people in the government that are going to say no. thankfully, there were i

christian: and yet speaker mike johnson said the select committee may manipulated and destroyed evidencea fake, phony narrative to her donald trump. house republicans will continue our investigation into this corrupt committee, and it will be fully funded so it can continue next congress. are you ready for a fight? rep. lofgren: well, he is sucking up to trump. the house democrats in the house administration committee issued a report today, all of the things he said was false. no evidence was disposed of. you can go to anyone, you can go to the government city house website, and there are terabytes of evidence posted there, including a video of the attack and the transcripts of the interviews and on and on. so they are doing the best they can to please donald trump. he was reelected. i did not support him, and i do not respect him, but i do respect our democratic process. he was elected, and we come as we should have, certified that election today, counting the electoral count, but it does not make him an honest man. christian: what does it mean to you the next four years if they are goi

joining me know is congressman bennie thompson of mississippi, former chair of the january 6th select committee and ranking member of the committee on homeland security. congressman, it is wonderful to see you and i wanted to give you an opportunity. you have just heard what i think about today and i would like for you to tell us how you feel on today. >> will obviously, what you saw today is how the process is supposed to work. the certification is a formality that's required. the vice president is supposed to preside and obviously the results are the results. well four years ago, that was not the case. former president trump invited people to come to washington and told them it would be wild. and so, when that occurred, and a lot of us were involved in it, it became crystal clear that we have to fix this. so congress directed the formation of the january 6th select committee to look at the facts and circumstances, and for almost 2 years we did that. we produced a report. some people didn't like the report but joy, it stands for it self. know if those individuals who had a problem with it coul

part of my excitement of the work of the select committee is this whole effort has been surrounded by loving critics of 9 whole institution and the members of congress are a part of that. we have staff who are loving critics of the institution. there's an extraordinary group of stakeholders called cohorts that have been engaged with us and are loving critics of it. i've had the pleasure of being able to work with two wonderful tag team partners and one the former president in the last congress and william timmons, both of whom have been extraordinary partners in the untaking and whose partnership i'm grateful. thank you again and look forward to the conversation and very grateful for the recollect ok nice. l.f.: i'll read this one, former members of congress, the 2022 distinguished service award presented to former members of congress to vice chair william timmons on june 16, 2022. congratulations. >> thank you. >> i'll be brief so we can get started with the conversation. but i want to say one, this is very special to be here, such a historic building and incredible architecture, it'

california democrat pete aguilar, who investigated the january 6th riot as part of a house select committeeys if smith had been appointed sooner, trump might not have avoided trial. >> the january 6th committee did a lot of work on the front end, and we would have liked to see things move a little faster. >> reporter: before the clock ran out. >> before the clock ran out. >> reporter: smith's report also says when trump publically attacked witnesses and investigators, trump's followers would then threaten them. trump has also talked of locking up some members of congress who have investigated the attack. former house select committee chairman bennie thompson told cbs news he would accept a pardon before president biden leaves office to protect him from trump. >> there are a lot of people who take this person at his word, and i don't want him to weaponize government against people for doing their job. >> reporter: trump tried unsuccessfully to keep jack smith's final report bottled up with legal challenges that ultimately failed. trump has pledged pardons for some or all of the 1600 january

and then to the senate select committee for intelligence this past week. i pointed out because it's a great backdrop for the following questions about national security and it applies to the threats we face. as dr. carafano our said this is one area that as a nation we can agree those threats are very real, looming and getting worse and deeper and broader in terms of what america faces. so let's focus in terms of the first question on the threats that we face from china. if you were to think about in terms of your time as the director of national intelligence, the chinese communist party continues as a whole of government to, in fact, influence, undercut the united states and drive wedges between not only us internally inside the united states but with our friends and allies around the globe. you have called this a once in a generation challenge in your "wall street journal" opinion piece this past december. you quote, at a quarter, the intelligence is clear, beijing intends to dominate u.s. and the rest of the pan economically, militarily and technologica

worked up the select committee. result of the it's rare in washington.nd repeatedly all the briefings we get a great alarm on it back on the issues there and on the network ... ... tiktok is an application that is gone through a comprehensive national security process and identified like huawei, like others as present threat that can't otherwise be mitigated. that's why we need to take an action at the government level on tiktok and, frankly, on the leading edge of the country when you did -- if anything it's overdue but this is probably time to take action. >> on the other kinds of applications that have you concerned in addition tiktok? >> what you take action on tiktok because it is such a clear track record you can look around and say what's like tiktok? similar what we do with huawei. yes, we look more broadly cover handsomely at all threats from entities not just china but tied to the ccp at that broader conversation continues to take place in the near term, tiktok and then others from security risk perspective. >> one of the thinks encompass has b

sarah l owen, chair of the women and equalities select committee, thank you for talking to us. that a "lost generation" of children could leave school without receiving the special educational needs and disabilities help they require. the public accounts committee have said the system is in �*disarray�* with too many families unable to access support for their children. our reporter vanessa clarke has more. he hates the hairdresser. for rachel morgan, the battle to get help for her seven—year—old son max, who has autism, has been long and exhausting. max is finally in a school with the right support, but it's not close. the school he's at is 35 miles away, so that's a 45—minute journey there and a 45—minute journey back every day, which is a lot for a seven—year—old little boy, especially a seven—year—old little boy with the difficulties that max has. the family are now looking to move house just so they can be nearer the school. they are not alone. there are an estimated 1.7 million school—age children with special educational needs and disabilities in england, and mps say too

the johnson said that the january six select committee manipulated and destroyed evidence, created a narrative, all to try and hurt donald trump, and the issue with this is that republicans will continue our investigation into this corrupt committee and it will be fully funded so that it will be fully funded so that it can continue next congress. are you ready for a fight? he is sucking — are you ready for a fight? he: is sucking up to are you ready for a fight? he is sucking up to trump, the house democrats issued a report just today, and all of the things said were false, no evidence was disposed of, anyone can go to the government office website and there are terabytes of evidence posted there, including the video of there, including the video of the attack and the transcripts of the interviews and on and on, so they are doing the best that they can to please donald trump, he was re—elected, i didn't support him, and i do respect our democratic process, he was elected and he, as we should have, we certified that today counting the electoral count, but it does not make him a decent

former house select committee chairman bennie thompson told cbs news he would accept a pardon beforefice to protect him from trump. >> there are a lot of people who take this person at his word. and i don't want him to weaponize government against people for doing their job. >> reporter: trump tried unsuccessfully to keep jack smith's final report bottled up with legal challenges that ultimately failed. trump has pledged pardons for some or all of the 1600 january 6th riot defendants. those could begin as early as monday. >> that was scott macfarlane reporting. stay with us. "cbs news roundup" will be right back. gum problems could be the start of a domino effect parodontax active gum repair breath freshener clinically proven to help reverse the 4 signs of early gum disease a toothpaste from parodontax, the gum experts. when a tough cough finds you on the go, a syrup would be... silly! woo! hey! try new robitussin soft chews. packed with the power of robitussin... in every bite. easy to take cough relief, anywhere. chew on relief, chew on a ♪ robitussin ♪ >>> the firestorms raging th

he served on the house select committee that investigated january 6. aquilino gonell, former sergeant in the capitol police who protected the capitol that date and he wrote an amazing op-ed and he will join me in studio. senator andy kim will be here and of all the images from the day, the pictures of senator kim cleaning up in the capitol on january 7, you can see that on your screen, ranked in the top for me what i remember. i will talk to senator raphael warnock as we continue to remember the life and legacy of president jimmy carter and they had a special relationship that we will talk about. >> before that, went to start on this day from four years ago. this was the spot on the west front of the capitol, where insurrectionists armed with guns, knives, bear spray, baseball bats, flag poles, and their bare hands rushed the capitol. desperate to get inside to violently disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. two weeks from today, in that very same spot you see on your screen, the man who sparked that riot, the man who sat in the comfort of his dining

that the select committee refused to we really take into account the pipe bomb's existence.hey didn't want to go into it. they chose to overlook it with 845 page reported very odd only referenced them five times but only in passing. we find out that the field office had corrupted data, victor. so they couldn't do any of the usual cell phone data, you know, inquiry that they would normally do in a situation like this again, all of this corrupts the public's trust. >> it should. it was almost identical to the mueller investigation when interest were phones that were confiscated by the fbi from participants and all of a sudden they said all of that had been erased. and that evidence was never found. so, i think they are also very afraid of kash patel and i think he is going to reform the fbi in a way that they are terrified of. and the whole thing about -- i mean, we had the vice president of the united states tell us during the campaign that januaro pearl harbor. it was just crazy what they did with january 6th. i think the evidence never supported the exaggerations and the li

here's what happened as told by the select committee. >> proud boys!be advised, there are about 300 proud boys, they're marching eastbound in the 400 block of independence, actually on the mall toward the united states capitol. >> usa! >> i am not allowed to say what's going to happen today because everyone's just going to have to watch for themselves, but it's going to happen. something's going to happen. >> hold the line! hold the line! hold the line! hold the line! >> we have a breach of the capitol! breach of the capitol! >> while we were subjected that day was something from a medieval battle. >> i was aware enough to recognize of being stripped of and killed with my own firearm. i was electrocuted again and again and again. with a taser. [ crowd chants "hang mike pence" ] >> we came very close to using lethal options or worse -- at that point, i don't know. is the v.p. compromised? i don't know. like, we didn't have visibility, but it doesn't -- if they're screaming and saying things like say good-bye to your family, this is going on a whole othe

. >> if i can kick off, i chair the treasury select committee, it's great privilege. she was clear that the growth of this country, we've had a decade of no real growth. can you layout how you're going to deliver that growth? >> let me start with your second last sentence, we've had a decade or slightly more of stagnant growth or low growth. we've got to turn that around. we had about inheritance -- >> if you could tell us what you're going to do going forward. >> that will set the context for the budget. the budget is about stabilizing the economy so it is an important part of the story because one of the things that is held that growth is that we have in a stable economy. i've talked to investors across the world and asked why they've not been investing in the u.k. in the last 10 years. they've all said to me because it's not stable enough. to create the conditions for investment, we've got additional measures we need to take. to your question, in addition to the budget, we've got to carry out planning in particular, to regulation, to driving the growth that we need

bring in sarah champion, labour mp for rotherham and chair of the international development select committee in investigation into the grooming gangs in her own constituency. thank you so much for being with us. there was an independent inquiry as chris says into child sexual abuse stopped and went on for seven years. there were tens of thousands of victims and survivors of child sexual abuse who were part of that inquiry, it cost nearly £200 million. it is —— its key recommendations was mandatory reporting meaning that failing to report abuse could in and of itself become a new criminal offence. what happened to those recommendations that the last conservative government were given? conservative government were civen? ., ., , ., given? unfortunately, nothing happened- _ given? unfortunately, nothing happened. and... _ given? unfortunately, nothing happened. and... why - given? unfortunately, nothing happened. and... why is - given? unfortunately, nothingj happened. and... why is chris philp saying. _ happened. and... why is chris philp saying, sounding - happened. and... why is chris philp

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for his actions, whether it be liz cheney or democratic members of congress to the january 6th select committee or prosecutors that investigated him, and then there were those republicans, people like now speaker mike johnson who voted to object to the certification of joe biden's win on january 6th, 2021, people like j.d. vance, who ran in ohio primary in 2022 with donald trump's endorsement and just leading up to the 2024 election said that he would not have done what mike pence did four years ago, yet you saw those two men prominently featured on camera today as kamala harris certified the election results of donald trump and j.d. vance's victory here. and so for donald trump, he this weekend had john eastman, jeffrey clark, rudy giuliani, peter navarro in attendance at a ballroom in mar-a-lago where they were watching a feature film focused on john eastman, one of the lawyers indicted in part of the fake elector scheme. for donald trump, today's certification was just as important as continuing to justify his actions from four years ago. >> so he had them over. what was the intention and wh

he of course served on the house select committee that investigated january 6th. al kaline nova now is a former sergeant in the capitol police who protected the capitol that day. he just wrote an amazing op-ed. he's going to join me here in studio, as well. senator randy kim will be here and of all the intelligible images from that day, the pictures of senator kim cleaning up in the capitol on january 7th, 2021. you see them right on your screen, certainly rank near the top for me and what i can remember from that period. and also going to talk to senator raphael warnock as we continue to remember the life and legacy of president jimmy carter and they have a very special relationship we are going to talk about. but before all of that, i just want to start tonight on this date from four years ago. and this was the spot on the west front of the capitol. you can see it right there, where insurrectionist armed with guns, knives, bear spray, baseball bats, flagpoles and their barehands rushed the capitol, desperate to get inside and violently disrupt the peaceful trans

he serves on the house permanent select committee on intelligence, the house judiciary committee and the house ethics committee. prior to his service in congress mr. ratcliffe was partner in a law firm. during his tenure at the department of justice he served as the first assistant u.s. attorney as the chief antiterrorism, national security for the eastern district of texas. and then as the interviews attorney for the eastern district of texas. during that time mr. ratcliffe also served as mayor for the city of keith texas here congressman ratcliffe received his undergraduate degree from university of notre dame. received his law degree from southern methodist university. foxman given as to leave intelligence committee and time of profound threat and challenge. yet given your expert in house intelligence committee we expect you lead the intelligence committee with integrity, surface as a forceful advocate for the professionals in the editor intelligence enterprise operates lawfully, ethically and morally. i can assure this committee will continue to conduct vigorous and real-time ove

he serves on the house permanent select committee on intelligence, the house judiciary committee and the house ethics committee. prior to his service in congress mr. ratcliffe was partner in a law firm. during his tenure at the department of justice he served as the first assistant u.s. attorney as the chief antiterrorism, national security for the eastern district of texas. and then as the interviews attorney for the eastern district of texas. during that time mr. ratcliffe also served as mayor for the city of keith texas here congressman ratcliffe received his undergraduate degree from university of notre dame. received his law degree from southern methodist university. foxman given as to leave intelligence committee and time of profound threat and challenge. yet given your expert in house intelligence committee we expect you lead the intelligence committee with integrity, surface as a forceful advocate for the professionals in the editor intelligence enterprise operates lawfully, ethically and morally. i can assure this committee will continue to conduct vigorous and real-time ove

this slide shoes the policy provisions this were adopted by the select committee.e is strong consensus, it was in the unanimous on the provisions. but i wanted highlight the fourth you see on your screen enabling legislation should give us option of a citizen initiative. and this is important gwen this prior poling showed we were far from the threshold needed pass i measure. >> this table gives you an over view of two things endorsed by commission for poling this coming january. these are exploration purposes expect them to change over the next year or so. in general, one a is the first is a smaller measure this primary low addresses the transit fiscal emergency. second the hi hybrid is a learning are long are term that addresses in the only the transit needs. i want to note this both offer funding to the major operators like bart and caltrain and did i good job of ensuring that i have alotment what they need to sustainful sfmta only respects 88 million dollars at the most in any i don't remember from the sceario additional revenues if a measure did pass this addit

joining me now from the select committee on intelligence, senator mike rounds are.enator, it is great to have you on the program. thank you so much for being here. tragic incident if taking place has many wondering what is to come and how we got here. we had an open border the last four years. we've got terror cells fueling around in this country. this administration if really dropped the ball. what happens next? >> the first thing we want to do is secure the border. we know there are people coming across the border that have ill intent. and when you've got literally 10 million individuals that have crossed that border, it means the guys in charge of the border have been chasing them down, basically working through the administrative process and releasing them into the country. that allows terrorists, other individuals, criminals if they want to get around that, they know that the guys who are supposed to be on the border are tied up with administrative duties. that's part of the problem that we've got right now. isis is a real threat. isis is still viable. they com

ti 3 morning we have heard from liam byrne, the chair of the business select committee, who will be questioningaid the situation at mcdonald's is appalling and she also raised theissue appalling and she also raised the issue of zero—hour contracts, he said that it is a factor in creating an imbalance of power which he says allows abuse to flourish within the workplace. i think that it's a really interesting point, mcdonald's has around thatjust under 170,000 people working for it across the uk. most of them are on the zero—hour contracts, 89% of the young workforce on those contracts, so mcdonald's tells us that like being on those contracts because as you can expect, lots of them are at school, university and university and couege university and university and college and it offers them the flexibility that they might appreciate. the workers we have spoken to, some said they like being on those contracts. we have spoken to 50 workers across the country who said it creates instability because they do not know what their hours will be from one week to the next. one allegation we have heard is fr

the committee is comprised of all the chairs some the select committees of the house of commons. this is his first appearance since being elected in july. it is about 90 minutes. >> order, order. welcome to liaison committee on thursday 19 december, 2024. were. were delighted to welcome the prime minister finalist for the first time and can awoken you. thank you very much for being so proactive in setting this date in your diary. so i appreciate your commitment to scrutiny and transparency and look forward to hearing what you got to say today as the man in hot seat. prime minister if i could kick off as you private are where i chair the treasury select committee. it's a great privilege. the chancellor appeared in front of us after the budget and was very clear that the growth of this country will outstrip what is forecasting and we found a decade of no real growth. could you layout how you going to deliver that growth? >> let me t start with your secd to last sentence. we've had a a decade, slightly more, of stagnant growth or low growth. we've got to turn that around. obviously t

the select committee on intelligence and the center for american security. she is also an academic, holding a doctorate in political science from columbia and authoring numerous books on international security and democratic reform. when week ago, she was appointed by the white house to serve on the committee of security and cooperation in europe, bringing her diplomatic skills and expertise to promote freedoms across the region at a time of tremendously increasing importance. together, we also have the vice president of strategy, innovation and impact at iri. he serves as a nonresident senior fellow for the freedom and prosperity center. lots of points of intersection. patrick has been in your -- instrumental in helping to develop the research and programming on freedom and democracy. this year alone, he has co-authored five reports for the council, offering a variety of concrete policy initiatives for the u.s. government to promote democracy abroad. he cocreated our state of the parties paper series and collaborated with the council on three events featuri

also, president joe biden honors liz cheney and benny thompson, the leaders of the january 6th select committeeth one of the nation's top civilian awards. but not everybody was happy about it. that's an understatement. >>> good morning. welcome to "morning joe." it is friday, january 3rd. thank you for being with us. i'm jonathan lemire. we have a great group to get us started and a lot of news to cover. with us, we have pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editorrobinson. nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali, who i'm happy to say officially takes over hosting duties of "way too early" on monday. we'll be watching. and american emeritus of the council on foreign relations, richard haass. he is the author of the weekly newsletter, "home and away," available on substack. joe and mika also will return on monday. >>> we'll begin this morning with the latest developments in the investigation of the deadly new year's day terrorist attack in the great city of new orleans. authorities say the attacker most likely acted alone when he drove a pickup truck through a crowd on bourbon st

representatives liz cheney and bennie thompson for their work as chair and vice chair of the january 6th select committeeck on the u.s. capitol the new york times reports, quote, the selection of ms. cheney, wyoming republican whose vocal opposition to donald j. trump cost her political career was a continuation of his push for bipartisanship and decency in politics at a time when ms. cheney's own party turned against her. mr. biden has said to have been considering a preemptive pardon to protect her from retribution of the next administration. we will bring you the president's remarks honoring her service and we start this hour with the latest developments out of new orleans, which just last hour saw the kickoff of the sugar bowl, the college football playoff game. it was postponed following the deadly terror attack on bourbon street. 13 were killed and dozens more were injured when a man ramped up pickup truck into a crowd of people celebrating the new year. today, an update on the attack. law enforcement says the man, shamsud-din jabbar, did act alone. that is a reversal from their assessment yesterda

this text was originally introduced by the china select committee on a bipartisan basis over national john roberts say congress is not concerned about what is on the platform but what the federal government calls a adversary holding. caroline: what is also intriguing is president-elect trump and where he feels a delay should come in. tyler: exactly. a lawyer for trump filed a friend of the court brief requesting there be a delay and citing trump's negotiating skills and saying he could reach an agreement between the parties to get this done and address national security concerns. if the ban is put in place the question came up if trump could to it further. it was written for a 90-day pause if there is a deal on the table but that would have to materialize. he could instruct his department of justice not to enforce it but that could open him up to legal scrutiny. he could work with congress to repeal what they put in place but that seems highly unlikely considering the bipartisan support this bill received. i'm talking about unlikely allies coming together to push it forward including

the vice chair and cheer the january 6 select committee were among those honored. liz cheney for putting the american people over party and bennie thompson for his lifelong dedication to safeguarding our constitution. eugene daniels, white house correspondent for political and msnbc political contributor joins me now. not from the studio. eugene, what kind of statement do you think the president wanted to make with these awards today? the timing cannot be understated here. >> yet. one is exactly what was written that he is trying to show that the importance of what he said in the election about putting country over party, about democracy being at the center of things, that is still key. that is something he feels the country should focus on moving forward even though's party lost the election. it's also a nod to donald trump and a warning to him and his colleagues do not go after people like liz cheney and not go after people like bennie thompson with investigations, to investigate the investigators of january 6. it's something we've heard over and over again that

congressman benny thompson, timothy heaphy and marcus childress, all major players on the january 6 select committeerts back here tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. eastern. be sure to follow us on social media @theweekend. velshi will continue our coverage right now. ali, such an important time remembering the life and legacy of president jimmy carter. >> and he would appreciate it, simone, if you got a little rest. i brought you a pillow, because last night i finished tv at 10:00 p.m. at night and there you were starting. i remember those days well, when i used to do that late show and

last night, mike johnson tweeted the january 6th select committee manipulated and destroyed evidence. it created a fake narrative all to try and hurt trump. house republicans will continue our investigation into this corrupt committee. and so today, when johnson speakership looked like it might be in peril, trump decided he would help mike johnson. when the vote for speaker began, three republicans voted against johnson. thomas massie, ralph norman and keith self. which left johnson two votes shy of victory. then he huddled with represents norman and self. punch bowl news was first to report during that meeting, donald trump got on the phone with the two hold-outs and lobbied them to change their votes. which they promptly did giving mike johnson just enough support to remain speaker of the house. speaker johnson was asked about trump's role in helping him remain speaker. >> how was trump's support? >> president trump is the most powerful, certainly the most powerful president of the modern era. maybe in all of american history. and his voice and influence is singular importance. >> t

now, remember, congressman mike gallagher, he was then chair of the select committee on the ccp.e laid it all out in stark terms saying in 2023 the visitor to the panama canal might think they are in china. ports at both ends everywhere the canal are managed from companies from the people's republic of china while huawei dominates the country's telecom system. pretty important, don't you think? since 2018 panama has been a member of china's belt and road initiative as well and xi's plan to come to nate all global trade is part of this do we really want china dominating a canal that's central to our trade? if they take control of enough of pan marks could china ultimately use it as a station for its military? these are valid questions. again, each raising this issue is somehow unaffront to official washington. how dare you stand up for the united states? you are threatening the global order donald trump. if trump can make a deal for strategically important greenland? why wouldn't that be a good thing? >> we need greenland for national security purposes. i have been told that for a

. >> a bipartisan january 6th select committee was assembled to hold public hearings on the events.hey presented more documentation of the violent attack in an effort to assure account billity and transparency. special council jack smith was tasked with leading his own investigation of trump's role in the attack. they took actions against the rioters, the doj charged more than 1500 people with crimes stemming from the attack on the capitol. here is the thing. despite the indisputable evidence, detailed investigations and prosecutions, by 2022, nbc news poll found that less than half of americans consider trump solely or mainly responsible for the january 6th attack. the full throat of gop campaign to rewrite history largely worked. when trump began campaigning for a second term there was a clear talking point reported over and over again by anyone serious about joining his administration. >> on the election of 2020, i have answered this question directly a million times, no, did trump lose the election not by the words that i would use. >> it all went back to the big lie. do you bel

i want to let you listen to bennie thompson, who was the chairman of the january 6 select committee this morning talking to our colleagues about the event that took place here in florida. >> obviously, he's trying to rewrite history. we stand by the work of the committee. obviously, the department of justice, who finally decided to move forward, brought a number of indictments and people are in jail an now this president-elect wants to call them patriots. that's so unfortunate. >> reporter: in those remarks last night, donald trump, despite winning this 2024 election and about to be sworn in just two weeks from now, continued to admonish mike pence as former vice president for not rejecting electors four years ago. donald trump continued to defend his actions in the lead up to the certification of joe biden's victory and now welcoming many of those individuals who were not only indicted alongside of him in the aftermath of the january 6th attack and those efforts to overturn the election, but individuals who he has welcomed back into his circle at a time in which he is about to re-enter

also tim heathy, former lead investigator of the january 6 select committee with a new book out as wellt me start with you, tim. once donald trump is sentenced, he officially becomes a convicted felon. what is the legal significance of this? >> tremendous, alex. i kind of disagree with vaughn's preface that there's no legal consequence. there's obviously a legal consequence any time someone has a felony conviction. can't possess a firearm. in some states you can't vote unless your rights are restored. lots of lateral consequences of conviction that afflict men and women across the country. those are the legal consequences. the reputational consequence of having a felony conviction. so while it's not a period of incarceration or monetary penalty, there are still collateral consequences just by having the status of being a convicted felon. >> hang on. you're saying a president of the united states would not be able to vote. certain states in which he could, mar-a-lago being his primary residence. i know they tried to restore felon's ability to vote in the state of florida. could donald tr