joining us now is sidney powell. rmer federal prosecutor, general michael flynn's defense attorney and great american. and i know for a fact is as busy as she can possibly be working all hours of the day. sidney, thanks for taking the time to be with us. let me start by saying this time is yours right now. this audience, most of america, wants to know where are we in this fight for the white house? >> well, we are making great progress, lou. we have one case in the court in georgia that's getting ready to go to the 11th circuit. we're going to ask for emergency review of that where we sought to impound all the voting machines in georgia, and we need, frankly, to stop the election that's supposed to happen in january a because all the machines are infected with the software code that allows dominion to shave votes for one candidate and give them to another and other features that do the same thing. and we filed suit also in michigan, and we're preparing suits for several other states. and as i'm sure your viewers, hope

that includes naming sidney powell of some kind of special counsel. again, remember we are talking about the same sidney powell that the president and his legal team wanted nothing to do with a few weeks ago because she was seen as too extreme. now, in the president's eyes she's special councsel material. c cnn's evan perez asked william barr about this today. >> the idea of finding -- >> if i thought special counsel at this stage was the right tool was appropriate, i would name one but i have not and i am not going to. >> the country is safe until a special counsel powell, that's until he leaves office two days from now. as for marshal law, the army chief of staff put out a joint statement, there is no role determining the outcome of the american election. welcome words until you consider this. jeremy diamond is joining us tu tonight. what are you hearing tonight? >> reporter: the president is no longer going through the motion processing and defeat. he's committed at this point trying to over turn the results of the election. there are little to no

number two, appointing sidney powell some kind of special prosecutor.eizing the voting machines. having homeland security seizing the voting machines. ken cuccinelli says you can donate that. homeland security can't do that. the states own the voting machines. >> that's exactly right. >> one of the things you said is that people are alarmed. that people are alarmed inside the white house by what's happening. i guess i want to ask, which people and how alarmed? i mean, what are they willing to do about this? >> i think that's the question, john. look, we'll see if people -- if you see people quit, it could have some relevance to what they're hearing from the president. it also could be that there's only four week left and lots of people are looking to leave, regardless. but it's basically, people don't want to be associated with the kinds of ideas that he is talking about. you are seeing silence at the moment, for instance, from some of the people who have been the most vocal in supporting some of the president's ideas. and i just want to make clear, joh

and dominion voting system in anticipation that the company could potentially sue sidney powell ask if they do plan to sue her. not sure if that's imminent legal action but this company has come under fire by sidney powell since lost the election because they have alleged that these voting systems, these voting machines that people use made by dominions used in probably 30 states or so, that they altered votes from donald trump to joe biden. and of course, those are baseless accusations. the company sent sidney powell a letter earlier this week asking that she publicly retract her statement because they said she didn't make in a court of law yet so asking them to publicly apologize for the things that she said about the company, these accusations she was pushing without any evidence and now, this is a clear sign that the campaign thinks that legal action could be happening with dominion voting systems and sidney powell. we should note, matt morgan, a trump campaign council, does say in the memo, the campaign doesn't reasonably anticipate litigation against the campaign at this t

trump could try to carry this out with sidney powell at his side.id was in strucktive, pamela. it shows that even barr, someone that followed president trump through so many battles is not willing to follow him through this one where he is siding with powell who has repeated baseless claims about voter fraud and wild conspiracy theories, and barr flat out saying he is not going to give those credence and that those claims he can't back up that there's no evidence of. it led to outlets who are favored by trump to say they don't have any evidence for any of those claims that sidney powell has been repeating. now they're worrying about legitimate lawsuits. >> let's break it down a little more. i am told from sources that basically sidney powell and michael flynn and others really have the president's ear and that the president is shutting out other advisers trying to keep the guardrails up saying look, none of this would work, it is not lawful, such as enacting marshal law to overturn the election and executive order to seize dominion voting machines c

sidney powell joins us in just moments. first, we want to touch on a number of new developments today. the federal investigation or joe biden's son hunter biden, new information. the u.s. attorney's office in delaware is looking into biden's foreign business dealings, especially with china. that investigation has been ongoing, we have learned, since 2018. joe biden's campaign says in a statement that biden is, quote: deeply proud of his son who has fought through difficult challenges including the vicious personal attacks of recent months only to emerge stronger. the u.s. attorney in delaware is trump-appointed david weiss. he has refused to comment on what is, obviously, an ongoing investigation. but sources tell fox news that that investigation was predicated in part but transactions in china and other foreign nations. the investigation is also examining a trove of messages and documents found on hunter biden's laptop that he he left at that famous computer repair shop. that story first reported in a bombshell new post ex

sidney powell and rudy giuliani. my understanding is what it seemed like this meeting was, them coming into the white house and saying we don't have the support of the state, the american government, which is run by the president, isn't helping us in this. basically, how do we use the government to help us pursue this agenda? and a bunch of people, meadow owes, essentially barr now today basically he wasn't at the meeting, but really not wanting that line to be crossed, as i understand. is that a fair characterization of the dynamic? >> sidney powell calling people in that room that refused to use the resources of the federal government for the efforts of the campaign to overturn the results of the election, she was calling them quitters, quote, unquote, quitters at that point. yes, you hit on it. you do have people that are within the federal government, including the attorney general, who just today at a press conference, an unrelated press conference, said that he had no intention in appointing a special counsel t

jeremy, the average person out there doesn't know who sidney powell is.d a deep dive into her career. help us understand, unless you're somebody who regularly consumes right-wing media, you don't know her. >> that's right. well, she burst onto the scene and to the attention of the trump administration by representing michael flynn. and this is a case that has become a cause celeb on the right by people, you know, allies the president believes the rogue fbi and various other deep state actors, as they would describe them, railroaded flynn. when sidney powell took up his cause, then she started floating conspiracy claims about the election right after november 3rd. and while she didn't get enough attention, probably that she deserves for making these wild and outlandish sup so isish sup about what happened with voting machines and dominion, she is the one who inserted the most far-fetched, craziest scenarios into the dialogue. and she was a guest on the rush limbaugh program, a guest on mark levin's program, started appearing on newsmax, fox business and, r

president trump's campaign issued a statement last night distancing itself from lawyer sidney powelleatedly made unsupported claims of widespread voter fraud. man, you've got to be pretty crazy if rudy guiliani thinks you're a liability "sorry, ms. powell, but you're a loose cannon now if you'll excuse me, i'm late for a press conference where i say 'joe biden is the hamburglar.' the pharmaceutical company astrazeneca announced that one of its coronavirus regimens is up to 90% effective. and it says something about how upside-down 2020 is that we're now all rooting for pharmaceutical companies "come on, astrazeneca! you can do this. pfizer ain't got nothing on you. but don't you give up, pfizer. we're counting on you, too." today was senate minority leader chuck schumer's 70th birthday. or as they call it in the senate, "barely legal. [ light laughter ] infectious disease expert doctor dr. anthony fauci said in a recent interview that santa claus is immune to the coronavirus. "oh, good for him," said an elf being forced to come into the workshop during an outbreak. the music store gu

former trump lawyer and conspiracy theorist sidney powell spotted at the white house again last night. "the new york times" reporting powell is pushing the trump administration, pushing the president to seize and inspect voting machines. all of this coming just days after a heated oval office meeting with powell and trump's former national security adviser, michael flynn, where cnn has learned that the idea of using martial law to redo the election was actually discussed, but it's not clear whether the president endorsed that idea. others in the room did push back forcefully and shot it down. we will have more on that in a moment, but our top story is this coronavirus variant. nick, good morning. >> it's causing big concern in the uk because of that global reaction that is effectively isolating the uk. more than 20 countries now have banned travel to and from the united kingdom. the country of major concern for the uk is france, because 20% of britain's goods come and go from france on a daily basis. some of that is fresh and frozen food produce. so one of the things the government ar

attorney and conspiracy theorist sidney powell returns to the white house. the new executive order being floated as president trump tries to overturn the election. >>> snake and eggs? the new proposal to put python on the menu in restaurants. >>> like father and exactly like son. what tiger woods is saying about his special weekend teeing off with his boy. >>> and it's not too late. the last-minute gift ideas for christmas and why shopping online and on time deliveries are still a possibility. >>> good monday morning, everyone. i'm mona kosar abdi. >> i'm will reeve. kenneth is off. we begin with the mutation of the coronavirus, a new variant causing chaos in europe. >> london has been thrown into lockdown, and more than a dozen countries have suspended travel to the uk because of this new variant of the virus. >> here at home the second vaccine will begin arriving in hospitals today, but infections and hospitalizations continue to explode. >> overnight we learned california's governor is now in quarantine after a staff member tested positive, but we begin o

of the world out and but trump wants the sidney powells of the world in.hat are today's developments suggesting? >> well, poor sidney powell, it appears she is not going get her had fancy job title as an adjunct attorney in the west wing. but having said that, the terrain of ideas that trump's closest advisers currently are arguing over, including rudy giuliani and mark meadows who are shipping powell right now, is tieing to figure out who can figure out how to cancel democracy, and turn the vote over to trump. mike flynn of course, recently has been floating publically that trump should maybe even institute martial law in the country to quote unquote rerun the 2020 presidential election. when it comes to maga civil war, the end result that they want and almost certainly are not going to achieve is the same. we need to cancel democracy in the country so we meade to keep the racist game show host in power. it's a matter of haggeling of tactics and people with powell, and giuliani think she is saying the quiet part way too loud. where people like giuliani li

the fact that he only has michael flynn and sidney powell and steve bannon to turn to, even attorney general barr has left his side. mike pompeo has left his side. you don't hear the names jared kushner in the room any more as much. it is this fringe group who as ryan eloquently put it are putting their own self interest above anything else, except for sidney powell who i think to be a really bad lawyer, they all need something from this president or have received something from this president, so this president we know to be transactional and know him to be self serving, that's what you're seeing. the unfortunate part is that there still are thousands upon thousands of individuals who are dying from the pandemic every single day, still people starving in the streets every day because of the economic toll of the pandemic and this president is nowhere to be found, all because he is out here trying to save himself or position himself for whatever his post presidency may be. i have always told people the most dangerous time for this president was going to be between november 4th and jan

you announced you're seeking these sanctions against sidney powell.t you mean, and what are the actions you're taking? >> we made one of the requests in court filings today. firstly, in terms of the cases themselves, which have proven to be meritless and frivolous, and just embarrassing for our profession, undermining in every way the judicial system. we'll be asking for court costs and attorney's fees, but moreover, she and many of the other lawyers involved in some of these lawsuits on behalf of the trump campaign have violated rules of professional conduct for every state in the union and according to the american bar association. we're asking there is disciplinary action taken against her law license, including potentially disbarment. >> what rules did she violate? >> how much time do you got, john? she's violated so many different rules. firstly, every lawyer in order to become a licensed professional takes an oath of office in which they swear to uphold the constitution, instead, she's done nothing but undermine it. there are so many rules of pr

president in that oval office meeting on friday was talking about the possibility of appointing sidney powell as a special counsel to investigate allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 election. we should point out, powell was a member of the president's legal team but the legal team for the president distanced themselves from her because they thought her conspiracy theories were too outlandish. among them, ug issing the cia was involved in rigging the election, hugo chavez was involved in rigging this election. this is someone the president is considering for a government investigative role to investigate an election that has already been proven to be secure and in no way marked by widespread voter fraud. >> senator romney was right. this is sad, embarrassing and the president has clearly abdicated his responsibilities to the nation. thank you. >>> joining me now is democratic congressman jamie raskin of maryland. thank you for joining us. we'll get to that relief bill in just a second. i do have to ask you first about this extraordinary reporting that we have about a heat oval office meetin

in attendance, lawyer sidney powell, the conspiracy theorist trump recently fired from his legal team. sources telling abc news, trump contemplated trying to get powell high-level security clearances, and naming her as special counsel to investigate the 2020 election. a move the president has no power to make. retired military general michael flynn, who trump recently pardoned, suggesting the president take the unprecedented steps of declaring martial law and ordering the military to re-run elections in critical states he lost. flynn first floated the idea

. >> let me say definitively sidney powell is not part of our legal team. she hasn't been for five week. she's not a special counsel for the president. she does not speak for the president nor does she speak for the administration. she speaks for herself. >> rudy giuliani reached in a dark room today by news max. giuliani may soon be facing a ramped up federal investigation. nbc news reporting prosecutors in southern district of new york have spoken to the justice department about making a legal request for giuliani's e-mails. it's been reported the feds were reviewing giuliani's bank records as part of an investigation into his dealings in ukraine. also tonight a late breaking report from "the new york times." suspected russian hackers who penetrated the united states government agencies broke into the e-mail system used by the treasury department's most senior leaders. earlier today attorney general barr contradicted trump and made it clear he believes the russians were behind this attack. >> from the information i have, you know, i agree with secretary p

mixed messages continue to spew out of the white house surrounding exactly what role lawyer sidney powell is playing in the trump administration. the noted election conspiracy theorist with whom the trump campaign parted ways with six weeks ago was seen yesterday at the white house for a third time in four days. "the new york times" reports he is considering appointing her as a special counsel, serving in the white house and investigating election fraud. meanwhile, trump's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, appeared on newsmax last night to cast doubt on powell's involvement. >> let me say definitively, sidney powell is not part of our legal team. she hasn't been for five weeks. she is not a special counsel for the president. she does not speak for the president. nor does she speak for the administration. she speaks for herself. >> joining us now, reporter for the "washington post," eugene scott, who has much better lighting than rudy giuliani just did. eugene, good morning. thanks for being here. >> good morning. >> with all this talk of trump recruiting republicans to do his bidding, what

apparently sidney powell talked about an executive order by which the machines could be seized. that was pushed back on. the white house counsel said that had no constitutional basis, but we should note that guiliani, who was on the phone for part of the meeting and showed up in person for the rest of it according to a source who was briefed on it, guiliani was not -- guiliani did call ken puch nelly, the head of dhs, the acting dhs secretary early this week to urge him to have dhs use whatever authority it could to seize voting machines to exam them across the country as part of some effort at an audit. that's just not possible. >> yeah. good for kuch nelly to say that. the president won't acknowledge what the electoral college has officially recognized, namely that joe biden is the president elect of the united states. he will become the president on january 20th. trump will become the former. on january 20th. do many in the west wing share the president's denial of reality right now? >> no. most of the people in the west wing think that, you know, as angry as they are at the

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sidney powell being there now three times in the last few days. do you have a sense how serious people are taking these conversations within the white house? >> well, i think within the white house they're taking them with some measure of seriousness because of the seriousness of what we're talking about here. you don't just throw out things like martial law in the oval office and brush it aside. at the same time the response from the republican party and from people around the president has been to say essentially, well, he won't go there, even president trump won't cross that line. and they're waiting out the clock hoping we get to january 20th and biden is sworn in and we do have a peaceful transition of power. but i think the reality is the president has increasingly surrounded himself with people telling conspiracy theories and telling him the things he wants to hear. even though the guardrails of this election have held up and pointing ato one obvious thing. >> let me play what the president's former national security advisor, michael flynn,

anyway, that's what sidney powell would want you to say. as far as rosen at the white house, mika, after barr leaves i can't imagine the strain that is going to be on him, the pressure that he's going to be under when he's running the justice department. it's going to have to be crushing to his soul to endure that day after day. my god, he may even have to put up with ugly tweets for 16, 17 days. >> what? really? that's a long time. >> we'll see if he's man enough to be able to do that. but seriously, pressure? you call that pressure? 16 or 17 days in a nut house? 1600 pennsylvania avenue. try not to screw it up. not that much pressure. follow the constitution. >> well, pat robertson who at one time had been one of the president's most ardent supporters called on him to face the reality that he lost the election. >> you know, with all his talent and the ability to raise money and to grow large crowds, the president still lives in an alternate reality. he really does. people say, well, he lies about this, that and the other, but no, he doesn

perhaps sidney powell or someone else? >> if i naugthought a special counsel at this stage was the right tool was appropriate i would name one but i'm not going to and i haven't. >> you talked about your partnership throughout this investigation, can you explain why they are not prosecuting this case? secondly, i had a question about the solar wind hack. has the justice department or the fbi been hacked, and do you agree with the conclusions so far that russians are responsible and what possible responses are available? >> so the scottish have not ruled out -- the scottish authorities have not ruled out bringing charges. right now they're dealing with an appeal by mcgrawhy, curiously enough since he's dead. but nonetheless there is an appeal and they're dealing with that. i think once that has been dealt with, they'll turn their attention to whether or not they want to bring charges. but they are support tiff of our action today and we will rely on them to help us with evidence at trial. i just want to say something about

attorneys at lin wood and sidney powell have been telling republicans in georgia on the ground not to vote on january 5th or before, when voting starts. >> i would encourage all georgians to make it no that you will not vote at all until your vote is secure. >> do not be fooled twice. this is georgia. we ain't dumb. we are not going to go to vote on january 5th, another machine made by china. >> martha: all right, so tonight, we welcome georgia congressman doug collins. congressman, good to have you here tonight. >> good to see you. >> martha: it was a pretty subtle shift in the way that the trump team and his supporters and allies started to look at the situation after we saw that moment yesterday with lin wood and sidney powell on that stage, exhorting people, republicans in georgia, not to vote in this election. then, we saw this tweet from the trump war room, saying, "lin wood has for decades voted for and donated to democrats, including barack obama and david produce 2014 opponent, then newt gingrich, support of the president, chimed in, "lin wood and sidney powell are totally de

trump is talking about giving the powers of a special counsel to attorney sidney powell whose crackpotonspiracies have been laughed courtroom after courtroom. and trump's attorney rudy giuliani has been asking officials of the department of homeland security about seizing voting machines. this as the united states suffered what experts are describing as a modern day cyber equivalent of pearl harbor that president trump is dismissing as media hype and defending russia. the president is falsely using the cyber attack to his false conspiracy theories about the election. all of this as the country is facing a dark reality in the coronavirus pandemic. record cases. record hospitalizations. record deaths. and key model now projecting that the virus will kill well over 500,000 people in the united states by april. still, there are signs of hope. overnight, lawmakers on capitol hill reached and agreement on a key dispute and on the brink of a relief bill to help shipments. the first shots could be in arms as soon as tomorrow making the u.s. the first country in the world with two vaccines depl

let's get into starting with sidney powell.e was previously deemed too extreme to serve on the trump administration's legal team. her conspiracy -- i hate bringing it back up. it was about, you know, the deceased venezuelan president relating to rigged voting machines. what's going on today? >> yeah, i think it tells you something when the president -- somebody who is too extreme for the president is now back in his graces and being sought out as a possible government investigator to investigate the theories that he himself has tried to promote to nullify an election by the people. she obviously has been out there promulgating a host of far-fetched and baseless theories that have been so far not sustained by any authority, any judge, any election authority, anywhere in the country. and the idea that the president would raise the -- appointing her as a special counsel suggests how far he's thinking about going in terms of resisting an election has already been certified by all 50 states and certified by the electoral college. >>

inspect voting machines, coming days after a heated oval office meeting involving the president, sidney powell, michael flynn, former national security adviser and we learned the idea of marshal law, using the military to redo the election was discussed, that happening a day after michael flynn floated that idea. it's unclear whether the president endorsed it, but we have learned others in the room pushed back forcefully and shot it down. >> joining is admiral brett giroir. we learned russia has banned travel from the united kingdom, india, canada. concern over this new variant of coronavirus which is spreading beyond control in the united kingdom. what is the latest on what the trump administration, this country knows about this new variant? >> well, thank you for having me on about this important topic. i had an extensive discussion with dr. redfield and his top people last night and this is what we know. the variant that's being discussed was first identified in september, so it's not something that just arose in the last week. it has become of concern because it is becoming the dominant va

i think sidney powell has out-trumped trump.y on, real concern that what the president was doing, his own mixed messaging would depress the republican turnout in these two runoffs, right? the idea that he's saying that you can't trust the results of the presidential election, but go vote in the georgia senate runoffs. but this is obviously one step further. and there are real concerns now, we know that the president is going to georgia this weekend to try to ramp up motivation to turn out. vice president pence is going there. don jr. has got a pac that's running ads to try to get people to turn out. so now you're seeing the ire of the white house really turn against sidney powell and say, this is going too far. it's going to be sidney powell's fault if republicans lose those two runoffs. i would just say the president has also contributed to this. and from the inception has caused a lot of heartburn for officials in georgia. if the republicans somehow manage to lose either of these runoffs, it will be because of both of these ef

i thought sidney powell, after she said that kelly loeffler had rigged the election with brian kemp,t's interesting. you know, michael, i'm struck by something that jonah goldberg wrote last week, which was basically saying that donald trump was out of his mind and if he had told republicans six months ago what donald trump was going to be doing now, they would accuse him of having trump derangement syndrome, that it has gotten so bad that they would have been shocked even six months ago, and yet here they are remaining quiet for the most part and not calling him out for this. but i just jotted down while mika was reading, this is what he has done the past month or so. called for the arrest of joe biden and his family, put pressure on the attorney general, his attorney general of the united states to arrest his political opponent when he was behind in the polls. refused to guarantee a peaceful transfer of power. now this weekend we hear about the calling for martial law and, in fact, the president asking whether he could call martial law. talking about the seizing of voting machines.

sidney powell has been in the west wing the last three days, including today. a statement saying that they have no intention of getting involved. bill barr seems to be using his final hours as attorney general to push back against donald trump, what is your degree of alarm by the president's statements that have seeped out of a reportedly very alarmed inner circle? >> well, there are two -- one is thank goodness we live in a country where our military swears their oath to the constitution. not to a president. not to the congress. not even to the country. they swear their oath to the constitution of the united states. and it is a shame that the army has to put out a statement saying they're going to honor that oath. that tell you where we are. i'm concerned about the martial law stuff but that is pretty far out and it would take a lot of military people violating their oaths and i don't think they will do it. but the other piece in plain sight is the president's incredibly powerful and persistent effort to undermine our democracy itself. the bedrock of our democ

and sidney powell has certainly been the most egregious and prolific purveyor of these lies.hey are. and we're looking forward to showing and proving that in court. >> and just so people can understand the consequence of this, you mentioned undermining faith in voting systems, but there's another impact, also. dominion's director of product safety and security, eric cukum is on temporary leave because he's been receiving death threats. >> my entire family, their private information that be published ninonline. people have taken photos of my house. people have threatened to come by and lynch me, decapitate me. they've referred to me as a traitor. and it is not safe for me to, you know, go about my daily life. >> so talk more about the impact that this has had on you and your employees. >> you know, to put that into context, that just makes me angry listening to it. eric's father is a decorated war hero from the vietnam war era and he has been getting threats to his personal safety and certainly derogatory and defamatory remarks about his son. this has affected us all. and star

a move even giuliani opposes. >> let me say definitively sidney powell is not part of our legal team. she hasn't been for five weeks. she is not a special counsel for the president. she does not speak for the president nor does she speak for the administration. >> reporter: and this morning attorney general bill barr is breaking ranks with the president saying there's no widespread voter fraud, and there's no reason to appoint a special counsel. >> if i thought a special counsel at this stage was the right tool and was appropriate, i would do -- i would name one but i haven't, and i'm not going to. >> reporter: barr also says he will not appoint a special counsel to take over that investigation into hunter biden's taxes. meanwhile, barr's final day with the justice department is tomorrow. mona. >> faith, thank you. >>> the united states is showcasing its military might in the persian gulf amid rising tensions with iran. the u.s. has made a rare announcement that an american nuclear power guided missile submarine passed through the strait of hormuz between iran and the arabian peninsul

we have reporting today that does confirm that sidney powell does have trump's ear.and others have been pushing back on her. and forcefully so. they made the case that trump should not bestow upon her some sort of formal title of special council which would be a white house lawyer in this case. and trump has agreed to not do so. but everything is at the president's whims right now. he could change his mind depending on, i'm told, whoever is last to talk to him. and he's hearing out all of the conspiracy theories in part because he feels like he has few other options that would allow him to retain power. so we're going day by day with very little understanding of what is to come. and everyone sort of looking toward january 6th. wondering what will happen on that day. now i think it is fairly clear the house will vote to affirm joe biden as president and the senate will follow suit but there is a high level of drama that could come with it and the key player is mike pence. will he, as your montage showed at the top, will he play that role of overseeing senate vote or w

president gave voice to some of these outlandish ideas to overturn the election brought forward by sidney powell, that attorney who was on the president's legal team, and who has floated a series of theorys about the 2020 election, as well as michael flynn, her client and former national security adviser who pleaded guilty to investigators and pardoned by president trump. sources are telling cnn that the president discussed during this meeting the possibility of naming sidney powell as a special counsel to investigate allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 election. another idea that was discussed, wolf, is one that was floated earlier this week by michael flynn. watch. >> he could order the -- within the swing states, if he wanted to, he could take military capabilities and place them in those states and basically rerun an election in those states. people are talking about martial law like it's something we've never done. martial law has been instituted 64 times. >> reporter: to be clear, there is no indication that the president is preparing to impose martial law in order to rerun the 2020 ele

sidney powell responded aptly: fraud, your honor, can't be allowed by a court of law to stand.ces and consequences. finish powell added she believes president trump can win the election, and many other down-ballot races as well could be flipped if the fraud is fully exposed and the law properly enforced. >>> breaking news now, louisiana has joined texas' petition to the u.s. supreme court. they are looking to block electors in pennsylvania, georgia, michigan and wisconsin from voting next monday, contending those states used the china virus pandemic as an excuse to break election law. >>> well, our next guest is victor davis hanson, senior fellow at the hoover institution at stanford university, national review contributor, best selling author, great american. victor, great to have you with us. this is a day of somewhat sobering developments. the supreme court sends out a little chit and says no to the idea of injunctive relief for congressman mike kelly and republican candidate for congress sean parnell, dismissing their hopes for justice. your reaction to the decision. >> wel

we know that the president is, in fact, considering appointing sidney powell as a special counsel toestigate these voter fraud allegations in the 2020 election, despite the fact that her crazy conspiracy theories got her removed from the president's own legal team. and michael flynn, he a few days ago floated the idea of using martial law to essentially rerun the election in several debattleground states. that is also an idea we're told was discussed in this oval office meeting. now, there's no indication that martial law is going to be imposed, but certainly for that to be raised in the oval office is pretty wild and it caught the attention of republicans and democrats who have been criticizing it. listen. >> well, it's not going to happen. that's going nowhere and i understand the president is casting about, trying to find some way to have a different result than the one that was delivered by the american people. but it's really sad in a lot of respects and embarrassing because the president could right now be writing the last chapter of this administration with a victory lap with

sidney powell was there, a lawyer that frequently pushes conspiracy theories. on or off the trump legal team at this point but the idea came up for her to become a special counsel on election fraud. we understand the idea of declaring martial law was brought up, something the president tried to dismiss on twitter. some trump aides did push back on that forcefully, pat cipollone, mark meadows. the fact that this took place weeks before joe biden becomes president, beyond mitt romney, will republicans ever stand up to this nonsense? >> you know what i think, boris, is that donald trump is really hurting himself for the long-term. and when i say that is that he has the support of the republican party going into the election, he received more votes, right, on election day than any incumbent president has. that is absolutely true. however, what we have seen over the past six, seven weeks, with what he has been doing, rudy giuliani is doing, what powell is doing, what michael flynn is doing right now has really eroded support, i believe, with him with regular republi

judge is dismissing another legal challenge, calling the lawsuit brute by former trump attorney sidney powell, quote, the most extraordinary relief ever sought in any election. this has president trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani is suffering covid after testing positive. at events not wearing a mask, nor mask wearing around him. i'll talk to dr. michael osterholm about what needs to be done to smooth the vaccine rollout. but we begin with nbc reporter monica alba. phil rucker anbc justice correspondent pete williams. pete, first you, michigan and then georgia, in whatever order, the decision is the same, the trump forces lose. >> reporter: right, what's happening here, andrea, these two lawsuits were filed by sidney powell both in michigan and georgia they're running up the iron law of political challenges which is the longer you wait after the election, the harder it to get a judge or a court to change how the state is doing its business of conducting an election and certifying a vote. now, in both cases, the court said, number one, there really isn't strong evidence. when you go into c

lara trump and we've got general mike flynn, sidney powell, and we've got somebody.bret: good evening, welcome to washington i'm john roberts and for bret baier. breaking tonight more grim news about the coronavirus pandemic. the debts from the outbreak eclipsed 3100 and obliterated in a single day record set last spring. dr. anthony fauci warning january is going to be terrible. for the first time the centers for disease control is urging everyone to wear masks any place that's not their home. california experienced one of the most severe outbreaks and is responding with some of the most severe restrictions including a three week stay at home order. all of this at this hour at the trump campaign wraps up the