This is the week. Today 11 g. O. P. Senators demanded an Emergency Commission to audit the results of the 2020 election. They dont get it they say they will formally object to electors from what they consider disputed states. These senators join senator from missouri and state their intentions to impede certifying the results, that means a quarter of republican senators say they will mount challenges. Tonight Vice President pence endorsed that. 234 a statement mr. Pences chief of staff mark short wrote, quote, the Vice President welcomes the everst of the house and senate to use the authority they have under the law to raise objections and bring forth evidence before the congress and American People on january 6th. Unquote. Tomorrow the 117th congress is set to be sworn in but wont take shape until we learn the results of the senate run off in georgia, just three days away, and turn out in georgia is breaking records. Vice president elect kamala harris, president elect joe biden and Pr
In the dark, releasing new details of their arrangements with the big companies, created a new and convoluted Emergency Response system, and sewed confusion and distrust in the states and among the people who need medical supplies. We have got a team of reporters on this nbc news exclusive and on the white house response. So we begin with our nbc news senior political analyst, jonathan allen. So jonathan, i got a call out of nowhere this weekend after your reporting came out from a source in the National Security world, in the government, saying that this lined up exactly with what they were saying. Well, im glad to hear that, katindicat katy. What youve got going on, katy, is a task force run by Vice President mike pence, who has seven subtask forces. Weve heard there are going to be new task forces. And essentially whats gone on is an effort to create some efficiencies that appears to have, in a lot of cases, created inefficiencies and confusion. There have been bidding wars, as youv
Findings. Were getting terrible decisions from the ninth circuit as usual. I know that chief Justice John Roberts has been speaking a little bit about it. And i think i have a lot of respect for him. I like him and i respect him but i think we have to use some common sense. Saudi arabia has been a longtime strategic partner. I dont know if anyone will be able to conclude the crown prince did it but i will say this, i dont know. I dont know. Kevin corke is live in west palm beach. Critics say when it comes to saudi arabia and khashoggi, the white house is choosing to look the other way. What are they saying about that . Well, i have to say this, julie, im glad you ran that clip there of the sound. It underscores the white houses thinking on this. They say on the record its complicated. They note the sanctions that theyve put on those individuals that they believe were involved in this circumstance and talk about the strong diplomatic outreach on background theyll tell you listen, this i
There a cat 5 crisis and tomorrow the president will see it for himself. This is one of, if not the biggest, crisis this country has faced in a decade. We are now treating it like a massive cat 5 hurricane disaster. Regarding the Economic Impact of closing the border, one area weve explored is to try to keep the freight lanes open. That is possible. I dont buy the b. S. That women and children and families coming to our southern border pose a National Security threat to the United States of america. I dont believe that they are criminals. All i can say is somebody better get in the room pretty quickly and fix this before it blows the entire border apart. Sandra senator James Lankford standing by with reaction. The past couple days President Trump he says he believes trade is important but what is most important to him is Border Security. That remark raised a lot of eyebrows amid pushback from lawmakers on the left and right. The white house is tampering down the president s threat to c
Mass shootings this weekend, the New York Times called it, quote, a trump. The Washington Post writes on a day when President Trump vowed to tone down his rhetoric and help the country heal, he did the opposite. But you know whos not divide right now . The democratic 2020 field. The president s divisiveness is actually uniting his democratic opponents. One week ago, was democratic divisions that were front and center 24 hours after a combative debate highlighted just how willing the democrats were to go after one another and barack obama even. The gloves were off. Exactly one week ago i said we have entered a new phase, hand to hand political combat. Well now it seems like democrats are back to holding hands. Theyre united in their opposition to President Trump on White Nationalism and guns. Theyre not going after each other anymore. Theyre focusing their fire on the president. Everybody knows who donald trump is, even his supporters know who he is. We got to let him know who we are. W