Progress is being made on a coronavirus relief. So this has for a shorter period of time. Thats okay now because we have a new president. He takes in for a touchdown. Fall in love with me this Christmas Steve well, they officially lit the Christmas Tree last night on tv. You are looking at it live on 48th and sixth avenue it. Is freezing outside. 32 degrees here in New York City on this december 7th 2020, 70 years ago today the attack on pearl harbor. Ainsley yes, it was. Thank you to all of you who served our you great country. This weekend Saturday Night was the rally. President trump was in georgia and then last night was the debate. So lots of politics over the weekend, brian. Brian i taped it all and, again, length me his vcr. Steve its a beta max. Brian my bad. I feel really prepared for the show for a incorporate challenge. Jillian mele is live in atlanta as the Georgia Senate candidates take the stage ahead of georgias run off elections. Jillian, you dont look cold. Jillian im
That. It doesnt involve me, but i still feel, you know, its a very sad thing that happened. This has nothing to do with russian collusion. This started as russian collusion. This has absolutely nothing to do. Its a witchhunt and its a disgrace. Harris the president also claimed a double standard in the charges against his former attorney tweeting. This. Michael cohen pleaded guilty to two counts of Campaign Finance violations that are not a crime. President obama had a big Campaign Finance violation and it was easily settled. But democrat leader nancy pelosi says, quote the guilty verdicts are further evidence of the rampant corruption and criminality at the heart of trumps inner circle, end quote. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts. John, day two of this and a lot of movement. Yeah. And still a lot to talk about. First of all, let me just reflect back on what you illuminated in the president s tweet about obama Campaign Finance
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general who was a trump appointee forcefully pushing back against false narratives that the whistle-blower lacked firsthand knowledge of the conduct outlined in the complaint. the document stating the whistle-blower possessed firsthand and other information and that the i.g. determined that other information obtained during the icig s preliminary review supported the complainant s allegations. meanwhile, president trump s focus, finding out who the whistle-blower is. we re trying to find out about a whistle-blower. we have a whistle-blower that reports things that were incorrect. the whistle-blower s attorney tweeting they are entitled to anonymity and is not to be retaliated against. doing so is a violation of federal law. any rational person would be concerned about the whistle-blower s safety. reporter: and all this comes as mitch mcconnell concedes that the senate would have to take up impeachment if the house passed articles charging the president
she would not make that deadline. she said she is confident she will. as you can see, things are moving slowly. the democratic attorneys here told me that they have no doubt that snipes attacks are unwarranted. they are calling for calm and patients trying to get this underway. however, it s anything but calm and patient between the campaigns and the candidates themselves. you ve got senator nelson s attorney tweeting just a little while ago about the miami herald, telling them that he is been the winner in recounts in two of the recounts, where the outcome changes. we were the winners. you have a scott campion firing back at them in an email, saying that governor scott won by a margin. mathematically impossible to close in the recount, without fraud. sparks are certainly flying. in fact, in that email they accuse him of not having his name in the paper in a wild. none of that is helpful as they tried to get the process
that. it doesn t involve me, but i still feel, you know, it s a very sad thing that happened. this has nothing to do with russian collusion. this started as russian collusion. this has absolutely nothing to do. it s a witch-hunt and it s a disgrace. harris: the president also claimed a double standard in the charges against his former attorney tweeting. this. michael cohen pleaded guilty to two counts of campaign finance violations that are not a crime. president obama had a big campaign finance violation and it was easily settled. but democrat leader nancy pelosi says, quote: the guilty verdicts are further evidence of the rampant corruption and criminality at the heart of trump s inner circle, end quote. chief white house correspondent john roberts. john, day two of this and a lot of movement. yeah. and still a lot to talk about. first of all, let me just reflect back on what you illuminated in the president s tweet about obama campaign finance