to the health of our democracy. the misinformation, the lies that are fueling the assault on the vote, all across this country. we re in a very dangerous place, right now. pay attention. get involved. i want to bring in, now, cnn s jamie gangel with more on our breaking news tonight. the excerpts she obtained from the new book that says top generals feared the then-president would attempt a coup, after losing the election. jamie, good evening to you. it s not out of the realm, the possibilities here, especially as i said, when you consider what happened on january 6th. we appreciate you joining us. so, let s talk about what these excerpts show. it shows just how frightened the people around the former president were during his final days in office. the book even reveals that general milley drew a comparison between trump s election lies, and this is him, and adolf hitler s rhetoric. again, according to the book, he drew that. so, tell us, what s that all about? so, just there are a
really it really brought things into focus, very sharply, for him after that. thank you, general. thank you, jamie. your reporting on this book. listen. we didn t know how bad it was. and um, more will come out, i am sure. appreciate it. i ll see you soon. sure. so the pentagon has worried about the then-president attempting a coup, right? but the threat to democracy is, still, happening right now with republican-led states openly openly restricting people s right to vote. here she is. congresswoman sheila jackson lee. she is going to weigh in, right after this. we re carvana, the company who invented car vending machines and buying a car 100% online. now we ve created a brand-new way for you to sell your car. whether it s a year old or a few years old. we wanna buy your car. so go to carvana and enter your license plate answer a few questions. and our techno wizardry calculates your car s value and gives you a real offer in seconds. when you re ready, we ll come to you, pa
so, it s a jam-packed show with big-breaking news and it s the biggest news, the breaking news that we have tonight is top-military officials feared the then-president would attempt a coup after the election. it s putting the focus on another, major battle over democracy. and that s the assault on the right to vote. texas house democrats, who fled their state in order to block restrictive-voting bills, meeting today with key-democratic senators to push for federal voting-rights legislation. so let s discuss, now. democratic congresswoman, sheila jackson lee of texas is here. and she is in texas. holding down the fort, as they say. congresswoman, thank you very much. i have a lot to discuss with you, so let s get right to it. i want to get your reaction on these new, shocking revelations that general milley, worried about a trump-coup attempt and was planning on how to shut it down. what do you think, when you hear of how frightened trump s own officials were about what they were seeing
like? what would be happening in that building and in the seat of our democracy? and now, the house select committee will hold its first hearing in just two weeks. so, liz cheney, we have talked a lot about because liz cheney is one of the only republicans actually, the only republican named to that panel, so far. telling cnn and i quote, i will absolutely stand for the truth. and i will reject partisanship, wherever it comes. and i think that s been very clear, from the beginning of this. my obligation is to the constitution. so, she is standing up. standing against the big lie. that poisoned this country. t that s, still, spreading today. the assault on the vote? that s fueled by the same, big lie. the same misinformation. the same peddlers of lies, president joe biden slammed in an angry speech, yesterday. the president, vowing to fight the big lie. vowing to take on the misinformation. yet, mitch mcconnell says this.