the january 6th committee presents new evidence as it tries to connect the capitol insurrection to trump s pressure campaign against his vice president. witnesses testifying trump knew the plan was illegal, but he went ahead with it anyway. there is so much to discuss with our senior political analyst, but first we want to get you to manu raju with the latest. mike pence has betrayed america! reporter: the pressure campaign was relentless. donald trump for months trying to get mike pence to do something no vice president has ever done, reject the will of the electorate and install him as president for a second term. right up to this heated phone call on the morning of january 6th, just before pence was presiding over a joint session of congress to certify joe biden s victory. he called him a wimp. it was a different tone that i heard him take with the vice president before. do you remember what she said? her father called him. the p word. trump revised his janua
watch list right here at our southern border. those numbers are higher than the last five years all combined together. they are running out to flat top area. an average of 1,800 illegal immigrant runners have slipped past border patrol every day since october. cbp forces tell fox news. and new cbp data on the number of potential terrorists encountered at the southern border highlights why that is a major concern. according to cbp in fiscal year 2017, there were only two people on the terror watch list arrested at the southern border. fiscal year 2018 had six. fiscal year 2019 had zero. fiscal year 2020 had three. fiscal year 2021 had 15 and so far in facial year 2022 border patrol has already arrested 50 people on the terror watch list. the trend is clear. the numbers of known or suspected tastes arrested at the southern border have exploded under president biden: we are here once again dealing with the ongoing failure of the biden administration to do its fundamental j
we will be here, doing a primetime recap of tomorrow s january 6th hearing, starting at 8 pm eastern. so if you are used to seeing me or msnbc prime, tune in an hour early tomorrow for that primetime recap of the next january 6th hearing. i wish you a pm eastern tomorrow night. now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. in other words, msnbc audiences are going to get even more rachael tomorrow night. i m quoting myself right now. and you will once again be my lead in for tomorrow nights 10 pm hour after i join you in the 8 pm for our earlier coverage. is it absolutely impossible for you to get your show prepped when we hold you onset for 9 pm? and then here s the amazing thing, the time when we did that and everyone at the last word staff was amazed with us the show was completely done, before we started the 8 pm coverage. and it s never been done before 8 pm wow. there s something about deadlines, rachel. there s s
opportunity to hear testimony about the events leading up to the insurrection, and donald trump s possible role in fomenting and pushing known election lies. known because even his family members and top republican aides were learning were adamant there simply was no there there. now, trump is not on any of these ballots. but the connective tissue is a platform that echoes his sentiments. but as much as the committee has tried to convey that what we saw on january 6th is a continued threat, the question is whether these hearings impact the voters at all. perhaps giving them any pause about electing a trump-backed candidate, assuming of course they even watched these hearings. and even still, the 2020 lies are casting a very big shadow over many of these 2022 races. particularly in south carolina, where the polls have now closed but votes are still being counted. so here s where that revenge part comes in again. you have two incumbent republican members of congress in this dee
state republican incumbent precisely following trump will find themselves on the menu. these are the first so-called trump s revenge primaries you can say. the january 6th committee hearing gotten underway, the first time since the broader electorate had the opportunity to hear testimonies about the event leading up to the insurrection and donald trump s possible role in fermenting and pushing known election lies. known because his family members and what aide were learning. trump is not on any of these ballots. the connective tissue is a platform that echoes his sentiment. as much as the committee tried to convey of what we saw on january 6th, is a continue threat. the question is whether hearings impact the voters at all? and even still the 2020 lies are casting a big shadow over many of these 2022 races. in south carolina, the polls are closed but votes are being counted. you got two incumbent republican members of congress in this deep red state. tom rice is one of ten re