i want to start on december 14th, 2022. a day we should not particularly remember. it was supposed to be a boring day for state electors across the country as they officially cast their presidential votes. as we know very well, that was not the case in seven states, including the state of georgia. democratic party electors met right up there in the senate chambers. they are official. they are certified. they voted for joe biden. but georgia republicans, they met exactly the same time behind those closed doors. they are not official, not certified. they chose donald trump they say to keep his lawsuit alive. even as they were meeting for the first time in 28 years select a democratic president and vice president, a floor below georgia republicans were convening their own meeting to select their own electors who voted for donald trump. the 16 take trump electors from georgia meeting in the state capitol fraudulently, that scheme in addition to catching the attention of the d
possession, and i i remain confident that that was done in a thorough and careful way. uh-oh. now it s mike pence. and his lawyers. got to be hard. i said it can t be that hard. it s hard. can t anybody play this game? what you ve got to be asking. well mike pence s lawyers are explaining how classified material ended up at the former vice president s home. more on the timeline and the response from pence s team in just a moment. also ahead speaker kevin mccarthy again rewards marjorie taylor greene. this time with placement on a subcommittee investigating the coronavirus. mtg previously had been kicked off social media platforms for spreading covid misinformation. great. plus, a special grand jury s report on efforts to overturn the 2020 election by former president trump and his allieses. it will stay sealed for now, but the d.a. is promising imminent action in the case. good morning to morning joe. it s wednesday january 25th. with us host of way too
wanting what blinken can t give, either, parody with u.s. support saying our people will not accept a continuation of the occupation forever. blinken offering a small bump in aid, help with a legacy phone network and a warning for israelis and palestinians not to threaten the possibility of a two-state solution. we oppose any action by either side that makes that goal more difficult to achieve, more distant and we ve been clear this includes things like settlement expansion and of course, incitement to violence. reporter: stronger words than many expected but here actions speak loudest. the fact is israel has this story, the two state solution. israel is making sure there is no viable sovereign palestinian statement expanding settlements, stealing more land. reporter: for the young, blinken s dip lomacy a double whammy. no faith in the leadership and no hope blinken can deliver. our leadership is incapable of delivering what we want the 18-year-old tells us. i don t s
buffalo, new york. he is urging people to stay home. inside the select committee s final report. one of our guests says it reads like a horror novel. the detail on the scope of former president trump s pressure campaign to overturn the results of the election. will the people the committee blames for the attack face what they recommend? we start with the january 6 report. 845 pages of painstaking detail that all come to a single and in the committee s view inescapable conclusion. former president donald trump was the driving force behind the insurrection. in fact, one of the biggest takeaways is the committee s recommendation that congress come up with a way to ensure trump is never president again. with the new congress in session, just 11 days from now, recommendations like that will not pass. the massive scope of the report shows the efforts to overturn the election went beyond donald trump, involving officials and aides who pushed fake electors and media personalities
that cia director william burns made a secret trip to ukraine to brief president volodymyr zelenskyy and share u.s. intelligence on russia s next moves in the war. actor and producer alec baldwin now faces criminal charges in the fatal shooting of a crew member on the set of the film rust. our legal experts are weighing the evidence and whether the involuntary manslaughter charges will stick. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with the partisan showdown over raising the debt ceiling and fears of an unprecedented default by the united states. our chief congressional correspondent manu raju explains where this critical fight stands tonight. reporter: tonight congress and the white house engaged in a risky standoff as the u.s. reaches its $31.4 trillion borrowing limit. the white house and congressional democrats say no negotiations to raise the debt ceiling and no conditions