former american president. it s hard to overstate how not normal this is or how not normal it used to be before donald trump. since the search of mar-a-lago, there has been a spike in threats toward law enforcement. the bulletin was an internal warning for authorities to watch out, that their own personal safety might be at risk, quote, the fbi and dhs have observed an increase in threats to federal law enforcement and to a lesser extent other law enforcement and government officials following the fbi s recent execution of a search warrant in palm beach florida. three officials tell nbc news the fbi also warned that it has seen personal identifying information of possible targets of violence, such as home addresses, as well identification of family members as additional targets. these warnings can t just be dismissed as idle talk. on thursday a pro-trump veteran was killed in a standoff with law enforcement after local police say he attempted to break through the bullet-proof
want change. on the right we see growing evidence of a republican establishment souring on donald trump. two of rupert murdoch s flagship publications, the new york post and wall street journal published articles, including a brutal takedown head lined the president who stood still on january 6th. and he s rapidly losing ground to florida governor ron desantis who in speeches is sounding a lot more like he s running. i can tell you this, i ll be standing my ground. i ll be walking that line. we ve accomplished an awful lot in the state of florida, but we have only begun to fight because we are on a mission to keep the state of florida free and to save our great country! we re seeing a similar pattern on the left, too, with a party base that polls suggests is looking past president biden in favor of a new face for the party. and a number of politicians are clearly making moves to set up a run, either just in case biden doesn t or maybe whether he does or not. for more in
I feel hopeful today, relieved. I feel like healing is coming. I hope this marks the beginning to the end of a very painful time in our history. I want to instill Public Confidence that the vaccine is safe. Were in a pandemic, and so we all need to do our parts. How about that . And the virus has tightened its grip on this country. Indeed the outgoing president ignored the crisis again today while keeping up his campaign to deny his defeat at the ballot box and overturn the election. Today the Electoral College cemented joe bidens victory after weeks of legal challenges that went all the way to the Supreme Court. The effort was focused on six battleground states that have now all affirmed the will of the voters. The electors of the commonwealth of pennsylvania have cast 20 votes for the honorable joseph r. Biden for president of the United States. The electors have unanimously cast 16 votes for joseph r. Biden. Madam secretary, we have 16 votes for joseph r. Biden for president. Wiscon
Private. Something that would make any citizen without regard to party very concerned tonight. Allegedly abusing the power of office to try to shut down a probe into his own white house. Words that apply to nixon that undid his presidency and words that are advanced tonight. Lets get into the story. You may know if you watch this news program, we dont typically tweet Donald Trumps tweets as news stories because most of them are not news. Many of them are not factual, some of them are outright lies and a great many of them are ploys designed to hijack the conversation, distract the media or troll the notion. Up front, this is why weaver doing Something Different tonight. President trump is telling the Attorney General to shut down the mueller probe. Hes stating it in public and in writing that Jeff Sessions should stop the probe now. To be clear, if donald trump made that order in a private meeting with Jeff Sessions, or on a phone call to the doj or held a Big Press Conference on
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Not russia, though russia looms large in the background as it seems to in Everything Else these days. Manaforts being tried in Federal Court in alexandria, virginia. He was, of course, Trumps Campaign chairman, ran the rnc convention. Its the first of two trials for him, and this one hes looking at 18 counts of bank fraud, tax evasion, conspiracy charges in relation to his work for a prorussian party in ukraine before he went to work for the trump campaign. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. This trial is off to a lightning start. So far a jury has been seated. Opening statements have been delivered, and a witness has testified, all on day one. Manafort was a March To August Chairman back in 2016. He helped trump secure the nomination, make no mistake, and trump said so at the time. I have fantastic people. Paul manafort just came on. Hes great. He didnt need to do this, but he wanted to. Paul manafort has done an amazing job. He is here some place where. Is paul . However, more