scott, they ve got but can either of them take down donald trump? i m simone sanders townsend, and i have something to say. do you hear that? it is the sound of a clock ticking, and with each passing second, your financial future is more at risk. after hitting pause on the debt ceiling negotiations for hours, negotiators for the white house and congressional republican negotiators patrick mchenry and darren gray s continued talks last night, but left without progress. we are reporting they are not expected to meet today. republican negotiators are demanding the white house cave in to some of the drastic spending cuts. now, president biden is currently in hiroshima for the g7 conference, and is returning tomorrow. he says the risk of default is too serious. after last night s meeting, congress members graves and mchenry, they expressed skepticism as to whether a deal could be reached by june 1st. take a listen. this was a negotiation tonight. this was a candid discussion a
this world. and specifically america. it s the fact that ta-nehisi coates it is working on the superman it s been reported, but yes, i agree. it s like one really good thing for us all to hang on to. this week. it s always good to see you my friend. thank you at-home for being here. there s been a ton of movement in the two sprawling criminal investigations into former president donald trump. ones that are being conducted by special counsel, jack smith. those two investigations are of course trump s squirreling away of classified documents at his mar-a-lago beach club. and trump s efforts to subvert american democracy and overturn the 2020 election results. today, eli then b c reporters spotted conservative activist, tom fitting going into the d.c. federal courthouse with the grand jury along with the doj prosecutor who works for the special counsel. fifth, in is the president of judicial watch, the ultraconservative outfit that enjoys suing the federal government to qu
and trump s efforts to subvert american democracy and overturn the 2020 election results. today, eli then b c reporters spotted conservative activist, tom fitting going into the d. c. federal courthouse with the grand jury along with the doj prosecutor who works for the special counsel. fifth, in is the president of judicial watch, the ultraconservative outfit that enjoys suing the federal government to quote unquote, stop government corruption. we don t know which grand jury tom fit in was a close trump ally. which line he appeared today, because tom fit and has the dubious distinction of being of interest to prosecutors in both special counsel and instigations. on the january six front, a few days before the election tom fittin, drafted a statement from then president trump declaring, trump had won the election. even though that election hadn t happened yet. here is how january six committee member, zoe lofgren described the memo this past october. the draft statement, wh
fitton is part equal watch we do not know which grand jury tom fitton who s a close trump ally appeared in today that s because tom fitton has interests with both specia tom fitton drafted a statement for president trump declaring how he won the election though he hadn t won the election yet. the draft statement which was sent on october 31st declares we had an election today and i won. and the fitton memo specifically indicates a plan that only the votes counted by the election dayhe deadline and there is no election day deadline would matter. an election day just after 5:00 p.m. mr. fitton indicated he spoke with the president about the statement. tom fitton actually suggested trump could claim victory by saying he won all the votes counted by a made up election day deadline and ignore all the other ballots, which is on the mar-a-lago front cnn reported it was tom fitton in trump s ear saying you can keep all the documents, they re yours, you own them. which turns out
grabs, dysfunction and this is not a partisan criticism. understand this, it s embarrassing, it s dysfunctional. it s dangerous, it s stupid. those are the word that is republicans have used. 11 rounds of voting and we still don t have a house speaker. as the deadlock enters a fourth day we have new reporting about another potential deal in the works that just might give kevin mccarthy the gavel. plus, we get the latest from the war in ukraine as russia calls for a brief cease-fire to observe the orthodox christmas holiday. ukrainians leaders are dismissing the idea. some good news, damar hamlin is showing improvement after collapsing on the field during monday night football. the buffalo bills safety is alert and responding to commands. we ll show you what his doctors are saying. good morning, and welcome to way too early. i m jonathan lemire on this friday, january 6th. it is, of course, the second anniversary of one of the darkest days in our nation s history and we wi