Progress is being made on a coronavirus relief. So this has for a shorter period of time. Thats okay now because we have a new president. He takes in for a touchdown. Fall in love with me this Christmas Steve well, they officially lit the Christmas Tree last night on tv. You are looking at it live on 48th and sixth avenue it. Is freezing outside. 32 degrees here in New York City on this december 7th 2020, 70 years ago today the attack on pearl harbor. Ainsley yes, it was. Thank you to all of you who served our you great country. This weekend Saturday Night was the rally. President trump was in georgia and then last night was the debate. So lots of politics over the weekend, brian. Brian i taped it all and, again, length me his vcr. Steve its a beta max. Brian my bad. I feel really prepared for the show for a incorporate challenge. Jillian mele is live in atlanta as the Georgia Senate candidates take the stage ahead of georgias run off elections. Jillian, you dont look cold. Jillian im
Inner circle. The memo which was obtained by the New York Times and has not been verified by nbc news, was allegedly sent in early December 2020 by trump lawyer kenneth chesebro, who is one of the coconspirators identified but not charged in the Justice Departments latest indictment, of the former president. In the note, chesebro details the fake elector scheme which falsely claims former Vice President mike pence had the power to block the certification of the states votes on january 6th. All just to buy time. Chesebro admitted that the Supreme Court would likely reject the plan, in a statement to nbc news, the lawyer writes that he was simply providing legal advice to trumps campaign. But that quote whether the campaign relied on that device, upon that advice as he intended would have to remain a question to be resolved in court. Those efforts by donald trump and his lawyers to subvert democracy has, in a small part, led the american varshini to create a task force for American Democ
That, in fact, donald trump did attempt to hold up a constitutional proceeding. Yeah. He admitted that last week. Yesterday, he admitted that he violated the constitution of the United States. Just a technical violation of the United States constitution. Pretty bizarre. He violated the constitution. I mean, the admissions keep rolling. Yeah. Keep him was this a full ginsberg . He was on a lot of the sunday shows trying to own the narrative. Meanwhile, the former president himself spent the weekend raging on social media, and this could get interesting, with posts that could defy the judges orders. Remember the directions the judge gave him at his arraignment . Well get legal analysis on that new development. Also ahead, one of trumps allies in the senate makes light of the humiliating nature of his relationship with the former president. Plus, republican senator Tommy Tuberville has held up crucial Military Promotions since february over the pentagons abortion policy. His Unprecedented
thousands of protesters walked from a trump rally on the side of the white house to the u.s. capitol where the certification of the presidential election wa underway. the protesters were angry. they believe the election they had just voted and had been unfairly conducted. they were right. in retrospect, it is clear the 2020 election was a grave betrayal of american democracy given the facts that have since emerged about that election. no honest person can deny it. yet the beneficiaries of that election continue to lie about what is now obvious. the real crime, they will tell you again and again, is not wha happened on election day 2020. the real crime is what happened two months later on january 6th when donald trump led an insurrection against the duly elected american government. to prove that claim, and to divert attention from the details of the presidential election itself, democrats and congress impaneled the house select committee on the january 6th attack. the poin
the great capitol on the hill has been the home of congress since the year 1800. here the congress of the united states assembles to make the nation s laws. congress approved the 19th amendment which provided for the voting rights of women. speaker gillette of the house signed the bill december 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy. serving their country and the cause of freedom to help other nations strengthen their independence and cure the social chaos in which communism has always thrived. it is wrong, deadly wrong to deny any of your fellow americans the right to vote in this country. [ applause ] in the eyes of many in the world, this every four years ceremony we accept as normal is nothing less than a miracle. members of congress, the president of the united states. [ cheers and applause ] the issue of health care. i am not the first president to take up this cause, but i am determined to be the last. [ cheers and applause ] together we will