always great to be with you, my friend. lying is so hard and hardly makes people blush. let s go back a little bit of the hunter s laptop and the new jim crow lie or so on and so forth. the lie that the coronavirus could not possibly come from a lab leak in wuhan, china, that was said by many in the media or some in the government. that lie may top of it all. the energy department joined the fbi in saying, yep, the virus spread via mishap at a chinese lab. the white house is hopeful that the obvious made out the truth. there is still no consensus within the administration. the president believes it is important that we continue that work and that we find out as best we can how it started so we can better prevent futures pandemic. the community and the rest of the government is still looking at this. there is not a definitive conclusion. meanwhile, the chinese are pushing back that won t surprise you. if you follow the story at all, here is what they are saying tonight
had a few minutes with the report. andrew, let me get your first reactions to anything that has leapt out at you, if anything. recognizing that you ve only had a few minutes, i m gonna give you more time to read, this but this is just your first headline reaction to it. yeah no i see dan and i are doing the same thing. we are trying to do two things at the same time. this is a monumental, or as you said, it is over 800 pages and there are four appendices that look fascinating, addressing such minor issues as the preparation of law enforcement to meet the challenges of january 6th and whether there was foreign interference in the 2020 election there were these appendices, and they re trying to take the entire report. and then the table of contents is really, to me, attracts what i think is the genius of the january six committee. which is really focusing on all of the different ways that the former president tried to stay in office. as opposed to just thinking about january
cinematographer. president biden dodging questions as the white house says it will not change his announcement about running for another term, now expected after the february 7th state of the union. pat toomey on his decision to leave the senate after more than a decade and the rising power of republican extremists in congress. the stunning stories about george santos past are multiplying. did he lie about his mother surviving the 9/11 attack and scam a homeless man out of thousands of dollars to treat his ailing service dog? the political shock. the new zealand prime minister, a young, prominent world leader and working mother, resigning. i know what this job takes. and i know that i no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice. it s that simple. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. following the stunning breaking news from new mexico. the state district attorney announcing criminal charges against actor alec baldwin and the armorer hannah
News. Jack smith is accusing the former president of making daily statements that could prejudice future jurors in the january 6th case. Also, new polling and Chris Christies reaction to it showing the frontrunner donald trump pulling away from the republican pack even farther, and the vast majority of Republican Voters seemingly okay with him, even if convicted of federal crimes. And later, stunning new claims about the Alex Murdaugh murder trial and whether they could lead to a retrial. Plus, exclusive video from inside a syrian Childrens Hospital that isis used as a torture center. Video thats now in the hands of War Crimes Investigators. Good evening. We begin tonight with Breaking News wrapped in a mystery. A lateday court filing from special counsel jack smith from the Subversion Case. In it, he accuses the former president of making, quote, daily extra president ial statements that threaten to prejudice the jury. Largely under seal at the moment, we dont know specifically what s
The arguments in this criminal trial of donald trump, the firstever for a first president. Michael cohen was on the stand. We saw the team both rest. And we saw the Defense Witnesses stumble. New ba grueling three days. The defense has called their first witness. After yesterdays fireworks. Tossed and his testimony was almost stricken from the record. The defense has rested its case after calling two witnesses. Donald trump did not testify in his own defense. That is how it went down. Michael cohens cross was not all smooth sailing. He was saying that he himself stole from the organization. Prosecutors got their turn with cohen on redirect where they basically said, were you too busy . And he said, he was not. The point was that it mattered and he got the confirmation and the prosecutors are going to continue to turn the jury. To look about wire we are hearing from you. Not because he is a model citizen, because he was the person that was picked to be involved in all this stuff. He is