Bret, good evening to you. Donald trumps closest advisers are spinning this indictment to advantage. Meanwhile his former number two, former Vice President mike pence who refused to overturn the results of the election is in attack mode. Former Vice President mike pence running against his old boss is coming out swinging. It wasnt just they asked for a pause. The president specifically asked me and his gaggle of crackpot lawyers asked me to literally reject votes and literally coas would have ensued. Indictment pence allegedly told trump he had no authority to do so, according to the indictment, in response, the defendant told the Vice President youre too honest. Trump is staying positive at least publicly. Posting on social media hours ago thank you to everyone. I have never had so much support on anything before. The 45page indictment lays out an overarching theme. The defendant lost the 2020 president ial election despite having lost the defendant was determined to remain in power.
good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. the georgia senate campaign that could help decide who takes the senate has been overtaken by a growing scandal for republican candidate herschel walker. the latest twist, more new reporting from the daily beast the unidentified woman accusing walker of pressuring her to have an abortion and paying for it is also the mother of one of his children. nbc news has not verified those allegations. walker again denying it on conservative talk radio today and telling nbc news there s no truth to this or any other daily beast report. the candidate is back on the trail. that s where we find yamiche alcindor in georgia. also joining us, vaughan hillyard and victoria de soto and former florida congressman david jolly. walker will hold this event where you are, yamiche. he will be there later this hour. are we expecting him to address any of the new allegations? good afternoon. i m in a deeply red part of the state. it s here th
eroded confidence in management. fitch does not expect any further substantive consolidation ahead of the november 2024 elections. stef, the markets, it took a dive today. they really sold off based on, i guess this downgrade and then the forward look of what did means. what do we think it means? well, i mean one thing politically it means is that the economy is going to be a big issue once again in 2024 and we are already seeing, of course, fingers being pointed in the both direction the white house very quickly issuing a statement kind of saying that this was all republicans fault. bret: specifically the former president which is kind of crazy. it s been a few years since he was in office. they are still pointing to some of thinks policies and his decisions saying that this has had an impact on this decision. isn t that amazing two and a half years after joe biden comes into office now it s the trump downgrade like trump had orchestrated this two and a half years later that
5 to 7 inches in chicago it s something the crews can handle. the complicating factor will be the bitter cold and the wind when it comes through. i can tell you one thing looking at the barometer it fell 14 mill bars overnight. one thing when the barometer goes down bad weather is on the way. molly: i know how you know how to handle the cold weather. the temperatures take a dive today. it will be in the single digits by 6:00 tonight out there. it will be frosty. thank you so much for keeping on top of travel for us. mandatory masks making a come back. critics are outraged. a school in new jersey saying they are ordering face coverings for employees, students and visitors. the district citing cdc numbers reporting high community levels of covid in ten of the states counties there. the move sparking a lot of backlash. one critic with two weeks to
hospitals were already overcrowded with flu and the respiratory illness r.s.v. though, on that front, the white house covid coordinator says there is a bit of good news. there are still places that have very high levels of r.s.v. but nationally, there s no question in my mind, r.s.v. is heading down. reporter: the white house has been warning for months that its covid operation is running out of money, and it s asked congress for another $9 billion. but republicans are pushing back. they argue the government has already spent too much on covid. they say if the white house needs more funds, it should repurpose them from somewhere else. norah. o donnell: nancy cordes, thanks so much. well, amid growing national security concerns over tiktok, the senate has voted to ban the video-sharing app from all government devices. many u.s. officials fear that data on the social media app could end up in the hand of the chinese government. stocks took a dive today on news