some sort of message that behavior like this won t be tolerated again with more elections on the horizon and real fears about whether republicans will certify the results if they don t like them. and then there s this. former president trump is scheduled to be deposed today in a lawsuit brought by demonstrators who were roughed up on camera by security working at trump tower back in 2015. the demonstrators were protesting trump s characterization of mexicans when he announced his run for president. let s bring in nbc news investigation reporter tom winter. tom, tell us about this specific deposition and how it relates to all the things that former president trump is facing and may have to be deposed for in the future. september 3rd, 2015, may not be a date that sticks out off the top of our heads, but if you remember, that was the day that the president kind of pledged his now president or former
president, i should say trump, pledged his allegiance to the republican party. that was the time when he was kind of flirting with the idea of well, if the republican party we re going to drupt tom s remarks with breaking news. just breaking this story politician diplomat, four-star general colin powell has died of covid-related complications. this news just breaking right now. of course, joe, he was a family friend. he has served multiple presidents, both sides of the aisle. and was incredibly accomplished on the world stage. colin powell dying now of covid-related complications. his family just released a statement confirming this information. and colin powell had a dominant presence in american politics over the course of 30, 40 years. he first was came on to the national stage when he went to