the framers of the constitution who divided power and authority, who separated it out, who had broken away from george the third, and declared him to be a tyrant. there was no way that they would ve put in the hands of one person the authority to determine who is going to be president of the united states. was it your present impression that the vice president had directly conveyed his position on these issues to the president, not just to the world through your colleagues letter, but directly to president trump? many times. and he had been consistent and conveying his position to the president? very consistent. so despite being told that the president kept up a relentless pressure campaign on the vice president, both in private. when i entered the office the second time, he was on the telephone with who had later found it was the vice president. the conversation was pretty heated. it was a different on that i had heard him take with the vice president before. did
the conversation was pretty heated. i remember hearing the word wimp, he called him a wimp. i don t remember if he said you are a wimp. it was a different tone that i had heard him take with the vice president before. these pictures of pence never seen before, the vice president being hidden by the secret service in an underground garage under the capitol, reading the president s tweet that said that pence lacked courage to overturn the election. that tweet helped inflame the mob, a mob that had come within 40 feet of the vice president when he was making his escape. markets are mixed today after thursday s disastrous day on wall street and president biden gets defensive about economists predicting a recession. two american veterans fighting in ukraine have gone missing, along with a possible third who volunteered to fight the russians. we will have the latest from kyiv. follow the money, nbc justice correspondent pete williams retracing the steps of the watergate bre
Complicit in a coup attempt. Im more troubled youre seeing a lot of republican officials go along with it. Why the white house is finally coming clean on americas covid catastrophe but still blocking the biden team from helping. If youre fighting a battle and the calvarys on the way, you dont stop shooting, you keep going into the calvary gets here. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. We have breaking news tonight from the state of georgia, where the republican secretary of state there has announced that the hand recount of the president ial results have concluded and joe biden is, again, confirmed as the winner of the state of georgia. From the press release in georgias recount, 9 highest error rate in any county was. 73 . Most counties found no change in their final tally. The majority of the rest had changers fewer than ten ballots. So joe biden won georgia. That will be certified tomorrow. He won the president ial election. And despite that clear el
Tonight the governor of michigan, trumps subverting election in her state. Todays dangerous display by the president s attorneys and how his silent enablers are complicit in a coup attempt. Im more troubled that youre seeing a lot of republican officials go along with it. Why the white house is finally coming clean on americas covid catastrophe but still blocking the biden team from helping. If youre fighting a battle and the cavalrys on the way, you dont stop shooting, you keep going into the cavalry gets here. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. We have breaking news tonight from the state of georgia, where the republican secretary of state there has announced that the hand recount of the president ial results have concluded and joe biden is, again, confirmed as the winner of the state of georgia. From the press release in georgias recount, the highest error rate in any county was. 73 . Most counties found no change in their final tally. The majo
President trump. Just a few hours ago we got news the push to remove donald trump from office has actual and very real momentum from congressional republicans. Check this out. New york times reporting, senator Mitch Mcconnell has told associates that he believes President Trump committed impeachable offenses, and that he is pleased that democrats are moving to impeach him, believing that it will make it easier to purge him from the party. If this is true, and there is good reason to believe that it is, it is a very, very big deal. No Single Person could do more to evict or help donald trump than Mitch Mcconnell. It remains an open question whether mcconnell will actually do anything, but with every hour that passes the dam sustaining trumps support crumbles a little bit more. Times also reports House Minority leader kevin mccarthy, of course who supported the president in his seditious attempt to overturn the election, has asked other republicans whether he should call on mr. Trump to