studio? i like it like this. is it you doing this? i don t even know. i m a kind of go along to get along dude. i like being with you, so if that s the cost of sharing a studio. we can raise it up, whatever you want. just feet away from each other. i ll just wear a sweater. thank you. have a good evening, chris. thank you for joining us tonight. i m ali velshi in for alex wagner. we re going to warm up in the next few minutes. president biden hasxt released s first campaign ad of 2024. and in that ad president biden makes clear what he believes will be the central issue of thisce election. i ve made the preservation of american democracy the central issue of my presidency. i believe in free and fair elections and the right to vote fairly and have your vote counted. there s something dangerous happening in america. there s an extremist movement who does not share the basic beliefs in our democracy. all of us are being asked right now what will we do to maintain o
are in a fight for the finish, look at the map. you see the big names are hitting the trail in the final days. it tells you what you need to know about the race in states where frankly every single vote will count. and there is a remarkable ad we have to show you that claims to know what god wants. and on the 8th day god looked down on his planned paradise and said i need a protector so god made a fighter. oh my god. we are going to talk about that. i hope so. plus, the politics of pot, recreational marijuana is on the ballot in five states. most of them conservative red states. finally an issue that s bringing americans together getting high. [ laughter ] well, when you go low, they go high. i had to. i don t know why. it kalcame out as a whole thing fantastic. let s bring our experts on that. we have cnn political commentator scott jennings and keith and mark mckinnon. gent gentlemen, great to have you. i do live at 10,000 feet so i know something about
riots took the rare step of subpoenaing a former president of the united states. writing that the efforts to overturn the 2020 election was something he, quote poernly orchestrated and oversaw. committees demanding he sit for a deposition under oath as well as provide documents and communications from over a dozen allies and associates. the response what it is clear is defying the subpoena by the select committee can come a consequences. just today the president s on-again, off-again close advisor often considered the architect of the president s rise was sentenced to prison for defying the very thing the president was served with today. steve bannon was sentenced to four months in prison plus a fine of $6,500 for his refusal to comply with the house s subpoena. the washington post had new details what was in those intelligence documents seized by fbi agents at the former president s residence in mar-a-lago. the post reporting there were documents describing iran s miss
good evening. today the house select committee investigating the january 6th riots took the rare step of subpoenaing a former president of the united states. writing that the efforts to overturn the 2020 election was something th he, quote, personally orchestrated and oversaw. the committee is demanding he sit for a deposition under oath as well as provide documents and communications with more than a dozen allies and associates. the response from the president s legal team today was only to call the subpoena, quote, an unprecedented action. unclear what their next step will be. what is clear is defying the subpoena by the select committee can come a consequences. just today the president s on-again, off-again close advisor often considered the architect of the president s rise was sentenced to prison for defying the very thing the president was served with today. steve bannon was sentenced to four months in prison plus a fine of $6,500 for his refusal to comply with the hous
Thats absurd. Did anyone involved in the Trump Campaign have contact with russians trying to meddle with the election . Absolutely not. We dont know of any contacts with russian agents. Those conversations never happened. Lie after lie. Why would there be any contacts between the campaign . Why is a question that remains to be answered. What we know now is there were contacts between Jared Kushner by his own admission, not fake news, real facts. Jared kushner said he met with russians, he just didnt collude with them. What else did he say . Reporter he said he had four meetings with russians during the Campaign Season and during the transition. He did say he met with the Russian Ambassador at the Mayflower Hotel during one of then candidate trumps Foreign Policy speeches. Of course, he acknowledged being at that now infamous meeting at trump tower which donald trump, jr. Was promised dirt on the
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