Would be a death sentence for him. And finally as the president was leaving tonight he finally called roger stone, here is how stone described that conversation. He said you understand i have the option, i have the authority to either grant a pardon or commute your sentence. He says you should understand that a pardon would be final, and that in accepting a pardon you are exceptionally accepting guilt, and i would rather see you fight this out which is why im commuting your sentence. Reporter now, both roger stone of course and donald trump believe this was politically motivated, that thats the only reason he faced charges, but even attorney general bill barr said this was a righteous prosecution. What is the white house saying about the comitation . Reporter the white house put out a lengthy statement. This is from the press secretary saying at this time in light of the egregious facts and circumstances surrounding his unfair prosecution, arrest and trial the president has determined
Pennsylvania, too early to call. Lets get comfortable here. In ohio, while were at it, too early to call. Michigan, too early to call. Georgia, too early to call. North carolina, too early to call. Arizona, too early to call. Wisconsin, are you figuring out a trend here . Too early to call. Minnesota, too early to call. New hampshire, too early, but a biden lead as our decision guest desk sees it. Heres the map to 270. This is how the colors lay out across the country. You see the outlier colorado. On the senate side, of course, that was a flip on the democrats. Let talk about senate races. Having just closed, this is a big one. You see how much whopping vote is in there. Obviously too early to call. Greenfield ernst race. In montana, bullock danes, too early to call. The democrats need three seats to gain control. Steve kornacki, do you have any numbers on turnout tonight . Well, were looking at numbers, you know, across the board, significantly higher than 2016. Were also just trying
The Nuclear Weapons laboratories at the department of energy as well as pentagon. Nih, departments of commerce, treasury, state, homeland security, its a lot. Several nongovernmental organizations also came under attack were told. Today in moskow and to the surprise of no one putin denied any involvement in any hacking of u. S. Targets. The Russian Hackers have never interfered in the elections. They have never helped trump get elected. This is all just wild conjecture. This is just a pretext to try to sour the relations between russia and the u. S. Still nothing from the outgoing president about any of this as we said. But president elect biden did issue a statement that read in part and we, quote, i want to be clear my administration will make Cyber Security a top priority at every level of government, and we will make dealing with this breach a top priority from the moment we take office. Among other things imposing substantial costs on those responsible for such malicious attacks,
Soon be on the way for more americans. The prospect of two vaccines qualifies as hope in the midst of an uncontrolled pandemic. As we enter this dark winter confirmed cases now topping 17 million, about double the cases reported exactly two months ago. Think of that. And again tonight the daily death toll well above 3,000. That means a death about every 30 sekts across our country. Nbc news has confirmed the wife of the Health Secretary alex azar has tested positive. Azar himself has says hes tested negative. He plans to keep working at his office while social distancing and wearing a mask. As the Health Crisis continues to deepen, the nations also grappling with a broad and active National Security threat. As the scale of this suspected russian cyber attack is just now becoming more clear. U. S. Officials now say this attack has been ongoing since march. They warn of a, quote, grave risk, and thats the Trump Administration talking not just the president whos not saying anything on thi
Writer and historian living in lincoln, massachusetts. She has written about civil war us western history and American Culture for the New York Times the Washington Post Smithsonian Magazine preservation magazine and civil war monitor nelson earned her va in history and literature from the Harvard University from Harvard University and her phd in american studies from the university of iowa, and she has taught at Texas Tech University cal state Fullerton Harvard and brown nelson is the author of saving yellowstone three cornered war ruin nation and Trembling Earth and were so excited to have her with us today. So before i turn it over to her just a quick note we have sent out an email to everyone this morning that had just a great list of resources like a bibliography that megan had put together so you all should have received that by now. If not that link is posted in the chat. So that please join me in welcoming megan kate nelson. Hi everyone. Thank you so much. Thank you nicole for