director tweeted this. yes there is at the fetterman eggnog ration. was it a food tray or a veggie tray? on that note, i wish you all very good night. four of all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. i will see you tomorrow. omorrow. if you took a high school history class in united states, you probably spent at least today discussing this image. this is the iconic political cartoon of the campaigning of senator charles in may of 1866, a pro slavery congressman name preston brooks entered the senate and he entered the chamber carrying a metal tipped again and then he walked over to the anti slavery senator charles sumner, he beat senator sumner unconscious and then he walked out without anybody stopping him. it is one of the most famous instances of political violence in the country s history, by one member of congress against the other. but it was not unique. in the lead up to the still war, there are at least 70 instances of
detail the schemes to state legislators involved in overturning the election don s favor. here is what the committee s vice chair liz cheney said at the end of thursday s hearing. over the course of our next hearings, you will see information about president trump suffers john eastman s efforts, the trump legal team s efforts to apply pressure to republican state legislatures, state officials and others. and we will examine the trump team s determination to transmit materially false electoral slates for multiple states to officials of the executive and legislative branches of our government. now, tuesday s hearing will revisit one of the most infamous moments from the last days of donald trump s presidency. scheduled to appear as a witness is georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger. now, on january 2nd, 2021, raffensperger received a call from trump during which the former president asked georgia s election administrator to simply find him some more votes in his fav
am while he. polls are now close in the seven states that actually had elections today. many results are still too early to call, but here are some of the primary races we are following closely at this hour. and california, we are awaiting a call in the mayoral race in los angeles, congresswoman karen bass running against rick caruso. a lifetime of businessman. turned democrat, a special recall election in san francisco lost his job as additional guitar any of that. city in south dakota nbc news projects that accompany republican governor christine all has one parent mary for governor. over and iowa democratic michael franken excuse me there, difference crane that from what we are seeing, defeated former congresswoman abby finkenauer. frank you will now look to updating and convince senator chuck grassley, come november. and in montana, ryan thank, you donald trump secretary of the interior, is leaning in his campaign for congress in close race though that we are watching
Is senator bob menendez a National Security threat . And where are the nations Top Democrats on whether remaining in his position should even be tolerated . Two central questions as menendez remains defiant in the face of a damning indictment. Im abby phillips, among the charges democrat is accused of using his power to get Sensitive Information of the plots overseas. Information that eventually made its way to a Foreign Government. And while he is temporarily stepping down from being chairman of the senate warm relations committee, he is still privy to classified information. Now, the governor of his state suggested those allegations alone make him compromised. And one of menendezs democratic colleagues went even farther. Does it sound like espionage from your perspective . As a former intel officer, we collected information and we paid people for that information. So in the simplest of terms, yes. From a legal standpoint, ill defer to the doj on that. We are now starting to see these
Is bob an end as a National Security threat . And where are the democrats on whether remaining in his position should even be tolerated . Two essential questions tonight, as menendez remains defiant in the face of a damning indictment. Good evening, everyone, im abby philip. And among the charges that the democrat is accused of using his power to get Sensitive Information about american diplomats oversee. Information that eventually made its way to a Foreign Government. And while he is temporarily stepping down from being the chairman of the Senate Foreign relations committee, he is still privy to classified information. Now, the governor of his state suggested those allegations alone make him compromised. And one of menendezs democratic colleagues went even farther. Does it sound like espionage from your perspective . As a former intel officer, we collected information and we paid people for that information. So in the simplest of terms, yes. From a legal standpoint, ill defer to the