More of the msnbc hosts on the screen. That is our show for tonight. Now it s time for the last word with ali who s in for lawrence. That just made me sad because it was almost all the people on that picture. Almost. You know what the picture is not, forget the picture. What matters is the event and what s going to be airing on television tomorrow. That s true. It was a good event and that was a good line i have to say. That was excellent. You know, i got dressed while watching the show so i decided i would coordinate with you tonight. It s a sea of gray blue. Yes. You have a great night my friend. You got the memo. Have a good weekend. Have a great show. There are 53 days until election day and today was all about reaching out to voters in deep red parts of battleground states. A county which donald trump won 68% of the vote in in the last election. And in wilksberry pennsylvania where donald trump won with 57% of the vote in 2020. That s where kamala harris was today. And she wasn t
off. donald trump takes on rhonda scent this and the florida governor seems to be crumbling it s his presidential campaign over before it even begins then, judicial ethics, the cal to investigate clarence thomas are growing. i ll speak with congressma hank johnson, one of the democrats leading the charge t try to hold thomas accountable and or start the week, it s battle for the most tone tha the campaign announcements you will want to stick aroun for these once i am ayman mohyeldin, let s ge started. all right, so in politics, lik in life, the little things matter most. great politicians like joe biden, nancy pelosi, barac obama, they have an almost innate ability to appreciate the little things. think about bill clinton snack for remembering the names of voters he met years earlier or even ronald reagan s habit o enjoying a jog at the end of the day with then speaker ti o neill. it was those small gesture that mean a great deal to th people on the receiving end of the
happy new year, my friend, we are actually gonna be talking just about the choices that democrats made and the unity that was on display. we have congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez cortez at the top of the hour thank you for a great show, as always, buddy. if you took a high school history class in the united states, you probably spent at least a day discussing this image. this is the iconic political cartoon of the campaigning of senator charles sumner preston brooks, entered the senate, and he entered the chamber carrying a metal tipped cane. and he walked over to the anti slavery senator, charles sumner. he beat senator sumner unconscious and then he walked out without anyone stopping him. it is one of the most famous instances of political violence in our country s history, that one member of congress against another. but it was not unique. in the lead up to the civil war, they were at least 70 instances of political violence by elected representatives a
there can be no doubt there was a coordinated, multi staff effort to overturn the election overseen and directed by donald trump. there could be no chance that he commanded a mob, a mob he knew was heavily armed, violent, and angry, to march on the capitol to try to stop the peaceful transfer of power. this sunday, the clearest picture yet of trump s true print plan on january six. on thursday, it is eight hearing, the second on prime time. then, the january six committee laid out an excruciating detail the 187 minutes between trump leaving the rally at the ellipse after exhorting his followers to march on the capitol, and finally telling the mob to go home. we now know that trump knew within 15 minutes of leaving the stage that the capital was under attack. rather than stay in the oval office or enter the situation room, they then commander in chief hunkered down in his private dining room off the oval, to watch the violence unfold on fox news. he barred the omnipresent
the committee is also expected to take a deeper drive dive into the lies that led to supporters violently storming the capitol. we are by the president of the united states! he personally asked for us to come to d.c. that day. and i thought, for everything he is done for us, the only thing that he is asking me is it is hard to know right now just how much east trumpy detail we heard on thursday moved the needle among the 20 million americans who tuned in, according to nielsen s rating data. whether it was learning that former attorney general bill barr thought that trump s elections were quote, bs, or whether ivanka trump agreed. or that trump reportedly told his staff that vice president, quote, deserve to be assassinated. or even the never before seen footage of just how violent trump s riders were. the full impact of the hearings has gets to play itself out. still. congresswoman liz cheney had a stark warning for recalcitrant republican politicians who continue