recorded testimony by former pence chief of staff mark short who was with vice president pence an january 6th. was a firsthand witness to trump s pressure campaign in the days leading up to it. we re told house investigators will try to make the case that the pressure on pence directly distributed to the insurrection at the capitol and the continuing ongoing threat to the rule of law and democracy in the united states. many aides are promising new information about what the vice president was doing during the riot, and where he was hiding as that mob chanted, hang mike pence, hang mike pence. the panel also will focus on the role of conservative lawyer john eastman in pushing the bo fgus unconstitutional theory that pence has the power to invalidate legal, lawful e electoral votes. let s go to ryan nobles on capitol hill right now. ryan, the chairman of the select committee congressman bennie thompson of mississippi just chaired a block buster new information about a potentia
I think were going to have a tremendous night tonight. The people are fantastic. He had posted online earlier but had not been on the Trail Today unlike Nikki Haley and ron desantis. Lets go to John King at the magic wall. John, as you take that into account, he is expecting to win. The polls show that. What are you looking for tonight . We will get into the Nitty Gritty of iowas 99 counties. I think we should also remember today is the starting gate. This is day one, page one of the 2024 elections. The last ended with violence at the capitol. For me, amen. People are going to be voting in iowa. That is a big deal. Number two, the Nominations Race is about delegates. Keep adding your advocates favor. He is the overwhelming favorite
make a new projection. cnn projects that democrat greg stanton is reelected to a third term in arizona in a district biden carried by ten points. look at the balance of power in the house where it stands now. democrats inching up to 203 seats, republicans holding at 211 seats. that s seven short of the 218 seats needed to win control of the house but democrats continuing to make gains tonight. let s go to john king who is taking a closer look at the battle in the house of representatives that s unfolding right now. so john, tell us a little bit more. so, just wow. i keep trying to find a better word for it but wow. this is not the math republican expected and actually, let s be honest. it s not the math many democrats would tell you they expected to have as we are friday now in an election week we started counting tuesday night. as you mentioned, called races, republicans have 211, they are seven shy of a 218 seat
let s go to john king and take a closer look what is going on. lots ovf developments in arizon. this is the future of the u.s. senate. not often we re on television talking about a secretary of state race. that s a win for math. that s a win for team normal. that s a win for somebody that counts the votes. the democrats win, the democrats win. that s the way it s supposed to happen in elections and mr. fontes won. where are we now? let s come back to the united states senate. we just projected mark kelly the winner here. bring this map out. this is a head. i ll do this. these are races we called, right? so right now democrats have two shots, two shots. they win either here or here. they get the senate majority. republicans need now to win them both because republicans need 51. democrats need 50 because they
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