well, the question is i m running for president, period. i plan to win. the question is, what the voters want in their president? they want someone who can persuade on the issues that matter the most to them? i look forward to persuading the american people, right and left, within my base and on the far side, to making sure we move this country forward using common sense, finding common ground. some folks are listening, definitely rich ones. scott is leading the gop pack on the campaign cash front, with nearly $22 million to spent. at that, let s get smarter with the help of our lead off panel tonight. nbc news capitol hill correspondent, a hero who is outside in south carolina and she has been on call all day long, ali vitali. peter baker joins us, chief white house correspondent for the new york times. and mark mckinnon, chief advisor to both george w. bush and john mccain, and co-host on the very popular circus on showtime. mister baker, to you. first let s start with the debt
at that point, does not really impact at the crux of this case, what this case is all about, which is what donald trump did and the pressure campaign that he put on him. mister baker, can you decod donald trump s reaction for us because you saw that clip when our colleague john allen was speaking and he said oh i have a lot of confidence in mik pence. if donald trump has so muc confidence in mike pence, wh did he go to multiple courts t try to block him from this ver testimony? because he does not actuall have a lot of confidence i mike pence he has told us that, he is tol us that repeatedly when he went down fo interviews with for a book about. this email is very clear tha he consider mike pence to be a trader for his, cause to b disloyal, and that he was said by aides in the white house to have said that on january 6t that perhaps the protests tour chanting hang mike pence had i right. so he did not in fact have a lot of confidence in mike, pansies made that very clear time and
we will come to order. i want to introduce our second panel. we don t have all our second panel. mr. thomas baker is an international law enforcement consultant, he served for more than 33 years especially gym with the fbi, including in leadership positions overseeing terrorism and other criminal investigations. mister baker, thank you for being with us. professor jonathan turley is the professor of law georgia washington park law school. he has written on topics that constitutional law and has served as counsel to whistleblowers, military personnel, judges, members of congress, and a variety of other clients. minister elliott williams is a principal at the government affairs and policy council practice group at the grieving group, he has served as deputy assistant general for much department of justice and assistant director for congressional and miss nickel parker is a former special agent with the fbi during her time at the affair she worked on various matters,
we will come to order. i want to introduce our second panel. we don t have all our second panel. mr. thomas baker is an international law enforcement consultant, he served for more than 33 years especially gym with the fbi, including in leadership positions overseeing terrorism and other criminal investigations. mister baker, thank you for being with us. professor jonathan turley is the professor of law georgia washington park law school. he has written on topics that constitutional law and has served as counsel to whistleblowers, military personnel, judges, members of congress, and a variety of other clients. minister elliott williams is a principal at the government affairs and policy council practice group at the grieving group, he has served as deputy assistant general for much department of justice and assistant director for congressional and miss nickel parker is a former special agent with the fbi during her time at the affair she worked on various matters, i
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] again, i want to thank the witnesses for your indulgence and know it s a long day. we really appreciate it. now we were resumed questioning and chair recognizes mr. garcia for five minutes. thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. chairman. what you think i would insist that a just want to just are not also by just apologizing to eyewitnesses, particularly mr. roth for just the homophobic rant and comets have recently made from the gentlelady from georgia. that was really shameful and i know that we are here to talk about serious issues that were having conversations about grinder and other issues which is not really what this really is about. so apologize to all of our witnesses. one to note come someone you would call a twitter superuser. you social platforms constantly. i communicate regularly. target when does come find it was happening in our culture and i admire what jack dorsey, heavy winds and christopher stone