for nearly five hours as rioters overwhelmed the capitol, looking, chanting, to hang him. we were told they came within 40 feet of the vice president s evacuation route and we re also learning new details about a heated phone call between trump and pence on that morning of january 6th. this is what witnesses include ing ivanka said about trump s demeanor on the call. i remember hearing the word wimp, he called him a wimp, i don t remember, he said, you are a wimp, you ll be a wimp. it was a different tone than i d heard him take with the vice president before. also a major new piece of evidence revealed by the committee, john eastman, the conservative lawyer central to the plans to overturn the election results asked for a pardon after january 6th. and new this morning, the new york times obtained a copy of a letter sent by the house select committee to ginni thomas, the way of supreme court justice clarence thomas. they want to speak to her next month. they have emai
the house just passed a stop-gap bill to prevent a government shutdown. isn t that the reason they got rid of kevin mccarthy? more on that later in the show. and biden sitting down with xi jinping tomorrow for what is sure to be long american surround. and the thunder dome, we ll get into that later on. first, license to kill is focus of tonight s the angle. growing up in the 70s, changes were happening, withdrawal from vietnam, nixon resigning, gas lines and the jimmy carter malaise. with all of that, i don t remember ever hearing about stories of mobs, mostly young people brazenly committing criminal actses. the christmas season is around the corner, you re hearing christmas music, and fed ex. truck drivers are not just worried about getting packages on time. robbery of a fed ex truck, multiple cars blocked him at the red light in south memphis around 8:30 saturday night and broke into his truck and stole $100,000 of deliveries, putting our city on edge. laura: no on
are more than just a nation of laws, that we are a nation that believes and requires the continuity of a president of the united states, above all else, because without that continuity, what donald trump attempted to do was to stop in its tracks democracy itself in this country. what also different is, you talk about nixon resigning, donald trump is deciding, as our reporting indicates, about not whether he should run, but when he should run. it is a different time, a different man. and bob, some things never change, which brings us to the new forward, the new edition of all the president s men and you re reflecting on this 50 years later. what are your thoughts? well, my wife, elsa, discovered went back and looked at george washington s farewell address. this is in 1796.
all politicians are the same, all us bad, and that suits this prime ministerjust fine. and that is the issue, and it was theissue and that is the issue, and it was the issue with donald trump, under criminal investigation while in office. it drags down all politicians. isn t it incumbent in a democracy for the spirit, the rates appear to be set at the top?- appear to be set at the top? sure, and that is appear to be set at the top? sure, and that is obviously appear to be set at the top? sure, and that is obviously where - appear to be set at the top? sure, and that is obviously where we - appear to be set at the top? sure, and that is obviously where we have fallen short and that is obviously where we have fallen short with donald trump being impeached, bill clinton, richard nixon impeached, bill clinton, richard nixon resigning. we try to elect good nixon resigning. we try to elect good people, but we elect the wrong people good people, but we elect the wrong people into
been very active online and putting a lot of information out he s been gathering, kind of combs the web and tweets it regularly so i m very familiar with his lafrm and is, isignali what we should be paying attention to, but yes, i think the media should pay attention to this. democracy is being tested as it has never been tested, far beyond anything that happened in water gate. with nixon resigning, actually, when nixon agreed to honor the supreme court ruling that he had to turn over his tapes, it was pretty clear he was going to cooperate and that would be the end of his presidency. trump and his followers take the gambit to do everything contrary to the norms, to break all the rules. they are now trying to stall as best they can through litigation, of turning over to the january 6 committee, so we don t learn how bad it really