let s take a look at the week s top stories. we re following new reporting involving the investigation into former president donald trump. classify top humans that he took with him when he left the white house. multiple sources tell cnn that federal prosecutors have obtained the 2021 audio recording of trump acknowledging that he kept classified pentagon documents about a possible attack on iran after leaving the white house. the existence of the recording undercuts trump s primary defense that he declassified all the documents that he brought with him from the white house to mar-a-lago. cnn reports that july 2021 meeting was held at trump s golf club in new jersey, with two people working on the autobiography of trump s former chief of staff, mark meadows, as well as trump pays, including communication specialist, margot martin, who as the guardian reports, regularly taped trump s conversations with authors to make sure they re accurately recounting his remarks. so really,
we can go with the more accurate polish version, or how about the ukrainian spelling and pronunciation? the polish version probably closer to my roots. of course, i m not the only one with name pronunciation on the brain these days. florida governor ron desantis kicked off his presidential run last week, perhaps the only thing more confusing than trying to watch the campaign launch on twitter spaces was hearing the candidate s last name. i m ron desantis and i m running for president to lead our great american comeback. come again. the same day that governor desantis released that video, he appeared on fox news and he said this. anybody that s so inclined to help us, i would love to have your support at rondesantis.com. this was low-hanging fruit for the trump campaign. i m ron desantis. this is governor ron desantis. hello, this is governor ron desantis, wishing everyone a merry christmas. who knew the long versus short version of a vowel could cause all this
thursday night. alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. chris hayes, i m in favor of robust transparency with regards to health and everything as you want to know my no, i m just kidding. no, i know it. i triple - it s painful to watch people trip. no, it s the worst. are you kidding? it s the worst. it s the worst. it is such a vulnerable moment for anyone that trips. and then the recovery onstage anyway, it s just it was funny. he got back off air force one and he said, i was in. begged literally sandbagged. thank, you my friend. as always you bet. and thank you at-home for joining us this evening. in july 2021, joe biden had been president for more than half a year. but the last days of the trump administration which still very much being reported on. the ways in which trump had tried to overturn the 2020 election in this series of escalating maneuvers, which ultimately resulted, of course, in the attack on the u.s. capit
this is a disgrace that they are looking at this stuff. there was nothing done wrong, nothing whatsoever. new reporting from the washington post details a widening investigation in fulton county, georgia, into alleged election interference by mr. trump, broadening into other states and washington, d.c. this hour, ron desantis wraps up his first campaign tour of the early states in south carolina today, after trading political jabs with donald trump on the campaign trail. when i heard desanctimonious talk about eight years we can turn this around so quickly. anyone that tells you i will be done in one day or six months, you know, they are selling you a bill of goods. president biden prepares for his first oval office address tonight after the senate worked through the night and overcomes legislative hurdles to pass the debt ceiling bill and get it to his desk, delivering a bit political win for the president and speaker mccarthy. good day. i m andrea mitchell i
after president biden was sworn in as president, we are still learning new ways donald trump and his allies tried to hold on to power. the attempt to overturn the 2020 election has deep roots in to preserve our democracy, we must have a full understanding of the threats we face. just this week, we learned of another poll call of trump, urging election officials to reject the will of the american people. the detroit news made revealed the call may days after the election. in the, called the news outlet reports trump pressured to republican canvassers in michigan not to certify the 2020 presidential election. and we see news has not heard or verify the audio recordings. another took note, president biden, won michigan by nearly 150,000 votes in the fair and free election. but for donald trump, accepting defeat, not an option. instead, he discouraged supporters to show up to the capitol on january 6th. you know what happened next. the deadly insurrection. donald trump s all ha