i want wyoming to be protected and i don t feel that liz is doing that job. she stood up for what she believes in. this primary election is over, but now the real work begins. welcome, it is wednesday, august 17th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington, 2:00 a.m. in wyoming where voters have spoken handing former u.s. president donald trump and his supporters perhaps their biggest primary victory yet. just a few months ahead of the midterm elections. trump s most forceful congressional critic liz cheney has lost her house seat. well i won t back down, no, i won t back down cheney conceded to her trump-backed rifle harriet hageman, but issued a rallying call to all americans who care about protecting democracy. cheney is vowing to do everything she can to keep the former u.s. president out of the white house. and steer the republican party away from his lies and influence. jeff zelleeny was there and has that report. reporter: congresswoman liz chen
thomas webster perhaps going behind bars for any other january 6th defendant. nbc news confirming a court appearance for pat cipollone and pat philbin set to go in front of the grand jury in washington. the mississippi water crisis bad to worse, telling people to shower with their mouths closed. businesses still closed. students still learning remotely. the fema administrator will join us live later in the show about what is being done on the federal level to fix it. i m hallie jackson in washington. with me nbc news correspondent vaughn hill lard in west palm beach, ken dilanian, washington correspondent for the new york times and msnbc contributor charlie savage and former u.s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst barbara mcquade is joining us too. vaughn, start with you on the ground there outside the building where all the action is going down. bring us up to speed on what we need to know and what happens next? hallie, i was talking with our colleagues maria and mar
i won t comment on the grand jury investigation. liz cheney loses her job in a landslide. her next fight? urging midterm voters to reject you know who. i hope you do whatever it takes to donald trump out of the office. are you thinking about it? are you thinking about running for president? it ah, that s a decision i m going to make in the coming months, savannah. i won t make any announcements in morning. it s something i m thinking about and will make a decision in the coming months. liz cheney is on the losing end of this. she s on the losing end because she stands up to donald trump and because she calls out his lies. her loss. you see how big it was, is a giant win for the former president. cheney one of 10 house republicans who voted to impeach donald trump. her defeat means eight of the ten will not be in congress in january. she insists her fight is just beginning. this is just wyoming. zoom out. it underscores her challenge. the pink on the map, those a
living on the full load of government benefits for his age group, medicare, social security and in his case, government pension, and who has discovered that golf is the least effective form of exercise to control weight and stay in shape, is now a full year and a half into the worst life ever lived by a former president of the united states. donald trump, his life is a misery from the moment he wakes up too early in the morning, through those dark hours in the middle of the night when he is struggling against the insomnia to find some peace. piece that never comes. pure misery. that is his life. prior to donald trump, the worst post presidential life ever lived was richard nixon s 20 years after being forced to resign in disgrace because of the crimes he committed an office for which he was assuredly going to be impeached if he stayed in office and convicted in the senate and removed from office. but when month and to richard nixon s painful post presidency, his successful
group, medicare, social security and in his case, government pension, and who has discovered that golf is the least effective form of exercise to control weight and stay in shape, is now a full year and a half into the worst life ever lived by a former president of the united states. donald trump, his life is a misery from the moment he wakes up too early in the morning, through those dark hours in the middle of the night when he is struggling against the insomnia to find some peace. piece that never comes. pure misery. that is his life. prior to donald trump, the worst post presidential life ever lived was richard nixon s 20 years after being forced to resign in disgrace because of the crimes he committed an office for which he was assuredly going to be impeached if he stayed in office and convicted in the senate and removed from office. but when month and to richard nixon s painful post presidency, his successful her successor gerald ford relieved him of pain by pardoning