it through enforcement, professor american history at yale university, and steven levitskiy is a professor of history at harvard university. two days before judge michael luttig got a phone call that may have changed the course of history for this nation. then, a capitol police officer who risked his life on january six is hoping to serve his country to different way, this time as an elected official. plus i will talk to california colorado secretary of state janet griswold on the heels of the decision to see whether trump is eligible to be on the stage primary ballot. another hour of velshi starts right now. good morning, it s saturday december the six. i m ali velshi. it s been three years since that mob attacked the united states capitol as part of donald trump s desperate attempt to cling to power after losing the 2020 presidential election. that attack lasted only a few hours, but the long shadow of the violent insurrection continues to loom large over american dem
the daily global war will be bringing you the top stories from around the world. we start in ukraine were military sources there and told the bbc their forces are tearing out would be described as a series of small scale armoured attacks against russian positions. this comes amid reports of fighting in many parts of southern and eastern ukraine what appears to be a significant escalation. the ukrainian army releases these images that they say are attacking russian troops in the area of bakhmut in the eastern region of donetsk. moscow claims it has repelled armoured attacks and inflicted heavy losses but there s been no independent confirmation. the point is not a source to be trusted. kyiv is posted this video calling for soldiers to have silence for their long full scale counteroffensive. report on social media since ukrainian forces have made several probing attacks along the south and eastern south line. also in the western part of this region in the eastern part of this r
decision could be coming soon, that s prompting a warning to prosecutors from former fbi director, jim comey, on why with jen psaki today. trump comes for the rule of law, the system of justice, and the agencies with a flame thrower. he will come and try to criticize and attack your family, your witnesses, there are no limits to what he will try to do to obstruct an effort to hold him accountable. no limits. also, a scary scene at sea, a chinese warship coming with 150 yards of an american destroyer. a provocative action that is the white house reacting. back slaps and finger-pointing, the followed on capitol hill from the debt relief bill playing out on the sunday show. we just stopped them from hiring any irs agents and we also took another 20 billion, going into the future. both sides to come together, i give kevin, mccarthy, and his team doing credit for doing what he what he does and can do best, it s bringing people together. i m in the group that thinks thi
table. i have here the government accountability office document that nation s fiscal health. may 2023. issued a couple weeks ago, this was issued to every leader in congress by the executive branch. the gao is one of the best of the entities our government has, what do they say. why t do we care. it says: balance of current revenue, resolve in debt growing faster than the economy, this s this is unsustainable. the government never writes reports like this or speaks like this. it continues: cbo, has stated high and rising federal debt i is a fiscal crisis. underlying conditions driving unsustainable fiscal outlook post, social challenges have not addressed. they are trying to say, the economy could collapse. could collapse. they go on: they are saying we re not at war, the economthe economiesq economics balancedded 3 out of last 4 years. for example, debt held by public, grew during economic expansion of june 2009 to february 2020, it did not grow during the economic expans
table. i have here the government accountability office document that nation s fiscal health. may 2023. issued a couple weeks ago, this was issued to every leader in congress by the executive branch. the gao is one of the best of the entities our government has, what do they say. why do we care. it says: balance of current revenue, resolve in debt growing faster than the economy, thi this is unsustainable. the government never writes reports like this or speaks like this. it continues: cbo, has stated high and rising federal debt is a fiscal crisis. underlying conditions driving unsustainable fiscal outlook post, social challenges have not addressed. they are trying to say, the economy could collapse. could collapse. they go on: they are saying we re not at war, the ethe econo economics balancedded 3 out of last 4 years. for example, debt held by public, grew during economic expansion of june 2009 to february 2020, it did not grow during the economic expansion from march of