you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex wit reports. developing for you this hour some brand-new comments from former vice president, mik pence, as he speaks out agains donald trump over his role i the january 6th attack speaking at an annual in washington, pence said, president trump was wrong, i had no right to overturn the election and his reckless word endangered my family and everyone at the capitol that day. i know history will hold donal trump accountable. those strong comments come after a week that saw some republicans try to re-frame th attack is a largely peaceful protest. earlier today, some go lawmakers called out their own party over those efforts a lot of folks on both side keep bringing up january 6th and it is keeping us fro moving our country forward we should be talking abou the southern border, as they were discussing, we should b talking about china and th challenge of possesses talking about inflation and budg
republican congressman elect george santos admits muc of the story that helped get him elected it was fiction but there is a very good reaso kevin mccarthy will do nothing about it also tonight, what to expect when donald trump s tax return are finally released we already know that some years, he paid nothing in federal taxes. and, if you missed it over the holidays, we will take into th january six committee report plus, christmas cruelty, governor greg abbott dumps hundreds of migrants into th bitter cold washington d.c. on christmas eve. a supreme court keeps title 42 in place i m in for joy reid, and w begin with the tale of georg santos, the incoming republica congressman from long island has finally admitted that th new york times is right. he was not honest about hi resume on monday, santos broke hi silence and talked t embellishing huge portions o his biography, according t merriam-webster, that is calle a lie. you know, when someone makes a untrue statement with th
old bicycle baskets? or may be stopped in one of his dogs beds? anything is possible. enduring a week with a biden administration hoped to be celebrating lower inflation numbers, it s instead having to make inconvenient announcements. just look at the pained expression on that merit garlands face today when he announced the appointment of a special counsel to investigate biden s classify documents. garland was painted into a corner. first, after the us attorney investigating recommended a special counsel what was gonna do but second because he appointed one of the trump matter. in august, the doj seized on trump stories of classify documents claiming that this raises serious questions over everything from possible criminal wrongdoing to compromised intel to even treason. understand this, america garlan it does not believe biden did anything wrong. he won t change his mind regardless what we learn and it did over most of the american media. there is no scandal here it s biden
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tonight, brand-new januar 6th committee transcripts, jus in, as we analyze the full report, and where all of the investigations go from here. then, from dangerous weather to tripledemic illness on th rise what you need to know, heading into this holiday weekend. looking back at this consequential week, and th focus on fighting for democracy, and freedom, both here, an abroad our favorite historians, her to put it all in perspective as a special, extra earl addition of the 11th hour is underway, on this friday night good evening once again i am stephanie ruhle nearly 24 hours after its fina report was made public, tonight, the january 6th committe released a new batch of witnes transcripts. they are from interviews wit key people in trump administration, including, bil barr, pat cipollone, kayleig mcenany, hope hicks, and his daughter, and senior adviser ivanka trump we will break down what we are learning in just a moment, but first, the committee s repor is wrapping up