The former Vice President talking about trumps indictment now. January 6th was a tragedy. Ive spoken and written about it extensively. I have nothing to hide. By gods grace i believe we did our duty that day. Fulfilled the oath that id taken to the constitution and to the American People. The constitution is quite clear about the role of the Vice President in the counting of electoral votes. It essentially says the Vice President presides over a Joint Session Of Congress where the electoral votes that are certified by the states shall be opened and shall be counted. And irrespective of the indictment i want the American People to know that i had no right to overturn the election. And that on that day President Trump asked me to put him over the constitution but i chose the constitution. And i always will. And i really do believe that anyone who puts themself over the constitution should never be president of the United States. And anyone who asks themselves to put themselves over the c
plus, from total celebration to complete chaos, two people were shot, a police officer hit by a fire truck during a victory parade for nba champion denver nuggets. and the department of justice tees off an investigation, looking into that mega merger between the pga tour and saudi funded liv golf. our reporters are fouling all of the latest developments. we start, though, with the breaking news out of pittsburgh where nbc s george solis is covering the guilty verdict in the trial of the gunman who killed 11 people at that synagogue in 2018. george, i know it s been a few hours since the verdict. what are we hearing from the community? reporter: yeah, chris, some members of the congregation weighing in, saying they expected this guilty verdict. for them, this is some semblance of justice. in my conversation with them over the last several days, many of them say they will never be able to look at the accused shooter robert bowers directly in the eye. it was hard for them to
and lots of questions to answer, so let s get started. deal or no deal. congress leaves d.c. for the memorial day weekend without reaching a deal to avoid disastrous debt default for the first time in u.s. history, we are live on capitol hill with a new deadline, giving lawmakers a little bit more time to reach an agreement. plus, stumbling start, and unforgettable, maybe forgettable, launch for florida governor ron desantis s presidential campaign rollout on twitter. what we can expect from his campaign, plus the new exclusive nbc news reporting that desantis administration is actually hitting of lobbyists for campaign cash. later, travel at your own risk. the naacp issues a blistering formal travel advisory for the state of florida, saying it s, quote, hostile for black americans. president of the day naacp joins us live to weigh in on this rare rebuke. ahead. and a good saturday morning to you all, i am katie phang, we re going to start today s show with the nation teeteri
any of us. have a great show. have a greet weekend. thank you. you too. sunday, everyone, at 8:00. the whole story. 9:00. 9:00. i m on the west coast today. i don t know what time it is right now. where are we? what s happening? it s abby phillip. it s laura coates time. that s what time it is. yes, it is. nice to see you. well, you know, it turns out there is a price for election lies, and that price is more than 148 million bucks. tonight on laura coates live. ( wow, i mean just wow. rudy giuliani, former trump lawyer, former new york city mayor, former u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. he s now on the hook for more than get this $148 million for defaming georgia election workers ruby free man and shaye moss with lies about what they did or did not do after the 2020 election. this number, i mean it s so astronomical, even the judge seemed shocked when they heard it. and the scene in that courtroom, it was dramatic. the mother and daughte
your life and people need to understand it could happen to me it could happen to you it could happen to any of us and have a great show and weekend. i look forward to sunday 8 p.m. the whole story, 9:00. i m on the west coast. what s happening? i m abby phillips. nice to see you. well you know it turns out there is a price for election lies. and that price is more than $148 million tonight on laura coates live. wow. rudy giuliani, former new york mayor now on the hook for more than $148 million for defaming georgia election workers ruby freeman and andrea shea moss with lies about what they did or did not do after the 2020 election. this number is so astronomical, even the judge seemed shocked when they heard and the scene in that courtroom was dramatic. the mother and daughter election workers hugging each other so tightly hugging members of their legal team. just about the only person frankly who seemed unmoved was rudy giuliani himself. the man who falsely claimed that