centers and churches across the country. the pro abortion group jane s revenge is behind many of these targeted attacks. the group is now apparently declaring open season on pro lifers. the attorney general a facing growing criticism for the doj s inaction. and now tom cotton is calling for merrick garland to resign. he said if you re unwilling to protect americans from these attacks, you should resign. he said you should resign in any case. now the doj is taking action. they re now investigating these crimes. rob, since may 2020, over 130 incidents have occurred across 29 states and the direct of columbia. this is out of control. until now, dead silence from the attorney general. yeah, i think that we have so sort of draw a direct line between what is going on now and 2020. we re two years out of the summer of love. remember when rioters destroyed cities across the country? this inaction emboldened them. even so far kamala harris tweeting out a bail fund to bail out th
adviser to mike pence. in advance of that life testimony, nbc news has obtained exclusive new video ahead of today s hearing. highlighting how the events of the 6th were only the end of a pressure campaign against mike pence to overturn the election results that began much earlier with pence consistently pushing back according to testimony from his chief of staff mark short. was it your impression that the vice president had directly conveyed his position on these issues to the president not just to the world, through a deer colleague letter, but directly to president trump? many times. and had been consistent in conveying his position to the president. very consistent. okay. we ll see more on that coming up in the hearing. another angle to the january 6 story, we re getting new details on how protesters may have known their way around the capitol. now video from the january 6 committee raising questions about what happened the day before the riot on the fifth. the
Allegations. Now, i wont even introduce myself by my name anymore. I get nervous when i bump into someone i know in the Grocery Store who says my name. Im worried about who is listening. I get nervous when i have to give my name for food orders. Im always concerned of who is around me. Ive lost my name, and ive lost my reputation. Ive lost my sense of security. A lot of threats, wishing death upon me. Telling me that, you know, im ill be in jail with my mother. Saying things like, be glad its 2020 and not 1920. Were a lot of these threats and vile comments racist in nature . A lot of them were racist. A lot of them were hateful. Giuliani conceded in a court filing last month hed made false statements about freeman and moss. He failed to produce any evidence in the Discovery Portion of the case, which led to the judges Defamation Ruling here. Freeman and moss said the ruling brings them one step closer to rebuilding their lives. Spokesperson for giuliani says he has been, quote, wrongly
Lost. And there was that rose garden moment after the Supreme Court decision. And he said to you, i dont want people to know i lost, right . He said that to mark meadows. I was standing catty corner to mark meadows. We were leaving the residence. We were at a christmas reception. The president was going back to the residence from the oval office. I was with mark steps behind mark. And this was a conversation between the president and mark meadows. That was part of our interview with former white house aide Cassidy Hutchinson almost exactly a month ago. Now her former boss mark meadows may have flipped on the former president. Meanwhile, another attorney from Donald Trumps elite Strike Force Legal team takes a plea deal in the Georgia Election interference case. We have a lot to cover this morning on the legal cases tied to donald trump. Plus, well go through the on going republicanled chaos on capitol hill. Still no speaker . Mike johnson of louisiana is now the partys fourth nominee f
and chris christie. this part over a number of issues from israel s war with a mosque to abortion donald trump was recently at no-show and said he held a rally in a miami suburb. for the first question of the night of the candidates were asked why they should be the republican nominee for president instead of donald trump. here are their answers. and donald trump s a lot different guy than he was in 2016. he owes it to you to be on the stage and explain why he should get another chance. be sure to explain why he didn t have mexico pay for the border wall, he should explain why he racked up so much debt, he should explain why he should drain the swamp and he said republicans were going to get tired of winning. we saw last night, i m sick of republicans losing. i can tell you that i think is the right president at the right time. i don t think he s the right president now. i think that he put us eight trillion dollars in debt and our kids are never going to forgive us for t