us. we begin with the news that broke yesterday with the supreme court. justice breyer plans to step down at 28 years on the bench. his formal announcement could come as soon as today. his decision gives president biden a chance to name his replacement while democrats still control the senate. nbc news justice corner pete williams has the details. reporter: people close to justice breyer say he made the decision to step down within the past several weeks and prepared to formally notify the white house this week. at age 83, he is the court s oldest justice and appears to be in good health. he remains highly productive, writing last term as, some of last year s decisions. he knows how washington works. he was well aware some progressives said justice ruth bader ginsberg stayed on the court too long despite battles with cancer. he death allowed president trump to appoint amy comey barrett. he said last fall he knew of the pressure for him to step down. most of the considerat
my guests this morning, dr. anthony fauci and the governor of colorado, democrat jared polis. the house votes to charge mark meadows with criminal contempt. we won t let the facts be buried by a coverup. the former trump chief of staff refusing to comply with the january 6th committee. the executive privilege is donald trump s to wave, not mine to wave. this as january 6th texts from the former president s allies come to light. one of the president s sons texted mr. meadows, quote, he s got to condemn this [ bleep ] asap. he is destroying his legacy, laura ingraham wrote. and build back when? if president biden couldn t get build back better or voting rights done this year nothing more domestically important than voting rights. the single biggest thing. why would next year be any different? joining me for insight and analysis, pbs newshour s amna nawaz, washington post senior correspondent phil rucker, former democratic congresswoman donna edwards, a
theory that trump ally jim jordan got from a government lawyer and forwarded to meadows. jordan s office tells cnn. the committee did not reveal the names of the lawmakers texting with meadows in the lead up to january 6th, but they did put them on notice. indeed, some of those text messages madam speaker, came from members in the chamber right now. members who understood that a violent assault was under way at the capitol. reporter: today the committee met with ken klukowski, a former doj official who worked under jeffrey clark. clark pushed top brass to investigate unfounded claims of election fraud. he is in danger of being held in contempt himself. some resist. hundreds of others are cooperating, including dustin stockton. after his interview with the committee, he put much of the blame for that day on donald trump. the buck s got to stop at president trump. he knew better, and there s no excuse for him sending people down into that situation. reporter: and it app
this, dave aiaronberg and vetern journalist and donald trump biographer, michael deantonio. you say that yesterday was the second worst day of donald trump s year. why do you say that? well, i think for him the very worst day was when he jetted off as the former president and joe biden was inaugurated as the 46th president. so that was a very very bad day for donald trump, but yesterday was exceedingly bad as well, especially given his loss at the circuit court of appeals on this demand by the 1/6 committee for his participation in their work. and i also think letitia james desire to subpoena him is something he s going to have trouble fighting. there s no leverage, actually, there in new york state, and i wonder, too, with the supreme court, where he s bound to appeal, he may have less leverage than he imagined when he appointed members of the court. they are involved in other controversies. they may want to protect the supreme court from further controversy by just letti
tree on the fox plaza was burned down in the early morning hours, i think it was just a bit after midnight. we have seen, of course, also the torching of small businesses in blue cities. we have watched an abject horror as molotov cocktails have been tossed into police cars as steve and other leftist rioters threw liquid concrete he into the faces of journalists and others who dare their tactic the christmas tree a symbol of unity during the holiday season. don t worry about us at fox news though, we are fine. we are rebuilding our tree. it will be relit tomorrow. and it will be bigger and more beautiful than before. and our security team is, in fact, the best in the business. but, these are the benefits of being a major corporation. most americans don t have this luxury. no one should have to plan their lives around professional security. body guard and all of us face the impacts of this crime wave. but this is indicative of where our society indeed is headed. under the care