Politics nation. Tonights leads, playground rules. Its like a game of keep away, only the toy is america and President Trump is the bully taunting the rest of us by not handing it back. But while we continue to go through this game, he continues to view our National Direction as kid stuff. We reached another grim milestone today. Nbc news confirming there are more than 11 million cases of covid19 here in the United States. Nearly a quarter of a million americans lost. But the Trump Administration is still signalling no collaboration with the biden Transition Team. The president this morning finally tweeting an explicit concession before walking it back an hour later. The only consistent thing that biden beat donald trump only because, quote, the election was rigged. And while trump weighs his version of the bloody shirt, the streets of our Nations Capital were bloody indeed last night. At least one person was stabbed amid clashes between white supremacistist groups and counter proteste
Way too early, the show that is way behind in its christmas shopping. Im Jonathan Lamire in for kasie hunt on this tuesday, december 22nd. And well start with the news. At a News Conference to announce new charges related to the 1988 bombing of pan am flight 103 over scotland, attorney general bill barr knocked down a series of President Trumps false claims and conspiracy theories. When questioned by reporters, barr broke with the president on everything from seizing Voting Machines to assigning blame for the hack of federal agencies. He began with this comment on the hunter biden investigation. I think to the extent that theres an investigation, i think that its being handled responsibly and professionally, currently, within the department. And to this point, i have not seen a reason to appoint a special counsel, and i have no plan to do so before i leave. I see no basis now for seizing machines by the federal government. Do you believe theres enough evidence to warrant a special coun
Vote to convict is possible. That makes the Second Public impeachment trial very different. Remember, mcconnell was a firm no from the beginning in the first. Five or six votes are against the president , but 17 would be needed to reach whats needed for conviction. Follow the leader is very much a thing among Senate Republicans, so mcconnells choice will very much heavily sway the final math. The president is vexed that his aides and allies, including Mitch Mcconnell, are not rushing to assist him. The impeachment trial just one of the daunting day one challenges now for the new administration. The coronavirus is raging. The vaccine rollout is behind schedule. Just this morning, devastating news from the government, reporting that nearly a million americans filed for firsttime Unemployment Benefits just last week. The president elect is asking the senate to split its days, taking breaks from the impeachment trial to confirm its cabinet and to confirm a big new coronavirus economic pack
The insurrectionists acted at Donald Trumps direction. They said so. They were invited here. They were invited by the president of the United States. We were invited by the president of the United States the siege of the michigan statehouse was effectively a state level dress rehearsal for the siege of the u. S. Capitol that trump incited on january 6th. Trump knew exactly what he was doing in inciting the january 6th mob. But it doesnt take a prosecutor to understand that President Trump was not showing remorse. He was showing defiance. You know, im not afraid of donald trump running again in four years. Im afraid hes going to run again and lose because he can do this again. To hear his lawyers tell it, he was just some guy at a rally expressing unpopular opinions. President trump wasnt just some guy with political opinions who showed up at a rally on january 6th and delivered controversial remarks. He was the president of the United States, and he had spent months months using the un
Hes said the word spy 17 times since last friday. Adam schiff who was at the second meeting said he heard no evidence of a spy in the campaign today. There is no evidence to support any allegation that the fbi or any Intelligence Agency placed a spy in the Trump Campaign or otherwise failed to follow appropriate procedures and protocols. Well, cnns chief Political Correspondent dana bash joins us now. Shes got new reporting on Rudy Giulianis takes on the briefings today. I know you talked to giuliani about emmitt flood and how he ended up in the briefings. What did he say . Thats right. I talked to him a couple of times tonight before coming on. I did ask him if emmitt went to these meetings at the behest of the president or maybe under orders of the president . He says he hasnt told him the answer is yes, but Rudy Giuliani tells me he assumes that was the reason why flood went, because
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