american dream, a co-writer of a new musical, and the message she hopes a generation of dreamers will hear. let s begin this hour with how january 6th appears to push republicans to the brink, in calls for accountability ultimately morphed back into a appeasing the former president. in the end, it all boils down to power, and what it takes to hold on to it? today, we learned senate minority leader mitch mcconnell told authors of the new book, this will not pass, that he refused to risk his leadership role by confronting the former president. the book also reveals senator lindsey graham lashed out at trump, during the capitol attack. but we know he voted against convicting the former president. here is more what coauthor jonathan martin shed today on meet the press. lindsey graham he is extremely angry. he is almost shouting down the capitol police, as they try to address the u.s. senators, demanding they take action. forcefully, recapture the capitol, and in the same moment
it is everywhere right now. it has such policies allowing retirement plan managers to consider things like climate change in their investment decisions even if that s not your priority. senator manchin of west virginia unloaded on the president. here is a quote. this administration continues to prioritize their radical policy agenda over the economic energy and national security needs of our country. biden is putting his administration s progressive agenda above the well-being of the american people. a democrat is saying this. republicans say this shows exactly the president does not care about everyday americans. instead of telling an investors that you need to invest only for the best financial return for the person working at home or in a truck instead you tell them to prioritize the president s agenda. the president, his agenda is more important than their better retirement. harris: senator marsha blackburn republican from tennessee, member of the senate is in person
president donald trump. alvin bragg s office attempting to punch back and has issued a top response to republicans demanding that he testify before congress and turn over documents related to his investigation into the former president. his spokesman telling fox news digital, we will not be intimidated by attempts to undermine the justice process. for will we let baseless accusations deter us from fairly applying the law. and every prosecution, we follow the law without fear or favor to uncomfortable the truth. our skilled and honest lawyers remain hard at work. fox news is learning that grand jury will hear from another witness tomorrow as part of the investigation into a hush money payment made to president trump s former attorney, michael cohen, to adult film star stormy daniels in 2016. so much to unpack here. for those of us that haven t been listing under a rock, the response by bragg s office that they consider this a commitment to justice as every one else around them
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president trump and going after his possible pending indictment as politically motivated. un-american, and another a partisan attempt to try to bring him down. a manhattan grand jury is hearing a case related to a hush money payment made to adult film star stormy daniels in the run-up to the 2016 election. today they will hear from one final witness robert costello, a one-time legal adviser to president trump s former attorney michael cohen. he is expected to rebut cohen who has been the key witness against donald trump, isn t he a known liar? just establishing that fact. the grand jury will then need to decide whether it will indict donald trump and that could happen as soon as tomorrow. several legal experts are questioning the strength of this case however, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg is looking to elevate the misdemeanor issue to a felony and make donald trump the first former president in history to face criminal charges. and house speaker kevin mccarthy went