more favorable if the justices start to fear that there will be wild chaos on january 6th unless they rule by then either way. this was about two weeks before january 6. the times says this raises questions about a possible link to the idea of the violence that ultimately took place. cnn s katelyn polantz live in washington. explain to us about these revelations involved in all of these emails. reporter: hi. so this new story from the new york times describes emails between two lawyers who were working with donald trump and the trump campaign after the election. they appear to reveal that one lawyer, john eastman, he is well connected among conservatives, former supreme court clerk, that east man had insight into the internal deliberations of the supreme court and another lawyer was using that information with him to look at ramping up their legal battle with an expectation of chaos on january 6. so in these emails the new york times says that eastman on christmas eve
community cannot be taken for granted by democrats any longer. that s really healthy for our democracy because if we want to overcome the toxic tribalism in our politics we have to have more racial and ethnic diversity across partisan lines and that s your reality check. john avalon, thank you. joining us now van jones. van, let s go back to where that all started from john, this texas special election that democrats lost. how much of a warning sign should that be for the democratic party? look, everything he said is 100% correct and i think it should be a big warning sign. the republican party has a strategy now frankly, four parties in the country, the progressives, the traths, the republicans conservative and maga. maga has a strategy it s not just trump it s trumpism. trumpism is attempting to become the party of the multiracial working class. that shocks liberals, they can t imagine that, but what they are doing is they are moving right
a single one of those framers would agree with your position, either, and thanks to your bs we are now under siege. he wrote that to john eastman during the capitol riot. we also will not hear from eric herschmann but we have seen the video many times, i think we will see other video clips, he is the person who told john eastman you getting get a great effing criminal defense lawyer. we will not hear from john eastman because he took the fifth amendment. he is allowed to do that. he won t be testifying. we are not going to hear from mike pence the committee never subpoenaed him. mark shore said that he spoke to the committee for eight hours, he won t be testifying. wolf asked do you think we will see your videos today short said you probably will. ellie honing, thank you for being with us this morning. so the committee calls it a grift but prosecuting the former president for fundraising off election lies, that s a tough criminal case to make. we have new cnn reporting on this comi
general alberto gonzales on all of the new revelations we re hearing from the january 6 committee and what they know. and another warning sign for democrats as republicans flip a house seat in a special election in texas. welcome to your wod. your why.
it has the potential to apply in other counties and other states and other jurisdictions across the country, as we re heading into the november general election this year as well as the 2024 all important election down the road. and so this is why it s so important for election officials and election administrators, regardless of party, to act in a way that is consistent with the law and the highest ethics, and, look, at the end of the day, you know, this county commission, i m a democrat, they re republicans, that really doesn t matter to me. they re certifying the results for candidates who are by and large republicans. i want those candidates to get on the ballot and those votes it to count, but to your point, if we see the election deniers coming into offices that are charged with this important public trust, we need to be really concerned about that around the ability to have fair elections. the objections of these county officials have to do with