investigators raided the home and office of the former presidents lawyer, rudy giuliani. as part of an ongoing investigation into giuliani s dealing with ukraine. you may remember that giuliani set himself the task of digging up dirt on the bidens in ukraine. part of his effort to keep joe biden away from that podium tonight. he did not succeed. we ll have much more on that story ahead with one of the former presidents impeachment managers. but first, it was a historic night. two women seated behind the president for the very first time in a joint address to congress. one of those being a woman of color, vice president kamala harris. the address was also unlike any other dream to the ongoing pandemic. you can see it there in the shot. just 200 members of congress and officials attending. whether usually 1600. they were seated apart from each other for social distancing purposes. but much else about tonight was familiar to joe biden, who of course attended dozens of these addr
this week. i am a man when he dean, let s get started. here is the problem with the republican party of 2022, there is no limit, nothing is out of line, nothing is too extreme for them. sure, there can be public outcry, there can be condemnation, there can be some strongly worded letters, but it doesn t stop the gop from going for broke. even if it means completely and totally deviating from the core values and principles. that s what we are seeing with the florida republican party. they re blind march towards extremism has led them to abandon both long-standing political philosophy and actually their own voters. it s equal parts fascinating and frightening. look how quickly small government have embraced out and out autocracy. by now, we are all familiar with florida s don t say gay law. it sparked quite the backlash as it aims to erase entire groups of the pushback was so significant that even businesses started condemning the legislation including disney. although we sho
close look at what donald trump was saying to his circle the days after the 2020 election defeat. it comes after prosecutors questioned multiple witnesses about whether trump privately acknowledging the days after the election that he lost. according to four people briefed on the matter, the times says that one of those witnesses was trump s son-in-law, and senior adviser, jared kushner, who testified to the grand jury last month. precautionary, he s not the only person who knows what trump was saying in 2020. here is just a reminder of what we learned in the january 6th committee hearings. i remember maybe a week after the election was called, i popped into the oval just to give the president the headlines and see how he was doing. and he was looking at the tv, and he said, can you believe i lost to this [bleep] guy? as they investigate trump s efforts to overturn biden s when, the prosecutors are also talking to michigan secretary of state, jocelyn benson, about what ha
we ve got brand-new reporting that reveals special counsel jack smith is taking a very close look at what donald trump was saying to his circle the days after the 2020 election defeat. it comes after prosecutors questioned multiple witnesses about whether trump privately acknowledging the days after the election that he lost. according to four people briefed on the matter, the times says that one of those witnesses was trump s son-in-law, and senior adviser, jared kushner, who testified to the grand jury last month. precautionary, he s not the only person who knows what trump was saying in 2020. here is just a reminder of what we learned in the january 6th committee hearings. i remember maybe a week after the election was called, i popped into the oval just to give the president the headlines and see how he was doing. and he was looking at the tv, and he said, can you believe i lost to this [bleep] guy? as they investigate trump s efforts to overturn biden s when, the pro
welcome to the beach weekend. i m ari melber. let s get right into the headlines. in the political world, is adjusting swiftly to the republican results out of iowa, which showed trump in the league. as we were covering that night with rachel. but half of that red electorate open to alternatives. the top two alternatives, which are two individuals separated by just under 3000 votes in iowa, are squaring off, there are high stakes in new hampshire. this is the more moderate, independent state that could favor haley. it s voters also will look more like the november electorate than the nominee, whoever the republicans ultimately pick, will have to face. new tonight, desantis is not campaigning in new hampshire right now, having given up on the moderate-leaning states, giving the quote, abysmal poll numbers for the new york times. and while it is january, we must remember the rest of the last political parts of the nation are probably a little bit exhaust at the thought