by rmt union. it has meant trains going out of service and millions of passengers going nowhere. my daughter s doing her gcses. i ve got to get her to and from school, so it s a right pain in the neck. i understand they want a pay rise and things change, i get that, but it s not fair for all the commuters. we are going to primarily focus on the two stories this hour, the rail strike in the uk and the hearing in washington, which is where we are going to begin. we start in washington, where the committee investigating the storming of the capitol onjanuary 6 is holding another public hearing. today s focus is on pressure by former president donald trump and his team for individual us states to overturn the election results. central to this are two battleground states arizona and georgia. joe biden won both by a razor thin margin and president trump has kept pushing false claims of electoral fraud. in opening statements, we heard from the republican vice chair liz cheney.
fight ahead for trump l s legal team. jessica schneider, thank for all of that reporting this morning, starting us off. joining us now, shelby talcott and john avlon is back with us. that s the point, right, john? no other defendant has gotten that change of venue. it s delayed. that s the point. of course it s delayed. that s what donald trump does. he projects, deflects, and tries to delays when it comes to court cases. this is an incident that happened definitively in washington, d.c., when he was president. living in washington, d.c. if the other three dozen folks haven t had luck in changing the venue, donald trump hasn t either. what do you make of what we heard from mike pence over the weekend on the sunday shows, talking to dana, et cetera, but also, trump s lawyers saying, like, mike pence is going to be our best defense witness. yeah, i noticed that also. i think that s really interesting. and i m curious why they re so confident, i guess, in why he would be their b
trump can win a general election. so there is concern amongst some republican circles that this is bad for trump, the question is will that concern turned into attacks on donald trump and support for one of his rivals? latte donald trump and support for one of his rivals? ~ . ., . , ., his rivals? we heard that clip from trum - , his rivals? we heard that clip from trump. straight his rivals? we heard that clip from trump, straight out his rivals? we heard that clip from trump, straight out of his rivals? we heard that clip from trump, straight out of the - his rivals? we heard that clip from trump, straight out of the trump l trump, straight out of the trump playbook, saying he has no idea who the woman is, the verdict is a disgrace, a continuation of the greatest witchhunt of all time. that sergey has worked well for him in the past, what suggests it won t in the past, what suggests it won t in the past, what suggests it won t in the future? that strategy. it could, partic
recounted state of georgia, they were all hand recounted and became remarkably close recounted and became remarkably close to recounted and became remarkably close to the first count, and then upon close to the first count, and then upon the close to the first count, and then upon the election being certified, president upon the election being certified, president trump, because he was within president trump, because he was within a president trump, because he was within a half percent, excuse me, could within a half percent, excuse me, could ask within a half percent, excuse me, could ask for a recount, and then we recounted could ask for a recount, and then we recounted them again through these counters recounted them again through these counters and we got markley the same account counters and we got markley the same account. three counts, all remarkably close, which showed that president remarkably close, which showed that president trump did come up short.