administration to manipulate the count for republican political gain. the issues include crucial technical aspects of the count, including the privacy of census respondents, use of estimates to fill in missing population data, pressure to take shortcuts to produce population totals quickly and political pressure on a crash program that was seeking to identify and count undocumented immigrants. most of the issues affected the population estimates used for reapportionment, which has a big impact on the balance of power in congress. the count affects how congressional districts are drawn up. that s a process that s contested because redrawing maps allows the party in control to redistribute power. it happens every time. it s happening right now. on friday, the ohio supreme court threw out a gerrymandered map and as of january 5, 2022, 34 cases are pending challenging congressional and legislative maps in 12 states as racially discriminatory and/or partisan gerrymanders. this is
staff mark meadows forks one. earlier today, he defied an ultimatum to appear. later today after bannon s indictment, the commit kree threatened him with the same. it would be tempting to say this may now be a different ball game, but cof course it s not a game at all. there was new audio that came to light today of the former president. he is talking to abc s jonathan carl, defending the capitol mob when chanted hang mike pence. here is the former president talking about his vice president who, as a reminder, was rushed by the secret service out of the house chamber when the mob attacked. were you worried about him during that that siege? were you worried about his safety? no, i thought he was well protected and i i had heard that he was in good shape. no. because i had heard he was in very good shape. but but you heard those chants. that was terrible. i mean, you know, the he could have well, the people were very angry. because it s it s common sense,
and then, a house contempt citation, setting the tone for the other acolytes of the former president to do likewise. today a federal grand jury said enough, indicting bannon on two counts and finally giving the select committee a measure of clout against those who would thumb their nose at them. former white house chief of staff mark meadows for one. earlier today, he defied an ultimatum to appear. later today after bannon s indictment, the committee threatened him with the same. it would be tempting to say this may now be a different ball game, but of course it s not a game at all. as a reminder, there was new audio that came to light today of the former president. he is talking to abc s jonathan karl, defending the capitol mob who chanted hang mike pence. here is the former president talking about his vice president who, as a reminder, was rushed by the secret service out of the house chamber when the mob attacked. were you worried about him during that that siege? we
appears to have bogged down into a protracted conflict. fighting intensified in the country s east. russian missile strikes and shells continuing to fall on ukrainian cities including the capital of kyiv. where the first u.s. congressional delegation to visit ukraine, met secretly with president zelenskyy in kyiv. this weekend. the group s leader our speaker nancy pelosi, with strong words for russia and its president putin. do not be bullied by bullies. if they are making threats, you can not back down. that is my view of it. we are there for the fight. and we cannot fold to a bully. the democrats will comes as congress considers president biden s request for 33 billion dollars in aid to ukraine. and russia suggests that shipments of western weapons streaming into ukraine are fair game for its military. the latest on russia s more that s coming up. and later, the emotional true story of our nation s first black secret service agent pardoned last week by president biden
york city. where we are just hours away from former president donald j trump s third criminal arraignment in just four months. tomorrow afternoon, at four pm eastern he is expected to appear in person at a federal court in washington d.c., where he will enter a plea to charges that he conspired to overturn the 2020 presidential election. tonight dawn forsman is preparing, setting up barricades outside the courthouse. of course, on tuesday a grand jury indicted trump on four separate felony counts, including conspiracy to defraud the united states of america. today trump s lawyer gave another preview of what could be a possible defense that the indictment strikes at the former president right for free speech. this is the first time that the first amendment has been criminalized. this indictment is criminalizing conduct not speech? it s criminalizing speech for this reason, what the president saw in the 2020 election was all these irregularities going on, he had the right