it through enforcement, professor american history at yale university, and steven levitskiy is a professor of history at harvard university. two days before judge michael luttig got a phone call that may have changed the course of history for this nation. then, a capitol police officer who risked his life on january six is hoping to serve his country to different way, this time as an elected official. plus i will talk to california colorado secretary of state janet griswold on the heels of the decision to see whether trump is eligible to be on the stage primary ballot. another hour of velshi starts right now. good morning, it s saturday december the six. i m ali velshi. it s been three years since that mob attacked the united states capitol as part of donald trump s desperate attempt to cling to power after losing the 2020 presidential election. that attack lasted only a few hours, but the long shadow of the violent insurrection continues to loom large over american dem
being fined the maximum penalt of one point $6 million. all of the logistics like weight, it not a lot has happened yet but, trump and many have his allies have already bega criticizing and accusing the justice system of being corrup and biased against him donald trump, like anyon accused of a crime in th united states, is presumed innocent until proven guilty and is also entitled to his da in court in order to defen himself. but, his focus of the moment seems to be delegitimizing the justice system altogether. i think that lebron support of the republican party the vast majority of you elected members of which hav already come to his defense. and latinos continuing to ru against him as the leader of the party in the 2024 gop trum presidential nominee like his own vice president, mike pence i think the unprecedented indictment of a former president of the united states for a campaign finance issue i an outrage i think it s clear to th overwhelming majority of the american p
good evening from new york. i m in for chris hayes. we are still waiting for the january 6th committee s report on donald trump s attempted coup. but today, ahead of the final product, the committee has released a brand-new batch of transcripts from its closed-door interviews. those transcripts providing new insight into the inner workings of the trump administration, both in the days leading up to january 6th and as trump s inner circle scrambled to respond to the committee, the committee s investigation. in fact, among the new transcripts is an interview the committee conducted with the former trump secretary of defense, this man, mark esper, who answered questions surrounding the ex president s desire to use the military to quell domestic disputes. in an interview with former deputy press secretary sarah matthews, who said she heard trump seemed to privately admit that he lost the 2020 election. quote, alyssa fara, the former communication director said to me that behind
large the system has better pricing in this more efficient and works better and you have to support technology and the changes even though it leads to destruction. bob, thank you my friend. thank ring with. us particular on the weekend when you work real hard. thanks for the book in the advice and got to give me over the years. senior market correspondent cnbc, author of showed up and keep talking, messages of life and investing for the new york stock exchange which comes out on tuesday, incredibly important under conversation with judge michael luttig up next. i don t often say this but it is a conversation in the stark warning that you need to hear. it is a master class in constitutional thinking, it might just save american democracy. you need to watch this. another hour of velshi begins right now. right now. good, morning it is an area where the 15th. emily velshi. after more than your investigation 1000 witnesses and nine televised hearing, the january six committee ha
york, a live look of the hearing room, the vice chair of the committee, liz cheney giving a preview yesterday. she says the panel will examine a plot by former president trump and attorney john eastman to prevent former vice president mike pence from counting lawful electoral votes. john: the hearing is expected to feature two witnesses, greg jacobs. served as special counsel, chief counsel, rather, to vice president pence and former federal judge who also advised mr. pence. ludig is called the last ditch effort to keep trump in power incorrect at every turn. we are going to pause for one moment to let our fox stations join us now. and this is fox special coverage of the third public hearing in the house select committee investigation of the january 6th insurrection. we are going to pause right now. all right, this is fox news special coverage of the third public hearing in the house select committee investigation of the january 6th capitol riot. i m john roberts in washi