reporter: in just a few hours congress will be convening to certify the results congress will certify the results of the electoral college, and confirm president elect joe biden s victory. crowds are already gathering for a pro trump rally, the president says he will speak at. as many as 30,000 people expected. this is the day that happens every four years. usually no one pays attention to it, but this year, all eyes are on capitol hill. dozens of house and senate republicans are going to object to the certification of millions of legally cast votes. still, the president is ramping up pressure on vice president pence, to flip the outcome. even as spent some self reportedly told the president that he does not have that power. trump allies tell nbc news they
reporter: in just a few hours congress will be convening to certify the results of the electoral college and confirm president-elect joe biden s victory. reporter: crowds are already gathering for a pro-trump rally that the president says he will speak at. as many as 30,000 people expected- reporter: this is a day that happens every 4 years that usually no one pays attention to, but this year all eyes are on capitol hill. reporter: dozens of house and senate republicans are going to object to the certification of millions of legally cast votes. reporter: still the president is ramping up pressure on vice president pence to flip the outcome, even as pence himself reportedly told the president that he does not have that power. trump allies tell nbc news, they believe he will keep disputing the results, what allies say the president is increasingly desperate. (gavel bangs) irving: madam speaker!
reporter: in just a few hours congress will be convening to certify the results of the electoral college and confirm president-elect joe biden s victory. reporter: crowds are already gathering for a pro-trump rally that the president says he will speak at. as many as 30,000 people expected- reporter: this is a day that happens every 4 years that usually no one pays attention to, but this year all eyes are on capitol hill. reporter: dozens of house and senate republicans are going to object to the certification of millions of legally cast votes. reporter: still the president is ramping up pressure on vice president pence to flip the outcome, even as pence himself reportedly told the president that he does not have that power. trump allies tell nbc news, they believe he will keep disputing the results, what allies say the president is increasingly desperate.
expected. this is the day that happens every four years. usually no one pays attention to it, but this year, all eyes are on capitol hill. dozens of house and senate republicans are going to object to the certification of millions of legally cast votes. still, the president is ramping up pressure on vice president pence, to flip the outcome. even as spent some self reportedly told the president that he does not have that power. trump allies tell nbc news they believe he will keep disputing the results. and all eyes are saying, the president as being squeezed family desperate. madam speaker! the vice president and the united states senate. [applause] it was the day after we had tommy s funeral.
are going to object to the certification of millions of legally cast votes. reporter: still the president is ramping up pressure on vice president pence to flip the outcome, even as pence himself reportedly told the president that he does not have that power. trump allies tell nbc news, they believe he will keep disputing the results, what allies say the president is increasingly desperate. (gavel bangs) irving: madam speaker! the vice president and the united states senate! (all clapping) jamie raskin: it was the day after we had tommy s funeral, so it was a very tender, raw time, and our youngest daughter, tabitha, said, daddy, don t go. i want you to stay home. and i said, i have to go in because this is a constitutional responsibility.