Stop the steal movement the times also details gop congresswoman laura bobert of colorados, close connections to Militia Group, colleague the 3 ers that had at least one member who entered the capitol, and matt gaetz connections is described this way republican tiff gaetz of florida appeared at an event attended by members of the proud boys, another Extremist Organization whose role in the assault like those of the oath keepers and Three Percenters is being investigated. The times said in signaling either overt or tacit support, a small vocal band of republicans now serving in the house provided legitimacy and publicity to Extremist Groups and movements as they built toward their role in supporting mr. Trumps efforts to subvert the outcome of the 2020 election and the attack on congress. This caucus of extremists, which including the qanonsupporting Conspiracy Theory peddling Marjorie Taylor greene, appear to be creating incorrect tension on capitol hill right now, to the point that on
How Coronavirus Transmits helps save their season. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The first ever second Impeachment Trial Set to start a week from tomorrow, we have a whole bunch of developments in the case against the former president. And was one of the most reckless acts of any president in american history. First, there is the unsurprising upheaval in the former president s legal team. At least three lawyers left the team in recent days after trump asked them to focus their defense on continuing the big Poisonous Lie hes been pushing that the election was fraudulent, stolen. This comes just days after one of those lawyers, butch bowers of columbia, south carolina, said he did not hesitate to defend trump, saying, quote, it is who i am, it is what i do. Former president now has two new attorneys named just last night, bruce castor jr. Who previously declined to prosecute bill cosby and bill schoen who represented a whole bunch of folks including
He clearly intended to use whatever means were at his disposal, whatever levers he could find to overturn a free and fair election. And it was a project, lets be clear here, that almost the entire Republican Party signed on to before some of them got a little freaked out and tried to distance themselves. The times Reports Trump was enabled by influential republicans motivated by ambition, fear or misplaced belief that he would not go too far. Hm. Mitch mcconnell was okay with the plan because he feared alienating a president whose tee his control of the chamber. He also heeded misplaced assurances from white house aides like jared kushner, mr. Trump would eventually cede to reality. Remember that texas lawsuit challenge the Election Results that 18 republican State Attorneys General signed on to . Right . That was ghostwritten, drafted by lawyers close to the white house. The lie that the election was stolen propelled forward by new and more radical lawyers and financiers including the
election interference. here at home today, new covid tremors, 770,000 americans filed for first time unemployment benefits last week, a week to week increase and it s more proof of the pandemic s continuing wrath. plus, the case count, and its trajectory is, again, causing alarm. 17 states on the u.s. map now trending in the wrong direction. air travel topping more than a million passengers for seven straight days. the president later today delivers remarks on the vaccine race. one in eight americans are fully vaccinated, 1 million shots is a goal the president wanted to meet, and perhaps today, 40 days ahead of his campaign promise. progress, yes, but some jitters too. this morning the biden health team warns variants, and vaccine hesitancy, could pull the country down into another covid spiral. and there was this. listen, the tense fight between dr. anthony fauci and senator rand paul over masks and if wearing one still matters once more americans are vaccinated. when you
the first person into space way back in 1961. had the queen come across him? well, what do you think? very interesting to meet him. what was he like? russian. he didn t speak english. he didn t speak english? no, he was fascinating. they talked about things raining down on you, apt in a week such as this though theirfocus was the meteorite, chunks of which landed in gloucestershire. because it looks very mixed rock. then they were off to mars and the pictures of the four billion year old martian landscape sent back to earth from the mars perseverance probe. it is pretty rock strewn, isn t it? i think it s fascinating to see the pictures of mars. unbelievable, really, to think one can actually see its surface. school children demonstrated their idea of a rocket blasting off. very successful! for a few moments, a monarch with much to think about was able to escape. thank you, your majesty. bye! nicholas witchell, bbc news. that s it. now on bbc one, time for the news where yo