you see over there, a low traffic area, on a stun bench, there is the famous colonists and pundit mark shields, and he is sitting beside a guy in a t-shirt and jeans, who is actually me, and i am counting $10,000 in cash. what do you think, and who do you reported to? i think while they have drug dealers in the east coast here to, mom. that s probably why i think. it was it was a strange moment. it s all going to be explained at the end of the show why mark shields was with me when i was counting $10,000 in cash and congressional office building. can i ask you in advance how big $10,000 in cash is? it was hundreds, so i have never seen it before. it was quite a stack. you have to count them, you know, i just picked them up, here s a hint. i picked them up in the garage downstairs. you ve got me, lawrence. you hooked me. that was where i was handed them. you got your hooks in me. mark shields took it instead completely in stride. it was another day in office.
and if so, when? we are not going to stop what we are doing to share the information that we have gotten so far with the department of justice. tonight, the latest on the back of forth between the 16 committee in the justice department the connection between the coup plotters and the supreme court and the alleged complicity of certain members of congress, including the senator from cancun. then, the republican governor found vacationing in europe while his state deals with historic flooding. and we will talk new mexico, where they are experiencing the rather disturbing we life on the ground consequences of the big lie. i still believe our elections are fraudulent, i believe that we already have enough evidence when all in starts right now. good evening from washington d.c., i m mehdi hasan, in for chris hayes. the attempted coup that took place on january the 6th, 2021, infected all three branches of government. tonight, we are going to talk about how members of e
possibly a crime. they knew, and according to a testimony today, they do it anyway. and the testament knew that. he also in new in realtime that the actions that he was taking, or about to take with his 2:24 pm tweet the he had been told exactly how that it was at the capitol. although the presidents chief of staff, mark meadows, is refusing to testify before the committee. mr. meadows aid, ben williamson, and white house press secretary, sarah matthews, testified that mr. meadows went to the dining room near the oval office to tell the president about the violence of the capitol before the president s 2:24 pm tweet. it was clear that it was escalating, and escalating quickly. [noise] so then, when that we, than mike pence s tweet was sent out. i remember saying that that was the last thing that needs to be tweeted at that moment. pete aguilar says the committee s investigation shows that immediately after that tweet, the crowd in the capitol search. two minutes lat
january six insurrection took direct aim at former president donald trump for his role in inciting the events of the day. the prime time televised hearing paid into a picture of a president who at best was unmoved by the chaos he helped create. at worst, was intent on capitalizing on the arrest we, unrest, to overturn the 2020 election. [inaudible] multiple members of congress requested pardons from trump after the sixth. i was one of the first to call after that day a coup. the house select committee has only confirmed my suspicions. unfortunately, many of the americans who most need to hear the truth about what happened in the tumultuous final days of the trump presidency, remain in the dark. many of the largest conservative media outlets have chosen to play down or completely ignore the select committee s important work. joining me now, congresswoman robbyn kelly, democrat of illinois, who sits on the house oversight and reform committee. congresswoman, thank you for joini
do it for us tonight. now, it is time for the last word, with a great lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening to you, rachel. you have set the stage for this week s hearing, the january 6th hearing, which surely are the most important hearings since watergate. and i know you have mentioned your experience with the watergate hearings, and i m not sure how much you actually remember of those [laughs] of those hearings, or exactly you know, which diaper you were wearing at the time. i was six weeks old. maybe, i remember. i don t know. [laughs] so, i remember of it i was a student at the time. and watching it from that distance of a student, where i thought, i know everything. it never felt, it was no horse race component to it. i do not remember any discussion of what s gonna happen, because of these hearings. all i remember was the excitement of what are we going to learn tomorrow. what are we gonna learn, if you watch this thing today? what s gonna