i am stephanie ruhle. the january six committee is on the eve of revealing more crucial evidence about a key part of donald trump s plan to overturn the 2020 election. the panel s fifth hearing starts tomorrow afternoon at 3 pm eastern. it will focus on how trump himself pressured his own top justice officials to go along with his plan, and how they repeatedly resisted. trump also tried to install a loyalist to leave the department of justice, a man name jeffrey clark, who backed his false claims of fraud. former attorney general, jeffrey rosen, the man tried along with his former deputy, richard donahue, and another official, steven angle. we heard from donahue at yesterday s hearing. in a taped deposition, he told the story of a january 6th 2021 oval office meeting, where january 3rd, excuse me, oval office meeting, where he threatened to resign if trump made jeffrey clark attorney general. the president said, suppose i do this, suppose i replace him with jeff rosen,
that we now know to ask. question number one, was illegal? if the answer is, yes it was illegal, the next question is, did they know it was illegal? if the answer was yes they knew it was illegal, the next question is, did they try to pull it off anyway? if the answer to that is yes they try to pull it off anyway, my next personal question is always, well when they try to pull it off was it occasionally hilarious? [laughs] whether or not the answer that is yes, then next obvious question is, did they get caught? and then of course the final question is, will they get in trouble for it? that is pretty simply where we are. and sort of how we know how to orient ourselves in this ongoing saga which will be, you know, our generation story in american history. was illegal? did they know? did they do it anyway? was it ridiculous when they did? did they get caught? will they get in trouble? now, the answer to all the first five questions, we now know, is yes. it s only that last one
support the county that i worked for for over 20 years. i just need a new beginning and a fresh start. and, in the hours since yesterday s hearing, thousands are pitching it in a big way. lady ruby and nationally asked for $30,000 and donation. while, last week, we checked tonight she has surpassed that by 200,000 bucks. but, here s the thing. lady robbie and her daughter should not have to fund-raise and start over for just being a volunteer poll worker. and, there is another way to show your support for people like ruby and shea. and the many others who help our voices be heard every election day. actor george the case suggested earlier today, the best way to honor miss moss and lady ruby is to become a poll worker. pass it along. you could find out how to do that at help america vote.gov. it turns out, any american can apply. and, as the website points, out most poll workers do in fact
worker. pass it along. you can find out how to help america vote.gov, it turns out any american can apply as the website points out, most poll workers do in fact get paid. but they never, ever, ever should get threatened for doing the right thing. so as americans, help these two brave women, more of us can help in their mission to protect our democracy. and on that note, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks that nbc news, thanks for staying up late with us. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. late with us i will see you at it is a very simple progression. the bottom line, it is still not easy to figure out how this is all going to end, ultimately. but in terms of where we are now, it is easy, it is very, very, logical injury far-right figure out where we are in this story. because these are the questions
religiously unaffiliated is up by nine points. an millennials a huge part of this trend. 4 out of 10 people in millennial age they they are not religious. 538 the web site points out that they could be permanent. they are leaving a not coming back. theologian and fox news contributor jonathan morris, great to see you. why are millennials leaving faith and not coming back? let s analyze it a little bit, i think there is a great silver lining as well, a great moment of hope for us as a country and let me explain why. the millennials don t join anything. it s just part of the nature and that s a spoiled generation, but as a generation, one of the characteristics that sociologists see if they don t join. so we see this just in ten years