you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex wit reports. developing for you this hour some brand-new comments from former vice president, mik pence, as he speaks out agains donald trump over his role i the january 6th attack speaking at an annual in washington, pence said, president trump was wrong, i had no right to overturn the election and his reckless word endangered my family and everyone at the capitol that day. i know history will hold donal trump accountable. those strong comments come after a week that saw some republicans try to re-frame th attack is a largely peaceful protest. earlier today, some go lawmakers called out their own party over those efforts a lot of folks on both side keep bringing up january 6th and it is keeping us fro moving our country forward we should be talking abou the southern border, as they were discussing, we should b talking about china and th challenge of possesses talking about inflation and budg
time a former president is indicted in u.s. history, he needs to be held accountable he s been a con man broke many laws. it is a reckoning. donald trump is at the cente of that reckoning. when he was president, with th first attack on the u.s. capitol by american citizens and u.s. history that was because of him pushin a big lie. and now, it is time for me t finally be held accountable fo one of the alleged crimes that he s committed listen, pretty stunning isn t a? his former vice president, mik pence, chiming in and agreeing with you that he will be hel accountable once history assesses the big picture effec of this insurrection let me ask you about some of your republican colleagues who ve opened the investigatio into the alleged mistreatmen of january 6th riot defenders, chair james comer, als marjorie taylor greene, they plan to visit them in jail take a listen to what your democratic colleague, jasmin crockett, told me about this yesterday. here it is
regarding the dominion defamation lawsuit is far from clear. lawyers involved in this cas are reportedly saying th explosive private messages b fox figures might never be introduced as evidence when th case goes to trial next month. my question to you, why? why wouldn t those messages no in the public domain, by the way, why would they not be admissible do you think fox wil ultimately be held liable? well, alex, to answer you questions in reverse i think fox is ultimately goin to figured a way to settle thi case out of court. i do think this is a stage and discovery where people are trying to assess what is the level of exposure that all the parties have, how deep doe this rabbit hole go? in reverse, one of the thing that allows them to settle it little bit less than what it i they might face in terms o being in front of a jury getting a judgment on trial, it s the notion that everythin that comes into discovery does not come in during evidence, there are various cases for. that coul
mexico mexico has a responsibility. first and foremost, to its own citizens, to establish safet and security within its ow territory. and to those who visit its country as well. but first, let s get some new reaction from lawmakers, fox host, tucker carlson s depiction of january 6th a being a largely peaceful joining me now, nbc s juli tsirkin is on capitol hill onc again for us so, julie, what are you hearing? yeah, there is no questio there, fatigue, not only fro democrats, but republicans whe it comes to january 6th. you know, or hearing from both sides of the aisle, not just o the release of these tapes t carlson, but also on thi newly-created investigativ committee in the house, led by a republican of georgia wh himself was accused of giving chore potentially to rioters the days before the attack o the capitol. what you re gonna hear in thes two soundbites that will pla for you, one of them is from stacey plaskett, has a lot o experience in this she actually was one of th
we as black people have bee talking about the prison syste in america for decades and no one seemed to think tha it was so important and so marjorie taylor greene and insurrectionist friends go incarcerated, now we want to look at what these condition look like. i m curious your thoughts o not only what she said but how do you think this visit by republicans will be interpreted? it is a disgrace, and i should be interpreted as showing empathy toward insurrectionists, and showin empathy towards people who try to overturn an election an take our government by force you know, there is evidence to suggest that there were many sitting members of congress wh may have helped some of th insurrectionists on januar 6th. this is despicable, this is disgrace, and i hope the