people used to say i was there, and now people say i watched it on television. slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. and what a decade it is coming up. happy new year! as we begin the 80s in the television world, the landscape was, on any given evening, nine out of ten people watching only one of three networks. more than 30 million people are addicted to it. social critics are mystified by its success. what is it? it s television s primetime prairie pot boilers dallas.” a move like that will destroy all of ewing oil and ruin our family name. i assure you, a thought like that never crossed my mind. brother or no brother, whatever it takes, i ll stop you from destroying ewing oil. dallas established new ground in terms of a weekly one-hour show that literally captivated america for 13 years. dallas is a television show which is rooted in the 1970s and one of the crazy things that emerges is this character, j.r
after you get what you want, you don t want it, that s a perfect number, because that s really her story too. because after you get what you want you don t want what you wanted she had money and the lights and the costumes and the fans. i know you but there was something missing. she doesn t want to be stuck at fox making stereotype movies. i could have sworn you were a dramatic actress. you think that s impossible. what i d like to do is be a good actress. when you want that, you re not necessarily going to find it in hollywood. there is no business like show business opens to great fanfare. but marilyn is nowhere to be seen. marilyn monroe didn t show up for her own movie premiere. her mind and her life were already somewhere else. she is incognito. as zelda zonk. zelda zonk was a beautiful woman in a black bobbed wig, sneaking away from l.a. to start a new life in new york. she didn t tell anybody anything. nobody knew. marlyn walked out a
formally asked to voluntarily cooperate in its investigation for spreading lies about the election. meanwhile, those who dare stray from the crooked path that today s republican party has paved are immediately blacklisted. think of liz cheney. booted out of her leadership position and no longer recognized as a republican in the state that she represents. wyoming. kind of ironic, because the rest of the country doesn t really recognize the modern republican party anymore, or what it stands for. donald trump remains its guiding light despite the fact he s facing multiple investigations involving serious matters. let this sink in for just a moment in new york state donald trump and his company investigated for fraud that stretches back many years. in georgia last thursday, a prosecutor asked to convene a special grand jury to compel witnesses to cooperate in the state s investigation into possible election interference by donald trump and his associates. and, of course, there
a very good day to all of you. from msnbc news headquarters in new york, welcome to alex witt reports. new polling from nbc news shows overwhelming majorities believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, and there s a real threat to democracy. senator bernie sanders responding to the low marks democrats are receiving, saying the party needs to start taking a different, more aggressive approach. i think there s widespread understanding that what we ve done in the last mix months has failed. we need to change course, and find the courage to take on the republicans, and let manchin and sinema decide what side they re on. today, bennie thompson says the january 6th panel has already spoken with william barr. do you intend to go to the attorney general, bill barr, to follow up on this? yes, we do, we have had conversations with the former attorney general already. we ve talked to department of defense individuals. meantime, tensions between russia and ukraine ar
had conversations with the former attorney general already. that s right, the chairman confirming that the committee has spoken to former trump attorney general bill barr, loyalist who made an abrupt and ugly exit after the 2020 election. what might he know about the trump efforts to overturn the results, efforts that reached a fever pitch on january 6th? in a moment, i m going to talk to january 6th committee member congresswoman zoe lofgren about that, as well as where the committee is now and where they re headed in the investigation. plus, a new nbc poll shows major divisions in the country, but one thing that appears to unite almost everyone, fear that our very democracy is in danger. this time, the threat is from within, but democrats in congress say they re willing to continue to fight for it. i think there is widespread understanding of what we have done for the last six months has failed from the policy point of view, it has failed politically. we need to chang