Hi, ari. Always good to see you. Thats right. Have a good show. Vicki so much. Great to see nicole and great to be back with you to start the week. We are covering quite a few stories. A lot of eyes are on georgia. We have live pictures from the courthouse. The grand jury is going over evidence about this long running 2020 investigation, including allegations that involve donald trump. Now we are going to follow the evidence of the facts and not get ahead of anything. Theres no reason to get ahead of it. It is the news, not prediction. What i can tell you is, there are good reasons why everybody is following death in the days ahead. That doesnt mean that anybody knows the timeline or how things are going to happen. Heres what we know. Some very crucial witnesses did enter the courthouse today and the judge did well today that part of the proceeding of any future indicted party could be televised. We are also watching to see if anything happens anyway that we can learn from and you know
my question is why would you abuse that power by formalizing a baseless impeachment inquiry into president joe biden? we are bringing in congressman jim clyburn for his take on the expected inquiry vote next week and more. plus, the alarm bells of authoritarianism are getting louder. donald trump s tumbling down on his desire to be a dictator, and just for one day, he says he. we will get into how president biden is responding to trump s plans for revenge and retribution. and retired army colonel eugene vindman is running for congressional seat in virginia. he was targeted by former president donald trump after playing a critical role in trump s first impeachment. why he wants to put his name on the ballot now. i am symone sanders-townsend and i have something to say. members of congress are back on the hill tomorrow for their last week before the new year. but there is only one resolution house republicans want to focus on. and one that authorizes an impeachment inquir
potential jurors. i kind of want to read a few exchanges i m seeing to get a sense of what s happening inside the courtroom. so in regards to one juror saying they follow donald trump on instagram. this is the exchange. do you still currently follow him? i followed him years ago, that is juror. just generally because it was a news item when he put a tweet out, so i was aware of that. have you seen him post anything about this case. haven t paid much attention to it. there was another exchange with a potential female juror who talked about reading mark pomeranz book, you know he was an attorney working in the manhattan d.a. s office investigating the former president, and subsequently left after alvin bragg became the manhattan d.a. i m worried to know too much. i m worried it s going to seep in some way. there are no wrong answers, sign steinglass says, can you put that aside? and the juror says yes.
over the weekend donald trump attacked that judge calling him highly partisan, biased, unfair insane, quote/unquote, she office he wants me behind bars. also, i m going to invite him down here because it was on friday when that judge said observatory statements in this case. i will take whatever measures that affect the integrity s of these meetings. meanwhile, the pressure from the special counsel may be affecting not only trump the people around him. they openly trashed the crackpot, sydney powell. they are spreading blame. please don t put me in jail. put that other guy in jail. strategy that was sure to come up at some point or another with another attorney working.
by mark. a lawyer that represented trump for more than 15 years. by the next day, kavanaugh remembered he does know of him. and his attorney partner, but still flatly denied discussing mueller with anyone at the firm. back with me, joining me now, assistant watergate special prosecutor and msnbc contributor. a little bit on this point. there s a great piece by john store at the editorial board on friday. says looks like kavanaugh did not want to say under oath that he has a close friendship with a attorney working at the firm who given him one and a million chance to rise in law. saying that he had a close relationship with the attorney working in the firm representing the man who given him a one in a million chance would look bad. speaking of looking bad, go to one part. finally answered did you ever talk to anyone in this firm.