i memo written by a lawyer stating there is a very strong argument that the real deadline, it is not december 8th or december 14th, but january 6. the times reporting rudy giuliani used the memos to strategize and they were meant to address the wisconsin challenge but became a part of the strategy. boris epstein admitted last month on the beat there was was a fake scheme. and since then the feds are investigating it. the january 6 committee closing in on the electors plot, pence s aides are shedding light on the probe. today the arizona gop share suing to block the committee from getting phone records. they are accused of signing documents, falsely claiming to be presidential electors. and another mem yo disclosed today obtained by the washington post did dated december 18th, suggesting trump should invoke the powers of the national security agency in an attempt to show foreign power had meddled in the election to help biden win. we re seeing bombshell report, after bombs
another week of shows. we re so grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. hi, nicolle. welcome to the booet. joe biden just sat down for an msnbc exclusive. they just if he in the tapes. what you re seeing just happened. and you will only hear this exclusive on msnbc tonight, including starting this hour when stephanie joins us live with the first excerpt. there is no bigger inview in american government or politics. and we and stephanie have you covered with that coming up. i also have more on the expanding scandals, swirling around clarence thomas and his controversial activist wife. new evidence about her secret payments provided from a republican kecked insider. so we re going to get into that and what has become basically a pile of questions for not only clarence thomas but his colleagues on the court. what are they going to do about it. we ll get into that later tonight. it is one of those very newsy fridays. from the supreme court all the way over to the
for too long marijuana possession has been used as a weapon against underserved community. whenever you look at the challenge that we face with crime in our society, it is the wrong signal, 30 days before the election. the pardons are about marijuana. expunging criminal records for people out of jail. no one is left serving time in federal prison solely for marijuana possession right now. but this is also about much more than marijuana. as some critics did seed on old tropes that stigmatize, sean hannitiy attacking as a hail mary jane. and you just heard that from a republican governor, mr. hutchinson, linking personal marijuana use to what he sees as general crime in society. that is actually the whole point, though. marijuana is no longer a crime at all in much of our society across 19 states here. some liberal. some less so. and the scare tactics about pot as a dangerous drug on par with heroin or crack have truly lost their punch in today s society. you know we re div
good morning to you all. welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. and i m victor black well. so good to be with you. tropical storm warnings are in effect this morning as lee is downgraded from a hurricane to a post tropical cyclone. new england starting to feel the impact of the massive storm. boston logan is experiencing a spike in flight cancellations. so far, 25% of flights leaving boston have been cancelled. that s according to flight awe ware. lee is not expected to make landfall, but coastal cities can can expect powerful 50 to 60 mile per hour winds from outer bands of the massive storm. heavy rain and storm surge could cause flooding along the n nebraska coast. authorities are telling people to prepare to hunker down as the storm pushes north through the day. lee is also expected to cause dangerous rip currents along the atlantic coast with many states warning people to stay out of the ocean this weekend because of those dangerous surf conditions. we are
Another week of shows. we re so grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. hi, nicolle. welcome to the booet. joe biden just sat down for an msnbc exclusive. they just if he in the tapes. what you re seeing just happened. and you will only hear this exclusive on msnbc tonight, including starting this hour when stephanie joins us live with the first excerpt. there is no bigger inview in american government or politics. and we and stephanie have you covered with that coming up. i also have more on the expanding scandals, swirling around clarence thomas and his controversial activist wife. new evidence about her secret payments provided from a republican kecked insider. so we re going to get into that and what has become basically a