so here s the breaking news. was so afraid the president would attempt a coup that he and other top officials made plans on how they would stop anything like that from happening. also tonight another explosive new book details the dysfunction and delusion inside the white house after the former president lost the election. no one would tell him the truth. but enablers like rudy giuliani told him that he won. and a major court victory for britney spears. the judge permits her to hire her own lawyer as she battles to end the court-ordered conservatorship. gentlemen, good evening to you. thank you so much for joining. john, let s talk about this. this is frightening. the country s top military officer reportedly preparing to stop the then president from attempting a coup. they write about this at the chairman of the joint chiefs mark milley and i quote, they may try but they re not going to f ing succeed, he told them. you can t do this without the military, the cia and the fbi
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interesting body language we see, of course. senator bill cassidy, the republican of louisiana, who, of course, was one of the six republicans last evening who voted that this is, indeed, constitutional. he has been pacing the back of the chamber. certainly a different reaction from other republican senators like josh hawley of missouri who, of course, was one of those republican senators who questioned the electoral college vote. he has been sitting up in the gallery, away from his colleagues, at one point with his feet on the chairs in front of him. rand paul, at one point, was not looking at the video screen when they were playing some of these remarks. republicans, some of them are less engaged. of course, that speaks to what really is a sense here of how many are going to vote. jake, one thing that is dramatically different from the first impeachment trial one year ago, the almost utter silence in terms of defending president trump. one year ago we saw a war room putting
their roles. the decision could change the direction of the party as we know it. let s begin with jessica dean who joins us on the hill with more on this power sharing agreement. reporter: the big thing here is democrats will now take control of the senate committees. when you re in control, you re setting the agenda. that means thing in joe biden s agenda that they wanted to get ahead, president biden s agenda they wanted to push ahead like merrick garland s nomination for attorney general can now move forward. you ll remember there has been a holdup on some of these nominees including merrick garland who is the nominee to be attorney general because republicans maintained control of these committees, because they had to operate off the last congress because they didn t have this agreement in place. now that democrats will take over these committees, that means democrats are going to have a much easier time getting things on the table. they re going to hold control. we exp
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