insurrection. then we learned in great detail how trump himself caused it, all of it. tomorrow we ll watch the season finale when we will get the inside story of the 187 minutes donald trump spent reveling in the violence that he caused while doing nothing to stop it. that is what we begin tonight. over the last six weeks of these public hearings the january 6th committee has put forth an exhaustive record of not just just what happened on the day of the insurrection but everything leading up to it, spelling out the former president s scheme to sell the big lie, summon the mob and light the match of violence. they have accomplished that using live testimony from more than a dozen witnesses and recorded depositions from people who would know, republican former white house officials and members of the president s inner circle. his own legal team both in the white house and on the fringe all of whom paint a damning portrait of what the twice-impeached disgraced former president
at this hour, president zelenskyy is in washington pushing for critical aid for his country s existential fight against russia. his visit capped off by a meeting at the white house with president biden. in a few minutes the two leaders will hold a press conference. we ll bring you that live when it happens. we begin with a stunning revelation by the special counsel jack smith in the federal election interference trial. for the first time, the special counsel s office says it has data from donald trump s cellphone, and they plan to show how trump used his phone in the days and weeks after the election, including on january 6th. in a court filing last night previewing expert testimony, the prosecutors plan to bring to the case, jack smith says he plans to call to the stand an expert who extracted and reviewed data from trump s phone and the phone of another individual who s currently unidentified. special counsel said the expert will, quote, testify that he or she analyzed da
Prevent a repeat of last week and make sure the transfer of power is peaceful. We are live in washington and in state clols across the country as the inauguration collides with impeachment, a trial that could start while joe biden is giving his inaugural address. We might get an answer this morning on when haass Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to send that article across the capitol. She will speak live from there as one gop senator now openly saying the house was right to impeach the president. Were talking about one of the impeachment managers congresswoman Stacey Plaskett here live in just a moment. Good morning, im Hallie Jackson in washington along with our nbc news team, tom costello over on the hill, dasha burns in lansing, michigan, Maura Barrett is in harrisburg, pennsylvania. Tom, let me start with you. We confirmed a few hours ago that all of these security concerns, i mean, there is going to be a delay in a weekend inauguration rehearehearsal. I was down at the capitol yesterday
In wisconsin, 22vote margin, and she got 31,000 votes. Those are states that decided the election. Thats why investigators are looking at jill stein. Its no surprise the reaction to the russian meddling is polarizing but it Doesnt Matter whether the investigation goes right or left. These leads need to be run down. So if the committees doing it, maybe thats a good thing. Thats our show. Hardball starts now. Bad santa. Lets play hardball. Good evening. Im Chris Matthews in washington where it was a day of high drama at the capitol. At this hour, were awaiting a senate vote on the republican tax bill that could come at any time. The house voted this afternoon, passing the bill despite every democrat opposing it, along with 12 republicans. Late today there was a wrinkle. House republicans said they will slightly alter the bill and revote tomorrow to ensure it fits with senate rules that allow it to pass with a simple majority. The Senate Parliamentarian had rejected several provisions snu
Tonight. The president is at maralago for the 29th time at president , 175th day there as president. In washington, a fairly explosive day at the usually quiet Justice Department. A second straight day of completely mixed signals, including what appears to be a slow Rolling Campaign to seize increasing amounts of control over politically charged cases. They are numerous. The New York Times was the first to report that trumps ag bill barr has tapped and outside prosecutor to, quote, scrutinize the criminal case against President Trumps former National Security adviser michael flynn. Barr installed a handful of outside prosecutors broadly reviewing the handling of other politically sensitive National Security cases. They go on to say over the past two weeks, the youd sioutside prosecutors have begun grilling line prosecutors about various cases. You may recall flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi during muellers investigation of ties between the Trump Campaign and russia and all thos