the couch has been to a have you been to a renaissance fair? pete: many times. will: rachel and i have never been. pete: my mom loves the festival but we never wanted to go. because of it i like to say unguard. rachel: this segment kind of talk as lit the bit about biological dinses so before we even started, they were hitting each other with swords. i didn t grab my sword until, you know, the camera came up. now i m going to do what you guys were doing but i think it s interesting that swords were brought and immediately you guys start fighting. pete: absolutely. that s what they re for. rachel: that s what boys do. pete: look at those moves. can t take me. will: renaissance, fair, huh? pete: it s celebrating an era that doesn t get much love. like the vikings. rachel: it s not the vikings. rachel: beer. will: whatever they drink. will: what is mead? rachel: i don t know. it s some sort of drink. we ll see what they drink at the renaissance fair. will: attorneys for hunter
electors. presumably designed to create so much confusion the congress would kick the matter back to republican-led state legislators as to overturn joe biden s win in the states. it will explore the broader pressure campaign aimed at subverting the will of the american people. the first witness is the arizona state house speaker. aides say bowers will share critical new details about trump s demands and even harassment as the president sought to decertify biden s legitimate and legal win and republican-led arizona. the georgia secretary of state will also testify live. he famously went public with a phone call from trump. trump asking him to, quote, find enough votes to take away joe biden s legal and legitimate win in georgia and concoct an illegitimate trump win. another georgia election official will appear before the committee. you might remember sterling on december 1st, 2020. he publicly pleaded with trump to stop inspiring people to commit potential acts of violence.
trump electors. we are going to hear from four witnesses this afternoon, including the secretary of state for georgia, brad raffensperger and his chief operating officer, gabriel sterling, big public figures in the wake of the november election in 2020. the committee says it s going to show evidence that former president trump put undue pressure on legislatures to try to put forward alternative slates and electors. for president trump, the strategy did not work, legislatures did not go along with it. you see betty thompson taking it there, much of the questioning will be handled by california congressman adam schiff as he questions the witnesses and makes the majority of the presentation. liz cheney there seated to betty thompson s left-hand side, adam schiff on the right-hand side. we expect the hearing will last at least a couple of hours. let s pause now while chairman thompson gavels in today s hearing. the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the u
threats to her safety after being accused of being part of a conspiracy theory involving fake ballots, debunked, by the way. most of the discussion heading into today s hearing surrounds brad raffensperger who won a primary earlier this month. raffensperger was facing deep discontent from some trump supporters for pushing back on donald trump in the days before the january 6 insurrection, refusing the former president s request to, quote, find the votes trump needed to win that state. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have, because we won the state. flipping the state is a great testament to our country. ladies, in the hearings so far, each followed a pattern. donald trump was told he lost. he told his supporters that he won anyway. donald trump was told that there was no fraud. he told his supporters that there was fraud. donald trump was told that mike pence did not have the power to overturn the election. he said mike pence had the power to
Killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers. We have now learned their names. They are in the New York Times oped, The Organizations founder Chef Jose Andres called them the best of humanity. He went on to say, quote in the worst conditions, after the worst Terrorist Attack in its history, it is time for the best of israel to show up. You cannot save the hostages by bombing every building and gaza. You cannot win this war by starving an entire population. President biden personally spoke with Chef Jose Andres and released a statement condemning the strike, saying in part, quote, they were providing food to hungry civilians in the middle of a war. They were brave and selfless. Their deaths are a tragedy. Joining us this morning, nbcs molly hunter, Nbcs Kelly Odonnell at the white house, amna nawaz. Israel says theyre investigating the strike. What have we learned so far . Jose, thats right. They say they will complete a thorough investigation, but i just wanted to bring you up to dat