by early january most of the fake elector votes had arrived in washington except those from michigan and wisconsin. undeterred the trump team arranged to fly them to washington and hand deliver them to congress for the vice president himself. quote, freaking trump idiots want someone to fly original elector papers to the senate president, wisconsin republican party official mark jefferson wrote to the party chairman andrew hitt on january 4th. hitt responded, okay, i see a have a call and a text from someone else. the next day trump campaign director for election day operations g. michael brown sent a text message to other campaign staffs suggesting that he was the person who delivered the fake votes to congress. after sending the group a photo of his face with the capitol in the background, brown said, quote, this has got to be the cover of a book i write one day and i should probably buy mike roman a tie or something for sending me on this one. hasn t been done since 1876 a
Saying in a new interview about his reelection campaign, concerns about his age, and where this Debt Ceiling Standoff goes next. Plus, you have to see this one to believe it, former president Donald Trumps Video Deposition in the Defamation Lawsuit against him. He defends he is Access Hollywood comments on even insults the attorney asking the questions. The impact the testimony could have on the jury as the civil trial comes to an end. We have a lot to talk about, so lets get started. We are going to dig into President Bidens new interview with Msnbc Stephanie Ruhle in just a few moments. But first, is the Supreme Court compromised . More stunning reports about conservative Justice Clarence thomas have Many Americans and democrats calling for greater oversight on the judicial body. We cited think statements that billionaire gop, harlan crow, paid for thomass nephew to attend boarding school. That same day, the Washington Post detailed correspondents in 2012, between former Vice Preside
saying in a new interview about his reelection campaign, concerns about his age, and where this debt ceiling standoff goes next. plus, you have to see this one to believe it, former president donald trump s video deposition in the defamation lawsuit against him. he defends he is access hollywood comments on even insults the attorney asking the questions. the impact the testimony could have on the jury as the civil trial comes to an end. we have a lot to talk about, so let s get started. we are going to dig into president biden s new interview with msnbc stephanie ruhle in just a few moments. but first, is the supreme court compromised? more stunning reports about conservative justice clarence thomas have many americans and democrats calling for greater oversight on the judicial body. we cited think statements that billionaire gop, harlan crow, paid for thomas s nephew to attend boarding school. that same day, the washington post detailed correspondents in 2012, between former
easter sunday from new york. i m fredricka whitfield and we begin this hour in the middle east, where israel says it has carried out air strikes in syrian territory. israel s defense forces releasing a video it says shows strikes on a syrian military compound radar systems and artillery posts. the strikes were launched after israel says rockets were fired from syria toward the golan heights and in the west bank today, a funeral was held for two two british israeli sisters who were killed in an attack on friday. days of violence erupted following an israeli police raid on the al aqsa mosque compound in jerusalem last week. cnn s fred pleitgen is in jerusalem fred what s the latest? fredricka. well, certainly pretty big incident that happened there today on the border with syria when you had those rockets that came flying over from syrian territory, the israel defense forces say they say that those came flying towards the golan heights, which, of course are held by israel and t
wisconsin showing no clear leader in the democrat mandela barnes. pennsylvania with democratic lieutenant governor john fetterman, very narrowly ahead of dr. mehmet oz, just outside the margin of error. time to square the importance of this day, we learned today that former president obama will be campaigning their final weekend before election day. party officials familiar with the planning telling cnn they ve got appearances scheduled for pittsburgh and philadelphia with the possibility of having more. early voting is underway there, and 38 other states. so, far turnout has been heavy 2018, midterms with nearly 7. 3 million ballots already cast. with, it we ve already seen multiple reports of voter intimidation, including two armed men dressed in tactical gear spotted about a drop box in mesa, arizona, friday night. attorney general merrick garland was asked about it this afternoon. to prevent, to guarantee a free and fair vote by everyone was qualified to vote. and