it is saturday, january the 6th. i m ali velshi. it s been three years since a mob attacked the united states capitol at the port of donald trump s desperate him to cling to power after losing the 2020 presidential election. that attack lasted only a few hours, but the long shadow of that fire insurrection continues to loom large over american democracy. especially now, as the 2024 race heats up. but both the twice impeached, multiply indicted former president, and the current, duly elected president, understand this. that s why january six is a central component of each other presidential campaigns, albeit in vastly different ways. president biden gave the first major speech of his reelection bid yesterday, and he used to as an opportunity to reflect on how the insurrection exposed trump s complete disregard for america s constitutional and democratic values, and emphasized that the former president remains a danger to democracy. it s the first national elections since jan
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Stories of democrats who worked with the russians in the 2016 campaign. President then turned his attention as i mentioned to Attorney General Jeff Sessions. This is important when you consider that this is the individual recused from an ongoing probe of potential obstruction among things and donald trump saying its too bad that sessions recused and then asked an intelligent question. The reporter asked donald trump to compare Jeff Sessions to the previous administrations Attorney General eric holder under obama and donald trump said this. I dont want to get into loyalty but i will tell you that i will say this. Holder protected president obama. Totally protected him. When you look at the things that they did, and Hold Proer Tekted the president. And i have Great Respect for that. Ill be honest. I have a little more on that in a moment. Trump also asked here in this very newsy interview whether he would order the justice
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Whether or not Speaker Pelosi votes. Its tradition the speaker doesnt often votes but on a day like today i would think she would want to lead from the front. Well see. It seems like unprecedented times. Hagar, felipe, congressman, thank you so much. Well hand off to ari melber. Good morning. Im ari melber reporting live from nbc headquarters with coverage of todays events on msnbc. The breaking news coming out of capitol hill, lawmakers in the house about to take their first ever formal votes on how to proceed with the Impeachment Inquiry of president donald trump. This new resolution maps out the blueprint and rules of the road
for what democrats say is the next public phase in this impeachment probe. Now many are expecting a Party Line Vote today. Lawmakers will vote on these ground rules which includes moving the closed door depositions of all of these key witnesses into public hearings. Weve seen squabbling over this process. Were expecting in our special coverage to hear from Spe
Business, the media, across the board, and the president since hes been in office has stoked that in an unprecedented way. The argument that theyre going to make about the fact that hes obstructing certainly matters on constitutional level but does it matter on a who cares level. This is an issue, i think the loss of institutional integrity, because our politics are tribalized and divisive, why nancy pelosi did not want to move forward with impeachment for the longest time, because it would be so divisive and she feels like her hand has been, you know, that theres no choice but to move forward. Whether its i remember during the health care debate, senator dodd said this is a really bad idea to do this on a party line vote. Doing impeachment this way is really hard because it allows one side to cast the other as seeking to legitimize them. Thats what the American People should not want because it undermines our institutions. Were going to hear from three witnesses basically at length to