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ex-president s former fixer joins me next. plus huge job numbers beat everyone s expectations this week as the recovery continues, but what is this booming economy doing for black americans? i ll talk to the vice president of the st. louis fed. and introducing the velshi banned book club. we re innaug raing a new club. velshi starts now. augurating a . velshi starts now. good morning to you. it s saturday february 5th. for most americans the attack on the capitol on january 6th, 2021 was a shocking event in history. what we ve learned since then, it was stoked by an active plot to deny joe biden the presidency. memos unearthed by the new york times and the washington post this week shine light on the month s long effort that preceded the events of that day and they link those efforts to donald trump himself. according to the new york times 15 days after election day in 2020, james r. troupes a lawyer for the trump campaign in wisconsin received a memo for the ....
republicans could not avert a lot of internal chaos. in fact, friday was a very, very bad day for house speaker mike johnson. not only is johnson facing a looming battle over his speakership, thanks to the motion to vacate filed by marjorie taylor greene, he is also dealing with a dwindling house majority, with wisconsin congressman mike gallagher announcing plans to leave congress next month. republicans will soon be able to lose just one vote, if all democrats put together on legislation. joining us now, mariana sotomayor, congressional reporter from the washington post. welcome. i have to ask you, is there more frustration in the republican caucus with marjorie taylor greene or speaker johnson? i would say, with marjorie taylor greene. it s something that i heard from even far right members of the house freedom caucus. they are not taking this too seriously, simply because, as many republicans pointed out, she is someone who seeks attention, so it will be interes ....
bernie moreno has defeated dolan and frank larose, who were considered traditional republican candidates. moreno will face three-time senator sherrod brown in november. and on the west coast, california s congressional 20th district will hold a special election to see who will fill out former house speaker kevin mccarthy s term. if no one gets the amount, the top two will face off. and we have suzanne with the weekend. and brandon buff, adviser. thank you for being here. hi. you know ohio politics. your reaction to what we re seeing in the buckeye state tonight? well, obviously a big win for donald trump. he had to go in there at the last minute and do a rally for bernie moreno to push him over the finish line. it s not often that the trump- endorsed candidate needs to feel backup at the last minute. but it s a risky play. everybody in at least established in republican circles thought were perhaps the better positioned to win. this is a critical seat. republica ....
concerned that evidence sought by his former fixer, michael cohen, and half a billion dollar lawsuit, could incriminate the former president. michael cohen goes on the record, live, a little later. and must see tv. congresswoman jasmine crockett joins us live to make the case for televising the trump trials. all of this and more is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you all, i m katie phang. we begin this hour with new developments in one of the several cases against the twice impeached, now thrice and dated, one term disgraced ex president. overnight, the department of justice, seeking to have a federal judge impose a protective order on criminal defendant, donald trump. in special counsel jack smith s 2020 election case. the doj is concerned, rightfully, in my opinion, that trump will share sensitive and confidential information. and it s likes to trump s own inflammatory social media posts in which trump appears to vow revenge. it s important to note that on ....
relationship with trump of the white house trump work for him full-time. we know less about calls oliveira, we don t have a photo of him we went to get our first glimpse of him until tomorrow when he scheduled to make his first appearance in federal court in miami. from what we do, no deal of air is 56 years old. he s worked in mar-a-lago in a number of jobs for about 20 years. he has multiple roles but currently he s the property manager of the resort. special counsel jack smith s team is fanned both nada and de oliveira with multiple crimes. including serious crimes, conspiracies to obstruct justice. prosecutors allege that nadia and dealer eric carried out trump s orders and remove dozens of boxes of government records, including those that were handled with and classified around mar-a-lago in order to prevent fraud in the 30s even trump s own lawyers from finding them. if convicted, they could face years-long prison sentences. at this, time both men still remain emp ....