road map for the investigation by the january 6th select committee, one that has now ensnared more than a dozen top allies of the twice-impeached, disgraced ex-president, who can shed light on the 187 minutes of inaction by donald trump, exposed by the washington post report. as the people s house came under attack by a mob of his radicalized supporters. over the course of the next hour we will talk to three of the reporters whose work lies at the heart of this mammoth investigation for a deep dive into the evidence they unearthed. stuff like this. paralysis in law enforcement that led to one of the biggest security failures in the nation s history, driven by unique breakdowns inside each law enforcement agency and exacerbated by the patchwork nature of security across a city where responsibilities are split between local and federal authorities. the post also describes this. an extensive pressure campaign by the president and those around him to get pence to block certi
real cost of legislation is. doesn t sound like he s ready to vote yes. i say the president had to know because to be fair, joe manchin, you may not like his position, you may think he is holding up the party, but he s never said anything else in this process. ? fact, manchin didn t get a lot of pushback this time from the progressives. listen. the president says he thinks he can get 51 votes for this bill. we re going to trust him. we re tired of just being continuing to wait for one or two people. we trust the president that he will get 51 votes for this. and we will pass both bills through the house as soon as we have the final negotiations wrapped up. encourage everybody to keep tempers down. sometimes this happens in final negotiations. not really. not within the same party. this is unique to the democrats. now, to be fair, once again, the media loves the hype of deadlines and will it be now and will it be then? the democrats don t have to play int it. and they k
accountable. in their motion for a protective order, the justice department says, quote, such a protective order is needed in this case the because the defendant has released statements on social media regarding witnesses, judges, attorneys and other associates in legal matters pending against him. in recent days the defendant has issued multiple posts, either specifically or by implication including the following which the defendant posted just hours ago. if you go after me, i m coming after you. the filing including a screen shot of that ominous threat. prosecutors went on to say, quote, if the defendant were to begin issuing public posts using details or, for example, grand jury transcripts obtained in discovery, it could have a harmful, chilling effect on witnesses or adversely affect the fair administration of justice in this case. that request by the special counsel triggered a battle between team trump and the doj. here is how the new york times wrote this. john la
the terrifying shooting spree, but the gun violence this weekend was not limited to philadelphia. three people were killed in fort worth, texas, another lost their lives in shreveport, louisiana, and nine were injured in a drive-by shooting in our nation s capital. we re live from philadelphia. this country needs to re-examine its conscience and find out how to get guns out of dangerous peoples hands. also this hour, a scorching day for most of the country after the world marked the unofficial hottest day on record yesterday. and later, suspected cocaine in the white house, the new steps in the investigation on how exactly the illegal drug ended up inside the west wing. we re going to begin this morning with the devastating outbreak of gun violence and the frantic search for answers in multiple communities including philadelphia, where the suspected philadelphia mass shooter appeared in court for the first time since five people were gunned down. no cameras or phones wer
twice impeached once indictment ex-president and his loyal attorney general s pledge to investigate the investigators. it was a flashing red warning sign, though, of the politization of the trump era justice department. now, after an investigation that lasted four years, twice as long as the russia probe, it was initially set up to investigate, special counsel john durham has released a final report. it s more than 400 pages long. our team of experts and reporters are combing through it. but the probe s many failures and contradictions and chaos that surrounded it have been reported on and they are out there for everyone to see including high-level resignations. john durham is not today bringing any new charges. he s lost both of the cases that he decided to bring to trial. that s why some of the people at the highest levels of that probe left. the probe s stunning clashes and ethical lapses and internal chaos have been documented and detailed in an extraordinary body of repo