reveal a plot by theex-president s aides to use the military to overturn election results. the order empowers the defense secretary to seize, collect, retain and analyze all machines, equipment, electronically stored information and materiel records required for retention under a u.s. law that relates to preservation of election record, military. the draft order would have given the defense secretary 60 days to write an assessment of the 2020 election. that suggests that it could have been a gambit to keep trump in power until mid-february of 2021. this executive order was signed on the 16th and you don t have 60 days to overturn the election. it appears to be part of the more than 700 pages of documents that the ex-president tried very, very hard to block. the house january 6th committee from getting from the national archives. those files also include visitor logs, speech drafts, presidential diaries and handwritten notes and they re all official. these aren t musings and t
all right. good morning, everybody. welcome to the cross connection. i m tiffany cross. you heard some of the black voters who put joe biden in office weighing in on his myers i first year with mixed reviews. biden gave himself high remarks in what turned out to be the longest press conference in presidential history. it was a quite informative one. now, there have been many successes that you don t often hear about in the biden administration. over three-quarters of americans have finally received one jab. that s something and free home tests are now on their way to your mail books, not to mention the pass annual of the american rescue plan. we put more change in your pockets. we appreciate that and a massive infrastructure bill. but we do have to be honest. there have been many challenges, excuse me, ballooning inflation. the social spending bill nope as build back better, it s pretty much stalled indefinitely now and, of course, the big unanswered question, that is, of
Elizabeth mash, interim associate director of state issues. that does it for me, thank you for watching. catch me back here 10:00 a.m. eastern on velshi. the cross connection begins with tiffany cross right now. [ music playing ] has president biden done enough in the fight against covid? he as far as giving the people vaccinated he lived up to his promise getting those shots into people s arms. with the economy i think we are half-and-half on gas prices and that s a big concern for a lot of people. he s got to have a laser focus on the voting rights act and i don t think this administration with as many black people that they have in it, including the vice president, has done enough to make this message of voting rights a single-minded priority.