Disinformation, conspiracy theories and rightwing propaganda. At the centered of the conspiracy theory devoted is today s gop, which purges members who refuse to lie about the election and is engaged in a coordinated attempt to whitewash the horrors of the january 6 insurrection. The divide has left democrats to defend democracy, while republicans in their current form endanger everything from minority voting rights to an unearthing the truth about the deadly attack on the u. S. Capitol to racial equality. Punch bowl news has a blunt assessment of the state of dysfunction in congress today just six months after the deadly insurrection at the u. S. Capitol. They write this, the two parties loathe each other as much as ever. Some democrats believe republicans threaten their physical safety, especially on the house side. There s still mags outside the house doors. There have been shouting matches in the halls of the capitol. One house democrat moved her office because she did not feel saf
Taxrelated conduct. Nbc news reported that the manhattan district attorney was probing schemes where trump organization employees were allegedly able to avoid paying taxes in exchange for benefits such as apartments. And forgive the pun, but this headline was just too good. The tentacles of the investigation now reach trump s former body guard who, believe it or not, is the company s chief operating officer over whether he received tax free benefits. As for the former president, he was in wellington, ohio, last night for what was a score settling endorsement rally for republican congressman anthony gonzalez who voted to impeach trump for the january 6th insurrection. Trump s rambling remarks were littered with fear mongrg but comes as the oath keepers has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges related to the january 6th attack on the cappal to. One other member of the extremist group pleaded guilty to lesser charges and so far 16 members of the oath keepers have been charged. Following r
into our off-line discussion. we re out of time, and sacha, that s the only reason aaron got the last word. thanks for joining us tonight. okay, sacha did get the last word. the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. well, good evening once again. day 44 of the biden administration, and the president s plan to slow the spread of a virus that s killed over half a million of our fellow citizens, wiped out about 10 million jobs is now up against a full on assault from republicans in the u.s. senate. biden s nearly $2 trillion relief bill is being read aloud right now on the senate floor. that would be 628 pages of it to a mostly empty chamber being read by the clerk at the request of wisconsin republican senator and conspiracy theorist ron johnson who made good on his threat to lead his party s effort to drag out the process of getting to final passage. this all got under way earlier today after vice president harris broke the 50-50 tie on the vote to begin debate of th
to overturn the election, being involved in the so-called war rooms at the willard hotel, and we need to find out everything they said and did. some subpoenas in this latest batch focus on the reported use of the willard hotel near the white house as a so-called command center for staging the effort to keep trump in power. it s in the woodward and costa book called peril. the committee s letter to attorney john eastman notes that he was, quote, at the willard hotel war room with steve bannon and others on the days leading up to the january 6th insurrection where the focus was on delaying or blocking the certificate of the election. committee also says he reportedly, quote, wrote two memoranda offering several scenarios for the vice president to potentially change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. like that s a thing. the subpoena also mentions eastman s appearance at the rally that took place just before the insurrection. we know there was fraud, traditiona
of wildlife charities. 0n the first stamps featuring king charles iii have been unveiled by the royal mail. more than 9,500 people are now known to have died following two devastating earthquakes which hit turkey and syria. that death toll is likely to rise significantly as rescue workers and civilians continue to search the rubble and survivors trapped beneath it succumb to their injuries and the bitterly cold weather. the earthquakes were the biggest in the region since 1939 and they triggered dozens of aftershocks along the east anatolian fault line, which is one of the world s most active areas for seismic activity. this is the scene live. this is gaziantep in the south east of turkey, the historic city of gaziantep. so many buildings destroyed, as in other cities in turkey and indeed threw into syria. and a delicate operation for the rescue as there, as they try to determine whether anyone still survives under collapsed buildings like this. international rescue teams