hundreds actually, now they re zeroing in on republican lawmakers who may hold key information about how the capitol attack was allowed to unfold in the first place. one person they d like to speak to in particular is jim jordan. in a letter to jordan, betty johnson said we understand you had one if not multiple conversations with the president on january 6th. we d like to discuss this with you in detail. hopefully he ll be clear with the committee about the phone calls with the ex-president than he s been during past interviews. i ve talked to the president numerous times. i continue to talk to the president. no, i mean on january 6th, congressman. i ve talked to the president i ve talked to the president so many i can t remember all the days i ve talked to him. i certainly have talked to the president. on january 6th did you speak to him before, after, during the capital attack? i d have to go i i spoke with him that day after. i think after. i don t know
comfort, teach, protect and serve in ways big and small. the first family saying you show there is much to gain in appreciation and gratitude for the gift of time and goodwill. we share. the first family going on in that statement to pay tribute specifically to those who have lost loved ones in the covid-19 pandemic saying we pray for you to find strength and from sor row and purpose from pain. there you see the first lady and the president walking into the auditorium to make those phone calls to u.s. service members. let s take a listen to that. come here, commander, commander, come here. joe, can you pick him up? here he comes. merry christmas, ladies and gentlemen. it is my distinct honor and privilege to introduce the president of the united states and the first lady of the united states. ma am. hi, merry christmas. how are you? bahrain, qatar, romania, everywhere but home. yeah. sorry. we are sorry, you know, one of the things we know because we are a milit
with him that day after. i think after. i don t know if i spoke with him in the morning or not. i just don t know. he just doesn t know. the committee is about to find out the facts. we don t know if jordan will comply with this request. they can issue a subpoena if he stonewalls. jordan also admitted sending a message to trump s chief of staff, mark meadows, on january 5th offering a legal theory on how trump could block biden s win. joining me now, former federal prosecutor joyce vance, juanita tolliver. trump is deeply unnerved by the january 6th committee. i wonder what you are now reporting given this jim jordan news? yeah, we reported early in the week that trump was reagitated by the amount of communications and documents that meadows had turned over to the select committee. i can only imagine that the former president is even more unnerved now because it appears that the committee is going to go after his biggest allies in congress, including jim jordan, who the c
of the presidential race. go talk to meadows. got a dubious tip about voter fraud? go talk to meadows. found an outlandish twitter thread about voter rigging, go talk to meadows. meadows refers to mark meadows, former president trump s chief of staff, who is facing possible contempt charges. records of his possible communications with others are now under intense scrutiny. last week, the january 6th praenld out some of meadows text messages and revealed that some came from unnamed members of congress. here s what one of them said. yesterday, january 6th was a terrible day. we tried everything we could in our objection to the six states. i m sorry nothing worked. on this show yesterday, donald trump s former personal attorney and fixer michael cohen weighed in on meadows text messages. i think mark meadows is the dumbest a-hole on the hill, to be very honest with you. i m watching and i m seeing these 9,000 texts, e-mails, from who-to-who-to-who, and i wonder i know for
good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we re going to start this hour with the latest in the coronavirus pandemic. right now the nation s testing capacity already strained to keep up with demand. it is facing enormous new pressure with people waiting in long lines to get tested as the omicron variant fuels a rapid spike in cases. meanwhile, the biden administration scored a big win last night in its push to enforce federal vaccine mandates. a federal appeals court reinstated the white house s vaccine or testing mandate for large businesses with at least 100 employees. business groups quickly appealed to the supreme court. and new york officials reported over 21,000 new covid cases on friday, the highest single day total of the entire pandemic. governor kathy hochul spoke with katy tur about what s to come. it s going to get worse, especially after christmas day. people gathering in person. there wi