President biden, since he was sworn into office january 20th, 150 days ago. In terms of understanding whats happened since then, over the course of the 150 days, i think theres two things external to President Bidens election that have made all the difference in terms of whats happened since. Things that have been defining and determining the two sides in our politics. On the republican side, the major determining factor for them is that the former president , who Joe Biden beat in the election, is not only still around, he is agitating among his supporters and among republican elected officials across the country to promote this alternate Reality Fantasy that he didnt really lose. There was something wrong with the election. Americans shouldnt believe in the election results. Somehow it can all be undone. That is a truly weird thing. I know we have been cooking in that stew for months now. Never lose sight of how truly weird that is. Its utterly unprecedented in our country to have an
The election is not only still around. Hes agitating among his supporters and among republican elected officials across the country to promote this alternate Reality Fantasy he didnt really lose his reelection effort. There was something wrong with the election. Americans shouldnt believe in the results, and somehow it can all be undone. That is a truly weird thing. I know weve all been cooking in that stew for months now, but never understood how truly weird that is. Its unprecedented in our country to have an expresident saying the current president is a pretender and must be returned to the White House. It is truly weird. [laughs] i think its that kind of a worrying effect on the republican party and on republicanism over the course of the 150 days of the biden presidency. That has led to the violent attack on the u. S. Capital on January 6th and the aftermath of that. The elevation of quite insane conspiracies and conservative politics and media including the latest one on the Fox
here s what he had to say about how the country handled covid and what he would do differently if he could do it all over. straight ahead, congresswoman debbie dingell joins the situation. we have january 6 to cover and a whole lot more. velshi begins right now. good morning to you. it is 9:00 a.m. in the east, 6:00 a.m. out west. in two days, steve bannon will find out if the insurrection of the former president might cost him his freedom. the ally of the twice impeached ex-president is facing criminal contempt charges for failure to supply with a subpoena by the committee investigating the attack. it battles with other stubborn loyalists to gain crucial information about one of the events with the most shocking results to our democracy. the committee investigates the deadly january 6 insurrection and the days leading up to it. as it continues to probe, panel members and house intel chair adam schiff says no one is off limits, including the ex-president. one thing th
court and nbc justice correspondent pete williams, tom goldstein and kimberly adkins-store. pete, take us through the significance today. we hope to see we hope the supreme court will stream it on the website. we are waiting for that to start. the court said yesterday it would start right at noon. is that because they are streaming it because of the covid restrictions on the court? yes, i think that s part of it. of course, the security environment at the court. the big fence that s around it. it won t be the first time we will have seen one of the swearing in ceremonies on television. the first time they did that was for sonia sotomayor. this will be a scaled back version. members of her immediate family. john roberts will start the process. he will give her all justices have to take two oaths of office. not just the constitutional like you see the president take at the inauguration, but they also have to take a judicial oath. roberts will administer one and stephe
investigation has revealed evidence that mr. cipollone repeatedly raised other and legal concerns about president trump s activities of january 6th and while the select committee appreciates mr. cipollone s earlier informal engagement with our investigation, with the ball now squarely in cipollone s quote the new york times is out with some important reporting, quote, the subpoena of a white house counsel a rare step for a congressional committee sent a clear signal of the aggressive tactics the panel is willing to use to force the cooperation of the white house top lawyer who could likely invoke attorney-client privilege in response to many questions. the committee has at times used the leverage of a subpoena or the leverage it creates to force witnesses to negotiate a deal for their cooperation. discussions about the scope of a possible appearance are expected to begin soon. lawyer familiar with cipollone s deliberations who was not authorized to speak on the record said th