opposition. and fauci unleashed. in new interviews, he gets real about finally having a president who listens to science. good morning. i m jonathan capehart. and this is the sunday show. this sunday marks four days since donald trump left office and new details of his desperate attempts to overturn the results of a democratic election are still unfolding. the wall street journal report ing overnight that donald trump pressed the justice department to ask the supreme court to invalidate president biden s victory. this comes on the heels of friday s bombshell new york times report confirmed by nbc news, that the former president plotted to replace then-acting attorney general jeffrey rosen with trump loyalist jeffrey clark in the hopes of overturning georgia s election results. then last night, the times revealed scott perry of pennsylvania aided in the scheme by introducing trump to clark whom he knew was open to voter fraud conspiracies. the plan was stopped early t
we ve got the latest on what you n need to know. president biden is now reversing a controversial policy originally meant to slow the spread. we ll speak with the leading democratic member of congress about the move. plus do you have a real christmas tree or are you team artificial? we re breaking down the numbers from gifts to movies to get a different view of america s holiday traditions. we start this hour with the hottest item to get this christmas eve 2021. it s not a tickle-me-elmo, not an a furbie. this year it s a covid test and in cities nationwide upeople are lining up to get their hands on one. many drivers in this line waited more than two hours at a drive-through testing site in raleigh, north carolina. scenes like this one playing out across the country as covid cases in the united states skyrocket almost 50% in a week. hitting the highest seven-day average since january. that trend fortunately has not been as sharp when it comes to hospitalizations. tha
to turn himself in tomorrow, after a grand jury indicted him on two counts of contempt of congress. bannon is the first person charged with this crime in 38 years, but he could soon have company. former white house chief of staff mark meadows also refusing to testify before the january 6th committee. and congressman adam schiff says they re preparing to refer meadows for contempt charges. when, ultimately, witnesses decide, as meadows has, that they re not even going to bother showing up, that they have that much contempt for the law, then it pretty much forces our hand. and we ll move quickly. despite a setback last week, the january 6th committee is forging ahead in the fight for trump s white house records, with a hearing and appeals court set for november 390. meanwhile, new reporting on trump s call to mike pence the morning of january 6th, revealing the vulgar language he used to pressure the vice president. there was a report, excuse me language. go ahead. no
all in and overturning roe v. wade. and since the supreme court majority made that clear, republican led states have been tripping over themselves, jostling to one up each other with the most draconian extreme abortion restriction. florida, the governor signed a law banning akorgss at 15 weeks with to exceptions for rape or incest. following arizona governor s lead two weeks ago. in idaho, which like texas, passed a six-week ban, before most women even know they re pregnant. that law is being upheld temporarily by the state supreme court. but oklahoma said hold my beer, with oklahoma making it a felony to perform any abortion except to save the life of a mother. all of these bills are dependant on what the courts decide, and they don t take effect immediately. one state has succeeded in becoming the first state since roe v. wade was implemented to force all of its abortion clinics to close. and that is kentucky, where yesterday republicans were able to override the democratic
statement that trump had the irs and other federal agencies investigate two federal officials involved into the case of his campaign ties to russia. quote, president trump questioned whether investigations by the internal revenue service or other federal agencies should be undertaken into mr. strzok or ms. page. i do not know of mr. trump ordering such an investigation. it appeared, however, that he wanted to see mr. strzok and ms. page investigated. kelly s statement was filed thursday in connection with lawsuits, lawsuits we have covered on this program, brought by mr. strzok who was the lead russia investigation and lisa page against the justice department for violating their privacy rights. that s when the trump administration made public text messages between them. like so much of what we now know about the trump presidency, this revelation was found, where do you think? in notes taken by one of his own staffers, likely sitting in front of the resolute desk, listening to