pouring through thousands of documents it now has its hands on and pursuing avenues tied to the money that flowed into and out of the group that organized the groups that would serve as opening acts for violence during the insurrection. liz cheney tweeting, quote, the committee already met with 300 witnesses. we hear from four more key figures in the investigation today. we are conducting multiple depositions and interviews every week. nbc news learn the four witnesses complainy referenced includes john eastman, author the memo designed to pressure mike pence to throw out the results of the election. as well as chris krebs chofs fired after declaring the election was the most secure in american history. liz cheney adds, quote, we have received exceptionally interesting and important documents from a number of witnesses, including mark meadows, he has turned over many texts from his private cell phone from january 6th. complainy adds, quote, do not be misled, trump is trying t
says iran s bid dictator. what is unbelievable is that trump, who is not exactly known for his restrained or self discipline would actually stop after day one. it s a significant disturbing escalation of rhetoric. just rhetoric, but it is an escalation for him because of how bluntly an openly he s telling the country about autocratic plans for a second term. during last night speech, trump also issued a thinly veiled warning to president biden, saying that the criminal indictments against trump have, quote, opened up a pandora s box that may never let our country be the same, and quote. trump s most subservient allies are also falling into line, picking up on the themes of retribution. at the end of last month, robert kagan, another large for the washington post, published a lengthy piece warning about the increasing inevitability of a trump dictatorship. in response to kagan s piece, the republican senator j.d. vance of ohio sent a letter addressed to attorney general merric
alone, and the nation is quickly approaching a quarter of a million deaths. this weekend, oregon and new mexico are locked down, curfews are in effect in multiple cities, including right here in new york city. the challenge for hospitals coast-to-coast is how to keep up. take jackson, mississippi for instance running out of icu beds for new patients. also the governor of nevada has tested positive. and the republican mayor of el paso says simply this, we need more help. from the federal government. so what s happening at the white house? that s the major question. the president is heading back to the white house after a day of, guess what, golfing, there he is earlier today and since he doesn t acknowledge joe biden s winning the incoming administration, it s plan is own vaccine strategy when it takes office in 67 days and that is where we begin. nbc s all nbc sali thanks for joining us on this. talk us through this, bring us up to date as to what we know from what exactly