you do? trump asked. he just it outside, with a massive crowd of his supporters had gathered. they re cheering their bullhorns could be heard through the oval office windows. i wouldn t want anyone person to have that authority, pence said. but wouldn t it also be cool to have that power? asked the president of the united states. no, pence said. i m just there to open the envelopes. you know understand, mike, you can do this. i don t want to be your friend anymore if you don t do this. trump s voice became louder, and he grew threatening. you betrayed us, i made you. you were nothing, he said. your career is over if you do this. cut! because that s where the director would yell cut. if this working from a movie. but it s not. it happened. june 6th, today, it s been a year and a half since january 6th. in that time, the contours of what happened, of what happens, had become very clear. after the president of the united states lost reelection, he and his supporters launched a f
am while he. polls are now close in the seven states that actually had elections today. many results are still too early to call, but here are some of the primary races we are following closely at this hour. and california, we are awaiting a call in the mayoral race in los angeles, congresswoman karen bass running against rick caruso. a lifetime of businessman. turned democrat, a special recall election in san francisco lost his job as additional guitar any of that. city in south dakota nbc news projects that accompany republican governor christine all has one parent mary for governor. over and iowa democratic michael franken excuse me there, difference crane that from what we are seeing, defeated former congresswoman abby finkenauer. frank you will now look to updating and convince senator chuck grassley, come november. and in montana, ryan thank, you donald trump secretary of the interior, is leaning in his campaign for congress in close race though that we are watching
angeles. congresswoman karen bass running against rick caruso. a life time republican businessman turned democrat. in a special recall election in san francisco, bodine lost his job as the district attorney of that city earlier this evening. in south dakota, nbc news projects that incumbent republican governor christie gnome won. in iowa, senate race michael franken excuse me, different screen i believe from what we re seeing. defeated former congresswoman abby. franken will now look to unseat chuck grassley come november. in montana, ryan zinke is leading in the campaign for congress. a close race we re watching. steve kornacki is at the big board to break it all down. steve, what do you got? it s a waiting game in los angeles. we have been showing you these numbers for a while here. rick caruso leading karen bass. certainly seems like these two are headed towards a runoff if nobody gets 50% tonight the top two finishers face off in november. settle things then. what we
for our next defending democracy, president biden, making that a cornerstone of his campaign as he takes on trump, whose doubling down on his calls for revenge plus exactly i d like vacations, a private jet, supreme court justice clarence thomas finally admitting that the lavish trips that were paid for by a republican megadonor the reporter who first exposed the trips is my guest. and an out front exclusive for the first time, we take you inside the unprecedented security operation. now underway to protect one of the biggest political events. let s go out front good evening. i m briana keeler in for erin burnett outfront tonight. biden takes on trump, the president defending democracy today on the world stage, while the former president was on social media attacking the american justice system, president from biden in france to commemorate the 80th anniversary of d-day. but sending a very clear message to voters at home biden didn t use trump s name, but he made it abu
women who sacrificed palazzo, this country are suckers and losers and so the contrast that american voters saw this week and today specifically, i ll cannot be more greater of a justification of the character of the two men and the focus of the two men who are running to be president of the united states biden made the case today in his speech for ukraine s fight against russia and he made the case for us support for that. he also apologized to president zelenskyy for the delay in american military aid. but when you look at a recent quinnipiac university poll it found only 2% of americans rank the russia, ukraine war is their top issue. how do you engage people on that when they re so interested in it well, look, i think that one we have to follow the leadership of president biden because he knows with the experience that he has that this is important, that democracy is fragile and that we have to keep working we continue it. meanwhile, on the other side, donald trump says that