Facing charges over the january 6th riot at the u. S. Capitol. Attorneys for jacob chansley tell nbc news they re working toward a plea deal. Mr. Chansley faces charges of civil disorder, obstruction and disorderly conduct. According to the defendant s lawyers the government has acknowledged he neither led the charge into the capitol nor behaved violently during the riot. Meanwhile as we said former president trump is holding a rally tonight in phoenix. Rioters like jacob chansley say they attacked the capitol because they believed the baseless claims of a stolen election. But we gained new insight this week into donald trump s views on the riot. They are from his interview with washington post journalists carol leon nil and philip rucker for their new book. Here s how mr. Trump described the events of january 6th. It was a loving crowd, by the way. There was a lot of love. I ve heard that from everybody. Many, many people have told me that was a loving crowd. And you know, it was it w
The january 6th riot at the u. S. Capitol. Attorneys for jacob chancelee tell nbc news they re working toward a plea deal. Mr. Chansley faces charges of civil disorder, obstruction and disorderly conduct. According to the government s aorder the government has acknowledged he neither led the charge into the capitol nor behaved violently during the riot. Meanwhile as we said former president trump is holding a rally tonight in phoenix. Rioters like jacob chansley say they attacked the capitol because they believed the baseless claims of a stolen election. But we gained new insight this week into donald trump s views on the riot. They are from his interview with washington post journalists carol leon nil and philip rucker for their new book. Here s how mr. Trump described the events of january 6th. It was a loving krould, by the way. There was a lot of love. I ve heard that from everybody. Many, many people have told me that was a loving crowd. And you know, it was it was too bad. It was
infringe on lgbtq rights in this country. there is the hamas attacks on october 7th and israel s indiscriminate retaliation, which have, quote, put loyalty and humanity to a test. and we have seen a republican primary field that is providing moments of absurdity. and let s face it, a lot of levity. let s get started. we begin tonight with a rare warning about our democracy. it is in dire straits, and that is not according to just one or two, but rather, 13 presidential libraries dating back to herbert hoover, all of which on thursday released a joint statement calling for every commitment to the country s bedrock principles, including the rule of law, and respecting a diversity of beliefs. i can t say this enough. this is an unprecedented move, never before had the presidential libraries engaged so directly in political affairs. while their joint message stopped short of calling out individuals by name, the subject of the warning was clear, the declaration read i
supreme court and the gop continuing to infringe on lgbtq rights in this country. there is the hamas attacks on october 7th and israel s indiscriminate retaliation, which have, quote, loyalty s inhumanity to a test. and we have seen a republican primary field that is providing moments of absurdity. and let s face it, a lot of levity. let s get started. we begin tonight with a rare warning about our democracy. it is in dire straits, and that is not according to just one or two, but rather, 13 presidential libraries dating back to herbert hoover, all of which on thursday released a joint statement calling for every commitment to the country s bedrock principles, including the rule of law, and respecting a diversity of beliefs. i can t say this enough. this is an unprecedented move, never before had the presidential libraries engaged so directly in political affairs. while their joint message stopped short of calling out individuals by name, the subject of the warning wa
hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all over the world. i m bianca nobler. i m max foster live from london. we want to get to our special coverage. pope emeritus benedict s funeral. in when 30 minutes from now the funeral for the former pontiff will begin in st. peter s square. dignitaries from around the world will be attending and pope francis will be leading the mass. he ll become the first pontiff in modern times to preside over the funeral service for his predecessor. moments ago the coffin carrying pope benedict left st. peter s basilica, where he s been lying in state since monday. now, before he became pope benedict, joseph ratzinger was born in 1927 in germany, became a cardinal in 1977. following the death of john paul he was elected pope in 2005. he resigned from his role as pope in 2013. benedict said his choice to step down was made to liz lack of strength of body and of mind. cnn is covering all angles of today s e