transcripts of the interviews it has conducted in its investigation. the request came on april 20th with the doj indicating that some committee interviews may contain information relevant to a criminal investigation we are conducting. nbc news has now confirmed that reporting. the doj did not indicate the number of transcripts they wanted or if there were any specific interviews they were interested in. so far the committee has interviewed more than 1,000 people, including many close to the twice-impeached former president. while attorney general merrick garland has received criticism about the justice department s response to the insurrection, this is the latest sign of the department appearing to escalate the scope of its inquiry. and as the new york times also points out several months ago the department quietly detailed a former federal prosecutor from maryland to the department headquarters. he s overseeing the politically fraught question of whether a case can be made
oz s unfavorable ratings with republicans in poll after poll, a lot of high negatives with republican primary voters so it s an interesting test. he might be a hard sell with the republican base. trump has tried to make that sale with the republican base. we ll see if trump is able to. also the other two candidates to keep in mind in the senate race, david mccormick, a hedge fund and resulty hedge fund guy who grew up in western pennsylvania and moved to connecticut and moved back. they put the home county of the home candidates on the ballot. they don t do that everywhere. he s the only one who will list western pennsylvania, al gainy county as his base. one of the things we re looking at, is there an east-west divide? 30% of the vote will come from western pennsylvania and then, of course, there s kathy barnette who has surged in the final week of this campaign. show herself didn t bring a lot of money to this gain and got an endorsement from the club for growth late in the campaign,
big money in politics is destroying how we govern in washington. because if he were responsive to the people in west virginia where west virginia has some of the highest poverty rates in the country, if he were responsive to them, he would behave and vote differently. it s about his donors. he had the biggest fundraising year of his career. it s about lobbiests spending more this year than they ve ever spent in their entire existence. speaking of pharmaceutical lobbiests. let s speak about what the resulty is. big money in politics has to go. we have to respond to the american people because if we don t, we don t have a democracy. look what happened january 6th. congressman bowman, so well said and articulated what is at stake here and what the motivation is. naturally, he disagrees i m sure with everything you just said
lobbiests. let s speak about what the resulty is. big money in politics has to go. we have to respond to the american people because if we don t, we don t have a democracy. look what happened january 6th. congress man bowman, so well said and articulated what is at stake here and what the motivation is. naturally, he disagrees i m sure with everything you just said but the american people are going to have to reconcile what is happening in the lose of the agenda, what that maybes overall and the priorities of the democratic party in two houses, albeit a slim one. appreciate your time. thank you so much. president biden s agenda on the ropes. the coronavirus pandemic resurging. it s been tough going for this president. will he be able to right the ship? still fresh in wash-scent booster
conducted a survey on how americans feel about other states and the results couldn t be more resulty. favorite food? most people said new york with california and louisiana also getting nods. favorite state? california followed by colorado. most arrogant and rudest, new york and new york. hottest residents, california. weirdest accents? massachusetts and then louisiana and alabama and minnesota and new york and new jersey. and finally, most beautiful scenery? colorado. i believe we have tape of a first time visitor to the rocky mountains. they are magestic. don t even know what that means.