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So, we learned what secretary of state tony blinken said to his russian counterpart to foreign minister lavrov, and it included a warning. further invasion of ukraine will mean swift and severe consequences. we want to begin though with all eyes on the white house ahead of a crucial mogot between the president and the two bipartisan heads of the senate judiciary committee. the topic, of course, the president s pick to replace justice stephen breyer on the court. we ve got nbc chief white house correspondent peter alexander and ally vitale and joined by david druccers, political correspondent for the washington examiner and contributing editor for vanity fair s the hive. and the author of in trumpos shadow. if only we knew the answer to what s next. the question is who will be the ....
Former president trump and his staff posted on social media platforms. in other words, a gap between what the trump administration was supposed to hand over. we re talking about some high-level staffers there, and what they actually did preserve for archival purposes. i want to bring in ally vitale. this is another story that has come out in the last couple of weeks about real questions related to the way the trump administration did or perhaps more accurately in some cases, did not preserve information that they are legally bound to preserve for the archives. reporter: yeah, exactly, hallie. this is all in regards to the way the trump administration did not necessarily comply with the presidential records act. the national archives confirming today in two separate letters to the oversight committee those two pieces of information you laid out. one, that there are gaps in the way the real donald trump account on twitter that has since been suspended and also the official potus twitte ....
Outspoken, one of those who voted for then former president trump s impeachment after the january 6th attack. the fifth yes vote is still a bit of a mystery. as it comes to me, it will come to you. ally vitale, if that s the universe of yes votes here we are not looking for a wide lane for republicans. there were ten votes for impeachment. that s probably our ceiling? yeah. that seems like where we are at. the estimate that kinzinger gave you earlier of the 5 to 10 range seems like that where they are going to be pulling from. it is telling that anthony gonzalez one of those members who did vote yes here is not going to be in congress much longer. he said he wasn t going to run for his seat again, not just because he was facing a challenge from a pro-trump republican max miller there, but at the same time because the temperature has gotten so hot, he cited threats to his family, their safety. that s what the climate is right now if you are a republican who has chosen to take on the f ....
People. again, we thought that the ceiling was the ten people who voted to impeach. clearly, that s not exactly true. you but look at the list here of the eight people, they are mostly those folks who voted to impeach the former president. but that one really did catch my attention. ally vitale, thank you. with 70 votes to go we are out of time. thank you for watching this hour of hallee jackson reports. i m garrett haake. deadline: white house starts right now. hi, everyone, it s 4:00 in new york. we are following that breaking news from capitol hill, where the house is voting right now to trump ally steve bannon in contempt of congress for defying a subpoena from the january 6th select committee. so far a handful of republicans aboard right now it shows eight on board with democrats to refer bannon for criminal charges. for much of the house republican ....
In the next couple of days before we get into the end of the year and get into a midterm year when it is notoriously difficult to get anything done in washington. lauren egan reporting from delaware. thanks. to capitol hill, ally vitale is there. major developments on two legislative fronts, infrastructure and voting rights. let s start with voting rights. where do things stand? lawmakers are long on the list of big things that they want to get done but they are short on how they are actually going accomplish them. that applies to voting rights. you are right, a big development today. my colleague reporting that three democrat aides involved with these negotiations say they are close to a deal that would keep all 50 democratic senators on board. that s notable because it is different because you confuse weeks ago senators like joe manchin were not on board with the for the people act the way ....