go, go, go! inside the building, pezzola and a group of rioters came within sight of senator joe grassley, then third in line to the presidency, as he was evacuated from the senate. pezzola also found himself in the capital, smoking what he called a victory cigar, though that did not turn out. pezzola was actually the third proud boys to be sentenced. yesterday, judge timothy kelly handed down a 15 year sentence to zachary rehl, who led 200 people to the capitol on january six, and 17 years for joseph biggs, who as a prosecutor described as the tip of the spear throughout the attack. this afternoon, he also sentenced ethan nordean, the former president of the seattle chapter to 18 years. they received longer sentences because they were convicted of the rare and serious charge of seditious conspiracy. dominic pezzola was the only one to be acquitted on that charge. today, in front of judge kelly, pezzola expressed remorse, calling his actions the most regrettable decision
was a person of color or a woman who could tell you about some circumstance in which their intellectual abilities have been questioned on the basis of their identity. lots more to discuss on this. i m out of time. thank you so much for your time and your work, jelani cobb and eddie claude jr.. i m back next weekend. inside with jen psaki starts now. well, we ve got a month s worth of news in the first week of 2024. the supreme court announced that it will hear a case on trump s ballot eligibility under the 14th amendment. president biden lays out the stakes of the election in the starkest terms today. jamie raskin is here with his reaction. he s coming up first. plus, maine secretary of state shenna bellows joins me after tossing trump off the ballot in her state, it decision which is now on hold while these appeals play out. also today, with just eight days until the iowa caucuses, i am going to talk to someone who spends a lot of time in focus groups with republican pri
politicsnation. tonight s lead, a solemn anniversary. it has been four years to the day since and ceramicists stormed the u.s. capitol in former president donald trump s name. and despite the horrors of that day, very little has changed in our politics. capital rioters are still being brought to justice three years later. just this morning, three january 6th fugitives were arrested by the fbi in florida. and with just days before our first presidential nominating contest of this election year, the u.s. supreme court will soon decide whether colorado and other states can legally bar trump from the appellate over his january 6th conduct. though that conduct hasn t stopped much of the republican party from circling around trump as your choice for president. a reality that president biden, in his first campaign event of 2024 last night, cost a historic, existential threat to our union. democracies still americas secret calls, the most urgent question of our time. donald t
it is saturday, january the 6th. i m ali velshi. it s been three years since a mob attacked the united states capitol at the port of donald trump s desperate him to cling to power after losing the 2020 presidential election. that attack lasted only a few hours, but the long shadow of that fire insurrection continues to loom large over american democracy. especially now, as the 2024 race heats up. but both the twice impeached, multiply indicted former president, and the current, duly elected president, understand this. that s why january six is a central component of each other presidential campaigns, albeit in vastly different ways. president biden gave the first major speech of his reelection bid yesterday, and he used to as an opportunity to reflect on how the insurrection exposed trump s complete disregard for america s constitutional and democratic values, and emphasized that the former president remains a danger to democracy. it s the first national elections since jan
news in the first week of 2024. the supreme court announces-able here at case on trump s ballot eligibility under the 14th and that meant. as president biden plays out the stakes of this election in the starkest terms to date. jamie raskin is here with his reaction and he s coming up first. plus, maine secretary of state, shannon ballot, joins me after in her state. a decision that is pulled once these appeals play out. also today, with eight days until the iowa caucus, i m gonna talk to someone who spends a lot of time in focus groups with voters. and later, we love player steps down from a top nra, as his corruption trial gets underway in new york. we ll take a look at the damage that he did and the future of americas okay, i really believe that sometimes we all just need to acknowledge how insane this moment we re living in really is. think about it this way, friday was of course january 5th, one day before the third anniversary of the january 6th insur