sense of it that s sweet of you. i m curious what you think, bill barr leaves certainly as a nonpartisan or objective statement one of the most controversial attorneys general since the nixon ear r the time line you were discussing sounds a little like it was what barr was hoping to get out of this including saving face. i m curious what you think having managed white house, you know, these kind of white house situations. i think that, you know mike reporting that this was, you know, part of what barr wanted to be out of there, i think you have to ask why. what doesn t he want to be complicit in? if you take the times reporting and add what robert just reported from washington post, that his sources are telling him to watch what happens next it brings in the two big sins in trump s eyes that barr committed were not going along with the lies about election fraud, that the angry tweets came off the supreme court, not just rejected the trump case, but humiliated the folk
to block any trump comeback. we begin though with the looming moment of truth for voting rights. the senate will be gavelled into session momentarily, and we will hear from the democratic majority leader, but the more critical action today will be in private. democrats caucus tonight and the current explain for a vote tomorrow. the current math adds up to a stinging defeat for the president and his party. let s get straight to our chief congressional correspondent manu raju. a big day for the democrats, but math isn t changing, is it? reporter: it s not changing, and the question is how far do democrats continue to push this issue and try to set up future votes once this certain-to-fail vote happens which will occur tomorrow. now, the way it will play out is this. in a matter of moments chuck schumer will address the senate and talk about what he views as the way forward, and the way forward tomorrow, a key vote to try to overcome a republican-led filibuster to pass two swe
trump onsie and just have it on hand rapid response every time ron desantis says something to differentiate himself from donald trump. yes, they ve been playing that a lot, but i say gif. the differences go on. thank you,nc my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this evening. it was november 12, 2020, and there was a lot going on at the time. it had been less than a week since the networks called the 2020 presidential election for joesi biden. donald trump was just beginning his campaign to deny that result and try and overturn it. just a few days prior trump s lawyer, rudy giuliani, gave his infamous four seasons landscaping press conference to contest thela election results. we all remember that. trump had decided to deny president-elect biden to the classified presidential daily briefing as was the custom in presidential transitions, which in t retrospect seems a bit ironic. just one day later senator lindsey graham would make a phone callou to brad raffen
president xi of china he controls 1.4 billion people ruthlessly, ruthlessly, no games, right? they said is president xi of china a brilliant man? i said, yes, he is. he s a brilliant man. the next day, trump says president xi is brilliant. yeah, i did. they want me to say, no, he s not a very smart guy, he just runs 1.4 billion people with an iron fist. that s crazy. that s donald trump s latest praise of a dictator. trump spent the weekend in iowa giving a series of outrageous speeches where he made fun of an american war hero, downplayed the january 6th insurrection, and demanded the release of his supporters who attacked the capitol. meanwhile in washington, senate and house leaders have a deal on a spending bill, but it essentially has the same terms of an agreement that led to the removal of former speaker kevin mccarthy, fueling speculation on whether congress, now that the top line s in place, will be able to avert a partial government shutdown in less than two wee
i m erin burnett in new york. and i m dana bash in washington. welcome to a special edition of inside politics. the federal indictment of donald trump. in just a few hours, a former president will be arrested on federal charges for the first time in u.s. history. donald trump is set to face a judge in miami this amp for an unprecedented arraignment on 37 felony charges tied to his alleged miss handling of classified documents after leaving office. outside the courthouse right now, we can see some ramped up security and already crowds of trump supporters and protesters have gathered. so far, so peaceful. one thing we won t get, though, and everyone should understand this, we re not going to get to see inside the courthouse where trump will be taken into custody, so there aren t going to be handcuffs. he will have his fingerprints taken digitally. at the arraignment, he is expected to enter a not guilty plea. after what is anticipated to be a brief court appearance, trump