joining us now is democratic congresswoman she s a member of the house rules committee, she s involved today. so it was a straight party line vote committee that seems to indicate what will happen in the house tomorrow with the house republican leadership now recommending that all republicans vote against the criminal prosecutions of steve bannon. yes. it s good to be with you, lawrence, it s unfortunate that republicans continue to play out this political sphere. we have these two people, these two representatives are the best that they could send to the rules committee, to try to continue to stop this investigation from moving forward. i think that it really truly shows their colors, that they have so much to hide because of their own personal involvement
about the collapsing trump campaign. he called the mercer s, worried that a landslide trump defeat white damage breitbart. the mercer s, political innocence but with a vast checkbook, immediately flew out to the hamptons to beat trump at a fund-raiser to be held at the home of woody johnson, the johnson & johnson air and new york jets owner, whom trump would subsequently appoint his ambassador to the court of st. james. virtually no would no one showed up for the sudden fund-raiser, a humiliating moment for trump, who, with the promise of a new influx of cash from the mercer s and desperate not to spend his own money, promptly agreed to make than in the head of his campaign. and that is why steve bannon is now one day away from being the target of his second federal prosecute prosecution. of stephen, while it was underway. when he pardoned steve bannon. joining us now, is michael wolf, he s the author of two things. the rich the powerful, the wishful, the notorious, the
damned, that is his new book. michael, you have more insight into steve bannon than anyone on the january six committee. we see what s diana s doing now, he s going to fight this legally has far as he can, presumably this is good for steve bannon s business, isn t it? to be seen as they great resist or of this investigation. this is exactly where steve bannon wants to be. the democrats could not have played more into steve bannon s hands. he is the happiest man in america tonight. i mean, you know, steve s frustrations, remember steve has kind of been in the wilderness for the last three years since trump forced him out of the white house. but the real pain in steve s hard is that the attention has
our country s. for most of the 20th century we lead the world by a significant margin because we invested in our people, we invested in ourselves. not only in our roads and highways and bridges, but in our people and our families. if we make the investments, there can be no stopping american in the 21st century. there is never ever been a good bet to bet against america. never. never, never. president joe biden gets tonight s last word, the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. w. well, good evening, once again 274 of the biden administration. we are just hours away from what has become the linchpin of the committee investigating the sacking of our capital and the attempt to change a presidential election. that will be holding someone, anyone accountable. in this case that will be steve bannon. this afternoon, the house rules committee to advance the
try to hold him off today? i didn t hear that report today, but i can tell you we ve had a number of conversations with joe and he s been very earnest about his philosophies and he s wanting to find a path to meet the caucus halfway. and, it is responding to the urgency on build back better, so my only sense is he feels very connected to our team. senator jeff merkley thank you very much for joining us tonight. thank you. coming up today congressman jim jordan went to a health hearing to defend steve bannon and ended up showing exactly why people like jim jordan, and who communicated with donald trump about january 6th never want to answer questions about any of that. that s next. that s next. and a side of mayonnaise. (doorbell rings) wonderful. mayonnaise.