2020 election results and did not want trump to go to the capitol after his incendiary speech on january 6th. but hudson also told the public this baloney had the year of mark meadows that day and wanted him to convince the former president to stop the insurrectionists. now, as the january six committee gears up for more hearings this month, the panel says it s prepared to investigate efforts to intimidate witnesses. we now know that, before testify, hutchison was urged by a text message to, quote, do the right thing and remain loyal to the ex president. nbc news has learned that that message came from her former boss, mark meadows. a spokesman for meadows denies that he ever attempted to intimidate hutchison. for most of, us it s been clear from the start of the former president and his allies played a role in the attempt to overturn the election and influence the january six attacks. these hearings have only cemented that. the question remains, whether it s moving the dial
be cassidy hutchinson, stewart considering coming forward, are contending with. and i dealt with this in the 2020 election, and i went to every senior figure that i knew who worked in the trump administration and convince them to go public and campaign against his reelection. universally, i heard one thing from the people who didn t want to do it. and that was fear, it was fear for their families physical security. people are actually worried that the threats are very real. and the only way we can lower the cost of descent is to get more people out there, being public, to show their strength numbers. i actually think that is the most powerful thing cassidy hutchison did this past week. she showed that it s doable and, i talk to committee staff, they know that this may potentially open the door to more people coming forward. and you noted, pat cipollone earlier, hopefully, this not just path to come forward. he was a top white house lawyer and there is no one, i will tell, you ali, no o
i ll kick them in the but. we re going to start winning and you re going to get so tired of winning you re going to be exhausted from winning so much. he s lost several big fights since he s gotten there and no legislative accomplishments. there seems to be a lot of tur moil and he doesn t look like the world beater he advertised himself to be. and so you see the strength numbers, effectiveness numbers coming down. he can live with not being viewed as honest and trustworthy. he can t live with not being seen as strong and effective. i wanted to ask you if the luster is wearing off. there are people who supported him who are saying when is the winning going to start? and today big, huge, all of these changes. everything pfs going to be great
in iran. why would he now accept a status of forces agreement with u.s. soldiers in iraq. he might do it because he thinks his life depend on it. martha: do you see the dynamic having changed this dramatically. you also said you think people are overestimating the strength of isis. isis strength numbers in the thousands. it s not a very big operation. secondly, they are lightly armed. they have stolen some tangs and helicopters, they don t know how to use either of them. but they are lightly armed and they are not popular. the kind of assassinations and executions of prisoners of war and the beheadings and amputations they take over when they take off. those are not going to be popular with the iraqi people. we shouldn t assume that they
like this before, facebook ads hitting all-time election highs, candidates tweeting to win, 140 characters at a time. msnbc s richard lui is here now. okay. so let s go into iowa, my friend. which candidate is leading in social media? well, you know, the election social media fight is a squeak squeaker here, chris. good morning to you. beginning rich, you take a look at the data, he is tops in social media strength with a 36%, as you can see on this chart here, strength is basically how likely somebody is talking about you right now on social media. this according to online analysis company social mention. now, romney leads on facebook, but his strength rating is the lowest. paul at 36, ties for the lead there. and president obama, who ruled social media in 2008, has a middling 31 score. but look at those two peaks there, both of those two candidates, strong with the tea party and they are strong online. overall from october, when i last looked at this, all strength numbers grew, peo