you know who knows a break falls you re way and you u.s. centered never had to cross over. don bolduc and is only running for points behind maga hasten, so maybe carrying a fake shield from the 300 movies with fake arrows sticking out of it is good politics? who knows? it s a mad mad world. thank you chris, great show. you bet. thank you all for joining us this hour. consider what happened over the space of just three days in january of last year. three events on three consecutive days that continue to shape our politics right up to this very moment. on january 5th of last year in georgia, john ossoff and raphael warnock won their runoff elections to the united states senate which handed the control of the chamber to the democrats. the next day, january six, we all know what happened that day. and then the day after that, on january 7th back in georgia. election systems in rural coffee county were breached by a team working on donald trump s behalf. this is them being l
then the day after that, on january 7th back in georgia election systems in rural coffee county were breached by team working on donald trump s behalf s, the system being that into the elections office by trump supporting local official. a team was sent there to search for evidence of election fraud, and the leader claimed to have made copies of every single voting machine and hard drive and every ballot. you have to admit it is a pretty brazen move to go breaching election systems in support of donald trump s election lies. literally, the day after those election lies sparked a violent assault on the u.s. capitol. but, that they were in kaufman county, doing just that. obviously we talked a lot about january six, but it is worth taking a moment to consider january 5th and january 7th as well. it is no accident that both those events that both looking to january six this big consequential election victory for democrats and possibly criminal election systems reach in support o
county were breeched by a team working on donald trump s bee half. they were led into the office by a trump supporting local official. they were there to look for evidence of election fraud. they made copies of every voting machine hardev drive and every ballot. you have to admit it is brazen move to go breaching election systems in support of his lies literally the day after the election lies sparked the violent assault. but there they were. doing justth that. obviously, we talk a lot p about january 6th. it is worth taking a moment to consider january 5th and january 7th as well. and it s no accident that both those ventsnt that book ended january 6th as big election victory for democrats and possibly criminal election system breach in support of donald trump s s election lies that both of those events happened in the state of georgia. it s a microcosm of everything happening in o american politic. take that election data breech inha coffee county. that incident is part of
time off of work, not only will you not get paid, you actually could get fired. and that is precisely what is happening today in the rail industry. bernie sanders laying out the major issue that could have rail workers own strike by midnight tonight. we ll have the very latest on the negotiations and the massive impact that a strike could have on the economy. plus, the january 6 committee is sifting through thousands of pieces of new evidence. the where it came from and what members are saying about its significance. also ahead, federal welfare money, a college volleyball stadium, and brett favre. we ll explain how they re a connected and why it doesn t look good for the nfl hall of famer. thank you for starting your day with us. we ll begin with the 11th hour negotiations to avoid a railroad strike that is threatening the u.s. economy. workers could walk off the job as early as tomorrow if rail carriers and unions fail to reach a deal. amtrak has already suspended long d
negotiators their due. he is meeting with them in the oval office. this case down to the wire with a source familiar with the negotiations telling nbc news the deal was reached early this morning after 20 hours of talks. there was, quote, a basic handshake at 2:30 a.m. and approval by the teamsters board at 4:30 a.m. it couldn t come at a more critical juncture as the biden administration tries to tame red hot 40 year high inflation with the midterms now just 53 days away. for some context about what a strike would mean for our economy, our web of railways are responsible for shipping about 40% of goods from grain to cars long distance across the u.s. a strike would cost our economy $2 billion every single day leading to empty shelves and higher prices for a public already feeling a price pinch. and just the last 45 minutes, transportation secretary pete buttigieg addressed the news while speaking in detroit. my appreciation to all of the parties that stayed at the table an