by this time tomorrow, we expect to know a whole lot more about what happened behind closed doors at the white house on january 6th. and we know that because we have a couple people speaking to us. the committee has out takes of the president s message to supporters the day after the riot at the capitol showing him having trouble getting through the message, refusing to say the election was settled and attempting to call the rioters patriots. tonight, my colleague anderson cooper, anderson got congressman jamie raskin to tell him more about what out takes the committee has. in just 340moments, committee member adam schiff says you ll hear people urging the ex president to say things to try to get the attackers to go home, things that he can t be prevailed upon to do or say. now, that as one day after the secret service turned over precisely one text exchange to a government watchdog who had requested a month s worth of records for 24 secret service personnel. the january 6th
good day to all good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with the fallout from the first presidential debate. the atlanta journal editors board now calling on president biden two, quote, pass the torch, while the philadelphia inquirer■ç editorial board says trump should leave the race. today, president biden is at camp david for some previously scheduled family time. nbc news is reporting the future of his election campaign will be a new item of discussion on the family agenda. surrogates for both candidates debating the performance of both debaters. you also have to look at what donald trump was able to do. he showed commands of the facts. he was funny, he was engaging, he was pushing back a little bit, but he was doing it with a good-natured demeanor. donald trump lied the entire 90 minutes. one analysis said that he told about 30 lies. i am not real good at math, that i think that s about a lie eve
Above the law. is it that way, meaning the former president isn t above the law? i think that s true. if you prosecute the former president, make sure you convict him he said that when asked about donald trump, he said nobody is above the law. you don t know that at this point. look, i think merrick garland is in a tough spot in the sense he has a conflict here. he s being asked or may be asked to judge whether or not to indict donald trump when in fact, he is beholdeni to biden who will be the chief rival and so there is a direct conflict here and so he s either got to get a real special prosecutor to make that decision, somebody totally independent or decline for georgia, which may turn out to be the stronger case. d.a. willis in atlanta is not just saying no on his above the law, she s proving it, don, with target letters that seem to be pointing at the former president, so we re looking to georgia. we re looking south for the followup after what i think will