we're the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. well good evening once again 265 of the biden administration, there appears to be a new effort to amplify the lie of a stolen election. a lie that led the groundwork for the -- that were capitol and the intent to overturn our presidential election. this comes as the january six committee is the relating its effort to occur uncover critical information about what happened on january 6th. this week former aides to donald trump are here scheduled to appear to give in-person depositions. one time white house strategist steve bannon has chosen not to comply with his the piano setting up a potential legal battle. earlier today january six committee member congressman jamie raskin democrat of maryland, said he is that the chairman to take a hard line on those who would defy subpoena orders. >> i'm advising the deployment of the full panoply of enforcement powers at the disposal the united states congress, that includes criminal content powers, cyclical contempt hours, the people govern here

"the 11th hour with brian williams" starts right now. >>> good evening once again. day 267 of the biden administration. the house committee investigating the january 6th riot and insurrection is intensifying its focus on the previous white house. with the new subpoena targeting a doj official under trump who was reportedly involved in the former president's robust attempt to overturn our election, jeffrey clark reportedly played a key role in trump's campaign to amplify the big lies about voter fraud. trump and clark were said to have been in contact in the days before the january 6th attack. and he is said to have pushed trump's claims in the department of justice and clashed with higher-ups who resisted. the letter says, the select committee's investigation has revealed credible evidence, and the president considered installing you as acting attorney general. the man who was almost pushed out of that acting attorney general job, then acting attorney general jeff rosen gave his side of the story in a closed-door interview with the committee. this was the 19th subpo

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> well, good evening once again. day 265 of the biden administration. there appears to be a new effort to amplify the lie of a stolen election, the lie that laid the groundwork for the sacking of our capitol. and let's not forget the attempt to overturn our presidential election. this comes as the january 6th committee is escalating its effort to uncover critical information about what happened on 1/6. this week former trump aides to donald trump are scheduled to appeal before the panel to give in-person depositions, one time white house strategist steve bannon has already decided not to comply with his subpoena, setting up a potential legal battle. earlier today january 6th committee member congressman jamie raskin, democrat of maryland, said he's told the chairman to take a hard line on those who would defy subpoena orders. >> i'm advising the deployment of the full panoply of enforcement powers at the disposal of the united states congress. the people governed here and no one is above the law, not a president, not

that is tonight's last word. 11th hour with brian williams, starts now. brian williams, starts now well good evening, once again day to 266 of the biden administration. the white house appears ready to take a major step towards the next phase of this campaign, to get as many americans vaccinated as possible. an administration official confirming to nbc news that governors were told today, to start getting ready to vaccinate children aged 5 to 11, by early november. wolf comes in anticipation of the fda approving the vaccine for that age group, in the coming weeks. vaccines have already been approved for kids 12 and older. white house says it's already bought 65 million pediatric doses of the pfizer vaccine, of course, parents would have to go along. and that's proving tougher than anyone predicted. the news comes as the governor of texas, greg abbott, has moderate mounted abroad challenge to the administration's vaccine mandate. abbots order to buy van vaccine mandates. that only sets up a legal confrontation with the feds, but it also forces businesses t

at the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. bria williams starts now. well good evening, once again day 268 of the biden administration, and we begin tonight with the breaking news we've been covering this evening. on former president bill clinton, he's hospitalized tonight in california and, at the university of california or vine medical center. a spokesman for the former presidents released a statement tonight, it reads quote, on tuesday evening, president clinton was admitted to ucla medical center to receive treatment for a non covid related infection. he is on the mend, in good spirits, and is incredibly thankful to the doctors, nurses, and staff providing him with excellent care. clinton's doctor says he's been continuously monitored, and is responding well to antibiotics the, california-based medical team has been in content constant communication with the new york team. including his cardiologist. president clinton a long time harsh patient of course, is 75 years old, will have more later on what's known about the former presidents condition. i

. >> president biden gets tonight's last word, the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. >> well good evening once again day 261 of the biden administration. our nation has averted something of a financial catastrophe at least for now. tonight your u.s. senate voted 50 to 48, along party lines, to temporarily raise the debt ceiling, just 11 days before the deadline. that came after mitch mcconnell allowed it to happen, by agreeing not to block a simple majority vote. however this does not end the drama, over the debt limit. will be back at it again in december. rest assured when the battle over how much the nation can borrow, starts up all over again. meanwhile a confrontation is quickly shaping, up between the former president in the house committee investigating the january 6th riot, insurrection. and attempt to overturn the election. there is now less than one hour left for four former trump aides to comply with the subpoena for documents relating to the capitol riot. in the effort to deny joe biden the presidency. nbc news confirming a political report that trump is directing

the 11th hour, with brian williams, starts now. good evening once again, day 255 now of the biden administration, the president probably hoped his visit to the capital today would be a victory, lap instead, it was a sales call. a democratic president finds himself presiding over a fight in his own party. as he now attempts to rescue a critical part of his agenda, today biden made that rare visit to capitol hill, to talk about the moderates, to talk about the locals about his trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill, that passed in the senate, and his three and a half trillion dollar proposal, to expand social programs in tackle climate change. the liberal bloc wants to bring up the bigger bill first, the speakers now been forced to put off a vote several times, and after today's, meeting the president signaled his patients, while promising victory in the end. >> i'm telling you, will get this done. it doesn't matter when. it doesn't matter whether it's in six minutes, six days, or six weeks. we will get it done. >> why is it

the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. >> good evening once again, day 260 of the biden administration, as you have been following the breaking news tonight, is out of texas. where a federal judge has temporarily blocked and almost total ban on abortions in the state of texas. tonight's decision, follows a challenge, brought by the biden administration, filed after the supreme court rather quietly allowed the texas law to go into effect, in his 113 page ruling u.s. district judge robert pittman wrote, quote a person's right under the constitution to choose to obtain an abortion proud to fight viability as well established. fully aware the depriving its citizens of this right by direct state action would be fragrantly unconstitutional, the state contrived an unprecedented and transparent statutory scheme, to do just that. texas has already appealed this federal judges order, to one of the nation's most conservative appellate courts. also tonight we are just hours from a major deadline in the house, investigation into the one six riot and insurrection. it's exactly nine months to the day

but until today, william shatner who will be forever associate with space, hadn't been to space himself. and to say it changed him, is an understatement. >> we are going to thousand miles an hour, so you're to 50 miles to get through the blue. and then you're into black. you know, it's mysterious and galaxies and things. but what you see is black. and what you see, down there, is light. >> welcome to space. >> so much larger than me and life, it hasn't got anything to do -- it has to do with the enormity and the quickness and this suddenness of life and death. the moment you see how vulnerable, the vulnerability of everything. -- this air, which is keeping us alive is thinner than your skin, it's a sliver, it's a measurably small when you think in terms of the universe. but you have given me, is the most profound experience i could've asked. so, i am so filled with emotion about what just happened, it's extraordinary. i hope i never recover from this. i hope that i can maintain when i can feel now. i don't want to lose it. >> at the age of 90, captain kirk to take us off the air tonight

that's tonight's last word, the 11th hour brian williams starts now. >> good evening once again, day 258 of the biden administration. that sound you heard earlier today, that was life in america without facebook. you also might have heard the sound of mark zuckerberg, losing about seven billion dollars in the course of just today. by one estimate. that's because facebook, instagram and whatsapp, all stopped working for most of the day. three billion customers worldwide, unable to access any of, it shares of facebook down 5% in just one day, timing here was curious, because it was just hours after a facebook whistle blower, broke her silence on 60 minutes, saying its products are harmful to our children, and harmful to our democracy. francis haugen walk out of her facebook job with thousands of documents, promptly week to the wall street journal, she'll testify tomorrow morning before congress, after she agreed to blow her, cover and tell her story last night. >> one of the consequences of how facebook is picking up that content today, is it is optimizing for content that gets engagem

"the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. >>> good evening once again. day 281 of the biden administration. the president may now be delaying his scheduled departure for europe tomorrow morning so he can try to persuade members of his own party to vote for his policy bills. drama sometimes helps. more on that in a moment. and a short time ago, one 1/6 committee member said they expect to hear from jeffrey clark this week, the former doj official who was involved in the former president's attempt to overturn the election. >> the committee was scheduled this friday for an interview. so i believe that that is still on. >> as we reported, "the washington post" says they expect to subpoena john eastman, an attorney. last week, he disavowed his plan, calling it not viable and crazy. but he was caught on camera defending his plan, and blaming mike pence in a series of undercover videos shot by a liberal activist named lauren windsor. she said she was at the rally on 1/6, and was one of his supporters. >> i read your memo, and i thought it was solid in all of it

that is tonight's last word, the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. be >> well good evening once again day 254 of the biden administration, and while one crisis was averted tonight, when the president signed that bill to keep the government from crashing at midnight eastern time, we are indeed witnessing a midst of another crisis. for the democrats, and it should be noted a crisis entirely of their own making. and it has to do with infrastructure. what became a running joke during the trump presidency has become a huge running drama for the biden president. we learn not long ago that there will be no vote in the house tonight on the president bipartisan infrastructure bill. the house was working until late tonight trying to work out a deal that would allow the bill to come to the floor. house speaker nancy pelosi, had vowed the tonight's vote would go on, but she famously refuses to bring a bill to the floor, unless she is fairly certain it is going to pass. she spent the day and a large part of tonight, trying to get liberal democrats to support it,

"the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. >>> good evening once again, day 273 of the biden administration. tonight nine members of congress investigating the attack on the capitol, the attempt to overturn the election have taken a dramatic and public stand against efforts to stall their investigation, and the full house could do so two days from now. the house select committee on january 6 tonight voted unanimously to recommend long-time trump ally steve bannon to be charged with contempt for defying a congressional subpoena and seeking misinformation about that dying and deadly day. >> miss lofgren? >> yes. >> mr. schiff? >> aye. >> mr. aguilar? >> aye. >> mrs. murphy? >> aye. >> mrs. murphy, aye. >> mrs. raskin. >> has the chair recorded? >> mr. chairman, you are not recorded. >> i vote aye. >> the committee originally subpoenaed bannon several weeks back asking for documents and testimony about the critical period leading up to the insurrection which has been 286 days ago now when trump supporters attempted to prevent joe biden from taking office. in his refusal bannon cited the former

"the 11th hour" with brian williams begins now. ♪♪ >>> good evening as we bring another week to a close. day 276 of the biden administration. tonight the january 6th committee appears to have scored a win in its fight against donald trump's claim of executive privilege. that is to say a federal judge has signed off on an expedited hearing for november 4th, about two weeks from now. trump had sued the committee, you will recall, claiming materials it was seeking are covered by executive privilege and, therefore, confidential. there is also news tonight about former trump justice department official jeffrey clark, cited in a senate judiciary panel report as a key player in trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election. the report said he was in direct contact with the former president and willingly pushed other justice officials to act on trump's false claims of election fraud. cnn reporting tonight clark will now testify before the january 6th panel next friday, a week from today. he'll likely be the first trump white house official to actually comply with a subpoena. one committee member

"the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. >>> and good evening once again. day 272 of the biden administration, and this evening flags at the white house, flags throughout washington and at u.s. facilities across the country and around the world are at half-staff in honor of colin powell who died this morning. general powell was 84 years old. he died of covid complications while battling both parkinson's and multiple myeloma. we will have much more on his life and legacy just ahead. tonight is also the eve of the first major legal showdown for the special house committee investigating the january 6 riot and insurrection. in a little over 20 hours, the committee is scheduled to formally vote on whether to adopt a report recommending criminal contempt charges against trump adviser steve bannon, who has failed to comply with their subpoena. earlier tonight they released that report on bannon's refusal. it outlines what the committee wants from him, and it recommends he be referred to the justice department for prosecution. bannon argues he doesn't have to compl

that is tonight's last word, the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. >> good evening once again, day 275 of the biden administration, the fate of one of donald trump's key allies, steve bannon now matter for the justice department, the house of representatives has voted to refer him to the doj for possible the -- one-time head of trump's campaign, later white house chief strategist, refusing to cooperate with a subpoena from the house committee investigating the insurrection, the riot at our capitol. today's house vote largely along party lines, to 29 2:02, with only nine republicans joining the democrats in voting yes, there was liz cheney of wyoming adam kinzinger of illinois, both members of the january six committee, also peter meijer, fred upton of michigan, john katko the upstate new york republican who negotiated a bipartisan deal for the investigation that was in rejected by gop leadership. today's yes votes also included, as you can see anthony council votes to ohio, jamie growler of washington state, those seven had all voted to impeach donald trump last year over the

that is tonight's last word, the 11th hour with brian williams, starts now. we >> won't good evening once again day 281 of the biden administration, the president may now be delaying his schedule departure for europe tomorrow morning so that he can continue to try to persuade members of his own party to pass his domestic policy bills. drama sometimes helps in these matters, we'll have more on that in just a moment. there is also news from the house committee investigating one six, just a short time ago. one committee member confirms, they expect to hear testimony from jeffrey clark. he is the former trump doj official, who was reportedly involved in the former presidents effort to overturn the election. >> i think the committee has acknowledged with scheduled, this friday for an interview, so i believe that is still on. >> as we reported, the washington post says that the committee expects to subpoena john eastman, the trump friendly lawyer who outlined that for overturning the election. by having former vp mike pence, nullified the electoral votes. last week

"the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. >>> good evening once again, day 282 of the biden administration. the president arrived in rome about two hours ago for the first stop of a five-day european trip. the president had hoped by the time he landed the house would have voted on his bipartisan infrastructure bill. but tonight we learned that vote has been delayed again. right now the earliest it could take place is next week. no one to blame here but the democrats. this morning, biden visited capitol hill to unveil what he called a new framework for his domestic spending bill, hoping to sway the liberals in the house. they've refused to vote on the infrastructure bill until the larger spending measure advances in the senate. biden appealed to his fellow democrats, framing the moment as one that would determine his future and theirs. nbc reporting the president told democrats gathered, quote, i don't think it's hyperbole to say that the house and senate majorities and my presidency will be determined by what happens in the next week. after that the president appeared on live television. >

the 11th hour with brian william starts right now. >> 266 of the biden administration and the white house appears ready to take major step towards the next phase of this campaign to get as many americans vaccinated as possible. vaccines have been approved for kids 12 and older. they bought 65 million pediatric doses of the pfizer vaccine. of course, parents would have to go along and that's proving tougher than anyone predicted. abbott ordered to ban vaccine mandates sets up a legal confrontation with the feds but it also forces businesses to make tough choices in texas. he's also getting backup from fellow republican governor and fellow trumper ron desantis in florida. this afternoon the white house put both governors on blast. >> 700,000 american lives have been lost due to covid-19 including 56,000 in florida and over 68,000 in texas. why would you be taking steps that prevent the saving of lives that make it more difficult to save lives? i think it's pretty clear when you make a choice that is against all public health information and data out there. that it's not based on what is in

"the 11th hour with brian williams" starts right now. >>> good evening once again. day 262 of the biden administration. there's more breaking news out of the state of texas on that state's restrictive abortion law. the u.s. 6th circuit court of appeals has temporarily reinstated the six-week abortion ban after a federal judge blocked the ban on wednesday. as the 5th circuit is known as one of the most conservative appeals courts in the country, the ruling means a ban on abortions after six weeks is now back in force. part of the case that appears destined for a rendezvous with the supreme court. also, the fight between donald trump and the committee looking into the insurrection that he led is heating up. the current president has played a role in this fight. nbc news reported that the biden white house has decided not to block the release of documents related to trump, his presidency, and the insurrection. the move sets up a legal and potentially lengthy showdown between two presidents, current and former, over the issue of executive privilege. earlier today, the w

night at 6 pm eastern on the choice from emmett's embassy, exclusively on peacock. 11th hour with brian williams starts now. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ friday night, they 269 of the biden administration, tonight as the january six committee prepares to go after trump highlights the van in, for definitive subpoena, a process that is just getting underway. today the president added his full-throated support for their mission. >> i hope that the committee goes after them and holds them accountable. we're >> not long after that, white house press secretary jen psaki said president biden supports the work of the committee and the independent role of the department of justice to make any decisions about prosecutions. the spotlight will be on the january six committee, as we enter next week, tuesday evening they vote on a report recommending to the full house that steve bannon be cited for criminal contempt of congress. that begins a long process in and of itself. earlier on this network betsy woodruff swan of politico described but will go into that report. >> before they take the report, i believe this report wi

nsa tonight's last word. "11th hour with brian williams" starts now. >>> well good evening. day 259 of the biden administration the president trying to solve the mounting cry sisz that threatened to push the u.s. into chaos and the world is watching. biden and the team now have less than two weeks to figure out how to raise the nation's borrowing limit and avoid a first-ever u.s. default. and he has to do it without a republican vote because that's who the republicans are now. they insist with a straight face that democrats must act on their own yet intend to block the latest effort in a test vote in the senate tomorrow afternoon. >> they've had plenty of time to execute the debt ceiling increase and have chosen not to do it. they need to do this. they have the time to do it. and the sooner they get about it the better. >> that is the minority leader of the senate. a few hours after that, president biden was asked for his response? >> i'll be receiving -- >> if mcconnell refuses to cooperate what happens next? >> quite frankly there's not many options if they're going to be

the 11th hour with brian williams, starts now. >> good evening once again, day 270, nine of the biden administration. the president once again making it clear, that he will not help his predecessor, assert a claim of executive privilege. to keep additional material hidden from the house committee, investigating january 6th. president biden's white house counsel sent that message, in a letter, today over the national archives, trump's filed a lawsuit of course to keep documents related to one six, out of that committee's hands. this week that house committee could learn more about the organization, the planning of the rallies that took place in the weeks before the riot. at the capitol. including the one that very same day. several people involved in those efforts have been scheduled to appear for deposition, starting today. the only known witness to defy a committee subpoena, that would be trump ally steve bannon, he awaits the feds decision on prosecution for contempt of congress, we're also getting a closer look at the sea of the washington post, at the headquarters for some key fig

that's tonight's last word, "the 11th hour" with brian william starts right now. good evening, once again day 275, the biden administration, the fate of donald trump's key ally, steve bannon, house of representatives referred him to doj for possible criminal contempt charges, the one time head of trump's campaign, later chief strategist refused to cooperate with a republican from the house committee. today house votes largely along party line, 229, 202 with only 9 republicans joining democrats voing yes. there is adam kinzinger of illinois and liz cheney and peter myers of michigan, and upstate new york republican who negotiated a bipartisan deal for the investigation that was rejected by gop leadership. today's yes votes included anthony gonzales of ohio and jamie herrera of washington state. those seven voted to impeach donald trump last year over the insurrection. the eighth and ninth gop vote, brian fitzpatrick. >> mr. bannon should come before congress, there are other folks working with the committee to determine what information they are seeking out. i want

"the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. ♪♪ >>> well, good evening once again. day 280 of the biden administration. and there is breaking news indeed tonight in the january 6th investigation. "washington post" reporting the house select committee expected to subpoena john eastman, who outlined scenarios for overturning the election results in trump's favor. "the post" quote, it will happen, chair bennie thompson said in an interview tuesday for a subpoena of eastman who played a key role in the legal operation that was run out of a command center at the willard hotel in washington in the days and hours leading up to january 6th. house investigators are also focusing on getting more witnesses to cooperate. earlier today the committee chairman said some of those witnesses have been coming in without being asked, without being subpoenaed even. earlier this evening one committee member was a bit more forthcoming about their focus. >> we have had dozens of interviews with individuals. every day we are reaching out, we are pulling these threads to find out what transp

the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. ♪ ♪ >>> well good evening again, day 274 of the biden administration and we are just hours away from what has become at least thus far, the lynch pin of the committee investigating the sacking of our capitol and the attempt to change a presidential election. that would be holding someone, anyone accountable in this case, that would be steve bannon. this afternoon the house rules committee advanced the recommendation that bannon be held in contempt after hearing from lawmakers on the january 6th committee. also there for good measure, jim jordan and matt gaetz who spoke to move against the subpoena against bannon. gaetz pushed the former president's lies about election fraud. >> do you accept that joe biden won the election. >> i accept that he is a president. >> do you accept that he defeated trump on the margin that trump called land slide -- >> i think our election was uniquely polluted by mail-in ballots. >> today to remove any doubt, the house leaders reminded their leaders to vote no on holding bannon in contempt. one used a trumping refrain to de

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> good evening once again, day 260 of the biden administration, as you've been following, breaking news tonight out of texas, federal judge has temporarily blocked almost total ban on abortions in state of texas. tonight's decision follows a challenge brought by the biden administration filed after the supreme court quietly allowed the texas law to go into effect. in his 113 page ruling, u.s. district judge robert pittman wrote quote, a person's right under the constitution to choose to obtain an abortion prior to fetal viability is established. depriving its citizens of this right would be unconstitutional and the state contrived to do just that. texas has appealed this order to one of the most conservative appellate courts. also we're hours from a major deadline in the house investigation into the 1/6 riot and insurrection. attempt to overturn our presidential election. house select committee investigating 1/6 about to face first major test. deadline for four of trump's top officials to respond to subpoena to turn over records and documents rel

"the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. >>> good evening why day 261 of the biden administration. our nation has averted something of a financial catastrophe for now. tonight your u.s. senate voted 50-48 along party lines to temporarily raise the debt ceiling just 11 days before the deadline. that came after mitch mcconnell allowed it to happen by agreeing not to block a simple majority vote. however this does not end the drama over the debt limit. we'll be back the get again in december when the battle over how much the nation can borrow starts up all over again why meanwhile a con front take is quickly shaping between the former president and the house committee investigating the january 6 riot insurrection and attempt to overturn the election. there's now less than an hour left for fire former trump aides to comply with a subpoena for documents related to the capitol riot and the effort do deny joe biden the presidency. nbc news confirming a politico report that trump is directing those aides to defy the committee subpoenas. trump's lawyer sent them all a letter telling them n