as white house press secretary, you made multiple public statements from the white house in elsewhere in reported fraud in the november 2020 election, the individuals that attacked the capitol echoed on january, six you are with trump -- and popped in and out to join mr. trump as he watched the attack on the u.s. capitol later that afternoon. the chairman of the january six committee, that just issued those subpoenas, benny thompson in mississippi, joins me now. congressman. says a large group of folks just in the last few, days it seems to represent, an investigation that is both moving quite quickly and expanding. to sort of take down the totality on the run up to january six. how would you characterize where you are in your investigation? >> first of all, thanks for having me chris, what i would tell you is we are in the midst of following the facts and circumstances, that got us to january six. the 16 individuals we have subpoenaed, this week, have knowledge as to what occurred before january six, as well as what occurred on january six. a lot of it is in the public domain. some o

steve bannon hadn't been in the white house in years. there are differences, but ultimately those differences don't affect the fact that there is no immunity to simply say, i ain't showing up, and that is probably the most significant factor when the committee decides what step is next. >> let me also ask you about a recent revelation about what happened on and leading up to january 6th that have been published in abc news reporter jonathan karl's new book, which is yet to come out, but apparently is a jackpot of news even before it gets formally published. the latest revelation from mr. karl's reporting is that there was yet another memo, i guess we'd call it, another legalish argument put to vice president pence and his staff, ssentially directing him to overturn the election results to keep president trump in power even though he had lost the election. we know about one of those from john eastman who has been subpoenaed by the committee. we know of another by mr. mcantee who was working in the white house who made that argument to mr.

so the white house says they want to try to use this time wisely. the time they believe the travel restrictions for instance that they put in place are buying them. and we should also note just in, wolf, there are new developments in the u.s. about what's going on in the fight against covid-19 overall. not just related to the omicron variant. advisers to the fda have voted 13-10 to get an emergency authorization of that new anti-covid pill that's being made by merck. of course, this is something that still has to go to the fda and if they make a decision based on this recommendation from these advisers. this is something not just concerning to the scientists working on this but also look at stocks today. you saw them tumbling. the dow was down several points -- several hundred points because there are concerns about what this variant means for the united states in addition to those comments from the fed chair earlier today saying they can no longer really call inflation transitory. >> the dow down another 650 points just today. thank you very much.

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phil, one of the arguments that you just heard from paula reid, the white house, the biden white house argument is an argument based on planet earth where this january 6th insurrection was an extraordinary, horrific thing. but as we know, there are a number of republicans in the house of representatives who do not currently reside on planet earth. they live on this trump world where the insurrection was on election day and there was all this election fraud. all these things that are not true. so the biden people can say, well, this is just extraordinary circumstances and future congresses, future majorities in congress will respect that. i don't know what world they think those people live on, though. >> yeah, well, obviously it's a world in which the full weight of the government, you know, levying criminal charges against someone is seen as preferable to donald trump as we're seeing in the case of steve bannon. trump's gig all along has been deny, deny d, deny, don't compl. that was from day one, that was the approach he took here. and that's what he's clearly demanding of people who

steve bannon did not work in the white house. yet he is claiming privilege. these people will certainly try and claim that which is why they are sort of waiting on what merrick garland decides to do at doj. . >> in that clip we saw kayleigh mcenany lying to the american people. it's not a crime to lie to the american people. if it were she would have been charged on the first day as press secretary. what do you think the committee is looking for here. what do they want to know? it's not just did the president tell you to go out there and lie to the american people because, of course he did. >> well, they are looking to see what steps were taken within government that led to the january 6th insurrection. of course over 500 of the insurrectionists have been paying the price one way or the other. the criminal justice system, but no one has been charged with who funded it. how well organized was it and who was in on it. these could lead to charges of conspiracy, rico charges, obstruction of congress and also questions on whether donald trump incited an insurrecti

the white house deputy chief of staff. trump's person a the white house deputy chief of staff. trump's personl assistant. they got subpoenas today. each passing day, of course, is more proverbially pregnant with the question of whether the justice department is actually going to see to it that these subpoenas are enforced. the justice department is still currently mulling whether they're going to bring a prosecution, a contempt prosecution against any trump aides who defy the subpoenas. there was a criminal referral made to the u.s. justice department over steve bannon defying his subpoena from the january 6 investigation. the justice department has received that criminal referral. but they have not acted on it one way or the other. we don't know whether or not this investigation will effectively be allowed to proceed. more trump folks get subpoenas. six yesterday. ten today. they all upon receiving these subpoenas, they all decide whether or not they will comply with them. that justice department decision about whether or not steve bannon will be prosecuted for contempt, for d

and this was a formal briefing in the white house. three days later, the russian investigation was launched. and then in september, you have this meeting with the indicted clinton lawyer, sussmann, and jake sullivan and others. and then it was shortly after that in october that sullivan released this public statement that there was this covert serving trying trump to moscow something completely fallacious, but he put it all over the media. when he was asked later by congress sort of what's going on here, i mean, did you know the basis of this? the source of this? he said no. he even denied that sussmann, the roles of sussmann and clinton general counsel mark he will i can't say in creating these allegations. now, keep in mind, also, that sussmann was indicted for denying the role, his connection to the clinton campaign. mark he willous was accused by others of also denying the connection between the clinton campaign and dossier. it wasn't until after the election that they admitted that they did indeed fund the dossier. >> bret: that'

. >> and kristen welker, how's the white house spunning the outlook now? they have a tough challenge in the senate but noticed congresswoman jayapal with rachel saying we have pre-conferenced this. only thing that joe manchin did not agree to is family leave and we have hopes for that but congressional people, leadership telling me that whatever they can get they get. this is a deal that the progressives won't not play ball and that they think it is pre-conference and the senate was consulted and with the white house and that this has been precleared. is that too hopeful? >> reporter: look. you have top senators who are telling me as you point out this was all but agreed to and part of why progressives agreed to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill. because there was that agreement essentially to move forward on build back better including in the senate once the cbo score came out and you have joe manchin not responding yesterday directly when asked what his spet is on the cbo numbers and whether that hinder his ability to support this bill. so we'll ha

they want to lose more house in the house and senate and more in the and perhaps the white house in 2024. we have to work together. big programs have already gone to the wayside. one of which senator sanders will not let go of you have 15 democrats very vulnerable in the promised lower drug prices and something manchin doesn't like and sanders requires and he definitely heads the progressive caucus. >> bret: mark, the president is facing pretty bad poll numbers in recent days. you look at nbc poll his approval stands at 42% approval. disapprove 54%. on the eternals of that poll all kinds of questions where republicans are really up. if the marist poll election confidence better chance of winning 2024, biden at 36%. someone someone else at 44%. here's the president talking about polls this weekend. >> polls have going to up and up and down. look at overrer president. same thing happened. >> that's why i ran. i didn't run to determine how well i'm going to do in the polls. i said that i would make sure that we were in a position where we dealt with climate change, where we moved in a direc

white house fiber officials. they include well known figures as stephen miller, blast from the past who made numerous false allegation about voter fraud in the 2020 election and encouraged state legislatures to appoint alternate electors. also, kayleigh mcenany, the white house press secretary who said at her very first briefing, i will never lie to you. and so, her lies began. and eight others including some lesser-known people who played key roles in their attempt to overturn a free and fair election. joining us now, robert costa co-author with bob woodward of the best-seller "peril." good to have you on. if you look at the ten latest subpoenas issued today, what do they tell you about -- or do they tell you anything about the direction of the january 6th committee, where they are heading in the investigation? >> number one, anderson, they are casting a wide net. they are -- they are bringing up names that are well known, like stephen miller, general kellogg, but also some lower-level trump white house aides tr

phil mattingly at the white house, thanks so much. biden's headache is a downright migraine for millions of americans especially in the heartland where heating bills could double this year. cnn's in des moines, iowa. what are iowans telling you about how the rising prices have impacted their daily lives? >> reporter: the number one issue we are hearing from iowans is this rising energy crisis they are facing to heat their homes. one gentleman told us instead of turning the furnace on these last couple nights as it has been chillier here he's actually decided to just light the fireplace, put more blankets on and more clothes during the day. and rising food costs. we ran into a gentleman at the supermarket who said he was there to just simply peruse the aisles but when he realized the cost of bacon was up 20% in the last year he grabbed it in bulk and is putting it in the freezer to save it couple and save a couple cents on the dollar. here is how he described the rising costs across the board. >> we're all hard working, middle class fo

white house chief of staff ron klain will join us. first, right to kaitlan collins who is live in baltimore with president biden. as much as the president is trying to sell his infrastructure bill, he's also urging congress to pass his social safety net bill, the build back better act. how is he threading this needle amid news that americans are seeing the worst inflation in 30 years? >> a big question facing the white house is whether or not these new inflation numbers that came out today are going to complicate the president's path to getting that larger bill passed. key democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia talking about this saying this is a problem and d.c. needs to focus on for the american people. and president biden came out and one of the first things he talked about were those high numbers that came out. showing that over the last 12 months, consumer prices have jumped by 6%. in the last month alone, 0.9%. of course, that's affecting things for americans from everything to buying gas to buying eggs and bacon at the

jonathan lemire, i am curious of the white house a couple days after the election, what the white house is saying about the election, if they are talking about new direction to move in, i want to go back to this new york times editorial. one of the most progressive voices of america. this is as i talk that you might hear on "morning joe" or hear from guy cecil or hear from bill clinton. if you read this, it says for many voters especially those who don't vote regularly, the 2020 election was about removing mr. trump from the white house. it was less about policies or ideology. mr. biden did not win the democratic primary because he promised progressive revolution. there were plenty of other candidates doing that. he captured the nomination and the presidency because he promised an exhausted nation a return to sanity decency and competency. as representative abigail spanberger told the new york times nobody elected him to be fdr, they elected him to be normal or stop the chaos. they did and i am not sure what happened since january 20th. there is no doubt. there is no doubt from that spe

>> as to her question, the white house condemned the video. house speaker pelosi said threats of violence against members of congress and the president of the united states must not be tolerated. and kevin mccarthy. guess what he said? nothing. we invited him on the program as well but heard nothing back. congressman gosar, who we also invited on tonight, tweeted out a cartoon response earlier today. the message saying it's a cartoon, relax. then later, he put out a statement which says in part that the anime quote depicts the symbolic nature of a battle between lawful and unlawful policies and in no way intended to be a targeted attack against representative cortez or mr. biden which doesn't even make sense because that is what it is. it's a targeted attack. it's not open to interpretation. yes, it's an anime. perhaps, the richest sentence, though, in this one quoting again a chaotic and lawless wind is blowing across our land. he's not wrong about that one. just listen to a pair of hate-filled voicemails. two of many that michigan republican

phil mattingly over at the white house, thank you very much. former president trump by the way still hasn't made an announcement on his potential 2024 presidential run but his grip on the republican party clearly remains stronger than ever. listen to trump's former white house chief of staff mark meadows. >> i would love to see the gavel go from nancy pelosi to donald trump. you talking about melting down, people would go crazy. as you know you don't have to be an elected member of congress to be the speaker. wouldn't you see, she would go from tearing up a speech to having to give the gavel to donald trump? oh, she would go crazy. >> let's discuss with our chief political analyst gloria borger and cnn's senior political commentator the former republican governor of ohio john kasich. governor, what goes through your mind hearing meadows suggest a that former president trump should be the speaker if the republicans become the majority after the midterm elections in the house? you were once a member of the house. >> i think he hit the nail on the

this was right in the white house. this was the white house chief of staff. this was one of his campaign lawyers outlining a very specific plan with dates and times that was all centering on mike pence obeying the orders of donald trump, and it was a plan that if pence had gone along with, would have resulted in a much bigger constitutional crisis than what we saw. and joe, what i found is that's just one example of where this could have gone off the rails and almost did go off the rails even in a more spectacular way than it did. >> yep. well, just one example. jonathan, a shocking example. a guy who was a member of the united states congress goes over to work for the white house, and he's actively working to overthrow the united states government. to overthrow the elected president of the united states. it's absolutely staggering. in your reporting, how widespread was the contempt that donald trump staff members had for the united states constitution, for the peaceful transfer of power, for political and constitutional norms? >> and i'll add one other, for

they say they agree that he should have-- be in the white house. how do you persuade tens of millions of republicans that former president trump is wrong? >> i think that you lay out the facts. and that is what we do in the book. we lay out the facts and the facts do not support that allegation and that is why over 60 courts have rejected the argument over the course of time, since the election. but here's the bigger issue, judy. is that you know, no political party wins campaigns by talking about yesterday. you have to talk about tomorrow. if donald trump wants to talk about those future issues and critiquing the biden administration and laying out a thoughtful plan for what we do next, he will be a very powerful voice in the debate going forward. but if we continue to look backwards, that is not whawe need to do. >> one question out there, governor, is why is chris christie the right person to be making this argument. because after all you were one of the first people to endorse former president trump. you stuck with him through what, the 2016 ac

i'm told by white house sources the president and top white house aides will contestant to engage with lawmakers. they're trying to make the cases in what lawmakers, including senators manchin and sinema, this should a bill they could get behind, it does not add to the deficit. adding back paid family leave, critical to people across the country, especially women of color, and also men as well who are going to be able to take care of a sibling or family member if they're going to be on medical leave. today the president has a message for democrats as relates to the bill, five words, get it on my desk. the president is urging his party to get on the same page. it's anyone's guess whether or not the president will be able to get this together. lisa is saying it could be weeks, maybe days for the house vote. at the white house there is a feeling the president is trying to be the closer in chief. he has not been able to get there, but the white house is watching all this very closely. >> woodruff: the drama continues. yamiche alcindor at the white house, lisa desjardins following it on the

so the white house wants more schools to host vaccine clinics. in a letter to school superintendents, the biden administration notes there's ample funding and resources to help from the american rescue plan that passed earlier this year. the white house also notes information and encouragement directly from schools could help raise vaccination rates. but do you worry that many schools might just not want the headache? >> well, first of all, it's a great idea. so those schools that are willing to do it would certainly be a major contribution. it does remind one of the polio days. you're trying to mass vaccinate children. sometimes the easiest way is through schools. but, obviously, i think the fallback is going to be when pediatricians offices. >> since vaccines for children 5 to 11 became available last week we've seen an overwhelming response in some parts of the country with parents lining up with their kids to get shots but then one father in the d.c. area told us that he waited three-plus hours to get his kids vaccinated. think about that for

you had the head of the european commission visiting the white house and saying now the white house is planning new sanctions against belarus, tougher sanctions against alexander lukashenko and that is exactly what the european union is saying as well. they want to expand sanctions and to try to put pressure on him. the other big thing the european union wants to do is threatening the airlines flying and not be able to fly into the european union if you continue to fly people to belarus who are then being brought to the border to be sent over into the european union. so they're trying to show more of a unified response and of course, one of the things you've mentioned is absolutely correct. it doesn't seem as if alexander is budging. he praised putin for flying those bombers over belarus territory then today threatened to cut off gas supplies. we can see that the european union has decided it's going to remain tough and it certainly says it's not going to budge. the polls say they could send a lot more troops to the border. >> thank you so much. also in our world lead, a history making

what is the white house doing to push this decision? yamiche: as you said, the president really wanted this to be passed, at least one of these bills. he wanted it passed while in europe, the bipartisan infrastructure bill. even though house speaker nancy pelosi was pushing lawmakers and saying, let's give the president a vote of confidence from congress, when that did not happen, thehite house continued to engage. the president and top white house aides will make the case this is exactly what lawmakers including senator manchin, senator sinema, should be able to get behind. they say it does not add to the deficit. they are adding things back progressives wanted, like paid family leave, something critical to families, including women of color and men, who may have to take care of a family member if they are on medical leave. the president had a message for democrats as it relates to these bills, yet it on my desk. -- get it on my desk. it is anyone's guests if the president will be able to bring this together. it could be weeks or days

that's a pretty big job in any white house. in that position, he would oversee the vetting and hiring of everyone from ambassadors to cabinet members. not everyone thought it was a good idea. one staffer who oversaw the personal office told the president, i have never said no to anything you have asked me to do, but i'm asking you to reconsider this. i don't think it's a good idea. trump took that about as well as you can imagine. reportedly screamed at the staffer, you people never f-ing listen to me. going to f-ing do what i tell you to do. mcentee got the job and embarked on this ideological effort to purge the white house who are insufficiently loyal to donald trump. he hired new staffers, including liaisons. in one example, one of his enforcers noticed a low level staffer at the department of housing and urban development liked a post from the pop star taylor swift on instagram. specifically, this post where she encouraged her fans to vote in one photo and displayed photos decorated with the biden name. it was escalated to

former president trump's threat to his own party on his way out of the white house. >>> and the manhunt after a deadly shooting at a target. >>> the school bus crash. the middle school students onboard. and the injuries tonight. >>> the hand signal seen on tiktok videos that authorities say saved a teenage girl's life. >>> and we stand up for heroes, right here tonight. >>> good evening. it's great to start another week with all of you at home. we begin with two major headlines, the hugs today, the thousands of reunions for the first time in at least 18 months. the u.s. lifting travel restrictions on 33 countries, including canada, mexico, and most of europe. pfizer late today likely to ask for authorization for millions 18 and older. and flights taking off from heathrow, bound for new york city. passengers required to have proof of vaccination and a negative covid test within three days of traveling here. images of emotional reunions coming in. a couple hugging following a flight from germany to chicago's o'hare airport. and cars lining up at the canadian border, waiting to come in. an

you have the white house saying, look, if mcauliffe loses, it's not on us. mcauliffe is saying get in a room and figure this out, and i've been speaking to virginia voters who are saying they're sick of the intransigence. >> i've got to pause it there. that was very lively. we'll pick it up. kristen and i will anchor an election night special on "nbc news now" and on peacock tuesday night beginning at 9:00 eastern. there are elections from coast to coast. we're going to have it all. complete wall-to-wall coverage around the country. we've got the exit polls, the board, we've got it all. it's election night in america. nbc news will be there. >>> when we come back, our new edition of "county to county," seven counties that may tell us where the midterm elections are heading. stay with us. us ♪ this is how we do it ♪ (tools drop) (squeaking sound) ♪ this is how we do it ♪ turns out, montell jordan knows how to do almost everything. and it turns out the general is a quality insurance company that's been saving people money for nearly 60 years. ♪ this

the white house just today and the cdc director and dr. fauci were trying to encouge people to have a good thanksgiving, 2021 is not 2020, but the level of uncertainty is pretty high. this time last year, everyone was looking at these vaccines coming, thinking maybe the vaccines will be the end. then it turns out they weren't the end. the biden white house is having difficulty messaging what the future looks like, in part because it is really hard to predict what the future is going to look like, so they haven't built -- not everything is about messaging, but a lot of people just want answers and there aren't answers. >> we had a look at what normal was going to look like and that is almost harder to recover from than just slogging through and saying eventually we will get to the end. we had this glimpse and then it was taken back. i think that is the bigger overlying thing. you can't discount the inflation piece, which is a really big piece of all of this. amna: i want you to quickly weigh in on we had the president's reaction to a court

and the white house and people are sick of us playing this and not delivering for them and that is the take away and i think that we can correct that over the next year. howard: authority a lot of it i'm glad you both agree that these are legitimate issues that we can debate but not necessarily racist appeals and i want to say the president of biden to questions from reporters pretty and the recent and election results for the present had a couple of exchanges with pbs. let's roll the tape. >> how could you do this differently to avoid similar losses in november especially that there working on these four issues. [inaudible]. and the critical race theory pretty. biden: i think that we should produce to the american people pretty. >> democratic voters especially the black voters to be roughly race and education lying about critical race theory in the worried and present have an effective like to push back on that predict. [inaudible]. biden: will i think that the whole answer is just to speak the truth. howard: they were very aggressive very reporter aggressive and donald trump beat up

tonight, the white house says hundreds of thousands of new jobs, roads, bridges, and broadband. and tonight, some of the communities that will see the results. >>> new subpoenas late today in the january 6th investigation. targeting several members of former president trump's inner circle. and tonight, new reporting from jonathan karl. former president trump's threat to his own party on his way out of the white house. >>> also as we come on the air tonight, the manhunt right now after a deadly shooting outside of a target. >>> the school bus crash. the middle school students onboard. and the injuries tonight. >>> the hand signal seen on tiktok videos that authorities now say saved a teenage girl's life. what the sheriff is saying tonight. >>> and we stand up for heroes, right here tonight. >>> good evening. as we come on the air in the west, it's great to start another week with all of you at home. we begin with two major headlines, the hugs today, the thousands of reunions for the first time in at least 18 months. the u.s. lifting travel restrictions on 33 countries, including

the white house of representatives? >> i think you are right that democrats are on defensive, that's a new thing in virginia. you have to, i mean virginia has been getting bluer as as state, joe biden won it by ten points. that's a relatively recent phenomenon, you know, glenn youngkin came into this race with his -- the patterns of the days of jimmy carter is one party wins the white house one year and the following year the other party wins the virginia's governor race. the only time the pattern was broken in 2013 when a leader after barack obama was reelected president and some guy named terry mcauliffe was elected governor of virginia and then the pattern went back to the same as it always been. one party wins the white house and other party wins virginia's mansion. youngkin has history and momentum on his side. what mcauliffe has on his side is math. the fact that this has been a bluer and bluer state and so the question is, do enough democrats come out to vote for mcauliffe? does youngkin motivate republicans in a

. >> we'll be joined by white house chief of staff. and later in the hour by -- and we now know that when congressman appears on the rachel ma dow show. joe biden watches and he calls her and tells her how great she was. talking to rachel. that has been reported that's one of the phone calls she's gotten from president biden. >> that's very unsettling. i mean. that makes me feel self-conscious. >> yeah. he's watching. >> yeah. don't -- i have to bleach my brain and forget this ever happened and never think of it again. >> president of the united states. is watching. he stopped watching now. it's 10:00 p.m. he was watching. no wait tonight he's busy with the china summit. don't be offended if he missed some of the show tonight. >> you are trying to undo me. you know how to do it. you have figured it out. you are putting it into action. >> whatever you do, tomorrow night don't think about it. okay? just don't -- when chris hays says good evening rachel. just do not think joe biden is watching. just don't. >> lawrence. you can never unsay

he's now the chief officer for the white house covid-19 response. dr. kessler, it's always an honor to have you, particularly tonight when so many emerges may have questions about this new variant. >> fire away, rachel. i'm ready to answer all of your questions. >> thank you. you're exactly who i want to be talking to. let me ask you the first question. we've had it described as having a very large number of mutations, a large number of mutations specifically affecting the spike protein, which has been specific for the development of our vaccines. can you tell us why a large number of mutations is a worry and why that's band why the spike mutations themselves might be worrying or bad? >> we have experience with some of those mutations because we've seen some of those mutations in other variants, and those mutations can affect transmissibility, and they can affect how well our vaccines work. look, there is still a lot we need to learn. we need to learn about the transferability. there is early data from south africa that suggests the transmissibility of

>> well, jake, it's certainly unfortunate timing for the white house. that's precisely the argument the president is trying to make here today. he was apologizing for steps that president trump took at the time he was in office when it came to withdrawing the u.s. from the paris climate accords and he was trying to make the argument the sus back at the table. they are going to lead when it comes to climate change. now they've gotten this statement from senator manchin saying, he's not ready yet to fully support president biden's agenda here. and the white house responded pretty quickly with jen psaki putting out a statement saying that senator manchin says he's prepared to support a plan that combats inflation, is fiscally responsible and will create jobs. 17 nobel prize-winning economists say this plan will reduce inflation and, jake, they say as a result we remain confident the plan will gain senator manchin's support. of course, the key phrase there is will gain. that means the white house realizes senator manchin has not yet expressed his support be

and from the white house. that actually mapped out and said this is how much it cost, this is what the investments are, this is what the revenue will be. and what they said is, we just want a few more tables, actually verifying this information that we got. what are written agreement says, is that, the written statement says this, as long as it turns out to be approximately ballpark with the white house is already given us, that they will be fine. if there is a discrepancy, they will work expeditiously with, us to fix that discrepancy. the president committed that if there was a discrepancy, he would work very quickly with us to fix it. and to make sure we raise the revenue, but rachel. everyone i've talked to, i don't think we would've made this deal, if we thought there was going to be a discrepancy. everyone we have talked to has said, the cbo, whatever these tables are that we're going to get, are going to be the same as what the white house is represented the costs and the revenue to be. i feel confidence

in 2018 to 2020, in two years, we lost the house, the senate, and the white house. the only other time in the 150-plus-year history of the republican party that happened was herbert hoover from '30 to '32 and then we didn't win the white house again 28 of the next 36 years. we have to have a viable two-party system in this country. we have to be able to contrast different ideas. give voters choices. and to do that, we have to, once again, become the party of truth. >> the problem, though, is the former president who is the head of the republican party now, on a national level. i mean, he is a truth denier. i mean, he is one of the people in the title of your book. and yet, your party is beholden to him. >> well, look. i think there is some things you are seeing now, which show that that's becoming less so. yesterday, there was a new poll from the des moines register of iowa republicans and as i know you know, those are some most conservative republicans in america, in iowa. they asked a question, where is your first loyalty? to the republican party? or to donald tru

these guys get in and take control of the house, the senate and the white house and reverse all the things that make sense and today we are a country that is in producing energy domestically but is making all other countries around the world to produce oil even while we don't produce our own. this is crazy. if i described this to anybody two years ago they would say that is never going to happen. the other guys aren't that crazy. yes, they are. >> sean: no, they really are that crazy. i mean, but the sad part is the damage they are doing is also real. senator, one year from now you will be up for reelection and when you look at this senate map, there will be one bellwether state for republicans after another and that is an important race. we will be following and supporting her candidacy down in florida. thank you for being with us. straight ahead following a republican sweep in virginia, lieutenant governor-elect, winsome series is quickly becoming a rising g.o.p. star. she will join us for an exclusive intern dominic interview next. this isn't just freight. these aren't just shipments. t

when we come back, the white house christmas decorations. it is that time of year. ♪ ♪ bret brolt finally tonight, getting into the christmas spirit. first jill biden unveiled. more than 100 volunteers around the country helped decorate for the season. they trimmed 41 christmas trees. hung about 6,000 feet of ribbon and more than 10,000 ornaments. the 2021 gifts from the heart theme honors covid-19 frontline workers. a gigantic ginger bread village features a school, post office, police fire and gas stations, christmas stockings for each of the biden grandchildren hang from the fireplace mantel in the state dining room. the decorations of the product of months of work by the first lady and her staff starting as far back as june. quite something to see. we thought we would give you a glimpse. tomorrow on "special report" the results of the reagan national defense survey about the u.s. military plus democrats and republicans concerned about taiwan and china. thanks for inviting us in your home. that's it for us tonight. freedom hosted this

i am critical of the white house. and i'm critical of -- of -- of the media and i'm not a typical me media basher but there is a lot of good news in this economy and we we're not getting it out. we got to do a better job i think. >> james carville, dana bash, appreciate it. thanks. lot to watch for tomorrow. >>> coming up next, more on the role the former president's playing as a surrogate for one side and object of fear for the other. >>> also, what he doesn't want us to know about his role in january 6th. some fascinating details about what we are just learning now about the documents that he is trying to keep away from congress. >>> and later, the supreme court taking up the texas six-week abortion law with some surprising statements by two members of the court's conservative wing. we will talk about what that may mean for challenges to the law. . that takes wealth. but this is worth. and that - that's actually worth more than you think. don't open that. wealth is important, and we can help you build it. but it's w

when donald trump was in the white house can they come back tonight and support youngkin? some of the early indications we have from our voter analysis suggestion that is the case hang on and we will see whether or not it is true. loudoun county hawb has been in the news for a year. the issue there clearly is education, the economy on the mind of many people as well. it's almost two to one biden over trump. can youngkin then score a comeback in parts of the state that i just showed you we are voting yet again america. they say virginia is for lovers tonight it is for the voters and here we go. ♪ >> martha: seconds away from the polls closing bruising battle. first political race. >> bret: tonight, voters let their voices be heard and the stakes could not be higher. special coverage of democracy 2021 starts now. ♪ ♪ >> bret: tonight, the moment of truth in virginia. >> the fiery race for governor that has parents and politicians at each other's throats. >> resign. >> resign cowards. >> you could have made a difference. >> you could have found a solution. >> the decidi

the game was a signal from the white house it expected pence to do its bidding. that was why donald trump was up there painting a target on his back. that is why he tweeted. and it is something to give the bare minimum credit that pence did not do. those are not the only recent developments from the coup crew. karl also reports fox host maria bartiromo a staunch trump ally who used her shows during this period to platform the most ridiculous of trump's lawyers like sidney powell was a true believer in the stolen election conspiracy at least according to karl's reporting because according to the book she abandoned any semblance of journalistic ethics by then reportedly calling attorney general bill barr demanding he stop the steal. quote barr told karl on the record she called me up and she was screaming. i yelled back at her. she's lost it. that is a tough thing to hear from bill barr. the attorney general who, you know, blurred the lines between the doj and white house to a dangerous degree in pursuit of trump -- the same bill who worked to sow doubt about the m

pbs "newshour" chief correspondent amna nawaz, white house chief correspondent peter baker, former white house political director for george w. bush sara fagen, and former democratic congresswoman donna edwards. we're going to start a conversation here. rural white voters, last year president trump won virginia's rural voters by six points, 52-46. not a good showing for virginia by a republican. on tuesday, glenn youngkin won rural voters by 27 points. i call that a huge increase. rural voters increased their percentage of the electorate by three percentage points. so from 16% of the electorate in '20 to nearly one in five voters in virginia were from rural virginia. it gave youngkin too big of a lead for mcauliffe to overcome no matter how well he did in suburban and urban areas. donna, i don't know if there's enough votes in rural maryland to overcome this to give democrats a problem, but clearly there was in virginia, and there almost was in new jersey. it's a problem. >> it is. i mean one of the challenges is that we're not going to win rural voters, but you have to contest for them,

the white house has said that we will have information that matches, that the bill will be fully paid for. and ultimately, you know, the cbo has indicated that irs enforcement may be scored differently. but i think all democrats understand that actually the effects of enforcing the law and making the wealthiest pay their fair share are very, very clear, and we will get all of that revenue in. so i don't believe that we think there's going to be a problem between what the white house has said in terms of what the bill is going to cost and how it's paid for. i think that's all going to be consistent. and i do think we'll pass it through this week. >> have you talked to any of the moderates and received firm assurances from them that they will vote for the bill this week, regardless of what cbo comes out with? >> we have our agreement. and in that agreement it was very clear that regardless of if cbo has not provided the information, we will still hold a vote this week. and i've been continuing to talk to them. they've now had a week and a half to look at the bill to make sure they know

secretary, of a white house lawyer. and i'm reminded of the mueller investigation because during that time, according to mueller, the president said to don mcgahn, why are you taking notes? i hate lawyers who take notes. lawyers don't take notes. my lawyers never took notes. well, in fact, his lawyers did take notes, and those are the things that are going to be really revealing about the president's state of mind, what he was directing people to do at the time. >> he's amazing. someone like michael cohen may say, okay, i didn't take notes but i recorded it. professor tribe, if the judge rules against trump, this could be a pivotal moment. what is the authority of a former president? what is the authority of the house's right to investigate? what is the historic precedence that this ruling could have? >> it could make absolutely clear, as many of us have argued all along, that it is the current president who has to weigh the importance of confidentiality and advice to the president against public need to know. it is als

there are obvious tensions between vp and the biden white house. many people have reported that. tensions on both sides. does the backlash suggest to you that any criticism of kamala harris is vulnerable to being dismissed as mere racism or sexism? >> no. let's be very clear, i do think sex and race play here. to super's point, she's the first woman, black woman in this role. but with that being said, there are fair criticisms to point at the vice president. for me, as somebody from jamaican descent, i have a problem with how this white house has handled haiti. a lot of that is on her watch. i do think there are some tactical errors being made by her team. i'm not sure i'm going to put her on good morning america as her first interview. maybe it would have been better to have her in person with the reporter. but i do think that there are some mistakes, and i think the vice president's office realizes that. we saw this week that they have dismissed their communications director. there seems to be more shaking and rumbling in the office because they understand they do have a storyt

you obviously covered donald trump and the trump white house, now the biden white house. are these documents, in fact, going to be turned over to the january 6th committee? >> it appears that way. those on the committee are hopeful at the very least. now that trump and his allies have a few legal recourses to go, and there will be appeals, but certainly the sort of -- the firmness of, let's say, the judge's decision last night has given hope to those on the committee that i've been talking to that they will, indeed, see those documents. now, they're expanding the reach with this wave of subpoenas. you read through the names there. it is a who's who of trump world, the second tier. kayleigh mcenany, the press secretary, served in office through january 6th. steven miller, of course, the architect of many of trump's more infamous policy proposals, including the family separation, the children separated from the parents at the border, he remained in the white house late, you know, all the way through inauguration day. johnny mcentee, not a name perhaps many viewers know, but

judy: the two of you are obviously for, the white house very much for it. mayor whaley, we know most members of the republican ohio allegaon voted against this. i am coding republican davison, he says it is pork laden and not narrowly tailored, it is reckless spending. how do you answer? mayor whaley: senator portman, an ohio republican, spoke today, and he went through how this happened. i think what makes it so difficult in washington, d.c. is things get mired in partisanship. 63% of americans support this info structure bill. that is a huge number. it does have bipartisan support across the country. what i think is frustrating for us as mayors trying to get stuff done is a lot of times when it comes to this town, everybody gets in their corners. i was happy to see on this bill, we saw bipartisan support, the first time in a long time. we saw senator portman or congressman gonzalez an ohio vote yes. judy: mayor holt, your party, republican party, much more opposition. polls showing bipartisan support republican support seems to be sliding. the entire okla

i am sure the speaker of the house is frustrated as people at the white house. jonathan lemire, you have actually people saying oh manchin has not agreed to this or that. he and biden shook hands, he won 1.5. biden says i need two. they shook hands. manchin told cnn, he agreed on the 1.75. he agrees generally with the 1.5. i have said along they have been patient. they get something done and they pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill that's been there to be passed for a long time. they're debating the details now. what's the delay? do democrats just want to lose for the next 20 years? what's the delay? why can't they take yes for an answer? >> we are underscoring the levels of distrusts. we have heard from senator manchin, one of the reframes we heard is that we heard from some progressives in the house who says we need an explicit endorsement from sinema and manchin that they'll back the reconciliation package and in order for us to do an official vote on the infrastructure bill. now we are hearing and white house age is growing confidence. we heard from congre

it's a big win for the white house. the president hits the road today to new hampshire and tomorrow michigan. as work continues on the hill for the build back better bill. >> jackie, more on part one. the white house is making sure they celebrated that when and everybody saw it. it looked like a party there. america can work in a bipartisan way, believe it or not even after all we have been through. talk more of what yesterday sill symbolized and also now does part two gets more aggressive. what are the plans moving forward. >> you are right. if we are looking at this, president biden got what he campaigned on and exactly what he's been agitating for a year now since the american rescue plan. everything he has claimed that he has good at and why the entirety of his presidential campaign. 19 republicans signed onto this piece of legislation and are already campaigning on it. we have susan collins tauting the $245 million that maine is going to get. you had mitch mcconnell toting the same. >> he's one of the republicans t

the biden white house is very proud that schools are open. you can get into the mask debates or critical race theory at another time but the fact that a year ago, a lot of parents, myself included, were frustrated the schools were closed. >> the biden administration has a lot on its table. it's trying to do. and as a result, they can't do everything, they can't accomplish everything and they're having a hard time making the case that they have accomplished something. and look, you can go back to the american rescue plan and all the covid relief money going to states and school districts and now infrastructure. now we're looking at the build back better act. but the message -- because they are understated. they're not traveling as much even as previous presidents, partially because of the pandemic still. but i do think that it's harder to -- it's harder to translate what they are doing because they're doing a lot of legislating on so many different fronts. >> right. >> into something that is easy to grasp for people at home when they are not i