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during the height of the pandemic. well go live to the white house with the latest. and also ahead the republican primary race in pennsylvania is still too close to call. and we may not know the results until june. but until then, former president trump is urging his candidate to declare victory right now. before all of the votes have been counted. will dr. oz bend to trumps demands. well have steve kornacki at the big board on where the race stands exactly. plus trouble on wall stre...

The scenes to succeed Kevin Mccarthy. Already two declared candidates in the race. Steve scalise, the House Majority leader, as well as the House Judiciary Committee chairman, jim jordan, meeting with colleagues and trying to secure commitments, suggesting to them that they could unite this badly divided republican conference, but the question is can they get that . There is ample anger, still at those eight republicans who voted to oust kevin kevin mccard congressman matt gaetz, as some calls w...

Meadows. She was in the room for much of the controversy that has led to indictments against donald trump and many others. Right now, she saw trumps behavior firsthand. Knows about the Text Messages sent among circles inside and outside the white house. Republicans who begged trump to do something to stop the riots but those same people would get on tv and make up a case to challenge the 2020 Election Results knowing that trump lost. And Cassidy Hutchison says trump, too, knew he lost. In an int...

Running the investigation under cuts claims republicans are making about his work. what does the letter say, and why did the u.s. attorney send it now? >> because hes trying to counter informing thats going through republicans in congress, principally from an irs whistleblower. one of the big things is he said he never sought authority to become a special counsel, one of the claims made by the whistleblower, and repeated by members of congress. what he did say, though, is that he sought specific...

>> well, she wanted to keep the pressure on. she had to acquiesce. >> harris: is that a fair question? >> it was part of a negotiating ploy. put pressure on everyone. going -- she knew it was too late june 1st was the real x date we were in a world of trouble. >> harris: okay. >> you have to fight these things. these kind of opportunities only come up. -- >> harris: do you think there was enough time to fight? >> i think so. president biden was the one who didnt want to negotiate and stalled the...

That is clear. it didnt work. instead they gave him a halfway cooperation deal saying you can testify about what you did and then testify against the trump organization but not an individual and the testimony at trial cut both ways. both prosecution and defense saw him as a good and bad witness. he said there have a tax fraud and i benefited but then tried to say it is something that i did without the knowledge or the acquiesce of the people that reason the organization. the jury obviously found...

That hes doing this. but it is also dangerous if republicans stay silent and by their silence acquiesce and normalize this. what we have seen is the way these crazy ideas become normalized and accepted in the mainstream. if republicans do not take the off ramp, if they do not push back against this, in some ways, this is just as dangerous as donald trumps tweet because they will be accepting the fact that, oh, yes, talking about throwing out the constitution and having an actual coup is just, we...

Come to some conclusion and come to some agreement on passing some of the work that weve done in the house. it will save lives. the senate has to understand that and the republicans over in the senate have to acquiesce. they cant be against everything, and if they have got ideas that are better than ours, lets hear them, but all they are doing right now is saying no. we really -- we really need them to be on the side of the american people so we can keep our communities safe. >> congressman mike...

Victor urban that sometimes leans more closely to putin. but with turkey, i think this is a negotiation, theyre trying to get what they can while they have this leverage. ill be shocked at end of the day they dont allow these two countries to join. >> mr. ambassador, good morning. it is jonathan lemire. the white house is leaning in to get the two countries in, theyre going to have a rose garden event with him afterwards. theyre showing a public show of support. and assuming this does get done a...

State threatened it, as a condition of their purse to patient. they were going to walk out if they were for this power. the founders -- kind of acquiesce to that, out of necessity. this is the high minded principles compromise that we tell ourselves in civics. class i think there is a sense in which our preservation of these institutionss prevents us from having frank discussions about where this antiquated system that were see, and where its leading us. >> thank you very much for joining us, i ...