room one day before a doj official came for the classified documents. the worker was reportedly helping trump val l.a. matt nauda move the boxes but didn t know what was inside of them. nbc has yet to confirm that account. it comes on the heels of a similar the washington post report which says workers allegedly carried out a, quote, dress rehearsal for moving sensitive papers his office received a may 2022 subpoena. and more shocking details from that report reveal trump showed those classified documents to other people. quote, prosecutors have gathered evidence that trump at times kept classified documents in his office in a place where they were visible and sometimes showed them to others. trump has insisted he s done no wrong. i have every right to under the presidential records act. you have the presidential records act. i was there and i took what i took and it gets declassified. i took the documents i m allowed to. but reports indicate special counsel jack smith
mar-a-lago maintenance worker helped move boxes into a storage room one day before a doj official came for the classified documents. the work was reportedly helping trump valet move the boxes, but did not know what was inside of them. that comes from a new york times report with one anonymous source that nbc has yet come from that account. it comes on the heels of a washington post report which says workers allegedly carried out a, quote, dress rehearsal for moving sensitive papers before his office received the may 2022 subpoena. more shocking our tails for that report revealed that trump show those classified documents to other people. quote, prosecutors have gathered evidence that trump at times kept classified documents in his office in a place where they were visible and sometimes showed them to others. trump is insisted that he is done no wrong. i had every right to under the presidential records act, you have the presidential records act, i took what i took and it
local election workers, in 2020, he was harassed and threatened, as he did his job faithfully. he did not bend. he did not bow. he did not yield to the plim threats and pressure. political threats and pressure. he was so trusted by both political parties, that the new democratic governor of pennsylvania, josh shapiro, appointed him as pennsylvania s secretary of state, a republican who ensured the integrity of the elections. that s a high compliment. [ applause ] his character and his commitment speak volumes of we the people. that s what we are also seeing in benson. twice elected jocelyn benson, twice elected in michigan to protect the sacred right to vote and have that vote counted fairly. that s what she did in 202. when she oversaw a record number of michiganders turn out to vote in that election. finding an armed mob, an armed mob outside of her home on christmas eve, which she and her son were decorating their christmas tree inside. but she refused to back down
is the seventh time the charm? we ll find out at noon eastern when the house reconvenes for another round of voting. bill: you have 20 republicans refusing to back mccarthy. because of their narrow majority mccarthy could only lose four. dana: the two sides talked about the impasse. he hopes to agree to more demands. among them a lower threshold to try to oust him from the speaker s chair and want more freedom caucus members on committees and guaranteed votes on bills conservatives have been pushing for. is that enough to move the needle? both size expressing optimism but republicans still aren t unified. a reason kevin mccarthy doesn t want to continue having vote. with each vote he seems to be decreasing in his vote share. we suspect the trend is likely to continue. what exactly do you want? you want what, four out of nine positions on the rules committee? i want to be able to have enough members on the rules committee we can block bad bills. kevin mccarthy ha
is that, you know, to have a congress that can t function, it is just embarrassing. we re the greatest nation in the world. how can that be? president biden calls the drama playing out on the house floor embarrassing. this morning, there s still no speaker after three more rounds of voting. we ll have the latest from capitol hill. plus, buffalo bills safety damar hamlin is still in critical condition, but the team says he s showing signs of improvement. we ll get an update on his health. and the president says he s planning a trip to the southern border amid a record number of migrants crossing into the united states. what we re learning this morning about that trip. good morning. and welcome to way too early on this thursday, january 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. the house of representatives is set to vote again today on its next speaker after republicans failed to unite around a single nominee for the second straight day. after thr