january 6th, i issued a tweet demanding that people leave the capitol and end the violence. i said that those that failed to do that should be prosecuted to the fullest exat the present time of the law and i continue to believe that today. we cannot ever allow what happened on january 6th to happen again in the heart of our democracy. and i ll stand by the decisions and the due process of court in our laws. and i have no interest or no intention of pardoning those that assaulted police officers or vandalized our capital. they need to be answerable to the law. former vice president mike pence with one of the ways he is differentiating himself from his former boss. we ll have more from his campaign launch just ahead. it comes as the department of justice confirms what we all suspected. trump is the target of the classified documents investigation. we ll get expert analysis on what it means for an indictment moving forward. plus, one of the pga s top players blasts the organiz
go ahead meacham. senator, i think it s tricky if not problematic to imply that trump, trumpism were verbally attacked, someone stand up and say something, i think as george w. bush may say, misunder estimates the issues that helped produce the moment and the stubborn nature of the ill liberal tendency in the country, the frustration that has manifested itself in the worst possible american forces rising to the top. and that s a big problem that i think is beyond just talking about it. you know, i m here jon, i m here, jon, because i felt it in
say something sooner question is a fair one. as brother meacham and i get to the 16th verse of just as i am. please, no. with all eyes closed. no. and all heads bowed. no. let me make a couple of points. first, that was the worst nikki haley imitation i ve ever heard in my life. secondly, we, every day, exhaustively, sometimes for four hours a day have been saying the same thing that you and claire just said. and narry have we waifrd. third i am not talking about the general election i m not talking about what happens when people get past donald trump if they get past donald trump and whether americans should vote for them or not. then we have a completely new conversation and then we ask those questions. all i am saying is, for the
will start. all right, beat martin. beatrice posting, reporting on all of this. thank you so much, pete muntean. back in the midterms, it was the phrase of the midterms. a red wave, and yet, the red wave did not materialize. democrats are one win away from holding the senate. republicans did not pick up as many house seats as they would have liked. and they haven t locked down. just joining me now to talk about this, cnn political commentator former advisor president hilton, ball begala. and also with me, former republican congressman from florida, francis bruni. paul, let me start with you first. your thoughts, what happened to the red wave? well, i do have to say this. i heard pete s report, my heart goes out to everybody in dallas who were at that airshow and the folks there, it s just heartbreaking. terms of the politics and election, you, know i heard your interview with brother meacham. midterm elections are always a brake paddle, always. and this time, though, the