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Aggregate, all these places did something praiseworthy and novel. They took steps to make it easier to vote. They did this by expanding eligibility for mailin voting and early voting and adding drop boxes for ballots right . Theres Public Health concern. You dont want everyone crowding in on election day so people found ways to just make it easier to vote so you wouldnt have that. And the results are clear. It worked. Turnout was the highest it had been in 120 years. Nearly 67 of eligible voters...

And eventually the afghan government. >> their input was received by the and considered by the president for sure. >> brian: so, was that good enough? i told them, they didnt listen, not my fault. >> exactly right, brian. they had the ability, any staff officer knows how to artfully present a plan and get that boss to accept the plan. they didnt do that and then once they had the resources, they didnt resign, so you own the plan at that point. you dont get to go back and say no, i told him and h...

The hope i have, the story i have, as this threat continues and, you see it in so voter suppression, people trying to undermine fair and free democracy. what i hope now, this is a ignition point. that more people understand its not just about pointing fingers of contempt at otherizing others, this is not about finding blame. this is about us, as americans, taking this moment, taking this day, not just commemorating, but recognizing it and accepting responsibility, that we have to make the change...

Into intensive care to say goodbye. we were given an option of whether we would stay there with him and they would turn the intubator off, or whether we would leave and let him go and he would probably pass away that afternoon. so we decided to stay. and they turned the intubator off and, yeah, we held his hand as he passed away. safiah, who is part of the bereaved families forjustice group, is critical of the way the pandemic has been handled and cant understand the calls from some for an immed...

Interesting. were all going to be watching it. it was a horrendous event, and i think that what theyre seeking to finding out is something that the public needs to know. >> you didnt vote to establish this committee. i think you wanted the bipartisan committee. senator mcconnell ended up not supporting the bipartisan committee. now he seems to be embracing what hes learned. im curious. what do you make of how the january 6th committee has conducted itself? >> well, i continue to look at their ac...

Really. that remains the unanswered question. >> angelo, there is a stark difference here between what these hosts are saying on air, and what they are saying in these text messages. it is a point that -- we were talking about at the top of the hour how this disdain and contempt they have for their viewers. why are they lying to their viewers? why are they saying one thing behind closed doors in private to officials, whether it is about january the 6th, whether it is about vaccines and covid, an...

Eighth, ninth, tenth, 11th, who were expressing their honest outrage about what they saw, and how the president responded. who then by, in kevin mccarthys case, was looking the boot. it wasnt even bending the knee, it was looking the boot, to curry favor with the guy who -- they thought was a real threat to this democracy. >> quickly, finally, barbara, weve only ever seen bannon as the one who really just flouted it. he was referred for contempt, and is going to be prosecuted. everyone else has ...

In their corrupt life. they could not give a crap a small business being burned to the ground. i dont remember their speeches honoring the dozens who lost their lives at the hand of the left-wing mob. everyone looks with complete contempt at them. this is how we enter 2022 of the political establishment mired in lies and hypocrisy and incompetence the single of at all the bumbling full in the white house. >> theres a lot to be hopeful that for god sake please take advantage for whats available. ...

So my guess is he wont comply, and then what does the committee do? >> i think theres a 0% chance rudy giuliani does not comply. theres two ways he can do that. he can take the 5th, hes legally entitled to do that. hes under investigation by the district of new york. i dont think its likely hell do that because it looks so bad. his other option is say no thank you and defy the committee. in that case, the impetus goes back to the committee. will they follow up by formal invitation with a subpoen...

Then in the best of all worlds it would also remind us of all we have done since then to honestly reckon with what happened, to bind up our wounds and in a bipartisan way strengthen the underpinnings of our democracy. thats how the past year might have played out. it might have, but it didnt. because it didnt, we come to you tonight at a moment that feels no less pregnant with dark possibilities than january 5th did a year ago tonight. >> all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. just understan...