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Is he not going to show up and be held in contempt? last i checked, donald believes that people who plead the fifth are guilty. it would be very, very good to know how he responds and what that response says about what kind of trouble he thinks hes in. >> well, if he took the fifth, hed be joining in a group of some other folks that have decided that thats the safety zone for them. mary trump, as always, thank you for joining me and for all of your insight. >> thank you, katie. >> you can check ...

Chronicles how a capitol rioter became radicalized. the one out now goes deeper into her death as violence unfolded that day and how members on the far right are exploiting her death as well as the insurrection itself for their own agenda on capitol hill. joining us now the host of msnbcs ayman athe new podcast. just talk about this episode, say a little more. set it up for us a little bit. you have some sound to play and then well talk. >> if youve been following this, john, youll see by the en...

Chamber door. we are all helpless. is there anybody in your reporting, luke, pointing the finger at mark meadows that was not doing it before? >> thats a good question. and thanks for having me. as you were outside that day, i was inside. so i know the way a lot of these people felt, sort of this panicked feeling of how this attack needs to stop and would somebody do something. it does not seem to me, though, that these text messages have turned any member of the congress against mark meadows wh...

Democrats, now seem close to boiling over. take a listen to this congresswoman from this morning. >> my lack and deficit of trust was about senator manchin. he has continued to move the goal post. he has never negotiated in good faith. we cannot allow one lone senator from west virginia to obstruct the presidents agenda, to obstruct the peoples agenda. jake, all i want for christmas is a senator that has compassion for the american people and not contempt. >> now i can understand the congresswom...

Me, though, that these text messages have turned any members of congress against mark meadows who were not previously. as you saw when the vote came up to hold him in contempt, the only two republicans who voted for it were liz cheney and adam kinsinger who were the two members of the committee recommending the contempt charge so unlike steve bannon who had nine republicans voted him in contempt, seven of those votes disappeared, in the white house at the time so stronger claim of executive priv...

Manchin in a fit of anger and name calling. >> if he doesnt have the courage to do the right thing for the working families of west virginia and america, let him vote no in front of the whole world. >> we all knew that senator manchin couldnt be trusted. you know, the excuses as he just made i think are complete [bleep]. >> bill: he continued to move the goalpost and never negotiated in good faith and obstructing the presidents agenda. all i want for christmas is a senator that has compassion fo...

But you cannot prosecute somebody for contempt if theyve legitimately taken the fifth. but, however, it does not protect someone like roger stone from any other type of criminal charge. he could be charged with anything else that hes done. >> all right. well see if that happens. elie honig, thanks so much. happy holidays, my friend. >> you too. still to come, israel adding countries to its no-fly list as the prime minister warns a huge wave of coronavirus is already upon them. (kate) hey. and ...

Senator that has compassion for the american people and not contempt. >> i hope that we will bring a strong bill to the floor of the senate as soon as we can, and let mr. manchin explain to the people of west virginia why he doesnt have the guts to stand up to powerful special interest. if he doesnt have the courage to do the right thing for the working families of west virginia and america, let him vote no in front of the whole world. >> the big question is what is next. i talked to senator dic...

>> my lack of trust was about senator manchin. he never negotiated in good faith. we cannot allow one lone senator from west virginia to obstruct the presidents agenda, to obstruct the peoples agenda. jake, all i want for christmas is a senator that has compassion for the american people and not contempt. >> we cannot allow one senator to obstruct our agenda. well, they will need that senator. what we are seeing in the last couple of hours here, reaction from the democrats knowing that they have...

Votes? >> exactly. so thats the question and what the january 6th committee has been doing this week is really, i think, changing the narrative and the momentum of the investigation. i think for the last several months, the investigation has been on its heels and everyone is, like, lets move on, lets get over it. but two things really change this week. the substance of the revelations of the committee, and who unleashed them. so substance-wise, we learned everything from the fact that even the w...