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people as the central players -- >> shush, dont tell them. >> well, cats out of the bag. >> its happening. >> i think it happened today. >> thank you for the book plug, as well. thank you my friend. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. the year was 1990. republican incumbent north carolina senator jesse helms was pulling behind his black democratic challenger, a man named harvey gantt. it was a surprisingly competitive election. so helms cold in the political consultants, wh...

the year was 1990, republican incumbent of north carolina senator jesse helms was polling behind his black democratic challenger, a man named harvey gantt. it was a surprisingly competitive election, so home called in the political consultants who, in turn, helped the helms campaign figure out a way to fight back, and this is what they came up with, this ad. >> you needed that job, -- but they had to give it to a minority because of the racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gantt s...

good evening, lawrence. >> good evening, law alex. lawrence >> i just got my hands on this filing while youve been working here. well very much on the fly going into live coverage of it. you will not be surprised to know that on the first page of this filing the second paragraph mentions the historic landslide victory in the iowa caucuses yesterday. that is considered a of legal import in this case by the trump lawyers in their filing tonight. >> i wonder if theres something about hi...

growing outrage in tennessee one of the ousted lawmakers justin jones joins me live wit his former boss congresswoma barbara lee. vice president harris speaks out. >> they understood the importance, these three of standing to say that peopl will not be silenced >> donald trumps pinch. jack smith is about to get his most important witness in th january six insurrection yet former vice president mike pence. im jonathan, this is th saturday show. a house divided against itself cannot stan...

were already looking at this material, and we have got a process in place to protect it. >> reporter: in a new court filing, doj says it has identified a limit set of materials that could contain attorney/client privilege information. the progress report coming after former president donald trumps team asked a judge for a special master, to oversee the evidence uncovered in the search. >> we have a lot of problems accepting everything in face value thats coming out of doj these days. i...

i am stephanie ruhle. the january six committee is on the eve of revealing more crucial evidence about a key part of donald trumps plan to overturn the 2020 election. the panels fifth hearing starts tomorrow afternoon at 3 pm eastern. it will focus on how trump himself pressured his own top justice officials to go along with his plan, and how they repeatedly resisted. trump also tried to install a loyalist to leave the department of justice, a man name jeffrey clark, who backed his fal...

Protection under the constitutional debate clause but for the most part, tha seems a very generous reading. this was, i think, not a victory for mike pence it did require him to step forward and do not give him al the projections of the speec and debate clause. that means that he will be available to jack smith. he is a really critical witnes for jack smith because he, mor than anyone else, can give u insight into what donald trumps frame of mind was on that day january 6th when th insurrection ...

Protecting executive privilege in this instance. so that is a fig leave, he should come forward and do the right thing. >> executive privilege, no dice on this one. i want to change subjects for a really important one, jeff. tomorrow, the senate is set to hold a procedural vote on this gun safety bill. how likely is it to become law? >> it is expected to pass. we have heard from the congressman from connecticut, chris murphy, who really spearheaded the effort from the democratic side. the 14 rep...

0 >> mark shields gets tonights last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. >> tonight, the corruption campaign. the former guys attempt to pack the justice department and his quest to legitimize his big lie. just how deep it ran on the eve of another major hearing. and it is hard to avoid americas deepening political divide. what can be done to bridge the gap? we will talk to someone with solutions for people over party. plus, bidens push for a gas tax holiday. is it coming, and w...

Its not an issue of whether they happened or not. the issue is whether or not they decide theres grounds there for more serious action against the president elect. >> but if somebody misuses charitable funds they could go to jail. >> i think the consequences could be severe. i dont know that they would involve going to jail and that could happen. mr. trump came out and said he was designing and die vevesting. what lingers here. >> the conflicts linger and theyre just as troubling as they were be...