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politics reporter at "the washington post." also the co-author of the book "his name is george floyd." so happy to have all of you on. why dont i start with you. good evening to everyone. to the trump pressure campaign. last week the committee focussed on the intense pressure on pence and how much danger that put him in. this week it is the pressure on state officials to overturn the election. remember this call that trump made to georgia secretary of state? here it is. >> so, look, al...

eastern time. the committee saying tomorrows hearings will focus on former president trump pressuring state officials to overturn election results and pushing to advance phony slates of electors. a lot to discuss with doug jones, charlie dent, a former republican congressman, and political analyst, the national politics reporter at "the washington post." also the co-author of the book "his name is george floyd." so happy to have all of you on. why dont i start with you. good evening to...

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Will disagree with you. but if youre -- but i will still agree with you on the bottom line because i think the national interest demands it. notwithstanding that we could be stepping on a hornets nest and the hornets could swirl for a few years. >> okay, right. if they do decide to go along with it. okay. >> thats the $64,000 question. thank you, don. >> thanks, harry. see you next time. so the first image from inside robb elementary school showing police with rifles and a ballistic shield jus...

Who did something like this and not even, you know, i think this is worse was nixon, right? >> and nixon at least had some sense of shame, some institutional decency so when he walked away it really could be the case that our national nightmare had ended. our national nightmare seems to redouble every few months and we had the possibility that trump and trumpism will have its clutches in us in the 2020 election. >> because the crazies and the fringes? >> yeah. >> what happen ifs the same thing h...

Federal cases against those involved in the federal attack posed for attorney general merrick garland one of the most consequential questions that any attorney general has faced. should the united states indict former president donald trump. so lets bring in harry lit man now. hi, harry. >> hi, son. >> so heres what goldschmidt says. he is says it is about the nature and fate of our democracy, which is what i said at the top of the 10:00 hour. you think that garland has to prosecute trump, right...

When the house investigation wraps up. if any. and there appears to be a disagreement within the committee and referring any possible criminal activity to the doj. one former justice department official. his name is jock goldsmith wrote this in todays new york times. and i quote, the evidence gathered by the january 6th committee and in some of the federal cases against those involved in the federal attack posed for attorney general merrick garland one of the most consequential questions that an...

I think what goldsmith is saying is something that garland will and should consider at the end of the day, though, i think hes got -- he should go the other way not simply because trump broke the law but because the national interest demands it because trump continues to act like a jackass. >> okay. >> so if you are saying just because they have the goods on him they should prosecute, i will disagree with you. but if youre -- but i will still agree with you on the bottom line because i think the...

>> because the crazies and the fringes? >> yeah. >> what happen ifs the same thing happened with a democratic president where -- where, you know, there was something really bad and then -- it just, i dont know, that doesnt make sense, harry. >> it doesnt make sense to go forward? >> no. it doesnt make sense that the concern is that some -- you know, the fringes of the republican party obviously the former president did something that if they come to this, right, if they do decide there is enough...