yasmin vossoughian. i ll be back later with a report on the january six. hearings simone sanders starts. now greetings, you are watching simone. one of the most conservative judicial minds in america, tell us the january six committee, donald trump and his allies are still a clear and present danger to our democracy. that is happening right in front arise. plus, i have been saying, and republicans go low, it is time to go toe to toe. so i am asking, why aren t democrats changing from the we ve tops about ginni thomas and her alleged emails to trump attorney john eastman? you know, at the architect of the attempted coup. and, law versus protocol, i am very struck by how much the government functions on protocols that are not rules of law. so, we are going to dig into the difference today, and how this was on full display on january 6th. i am simone sanders, and i have something to say. e sanders, and i hav something to say all right i need you ought to listen. that the janua
the january 6th committee presents new evidence as it tries to connect the capitol insurrection to trump s pressure campaign against his vice president. witnesses testifying trump knew the plan was illegal, but he went ahead with it anyway. there is so much to discuss with our senior political analyst, but first we want to get you to manu raju with the latest. mike pence has betrayed america! reporter: the pressure campaign was relentless. donald trump for months trying to get mike pence to do something no vice president has ever done, reject the will of the electorate and install him as president for a second term. right up to this heated phone call on the morning of january 6th, just before pence was presiding over a joint session of congress to certify joe biden s victory. he called him a wimp. it was a different tone that i heard him take with the vice president before. do you remember what she said? her father called him. the p word. trump revised his janua
investigation makes it case, day three, a losing presidential candidate, pressed to force his running mate, the vice president, to throw out the election results, to overthrow the u.s. government. when mr. eastman came in, he said, i m here to request that you reject the electors. new witness testimony today about how the president tried to force it to an end. did you hear any part of the phone calls? yeah, i remember hearing the word wimp. and i remember he said, you are a wimp. new information today on the danger the vice president faced as a result of the threats to his life, and the president knowing that that s what he had done. mike pence has betrayed the united states of america. new evidence today showing that people working with the president to enact the scheme. they knew what they were doing was illegal. doctor eastman s emails stated, quote, i ve decided that i should be on the parted lust, if that is still in the works. and a crucial warning abo
did you hear any part of the phone calls? yeah, i remember hearing the word wimp. and i remember he said, you are a wimp. new information today on the danger the vice president faced as a result of the threats to his life, and the president know that that s what he s done. i am betrayed by the united states of america. new evidence today showing that people working with the president to enact the scheme. they knew what they were doing was illegal. dr. eastman s emails stated, quote, i ve decided that i should be on the departments list, if that s still in the works. and a crucial warning about the enduring threat to the country. donald trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present danger to american democracy. tonight, the member of the investigation who led today s hearings, congressman pete aguilar. plus, nicole wallace, joy reid, chris hayes, lawrence o donnell, ari melber, stephanie ruhle, in our special primetime recap of the third day of
january 6th, 2001, which played out this way after the disputed results in florida. it is the objection in writing and signed by member of the house and a senator? the objection is in writing and i don t care that it is not it is not signed by a member of the senate. the chair will advise that the rules do care. now we all remember what happened next. george w. bush s election was certified by al gore, the vice president at the time and bush was the president. vice president al gore did not stop that. no one suggested he had constitutional authority to do so since, in fact, that was never a thing despite a history of multiple disputed american presidential elections including the one which also hinged on disputed florida results back in 1876 which led to the creation of the elect oral count act. during today s hearing gregory jacob who was lead council to vice president pence was asked if he confronted eastman s interpretation and this is what he said. back in 200