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good afternoon. this is almost no idea more un-american then the notion that any one person could choose the american president, no idea more un-american. i agree with that. which is unusual because former vice president mike pence and i dont agree on much. these are his words spoken a few months ago about donald trumps attempt to pressure the former vice president pressure him into going along with an unlawful and unconstitutional scheme to overturn the 2020 and give dawn trump a seco...

yasmin vossoughian. ill 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 arent democrats changing from ...

the january 6th committee presents new evidence as it tries to connect the capitol insurrection to trumps 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 mik...

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, im 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 ...

>> 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 thats what hes 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. eastmans emails st...

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 dont 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. bushs election was certified by al gore, the vice president at the time and bush was the president. vice preside...

recorded testimony by former pence chief of staff mark short who was with vice president pence an january 6th. was a firsthand witness to trumps pressure campaign in the days leading up to it. were told house investigators will try to make the case that the pressure on pence directly distributed to the insurrection at the capitol and the continuing ongoing threat to the rule of law and democracy in the united states. many aides are promising new information about what the vice presiden...

peddled false claims of fraud even though he was told by his closest aides repeatedly, mr. president, you lost the election. daniela diaz is live on capitol hill daniela, do we know what bill steppian expects to say? >> reporter: we do not. he is testifying under subpoena. super notable he is appearing before the committee, and the second hearing that will take place later today starts at 10:00 a.m. we do also know was liz cheney said at the first primetime hearing that took place last...

hour of the katie phang show. a new week bringing more revelations as the january six committee prepares for another round of public hearings. the committee launched its first hearing by later this case that donald trump is the center of the plot to overturn the 2020 election and your main in power. with at least six hearings potentially happening this month, committee member jurassic and says theyve only just begun to present these findings of their investigation. >> we dispelled the ...

here. from all of our colleagues across the networks of msnbc news, thank you for staying up late and i will see all of you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow now it is a top of the hour. we are looking at live images of the cannon caucus room at the u.s. capitol. members of the january six investigation are about to enter the room and take their seats. in terms of what we are expecting, here betty thompson is expected to gavel the hearing in the session. as i was mentioning we expect op...