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court in d. c., as part of the team -- but subpoenaed to former vice president mike pence, these hearings focused on whether pence must testify about his dealings with trump, around january the 6th, the lawyers for trump appeared to be at odds with the former vice, nbc news puts, it they argue pence cant testify, because of executive privilege. pence argues hes immune from testifying for legal protection for lawmakers, he says he is acting for president of the senate as part of the ele...

thank you so much for once again letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. we are grateful. "the beat" with ari melber starts rite now. >> thanks so much. welcome to "the beat." im ari melber, and we are tracking several stories for you tonight, including potentially remarks from president biden. but we begin right now with a mystery. consider that nobody really publicly has said they know exactly what secret deals were cut to make kevin mccarthy speaker. mccarthy is...

You, republicans, yes, they could win the house. A new poll shows voters in Battleground States prefer Republican House candidates to democrats by six percentage points. Now, we are not saying this to gin up fear. We are saying this because it is important for us, and you, the viewer, to understand what a republicanled house would look like. Youre going to have minority leader Kevin Mccarthy, whos at the top of the list, to become the speaker in a gopcontrolled house, laying out his partys first...

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date of birth matches a georgia resident who died in 2020. 2,506 ballots were cast by individuals whose name and date of birth matches an incarcerated felony. 4,502 illegal ballots were cast by individuals who do not appear on the states voter rolls. >> thats january 4th, donald trump, two days before the january 6th attack on the capitol speaking in georgia and making those claims about election fraud in georgia he knew were false, and now a judge says trump and his legal team also kn...

documents. the president has said theres nothing there. he has "no regrets" about all of this. those in his own party are starting to have a very different take on that. >> i think he should have a lot of regrets. when i go in is scif with secured documents, they always ask are you screen. make sure youre not carrying anything out. hard to believe in the united states of america we have a former president and a current president that are in the same situation. how does this happen? >> ...

revealed today by the committee. one particularly interesting one is don jr. and the texts that he was sending to mark meadows. i want to juxtatoes what he sent the day after the election, the day after his father lost the election, and then what he sent on january 6th. i think there is an arc between the two. the first one that he sent that he claims is not his writing and doesnt sound like his voice frankly and he also claims he doesnt remember who sent it to him, it says we have ope...

also claims he does not remember who sent it to him. it says, we have operational control, total leverage, moral high ground, potus must start a second term now. state assemblies can step in and vote before the electoral slate. republicans control 28 states, democrats 22 states, once again, trump wins. thats the road map the day after the election, ron, for how to keep donald trump unconstitutionally in office. okay, fast forward to january six, when they tried some of these things ins...

>> next time you get in trouble, call a crackhead. were going to get into this. were in the midterm homestretch. what you see from senator kennedy is not actually an aberration at this point. many republicans are turning to fear tactics, tropes, racial references, and sometimes outright documented racism in this part of the final weeks of this campaign. some candidates are used in the past racial dog whistles. thats the tactic where youre signaling a type of racism to one audience whil...

law in those regions he annexed illegally. my interview with an iranian human rights activist, a star of popular shows, spotlighting the heroic women fighting for freedom in iran. good day, everyone. im andrea mitchell in washington. president biden is taking steps to try to help democrats in close races, trying to hold on to congressional majorities. todays focus, bringing down gas prices. he will explain his plan to release another 15 million barrels of oil from the strategic pet...