president biden giving a speech about political developments in the republican party. plus, nuclear inspectors are finally allowed a tour of the nuclear facility in ukraine s east. we are little more than two months away from the u.s. midterm elections, and joe biden is determined to give democrats a fighting chance to hold onto u.s. congress. biden delivered a fiery speech in philadelphia, branding donald trump and his allies as extremists who threaten democracy. biden says that he will not stand by while maga forces threaten political violence. they promote authority and leaders and they promote values that are a threat to our personal rights. to the pursuit of justice. to the rule of law. to the very soul of this country. biden said that not all republicans are extremists, and he called on americans to fight to protect democracy. reporter: president biden delivered one of the most forceful speeches of his presidency thursday night in philadelphia, taking direct a
appearance. the sudden scheduling of the hearing suggests she will tell more than during her previous four taped depositions, clips of which were played last week, including the revelation that after the riot, a number of republican congress members had sought pardons from the white house. s had sought pardons from the white house. her boss, mark meadows, appears to be a central figure for the committee s investigation. first turning over his text messages, including the ones he received during the january 6 insurrection from top republican lawmakers, media figures and trump family members, like donald trump junior, marjorie taylor greene and a text chain between top trump white house officials including jared kushner. earlier this month, the department of justice declined to charge meadows on a context referral from the full house. it was made in december on the grounds that meadows abruptly changed course and refused to cooperate with the committee. andrea, this is a surp
and he said something along the lines of make sure that this movement doesn t happen. that s right, he said something to the effect of please make sure we don t go to the capitol, cassidy, keep in touch with me, we re going to be charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen. do you remember which trims mr. cipollone was concerned with? in the days leading up to the 6th we had conversations about potentially obstructing justice or defrauding the electoral count. let s hear about some of those concerns that you mentioned earlier in your interview with us. having a private conversation
continue to speak out. i believe that president biden also will be speaking out, but it also come down to is there going to be this negotiation where the president can put pressure on republicans as well to get this done? you know, you talked about gianna. i think about the very first time that this president who was then a candidate, met the family. he s told that story about that connection. i think back about this president as vice president after new town, being the tip of the speer, pushing for gun reform legislation for then president obama. it has this feeling if this tragedy, if this movement doesn t get it through, what will? i wonder, yamiche, if you pick up optimism on the white house staff? or concern? i detect hope and a bit of concern.
hate crimes to become a thing? that s a great question. what i said to my daughter, she goes it didn t happen here. i said, well, no, it doesn t happen here, which was not even a good response, just to calm her down. i said it can t happen again. she says, how do you know? and i said, it just can t, and this pit in my, with the italians marching, and the germans, it could happen again. she s not watching this show, but it can happen again. ima microphone in hawley s face, cruz s face, every reps, and if they say nothing, damn them, and they re on the same side. this is where it starts, the silence. i urge every reporter out there, because this is a story we can t let the parade move on. shove it in every rep s face to