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Nbcs dasha burns found it is one example of many across this country of how the big lie is staying afloat. antrum county, michigan is known for its sprawling orchards but the 2020 election gave this cherry capital a new source of notoriety, the epicenter of a national debate. is the election over here in the county? >> no. the election continues to go on. >> reporter: president biden won the election with 306 electoral votes, carrying michigan but antrum county clerk sheryl guy says novembers el...

Fabrication fictions around the 22 election, the silly, trivial lies about crowd size and changing weather maps and all that seems so utterly silly if we could put that aside, maybe we could come together on shared facticity when trump was gone and what i was trying to flag in that article is trump it seems was not the problem. the lies were the problem and removing trump from the picture, if you have a gop that is still functionally purveying the lays day in and day out, saying those were just ...

Math of the pandemic." that math being upticks in red states. what do you make of this about-face, dahlia? >> i think you nailed the problem and the problem is that if the end product is lies and the end product has been lies for such a long time, the end product about the results of the election was lies and the end product about the vaccine was lies, suddenly, when the rubber hits the road and people believe the lies, and in fact, the daily act of governance is premotoring and spreading and am...

These hearings. another thing that is dicey and something many republicans are worried about, when they might be called to testify. he could potentially be subpoenaed to testify as part of this investigation so theres a lot that has to happen and they want this to wrap up before the end of the year so that it doesnt spill into an election year but seeing we havent had our first hearing im skeptical. >> busy and consequential week ahead. thank you for walking us through it all. next its noticea...

To decide whether people should get out on bond, but the trial itself has not yet begun and i think a lot of people will be closely watching it, because i think that both these weighty questions the jury has to decide and i think theres more twists and turns and things we dont know. if the past is any indication we might find quite fascinating. >> hopefully youll join us as you continue to follow it. thank you so much. in our next hour, growing concerns about domestic terrorism and how the bid...

To see democrats and republicans on this panel asking real questions, not being sensational or silly, like oftentimes youll see jordan do and how you see banks, when he says, you know, a lot of the issues, particularly things that banks says around race. thats not what people need. >> reporter: now, thats easier said than done, because kevin mccarthy, the house republican leader, is deeply invested in undermining the legitimacy of this committee and hes using the fact that the speaker rejected t...

A republican fog. >> no, absolutely. we want this to be something that all americans can have faith in, we want all americans to see democrats and republicans on this panel asking real questions, not being sensational or silly, like oftentimes youll see jordan do and how you see banks, when he says, you know, a lot of the issues, particularly things that banks says around race, thats not what people need. this was very violent. i mean, alex, think about it, we still have capitol hill police offi...

Human space safety. im not sure, whats behind it, im sure. but going up to space and coming straight back down might not qualify them to be astronauts just yet. i them to be astronautsjust yet. i feel a bit sorry for that. not so much forjeff basals or richard branson who frankly are two wealthy men who invested in a lot of money and what they think will be very successful commercial ventures and full marks to them, theres nothing wrong with that. but thats their motivation. i do feel a bit sorr...

Nullification aspect of them. you know, the putting in place of mechanisms that would enable partisan officials to overturn results they dont like. you know, in reality it is pretty tough to out-organize if the results could be overturned, right? >> 100%. these laws are scary, michael. they literally say that the state legislature can undo an election and put in whomever they want. like thats what is going on with the bill in arizona right now. other places, theyre just making it much harder to ...

Show such clear correlations. you never see it. this clearly shows. folks, get vaccinated. it clearly works. my god, my god. i run out of words because its just so clear and people are being so freaking silly. it works, get vaccinated. it works. >> harry, thank you very much for that. >> thank you. >> brianna? >> i love it. you know, coronavirus vaccines, theyre almost batting a thousand, right? unheard of. >> there it is. >> thank you for imploring people. harry, thank you. >> thank you, briann...