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>> there can be no doubt there was a coordinated, multi staff effort to overturn the election overseen and directed by donald trump. there could be no chance that he commanded a mob, a mob he knew was heavily armed, violent, and angry, to march on the capitol to try to stop the peaceful transfer of power. >> this sunday, the clearest picture yet of trumps true print plan on january six. on thursday, it is eight hearing, the second on prime time. then, the january six committee laid out...

defined by the defeat of this man, incumbent congressman peter meyer. one of the ten house republicans who voted to impeach trump. and the victory of this woman, tudor dixon, former actress and conservative media figure and now a republican nominee for michigan governor, who scored the last-minute backing of the former president. meanwhile, in arizona, nbc has just projected the republican nominee for attorney general will be abraham hamaday, who was endorsed by trump. trumps pick fo...

votes which is one more than we have because we won the state. >> still remarkable to hear him. that was georgias secretary of state brad raffensperger on the receiving end of that request. he and his deputy gabe sterling will be the witnesses along with two recent recipients of the jfk profile and courage award for their actions and courage during the 2020 election. georgia elections worker andrea shea moss who also came under pressure. the testimony doesnt stop there, well hear what ...

whirlwind visit to taiwan, meeting earlier today with the islands democratically elected president, in defiance of provocative live fire drills from chinas military. and also this hour well talk to kentucky governor andy beshear about the search and rescue efforts as the death count rises from this weeks historic floods. ill speak to senator kirsten gillibrand about the passage of new medical benefits for burn pit victims finally. and we are on sinema watch, waiting for that 50th democ...

especially given these primary elections, typically have lower turnout rates than general elections. it was, in fact, the opposite effect. to put into context how unprecedented these numbers were, in 2018 about 450,000 people showed up for the kansas primary election. yesterday it was nearly double that. thats about half of the states total registered voters, even some kansans were surprised by that. >> there were a lot of people last fall that did not believe that the supreme court wo...

also on the ballot today, reproductive rights in kansas. a referendum there would strip women of their rights to choose unless enough people vote no. and we all know speaker nancy pelosi is a bad ass. she arrived in taiwan today even though china is furious about the trip. plus, trevor reed the former marine who spent three years behind bars in russia and is now speaking out for the release of brittney griner and paul whelan. he joins me right here tonight. we begin with a huge nig...

house speaker nancy pelosi is in taipei. china is lashing out. nearly two dozen war planes crossing into taiwans air defense zone. just after 7 a.m. local time in taipei as im speaking. speaker pelosi is getting ready to meet with taiwans president and to visit taiwans parliament in just these next hours. as we await the meetings and await to see the speaker leave her hotel, chinese president xi has placed them on high alert and launched military exercises around taiwan. the red boxes ...

themselves as well as on their families, having to withstand the demonstrations and threats of violence of those inspired by the former president who are often quite literally outside their doors. >> some of the most personal and damning testimony heard today came from arizonas republican speaker of the house. rusty bowers is his name. he was one of those officials who was pressured directly by the former presidents legal advisers. he offered more evidence today that they all knew thei...

going to need a very special woman and her mother. and i want you to hear tonight from this true american hero. i want to you to really listen because this is about the kind of country that we are, the kind of country that we should be. she goes by the name shea. she might not call herself a hero, but that is exactly what this woman is, a woman, a black woman, who stood up for our democracy, for our vote the way generations of americans have done, generations of black, white, and brown...

united states, and im going to put my state through that without sufficient proof? >> reporter: but trump pressed on and the committee revealing his involvement in the trump campaign effort to send a fake set of electors on january 6th to prevent congress from certifying joe bidens victory. >> what did the president say when he called you? >> essentially he turned the call over to mr. eastman who then proceeded to talk about the importance of the rnc helping the campaign gather these c...