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That is the pressure on pence that sean hannity was afraid of. that is what sean hannity was advising donald trump not to do. robert costa writes, as midnight approached, people in the streets were yelling and delighted and almost euphoric about trump taking back the election. trump soon called giuliani and then called steve bannon. he was very arrogant, trump said of pence. trumps four words were sobering. it was trump explaining away a deal gone bad. pence was not going to break. if mike pence...

Producing pretty mild disease. if you look at hospitalizations, theyve gone up but you can see that line is much less dramatic than the line that we just saw for cases. here answer the worst line, heres the line that is keeping people up at night. look at vaccinations. theyve gone down over the past month, about a month ago it was 425,000 a day, and now its less than 100, gone down to about 170,000 a day. so that is a dramatic decrease. we just heard dr. fauci talking about how the people who ar...

Pence eventually has dinner that night at residence with several supporters/donors. giuliani doesnt go over but strikingly trump campaign issues a late statement saying pence agrees with trump position on election. stuns pence and his advisors. thats the pressure on pence, that sean hannity was afraid of, that is what sean hannity was advising donald trump not to do. robert costa writes, as midnight approached, people in the streets were yelling delighted and almost euphoric about trump taking b...

Heavily politicized and used for former president trumps personal vindications, personal decisions, political reasons. so we, you know, certainly have seen the white house really try to separate itself from the ag and his pursuit of charges. >> frank, you were talking about the gear. we also know they had strategies. they had tactics. they had a game plan. what are we learning about these militia groups and who it is thats joining them? >> well, what is most disturbing and sobering perhaps about...

Let that soak in. we charged seditious conspiracy against international terrorists trying to blow us up, and now were doing it against our own, and even more sobering for me, nicole, is the fact that whos got charged here? oath keepers. who are they, primarily? u.s. military, active duty and retired and law enforcement, active duty and retired. stewart rhodes is a former u.s. army paratrooper. this is where we are in the united states. so, any excitement or exuberance about how this pushes the i...

Of that sobering, chilling op-ed. he is executive director of the cascade institute at royal road university. his latest book is "commanding hope, the power we have to renew a world in peril." thomas homer-dixon so nice to have you with us this evening. you are a serious scholar of this stuff. youre not some op-ed columnist pushing out hot takes or trying to get social media clicks. so how serious are you about the idea of america being run by a right wing dictator by the end of this decade? a l...

So, we certainly have seen the white house really tried to separate itself from the a.g., and his pursuit of charges. >> frank, you are talking about the gear we also know that they had strategies, we know they had a game plan. what are we learning about these militia groups, and who it is thats joining them? >> well, whats most disturbing and sobering, alicia, is that theyre coming largely from the ranks of former military, former police, and even some active duty. we already know that one out ...

Continue as governments try to keep as open as they possibly can despite everything. paula. >> and sobering, indeed, melissa, not just the cases but hospitalizations as you were talking about. melissa bell, appreciate it. the u.s. says russia up to its old tricks. what were learned about an alleged false evacuation coming up andnd north korea as it launcheses more test missiles. well have t that story, next.

Strong and the home secretary, priti patel, says "strong and decisive new leadership" of the metropolitan police is now needed, to restore public confidence. she also says the challenges facing the force are "stark and sobering." it follows the resignation of dame cressida dick as commissioner, who says she lost the confidence of the mayor of london, despite her view, that she could bring change to a beleaguered force. the met has suffered a string of high profile scandals, over misogyny, racism...

Approved a plan to use u.s. troops and poland, also a nato country, to help evacuate americans from ukraine if russia does invade. there is a lot going on here. joining us to discuss this, is democratic senator chris murphy, he is a member of the foreign relations committee, he is studying the situation of ukraine closely, he also attended a classified briefing today on iran, everything he described as quote, sobering and shocking. i want to talk to about that as well, senator. but lets start wi...