the secretaries of state, the election officials defying a president of their own party, saying, no, they would not do what he was asking them to do. [abby] in the midst of all of this happening, there was an extraordinary op ed. [andrea] the former pentagon leaders from both parties writing in the washington post, we are concerned, at least i'm concerned, that there may be some attempt to use the military to maybe seize ballot boxes. so the purpose the message was to say to d.o.d., you have an oath to the constitution, not to a president, not to a party, not to philosophy, but to the constitution. and you are to remain apolitical. [man] what was happening in those weeks and months between november 3rd and january 6th is as important as january 6th itself. president trump is returning to washington this morning ahead of schedule, skipping his annual new year's eve bash at mar-a-lago