Good day from msnbc World Headquarters in new york. Welcome, everyone, to weekends with alex witt. Developing this hour, President Bidens 1. 9 trillion plan is one step closer to becoming a reality. In a new excerpt from cbs news, the president giving a new insight into where key provisions like Minimum Wage Hike Stand as lawmakers work to get the bill to his desk. Its somewhere between an individual making up to 75 and phasing out and a couple making up to 150 and phasing out. But im wide open on what that is. You also want to raise the minimum wage to 15. Is that something you would be willing to negotiate on to get republican support . Apparently thats not going to occur because of the roles in the senate. Youre saying it will not be in it . My guess is it will not be in it. Today marks one month since the attack on the u. S. Capitol left five people dead. The Impeachment Trial will start just days from now. Trumps defense team confirming he will not testify under oath. Congressman
makes, that is the lesson wyoming congresswoman liz cheney learned the hard way this week once the highest ranking woman in the party, cheney just lost her primary election in a landslide to a trump backed challenger. here is a part of her concession speech. two years ago, i won the primary by 73% of the vote, i could easily have done the same again, the path is clear, but it would require that would go along with president trump s lie about the 2020 election. it would require that enabled the ongoing effort to a rival democratic system and attacked the foundation of our republic. that was a path i could not and would not take. this chinese demise is not an unique here. of the ten house republicans that voted to impeach trump this year, only two will be on the ball come november, they either chosen to retire or knocked out of the primaries, like cheney. the gop is losing what little moral compass has less. . i want to know that liz cheney is a hard-core conservative, there
trump backed challenger. here is a part of her concession speech. two years ago, i won the primary by 73% of the vote, i could easily have done the same again, the path is clear, but it would require that would go along with president trump s lie about the 2020 election. it would require that enabled the ongoing effort to a rival democratic system and attacked the foundation of our republic. that was a path i could not and would not take. liz cheney s demise is not unique here. of the ten house republicans that voted to impeach trump this year, only two will be on the ballot come november, the other eight have either chosen to retire or were knocked out of the primaries, like cheney the gop is losing what little moral compass has left. . i want to know that liz cheney is a hard-core conservative, there is nothing moderate about her. she and a handful of republicans have set themselves apart when they stand on the side of democracy and against donald trump. we can disagree
trial. what is the legal threshold? how does that trial proceed? these sorts of cases are not on entirely uncommon. this is what i would call a business libel or defamation cape. pet companies bring this towards competitors who maybe denigrate their pipes. what is so unusual here is the fact that the defendant is obviously a major network station. that does not really alter the proof very much. defamation cases where the plaintiff is a public figure, then there is a much heightened standard for proof, but here would dominion needs to establish is that there were some false statements made about their business that they actually reached out to fox and to the defendants, and they asked them to take it back and they fell to do so. that is the prerequisite to bring this or a lawsuit.
these sorts of cases are not on entirely uncommon. this is what i would call a business libel or defamation case. pipe companies bring this towards competitors who maybe denigrate their pipes. what is so unusual here is the fact that the defendant is obviously a major network station. that does not really alter the proof very much. defamation cases where the plaintiff is a public figure, then there is a much heightened standard for proof, but here would dominion needs to establish is that there were some false statements made about their business that they actually reached out to fox and to the defendants, and they asked them to take it back and they failed to do so. that is the prerequisite to to bring this sort of a lawsuit. that means a trial, so it s a proof that they have to offer is that the statements were false, perhaps that they were knowingly false. that certainly amped up the proof and then talk about the damage that was done to them.