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Let's not even talk about, my god, let's not talk about russia. texas's gdp dwarf's russia. i'm so good admiral stavridis brought up colin powell. i think of him when we talk about our top story of the day. i think of him because we had him on our show, and he was talking about january 6th, and he said he was pacing the floors in his home looking at the right saying what you and i were saying to our tv sets, yelling at our tv sets that i'm sure everybody else was. which was general powell said where the hell are the police. where the hell is the military. and that is a question, of course, tha...

There. we have been very clear about what we believe has happened over the past six years. and where most of the blame has rested. let us hope we can move forward in the coming year and maybe our leaders will start doing what americans do want them to do. they want them to work together, and like your dad said, cooperate with each other. >> in the final moments of the last year, democracy prevailed. it survived. >> yes. >> and, you know, there was a question. there's a lot to be hopeful for as well! there really is. and michael beschloss, let me bring you in there. we have a year end wrap up, ...

In order. >> right. >> and respect for the constitution and respect for our democratic process, we have to look at what happened still, even though it feels like a long time ago. >> and jonathan lemire, i know you have a question for david ignatius. let me go to you first. this is something after january 6th, i don't know, i got a little heated on january 7th. and one of the things i was yelling about was what the hell happened at the pentagon. i want to know the time line. i want to know why the fbi. we talked about all of this, and just bluntly, we haven't gotten the clarity. the january 6th...

Because they knew that donald trump did not want the riot broken up. >> there's no question there, and trump, of course, didn't do anything himself to summon the national guard. we recall vice president pence from the capitol having to ask, where are the troops, why has this not happened yet. we heard cries from speaker pelosi for the same. it was reluctant because of the backlash to what had happened a few months earlier, that again, was donald trump's doing when he used military police and law enforcement to clear out peaceful protesters from lafayette park, the george floyd protests outside...

Not a good security situation. he said an optics question. not the perfect time to have a celebration which the state of the union tends to be. back to you. >> joe johns, thank you very much. let's discuss with the white house correspondent for reuters and white house economic policy reporter for "the washington post." thank you for coming on. jeff, you spent time in the white house here. this is a remarkable back down for the president. i wonder on the shutdown. he has his chief of staff asking agency leaders looking into the effects of a shutdown if it continues into march. are you seeing be...