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On behalf of all of my colleagues at the networks of nbc news, good night. of nbc news, good night rachel has the night off, but we do have a really big showed a night. capping off would has been a really extraordinary night of news today in the united states. the last few days may be a part of our history in the last few days, as the thing we look back on. it's coming closer into focus. it was orchestrated by many republicans to overturn the results of the 2020 election and the our democracy. we're gonna get to everything that happened this week in a second. first, i want to rewind a bit

In your opening remarks, his speech brought us closer into focus that there has been a coordinated focus by republicans to derail our democracy. we're not for the actions of a few people, a few people including the former vice president, to take the right actions, and to follow the law, was i think that we could find ourselves in a very different place. his insight into the actions leading up to the day, and on the day, are very important to the work that the committee is doing. >> speaking of what the committee is doing, i'm sure you've seen this, rachel and her team here have been reporting ...

Think they're not gonna do well on an exam so they don't study for the exam. then they don't do well on the exam. it's a self fulfilling process prophesy. there are no victims of this doing gloom. -- there is a lot to do in the short amount of time to do it. >> as i mentioned in the setup, i know that you can't talk specifically about the briefing to the democratic senators on democracy, but to pick up on the analogy of the self fulfilling prophecy, did you get a sense from speaking to them that they understand the threats to democracy in general? that they agree with you about what's at stake...

And that's obviously driven in part by the political calendar. i think when you look at it in terms of the politics. this is tough. this is not necessarily a huge issue that you're seeing democrats running on. it's become january 6 the insurrection trump big lie, all of that is more central to the politics on the republican side. rather than running away from it, this is now who they are. they are defending it. this is the new lost cause. and when so many of the voters live in this sealed chamber. they are just totally to facts and evidence. republican candidates run as far to the right. putti...

There's certainly information that the former vice president could shed in our investigation that is critical, and we are moving at an appropriate pace. we've heard from many people in the former administration, including those surrounding the vice president. but at an appropriate time we will seek that information. i would say that what has become incredibly clear to me, and you mentioned this in your opening remarks, this week has brought closer into focus that there has been a coordinated effort by republicans to derail our democracy. you know, were it not for the actions of a few people, a...