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they were, again allegedly, even beyond giuliani land. just think about what that means. this is six weeks after the election and after other efforts had failed. we've documented this for you. i want to bring it back tonight. you look at the start where you had the lawsuits and the electors. those are lawful things that you're allowed to do to question an election. they don't usually change the outcome, but you can line up electors in case a state changes the outcome. you can file suits. then they started cooking plots to outright steal the race, to commit fraud. those electors were still being bandied about on january 6th with fraudulent paperwork in states that biden won. then you have the red arrows of the clearly illegal or unconstitutional attempts to steal the election. you'll see there the military seizes voting machines. that's the second-to-last one. we showed to it you before. the news tonight is this, which we've documented before, is now under jack smith's investigation. as for the december 18th meeting, there was a written order that they were going to circulate, purporting to tell
one quick reminder before i go. i have a podcast you might have heard about called ultra. it is eight episodes in total. episode number 7, second-to-last episode just posted online today. it is a doozy. you can listen to ultra for free. go to msnbc.com/ultra to check it out. "way too early" is up next. from that point forward, kari lake's campaign and republicans were saying just wait until you get to the same day dropoff. the mail in ballots that people dropped off at the polls on election day. again, there were 300,000 out of
prioritised policies and politics ahead of economics. he's not afraid to take risks that the economy will suffer and his covid zero strategy is a prime example of that. this can be seen in the elevation of this man, who is to become china's premier, second to president xi. it's a huge promotion and this is a man who has been responsible for enforcing lockdowns in shanghai. that promotion sends the clearest of messages on zero covid. but while the politics of this makes sense to president xi, zero covid comes at a cost. in the words of this leading economist, zero covid has "slowed the country's economy and exacerbated supply chain disruptions". 0ne us analyst called zero covid a driver of global recession. of course, china remains the starting point of the global supply chain. it makes 29% of the world's goods. but zero covid has made it
this puts china out of sync with the rest of the world's covid strategies, but with underperforming vaccines and concerns about its health service, zero covid remains, as does the pressure it creates. this was a rare anti—lockdown protest last week in tibet. but president xi talks about the people's war to stop the spread of the virus and argues: translation: people's lives come first. we will not waver in. our zero covid policy. and that commitment connects to something fundamental about president xi's leadership. xijinping has consistently prioritised policies and politics ahead of economics. he's not afraid to take risks that the economy will suffer and his covid zero strategy is a prime example of that. this can be seen in the elevation of this man, who is to become china's premier, second to president xi. it is a huge promotion and this is a man who has been responsible
zero covid remains, as does the pressure it creates. this was a rare anti—lockdown protest last week in tibet. but president xi talks about the people's war to stop the spread of the virus and argues: translation: people's lives come first. we will not waver in. our zero covid policy. and that commitment connects to something fundamental about president xi's leadership. xijinping has consistently prioritised policies and politics ahead of economics. he's not afraid to take risks that the economy will suffer and his covid zero strategy is a prime example of that. this can be seen in the elevation of this man, who is to become china's premier, second to president xi. it is a huge promotion and this is a man who has been responsible for enforcing lockdowns in shanghai. that promotion sends the clearest of messages on zero covid. but while the politics of this makes sense to president xi, zero covid comes at a cost.
top to give us a little warning so we could readjust our plan. so that was definitely a big fear. >> so it was moment to moment. >> second to second. >> did you ever think at any moment, oh, we've lost this. we're never going to -- >> there were a couple times where i definitely doubted it. i'm telling you, what got me through was i saw officers i had worked may whole career. i trusted, i would see them, lockize. i knew if they were there, it would be okay. >> what do you think of this place when you see and you come into the capitol? >> i mean, i definitely think about that day, the importance of this building, what happens here. i started my law enforcement career as a u.s. capitol police officer before becoming d.c. police. i have a strong connection to this building. i just believe in america and what this stands for.
we were afraid that people would come from behind. that we would be fighting on two fronts. i told everybody, i don't know how many people are upstairs. i knew there were thousands out there and they wanted to get in. we're not letting them in. it seemed they were some of the most violent people in that crowd, were right here. it all got concentrated right at these doors. >> did you think if they came around, they would surround you guys? were you worried about -- >> absolutely. >> being trapped? >> absolutely. i sent a couple officers to the top to give us a little warning so we could readjust our plan. so that was definitely a big fear. >> so it was moment to moment. >> second to second. >> did you ever think at any moment, oh, we've lost this. we're never going to -- >> there were a couple times where i definitely doubted it. i'm telling you, what got me through was i saw officers i had worked may whole career. i trusted, i would see them, lock eyes. i knew if they were there, it would be okay. >> what do you think of this
military saw the weaknesses in the whole afghan system, the afghan government, the corruption, the rottenness in the afghan military, yet kept telling us the opposite, that they were standing up this great fighting force that was, you know, second-to-none. turned out to be second to the taliban. that's for sure. look, you can, you know, everybody can be horrified and -- at and deplore the scenes we saw at the airport and you can question the way that u.s. forces left or abandoned bagram air force base. all of those sort of tactical decisions can and should be
caved in and just darkness. so now we're -- it's just a mad dash to get down. >> how many floors? >> 11. >> we were on the 11th floor. >> it's a 12 story building you were on the second-to-last floor. >> the penthouse is above. >> how long did it take you to get down? >> pretty dark, we were yelling to our kids are you guys still there, she had the lead, i had the back. are you fwieg ost. >> what are you thinking coming down. >> i'm thinking we're racing against the clock because the rest of the building is going to come down. i thought if i start to feel something to come down how do i jump on my daughter to save her. >> the couple said some people in the building had trouble opening doors to the stairwell. they managed to get out safely along with their teenage daughter and a doesn't son. >> now everyone is asking how this tragedy happened and if it could have been prevented. cnn's brian todd looks into the
left. i still hadn't reached. when i get there, and i see what they're looking at. it's -- the whole building is sheared off. we can literally see the roof caved in and just darkness. >> how did you get down? >> well, we obviously knew any way we were going to go down the stairs because the power was out. so we're looking for the stairs. we are on vacation. we're not really familiar with the building, as is. so that's why i think we initially looked left, hoping the exit was there. realized, okay, we really need to get out. then, we looked to our right. the elevator was gone. and the stairs are right next to it. but then, he opens the door. and we realized that the stairs are, also, compromised. and -- >> the wall -- >> the wall was missing. >> so everything that was attached to the side on the elevators is gone. some floors have the wall. some floors don't. so now, we're -- it's just a mad dash to get down. >> how many floors? >> 11. >> we were on the 11th floor. >> it's a 12-story building so you were on the second-to-last