he gets elected again? presidential tried to call a witness in our investigation. we will take any effort to and fluids witness testimony very seriously. good morning, it s saturday. july 16th, i am sam stein in from my friend ali velshi. bringing us pressure hour on another week of bombshell revelations from the january 6th elect committee. as the public hearing, the seventh so far focused on far-right extremist groups that participated in the insurrection. and also the direct and then direct correlation between those groups and several of the former presidents minions. they also give us the first look at video testimony given just days before from former white house counsel, pat cipollone. now patrick long was one of the most sought after and vital witnesses today. a person who is not only in the room but was a part of the conversation. offering a critical firsthand account of the final days of the former presidents desperate attempts to stay in power. included and pats
it doesn t matter whether or not there is a statutory exemption, there are still a medical procedure that is understood to be an abortion now right when figures initially cast out on the story. and they are forced to backstop after police in ohio arrested a man who confessed to raping the child. still indiana s attorney general, todd rokita said his team will be investigating dr. caitlin bernard. the indianapolis-based physician who performed the abortion. they suggested that dr. bernard failed to report the case but abc news has obtained a copy of doctor s report that verifies her story. here s a doctor pronounced lawyer told her yesterday. we set mr. rokita a cease and desist letter. demanding that he stops marrying my client and falsely accusing her of things that she has not done. our hope immediate hope with that letter that we sent today is that mr. rokita will stop vilifying my client. and stop trying to change the story away from what really happened here, which i
and fusing at local and state level with extremists. one in five local and state gop officials has sympathies or affiliations with radical groups. that is why we also see the logic of the party eating its own as it becomes the far-right extremist party. the rhino phenomenon where moderates had to be pushed out. this has happened before in history. it has also happened when there are military coups. it happens whenever you have far-right authoritarians or get to power. let s pick up on that threat. zak, you are right. the republican establishment repeatedly flirted with middle american radicals. they re defined as middle and lower class voters who make up the radical right. how big of a threat is this group too liberal institutions? how big has it gotten compared to where it is
the person. ultimately, the legislation was passed. we are not talking about leaders. look at the base. if you pull democrats, they view january 6th as abhorrent, same as independents. they view it as an american, an attack on our capitol. nearly 60% of the republican base views it as an act of defending freedom. let s be clear that it is the base of the gop that is going in that direction. they always get more extremist, they don t get more reasonable. we are going to a dark place. it is scary to say that, but that is the reality. meredith, one threat that i think is underappreciated, but you picked up on it on your piece, we talk about gender. the woman who stood up against trump. you write, quote, at the heart of the group s formation is a belief. there are other cases points for washington d.c.. female political operatives carry different burdens than her male colleagues. i have a question for you, how
we have a gop that is literally embracing fascist backings. they are using violence to acquire or attain political power. it is frightening. it is one thing to threaten. i am not condoning threats. it is one thing to threaten the congressman. meredith, you wrote about the threats that have been faced by aids. before the break, i discuss the support group of women. they have all gone up against the trump machine. you have cassidy hutchinson for example. talk about how this group developed. how have they come to support one another? it was just described that women have also faced very serious threat in the course of reporting this story. one woman shared the instagram direct messages from just the other day. they were quite disturbing. these women are on this political island by themselves.