Welcome to the beat on Mari Melbourne.

We are tracking several stories in what is you may have noticed an unusually busy newsweek

for the end of December.

Even more transcripts dropping from the January 6th probe including star witness Cassidy

Hutchinson.

In fact, although she's been a star for a minute now, this is the first time we've had access

to her entire testimony, all of the depositions.

It's some of the new evidence that Rachel and our team has really been dissecting from

when it first started to come out in real time, including during last night's coverage.

And all of this is Congress's balancing historic address by Ukraine's president and it's

ended in your deadlines, including voting to fund the government, shore up Ukraine's defense,

and pass brand new laws that coup proof the US against future magas style tricks, tactics,

or even outright insurrections.

If you're saying, gosh, all right, that sounds new.

There's going to be a big new law banning coups.

Why didn't I hear about it much yet?

Well, that was actually part of the strategy, which is pretty interesting.

I have that story coming up soon tonight.

But our top story is the new transcripts that keep dropping.

Five more in the past hour.

They show the rift between the stone wallers, Eastman Clark's stone, no pun intended, and

some of those who cooperate, including what may prove to be damning testimony from witnesses

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