They've been in jail and murderers don't even go to jail on this country.

And we had 1500. We have 16 under review. As you know, we commuted about 16 of them because

it looks like they could have done things that were not acceptable for a full pardon.

But these people have served years of jail. Their lives have been ruined.

That was President Trump yesterday defending his pardons for around 1,500 people charged with crimes

connected to the January 6th attack on the Capitol. The question is, are Republican senators

supporting the president's decision? We'll have that reaction from Capitol Hill.

Meanwhile, the president met yesterday with GOP congressional leadership to map out a path for his agenda.

The question is, which of his campaign promises will actually make it through Congress?

Plus, we'll go through the new allegations against Pete Hegseth just days before the Senate is expected to vote on his nomination to be

Secretary of Defense. The question is, will the allegations actually sway any senators who may be

on the fence about the former Fox News host? It's way too early, the show that will soon be paying more for its Netflix account, apparently.

We'll talk about that coming up ahead. But for now, I'm Allie Vitale this Wednesday, January 22nd.

And we'll start with the news. President Trump yesterday defended the pardons he issued to roughly 1,500 January 6th

rioters. More than 400 of the pardons were for people convicted of assaulting police officers.

NBC's Peter Alexander repeatedly pressed the president on exactly that issue.

You would agree that it's never acceptable to assault a police officer.

Sure. So then if I can, among those you pardon, DJ Rodriguez, he drove a stun gun into the neck of a DC police officer who was abducted by the mob that day. He later confessed on video to the FBI and pleaded guilty for his crimes. Why does he deserve a pardon? Well, I don't know. Was it a pardon because we're looking at commutes and we're looking at pardons?

Okay, well, we'll take a look at everything, but I can say this.

Murderers today are not even charged.

You have murderers that aren't charged all over.

You take a look at what's gone on in Philadelphia, take a look at what's gone off in L.A.

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