including their former leader enrique tarrio were found guilty of seditious conspiracy and other lesser charges for the attack on the capitol. and the attempt to overturn the election. a fifth member was acquitted of seditious conspiracy but found guilty on serious felonies related to the riot. legal experts say the conviction of enrique theriot even though he was in baltimore during the riot because of a court order against him in washington in an unrelated case is a caution flag for donald trump and others that they could possibly face charges even though they were not at the other end of pennsylvania avenue during the riot. joining me now is democratic congresswoman zoe lofgren who served on the january 6th select committee. great to see you. thank you very much for being here. first your immediate reaction to thursday s convictions. are you expecting that, quote, higher ups including the former president potentially could be next? well, it s possible. as you know, we referred
up the evidence and making an assessment whether or not to charge. given the high profile of this case, i mean, a former president, i don t believe they will charge unless they feel confident that they have enough evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he committed a crime. so we are just going to have to wait and see on that, but i do hope that the doj while being thorough acts promptly. i think the country hanging to find out the answer is not a positive and whether they indict or not, it would be good to know. do you think it s significant that a jury admittedly a washington jury with a jury pool, because of the population is mostly democratic leaning, at least, but it was significant that a jury was willing to convict someone who was not present at the riot. enrique theriot was in baltimore because he is under a court
to be a big week and i think this jobs number makes this week an even bigger one really for both sides. i mean, it would be heartening certainly if somehow the decoupling of the budget and the debt ceiling could happen. we know that s probably at least one off-ramp to what s going on now. and, look, i think the strong jobs numbers, now everybody will wait for the next set of numbers what happens with consumer prices, but, again t just makes resolving this in a smooth way all the more important because we are running this gauntlet of continuing to grow the economy, trying to get inflation under control and not having a risk of recession. the hard landing that we ve been talking about really for six months. so big meetings next week in washington for a big solution that has to happen relatively quickly. it s a pretty dire situation. maya, don t go far, we are going to need you for the next couple
heading to the southern border days before covid restrictions are headed next week. congresswoman concern have a escobar joins me here. and i will talk to ukraine s ambassador to the united states on new threats from russia. good day, everyone, i m andrea mitchell in washington where the white house is lauding a jobs new that outpaced expectations. 253,000 jobs added in april. unemployment down slightly to 3.4%. the lowest level since 1969. the good jobs numbers could complicate the fed s plan to pause hiking interest rates as the president and speaker are preparing to hold their first talks next week on that fast approaching debt ceiling deadline. and turmoil in the regional bank sector as well could be spreading. with all of that joining me now nbc news white house correspondent mike memoli outside the white house, committee for responsible federal budget maya mcginnis and
one official saying it s way too soon after just getting word of this call to speculate about that but again, that call overshadowing this visit it will undoubtedly be among the topics they discuss today, andrea, when theyhold the critical talks they re going to have and i wouldn t be surprised if it comes up at the joint press conference they have later this hour. victor cha, looking back several decades, it wasn t that long ago, i guess it was a while ago when you think about it when, president clinton was in office, we were talking about six-party talks and china was the key to the growing north korean threat of kim jong-un s father at the time and russia was involved so the whole region was involved in trying to contain north korea from getting the bomb. of course now he has between 30 andfes f50 warheads. yes, things have changed a