to release a portion to the public potentially providing the documents underlying that search warrant. let s go to mark meredith now live on the scene in palm beach, florida. hey, mark. gillian, good afternoon to you. we re kind of in a holding pattern right now. as you mentioned the justice department still has a few days before they have to submit their proposed redactions to the affidavit and separately we re watching as lawyers for the former president say they re going to file a separate motion, claiming the search here at mar-a-lago a little more and a week ago would be a vie lags of the violation of the fourth amendment rates, that would be filed monday at the latest and see what it may actually say. it s pro viewed at this point. we ve been listening as the former president continues to criticize the fbi and saying the search went too far even though it was a federal judge who signed off earlier this month. and we heard from one of trump s lawyers late last night.
and if you re just tuning in to cnn i have to tell you about betty thompson, the committee chair. he says that the january six committee has decided whether to subpoena mike pence or trying to call donald trump to testify. watch this? i think we would benefit from that testimony. they both have, i would think, significant knowledge about what goes on. but we have a committee. and we will work through the process. plus, first of cnn, multiple sources say a former trump national security council official will not testify, publicly, and thursday s primetime hearing. matthew pottinger resigned on january six after trump s tweet slamming his own vice president for refusing to overturn the election. one of my staff brought me a print out of a tweet by the president. and the tweet said something obvious to the effect of mike pence, the vice president didn t have the courage to do what s should have been done. i read that tweet. and made a decision at that moment. to resign. th
thanks for watching everyone. i ll be back tomorrow night. don lemon tonight starts right now. he doeleman. how are you doing a laura, great show i always call you buy your first and last name i just don t know what s about, it but don lemon has asian. don t upfront me, you know i don t speak french, out there you? i, pretend i m from louisiana, so i pretend. but you, know people do that a lot, it s always hageman, hey don lemon very few people just call me don, so, you know. now you do. all right, laura coates, i ll see you tomorrow. that i get it right? over. she, never mind. by. by. this is don lemon tonight. benny thompson is the committee chair. he tells cnn that the january six committee hasn t decided whether to subpoena mike pence or try to call donald trump to testify. watch this. i think we would benefit from that testimony. they both have, i would think, significant knowledge about what goes on. but we have a committee, and will work through t
politician up ahead of reelection this monday. now the nation will be holding his funeral. president biden paid a visit to the japanese embassy yesterday saying he was stunned, outraged and saddened by the former prime minister s killing. and he had this to say about the assassination on japan s security. we re going to learn more about, as time goes on, about motive, about the whole japanese, prime minister is a stable ally and we, do not believe it s likely to have i don t know yet likely to have any profound destabilizing impact on japanese security or japanese solidarity. when we look at this, japan one of our key allies, particularly in this region and particularly militarily with all that goes on with chinese efforts to expand. and a lot to talk about on a global scale. absolutely, and i think that hearing the outpouring from so many world leaders about the legacy of abe, japan s youngest prime minister when he took over and the longest serving when he was don
when there s life and light and love. and that if we can just get to the light and life and love, 51% of the time, then we are having a good day. and we are having a good era. don t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. and i think that america is a marvelous example of a human community that gets so much wrong but which knows intuitively that if you do the right thing, everybody benefits. and we have to see each other as neighbors and not as enemies. do not despair, do not give up, in the words of churchill, never, never, never give up. try john meacham, as always, thank you for being with us. i hope you and your family are having a great fourth of july weekend. that was joe s conversation with john meacham ahead of this july 4th holiday. erin o hearn picks up the coverage right now. good money. morning, john. don t go far. no holiday starting yet. good morning to you at home and welcome to msnbc s live coverage on this monday, july 4th. we begin with the latest fr