hi to everyone. it is 4:00 in new york. happy friday. what began at a celebrity golf tournament in 2006, an affair between a porn star and a business mogul, now has the potential to throw the entire country into unchartered territory with donald trump reportedly on the verge of becoming the first ex-president to be criminally indicted. as we reported on this program yesterday, blockbuster reporting in the new york times reveals that the manhattan d.a. has invited donald trump to testify before a grand jury in the probe examining hush money payments to adult actress stormy daniels. the new york times notes that such offers almost always indicate an indictment is close. it would be unusual for the district attorney alvin bragg to notify a potential department without ultimately seeking charges against him. as for whether donald trump will take bragg up on his offer, the washington post quotes a trump associate saying that everyone will advise him not to go in. here is ter
pence faced to refuse to count lawful electoral votes. earlier on morning joe, january 6th committee member adam schiff previewed the hearing and the seriousness of the committee s work. you can expect to see stuff you haven t seen before interwoven with things you have, but to tell the story in, i hope, a compelling way. our democracy today is more vulnerable than it was on january 6th because the lie that brought about that violence continues to to proliferate around the country. also on capitol hill, the gun deal framework just got a big en ment from republican leader, mitch mcconnell. ahead i will talk to democratic senator debbie stabenow whose own mental health legislation is now part of that framework deal. do you remember 1994? pulp fiction was in theaters. the sign by ace of base was the number one son. now, the fed is raising interest levels to rates not seen since that year. how that affects you and everything you buy, from gas to groceries in moments.
staircases. scenes not usually photographed by typical tourists. one of the men seen the next day walking from the president s rally. there s no escape, pelosi. schumer. nadler. we re coming for you. we re coming in like white on rice for pelosi, nadler, schumer, even you, aoc, we re coming to take you out. there is a lot more. we will have a report from capitol hill on the latest. the federal reserve today back in the spotlight with the expected announcement of the first big interest rate boost since 1994 to try to combat historic levels of inflation, which shows no sign of leveling off. president biden pressuring oil companies as prices at the pump soar, sending letters to seven refiners asking them to increase supply and explain their big profit margins and a meeting with the energy secretary about to happen. on capitol hill, more optimism about bipartisan support for a compromise gun safety bill. if it leads to a piece of legislation, i intend to support it. i t
that s clearly out of the window. he will continue to do that. also worried that with someone who is an election denier, someone who continues to talk and relitigate an election that was free and fair and a lot of americans have wanted to move on from. even some republicans wouldn t want to vote for that person. i think that is to be seen in november. it s a concern. because a lot of these folks many of the folks might end up running elections in this country. eugene, switching gears on the january 6 attack, a republican congressman barry loudermill being has given a statement denying he gave tours that were suspicious, calling it a false narrative by the committee. the facts are, whether or not he was escorting them physically, in this case or any other case, those people could not have been in there without a member of congress calling the police, the capitol police and saying, let
people in the video. this connection between people seen in the capitol complex the day before when tourists were not allowed in, they have to be escorted by a member. it would seem to me an absolute obligation to investigate who was this person who was with congressman loudermill being on january 5th and then who is it who appears to be part of the group who is attacking the capitol the next day? did he conduct surveillance of assistance to those who breached the capitol? representative loudermill being is a witness. he has obligation to share what he knows with the committee. maybe he was just a dupe or a pawn. maybe it s completely innocent. maybe just maybe he is part of a conspiracy that helped breach the capitol that day. if so, the worst case scenario is as a defendant in a seditious