and, russia makes a push to take a key ukrainian city. we are allies in kyiv with details. their first hearing was a smash hit, of sorts, which drew some 20 million viewers. the genuine sixth committee is about to reconvene in front of tv cameras once again, just hours from now. the focus will be on what former president trump knew about the election results, and when he knew it, even as he kept pushing the big lie that he was the victim of massive voter fraud. here is the preview now from marshall cohen. reporter: the second public hearing from the january 6th select committee is shaping up to be a block buster event. the witness list includes donald trump 2020 campaign manager bill stepney and. that was a bit of a surprise. he is appearing under subpoena. we will find out soon how helpful he is going to be. it is notable he is even showing up. the panel also hear from bj pack, the u.s. attorney in atlanta who was pressured by the trump white house to backup trumps false
what the investigation just uncovered. and justin bieber sharing a personal health struggle for the world to see. the rare medical condition that has his fans worried. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world, it is monday, june 13th, and donald trump s campaign manager, what does he know and what is he willing to say? in a surprise announcement bill stepien will be a witness before the january 6 committee later this morning facing cameras and the country. cnn has learned he is appearing under subpoena which adds a wrinkle of uncertainty into just how much he will cooperate. in the first day of the hearings the committee revealed videotaped depositions of trump insiders including his own daughter ivanka testifying that they knew or at least accepted that he lost the election. will stepien stipulate the same? we re told today s hearing will focus on the election fraud lies and how they helped fuel rioters to riot and attack. committe
i m jake tapper. aides say this second hearing will drill down on evidence that president trump knew he lost the election but spread false claims of fraud anyway, ignoring court rulings, ignoring the will of the american people. lead-off witness, bill stepien, who has firsthand knowledge about what trump knew about the election numbers. stepien tells cnn he is appearing under subpoena. also testifying today, former fox digital content director chris stirewalt. he was fired after his accurate call of arizona for joe biden. we ll hear directly from republicans who investigated and rejected claims of election fraud in the key states of georgia and pennsylvania, and felt trump s anger for it, former u.s. attorney bijay . . ak and al schmidt and ben ginsburg will testify there was no widespread fraud in 2020 and discuss the trump team s failed challenge to the election results. the select house committee is aiming to connect more dots between the insurrection and its allegation
now it s an improper purpose based on what we heard from hershman saying the only thing i want to hear from you is orderly transition. if you don t do that, you re improperly there. you have a case, but there s still work to be done. cheney talked about the eastman memo, the notion of who was in the house? who was in the room where it happened to say this is what we re going to do. the conjuring moment of figuring out what to do next. i think that might be the piece that is most lacking, but this was a phenomenal stride toward supporting each of the elements. right. and the big lie is the first step to proving that criminal case, to prove that they knew it was a lie, and it was a lie and that they knew it was a lie. and then they vhave to connect t to what they did with it. i thought the last portion of the hearing was interesting, because we the end to forget about the grift. the quarter of a billion dollars they raised by lying to people about the election, and lying on m
this nation, democrat and republican. allow no one to place a dagger at the throat of our democracy. president biden last week addressing thursday s primetime hearing of the january 6th committee investigating the attack on the capitol. and we re hours away from the committee s second public hearing. at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the house panel will lay out how the big lie got started. also ahead, a compromise on capitol hill. senators from both sides of the aisle agree to what could be the most significant gun safety legislation in decades. we ll tell you what s in the deal and how soon it could get to the president s desk. one of the leading negotiators, senator chris murphy, will join us live right here on morning joe. we re also keeping an eye on wall street, as the markets are tanking ahead of the opening bell. looks like a bad day ahead. good day to go to the track. we ll get some insight on what is fueling this latest sell-off. plus, the average price of gas hi