was for the performance of 6, one of the ladies had covid. so one of the understudies stepped in last minute and she got a shout out and that was pretty incredible to watch. all right, frank, di lella, thank you so much. everyone looks so happy. we appreciate you re coming on this morning. it is the very top of the fourth hour of morning joe. and in less than one hour, the january 6 house select committee will hold its second public hearing on capitol hill this morning. the panel is expected to delve deeper into the big lie. lawmakers are expected to lay the case out that former president trump knew he lost the 2020 election. and made an effort to spread disinformation. today s witness list includes former trump campaign manager bill stepian. and we re hearing about the hearings. two more hearings are going to take place this week on wednesday, the panel will focus on pushback from the justice department. and former acting attorney general jeffrey rosen will testify. then
here he is unsparing in his rejection of trump and giuliani s election fraud delusions. i told them that the stuff that his people were shoveling out to the public was bull [ bleep ]. that the claims of fraud were bull [ bleep ], and you know, made a statement about that, but i reiterated that they wasted a whole month on these claims on the dominion voting machines and they were idiotic claims. i specifically raised a dominion voting machines which i found to be among the most disturbing allegations and disturbing in the sense that i saw absolutely zero basis for the allegations, but they were made in such a sensational way that they obviously were influencing a lot of people, members of the public, that there was this systemic corruption in the system and that their votes didn t count and that these machines controlled by somebody else were actually determining it which was complete nonsense, and it was being laid out there, and i told him that it was that it was stuff
so-called red flag laws. enhanced review process for gun buyers under the age of 21. closing the boyfriend loophole. penalties for straw purchases. and clarifying the definition of firearms dealer. eva joins me now. there s a lot to unpack here but the issue is moving forward. it has the potential to become law. jim, it is. it could be consequential. we have not seen any real gun safety measures passed in decades in congress. take the boyfriend loophole, for instance. anyone deemed to have been in a serious dating relationship and convicted of a domestic violence charge would no longer be eligible to buy a gun. previous atempts to pass this have failed under the weight of pressure from the nra. there s also a red flag law provision that allows law enforcement to keep guns away from people who pose a threat to themselves or others, found by a judge. but it sounds like the states would be given the choice to opt in to be given federal dollars for this effort, doesn t seem to
earthquake has rocked the county. the death toll has jumped to 1,300. this is the moment the earthquake struck. the initial panic has given way to new fears. strong aftershocks are expected threatening damaged buildings and adding to the number of injured. cnn s sam kiley joins us from marrakesh. i understand it s about 9:00 p.m. there. how are the recovery efforts going? reporter: jim, i m in the medina of marrakesh here in the old city, that is. this is a very, very ancient city. and you can see the remains, glorious remains of its past, and now here is much of its present. this devastating earthquake killed 13 people here in marrakesh. mostly here in the medina because the city is ancient, and it is very tightly packed. there are buildings here that if there s another quake that are riddled already by cracks, it could come down. elsewhere in the country things have been even worse, jim, with 13 people, as i say, killed near marrakesh. 1,300 as you reported there across t
including a husband. former president jimmy carter. and that is tonight s read out. inside with jen psaki starts now. i starts now. today something pretty extraordinary happened in the courtroom here in washington. lawyers for donald trump and lawyers from the special counsel s office former president should and should not be allowed to say what the criminal case against. the focus of this hearing was the limited gag order on trump. but when you take a step back, you can see that it was about much more than that. it was about how far the first amendment really should go. and how it should be applied to a former president who is also a criminal defendant, who is also a candidate for the presidency once again. the leading one at that. former general counselor for the arts stephensburg handled some very novel legal cases in his day. but never won like this. i am going to ask him all about it in just a moment. and as a new concerns about trump s ability to incite violence