and the supreme court on guns and with the supreme court going one way and congress going the other and we will tell you what it means for gun safety in america. and breaking news overnight from ukraine, after weeks of fighting, the ukraine officials say the forces have to withdraw from a key battleground in the east. we ll have the latest. all right. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this friday, june 24th. i m sam, in for jonathan lemire. hearing number five into the january 6th, focussed on donald trump s efforts to get the justice department to legitimize his bogus claims of voter fraud, that includes his relentless pursuit of an attorney general who would go along with his election conspiracies. the pressure top leaders faced when they refused to do so and how those leaders band together and then prevailed. and pardons for the roles in the election scheme. first, trump s nonstop efforts to get the department of justice to sign off on the big lie. here
tonight for this prime time recap of today s january 6th hearing. we could not do it without you. we will of course bring you coverage of the investigation s future hears when they start up next month. way too early with jonathan lemire is up next. you also noted that mr. rosen said to mr. trump, quote, d.o.j. can t and won t snap its fingers an change the outcome of the election. how did the president respond to that, sir? he responded very quickly and said essentially that s not what i m asking you to do, what i m asking you to do is say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the republican congress. that s the key line into the yesterday hearing from the capitol attack, called quote the smoking gun from one top criminal lawyer and said it speaks to trump s criminal intent. more on that.