it is 10:00 a.m. in new york i m lindsey riser and this morning huge new questions swirls as the historic case against president trump launches into a new phase the prosecutor alleging new information at the center of the charges. he s not saying what that information is, something trump s legal team is already pouncing on. i mean, where are the underlying charges the indictment actually did not list what these underlying charges are. trump overnight lashing out at both the judge and district attorney, despite warnings from the judge to avoid dangerous rhetoric did his comments last night cross the line, and what does all this mean for his presidential campaign? breaking news out of missouri, multiple people are dead after a suspected tornado strike in the southeastern part of the state, the search for survivors. a double barrel seismic shift in politics, progressives in chicago and wisconsin scoring massive electoral victories, first by electing former teacher br
good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. we are tracking hurricane ian tonight as it closes in on florida s west coast. we just got the 11 pm forecast from the national hurricane center, and we ll bring you the latest on the huge storms path in just a moment. meanwhile, the january six committee has postponed tomorrow s hearing because of the storm. so far the hearing has yet to be rescheduled. but we are getting more video from a roger stone documentary that the committee is likely to feature once the hearing does happen. in one newly released clip, stone is heard talking about challenging the election results even before the election happened. what they are assuming is the election will be normal, the election will not be normal. oh these are the california result, sorry we re not expecting them, will challenge them in the court, if you actually show up at the electoral college, armed guards will show them a. on the president, a few, you re not stealing florida, i
never-before-seen video. plus, attorney general merrick garland is pressed about the justice department s response to the attack on the capitol. we ll show you his response to a question about prosecuting former president trump. and concerns about the next election have the senate taking rare, bipartisan action. there is promising progress on a bill to prevent future coup attempts. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, july 21st. big night tonight. with joe and me, we have the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former chairman of the republican national committee, michael steele. good to have you both. we begin with a new development surrounding those deleted texts from the secret service from the day before and the day of the january 6th attack on the capitol. a senior secret service official tells nbc news that employees received at least three emails, including one before the insurrection wow.
qualified attorneys to represent him. carol lenning, who joins us live. then we go down to florida, where republican governor ron desantis has given some new lessons for revisionist history, and christian nationalism. new yorker writer, and dean of the jelani cobb will be in the studios to discuss, and president biden cancels promising jobs of the future, that never arrived. but we start tonight with mounting investigations into the former president of the united states. after last night s election in wyoming, donald trump appears poised to gain some allies in congress. but it comes as trump is quickly losing friends, basically everywhere else. today, trump s former president mike pence said he d consider talking to the january 6th committee. just this state on the january 6th, if they were to call you on the committee to come testify, would you be agreeable? if there is an invitation to participate, i consider it. any invitation to be directed to me, i d have to re
i think, i didn t care that they have weapons. they re not here to hurt me. i remember him saying to the effect of, mark needs to do something more, literally calling the vice president and mark responded something to the effect of, you heard, he doesn t think they re doing anything wrong. the stunning details of an out of touch president, who wanted to join the mob. the president said something to the effect of, i am the effing think president, take me up to the capitol now. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm, and said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. we are going back to the west wing. we re not going to the capitol. the president of the united states, his chief of staff, his closest advisers, preparing for the violence, and then, trying to save themselves. i recall hearing the word, oath keepers. and hearing the word, proud boys, closer to the plan of the janua