spenders, let them know, almost $2 trillion in deficit reduction. i don t want to hear anymore of these lies are reckless spending. we re changing peoples lives. maria: our lives are certainly changing. coming up former secretary of state mike pompeo on the number one threat to today and the mistakes that got us here from foreign policy to economics. as joe biden claims it is bizarre to blame him even as the president s approval rating plummets with key voting blocks abandoning him, minorities, independents and business. these are treacherous times. frankly the lack of leadership in washington is discouraging. for the president of the united states not once, not once, say i made a mistake, this is my fault, if you look every single thing that happened negative, the devil made me do it or somebody else. when is he going to show leadership including belly-up to the bar say this one s on me? maria: coming up the former president of the kansas city federal reserve, tom hoenig a
good to be with you. i m ayman mohyeldin in new york. thursday s hearings of the january six committee was basically the mike pence show, revolve around the pressure campaign by donald trump s allies to get the vice president to use his constitutional, ceremonial role, on january the 6th, to change joe biden s electoral votes, or set them aside for donald trump. the panel may know about painting pence as a man of courage, who stood up against trump s plan. we are fortunate for mr. pence s courage on january 6th. our democracy came dangerously close to catastrophe. that courage put him in tremendous danger. when mike pence made it clear that he wouldn t give into donald trump s scheme, donald trump turned a mob on him. thanks in part to mike pence, our democracy was stood on trump s scheme and the balance of january 6th. all right. the committee wasn t alone. in fact, an article in the atlantic last week hailed pence as a national hero for turning back the threat t
the world blows up. almost surreal. no one can say that they forgive the devil.? hello and welcome to dateline. heather bogle was thrilled to get a job at the local whirlpool factory, even if it meant working the graveyard shift. this way her days were still free for her daughter. then the young mother was murdered. the search for her killer would quickly lead to a handful of suspects, but heather s family had their doubts. soon, the family would find officials were hiding a mountain of dirty laundry. here s josh mankiewicz with jagged. there aren t too many places left in this country where you ll find americans still making the things americans use. one of them is this plant in northern ohio. inside these walls is where an astonishingly long and twisting trail began. by the time it ended, it had touched a shattered family, a stunned law enforcement agency and a surprisingly large collection of potential suspects whose names became known to all. often o
about the president s counsel, the vice president s counsel. they all told him it was un-american. in the words of a prosecutor, illegal. even the nation s top prosecutor, the attorney general bill barr, found no evidence to support a play to stay in office. and tonight we have not one but two former attorneys general here both nominated by republican president. and both are going to give us their take on whether the emperor s wardrobe might be traded for prison garb. the former attorney general merrick garland says he is watching closely. but i wonder what his predecessors would think and what they would do. day three has had a theme, pressure, persistent, unyielding pressure, all targeting vice president mike pence. the browbeating all began behind the scenes. but when that didn t work, the bully pulpit was the new soap box. and pence s failure to succumb to it put him in danger. the vp s chief of staff was so worried the president was putting his life at risk, that he aler
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