pouring gasoline on the fire by tweeting that. the secret service couldn t control the situation and do their job to keep him safe. at 2:26 p.m., the secret service rushed vice president pence down the stairs. approximately 40 feet. that s all there was. 40 feet between the vice president and the mob. make no mistake about the fact that the vice president s life was in danger. the recent court filing by the department of justice explains that a confidential informant from the proud boys told the fbi that the proud boys would have killed mike pence if given the chance. that s just some of what we heard from yesterday s hearing into the attack on the capitol. as the committee detailed the close call for vice president pence, good morning and welcome to way too early. on this friday, june 17th. i m jonathan lemire. we re glad you re with us. the third day of testimony in the january 6th hearings focused on donald trump s efforts to pressure mike pence into overturning
talk to us about this new development as it relates to the january 6th committee and this intent to respond to this doj request for transcripts. it was something the department of justice had to ask for twice to this point. yeah, had to ask for twice. and you saw in the letter that came yesterday, as hearings were ongoing, that the justice department said that by not having this, it could also be hampering some of the investigations that they are already ongoing with. that s something that i posed to chairman bennie thompson yesterday after the hearings were over. he said, basically, it wasn t a question of if they were going to comply, but went. although, now, we do have a better sense that that compliance is happening. i can throw up for you on the screen there a statement from a committee spokesperson who says, the select committee is engaged in a cooperative process to address the needs of the department of justice. they re not inclined to share the details of that publ
unilaterally subvert democracy. also this morning, new photos obtained by abc news show vice president pence and his family in hiding on january 6th, after pence was rushed off the senate floor. you ll remember by secret service as rioters broke into the capitol. i think the public probably is not aware of how close a call this was. the rioters came very close to capturing the vice president and i think there is very good evidence that they would have done harm to him, perhaps even killed him. so this was a close call. that was congresswoman zoe lofgren who sits on that select committee, testifying today, very significant testimony, coming from retired federal judge michael luttig, highly respected conservative judge, once one of justice clarence thomas closest advisers, previously clerked for justice scalia, considered by former president george w. bush as a nominee to the high court himself. that s why his words carry such weight, especially on a day like today. in a
supposed to protect how can you if you know a vote is fraudulent, right, how can you pass on a fraudulent vote to congress? donald trump justifying the chants of his supporters calling for the death of mike pence. the january 6th committee holds its third public hearing today, focused on the pressure trump put on his vice president to overturn the election. we will tell you what to expect. plus, new reporting that ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, was in communication with trump lawyer john eastman as he tried to overturn the election. and new reporting that pro-trump lawyers hoped the wild scene that trump teased to his supporters ahead of the capitol attack would pressure the supreme court to get involved in their election efforts. and dow futures fall more than 500 points after markets first rallied around the fed decision to hike interest rates. steve rattner helps us break down the latest moves on the economy. we re also follo
the padres playing great as well. such a great division. can you believe the angels collapse? yankees initiated that and sent them into a tailspin. really? they lost 12 or 13 in a row before they finally won. loaded with talent but struggling a bit. stock futures are on the rise as investors anxiously await the federal reserve s action to tame surging inflation. this as president biden lashes out at republicans for blocking his economic agenda. msnbc s stephanie ruhle will join us to break it all down and the challenges ahead. and we walter isaacson with us. we were talking about presidents and inflation before. jimmy carter, i mean, you know, he had volcker, volcker tamed inflation. right. but there were so many global forces, external forces, you know, we like to think in america that presidents control the economy. there s so many external forces right now. especially now. especially now with two years of covid, the pent up demand. i understand bi