problematic authoritarian tendencies throughout the society. now, that warning was followed by the announcement of that year s pulitzer prize for national reporting which went to the new york times or and the washington post, for quote relentlessly reported coverage in the public interest on russian interference in the 2016 election,ru and its connectionso the trump campaign, the president-elect transition team, and his eventual administration. now that choice naturally drew the ire of then president donald trump, who did not stop complaining about the decision, even after he left the white house. it actually led the pulitzer board to open two separate independent investigations into the awarding of those prizes. and this week, the pulitzer board has announced the results of those investigations, and here is part of what they said. no passages or headlines, contentions or assertions in any of the winning submissions were discredited by facts that subsequent to the con fe
attempts. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, july 21st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. we begin with tonight s eighth hearing from the house january 6th committee investigating the attack on the capitol. it is set for 8:00 p.m. eastern and is expected to last about two hours. the committee says it is likely to be the final of this round of hearings. but more are likely to be scheduled around the release of two reports later this year. the committee chair bennie thompson will lead the hearing and he will do so remotely after testing positive for covid on tuesday. the hearing will focus on what the committee calls a former president trump s dereliction of duty. and a minute by minute account of what happened inside the white house between trump s rally at the ellipse and his tweet finally telling the capitol rioters to go home. the washington post is reporting this morning that the public could see outtakes from trump s january 7t
facing. it is important to remember that biden has used his executive power to do big bold things on climate before, but that s also a lesson for how much more he could and should still do. that does it for us tonight. way too early with jonathan lemire is coming up next. the january 6th committee will bring more evidence to a prime time audience tonight. in what could be the final hearing for months. what we re learning about tonight s testimony and the possibility of some never-before-seen video. plus, attorney general merrick garland gets defensive when pressed about the justice department s response of the attack on the capitol, we will show you his answer to a question about prosecuting former president trump. and concerns about future elections have the senate taking rare bipartisan action. there s promise and progress on a bill to prevent future coup
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