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
"These witnesses are being dismissed without the ability to cross examine their statements, they’ve made some outlandish allegations here,” Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) said.
congressman loudermilk. it speaks to the crowd, how seriously they took their purpose, that they d been sent by president trump, prepared to commit violence against members of congress. yeah. there s still a few questions surrounding this video. we don t know yet whether those people who were on the tour and who are speaking about taking out nancy pelosi, taking out aoc and chuck schumer, whether think actually went into the capitol. perhaps we ll hear more about that when we get the committee hearings today. but we don t know whether they were kind of talking tough, which they certainly are talking tough when you listen to the video, or whether they actually went into the building and were part of the people who were there saying this were going to hang mike pence once we were inside the building. there s still some questions surrounding this. questions certainly for congressman loudermilk. why did he deny he had taken a tour? it s not just one family with one kid. there s other peo
words if they would, if they would like. but i want you to know i very much appreciate this courtesy. thank you. you bet. senator cruz. thank you, mr. chairman. and i want to welcome each of the three nominees who i ve known a long time and consider each to be friends. but i have a particular honor and privilege of introducing my dear friend that was senator diane feinstein laying out her concerns of the firing of now former fbi director james comec. they re looking at a couple of nom neeks, including one for assistant deputy general. reactions? part that we missed at the beginning is that senator schumer said they ll stop committee hearings today. they re going to invoke this time. it s not a big tool for them but what they can say is committees can only meet for two hours before democrats approve.
to be watching turned a blind eye to this. we knew this was going on in 2007. nobody in washington paid any attention. proving that goldman committed fraud may or may not be an uphill battle for the s.e.c., but these committee hearings today are not dealing with a root of the problem, whether or not goldman created instruments they knew would fall in value. i think they re still skirting around the issue and asking some questions that don t make sense or matter. ron, thank you very much. i appreciate that. president obama is taking his message for economic recovery to the midwest today. about 10:20, the president left the white house and boarded air force one to head to quincy, illinois. lat later, he ll stop at a plant in ft. madison, iowa. joining me now, the mayor. i think the mayor the