mike pence have asked in recent days about conversations with ump from, his lawyers and others in his inner circle who sought to substitute trump allies for certified electors from some states joe biden won. that s according to two people familiar with the matter, both spoke anonymously. prosecutors asked hours of detailed questions about meetings trump led in december 2020 and january 2021. his pressure campaign on pence to overturn the election and what instructions trump gave his lawyers and advisors about fake electors and sending electors back to the states. some of the questions focused directly on the extent of trump s involvement in this fake electorate effort led by outside lawyers including eastman and rudy giuliani and yet another sign of just how far the doj probe has advanced, the post is also reporting that prosecutors have their hands on the phone records of some key trump officials and aides including those of former white house chief of staff mark meadows. of
since the civil war. so i don t think this is a white house problem. i think that frankly part of the problem here is that there was a commitment among these good, well-meaning democratic senators, and they re all good, well-meaning democratic senators, to work with susan collins and eight of her colleagues and, frankly, you know, the very fact that the number of republicans working on this in the senate are nine may be the tell to why this whole process has been set up the way it is. right. right. you always say so much. marc elias, we ll stay on this with you. it is really important. it s complicated, but you help us understand it. thank you for spending some time with us today. thank you. when we come back, congress turning its attention to the massive profits made by the maker s of the guns used in some of the deadliest mass shootings in american history. the chairman to put gun makers in the hot seat will be our guest after a quick break. our guest after a quick break.
americans at these tragic incidences, again, to blame the firearm, the particular firearm in use here that we re talking about, sporting rifles, to blame the firearm is an inanimate object. it s an inanimate object that does a whole lot of slaughtering. the house oversight committee for hours today put significant public pressure on gun manufacturers, just prior to that hearing, the committee released the results of its investigation revealing leading manufacturers collected more than a billion dollars in revenue over the past decade. from the new york times, quote, the committee s findings indicate that the gun industry has thrived by selling and marketing military grade weapons to civilians, specifically targeting and playing to the insecurities of young men while some have made thinly veiled references to white supremacist groups. the chairman of that committee, congresswoman caroline maloney will join us tomorrow.
touch with a lactation specialist who can help you try to do that. other than that, what your pediatrician can do is pretty limited. elizabeth cohen, m.j. lee, thank you both. the house oversight committee launching an investigation into this nationwide shortage, sending letters to four of the largest manufacturers to try to figure out what is causing this problem and how they can ramp up the supply to meet the overwhelming demand. congresswoman caroline maloney is the chair of the house oversight committee and joins us now. thank you so much for being here. how did we get to this point? from what you ve seen, how is it that for weeks now parents have been driving around in the middle of the night, sometimes for miles, looking for baby formula? well, the way we got there is it was exacerbated by a recall from abbott of a major portion of baby formula, which then hurt
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