miracles. the story, i cannot get enough of it. it is extraordinary. and on that note, i was you all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with us. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow who it was november 12 of 2020 and was a lot going on at the time. it had been less than a week since the networks had called the 2020 presidential election for joe biden. donald trump was just beginning his campaign to deny that result and to try to overturn it. just a few days prior to trump s lawyer, rudy giuliani, gave his in some vince for seasons landscaping press conference to contest the election results. we all remember that. trump had decided to deny president elect biden access to classified daily briefing as was the custom in presidential transitions. which, in retrospect seems a bit ironic. just one day later, senator lindsey graham would make a phone call to the georgia secretary of state, asking raffe
welcome to war in ukraine: one year later. a morning joe special. this time last year, europe and the world were on edge. vladimir putin ordered his army across the ukrainian border with plans to take the capital city of kyiv in a matter of days. it was the start of the largest ground war in europe since world war ii. since then, putin s isolated his country. he has seen his harmony humiliated and sacrificed countless lives. all in a war of choice. what the russian president did not anticipate was the bravery and resiliency of the ukrainian people. he also gravely miscalculated the commitment of western allies, who quickly rallied behind ukraine from, and still vowing to give aid until russia is defeated. president joe biden s trip earlier this week to keefe, walking inside a war zone as air raid sirens blared, hammered home americas unwavering support, despite a small faction of republican lawmakers who actually want to cut aid for ukraine. ahead this hour, what s at stake o
years. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, june 30th. i m jonathan lemire. live from madrid, where the nato summit is under way. we ll have more on what is happening here in just a moment, but we begin with news from washington. the january 6th committee has issued a subpoena for the testimony of trump white house counsel pat cipollone. investigators are compelling him to appear for a deposition next wednesday, july 6th. it comes after the committee s repeated request for him to testify and one day after he was featured prominently in bombshell testimony from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. cipollone sat for an informal interview back in april but in a letter to the former white house counsel, the committee rights in part, you have declined to cooperate with us further, including by providing on the record testimony. we are left with no choice but to issue you this subpoena. the committee states, it has obtained evidence about which