no right to my testimony. that was mike pence last year talking about the january 6th committee which never sent him a subpoena, but now he is facing one this time from the special counsel investigating former president trump s role in the attack on the capitol. meanwhile on capitol hill the first hearing for the select committee on the weaponization of government goes pretty much exactly as you would expect with republicans hitting their usual list of grievances. and also ahead the state department releases new details about the chinese surveillance balloon. it comes as a prominent republican defends the response from the biden administration. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this friday, february 10th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. former vice president mike pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. according to an nbc news source, pence s subpoena
it s something that democrats are hoping is clear before the end of spring. republicans have already picked milwaukee as their choice. wisconsin, another key, key swing state. i ll say that july or august in atlanta would be really hot. we d have to consider that, as well. we heard from the president while he was in wisconsin. yes. also yesterday in florida. he s been comparing republican and democratic positions on health care and entitlements. tell us more about the argument he has been making. he s trying to make the case that, on the emphasis of balancing the budget or making cuts so that debt ceiling goals can be reached, that republicans are looking at these programs that are very important to republican voters and also voters outside of the gop that biden is hoping to win. he is leaning in. we ve seen rick scott this week stumble over his argument in a way that benefits democrats. there are other gop lawmakers who are really not helping the