committee, and while the subpoena was expected, it is the committee s most aggressive step yet. it could result in an epic legal battle which frankly is also anticipated. the panel is asking for phone calls, texts, videos from the former president relating to the attack on the u.s. capitol and efforts to overturn the 2020 election. it s also demanding trump testify under oath on november 14th. in a letter accompanying the subpoena, the panel said this. as demonstrated in our hearing, we have assembled overwhelming evidence including from dozens of your former appointees and staff that you personally orchestrated and oversaw a multipart effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election and to obstruct the peaceful transition of power. cnn s senior crime and justice reporter joins us now. the january 6th committee making it clear that they see trump as the central figure of this effort. reporter: exactly, victor. the center of everything. that is what this cover letter and
january 6th select committee officially issuing a subpoena to donald trump. when exactly they want to sit down with the former president, and what s next and what could be a potentially long and historic legal battle. plus, president biden set to speak any minute now. the focus, the student debt relief program. with election day less than three weeks away, how it s moving forward, after surviving two legal challenges. and while we re talking midterms, senator raphael warnock, no more mr. nice guy ramping up attack ads against his opponent herschel walker. plus in nevada, we re talking to both candidates in the senate race that could decide which party controls the chamber next year. we re going to start with nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali, new york times reporter, and msnbc contributor katie benner and legal analyst charles coleman. good afternoon to all of you. ali, obviously this is breaking in the last hour. you were busy reading everything in betwe