is just ahead. and a live look at wall street. futures board is back in the green following a volatile session yesterday. we ll look at the challenges the fed chairman now faces in trying to bring down inflation. good morning. welcome to way too early thank you for starting your day with us. there is a lot to cover this morning after a stunning day in washington and new york. first, we learn that new york attorney general latisha james filed a lawsuit against donald trump, the trump organization and three of trump s adult children. accusing them of fraudulent financial practices. we also learned of new developmentes from the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection. the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas has agreed to speak to the panel in the coming weeks. and finally, a major victory for the justice department and federal investigators. an appeals court is allowing the doj to resume its criminal probe of classified documents seized
we ve got our correspondents and legal team here standing by with new reaction from some trump allies. also this hour, check out the big board. the markets, wall street reacting pretty well to thats into just out from the fed, and another interest rate hike on the way, to try to get a handle on in place. is this? or will there be more hikes to come? we will talk about all of it. plus an nbc news exclusive debuting here this hour, stacey abrams one-on-one with our blayne alexander, early voting now just days away, in georgia, what she is saying about the state of her race as polls show her falling further behind brian kemp. a lot to get to in the next 60 minutes. i m hallie jackson, along with tom winter, ron allen in new york, and business investigations reporter david enrich is with us, a new book out sefrtds of the damned and care line polici and former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst paul butler. let s get to some of the questions at 3:00 eastern, 12:00 pacifi
Im not a prosecutor. And i do know that the standard for a conviction in a criminal prosecution is quite high so im not sure whether that could be met. I dont know whether hes met a standard that could actually be prosecuted and gain a conviction. But the behavior was outrageous. And there should be accountability. President trumps incitement of the insurrection at the u. S. Capitol last week left five people dead including Capitol Police officer brian sicknick. This afternoon officer sicknick was honored by fellow officers through a procession through downtown d. C. Streets. Also today flags at the white house were finally lowered to half staff. W we have since learned the white house did that in honor of sicknick. Lets turn our attention to capitol hill. Do we have a timeline of this process . That is exactly what house leaders are trying to figure out at this moment and theyll continue deliberating over the next day or so. But certainly there is a lot of complexity around this momen
Unity saying the impeachment action is politically motivated we have all of this covered, breaking news, Congressional Correspondent chad pergram has been on it all day up on capitol hill. Good evening chad. Good evening. Nancy pelosi indicates a house could move articles of impeachment against the president imminently. She instructed the House Rules Committee which serves as a gateway to the house floor to be ready and this is all too familiar. It was this time last year when President Trumps impeachment fall down like a trial to start. The house could impeach the president again as early as next week. My numbers are very much interested as our my phone is exploding with impeach, impeach. The president must be held accountable. Nancy pelosi says if they remove the president under the 25th amendment than the house will proceed with our action. She raises alarm with joint chiefs of staff chairman mark milley about preventing and unhinged president from using the nuclear code sing this s
Much harder. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi giving Vice President mike pence until tomorrow to invoke the 25th amendment. If not, how soon could a vote come on impeachment . What weve now learned tonight. And inside the Speakers Office where staffers hid under the table while rioters broke through one door and pounded on the second one leading to this room. Tonight, the president isolated in the white house. What our team has now learned. Does he plan to try to pardon d what the few remaining in the white house have told the president. Mary bruce and jon karl standing by tonight. Also this evening, new reporting here on the Capitol Police. Congressman tim ryan now saying two officers have been suspended for their actions during the riots. Was there any help from inside the department . And news tonight on the nationwide manhunt for suspects. What authorities are now saying about the rioter carrying plastic restraints, the zip ties. Was there a plan to take hostages . And that image seen ar