something, tucker, i have never seen before or heard of, an electronic sniffing dog and they took all of the electronics from my house. new fallout this morning from revelation that is six republican lawmakers sought preemptive pardons from former president trump before and after the attack on the capitol. that is according to emails and testimony revealed by the january 6th committee. was representative gaetz requesting a pardon? i believe so. a pardon that he was discussing, requesting, was as broad as you could describe. mr. biggs did, mr. jordan talked about congressional pardons but he never asked me for one. mr. gohmert asked for one as well. mr. perry asked for a pardon, too. did marjory taylor green contact you? no, she didn t contact me about t i heard that she had asked white house office counsel for a pardon. so what were the roles of the pardon seekers in january 6? let s bring in tom foreman to walk us through that. tom? if you look at all sifolks
less overthrow the election, pressured them almost every day, asking officials to say things that were not true, that they told him were not true, and trying to get them to do things without precedence and that were arguably not legal. watch. let s take a look at another one of your notes. you also noted that mr. rosen said to mr. trump, quote, doj can t and won t snap its fingers and change the outcome of the election. how did the president respond to that, sir? he responded very quickly and said, essentially, that s not what i m asking you to do. what i m asking you to do is just say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the republican congressmen. i made the point that jeff clark is not even competent to serve as the attorney general. he s never been a criminal attorney. he s never conducted a criminal investigation in his life. he s never been in front of a trial jury. and he kind of retorted by saying, well, i ve done a lot of very complicated appeals and civ
fentanyl meth and cocaine at all these other drugs that are killing 300 americans a week. the latest coming up and we will bring you all the low lights from karine jean-pierre s hard-hitting interview in case you missed it on the view yesterday which despite the softball questions, was a big challenge for the brand-new white house secretary. look at your screen, they say you miss 100% of the shots you don t take but if you are kamala harris, the same it might be true for 100% of the shots you do take. we will have some of that fun video straight ahead but first, we turn to today s big news out of the u.s. supreme court. in a 6-3 landmark decision the court struck down a new york state law forcing individuals to show proper because in order to obtain a conceal and carry permit. the so-called proper cause provision is often difficult to prove and in a place like new york city is almost impossible to get a concealed carry permit. the state asks law-abiding citizens, they must
and the supreme court on guns and with the supreme court going one way and congress going the other and we will tell you what it means for gun safety in america. and breaking news overnight from ukraine, after weeks of fighting, the ukraine officials say the forces have to withdraw from a key battleground in the east. we ll have the latest. all right. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this friday, june 24th. i m sam, in for jonathan lemire. hearing number five into the january 6th, focussed on donald trump s efforts to get the justice department to legitimize his bogus claims of voter fraud, that includes his relentless pursuit of an attorney general who would go along with his election conspiracies. the pressure top leaders faced when they refused to do so and how those leaders band together and then prevailed. and pardons for the roles in the election scheme. first, trump s nonstop efforts to get the department of justice to sign off on the big lie. here
as the decision sends shockwaves across the country. most protests were peaceful there are a few exceptions a christian pregnancy center in colorado was vandalized and it was torched following the reversal of roe. same scene in portland, oregon where rioters destroyed property and sprayed graffiti. some say that the these actions have gone too far and those that disagree with the decision should have their say in the voting booth in november. when roe came out we didn t burn down the capitol as conservatives. we didn t go to liberal justices homes to try to intimidate them. these constitutional anarchists, my advice to you, quit trying to burn down america, work like we did, elect people who work with you at the ballot box. alexis mcadams is here. reporter: demonstrations erupted throughout the nation. most protests were pretty peaceful but that wasn t the same in places like colorado. look at this pregnancy care center in long longmont colorado. police are investigating