recorded testimony by former pence chief of staff mark short who was with vice president pence an january 6th. was a firsthand witness to trump s pressure campaign in the days leading up to it. we re told house investigators will try to make the case that the pressure on pence directly distributed to the insurrection at the capitol and the continuing ongoing threat to the rule of law and democracy in the united states. many aides are promising new information about what the vice president was doing during the riot, and where he was hiding as that mob chanted, hang mike pence, hang mike pence. the panel also will focus on the role of conservative lawyer john eastman in pushing the bo fgus unconstitutional theory that pence has the power to invalidate legal, lawful e electoral votes. let s go to ryan nobles on capitol hill right now. ryan, the chairman of the select committee congressman bennie thompson of mississippi just chaired a block buster new information about a potentia
overturn the 2020 election, what to expect from day three of the public hearings. plus, stock futures fall more than 1% after the fed implements the highest interest rate hike in nearly 30 years. the question is whether the move will drive down inflation without pushing the economy into a recession? and we ll have the latest from ukraine. as the united states pledges more aid, the leaders of france, germany, italy all arrived in kyiv overnight to show that europe is still committed to the fight for peace. good morning. welcome to way too early. on this thursday, june 16th. i m jonathan lemire. we appreciate you being here. the third hearing into the attack of the u.s. capitol is set for 1:00 p.m. today. it will focus on efforts to pressure former vice president mike pence into overturning the 2020 presidential election in a campaign that put the former vice president s life in danger. aides tell nbc news the hearing will hit four main themes, the theory that pence had t
what information is herschmann likely to have that the federal grand jury wants? herschmann is an important person because he was in a significant number of the most crucial meetings that happened at the white house during the final weeks of the trump presidency. he was in a meeting where most of the top justice department officials threatened to resign because they were concerned about steps that then-president trump was considering as part of his effort to overturn the election. he was in what might have been the craziest meeting that s ever happened in the oval office of the white house, ever, when sidney powell, michael flynn, and the former overstock.com ceo urged then-president trump to use the military to seize voting machines. herschmann had firsthand knowledge of the way that conversation went. and, of course, as his testimony showed, he was in the white house and present at the ellipse rally on january 6th, closely seeing what played out over the course of that day.
defeating the protegee by a 16-point margin. here s a little background on mr. cox for you. he was an election denier. not only did he attend a white house ellipse rally on january 6th, he helps and buses of protesters to attend the rally. he also called mike pence, the vice president of the united states a traitor, and argued that president biden was, quote, installed in the white house. a promise to do in forensic audit of the 2020 election ban, and to ban abortion, among other things if he wins office. cox has also mentioned to be a bit of a nuisance to governor hogan for years now. he recently tried to impeach the governor over his covid-19 public health measures. as for his ally in the maryland attorney general race, wait for this one. michael preroutka also won that election. he is protecting gun, rights and prosecuting officials that have violated the god given
within the margin of error of the democratic nominee josh shapiro and busy courting gop donors. democrats are rung the same play book in maryland with one democratic group spending more than a million of advertising that elevated republican candidate for governor dan cox, promoting his ties to trump and pro life and second amendment stance. apparently a lot of maryland republicans were into that description, yesterday, dan cox won the republican primary for governor of maryland, defeating the current republican governor s protege by a 16 point margin. here s a little background on mr. cox for you. he is an election denier. not only did he attend the white house ellipse rally on january 6th he helped send buses of protesters to attend that rally. he also called mike pence the vice president of the united states a traitor, and argued that president biden was quote installed in the white house. he promised to do a forensic