alexandria ocasio-cortez of new york. the plus the january 6th committee. president trump ultimately wanted the department of justice to say the election was quote corrupt, and quote, leave the rest to me, and the republican congressmen. former president trump schemed to stay in power. claim election fraud. relying on internet rumors and baseless claims. my recollection, you said we ve got lots of theories, we just don t have the evidence. my guest this morning, committee member adam schiff. and president biden signs the first gun safety legislation in decades, even as the supreme court expands gun rights. joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief correspondent andrea mitchell, kimberly atkins for the boston globe, nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent, garrett haake, and wall street journal columnist peggy noonan. welcome to sunday. it s meet the press. from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is m
hour. the announcement comes after five hearings this month that were chock full of really juicy, previously unknown details and lots and lots of brand new evidence on the lengths that trump and trump officials and trump advisors and trump allies went to try and secure a second trump term illegally. the committee s chairman, bennie thompson had said more hearings were set for next month as the committee absorbs a mountain of new information from documents from the trump white house and tips from the public as well as new witnesses coming forward. politico reported this about the work of the committee in recent day, quote, the select panel has maintained its investigative work even as it ramped up its pace of hearings. documentary filmmaker alex holder who had extensive access to the trump family met with investigators last thursday morning after getting subpoenaed for his select panel for his recordings and his testimony. the panel also sent a letter to virginia tom a thomas,
order to help people access the health care and abortion services that they need. i anticipate there will be more debate and discussion. or was interesting about the supreme court decision, it gave the authority back to the states to make these decisions. so now that the decision has been made, it will be up to each of the state legislators and people there to talk about their elective representatives about what their laws looked like. we also get a new look at how americans see this decision to overturn roe, from the yougov poll out this morning, it was 41% of americans approved, but nearly 16% 60% disapprove. 67% of women overall in the survey do not agree with this decision. you ve got washington, also in the meantime, still feeling the aftershocks on another topic, a week of bombshell testimony at the january 6th hearings. as folks now brace for more in the coming weeks, this morning, one member of that committee, congressman adam schiff lays out what he thinks the
constitutional crisis. joining me now is congressman adam schiff who led tuesday s hearing. good to be with you. two more hearings this coming weeks, delayed two weeks. can you give us a little bit more? what more has come in and on what specific areas has more information come in that you feel you need more time? the next couple of hearings will cover the run-up to january 6th, the marshaling of this mob that appeared on the mall that day and attacked the capitol and the final hearing will cover what the president was doing and more importantly, what he was not doing as we were being attacked. in those hours, not january 6th itself. exactly. basically, the president s flagrant dereliction of duty while the capitol was being attacked and this will give us more time to prepare for the two hearings. a lot of work, as you might imagine, goes into each and every one of these hearings and learn more information all the
the panel also sent a letter to virginia tom a thomas, wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas after she had communicated with john eastman. here s what adam schiff had to say on meet the press about the next round of public hearings. the next couple of hearings will cover the run-up of january 6th and the marshalling of this mop that appeared on the mob that day and attacked the capitol and the final hearing will cover what the president was doing and more importantly, what he was not doing as we were being attacked. in those in those hours on january 6th itself. exactly. basically the president s flagrant dereliction of duty while the capitol was being attacked. schiff adds that the committee needed, quote, breathing space to prepare for the final public hearings. it s a comment that makes