stolen, and a live stream captured the crime going down. welcome to the lead. i m kasie hunt in for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and the january 6th committee releasing new evidence in its case against donald trump as it narrows its focus for the coming weeks. on the agenda, trying to compel testimony from ginni thomas, a conservative activist and wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, over her role in advocating to overturn the 2020 election. committee vice chair congresswoman liz cheney telling cnn they will consider a subpoena if thomas doesn t cooperate. we certainly hope that she will agree to come in voluntarily, but the committee is fully prepared to contemplate a subpoena if she does not. committee is also pushing to get more documents from the u.s. secret service and answers about the agency s potentially missing text messages from on and around january 6th. one of the committee members, congresswoman elaine luria, released previously
they re not here to hurt me, fake the f-ing mags away and his fury not joining them at the capitol leaving him in a fight with his own secret service detail. tony described him as being irate. the president said something to the effect of i m the f-ing president, take me up to the capitol now. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. ingle grabbed his arm, said sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. we re going back to the west wing. another bombshell from vice chair liz cheney describing attempts to intimidate witnesses ahead of their depositions to the committee. this is a call received by one of our witnesses. quote a person let me know you have your deposition tomorrow. he wants me to let you know he s thinking about you. he knows you re loyal and you re going to do the right thing when you go in for your deposition. just a few moments, i ll be speaking with one of the officers injured defending
richard haass. and nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard. also with us, the founder of the conservative website, charlie. liz cheney, one of two republicans serving on the committee, went on fox news yesterday to defend the committee s work. here s how she responded to a question about why capitol police weren t better prepared for the attack. it s an entire focus of the investigation. you will see in our report. you ll likely see in upcoming hearings, so it is certainly something we re going to be focused on. but what we aren t going to do, brett, is blame the capitol police, blame those in law enforcement for donald trump s armed mob that he sent to the capitol. kevin mccarthy decided not to participate in the committee, that, somehow, the house of representatives cannot investigate the single worst attack on the capitol since the war in 1812. cheney discussed the committee s interest in interviewing ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas.
greg: you didn t think we could do it but there you are. months of hard work and hot tubbing but he s here. i m not proud of some of the things i had to do in that tub larry but i ll do what it takes. also side note al qaeda leader ayman al-zawahiri was killed. [cheers and applause] greg: you re sick. was just 51 years young, his remains will be cremated and spread over his already cream ated remains. and to think he just finished paying off his women s studies degree. we went to his family for comment. that s terrible, show the guy some respect. let s go to his real family. you know that s even worse. you know how those guys hate pork. it s the other white meat they despise. no wonder he became a terrorist. at least he didn t get into stripping because once the robe comes off it s just ankle socks. don t ask me how i know. so when i first heard the news i have to say i was a little confused. and, no, that s not a quote from the president. first, i had not heard that name
recession as some have predicted. hello everyone welcome to fox news live i am eric sean. hi arthel. arthel: hello eric, hello everyone. i am arthel neville per that s one of the big stories we are covering the sunday afternoon for the turning point usa summit and tampa, florida last night was the place to be for gop leaders, hoping to grab the keys to the white house in 2024. in the summer of sure continues iconic new york beach closes after yet another exciting. forces of beachgoers out of the water amid a brutal heat way. fox team coverage starts right now, jackie is at the white house, is at the turning point usa summit in tampa. first to alexis at new york city rockaway beach where the water is now open for swimmers, alexis. hi arthel. you can see behind me over my shoulder, rockaway beach in queens is pretty packed. it s open there s lots of people on sun bathing in this record heat as we are in this heat wave in new york city but so far rockaway beach here in queens