the public. reporter: they talked to ivanka trump, whose comments seemed to contradict what she told the committee under oath about whether she believed the election was stolen. plus, easing the sting of gas prices. at the white house next hour president biden will call on congress to suspend the federal gas tax for three months. but is this proposal likely to hit a dead end in congress? speaker pelosi called it good pr just a few months ago. also on capitol hill, a major breakthrough in gun legislation with a senate vote coming as soon as friday. this is the most significant anti-gun violence bill that congress has voted on in 30 years. the senate action comes as new details about the uvalde school shooting massacre sparked new outrage. new testimony that the shooter could have been taken down in a matter of minutes, just adding to the devastation of victims families. i just don t get how you can hear these kids, you know, crying and asking for help, but you re
election. once again in the spotlight, no one other than wisconsin s senator ron johnson. after the committee revealed on tuesday that one of his top staffers messaged an aide to vice president mike pence about johnson passing fake slates of trump electors for wisconsin and michigan to vice president mike pence by hand on january 6th. a pence aide promptly shut it down texting the johnson staffer this, quote. do not give that to him, end quote, but that attempted handoff still begs many questions like what did ron johnson know about the scheme to set up false electors which is under criminal investigation by the justice department. here s johnson on capitol hill dodging questions from reporters. how much did you know about what your chief of staff was doing with the alternate slates of electors? no, you re not. i can see your phone. i can see your screen. did you know what your chief of staff was doing? does your chief of staff still work for you, sir? can you expla
pouring gasoline on the fire by tweeting that. the secret service couldn t control the situation and do their job to keep him safe. at 2:26 p.m., the secret service rushed vice president pence down the stairs. approximately 40 feet. that s all there was. 40 feet between the vice president and the mob. make no mistake about the fact that the vice president s life was in danger. the recent court filing by the department of justice explains that a confidential informant from the proud boys told the fbi that the proud boys would have killed mike pence if given the chance. that s just some of what we heard from yesterday s hearing into the attack on the capitol. as the committee detailed the close call for vice president pence, good morning and welcome to way too early. on this friday, june 17th. i m jonathan lemire. we re glad you re with us. the third day of testimony in the january 6th hearings focused on donald trump s efforts to pressure mike pence into overturning
change. but they did feel as a community, as black men, especially, we need to be there for our boys because superman isn t coming in and the sight isn t going to change but they need to pass down lessons learned. give them some gems to bolster their standing in the community. even when it is tough, it is not getting better but we have to be there for ourselves even though we couldn t protect our boys we have to find a way to protect the next generation. how heartbreaking. trymaine, thank you for being with us. trymaine lee. the full special airs tonight at 10:30 eastern on nbc news now. thanks a lot. happy father s day. thank you, like wise. and eugene robinson, thank you as well. happy father s day. are you boys going to be home. one is nearby. so i ll see lowell and then aaron lives in berkeley. he s a father so i ll get to call him and wish him happy father s day. oh, good. so many grandkids do you have? two. well i may have your son call my son. i need some
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