january 6th, i issued a tweet demanding that people leave the capitol and end the violence. i said that those that failed to do that should be prosecuted to the fullest exat the present time of the law and i continue to believe that today. we cannot ever allow what happened on january 6th to happen again in the heart of our democracy. and i ll stand by the decisions and the due process of court in our laws. and i have no interest or no intention of pardoning those that assaulted police officers or vandalized our capital. they need to be answerable to the law. former vice president mike pence with one of the ways he is differentiating himself from his former boss. we ll have more from his campaign launch just ahead. it comes as the department of justice confirms what we all suspected. trump is the target of the classified documents investigation. we ll get expert analysis on what it means for an indictment moving forward. plus, one of the pga s top players blasts the organiz
scientist. she is from denver, but gets high editor-in-chief of the federalist, molly hemingway. like as feed them, it s always best to avoid her. fox news contributor kat timpf. and, his fights are more lopsided than kami s eyebrows. world heavyweight champion, tyrus. before we get to some news stories, it s friday, so let s do this. greg s leftovers. yeah, it s left over straigh where i read the weak jokes we didn t use this week great it s my first time reading these, so if we asaph, we all go out to the parking lot and beat the ou of a writer. on thursday, president biden took a spill after delivering a commencement speech at the u.s. air force academy for the white house says he s fine, he just tripped over an old sandbag. to phasers in lauren sanchez ar spending $600,000 a month to rent any gees empty malibu home per the amenities included pool screening room, and best of all no kenny g. after 79 -year-old robert de niro welcomed his seventh child fellow godfather s
alexandria hoff following it all and joins me here onset. alex. alex: senator jody ernst started and there s about 2,000 iowans and one thousand that come from the charity fundraisers and cattle calls some put it for gop hopefuls that want to connect and carve out their brand. i scare the dickens out of the radical left and joe biden. leadership is not about virtue, signaling or building a brand, leadership is ultimately about results. we have a battle to fight in 2024. let me fight that good fight for you. alex: well former vice president mike pence took a ride himself. who knew? gearing up for presidential announcement which will come on wednesday in iowa according to ap, same day as multiple results have north dakota governor doug bergum entering the race. former new hampshire governor chris christie will announce run on tuesday. here is pence talking about the week ahead. i have every confidence that voters in iowa and around the country will take time to think ha
we are. that does it for us this morning. ana cabrera picks up the coverage now. on this wednesday, thank you so much for joining us. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera. we have breaking news. in the special counsel s investigation into donald trump, just moments ago, nbc news cameras caught a top aid to trump awe arriving at the federal courthouse in miami. the same courthouse where we learned a grand jury will had hear testimony this week. the guy in the tie has been the right-hand man to trump in his post presidency. he runs a superpack and that sighting just after the bomb shell report from the new york times about testimony from former chief of staff mark meadows. we re live in miami and d.c. on what all of this could mean. and breaking news out of the vatican this morning. pope francis is expected to undergo surgery and remain hospitalized for several days. smoke from wildfires lead ing to had hazardous conditions across much of the country. dr. gupta is going
was with the agency for more than a decade has just been indicted in connection with his actions on january 6th. the accusation that his comments encouraged rioters to kill the police. that s next. plus, exclusive new footage of the moment in davenport, iowa, the building suddenly collapsing. what we now know about the three people officials say are likely still trapped in the rubble. also, off the ledge, with the u.s. no longer on the brink of an historic collapse, president biden and washington are breathing a whole lot easier today. we ll hear from the president in just a few hours as he prepares to sign the debt ceiling bill into law. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin right here in washington just five hours away from president biden s speech with nbc news white house correspondent monica alba. monica, what s the goal tonight? reporter: i think for the president, chris, it s really to convey the severity of this issue,