blamed for the botched response to the school massacre has been placed on administrative leave. and stunning underwater photos of an american swimmer being rescued by her coach after fainting during the world championships and sinking to the bottom of the pool. the swimmer is okay. this is not the first time this happened to her. we ll explain what s going on there. along with joe, willie is back and me. we have former chairman of the republican national committee michael steel and white house bureau chief at politico and host of way too early. good to have you all onboard. i have a couple things i want to start with today. you re warning me. i have a couple things on my mind. i need the american flag and i need to talk. i have about five minutes. really, yesterday you missed i have to tell you, you missed a very special moment in washington politics. there was an aticus finch like character who testified before the january 6th committee. he was a speaker of the a
the question about what nixon knew, was well nixon knew everything today he was implicated in awe, draw parallels between the hearings and the january six public hearings that are now unfolding half a century over so far this look committees presenting compelling evidence that that president donald trump knew he lost the election, and that president trump knew s election fraud, they knew the plot over joe biden s election was illegal among constitutional evidence that trump was cheating around pence letting him down even after he knew he had breached the capitol. and yet, despite all of that trump went ahead with his scheme, his spot, his tweets the whole january 6th attack on democracy anyway, and well richard nixon resigned rather than face impeachment. while nixon left opposite of his own volition, trump probably wants to be president again. and turn that up at a right-wing conference the day after the third 16. hearing the day after the president, to murdering his vice
state party convention. the line in those negotiations that he says he will not cross. good morning. and welcome to way too early. i m jonathan lemire. on this monday, june 20th. we ll start with the news. a new poll finds a majority of americans, nearly six in ten, believe donald trump should be charged for his role in the january 6th attack on the capitol. the abc news ipsos poll conducted this last friday and saturday after the first three hears in the attack, it found 58% of those surveyed believe the former president should be charged. that includes 91% of democrats and 19% of republicans. 60% of americans believe the january 6th investigation has been fair. and then on friday, former president trump spoke at length about the public hearings for the first time since they began. addressing a crowd at a faith and freedom coalition rally in nashville, trump continued to parrot many of his lies regarding the events on january 6th including his claim that the rioters were
the gop officials who stood up to their parties leader to uphold democracy. and they face threats of violence for simply doing their jobs. election workers unsafe in their own communities after being singled out at the former presidents, and the active threat they face today. so in light of all of this, what does accountability look like? and where do we go from here. it is all ahead at the 11 hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie role. explosive and emotional revelations on capitol hill today, as of january six committee had its fourth hearing. the committee argued that donald trump played a key role in the plot to put forward slates, a fake pro trump election as in states joe biden won. senator state officials and one election worker described the intense pressure campaign and the violent threats they face as trump and his allies spread lies about election fraud. these public servants wouldn t go along with donald trump
citizen s arrest. hearing number four the attack on the capitol marked by testimony of violence and threats against elected officials who refused to help donald trump overturn the election as well as against election workers targeted in the former president s big lie. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday it snot monday. it is wednesday, june 22nd. i m jonathan lemire. it s been a long week. we re glad you re here. the fourth public hearing into the january 6th capitol attack examined what s described as former president s donald trump personal and direct role in pressuring state officials to help overturn the to 2020 presidential election. the committee demonstrated how trump and his team leaned on state officials to throw out biden votes, find trump votes or to replace biden electors with fake trump electors. rnc chairwoman mcconnell, mark meadows, senator ron johnson and congressman andy biggs were also mentioned with helping with this scheme.