attempts. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, july 21st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. we begin with tonight s eighth hearing from the house january 6th committee investigating the attack on the capitol. it is set for 8:00 p.m. eastern and is expected to last about two hours. the committee says it is likely to be the final of this round of hearings. but more are likely to be scheduled around the release of two reports later this year. the committee chair bennie thompson will lead the hearing and he will do so remotely after testing positive for covid on tuesday. the hearing will focus on what the committee calls a former president trump s dereliction of duty. and a minute by minute account of what happened inside the white house between trump s rally at the ellipse and his tweet finally telling the capitol rioters to go home. the washington post is reporting this morning that the public could see outtakes from trump s january 7t
he has at least 14 prior arrests on his record. that is that is not the only shocking crime. carley: ashley strohmier has more. ashley: carley, the niece of that victim actually said she was shocked that this happened because of the lengthy rap sheet that i will get to. they are upset and shocked. police charge 55-year-old [indistinct] with attempted murder and they evaluated and charged him based on evidence they had. a homeless man positive charges were downgraded to third-degree assault and second-degree harassment. the victim was sucker punched and hit his head on the concrete leaving him with a brain bleed and a broken cheek. on probation for sexually consulting a teen. nick adams questioned the bail reform laws which allowed the revolving door for criminals to get back on the streets. arrested 14 times including 1994 control assault on a minor. the suspect accused of beating a cabdriver is facing manslaughter charges. he allegedly fatally beat a 52-year-old after re
control of congress. then, playing with fire. the democrats potentially risky strategy of boosting trump-backed extremist in the primaries. could it blow up in their faces come november? later, we all remember the midterms shellacking the democrats stuck in 2021. can the party defy history this time around? all of that and more is coming up. good morning and a happy sunday to you, i am katie fang. with just weeks to, go every issue could be the one that tips the midterms in one party s favor. inflation is a dominating the conversation right now, as well as they won six hearings. we start our special coverage with msnbc correspondent allie raffa, live in washington, d.c., with a look at the big picture in some key primary races happening on tuesday. good morning, katie. things are really heating. of this 100-day stretch before the november midterm elections. on tuesday you have five states holding primaries. arizona, washington, kansas missouri and with michigan can. kelly i
and an entire demonstration. what result do you want? do you want the democrats to keep control of the united states senate and house of representatives? oh, i would love you know, i m not making those choices or decisions. i m going to work with whatever i have. that front democratic senator joe manchin, a short time ago. i ll ask him to play out the scenarios for us on how democrats might hold power, and what could turn that power over to the gop. plus, abortion. it may be the single biggest issue driving voters to the polls, even more than the economy. how is this issue influencing voters in swing states? and will action at the state level to limit abortion rights make its we re going to dig. and we start with those hotly contested races and ballot box issues across the country. and kansas, and abortion rights vote is facing crucial test on tuesday. it s the first of its kind since the supreme court ruling overturning roe v. wade more than a month ago. and, we re
the results and he should con seed. the video also showed evidence that trump called on his supporters to march on the cal toll was planned. cnn correspondent jessica schneider joins us from washington. so what are you learning? interestingly, alison, chairman betty thomson just talked about this. he says the committee is finally handed over some materials to the doj, but it s mostly pertaining to the fake elector scheme. so all of that from the hundreds of interviews they have conducted they have now handed over the doj. this has been about how much the committee would share. now it seems those records as it pertains to the elector scheme, those are finally being shared possibly with more to come. what s even more significant here is vice cheney s chair of possible witness tampering. she s brought it up twice now. she says the committee alerted doj that trump tried to contact a witness and the witness alerted their attorney who then informed the committee that this phone