have reached that point us where we are. yesterday for example a man leaped on stage at a campaign event and try to stab. a sitting member of congress is challenging kathy and the governors race in new york. it s ordinarily attempting to assassinate a federal officer would be considered a big deal, but the republicans so it s not a big deal anymore. the man who tried to murder was released immediately with no bail. less than 24 hours later by contrast from her tripadvisor bannon was convicted of crimes recently that were crimes at all. for which he now faces a prison term of two years. he has been declared guilty of some and called contempt of congress. my strike he was an unintentionally hilarious term since most the time congress invites contempts. the point is this is a crime the democrats are not convicted of ever. attorney general eric holder nrs executive or once found to be in contempt of congress of both of them and for real crimes it was in mexico. it was targeting c
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.
the committee scared new video from mark short saying pence pushed back against trump s pressure campaign. was it your impression the vice president had directly conveyed his position on these issues to the president, not just to the world, through a dear colleague letter, but directly to president trump? many times. and had been consistent in conveying his position to the president? very consistent. joining us now, nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake, nbc news correspondent vaughn hilliard, luke broadwater from the new york times and joyce vance, professor at university of alabama school of law and msnbc legal analyst. garrett, you spoke with pete aguilar, who is taking a lead role today. what did he tell you about what we can expect? reporter: we can expect to hear that mike pence was both under more pressure and in more danger in the leadup to january 6th and on january 6th than has been previously reported. the committee plans to lay o
covid vaccine. get your calendars ready. the platinum jubilee for queen elizabeth ii, the royal family gathers, harry and meghan are there but it s the queen s great-grandson 4-year-old prince louis who steals the show. why the 96-year-old monarch will miss a major part of her celebration. gals prices up 52 cents in just a month. will a big announcement from the world s oil producers help at the pump? protecting the nation s food supply, why a group of scientists hope these killer bugs could help. and we end tonight with the inspiring story of a motherov nine children who just graduated from medical school, planning to become a neurosurgeon. tonight, her message to others, follow your dreams. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening and thank you for joining us on this thursday night. as we come on the air, president biden is preparing to address the nation. you re looking at live pictures at the the w
[cheers and applause] steve: live from the world famous jukebox diner in it s great to have you all here live at the world famous juke box diner. [cheers and applause] steve: look at this. all right. sit down. we have got three hours to go. it is 6:00 a.m. on the east coast, that means the polls are open now in some states on this election tuesday, including here in the commonwealth of virginia. i m here at the diner in manassas, virginia, talking to voters we re going to talk to all these people several times. we hope they are not on america s most wanted list because that would be embarrassing. [laughter] the balance of power is hanging just by a thread for the democrats today here in virginia. ainsley, brian and lawrence and everything could change by tonight. that s true, they need to flip the senate in order to have that trifecta which hasn t happened in 10 years. i m glad you wore your vest. i know you are talking to glenn youngkin this morning and i m sure he wil