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
before the 6th. pence pushing back every time. was it your impression that 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 he had been consistent in conveying his position to the president? very consistent. and then the new memos show ing pence s legal and political advisers spending weeks whether pence could block or delay the electoral vote count. their conclusion doing that would break multiple laws. the author of that second memo, former counsel to the vice president, greg jacob, will testify today. so will federal judge jay michael ludig, who rejected a theory by trump adviser john sman that pence could unilaterally reject lectors. and if he tried any way, the new york times reports that emails from eastman predicted a heated fight in the supreme court. much more on that, and the connection to justice thomas wife
good morning. you re watching chris jansing reports live from new york city. and just about a half an hour from where i m standing, investors on wall street are watching as the market crumbles. the dow, take a look at these numbers, off more than 800 points right now. we are teetering on the edge of a bear market. it s at its lowest level in more than a year after the fed announced the biggest rate hike in almost 30 years. what will it mean for you? but we have a start in washington, where the third january 6th committee public hearing is just a few hours away. today, the spotlight is on the danger former vice president mike pence faced that day. and the pressure campaign to convince him to overturn the election results. this morning, nbc news has obtained a clip of the interview with pence s chief of staff who detailed the weeks long pressure