also tonight, the world health organization is now calling monkeypox a global health emergency and vice president kamala harris is in indiana urging democrats to fight back as the legislature begins a special session to take away reproductive rights. good evening. i m jason johnson in tonight for joy reid. we won t see the january 6th committee again until fall in september. there s another shocking preview of why the enpresident was dogmatically opposed to speaking to his supporters who were ransacking the capitol. in the previously unseen video seen today by committee member elaine luria we see testimony from the closest aides and confidant the days after the attack. it s other that president trump refused recommendations that he repudiate in the strongest terms those who lay siege to the capitol. i thought we should give a statement on the 7th, and obviously move forward on transition. i sat with her and i spoke to miller about trying to put together some draft remarks
writer for boston globe. thank you all so much. i am a hand-rubbing meme tonight. joyce, i m going to start with you. i think one of the most important things that we re hearing about right now is the two secret service agents who have lawyered up, okay? in the history of i guess investigations and secret service hearings, how serious is it that secret service agents are afraid to testify to a committee that doesn t really have enforcement power but they nevertheless still feel the need to get lawyers? so all pump the brakes on that just a little bit, jason, to this extent. a a criminal investigation by the ig has been announced. it makes good sense for anyone who is within the ambit of that investigation to have legal counsel representing them. what s a little bit unusual is the notion that they have hired private counsel. typical they might go to the