well, i mean, there s constitutional duty. what he has, he s the commander in chief. that was my biggest issue with him, as national security adviser. white house advisers to former president trump understood the constitutional oath of the presidency. trump apparently did not. mika, as we have gone through the testimonies, as we ve talked through this the past several hours, one thing really does keep sticking out to me, and that is the testimony of cipollone, where he was asked who else in the white house agreed with the president that the riot should continue. who in the white house did not want him to stop the riots, did not want him to speak out and tell them to stop. he said nobody. nobody. he said nobody. nobody inside the white house wanted the riots to continue. let me put it a different way. everybody in the white house wanted the president to act affirmatively to stop the riots. they told him that. he refused. his family members, his children, told him tha
the january 6th committee is about to reveal a minute-by-minute count of president trump s actions and inamb inaction after the deadly capitol attack after weeks of testimony by trump s inner circle, investigators are zeroing in on the day of the insurrection and form per president trump himself. the president summoned the mob and lit the flame of this attack. on capitol hill tonight, house investigator are expected to show never-before-seen have you video clips of the attack. the house select committee is promising to give us an inside look with what donald trump was doing, with whom he was talking and what he knew of the unfolding riot at the capitol in real time. it is going to focus on the infamous 187 minutes, a little over three ours, from near the end of trump answer speech ur urging rally goers to head to the capitol and the video in which he told supporters to leave the capitol and go home after the deadly attack was well under way and blood had already been sp
he spent hours today with the select committee and the staff. we are following news on a potential witness, lawyers for stewart rhodes telling msnbc he wants to testify but there is a catch. we will tell you what it will take if the committee was the head of the oath keepers to go public. a new ruling between congress and donald trump. the ruling coming in on if the house committee can get their hands on the former president s financial records. plus, president biden at the japanese embassy here in washington, d.c. ameer, signing the condolence book for shinzo abe, who was assassinated on the campaign trail today. we have that coming up. i am hallie jackson minor in washington with a lot to go into this afternoon. with me is our panel. we know a little bit about what has gone down. he has been described as cooperative within the parameters of protecting executive privilege for the office of general counsel. take that from source for, you know, corporate , if you will,
this sunday, the sun is in our 11th of vote-a-rama as democrats push to pass legislation that will just climate and taxes. if, pass the inflation reduction act would be the largest common act in u.s. history. it also lower the cost of prescription drugs for millions of americans. this potential win for democrats, and addition to the politics of abortion, could result in a boost for them at the polls in the november midterm elections. meanwhile, trump backed candidate swept the arizona primaries, which means election deniers are now at the top of the ballot in at least four of the six battleground states that determine the winner of the 2020 presidential election. all eyes are now turned to tuesdays wisconsin primaries, as you can government ella barnes is set to be the first black major party nominee from the badger state. and you will be taking on republican senator ron johnson joining me now, charlie sites, msnbc contributor and editor at law at the bulwark, plus proud
going in and out of the oval office on january six, as donald trump was reluctant to call off the mob. you know, i am glad you brought up the subpoena of cipollone and anna fill ben. because these are the two guys who testified for the january six committee. and we saw videos of them consulting their lawyers. with distribution which is not privileged. i am, wondering claims of executive privilege in this federal grand jury. i apologize if you are not a war lawyer and can answer these questions. but you claims of executive privilege in that setting, before a federal grand jury, do they hold as much power, or does the justice department have ways of cracking through that. i think there are waves to crack through it. one thing we do know from our reporting as these justice department has reached, a practically, to the trump campaign to discuss executive privilege. or to donald trump s advisers to discuss executive privilege.