insurrection. the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol will be in order. without objection, the chair has authorized to declare the committee in races at any point. pursuant to house deposition authority deposition the chair announces the committees approval to announce the good afternoon. in our previous hearings, the select committee showed that then president trump applied pressure at every level of government. of local election workers, up to his own vice president. opened hoping public servants would give into that pressure and help him steal an election he actually lost. today, we will tell the story of how the pressure campaign also targeted the federal agency, charged with enforcement of our laws, the department of justice. we have already covered part of mr. trump s effort. we heard from attorney general bill barr, tell the story and the committee about the baseless claims mr. trump wanted the justice departm
seems like they are doing nothing to put the fire out. they are just watching it with the rest of us. meantime, the democrats are choosing not to remain anonymous as they criticize the president. there is this sense that things are kind of out of control and he is not in command. the president of the united states has to organize, and i m not sure what he s doing. i can tell you what he ain t doing. species of the sand and articles based on two dozen sources, harris. the opening is fascinating. it s a window into the biden administration priorities. so get this, there is this call monday. debra messing was set up. yes, debra messing and the white house. [laughter] s view on the and island. kayleigh: the former will & grace i was among dozens of celebrity democratic supporters and activists who joined a call with white house aides on overturning roe v. wade. it was fatalistic. they received a follow-up email from the white house with a list of basic talking points an
democrat congressman tim ryan. only 54% of democrats approve of the president s handling of the economy as whispers of a recession grow much louder and inflation straps family budgets. let s bring in buckeye state republican congressman jim jordan. he s the top republican on the house judicially committee. congressman, great to have you on. this is the sixth time the president has visited your state. he clearly believes he s got a captive audience there. your thoughts. he might believe that. but what is it? nine out of ten fellow citizens think the country is on the wrong track. that s up 15 points from two months ago. that s how bad things are. i don t know that making a trip to ohio will change things. you mentioned the senate race. where is tim ryan? i don t think he will be with president biden today. the president makes the sixth visit to your state and you re running for senate and you won t show up? that tells you about this administration and how wrong the policy is
nicolle. welcome to the beat. i m jason johnson and for ari melber. we start with a january 6th investigation. a major witness will testify . the baloney will go under oath. a transcribed interview but his testimony will be on camera. cipollone was witness to talks on fake electors and was in the west wing on january 6th. he has spoken to the committee before in an informal setting. this is stemming from a subpoena coming after the bombshell testimony on the a violent coup from cassidy hutchins. on january 3rd, mr. cipollone approached me. we had a brief and private conversation where he said to me , we need to make sure this doesn t happen. this would be legally a terrible idea for us. cipollone was barely down the hallway. i sought mr. cipollone that morning and mr. cipollone said something to the effect of please make sure we don t approach the capitol , kathy. keep in touch with me. we will get charged with every crime imaginable. obstructing justice for the ele
the feds have seized the phone of former trump election attorney john eastman. put your arms up for me. there is the video there. he is being detained. what it could mean for him and potentially former president trump. that s coming up. but first, to the fury and fear on one side and jubilation on the other still palpable in our nation in this first week since the supreme court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion. its ruling means it is now up to the states to decide whether to allow abortions. protests against the ruling are growing, but so too is the fight by those who want to ban abortion altogether. and to their delight, a cascade of new abortion bans went into place in the hours after the ruling. as of tonight, ten states effe effectively banned abortion. this is truly historic. tonight we re about to illuminate the impact this four-day-old decision will have. one by one we are seeing more than half the states in america moving swiftly to implement l