for nearly five hours as rioters overwhelmed the capitol, looking, chanting, to hang him. we were told they came within 40 feet of the vice president s evacuation route and we re also learning new details about a heated phone call between trump and pence on that morning of january 6th. this is what witnesses include ing ivanka said about trump s demeanor on the call. i remember hearing the word wimp, he called him a wimp, i don t remember, he said, you are a wimp, you ll be a wimp. it was a different tone than i d heard him take with the vice president before. also a major new piece of evidence revealed by the committee, john eastman, the conservative lawyer central to the plans to overturn the election results asked for a pardon after january 6th. and new this morning, the new york times obtained a copy of a letter sent by the house select committee to ginni thomas, the way of supreme court justice clarence thomas. they want to speak to her next month. they have emai
the p-word. new details show how trump was told over and over and over again his plot to overturn the election was not legal. plus a rare interview president biden shares a gloomy outlook with the associated press. americans are confused, upset and worried, but he blames covid caution and politics, not his policies. and the search is on for three americans missing in ukraine, three feared taken by russian forces. the plot that donald trump knew it was illegal and kept pushing his agenda. panel picks up the public work next week. hearing four will detail the campaign against people in areas where he lost. they walked through the country s badgering of the. the committee detailed how trump shopped for lawyer after lawyer and scheme after scheme. it led him to john eastman, and an election plot witnesses say was without constitutional merit and without a doubt, illegal. i said are you out of your f ing mind. no, that was pretty blunt. i said you re completely crazy. y
so, when will ginni thomas tell the committee all she knows about the insurrection? as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. today the, january 6th committee made a powerful case about the relentless pressure donald trump and his allies put on mike pence to unlawfully overturn the 2020 election results. this afternoon, the committee presented detailed evidence revealing the intensity of that effort and the real danger pence was in on the day of the insurrection. mike pence, i hope you are going to stand up for the good of our constitution and for the good of our country. and if you are not, i m going to be very disappointed in you, i will tell you right now. i m telling you what, i m hearing the pence, i m hearing that pence just caved no i m hearing reports that pence caved. i m telling you, if pence caved, we are going to bleep through the streets. [inaudible] bring him out! bring out pence!
stephanie ruhle. today the, january 6th committee made a powerful case about the relentless pressure donald trump and his allies put on mike pence to unlawfully overturn the 2020 election results. this afternoon, the committee presented detailed evidence revealing the intensity of that effort and the real danger pence was in on the day of the insurrection. mike pence, i hope you are going to stand up for the good of our constitution and for the good of our country. and if you are not, i m going to be very disappointed in you, i will tell you right now. i m telling you what, i m hearing the pence, i m hearing that pence just caved no i m hearing reports that pence caved. i m telling you, if pence caved, we are going to bleep through the streets. [inaudible] bring him out! bring out pence! hang mike pence, hang mike pence! hang mike pence! [noise] hang mike pence, that s what they were chanting. today s star witnesses, two key republicans, pence s former w
pouring gasoline on the fire by tweeting that. the secret service couldn t control the situation and do their job to keep him safe. at 2:26 p.m., the secret service rushed vice president pence down the stairs. approximately 40 feet. that s all there was. 40 feet between the vice president and the mob. make no mistake about the fact that the vice president s life was in danger. the recent court filing by the department of justice explains that a confidential informant from the proud boys told the fbi that the proud boys would have killed mike pence if given the chance. that s just some of what we heard from yesterday s hearing into the attack on the capitol. as the committee detailed the close call for vice president pence, good morning and welcome to way too early. on this friday, june 17th. i m jonathan lemire. we re glad you re with us. the third day of testimony in the january 6th hearings focused on donald trump s efforts to pressure mike pence into overturning