the framers of the constitution who divided power and authority, who separated it out, who had broken away from george the third, and declared him to be a tyrant. there was no way that they would ve put in the hands of one person the authority to determine who is going to be president of the united states. was it your present impression that the vice president had directly conveyed his position on these issues to the president, not just to the world through your colleagues letter, but directly to president trump? many times. and he had been consistent and conveying his position to the president? very consistent. so despite being told that the president kept up a relentless pressure campaign on the vice president, both in private. when i entered the office the second time, he was on the telephone with who had later found it was the vice president. the conversation was pretty heated. it was a different on that i had heard him take with the vice president before. did
that is testimony from mike pence s former adviser regarding former president donald trump s repeated efforts to get pence to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. we will hear much more of the key moments from yesterday s january 6th hearing, including the vice president s close call with the mob, very close call that day. and the pardon request from the architect of the president s election scheme. plus, new reporting that the house select committee now wants to talk to conservative activist ginni thomas. she is, of course, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, june 17th. along with joe and me, we have white house bureau chief at politico and the host of way to too early, jonathan lemire. washington post s jackie alemany. host of politicians nation and host of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. and nbc legal analyst joyce vance. good morning to everybody. joe, anothe
york, a live look of the hearing room, the vice chair of the committee, liz cheney giving a preview yesterday. she says the panel will examine a plot by former president trump and attorney john eastman to prevent former vice president mike pence from counting lawful electoral votes. john: the hearing is expected to feature two witnesses, greg jacobs. served as special counsel, chief counsel, rather, to vice president pence and former federal judge who also advised mr. pence. ludig is called the last ditch effort to keep trump in power incorrect at every turn. we are going to pause for one moment to let our fox stations join us now. and this is fox special coverage of the third public hearing in the house select committee investigation of the january 6th insurrection. we are going to pause right now. all right, this is fox news special coverage of the third public hearing in the house select committee investigation of the january 6th capitol riot. i m john roberts in washi
recorded testimony by former pence chief of staff mark short who was with vice president pence an january 6th. was a firsthand witness to trump s pressure campaign in the days leading up to it. we re told house investigators will try to make the case that the pressure on pence directly distributed to the insurrection at the capitol and the continuing ongoing threat to the rule of law and democracy in the united states. many aides are promising new information about what the vice president was doing during the riot, and where he was hiding as that mob chanted, hang mike pence, hang mike pence. the panel also will focus on the role of conservative lawyer john eastman in pushing the bo fgus unconstitutional theory that pence has the power to invalidate legal, lawful e electoral votes. let s go to ryan nobles on capitol hill right now. ryan, the chairman of the select committee congressman bennie thompson of mississippi just chaired a block buster new information about a potentia
school. several mass shootings breaking out across the country over the weekend n oklahoma a 9-year-old was injured, nevada, arizona and tennessee, most shot were teenagers. the gun violence following the supermarket shooting in buffalo, the church shooting in california and, of course, the massacre in uvalde, texas, that killed 19 children and two teachers. today the first of many funeral services will begin there. we will have more on that and the president s visit ahead. people are feeling on edge, in brooklyn an active shooter scare at a boxing match sent folks fleeing the stands and running for their lives. 18 people were injured at the barkley center, turns out it was a loud noise heard on the street that sent crowds rushing for the exits. let s go to cnn s nadia romero live in atlanta with the latest. reporter: you mentioned the shooting that happened in chattanooga, tennessee, where six people were injured and police tell us the majority were either teenagers or