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
the conversation was pretty heated. i remember hearing the word wimp, he called him a wimp. i don t remember if he said you are a wimp. it was a different tone that i had heard him take with the vice president before. these pictures of pence never seen before, the vice president being hidden by the secret service in an underground garage under the capitol, reading the president s tweet that said that pence lacked courage to overturn the election. that tweet helped inflame the mob, a mob that had come within 40 feet of the vice president when he was making his escape. markets are mixed today after thursday s disastrous day on wall street and president biden gets defensive about economists predicting a recession. two american veterans fighting in ukraine have gone missing, along with a possible third who volunteered to fight the russians. we will have the latest from kyiv. follow the money, nbc justice correspondent pete williams retracing the steps of the watergate bre
tap. we do, however, have some high and low clouds out there. so anticipate a much more cloudier day over the next few days. how long does that cooldown last today? tomorrow, saturday and sunday, we start to warm up yet again just in time for father s day, we get that warm up on tat. current temperatures outside across the board mid to lower 50 s. so oakland, berkeley, 52 in san francisco, pena little your 48 on in fairfield. 56, we ll tell you about the warm-up. how long it s going to last. we ll have a look at your full weather coming up. james traffic. it s probably really light up. yes, so far we re looking at great conditions out there as we start our traffic check off with a check of the golden golden gate bridge. the bay bridge approach westbound 80. again, just a few headlights here making their way from oakland to san francisco. you re moving just fine. let s head over to the san mateo bridge where traffic there is flowing right along everybody at the limit. nobody
believe that, you re probably right. i think we thought would be something you have to consider if you re sitting on the bench. he probably come down. don t interpret it for sustain the albion long term. of course, the fact that mayor giuliani seemed to admit that the theory was wrong did not stop him from going before the crowd just a few hours later on january six and saying the exact opposite. here s mayor giuliani speech at the ellipse rally on january 6th. we are here very briefly to make a very important to points. number one, every single thing that has been outlined as the plan for day is perfectly legal. i have professor eastman here with me to say a few words about that. he s one of the preeminent constitutional scholars in the united states. it is perfectly appropriate given the questionable constitutionality of the election counting act of 1887 that the vice can cast it aside and he can do what a president called, jefferson did when he was vice president. you
and wife karen who s closing the curtains. according to abc the photo was taken after the attackers had already left the capitol chanting hang mike pence. this is set to focus on mr. pence a few hours after they weighed in on whether some in the january 6th crowd were aided by tours they got from republican house members. the information these were reconnaissance tours were not substantiated. today they released a video of a tour that barry loudermilk gave on the 5th of january. he was taking photos of staircases and hallways that are not typical of interests to tourists. this comes two days after the chief of capitol police said and i m quoting from the letter, we do not consider any of the activities we observed as suspicious. congressman loud erloudermilk to it. there is nothing there. there is nothing suspicious. when visitors come, they take pictures. in just a moment we ll be joined by a former police officer who was badly injured in the january 6th attack. first off,