that the messages were missing back in february the ig didn t push the department on why the texts were deleted nor did he try to retrieve those messages. these missing records are just a part of a mountain of missing pieces of the puzzle related to january 6th that pose a challenge for the january 6th select committee as well as the justice department s probe into the insurrection. that poses a to investigate the actions of the inner circle. a spokesperson for the select committee telling nbc news that the panel is sharing 20 witness interview transcripts with the department of justice. that news was first reported by politico which adds this, quote, the committee did not indicate which transcripts would be part of the initial tranche provided to the justice department, however prosecutors recently deposed two top aides to former vp mike pence, mark short and greg jacob who both had previously interviewed with the committee and it would be of high interest to investigators
from washington today where we have a special show for you tonight on this first day of steve bannon s criminal trial. we re seeing this first sketches of the twice indicted trump aide in court with clues about the process as he faces up to two years in prison. john flannery joins me here in washington in person tonight, and we ll hear directly from a top economic figure in the biden white house, brian deese. plus, pulitzer prizewinner and author david kornacki on set with me. so we would argue it is a big show, or as good as any show we could bring you. we begin with the news about a new witness going to face this house january 6th probe tomorrow. it s a trump white house aide who sent so rogue he was punished for sneaking coup plotters in the white house. he worked for peter navarro, the now indicted aide who plotted the overthrow the election, and if you watch the beat you might recall a little bit about navarro s aide, garrett zeigler. we reported on his role before, ev
i don t know that the president and i differ on issues. but we may differ on focus. i truly do believe that elections are about the future. it is absolutely essential at a time when so many americans are hurting, so many families are struggling that we don t give way to the temptation to look back. mike pence just spoke about an hour or so ago. the former president himself is speaking this afternoon to a crowd of loyal supporters one day after president biden slammed his predecessor for his actions on january 6. for three hours, the defeated former president of the united states watched it all happen as he sat in the comfort of the private dining room next to the oval office. while he was doing that, brave law enforcement officers were subject to the medieval hell for three hours, dripping in blood, surrounded by carnage, face to face with crazed mob that believes the lies of the defeated president. the police were heroes that day. donald trump lacked the courage to act.
has retained on much of the republican base. more republicans will be asking themselves if this is the person they want as their nominee in 2024. taken as a whole, it was devastating in the extreme and for the congressional committee tasked with investigating the most devastating attack on the u.s. capitol in centuries, hutchinson s testimony puts their probe at a crossroads with important new questions to answer, especially about the role of white house counsel pat cipollone and what he told the ex-presind top trump officials on january 6th and in the days before and after. vice chair liz cheney reiterating the panel s call for cipollone to testify. white house counsel pat cipollone had significant concerns. it s time for sip loan toe testify on the record. any concerns he has about the institutional interest of his prior offers are outweighed by the need for his testimony. punch bowl news is reporting this, quote, the january 6th select committee is likely to subpoena pat c
that s the focus of tonight s the angle. cutting losses. the goal we send is unobtainable or that the cost of achieving it is too high. instinctively we feel like ending something prematurely may be as a sign of weakness and then quitting is for losers. but especially in politics, the opposites often true. joe biden s president, there are sadly many areas where america needs to cut their losses. we need to cut our losses in ukraine. if you hadn t noticed, the ukrainians aren t winning. our own nation is hurting and we ve allocated more than $53 billion and counting and humanitarian military aid to help them beat back the russians. but now? here s a headline. putin may win in ukraine. but the real war is just starting. russia rather than ukraine is winning the war too. despite that, biden think spending all that money and time is worth it. defending freedom and democracy was not going to go without cost for the american people who are going to have to pay a price as well i