with his 2:24 p.m. tweet condemning mike pence directly endangered his vice president s life. he d been told exactly how bad it was at the capitol. although the president s chief of staff, mark meadows, has refused to testify before this committee, mr. meadows aid, ben williamson and white house press secretary sarah matthews testified that mr. meadows went to the dining near the oval office to tell the president about the violence at the capitol before the president s 2:24 p.m. tweet. it was clear that it was escalating and escalating quickly. so, then when that tweet, the mike pence tweet, was sent out, i remember us saying that that was the last thing that needed to be tweeted at that moment. congressman pete avril says the committee s investigation says that immediately after that tweet, the crowd inside and outside the capitol surges. two minutes later, the secret service evacuated the former vice president from the senate chamber, coming within 40 feet, according
between the president and the vice president, is that correct? yes. when i entered the office the second time he was on the telephone with who i later out to found out to be the vice president. could you hear the vice president or only hear the president s end? only hear the president s end. at some point it started off as a calmer tone and became heated. the conversation was pretty heated. did you hear any part of the phone call even just the end that the president was speaking from? i did, yes. all right. what did you hear? as i was dropping off the note, my memory, i remember hearing the word, wimp. he called him a wimp. i remember he said, you are a wimp. you ll be a wimp. wimp is the word i remember. it s also been reported that the president said to the vice president, that something to the effect that you don t have the courage to make a hard decision. something like that. like you re not tough enough to make the call. something to the effect th
possibly a crime. they knew, and according to a testimony today, they do it anyway. and the testament knew that. he also in new in realtime that the actions that he was taking, or about to take with his 2:24 pm tweet the he had been told exactly how that it was at the capitol. although the presidents chief of staff, mark meadows, is refusing to testify before the committee. mr. meadows aid, ben williamson, and white house press secretary, sarah matthews, testified that mr. meadows went to the dining room near the oval office to tell the president about the violence of the capitol before the president s 2:24 pm tweet. it was clear that it was escalating, and escalating quickly. [noise] so then, when that we, than mike pence s tweet was sent out. i remember saying that that was the last thing that needs to be tweeted at that moment. pete aguilar says the committee s investigation shows that immediately after that tweet, the crowd in the capitol search. two minutes lat
stolen by fraud. that was testimony from former attorney general bill barr, played during the second hearing into the attack on the capitol, saying donald trump was detached from reality, as he tried to overturn the 2020 election. we will have the key take-aways from day two of testimony. plus, after yesterday s intense sell-off, stock futures are in the green so far this morning. as investors brace for a larger than expected interest rate hike. we ll have the latest read on the economy. and the race to turn that bipartisan compromise on gun safety into law and the process of writing the bill hits a snag. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, june 14th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we begin today with the second hearing into the january 6th attack on the capitol. the house select committee made the case yesterday that donald trump had an inner circle of advisers telling him the truth, that the election was not stolen, but t
gallon nationally. what an lists are saying about where those prices are headed ass we move into the summer travel season. are headsed as we move into the summer travel season. good morning, welcome to this monday morning on monday, january 13th, i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. following the massive spate of shootings across the united states, a bipartisan group of senators says it has reached a deal for the framework on a new set of gun violence prevention laws. after weeks of negotiation, the ten democrats and ten republicans announced a break through yesterday writing in part this. families are scared. and it is our duty to come together and get something done that will help restore the sense of safety, and security in their communities. while sources say the final bill has not yet been done, the agreed-upon proposal would provide democrats with many of the gun safety measures they have long sought fof, those include significant funding for states to implemen