january 6th investigation. steve bannon, a powerful player in the trump white house, now says he s willing to testify. the reaction from committee members and what we re learning about the key testimony of former white house counsel pat cipollone. the omicron subvariants are surging. nearly three-quarters of the u.s population now live in areas with medium or high risk for covid. what we re learning about a new variant now identified in the u.s. new york city once again urging people to mask up, and when the next generation of omicron targeted vaccines might be available. the fire scare for a spirit airlines flight. flames and smoke billowing from the landing gear moments after touching down in atlanta. passengers told to stay in their seats. the deadly strike in ukraine. civilians trapped in the rubble of their apartment buildings. the urgent search for survivors. new details on the investigation into the assassination of former japanese prime minister shinzo abe,
hutchinson ahead of her sworn testimony. a source tells cnn one person who may have tried to influence her did so at the behest of then white house chief of staff mark meadows. the january 6th committee giving us a taste of that pressure campaign. this is a call received by one of our witnesses, quote, a person let me know you have your deposition tomorrow. he wants me to let you know he s thinking about you. he knows you re loyal and you re going to do the right thing when you go in for your deposition. cnn s ryan nobles is here with the latest. yeah, jim, we are getting more information about the concerns the january 6th select committee has about some of their witnesses being intimidated by the former president donald trump or some of his closest allies, and we re learning that those examples that they provided at the end of their hearing on tuesday were both directed at their star witness, cassidy hutchinson, and at least one of them, the belief is that it was sent
again hinted at a 2024 presidential campaign. and on capitol hill, congress is up against the clock. lawmakers have a lot they want to get done before their summer break. good morning. welcome to way too early on this wednesday, july 27th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we ll begin with the latest in the justice department s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. four people familiar with the matter tell the washington post that federal prosecutors have now turned their attention to donald trump. two sources tell the paper that in recent days two top aides to vice president mike pence were asked before a grand jury about their conversations with trump, his lawyers and others in his inner circle who took part in the scheme to replace certified biden electors with a slate of the former president s allies. according to the post, prosecutors have asked hours of detailed questions about meetings trump led in december, 2020, and janua
election. specifically, they re looking at the state of georgia where he asked raffensperger, we remember, this to quote, find him enough votes to win, and in that now infamous phone call. we will be hearing from raffensperger and his deputy, gabriel sterling, a name we know well as well. focusing on the pressure trump put on the former vice president, mike pence, to not certify the election. now one member of the january 6th committee praised pence this morning for resisting trump s pressure. in a time of the scandalous betrayal of people in office and crimes being committed all over the place. somebody who does their job will stand out as a hero on the day. i think on that day he was a hero for resisting all of the pressure campaigns and the course of efforts to get him to play along with this continuation of the big lie. this big joke that he could somehow call off all the proceedings himself. all the public hearing so far, they ve shown the former president is this re
change. but they did feel as a community, as black men, especially, we need to be there for our boys because superman isn t coming in and the sight isn t going to change but they need to pass down lessons learned. give them some gems to bolster their standing in the community. even when it is tough, it is not getting better but we have to be there for ourselves even though we couldn t protect our boys we have to find a way to protect the next generation. how heartbreaking. trymaine, thank you for being with us. trymaine lee. the full special airs tonight at 10:30 eastern on nbc news now. thanks a lot. happy father s day. thank you, like wise. and eugene robinson, thank you as well. happy father s day. are you boys going to be home. one is nearby. so i ll see lowell and then aaron lives in berkeley. he s a father so i ll get to call him and wish him happy father s day. oh, good. so many grandkids do you have? two. well i may have your son call my son. i need some