so this is the date that january 6th committee has circled on its calendar. tonight, in primetime, i m john berman, brianna is off, chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is here. it is the morning before this primetime hearing. and committee members have said there will be more hearings potentially, one or two down the road, but nothing immediate. so it is kind of seen as the closing arguments they re going to be making. i think people will be watching to see how effectively the committee does tonight. and they want people to be watching tonight, which is why they re putting it in primetime. the committee s focus will be, we re told, on the 187 minutes from the end of former president trump s speech on the ellipse, on january 6th, when he sent people to the capitol, to his video asking the rioters to go home. those 187 minutes. they will say that his action or inaction during this time period points to a dereliction of duty. he was, they say, resisting pleas fro
move in the middle east this morning. he began a meeting with the prime minister of israel just a few moments ago. we re following that. a news conference is set to begin in about an hour. we ll be monitoring. of course, all of this happening ahead of tomorrow s unprecedented, direct flight to saudi arabia. good morning. a lot to cover this morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, july 14th. joe is off. later this hour, we ll speak with capitol police sergeant gonell, who was forced to retire after the injuries he sustained by the pro-trump mob on january 6th. he s testified before the committee. on tuesday, he embraced one of the rioters and accepted his apology. ahead this morning, former oath keeper spokesman jason van tatenhove, who testified before the committee on tuesday, will also be our guest. he broke from the group in 2017 and is now speaking out about why. willie. a lot to get to this morning. let s begin with the latest on the january 6th investigat
the only thing that will stop iran is knowing that, if they continue to develop their nuclear program, the free world will use force. i continue to believe that diplomacy is the best way to achieve this outcome and will continue to work with israel to counter other threats from iran throughout the region. all of this ahead of the president s controversial trip to saudi arabia next, a visit opposed by human rights groups, but aimed at fostering closer ties between the saudis and israel. here at home, nbc news has learned a member of the trump white house support staff is the key witness referenced in vice chair liz cheney s warning about possible witness tampering by the former president himself. that comes as the january 6th committee is preparing for a primetime hearing next week, a week from today, graphically illustrating president trump s refusal to take action during the riot and in fact goading the mob on with a tweet slamming his own vice president. when he tweet
spoke to a small group at an outdoor event in massachusetts. you see here he shook some hands with people after the speech, exchanged a few words. the first lady, she tested negative this morning. she attended events with the president and the first lady of ukraine earlier this week. mrs. biden spoke to reporters about the president s condition. watch. i talked to him just a few minutes ago. he s doing fine. he s feeling good. i tested negative this morning. i am going to keep my schedule. i am, according to cdc guidelines, i m keeping masked. cnn white house correspondent mj lee is with us now. so, mj, what s the latest? reporter: any minute now, we should be seeing white house press secretary karen jean-pierre and the white house covid coordinator, dr. ashish jha give us an update. you showed the tweet from the president earlier saying that he is doing great. we know, of course, that he tested positive for covid this morning, so let me just walk you through a timeline
whatever one thinks of that particular president, the fact does congress does not typically question or subpoena presidents. this ain t england. the legislature does not question the president the way you would see in the sessions they hold with the legislature. but tonight the news is that might change. there s solid reporting that the house is eyeing trump himself as the january 6th committee is meeting behind closed doors, weighing what you see here the certainly costly potential clash over trying to make trump testify as well as pursuing an interview with pence. now, going to trump would surely take a subpoena and then a court battle over it. the wall street journal reporting all this. and trump spent his whole career resisting these kinds of moves. we know that. sometimes he prevails. sometimes he loses. there have been court losses that forced him into the taped deposition see here on your screen. that only came after he was forced into that situation. that was also