. the right now with midterm election in less than six weeks, all the assumptions are still being thrown out the sheer depth of donald trump s alleged illegal activity continues to impact the way that we just play expectation. case in, point tonight liz cheney the garter of a former republican vice president and a republican congresswoman who signaled this weekend that she might campaign for democrats should donald trump become the gop s nominee for president in 2024. it s not entirely surprising considering that she has been in the in ceramic shun. it was slated to reveal even more connections between trump associates and the far-right elements that planned and executed the attack on the capitol. but that particular drama is just one of the factors pushing voters to the poll in november. mainstream republicans remain firmly committed to trump and they re at least silent about the deepening legal challenges. can even be compelled to take cheney s lead? that is the big questio
of secret service communication. the agency admitted to the leading crucial tax from the day the capitol attack. the text messages themselves and many cases are gone. interesting. there are other forms of communication like teams messages, emails. i think if you look at what happened that day, you will see that there were secret service agents who were playing a hugely important very courageous role. i think that there are some who have not been forthcoming with the committee. we will learn more about that. joining me now is the congressional for the guardian and former u.s. attorney harry lippman. he is the host of talking feds podcast and legal affairs columnist for the l.a. times. your sense of how these new secret service materials might factor into wednesday s hearing? yeah, it s really interesting. we ve known for a couple of weeks know that the select committee got some microsoft teams group chats, they got more emails than they previously obtained earlier
hazel, thomas, that is it for me. thank you for watching. i will see back here next weekend at 5 pm eastern. american voices with alicia menendez, my friend it starts right now on msnbc. you re the best, reverend thank you so much. hello everyone, i m alicia menendez. we begin this sunday with new revelations from the january six committee. vice chair liz cheney saying this week s hearing on wednesday will not be the last. cheney saturday sharing an update on key witnesses for the committee. telling the texas audience that she is quote hopeful mike pence will agree to an interview. cheney says former president trump will only be allowed to testify under oath risking perjury charges for any, you know, truthfulness. cheney also suggesting that some secret service agents may have lied to the select committee. the committee is sorting through more than 800,000 pages