that is testimony from mike pence s former adviser regarding former president donald trump s repeated efforts to get pence to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. we will hear much more of the key moments from yesterday s january 6th hearing, including the vice president s close call with the mob, very close call that day. and the pardon request from the architect of the president s election scheme. plus, new reporting that the house select committee now wants to talk to conservative activist ginni thomas. she is, of course, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, june 17th. along with joe and me, we have white house bureau chief at politico and the host of way to too early, jonathan lemire. washington post s jackie alemany. host of politicians nation and host of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. and nbc legal analyst joyce vance. good morning to everybody. joe, anothe
turned from protesters, to rioters, two insurrectionists. not only did president trump refused to tell the mob to leave the capitol, he placed no call to any element of the united states government to extract that the capital be defended. i can just remember my breath catching in my throat for her, because what i saw was a war scene. tonight i say this to my republican colleagues who s are defending the indefensible. there will come a day where donald trump is gone. your dishonourable remain. good morning. it is saturday june 11th. i m michael steele in for michael velshi. this morning we are bringing you a special hour on the first ever public hearing on the house select committee investigating the january 6th attack. we know more than we ever have about how the attack was planned and carried out. house investigators made it clear this week that they believe, and intend to prove to the american people, that the intent to overthrow the government originated with one m
Would you say you have seen American Power and influence on the wane . Well, i certainly hope not. Yes, ive visited over 80 countries, for 30 years i have been in intelligence as a member, as a top democratic intelligence committee, as speaker and leader, for 30 years been involved globally in terms of security, that is an oath we take to protect and defend. I think that the previous occupant occasionally of the white house was a setback for us in terms of. You mean donald trump . You dont want to name him, is that it, or. . For me, it is almost like a curse word. Laughs to be clear, you are saying. Thats who im referencing, yes. You are saying that americas standing and its reach and its influence has been affected by the trump. Well, i think there were certain questions that arose when he was questioning our commitment to mutual security in nato and the rest. But not to be talking about him, we are very proud of our president , president biden, as to how he came into office. Again, w
Countries, for 30 years i have been in intelligence as a member, as a top democratic intelligence committee, as speaker and leader, for 30 years been involved globally in terms of security, that is an oath we take to protect and defend. I think that the previous occupant occasionally of the white house was a setback for us in terms of. You mean donald trump . You dont want to name him, is that it, or. . For me, it is almost like a curse word. Laughs to be clear, you are saying. Thats who im referencing, yes. You are saying that americas standing and its reach and its influence has been affected by the trump. Well, i think there were certain questions that arose when he was questioning our commitment to mutual security in nato and the rest. But not to be talking about him, we are very proud of our president , president biden, as to how he came into office. Again, we are back to nato full force in terms of our respect for the countries in nato, and then when the invasion of ukraine occur
Yes, ive visited over 80 countries, for 30 years i have been in intelligence as a member, as a top democratic intelligence committee, as speaker and leader, for 30 years been involved globally in terms of security, that is an oath we take to protect and defend. I think that the previous occupant occasionally of the white house was a setback for us in terms of. You mean donald trump . You dont want to name him, is that it, or. . For me, it is almost like a curse word. Laughs to be clear, you are saying. Thats who im referencing, yes. You are saying that americas standing and its reach and its influence has been affected by the trump. Well, i think there were certain questions that arose when he was questioning our commitment to mutual security in nato and the rest. But not to be talking about him, we are very proud of our president , president biden, as to how he came into office. Again, we are back to nato full force in terms of our respect for the countries in nato, and then when the