good morning to all of you. welcome to way too early. on this friday, july 1st. i m alex witt in for jonathan lemire. there are new legal and ethical questions being raised about whether former president trump may be trying to influence witness testimony related to the house select committee s january 6th investigation. so according to the new york times, trump s save america pac and his allies have paid for or promised to finance the legal fees of more than a dozen in to testify. financial disclosures show that in may alone, trump s save america pac paid about $200,000 to different law firm, the times notes that a dozen witnesses have received free legal advice and had attorney s fees paid for by the american conservative union s first amendment fund which consults with mr. trump s team about who s fees to cover. that is according to the organization chairman. the house select committee is known to ask witnesses whether anyone has tried to influence their testimony, it
of the witnesses in the house investigation into the january 6th attack. plus, republican congresswoman liz cheney of the committee defending her work there during last night s republican primary debate in wyoming, as she fights to keep her seat in congress. and the latest in the debate over abortion rights. president biden says the senate should make an exception and suspend the filibuster and its rules to allow new protections to make it through congress. but does he have the votes to pull that off? we ll discuss it. and a brutal six months for financial markets, as wall street closes out one of its worst periods in a half century. brian sullivan joins us in a moment to look ahead to the next six months. with us this morning, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katty kay. and pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. let s start with the questions of whether donald trump may be trying to influence wi
they re listening. i think we re seeing it in the clip you re mentioning. okay. mike allen, big hugs to you through the television. happy holiday. thank you. back at you. tomorrow at noon eastern, i ll talk with madeline dean, also representative seth molltan about the 1/6 hearings. also, the headaches for those traveling this holiday weekend. thank you for getting up way too early this holiday weekend. morning joe starts right now. sunrise over new york city on a beautiful friday morning. it is 6:00 on the dot on the first day of july. good morning. i m willie geist. joe and mika have the morning off. it is a busy friday morn. we re following new concerns of possible coercion and witness pressure after the revelation that donald trump s allies are covering the legal fees for some