look at that, there s a whole lot of crazy right there. election deniers. insurrectionists. weirdos, freaks, you have it all. the republican candidates in arizona, all of them extreme, all of them insurrectionists, all of them people who actually don t believe in american democracy. they believe in their form of government, where, well, you only recognize elections where your side wins. and this is what folks on the far right have been working on for quite some time. what this says about trumpism and the future of the republican party. also, a russian court sentences wnba star brittney griner to nine years in prison. we will have reaction from president biden and the latest on efforts to get her home. and monkeypox now declared a national public health emergency. we ll speak with a top health adviser about this later this morning. willie, we have a lot to talk about. we also have some polls out of ohio. it seems that butter is down by 10 or 11 points, according to h
your money never stops working for you with merrill, a bank of america company. investigating the january 6th attack officially subpoenaed former president trump on friday. this historic move stems from the committee s effort to compel him to testify and hand over crucial documents. those documents and his testimony are expected in november. joining me right now is cnn capitol hill reporter anne. talk us through what s in the subpoena. fred reich a, the january 6th philippine to donald trump outlines the committee s believe that trump is at the center of the plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election. and the subpoena letter draws on evidence that the committee has presented throughout its hearings to make that point.
yeah, these text messages from alex jones could be a treasure-trove for the january 6th select committee. they re very likely to actually receive these texts. as you just noted, alex jones was not that cooperative with the committee. as we ve seen previously, text messages have been key evidentiary building blocks for the committee as they ve done their work in the past year. in a subpoena letter from congressman bennie thompson, they noted several areas and topics that jones text messages could provide further light on. one, jones was involved with the planning of the january 6th rally on the ellipse. we ve previously reported about some of his communications with planners of the rally, like wren and ali alexander, as well, ana tortuous insurrectionist who was
look the clock is ticking. in fact by this time tomorrow when we meet again the january 6 committee may have some answers from none other than pat, he will talk with them behind closed doors tomorrow, the white house counsel who reportedly said quote we will get charged with every crime imaginable if then president were to go to the capital on january 6, the one who reportedly called the plot to replace the acting attorney general with trump loyalist jeffrey clark quote our murder suicide pact. in their subpoena letter the committee told us some of what they want to ask the former white house counsel about. including then-president trumps awareness of and involvement in quote the submission of fake electoral ballots to congress and the executive branch. the attempted appointment of jeffrey clark is acting attorney general and efforts to interfere with the
subpoena. even though he claims voter frauds even though we know and bill barr knows there wasn t any. they report, according to the little politico reveed, which his lawyer sent tuesday to panel s chair, his participation in that meeting is a pab ri indication. karrick s cooperation could be significant as he is the only person who worked on trump s post election legal matters. betsy, this is your great reporting. take us through the two pieces of the kerric story. this certainly looks like an uncomfortable error on the part of the january 6th select committee. and their subpoena letter they sent to kerik they cited bob