joining us this hour. happy to have you here. quick personnel news, good news, i want to say congratulations to alex wagner, who is going to take over the slot that is now msnbc prime, this is just announced today by msnbc, it is great news, in terms of me, nothing about what i m doing is changing, i m going to be doing monday nights from here on out and here for big news events like i have been, things like the january 6th hearing and the supreme court decision friday on roe v. wade, nothing that i m doing is changing at all. but it is great news that starting late this summer, starting mid august, it is going to be alex wagner in the chair here tuesday through friday night at 9:00 eastern. so congratulations to alex. everybody here thinks this is great news. myself included. again, you re still stuck with me for all of the same things you ve been stuck with me on in recent weeks and months. that won t change. but alex is taking over that msnbc prime spot, it is great news.
everyone. i am ayman mohyeldin in for stephanie ruhle. there was an unexpected twist today, the january six committee switching up its playbook, suddenly adding a new surprise hearing for tomorrow afternoon at 1 pm eastern. so, the public can hear from a secret witness. just last week, the panel said remaining public hearings would actually be pushed into july. but late this afternoon, the committee said this new hearing will focus on quote, recently obtained evidence and received witness testimony. who and what we ll hear tomorrow, remains a mystery at this hour. but the short notice of this unexpected hearing has speculation running wild. we also learned today the justice department has been focusing on john eastman. he is, of course, the trump allied lawyer who has become a central figure in the january six committee s investigation. in a court filing, eastman says that a federal agent executed a search warrant, and seized his iphone in new mexico last week. witness testim
many are still missing good morning, welcome to way too early, speculation is swirling after the abrupt announcement from the january 6th committee that it plans to hold its sixth public hearing today. the only thing the committee has revealed is the hearing will quote present senior committee staff have been kept out of the loop. three people tell the post that the secrecy is due in part to a credible threat against the witness. the committee announced last week that it was taking a break until the middle of july and yesterday gave just 24 hours notice about the hearing that is scheduled for 1:00 this afternoon. and to add to the fact that congress is in the midst of a two-week recess. key water gls gate figure john dean tweeted, quote, better be a big deal. there was only one surprise witness during the senate watergate committee hearings on july 16, 1973, an announced witness appeared, alex butterfield, who testified to nixon s secret taping system, forever changing hi
wander and to wonder in this life, to still have a child-like sense of the possible. and i this we ve lost that. and think what i m saying to people is, is that you ve got to get back in touch with you. because a happy mika, a happy sofia and a happy katty, means everything else in our life is happier. spouses, children, our relationships are richer because we re fulfilled and most of us just are not. we just drudge along, we re exhausted, we re tired, and we just accept our fate in life and we have to stop that. sofia nelson, thank you so much. the new book is be the one you need, 21 life lessons i learned taking care of everyone but me. and she has a new piece about the book up on know your value.com right now. and katty kay, thank you as well. starting super early this morning. we really appreciate it. it is now the top of our fourth hour of morning joe. 9:00 a.m. on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. out west. we have at lot to get to this hour including the last-minute he
in a surprise hearing this week, cassidy hutchinson, the former trump aide to chief of staff mark meadows, delivered to our stunning testimony to the january six committee. hutchinson took us inside the white house in the days leading up to and on january the six. as trump and his inner circle carried out their campaign to overturn our election. hutchison testified that repeated warnings of violence on that day were simply ignored by trump and other white house officials, including her boss. was it your understanding that mr. ornado told the president about weapons at the rally on the morning of january the six? that is what mr. are not related to me. here is how you characterized mr. meadows general response when people raised general concerns about what could happen on january six. so at the time and the days leading up to the six, there were lots of reports about how things might go bad on the six, even potential for violence. if i am hearing correctly, it seems to