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
4 million people coming in so we love the cops. it s only a matter of time. justice is coming. gene robinson, you hear those words from the rioters on the steps of the capitol. yeah. they are donald trump s words. yeah. donald trump moved the rioters up to the capitol. six months of lies about stolen elections, even before people cast the first vote, got them inspired to come up. his words on january 6th where he told them to march up there and that they had to be tough, they couldn t be weak, and it was all mike pence s fault, pushed them up there. then we heard the words on the capitol steps. they were just parroting everything donald trump had said. this is all on one man s shoulders. i always say, in law school, our