mitchell reports, house republican leader kevin mccarthy 24 hours from the biggest moment of his political career and still no closer to securing the votes he needs to become the next speaker of the house. also this hour, i will speak to dr. zeke emanuel about a tough holiday flu season along with new concerns about a new strain of covid-19 in the u.s. and we will have a live report from rome as catholics travel to the vatican to pope emeritus benedict during the three days he will lie in state ahead of thursday s funeral mass. good day, i m andrea in mitchell. happy new year, everyone. well, the pressure is on republican leader in this in you year, kevin mccarthy has to win over the hard line house conservatives that he needs to become the next speaker of the house. tomorrow the new congress returns to washington with the speaker vote as the top item on the agenda. but at this hour no one knows how long it s going to take for republicans to secure the majority vote
for the january 6th select committee, the ticking clock has prompted a last-minute print to share with the american public everything that they ve collected. this morning, the committee released yet another enlightening batch of transcripts from interviews with some of trump s closest allies. testimonies from people like ronna mcdaniel, kellyanne conway, and katrina pearson add new context to trump s state of mind in the lead-up to january 6th attack. however, the information we learned today was very important, this morning s release was follow-up to a veritable mother load from the committee shared overnight. a now public database of investigators underlying evidence, as well as some of their sources and methods. thousands of pages of phone records, text messages and emails. think of the committee s work like this. a master architect constructing a new home. a tom firm ground, they set a solid foundation. it raised a frame and with meticulous craftsmanship, it built a stru
his fight over a subpoena all the way to the supreme court. plus, new audio tonight in outfront from the front lines. newly drafted russian soldiers saying they haven t been paid, they have no helmet, no flack jackets and no basic training. and he is the world s richest man by a long shot. is he about to have maijor influence on two massive global conflicts? why the biden administration is now considering teaming up with elon musk. it is exclusive cnn reporting this hour. let s go out front. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, trump subpoenaed. the january 6th committee in its most aggressive move yet officially serving the former president with a subpoena for documents and testimony about the insurrection. it is a ten-page document. got it here. and it lays out the committee s findings. it makes it clear, they say, that trump is the, quote, central figure in the committee s investigation. they say, and i quote, we have assembled overwhelming evidence
us. we are learning the names of some of the top republicans who have testified in multiple investigations involving the former president both in the federal case involving the misuse of classified documents and also the investigation in georgia into the former president s attempt to overturn the election results there. cnn s sara murray joins us now with details. let s start with the fulton county, georgia investigation. who is testifying? well, anderson, we have learned that there are two prominent witnesses who have testified before fulton county grand jury. one of them is former georgia senator kelly loeffler. the other is former white house lawyer pat cipollone. both of these are big gets for the district attorney down in georgia, fawnee willis. it gives you an idea how long-ranging her investigation. what news to the federal grand jury investigating the documents at mar-a-lago? we are learning this evening, that kash patel, a top adviser to former president donald
never-before-seen video. plus, attorney general merrick garland is pressed about the justice department s response to the attack on the capitol. we ll show you his response to a question about prosecuting former president trump. and concerns about the next election have the senate taking rare, bipartisan action. there is promising progress on a bill to prevent future coup attempts. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, july 21st. big night tonight. with joe and me, we have the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former chairman of the republican national committee, michael steele. good to have you both. we begin with a new development surrounding those deleted texts from the secret service from the day before and the day of the january 6th attack on the capitol. a senior secret service official tells nbc news that employees received at least three emails, including one before the insurrection wow.