side. and, the january 6th hearing that was set for this morning aimed at trump s influence on the department of justice has been postponed. we ll tell you what s next for the investigation into the insurrection. good morning. welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 15th. i m jonathan lemire. we re learning new details about the next january 6th committee hearing which will now take place tomorrow afternoon. a hearing originally scheduled for today has been postponed. congress woman zoe lofgren said it was stemming from an overwhelming demand on staff to produce the videos they have been showing during the hearings. as for tomorrow s hearing, the focus will be on former president trump s efforts to pressure his vice president mike pence into overturning the 2020 results. vice chair of the committee liz cheney, republican, teased ahead hearing new video she posted to twitter. the select committee will examine president trump s relentless effort on january 6
that does it for me. the reidout with joy reid is up next. good evening. we are awaiting the start of president biden s news conference following his bilateral meeting today with chinese leader xi jinping. when it starts, we will bring it to you live. but we begin tonight with a wild day in court in fulton county, georgia, as we learned the source of the leaked confidential interviews between d.a. fani willis s office and key figures in her january 6th rico case. fulton county judge said he would issue a protective issue in the case barring disclosure of certain information from the discovery process. one that would allow some evidence from the pre-trial discovery process to be labeled sensitive and with held from public scrutiny. the videos obtained by abc news and the washington post showed interviews with witnesses, jenna ellis, sidney powell, scott hall, and with kenneth chesebro whose video was not released publicly. all have taken plea deals to flip on donald t
great fing criminal defense lawyer. you re going to need it. then i hung up on him. a compelling tease to be sure. and we expect to learn more tomorrow when the panel hears from greg jacobs former counsel to president pence who was with him at the capitol on january 6th. j. michael luttig slated to testify. now let s turn overseas. ukraine says that russian forces have destroyed all three bridges leading out of the key eastern city of severodonetsk, trapping hundreds of civilians there. in a telegram message yesterday, the governor of luhansk region said, quote, evacuations are now impossible. he said the bridges served as a crucial lifeline for the delivery of humanitarian aid and fresh supplies, which now will not be possible. the governor also said that russians now control 80% of the city and ukrainian forces have been pushed back to the
that not even a quote fly could pass through. this just happened, putin held a public event just a few minutes ago, we re seeing it here, with his defense minister. his orders come after the defense minister told him that the steel factory where thousands of ukrainian troops and civilians are holed up was quote securely blocked by their forces. putin also failed to control the rest of mariupol as a quote success. putin s comments come just hours after ukrainian officials said that moscow s forces have been relentlessly bombing the plant. they also say that russian troops yesterday attacked a makeshift hospital near the factory trapping hundreds of people under the rubble. meanwhile ukraine s president zelenskyy is warning that the situation in mariupol is quote extremely severe. and said that he is open to a diplomatic solution to resolve that part of the crisis. speaking at a news conference yesterday, zelenskyy said ukraine is ready to exchange russian prisoners in return for
through. putin s orders come after the russian defense minister told him this morning that the steel factory where thousands of ukrainian troops and civilians are holed up were securely blocked by their forces. putin also hailed control of the rest of mariupol as a, quote, success. his comments also come just hours after ukrainian officials said moscow s forces have been relentlessly bombing the plant. they also say russian troops yesterday attacked a makeshift hospital near the factory, trapping hundreds of people under the rubble. and president zelenskyy is warning the situation in mariupol is, quote, extremely severe and said now he is open to a diplomatic solution to resolve the crisis there. speaking at a news conference yesterday, zelenskyy said ukraine is ready to exchange russian prisoners in return for civilians trapped in mariupol. zelenskyy said, quote, we are ready for any format, for exchange. i am ready for the dialogue.