in the process, giving the parties some very real weapons to carry into midterm elections. now, just barely three months away. starting with senate democrats rallying around a major spending package aimed at reducing record consumer inflation. but also a massive investment in health care and climate interventions. central to the biden agenda. and now, on the cusp of receiving this weekend, after previous hold, arizona senator kristen sinema announced her support for the bill. giving senate democrats the votes they need to pass it by monday morning. and another shot in the arm heading into november, that is on the top of a surprising strong july jobs report that just more than doubled economists expectations. one of the main architects of the september 11th attacks, and a major vote in favor of abortion rights coming from the deep red state. all in the last week. but is it enough for the democrats in either chamber to keep the majorities in three months? i will ask the chair o
probe into january 6th is tying the various strings of evidence about what happened that day into a narrative about a coordinated assault on our democracy. after dual hearings this week, by the house select committee investigating the insurrection, we continue to learn more about the shocking efforts of private minute trump supporters to undermine the 2020 election results. under increasing scrutiny is conservative activist ginni thomas, wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, who has signaled that she will testify before the house select committee investigating january 6th. after the committee revealed, it had obtained text messages from that day, between mrs. thomas and former trump lawyer john eastman. who himself is now at the center of the investigation. as further details emerged this week of just how hard he leaned on vice president mike pence to resist certifying the 2020 election, exhausting every option to keep trump in power while requesting a presidential p
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
option. this is the choice. it s trump and biden. i mean, you can take the easy way out and say, well, i m not going to vote for either of them, but one of those guys is going to be president of the united states, and people ought to focus on that. will: plus, it s one of vice president harris favorite things. who doesn t love a yellow school bus? right? can you raise your hand if you love a yellow school bus, right? [laughter] if. will: is it all misplaced priorities? the white house spending $900 million on green energy buses while students fail at a basic with reading. pete: perfect! and a trick without the treat. high school seniors prank everyone in their town into thinking they were getting a new popular grocery chain. the second hour of fox & friends weekend starts right now. hey, radio dj, can you play that song that she loves so i can turn it up, then maybe turn her on? pete: name that lighthouse. thank you, jake owen. oh, my goodness, will cain is on
the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight s closing arguments in donald trump s new york criminal trial. the defense targets michael cohen as the prosecution point to a mountain of evidence against the former president. then the biden campaign brings star power outside the courthouse. robert de niro s blunt message about trump. plus, how aggressive will president biden get on the campaign trail once the trial is over? as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. we are now 161 days away from the election and we are likely 13 hours away from the first case against a former president going to the jury. closing arguments in the case began this morning, lasted all day long, and wrapped up a few hours ago. both sides made their final pleas to the jury of 12 ordinary new yorkers who are taking on an extraordinary task. here is my colleague laura jarrett with more. reporter: tonight the first trial of an americ