plan to assert the will, usurp the will of the american people and remain in power. it was an explosive prime time event. the house select committee held its eighth public hearing, laying out what former president trump did and did not do while a mob of his supporters storm the capitol on january 6th. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this friday, july 22nd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being here. we have a lot to get to this morning. including president joe biden testing positive for covid. the president is said to be experiencing mild symptoms, we ll talk it a medical expert about this later in the show, and provide an update on the president s condition. but we begin with last night s dramatic january 6th hearing. we learned that as violence raged on capitol hill, former president trump sat cloistered in a private dining room watching as as the chaos unfolded. using never before seen evidence and testimony, the committee laid out the case that trump no
story on ballot drop boxes. the former president called him last week trying to overturn his 2020 defeat. last week as the speaker put it, i explained, it s not allowed under the constitution, adding, quote, he has a different opinion. in other words, trump may be sweating and stewing in mar-a-lago, but he is still at it. there were other warning signs today as well. rusty bowers, remember him, lifelong republican who refused to buckle to pressure from the former president and testified emotionally before the select committee. well, we learned he was just censured by the state party which declared him no longer a republican in good standing. in maryland they chose dan cox to be their republican nominee for governor. he once called on the former president to seize voting machines. he also sponsored buses to take people to the so-called stop the steal rally on january 6th and that afternoon he tweeted, mike pence is a traitor. so there s that. there s also this we got today hav
white house as a top agent adviser by michael flynn. who he worked for in the military. according to the new york times, pottinger told the committee he alerted trump s state chief of staff the mark meadows of the national guard had still not arrived at the capitol on january 6th. former deputy press secretary sarah matthews was one of several white house aides calling for trump to condemn the violence on january 6th. a source tells cnn, his an action led to her resignation that night. he said that we could make the rinos do the right thing. is the way he phrased it. and no one spoke up initially. because i think everyone was trying to process what he meant by that. now she will testify about what she experienced in the white house that day. it was clear that it was escalating, and escalating quickly. so when that tweet, the mike pence tweet, was sent out. i remember us saying that was the last thing that needed to be tweeted at that moment. the situation was already
pointed i. understand it s not different opinion. in other words, trump may be sweating and doing in mar-a-lago. but he is still at it. and there were other warnings signs as well today. arizona house speaker rusty bowers, remember him? lifelong republican who refused to buckle to pressure from the former president. and testified a motion only before the select committee. well we learned he was just censured by the state party. which declared him no longer a republican in good standing. in maryland last, night primary voters chose dan, cox a proponent of the 2020 election like to be the republican nominee for governor. he once called on the former president to seize voting machines. he also sponsored buses to take people to the so-called, stop the steal rally on january 6th. and that afternoon, he tweeted, mike pence is a trader. so, there is. that there is also this that we got today, having to do with former white house aide garrett ziegler. according to new york times, h
under trump for four years. the former marine was brought into the white house by top asea advisor michael flynn. he alerted mark meadows the national guard had still not arrived at the capitol on january 6th. a source tells cnn his inaction led to her resignation that night. he said that we could make the rinos do the right thing, is the way he phrased it. and no one spoke up initially, because i think everyone was trying to process what he meant by that. reporter: now she will testify about what he experienced in the white house that day. it was clear that it was escalating and escalating quickly, so when that tweet the mike pence tweet was sent out, i remember us saying that that was the last thing that needed to be tweeted at that moment. the situation was already bad, and so it felt like he was pouring gasoline on the fire by tweeting that. reporter: the kent state graduate had spent her adult life working in politics spending her summers interning for portman,