citizen s arrest. hearing number four the attack on the capitol marked by testimony of violence and threats against elected officials who refused to help donald trump overturn the election as well as against election workers targeted in the former president s big lie. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday it snot monday. it is wednesday, june 22nd. i m jonathan lemire. it s been a long week. we re glad you re here. the fourth public hearing into the january 6th capitol attack examined what s described as former president s donald trump personal and direct role in pressuring state officials to help overturn the to 2020 presidential election. the committee demonstrated how trump and his team leaned on state officials to throw out biden votes, find trump votes or to replace biden electors with fake trump electors. rnc chairwoman mcconnell, mark meadows, senator ron johnson and
good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is wednesday, june 22nd. i m brianna keel wilar with joh berman. a compelling and disturbing day four of the january 6th committee hearings, and it directly linked former president donald trump to all of it. in the end, trump s allies could not produce any evidence of election fraud. something that they openly admitted. at some point, one of them make a comment that they didn t have evidence but they had a lot of theorys? that was mr. giuliani. and what exactly did he say and how did that come up? my recollection, he said, we have got lots of theories, we just don t have the evidence. the pressure campaign on state officials was relentless, even dangerous, it included ugly threats and intimidation by trump supporters and the former president himself. leaving one georgia election
gosar, mo brooks and scott perry. some of these folks allegedly asked for preemptive presidential pardons while others have faced trump s wrath for not focusing enough on his election lies. for the hundreds of witnesses and thousand of hours of testimony it s important to remember who has been trying to hide from the truth and what other information they may have about the ex-president s attempted coupe. don t let obstruction blur into the background because accountability is the only way to ensure that this never happens to our country again. and that s your reality check. good morning to viewers here in the united states and all around the world, it is wednesday, june 22nd. i m john berman with brianna
this morning on world news now, decision day. the president is hours away from announcing his plans for american military involvement in afghanistan. the troop withdrawal plan and its impact on the military and relations with afghanistan. it s wednesday, june 22nd. from abc news, this is world news now. good morning. i m peggy bunker. i m daniel sieberg in for rob nelson. at one point 100,000 troops were in afghanistan. and of course far too many have been killed in the line of duty. the president says it s time now to end military involvement after an unpopular war. of course, we know the death of osama bin laden may have pushed this along a little bit further, accelerated this, a lot of people hoping these troops can come home.
this morning on world news now, career choice. astronaut mark kelly retires from the navy and nasa to help his wife recover from gunshot wounds. as gabby giffords rebuilds her strength and her life, the couple is now sharing some other big plans. it s wednesday, june 22nd. from abc news, this is world news now. good morning. i m daniel sieberg. rob nelson is on assignment. i m peggy bunker. we have been following mark kelly and gabby giffords since her shooting in tucson in january. kelly s career decision just underscores his commitment to his wife. that is quite a love story. it is a love story. and they re talking about writing a book together. sharing their story. and parts of their story that we haven t heard, because of course we didn t really know a whole lot about them, necessarily, their relationship before what