nashville and the vote to expel three democratic lawmakers from the state house when jose diaz-balart reports starts now. good morning, 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i m jose diaz-balart right now unfolding in tennessee, demonstrators are flocking to the state capitol as republicans push to expel three democrats for participating in a gun safety protest inside the general assembly we ll take you live to nashville. in missouri, at least five people were killed after a massive tornado ripped through the southeastern region of that state as yet another string of wild weather tears through the country. we are following new developments in the special counsel s probe into former president trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election former vice president mike pence now one step closer to testifying before the grand jury this morning, u.s. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are in taiwan as beijing pushes back against the recent show of solidarity we ll take
and another loss for the trump movement sweeping across the state. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this wednesday morning a jammed back morning joe starts now. on a basis that every single pundit and legal analyst said there is no case. 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. he knew there was no case. it was a felony to falsify business records with intent to defraud. everybody said this is not really an indictment, there s nothing here. these are felony crimes in new york city state. my lawyers said there s nothing here. the defendant repeatedly made false statements. they re not not saying what you did. he always caused others to make false statements. charging a former president of the united states for the first time in history. everyone stands equal before the law. donald trump and manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg, held two very different news conferences following yester
. good to be with you, i m katy tur, former vice president mike pence is putting up a fight. a moment ago in minnesota, he told reporters he is pushing back on special counsel jack smith s subpoena requiring him to testify about january 6th. pence is citing the speech and debate clause, something normally reserved for sitting lawmakers. my fight is on the separation of powers. my fight against the doj s subpoenas very simply is on defending the prerogatives that i had as president of the senate to preside over the joint session of congress on january 6th. for me, this is a moment where you have to decide where you stand and i stand on the constitution of the united states. yesterday if you were with us, you would have heard former federal prosecutor paul butler tell us that argument, that speech and debate clause would be a good academic paper for a law student but not as good of an argument in court. after all, pence was not a legislator, technically. he was vice presi
of people that included roger stone and steve bannon urging trump to declare victory regardless of the results, the actual legal results, of the 2020 election. now the january 6th select committee cites a memo that fitton wrote for trump in the run-up to election day, i think the summer before the election, as evidence that in the words of committee member zoe love gren friend the big lie was untensional, promeditated and a plan concocted in advance. here s a snippet from the january 6th select committee s final hearing. a few days before the election, mr. trump also consulted with one of husband outside advisers inside activist tom fitton about the strategy for election night. the select committee got this pre-prepared statement from the national archives. as you can see, the draft statement, which was sent on october 31st, declares we had an election today and i won, and the fitton memo specifically indicates a plan that only the votes counted by the election day deadline
news. classified documents found from biden s time as vice president. what were they doing in a private office? the attorney general now asking a u.s. attorney to investigate. also breaking this hour, a major development in the doj s investigation into trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. we are learning that special counsel jack smith s team has subpoenaed trump s former attorney rudy giuliani and more on what smith is zeroing in on. this is reporting that you will hear first outfront. and new audio revealing the dire state of russia s hospitals full of injured soldiers. an intercepted call that wasn t meant to ever be heard by you. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. and outfront tonight, the breaking news. classified documents from biden s time as vice president have been found at one of his private offices in washington d.c. this is according to a source. the documents were found by president biden s attorneys last fall, and then turne