evening. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, june 9th. along with joe, willie, and me, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, white house bureau chief at politico and the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. we ll dive right into the house investigation into the january 6th capitol attack, which kicks off tonight in primetime. an aide tells nbc news the committee will present evidence never shown before which shows president donald trump at the center of a coordinated effort to overturn the 2020 election. the aide says tonight s testimony will serve as sort of an opening statement, and that the information we hear could go beyond the testimony we hear from live witnesses. as we ve reported, this evening s witnesses include a filmmaker who is embedded with the far right group, the proud boys, and a capitol police officer who was injured in the attack. the new york times reports the committee will also play video excerpts of the testimony from j
officer who was injured in the attack. the new york times reports the committee will also play video excerpts of the testimony from jared kushner and ivanka trump given behind closed doors. although it is unclear if those interviews will be featured tonight. so a big start tonight in primetime. right. probably strategy for a reason, to place it where most americans can see it. yeah. i think so. wil willie, of course, this is going to be fascinating because we will see new evidence, new testimony we haven t seen before. what s most fascinating to me at least is i want the testimony from not from trump s opponents, not from people who have been against donald trump his entire life, the people who were on the inside, the people who worked for him, the people who stayed with him despite the fact that they had grave concerns from time to time. the people who were with him on january 6th and reported to,
evening. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, june 9th. along with joe, willie, and me, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, white house bureau chief at politico and the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. we ll dive right into the house investigation into the january 6th capitol attack, which kicks off tonight in primetime. an aide tells nbc news the committee will present evidence never shown before which shows president donald trump at the center of a coordinated effort to overturn the 2020 election. the aide says tonight s testimony will serve as sort of an opening statement, and that the information we hear could go beyond the testimony we hear from live witnesses. as we ve reported, this evening s witnesses include a filmmaker who is embedded with the far right group, the proud boys, and a capitol police
a live look at the white house on this thursday morning. a major legislative package on new gun measures is headed to the senate after passing in the house yesterday. by a 223-204 vote, lawmakers approved the protecting our kids act. the legislation is a collection of six new gun safety measures, including raising the minimum age to buy semiautomatic rifles from 18 to 21 years old. and requiring that all firearms be traceable. it is, however, unlikely to pass in the senate, where control is evenly split. willie. before that vote, house republican leaders sent an email to gop lawmakers calling on them to vote against the bill. leadership called it the unconstitutional gun restrictions act. the memo sent by minority whip steve scalise was full of nra talking points, as well as