good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we have brand-new information this evening about the january 6th committee accusing former president donald trump of trying to contact a witness during the investigation. nbc news has confirmed reporting that the witness was a member of the white house support staff. at the end of yesterday s hearing liz cheney said that the matter had been referred to the justice department. this afternoon, the committee s chair person was asked about cheney s comments. are we going to hear from this witness? i would doubt it. we re concerned obviously about the witness, and we do not want to put that witness under unnecessary pressure. is there enough evidence that there was an attempt to influence the witness? from my vantage point, it is highly unusual to do that. that s why we, more or less, put that in the hands of the justice department. is this just one missed phone call from the former president? that s all i m aware of. as
that there was an attempt to influence the witness? from my vantage point, it is highly unusual to do that. that s why we more or less, put that in the hands of the justice department. is this just one missed phone call from the former president? that s all i m aware of. as for its future plans, the panel has not ruled out additional hearings later this summer, we will hear more public testimony one week from tomorrow. one committee member says that nest thursday s hearing will focus on what trump was doing when the capital was under attack. specifically about the time period of the 187 minutes within the white house, and what the president was doing. and how he could have played a role in preventing more violence, if he had merely gone to the briefing room and asked people to leave the capitol. it comes as trump ally and former strategist steve bannon is set to go on trial on monday for contempt of congress. he is now ready to cooperate with the january 6th coope
data about the consumer price index. the public doesn t care about that. they care about the cost of gasoline and the cost of groceries at the moment. the administration needs to do more, needs more chuck schumer to get things from congress at the moment. they just feel like you said in the teaser, they are just playing defense right now and they are just trying to climb out of a quicksand here. john, we have said it before, inflation is a global problem. and when you actually look at that u.s. versus other countries, it s like we are the best house on a batch street. but does that matter to voters? sure it s bad here but it s worse elsewhere? now, it matters to voters every single day that oftentimes, they spend the drive from their house to their work, rather, it takes them they are spending a couple hours of their first couple of hours of pay and the effect that it has. on individuals every single