here on fox and friends. brian: right. steve: meanwhile. brian: if we oversleep. steve: that s right. today is the 20th day of january. that means 11 more days of january, 11 more days of dry january. ainsley: yeah, that s right. i m proud have you you ve actually done it. i ve done damp january. steve: damp january. ainsley: i had an event with a bunch of my friends in the mountains last weekend and i said for that, it s a big trek, i really want to have. steve: just a drink. ainsley: some wine with them 11 more days. you know how many americans are participating. take a guess. ainsley: 50%. steve: five 0%. ainsley: 40%. steve: 35% of us legal adults skipped alcohol for the entirety of january 2022, up 14% from two years earlier, three years earlier so you have to figure even more have skipped it for 2023. brian: i want to support the bar industry i will not fall into that trap. a team of nine former u.s. and canadian service members will be out h
good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, it s thursday, july 14th and i m brianna keilar with john berman. this morning new clues surrounding the pending january 6th witness who donald trump tried to contact. it s an allegation that has been referred to the justice department, not formally, but it s been sent up the chain there. first on cnn, sources say trump tried to call a member of the white house support staff who was in talks with the january 6th committee. that is new. the exact identity still unknown at this point. the witness, though, did not pick up when trump called. this was not someone that trump would routinely communicate with. and this came after cassidy hutchinson s explosive testimony. the alarmed witness contacted an attorney. this is january 6th committee member elaine luria the congresswoman speaking to cnn. we take seriously the safety of any witnesses, anyone who comes forward to the committee and like weiise their privacy. in
move in the middle east this morning. he began a meeting with the prime minister of israel just a few moments ago. we re following that. a news conference is set to begin in about an hour. we ll be monitoring. of course, all of this happening ahead of tomorrow s unprecedented, direct flight to saudi arabia. good morning. a lot to cover this morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, july 14th. joe is off. later this hour, we ll speak with capitol police sergeant gonell, who was forced to retire after the injuries he sustained by the pro-trump mob on january 6th. he s testified before the committee. on tuesday, he embraced one of the rioters and accepted his apology. ahead this morning, former oath keeper spokesman jason van tatenhove, who testified before the committee on tuesday, will also be our guest. he broke from the group in 2017 and is now speaking out about why. willie. a lot to get to this morning. let s begin with the latest on the january 6th investigat
July 31st, 2016, the fbi opened the trump russia investigation. And spied on four american citizens associated with President Trumps campaign. They took the dossier to the fisa court appear lied to the court 17 times. Didnt tell the court the guy writing the dossier was desperate to stop trump. Department tell the court the guy was working for the Clinton Campaign didnt tell the court the guy writing the dossier had been fired by the fbi for leaking information to the press. And the fbi continued the investigation after the election. And January 3rd 2017 Snorp Schumer said this. If you mess with the Intelligence Committee they haves is six ways from sunday of getting back at you. It took all of three days for that statement is to come true. January 6th at trump tower. Jim comey briefs President Elect trump on the dossier, the dossier the fbi knew was false. They do it to leak it to the
press and the press writes that he was briefed. The president was told He Wasnt Under Investigation w