i m yasmin vossoughian in for another busy hour. this morning we re tracking major developments in each of the three yes three separate investigations related to the 2020 election and the big lie spread by the former president and his allies. first in the justice department investigation. a source telling nbc news mark short, former chief of staff to mike pence appeared before a federal grand jury on friday to discuss what? we ll get into that. second n the house january 6th committee investigation, the panel revealing in crucial deposition clips how the former president was reluctant to condemn the capitol rioters the day after the attack. third, the investigation in fulton county, georgia and the setback for the da probing the former president and his allies attempts to overturn the 2020 election. we want to bring in nbc knew capitol hill correspondent ali vitali is joining us, michael schmidt, msnbc contributor, and glenn kirschner, msnbc legal analyst. glenn, let me
care decisions. now, this, of course, comes as the white house continues to deal with the fallout from the supreme court overruling roe v wade. in just a moment, we are going to see the president virtually address this issue executive order that he had issued. this is the second time he has done so since that historic decision. let me take you through some of the top headlines. he is directing the hhs to consider actions that would support women who now need to travel out of state to get some of these reproductive health care services, including through medicaid. another big one is directing the hhs to consider actions that ensure that health care providers comply with federal nondiscrimination laws. another is ordering the hhs to improve data collection related to maternal health. for a lot of these, the details are still forthcoming. the language you see in the fact sheet from the white house says he is directing the hhs secretary to consider what the possible actions are.
attorney john eastman and others, presented a clear and dangerous threat to american democracy. listen to this. had vice president pence obeyed the orders from his president, and the president of the united states of america, that declaration of donald trump as the next president would have plunged america into what i believe would have been tantamount to a revolution within a constitutional crisis. revolution within a constitutional crisis. the committee also revealing just how close to serious danger mike pence was on during the day of the insurrection. rioters coming within 40 feet of the former vice president. as the committee prepares to hold more hearings next week, it is also trying to speak to ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court court justice clarence thomas about her role in trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election. let s take you to capitol hill and lauren fox is there for us. what were the main takeaways from thursday s hearings? reporter: well
told him he needed to be doing something more. and aware of the rioters chants to hang mike pence, the president responded with this sentiment, quote, maybe our supporters have the right idea. mike pence, quote, deserves it. mike pence deserves it. that s one of several new findings revealed yesterday. you may hear there was nothing new, but that s not the truth. cheney revealed multiple republican congressman, including gop representative scott perry, sought presidential pardons for their roles in trying to overturn the election. trump s attorney general bill barr told him, his claim the election was stolen was bs. ivanka trump testified she believed barr when he said that. and overnight a source close to former vice president pence told cnn that his team did not call the white house for help as the riots unfolded because they did not think the white house, that is the president, would help them. that s the vice president. capitol hill police officers who were attacked an
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