ex-president very clear publicly known efforts and plot to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election. a series of court battles over the last few weeks have largely gone in special counsel jack smith s favor, resulted if a whole slew of new trump officials and allies now being ordered to testify. some big names, none of them bigger than the one, vice president mike pence, news broke on tuesday that a federal judge had ordered him to answer questions under oath regarding conversations that may involve illegality on donald trump s part. here s what mike pence told nbc news about all of that this morning. i ll be in washington, d.c., later the week. i ll be meeting with my counsel that week and we ll determine the best way forward. again, i have nothing to hide. i believe we did our duty under the constitution on january 6th. nothing to hide, but that response begs the question, if that s the case, and frankly the fact that he wrote the book about it, why hasn t he testified
this is the most significant second amendment ruling in more than a decade. in a 6-3 decision, the court struck down new york s law that places restrictions on concealed handguns . that law was enacted more than a century ago. the majority of the court ruling, the constitution protects a person s right to carry a gun outside the home. jessica schneider is live in washington with these breaking details. jessica, what more was in this decision? erica, the supreme court here significantly expanding gun rights and expanding the scope of the second amendment for the first time since 2008. so this is a 6-3 decision written by the senior most justice, clarence thomas. what it has done is it has struck down a new york gun law that you restricted who could carry concealed handguns outside the home. it s a law that stood for more than a century. but the court has now said that that law cannot stand and that crucially here the constitution guarantees the right to carry a gun outside t
region. we ll get a live report from kyiv. this afternoon the house january 6th committee will hold its fifth public hearing on what it has learned so far about the attack on the u.s. capitol. today s hearing will focus on how former president trump tried to use the justice department to help him overturn the results of the 2020 election but failed because of pushback and resignation threats, like this one from former acting deputy attorney general, richard donahue. the president said, suppose i do this, suppose i replace him, jeff rossen, with him, jeff clark. what do you do? i said, sir, i would resign immediately. there is no way i m serving one minute under this guy, jeff clark. donaghue will testify today as well as steve engel. adam kinzinger, one of two republicans on the panel, will lead today s questioning. committee chairman, bennie thompson, says the panel will wait until later next month to hold more hearings because it needs to look through new evidence it
prosecutor in new york, and senior fbi official chuck rosenberg. pete, for those just joining us, walk us through this decision and what it means for americans. this is the first time in american history that the supreme court has ever said what part of the second amendment means when it talks about the right to keep and to bear arms. 14 years ago, in a decision here involving a gun owner here in washington, d.c., the court said the key part it protects the right to keep a gun at home for self-defense. now the court has said that the and bear arms part extends the second amendment outside the home. the new york law said that you can get a license to get a concealed carry permit, only if you can show some heightened or special need. basically, what the supreme court says today is, that turns a constitutional right into something that you have to qualify for, and that s not how the constitution works. this will affect new york and it will affect half a dozen other states th
deal in the senate could be reached this week. we ll ask senator amy klobuchar about the possible agreement when she joins us live in just a moment. but we begin with the former head of the proud boys, enrique taria, has been indicted on seditious conspiracy. the ten-counts indictment which adds to previous conspiracy charges accused him of and others to direct, mobilize and lead the january 6 insurrection and to oppose the peaceful transfer of presidential power by force. the new charges each carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. tarrio is one of a hand full of january 6 defendants to face conspiracy charges. one the others is the head of the oath keepers. his name is stuart rhodes. he met on the january 5th to discuss january 6. this is documentary as it took place in a parking garage near the capitol used against one of the january 6 participants and was released at the request of nbc news. both that video and the meeting likely are to be a big part of the januar