should happen now it should get dismissed. we re not going to stop on this nothing s changed. we believe he s overstepped. two top republicans in the house are promising to investigate the manhattan district attorney following the indictment of donald trump that comes as the former president is escalating his attacks on social media which now include a call to defund federal law enforcement. meanwhile mike pence will soon have to testify before a federal grand jury in one of the cases tied to trump. we ll tell you which one and why the former vice president appears finally ready to talk. plus the gop controlled statehouse in tennessee could take historic action today against three democratic lawmakers. we ll explain the controversy connected to calls for new gun legislation. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, april 6th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin today with the fallout from this week s historic arra
it is 10:00 a.m. in new york i m lindsey riser and this morning huge new questions swirls as the historic case against president trump launches into a new phase the prosecutor alleging new information at the center of the charges. he s not saying what that information is, something trump s legal team is already pouncing on. i mean, where are the underlying charges the indictment actually did not list what these underlying charges are. trump overnight lashing out at both the judge and district attorney, despite warnings from the judge to avoid dangerous rhetoric did his comments last night cross the line, and what does all this mean for his presidential campaign? breaking news out of missouri, multiple people are dead after a suspected tornado strike in the southeastern part of the state, the search for survivors. a double barrel seismic shift in politics, progressives in chicago and wisconsin scoring massive electoral victories, first by electing former teacher br
432 elected congressmen or calling them congressmen-elect. he needs three more to close the deal. republicans are hoping at 10:00 p.m. time when they reconvene, he will have the three. that is a stubborn six that is left over. let s get the details from chad pergram with the very latest. chad? neil, the speakership is a game of inches. today for the first time since tuesday, kevin mccarthy finally showed he was gaining ground towards securing the votes to become speaker. i think you saw we made very good progress. we ll come back tonight and i believe tonight we ll have the votes to finish this once and for all. just remind me of what my father always told me. it s not how you start, it s how you finish. we have to finish for the american public. this is now the fifth longest speaker election in house history. mccarthy lacks the votes, however 15 house republicans who oppose mccarthy are now in his camp. i know you re all wondering what changed the vote. i think i can
me snickering and chortling through the conversation you were just having. you know me, i like when i get a laugh. the idea that you just said, we are going to have a speaker and odds are that person probably will be a republican. that s where we are right now. i want to cover my bases because that s on tape. the fact that it s even a possibility that it might not be someone from kevin mccarthy s you never know. tells us where we are at. thank you. thank you to all of you at home for joining us. they say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. and that appears to be exactly where we are right now. in the middle of insanity. just about an hour ago the house of representatives adjourned with the third day without selecting a speaker of the house. the lower chamber held five votes for speaker and congressman kevin mccarthy failed to cinch the nomination on all five of those bringing the total number of time
2020 and january 2021. this pressure campaign on pence to overturn the lelection what understand instructions trump gave his lawyers and advisers about fake electors and sending electors back to the state. as the former president returned to washington since leading office, we ll have some of what he said shortly. first what merrick garland told lester holt when asked when indicting a former president and possible presidential candidate again might tear the country apart. we pursue justice without fear or favor. we intend to hold everyone, anyone who is criminally responsible for the events surrounding january 6th or any attempt to interfere with the lawful transfer of power from one administration to another accountable. that s what we do. we don t pay any attention to other issues with respect to that. reporter: so if donald trump were to become a candidate for president again, that would not change your schedule or how you move forward or don t move forward? i ll say