welcome back to way too early. it s just about 5:30 on the east coast. 2:30 out of the west. i m jon then lemire. the january 6 select committee subpoenaed documents and testimony from two strategists, andrew strait and ronald schwartz who have said to have communicated with donald trump jr. about the rally that proceeded the attack. and chairman bennie thompson was asked yesterday if former new york city mayor and onetime trump attorney rudy giuliani is also being sought by the panel. here s his response. he s an integral part of whatever happens. he s on the list of a lot of
outside advisers or outside aides that are close to the trump family. a lot of people have come out in the last 12 to 16 hours saying they had nothing to do with the january 6th rally. one of the organizers said they couldn t think of anybody less involved that sarabhai and arthur schwartz. we ll have to see, people like that, it s interesting, jon, a lot of people like that might be compelled to testify or willing to testify or leaning towards testifying because they don t think they have anything to hide. so is that will be/interesting to see. jake, let s talk about the president s speech in georgia yesterday. obviously a strong push for voting rights and one that democrats wish he had made earlier. you obviously know the senate as well as anyone. do you see any movement here at all, now that the president has brought the full force of the bully pulpit down?
people we ll be talking to. so you do want to talk to him at some point today? do you think it s a matter of time before you do a subpoena for mr. mayor giuliani? well, you know, it s a process. joining us now, co-founder of punchbowl news and friend of the show, jake sherman. jake, good morning. let s talk about the new subpoenas to start, what kind of information is the committee hoping to glean there? and in your estimation, how likely is it that rudy giuliani is also going to face a subpoena? almost certain that giuliani is going to face a subpoena, jon. there s no doubt about that. the larger question is will he testify? we don t know, what s going on quite consistently, it doesn t matter that a lot of these people testify because they have a lot of information. now on the other two, the two