does she feel like she owes an apology? announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. as riveting as the stories were, it was who was telling them that gave way to chilling testimony before the january 6th committee today about donald trump s pressure campaign on his vice president, mike pence, to stage an illegal one-man attempt to overturn the presidential election results one pence adviser calling it constitutional mischief another warning it risked the election being settled in the streets. members of pence s inner circle testifying about the presidential tweets, public taunts, and angry phone calls any they say pence was subjected to the panel releasing never-before-seen photos of vice president pence sheltering during the capitol riot reading a trump tweet as rioters roamed the grounds above him. pence praised by the committee for refusing to go along with the plan to reject the electoral votes. garrett haake is at the capitol with details. [
Does she feel like she owes an apology? announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. as riveting as the stories were, it was who was telling them that gave way to chilling testimony before the january 6th committee today about donald trump s pressure campaign on his vice president, mike pence, to stage an illegal one-man attempt to overturn the presidential election results one pence adviser calling it constitutional mischief another warning it risked the election being settled in the streets. members of pence s inner circle testifying about the presidential tweets, public taunts, and angry phone calls any they say pence was subjected to the panel releasing never-before-seen photos of vice president pence sheltering during the capitol riot reading a trump tweet as rioters roamed the grounds above him. pence praised by the committee for refusing to go along with the plan to reject the electoral votes.
The committee revealing the mob invaded the capitol came within 40 feet of pence as he was rushed to a secure location never before seen images of pence sheltering underground as the capitol was overwhelmed. the heated oval office call between trump and pence after pence refused to carry out the president s demands. what ivanka trump and other insiders say they heard our team at the capitol. also tonight, growing concerns for two american veterans missing in ukraine what the fiancee of one of the men fears has happened. new reports a third american is now missing. extreme weather. more than 80 million under heat alerts. severe storms in the midwest and southeast. and new images, the flood disaster that has closed yellowstone park economic anxiety president biden s new message that a recession is not inevitable but the stock market taking another plunge. and our one-on-one with the fake heiress who inspired the hit show inventing anna after scamming new york s elite.
he resisted the pressure he knew it was illegal. he knew it was wrong we re fortunate for mr. pence s courage on january 6th. our democracy came dangerously close to catastrophe. reporter: pence was evacuated to a safe location deep beneath the capitol. these never-before-seen pictures showing the vice president making calls to pentagon officials and congressional leaders working through the attack and refusing to leave the capitol. the vice president did not want to take any chance that the world would see the vice president of the united states fleeing the united states capitol. he was determined that we would complete the work that we had set out to do that day. reporter: the committee says the plan to have pence reject the election results began with a lawyer named john eastman who witnesses say knew the idea was illegal and unconstitutional and who later requested a presidential pardon.
i said, are you out of your effing mind? i said you are completely crazy are you going to turn around and tell 78 plus million people in this country that your theory is this is how you re going to invalidate their votes because you think the election was stolen? i said, they re not going to tolerate that you ll cause riots in the street i assert my fifth amendment right reporter: eastman repeatedly pleaded the fifth when questioned by the committee republicans continuing to pan the proceedings as a distraction. we got record inflation, soaring gas prices what are they focused on what gets primetime billing? it is their seething hatred for donald trump and anybody who s ever supported him. garrett, tonight the committee is taking the unprecedented step of asking the wife of a supreme court justice to come testify. explain what that is about. that s right, lester the committee is inviting ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, to testify