And lots of questions to answer. So, lets get started. A big week in politics as we raced towards the midterm elections with early voting already underway, and many high stakes races across the country. The national dont say gay bill, a federal abortion ban and cats was for the future for the super wealthy. With the gop agenda could look like if the gop takes back control of congress. Plus, Debbie Waterman schultz joins us to talk about the january six subpoena of former president donald. Trump how they plan to hold on accountable as he continues to hint at a another white house run. Likely been seeing a lot of political ads talking about rising crime across the country. Is it really as big of an eight issuers candidates claim . The notion of an unsafe americas dominating campaigns in the home stretch. All that and more is coming right up. Right up and a good Sunday Morning to you all. I am sam stein, men in for katie faye. Just 16 days away from election day. A stretch of campaigning.
and lots of questions to answer. so, let s get started. a big week in politics as we raced towards the midterm elections with early voting already underway, and many high stakes races across the country. the national don t say gay bill, a federal abortion ban and cats was for the future for the super wealthy. with the gop agenda could look like if the gop takes back control of congress. plus, debbie waterman schultz joins us to talk about the january six subpoena of former president donald. trump how they plan to hold on accountable as he continues to hint at a another white house run. likely been seeing a lot of political ads talking about rising crime across the country. is it really as big of an eight issuers candidates claim? the notion of an unsafe america s dominating campaigns in the home stretch. all that and more is coming right up. right up and a good sunday morning to you all. i am sam stein, men in for katie faye. just 16 days away from election day. a stretch of
with this reporting, quote, the former president has called witnesses throughout the investigation according to those who spoke anonymously to reveal conversations. they ruled out a number of former officials as the recipient of this latest call highlighted by cheney saying it was not former white house counsel pat cipollone whose deputy patrick philbin, former media officials, matthews or former pascale. the allegations of witness tampering by trump and his associates, though, do add new dimension to the wider scandal that is to overturn the 2020 election results which, as vice chair liz cheney added, trump was, quote, substantially and personally involved in. politico reports on the dual track of the committee s public hearings with this analysis. on the one hand, the committee is focused on filling out the historical record of the attempt to overturn the election and its violent conclusion. on the other, its members are laying out an unmistakable map to a potential crimina
survivors and saw some of the bodies of the first dead children that they had at the hospital. his testimony, there are parts of it that i m not sure that every word he said about what he saw with those wounds got across. there is one word that he used that i m going to get you in this hour. it is a horrifying graphic ex description. there s been that discussion about should be photographs of this so that people can really understand it. well chris, there was language there in that hearing today that is beyond anything that you would actually expect to see in such photographs. i m not sure that it had any impact at all on the republican members of that committee. i watched a clip, a long clip of the individual you re talking about. it was incredibly powerful and i agree that that is as important for people to hear as any debate about these images. my father worked in gun safety activism and one of the things that you find in those circles is a lot of the most militant peopl
we hold our hearings next month we wish to provide members the opportunity to discuss these matters with the committee voluntarily. regrettably, the individuals receiving subpoenas today have refused and we are forced to take this step to make sure the committee uncovers facts concerning january 6th. we urge our colleagues to comply with the law and do their patriotic duty and cooperate with our investigation as hundreds of other witnesses have done, and the committee lays out in clear detail just why they need the testimony of these five congressmen pointing to their roles in multiple aspects of the trump coup plot. the committee writes this about jim jordan, representative jim jordan was in communication with trump on january 6th and participated in meetings and discussions throughout late 2020 and early 2021 about strategies for overturning the 2020 election. regarding scott perry, the committee says, he was, quote, directly involved with efforts to corrupt the department