of the key points here, and that is, why would these people all call donald trump? and it makes it very clear that trump is the only one who could have stopped this. joining us now, congressional investigation reporter for the washington post, jackie alemany. and co-founder and ceo of axios, jim vandehei. jackie, what more can we expect to want, and is the overall goal, if you could talk about that, to try and prompt the doj to bring charges against trump, which many experts would say is a lofty goal? yeah, mika, you are exactly right, in that donald trump is going to be the through line of all of these hearings. but tonight, as jonathan very elegantly laid out, is going to be about the opening argument. laying out the evidence of what happened in the months before january 6th and then on january 6th, bringing the american public in, grounding them in that violence that happened on the day, and giving them a reason to tune in for the rest of the month. three hearings are already
hispanics on the texas border. co-founder and ceo of axios they re voting republican. jim vandehei, thank you very much. jackie alemany, thank you for your reporting. before you go, looking ahead to tonight, is the committee concerned about capturing the emotional attention of americans on 1/6, given everything that s going on, including inflation? it s a valid question. it s one the committee wouldn t acknowledge publicly yesterday when reporters were on the background call. but it is something lawmakers on the panel and select committee aides have talked about privately, really for the past 11 months leading up to this investigation. how are they going to break through to a segment of the american electorate that s already made up their mind or has been fed disinformation about what happened on january 6th. that s why you re seeing committee members do alternative media in the lead-up to tonight. you have people doing softer tv
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south of los angeles, a lot of places with a high concentration, you know, voters with a college degree, particularly white voters with a college degree, you were seeing that kind of thing. steve kornacki thank you so much for being on this morning and watching this race. let s bring in white house reporter for the associated press, jonathan lemire, and cofounder and ceo of axios, jim vandehei, great to have you both with us. jonathan la, i want to start with you. did kamala harris spend a lot of time in california. certainly the vice president did visit her home state, and to support the governor there. once political rivals, interestingly enough but now certainly lodged on the same team, and we know that of course the president himself was out there monday night, the eve of the recall election. there had certainly been some concern, the white house, you know, a couple of months ago
get to morning joe, joining us with a look at axios a.m., the cofounder of axios, mike allen. what s the one big thing. good morning to jacob, in my native land. the axios one big next thing is the gop s new foil, the taliban. house republicans are going to try to make unease over the pull out from afghanistan, a defining issue in taking power back in the house for 2022, and we re going to see a preview of it today. it s a mark up of a defense bill, and this is going to be the tip of the sphere of this new house republican strategy. they re going to say that they want to withhold any possible future aid to the taliban. they re going to demand an accounting for those weapons the taliban has gotten. what mineral rights and wealth have they gotten. what other funds have they gotten, and all of this is an