response to the robb elementary mass shooting. and we re looking closer at the state of president biden s agenda amid more dismal polling with the midterms less than four months away. we ll discuss with senator lujan. we are going to begin with the major new developments in the investigation into the january 6 attack. nbc news has now confirmed the names of the two star witnesses who are expected to testify during thursday s primetime committee hearing according to a source familiar with the plans. they are sarah matthews and matthew pottinger who is a former member of the national security council. both worked in the trump white house and both resigned in the wake of the attack on the capitol. thursday will be the first time either will have spoken publicly to the committee. committee chairman bennie thompson is also revealing more of the panel s future plans which include likely releasing a scaled back report of its findings followed by a final report. each potentially in
thursday night this sort of primetime not even spectacle, primetime drama that the committee is hoping to display to the world will go on. and i will say as jake mentioned, they know that time is of the essence and of the utmost. and so i think based on what, you know, they have conveyed which is that they are really racing against, you know, january when likely a republican house comes in, they are going to do everything possible to proceed on all cylinders. chuck, i only have about a minute left with you, but today is the day that we were supposed to see at least the committee was supposed to see the text messages from the secret service that were deleted. we know that the agency has blamed the deletion on a pre-planned data migration. does that send up any red flags to you? the fact that it is missing certainly does, but in my experience, if you have a choice between two explanations, made left lance and ineptitude, go with ineptitude every time.
show. i did. so good. empire still winning in the ratings war. the hip-hop primetime drama is jam packed with star-studded cameos and new cast members. we caught up with acclaimed actor andre arroyo to hear about his character, toasty. you on the payroll now? only place. no one can play. you re right about that, but there is work to do. andre, thank you for joining us. thank you for having me, man. tell me how this happened. he called me up and said we d love for you to be part of the show, the second season, and i asked him where can i go to audition. he said, no, no, it s an offer. we know you re good. for any person, that s a big moment. tell us about your character. a criminal and a lawyer. i think you said it best,
he says don t throw down the phone, blackberry or iphone on the table. so no tech turns. yeah. that s what he s calling it. eating dinner, on a date, put down the phone. that s one of the things that you need to remember. when we return, paula abdul s reunited with simon cowell. and susan lucci s move from daytime camp to primetime drama. the scoop in the skinny after this. the scoop in the skinny after this. all new. oprah: the only child of sonny and cher. when did it fully occur to you, i m in the wrong body? oprah s world exclusive with chaz bono. oprah: how did you tell your chaz bono. oprah: how did you tell your mom?