tonight, reaction from the u.s. surgeon general. let s go outfront. and good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, targeting trump s inner circle. the january 6th select committee issuing a new round of subpoenas tonight for close allies of the former president. people who were having direct conversations with trump in the hours leading up to and during the insurrection. the names include steven miller, trump s then-senior adviser, kayleigh mcenany, his press secretary, as well as some names you may not know but may have had a crucial role on january 6th. let me give you a couple examples. nicholas luna is one of them. he is the former president s personal assistant, who was reportedly in the oval office when trump called pence and pressured pence not to certify the election results. obviously, a crucial fly on the wall. and then, there is trump s deputy assistant ben williamson, who according to the panel, unsuccessfully tried to get trump to issue a statement cond
the people of texas. at a time like this. presidential showdown, the white house blocking former president trump from shielding documents related to the january 6th insurrection and the house committee threatening criminal referrals to those that are snubbing their subpoenas, including steve bannon. and dare we say, endemic? with covid cases dropping across most of the country, and kids on the verge of getting their shots the u.s. may finally be turning a corner. but we may have to live with covid indefinitely. and just in time for the new james bond, the old way of spying, long gone, a former cia officer says the idea of undercover officers operating in the shadows is outdated. we re going to tell you why as we do say good morning, everybody, it is saturday, october 9th. i m kendis gibson. i m lindsey reiser, good to be with you on this fall weekend. we have a team of reporters and analysts following the latest for you right now. we are going to begin with new develo
yourself phone number. do you know what prompted mr. rosen to give mr. clark yourself on? number answer. i do not. question, had you and attorney general rosen or mr. richard donahue or anyone else that previously discussed mr. clark we can t reaching out to you in any way? yes. and december 30th are 31st, i can t remember exactly. i knew it was before new year s. richard donahue called me and told me he was very frustrated because president trump was solely focused on georgia. with respect to any voter fraud allegations. and he had commented, that nothing would dissuade him from believing the election was stolen from him. mr. donahue stated that the president just would not believe that he lost georgia. i don t know why. he didn t explain why. and i reiterated to him that we looked into several allegations. obviously we concluded there s nothing there. this is kind of disturbing, because in substance it met his own people had looked into it and reported back up. mr. donahu
lawmakers issuing a slew of new subpoenas, 14 people from seven states who were purported alternate electors for donald trump. what we re learning about who they are and what the committee wants to hear from them. our capitol hill team is standing by. plus fresh nbc reporting on the new names under consideration for the supreme court. what we know about the two women now being considered for a seat on the nation s highest court. good afternoon, i m garrett haake in washington in for hallie jackson, and we are awaiting the president in pennsylvania. we will bring that to you live when he speaks. first, let s bring in our nbc news team. courtney kube is at the pentagon, richard engel in ukraine, kelly o donnell and we re joined by four-star general barry mccaffrey. courtney, i want to start with you, what we just heard from pentagon officials. what were your takeaways? give us the new. that s right. one of the things i was struck by is how secretary austin did not rule ou
says we believe the individuals we have subpoenaed today have information about how these so-called alternate electors met and who was behind the scheme. we encourage them to cooperate to get answers about january 6th for the american people and help ensure that nothing like that day ever happens again. the committee also making it clear today that these electors played a central role in the effort to toss out the election results. adding this, quote, the so-called alternate electors then transmitted the purported certificates to congress, which multiple people advising former president trump or his campaign used to justify delaying or blocking the sertd if i case of the election during the joint session of congress on january 6, 2021. letters to the individuals facing subpoenas they reference the affidavit by john eastman described as the quote blueprint for a coup. the first line of the memo reads, quote, seven states have transmitted dual slates of electors to the presiden