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insurrection. the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol will be in order. without objection, the chair has authorized to declare the committee in races at any point. pursuant to house deposition authority deposition the chair announces the committees approval to announce the good afternoon. in our previous hearings, the select committee showed that then president trump applied pressure at every level of government. of local election workers, up to his own vice president. opened hoping public servants would give into that pressure and help him steal an election he actually lost. today, we will tell the story of how the pressure campaign also targeted the federal agency, charged with enforcement of our laws, the department of justice. we have already covered part of mr. trump s effort. we heard from attorney general bill barr, tell the story and the committee about the baseless claims mr. trump wanted the justice d ....
the georgia electors from joe biden, and show them. the observations about how this dark world of republican so-called legal scholarship works, and way that eastman letter, how it all moved from eastman to the justice department to the white house. i was thinking about that wall squinting today at the visual exhibit that the committee released as part of the hearing, when they talked about the man that they had put at the justice department working with jeff clarke, getting the eastman plan effectuated, making it look like it was the justice department s work, and that was circulated among some congressional staffers, but also some very famous names from republican legal circles on that email, talking about the man on the inside, and what he was going to get done, and how they could brief the white they ve been talking about that for a very long time in terms of how the network works. we re going to get to that, thank you rachel, not legally available, that s what ....
joins me on that. and then senator chris murphy, on a big step forward for gun safety. this is the most significant anti gun violence bill that congress has voted on in 30 years. all in starts now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. the story of the january six committee hearing so far has been, well, a lot of things. but a story about human beings facing high stakes, ethical task. very high stakes test. and how they respond to being squeezed, and pressured by the most powerful man on earth. we saw that on stark display yesterday. we saw her testimony from three republicans who hold key positions of power in their home state. those three men, all conservatives, all voted for donald trump, resisted pressure from the ex president and his allies to help overturn the 2020 election. some of the most compelling testimony came from a man name rusty bowers who is this sitting arizona speaker of the house. arizona, of course one of the few state that decided t ....
but congress is all ready balking. questioning if americans will get relief from record fuel prices. as gun violence rages, the senate appears poised to pass the first gun safety legislation in decades. but there are major hurdles ahead as house republican leaders are mobilizing against the bill. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. we expect to see more disturbing testimony tomorrow when the january 6th select committee takes a deep dive into then president trump s attempts to influence the u.s. justice department but tonight there are new questions. very serious questions about testimony we ve all ready seen from a key witness, ivanka trump. here s our justice correspondent, jessica schneider. tonight, new evidence is emerging as the january 6th committee prepares to hold its fifth public hearing tomorrow. that new information includes extensive footage from a british film make ....
this nation, democrat and republican. allow no one to place a dagger at the throat of our democracy. president biden last week addressing thursday s primetime hearing of the january 6th committee investigating the attack on the capitol. and we re hours away from the committee s second public hearing. at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the house panel will lay out how the big lie got started. also ahead, a compromise on capitol hill. senators from both sides of the aisle agree to what could be the most significant gun safety legislation in decades. we ll tell you what s in the deal and how soon it could get to the president s desk. one of the leading negotiators, senator chris murphy, will join us live right here on morning joe. we re also keeping an eye on wall street, as the markets are tanking ahead of the opening bell. looks like a bad day ahead. good day to go to the track. we ll get some insight on what is fueling this latest sell-off. plus, the average price of ....