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pouring gasoline on the fire by tweeting that. the secret service couldn t control the situation and do their job to keep him safe. at 2:26 p.m., the secret service rushed vice president pence down the stairs. approximately 40 feet. that s all there was. 40 feet between the vice president and the mob. make no mistake about the fact that the vice president s life was in danger. the recent court filing by the department of justice explains that a confidential informant from the proud boys told the fbi that the proud boys would have killed mike pence if given the chance. that s just some of what we heard from yesterday s hearing into the attack on the capitol. as the committee detailed the close call for vice president pence, good morning and welcome to way too early. on this friday, june 17th. i m jonathan lemire. we re glad you re with us. the third day of testimony in the january 6th hearings focused on donald trump s efforts to pressure mike pence into overtu ....
that is testimony from mike pence s former adviser regarding former president donald trump s repeated efforts to get pence to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. we will hear much more of the key moments from yesterday s january 6th hearing, including the vice president s close call with the mob, very close call that day. and the pardon request from the architect of the president s election scheme. plus, new reporting that the house select committee now wants to talk to conservative activist ginni thomas. she is, of course, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, june 17th. along with joe and me, we have white house bureau chief at politico and the host of way to too early, jonathan lemire. washington post s jackie alemany. host of politicians nation and host of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. and nbc legal analyst joyce vance. good morning to everybody. joe, ....
change. but they did feel as a community, as black men, especially, we need to be there for our boys because superman isn t coming in and the sight isn t going to change but they need to pass down lessons learned. give them some gems to bolster their standing in the community. even when it is tough, it is not getting better but we have to be there for ourselves even though we couldn t protect our boys we have to find a way to protect the next generation. how heartbreaking. trymaine, thank you for being with us. trymaine lee. the full special airs tonight at 10:30 eastern on nbc news now. thanks a lot. happy father s day. thank you, like wise. and eugene robinson, thank you as well. happy father s day. are you boys going to be home. one is nearby. so i ll see lowell and then aaron lives in berkeley. he s a father so i ll get to call him and wish him happy father s day. oh, good. so many grandkids do you have? two. well i may have your son call my son. i nee ....
or five years ago. the word that she relayed to the president called the vice president, a apologized for being impolite. do you remember what the president called him? the p word. mr. jacob, how do you describe the demeanor of the vice president following that call with the president? when he came back in to the room, i d say he was steely, determined, grim. of course, the most dangerous part of what donald trump did on january 6th was what he did himself. as will be discussed in detail in a future hearing, our investigation found that early drafts of the january 6 elipse speech prepared for the president included no mention of the vice president. the president revised it to include criticism of the vice president and then further ad libbed. here s what the president said january 6 after his call with vice president pence. i hope mike will do the right thing. i hope so. i hope so. because if mike pence does the right thing, we win the election. all vice p ....