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diagnosis. we're going to head to mora, who standing by with this. morrow with you here about it? >> well as the president's physician doctor of connor released a letter in the last hour, saying the president is experiencing a few new symptoms, but the symptoms are improving. he noted there's an addition of sore throat and body aches, as well as what we already knew, the runny nose and loose cuff. he also wanted to detail saying the president completed his second full day of paxlovid, yesterday, and will continue that treatment. they also noticed his respiratory rate remained normal. his oxygen saturation continue to be excellent. his lungs remain clear. that is the latest update we've seen in terms of the presidents help. you're seeing a photo of the president, yesterday, taken while he is working in the white house residence, as he's isolating. the press secretary noting,

yesterday, he's been working eight plus hours a day, working virtually. he also join to meeting with economic advisers to talk about bringing gas prices down. we continue to follow the presidents isolation. obviously he doesn't have any meetings this weekend. he's going to be doing virtually, and the latest update in terms of his closest contacts, is there are 17 people identified as close contacts. we did hear that just in the last hour, as well, one of them being the first lady, tested negative. again, today, she's not experiencing any symptoms. so as the president continues to isolate, this is day two after testing positive on thursday, we'll continue to isolate on day five. and the white house coordinator dr. jha also noted hill not be out in public until he tests negative. alex? >> okay, thank you for watching, on a daily basis for us, mora, also developing for you some

new reaction as follow grows from the january 6th committee's latest hearings. the panel accuse donald trump of dereliction of duty for not taking action during the attack on the capitol. as the committee prepares to hold more hearings in september, last hour congresswoman dean stress the importance of americans getting all the evidence. >> all the day when i'm on the or on -- the floor and chatting with all these extraordinary members of congress, they tell me more and more informations coming in every single day. powerful, valuable information. so pleased. we'll learn more. there cataloging for all of history, the corruption of this president, the descent to which he's taken of us, and further dissent if he's ever given any authority or any type of elected office. >> former president trump taking aim at the committee, colin calling its latest hearing a hoax, and denying

testimony. during a rally in arizona, trump gave a strong indication he could soon launch another white house bid. >> iran twice, i won twice, and i did much better the second time that i did the first. now, we may have to do it again. >> why does anyone clap when he says he won twice? anyway, let's go to more to the so-called season finale of the january six hearing. my colleague allie raffa, is joining us from capitol hill, ali even met -- even members of congress that were inside the capitol have learned some new details of the hearing. where there? saying >> yeah, alex, it's sort of overwhelming to think of the thousands of people who are working inside the capitol on january 6th, who almost came face to face with the thousands of rioters who attacked the capitol that day. with each of these hearings,

they're forced to relive snippets of that day, feel these raw emotions all over again. almost two years later. we have spoken about that gallery group as they've been now called, representative madeleine dean, like you spoke with, last hour, a member of this group, who were trapped in the house gallery during january 6th. they were really forced to take off the pins, put gas masks on as they were waiting, waiting until the capitol got cleared. and they say that really with every single one of these hearings, they've learned these sobering and chilling facts that they really didn't know how badly -- how bad the situation was, before hearing these revelations of these hearings. take a listen to another member of the gallery group here. >> there is video footage now from the security cameras, after i ducked into an elevator, it was just 30 seconds before there were rioters in that very hallway. so i don't think the american people truly understand how

close we came, and the danger that we were under. not just to us personally for our own lives, but for our democracy. i hadn't realized until these hearings that the right continue until 4:30 in the afternoon. the truth is we weren't safe. >> those new hampshire -- that was and custer reacting to what we saw on thursday's hearing, with the committee showing this never before seen video and audio of security agents trying to get vice president pence out of the capitol to safety. telling their family members goodbye bit because they were inception feel of their lives. we saw a leadership calling for backup, more law enforcement, while hiding while the capital was being attacked. more witnesses are coming forward for future hearings. possibly some more sobering moments for members of that gallery to relive. >> what about steve bannon, the trump advisor guilty of defying a congressional subpoena? i'm curious how the january six

committee is responding to yesterday's verdict? >> yeah, well this was seen, as the committee said yesterday, in a statement, a real victory. an accomplishment, and prove that no one, as they say, is above the law. not even steve bannon who was executing these claims of executive privilege. he had conversations with the former president to try to skirt these subpoena for documents and testimony. despite all of this he saying hill still appeal. the committee is saying they really seeing this as an accomplishment because they've been forced to work around the forcefulness of these former trump, and current trump allies. who have been willing to face these criminal charges do not comply with the committee. we now know that bannon will be sentenced in late october. he faces, alex, a minimum of 30 days, and a maximum of two years behind but bars because of this. >> okay, allie raffa, thank you so much at the capitol for us. joining us right now is joyce

vance, former u.s. attorney, always good to see you. let's get into this. for those 100 and 787 minutes, the committee showed that he failed to call off the rioters, not white house staff, not from members of congress, not from those inside the capitol that were calling him, begging for help, not the fox news allies, not even his kids. the committee frame this as a moral failure and a dereliction of duty. that's choosing not to act equate to a crime? and how could this evidence be used when contemplating any charges? >> so i think your question sets this up perfectly, alex. because this is really excellent evidence. it may not be a crime in and of itself, but what it shows, this period of 187 minutes of delay, was that the president was not opposed to the violence. he supported the violence. he wanted to see it run its course. if merrick garland, down the

road, contemplates charges like seditious conspiracy that include, as an element, the use of force, this could become very powerful circumstantial evidence of trump's intent. >> so we all -- we also learned that donald trump chose not to call on the mob to leave the capital for 187 minutes. he did choose to make phone calls, though, to rudy giuliani and some senators asking them to further delay the presidential vote count. does that show that the former president was in full control of his faculties, understood what was happening at the capitol? >> you know, this entire body of evidence, i don't know if we can cancel it -- isolate just one moment in time, but the tout totality of what went on that day demonstrates that trump was deliberate. even his inaction was a choice that he made. of course these phone calls, that he mix to senators and presumably his congress for stations with giuliani as well,

demonstrate that he did have a focus and a purpose. he was still intent on blocking the certification of the election. even after it became clear that the violence was going to fail. >> he even stops about having won the election, we just saw the clip of folks cheering him on when he was doing so at a rally. it's incomprehensible, frankly. but those close to -- those calls to the -- two giuliani and the republican senators, they didn't appear in the white house call logs. the the call logs were blank during the day, there are no official voters -- photos from inside the white house. except for the one we're about to show you. nothing was noted in the presidential diary. what kind of suspicions does that raise? can that in itself the evidence? >> so these are all presidential records that are required to be kept by law. it's possible that they're illegal violation involved with those records if they were perhaps destroyed, if that was

ever to obstruct any investigation, that could become part of a crime, or elements of a conspiracy. but when you look at all altogether, it's a very deliberate effort or a very deliberate outcome of obscuring from the public view the former presidents activities, and its presence on that day. you know, by contrast, we think about those pictures that we have of george bush on 9/11. some of which were used to exposed him to ridicule, but they're very powerful historical record of that day of how a president reacted in a moment of crisis. we don't have any of that from 9/11 -- if you're looking for a pattern here, alex, we have those allegations that the missing secret service text messages, missing communications, by the agency in charge of guarding the president the rounds out that picture of a day with an absence of records. >> what to do about those missing secret service texts? also, how is it interpreted

when one was sent to the committee? so we have this one, but nothing else? >> it seems most likely that that one was preserved because it was sent to someone who is on a different messaging service, someone who wasn't a secret service agent. one thing about text messages is, if i'm texting with, let's just use the example, of another federal prosecutor, that might be between us. but the minute i'm texting with someone with another agency or branch of government, that exponentially increases the chances that someplace along the line that text message will be preserved. so when we make of all of these missing text? the secret service has an internal policy that discourages the use of text messages. they're not secure. particularly when you're running a protective detail. you don't necessarily want to have that exposurebut it seems e middle of the crazy of the day

that people would have resorted to texting, whether on government phones, on personal phones, perhaps even using encrypted messaging services, like signal. so it seems incumbent to me upon the agency to put together the agents, and to question them about messaging they engaged in that day, whether or not it's gonna be preserved, and find out why not, if it's been destroyed. >> a lot of the reason this has become a focus is, and still remember, cassidy hutchinson, who is the aide to former white house chief of staff mark meadows. testified that tony ornato told her how on january 6th, trump tried to grab the wheel of the vehicle of the secret service agents, and they refused to take him to the capitol. the committee has now confirmed that agents with firsthand knowledge of that exchange have retained private attorneys. take a look at listen to this congresswoman -- >> senator asked if they would be coming? they might come in.

they recently retain private counsel, which is unusual, but we have the right to do that. so we'll see. >> he said officers who have retaining counsel are the -- and the driver? >> so robert engel, who she referred to their, it was trump's former secret service league agent. doesn't seem unusual that three have lawyered up before speaking to the committee? >> it's not clear which means there. if they have gone out and hired on their own with their own funds private lawyers, that would be unusual. it would not be unusual since the criminal probe has been announced for them to be available them of agency council are using some of the lawyers who are on retainer for the agents -- particular now that a russian criminal probe has been announced, that would be unacceptable thing for former agent to do. a lot of questions around this.

lots of information yet to be uncovered, alex. okay. beyond acceptable to have you on the broadcast. thank you so much for your time. where are they really thinking? we now know staffers felt about donald trump's tweet on january six. we will talk more about that with hugo lowell, congressional reporter for the guardian. and what we might learn at more hearings in september. but now to the brutal and dangerous heat scorching much of this country. with 80 million american under warnings and advisories, some new record high temperatures are expected in several cities today. for many areas, it's only gonna get worse. we will bring in nbc meteorologist michelle grossman to ask, is there any relief in sight? >> i wish i could say there was. we have been tracking a heat wave for the past month and two weeks. it goes on. it's intense. it's dangerous. and it's potentially deadly.

we will continue to track. at the central and southern plains, the heat waves will go on. let's take a look at the alerts in place, they are far ranging, from the southwest into the central and southern plains, parts of the northeast as well. 80 million americans are impacted by heat advisories, that is the dark pink, than the lighter pink is excessive-y warnings. -- still hot for so many. the cold front that sinking down from canada will bring some relief, but most of us will be sweltering today. also tomorrow. it looks like the peak of the heat in the northeast will be tomorrow. temperatures are in the triple digits. in kansas city, oklahoma city, factor in the humidity, it feels like 105 in dallas, evades like 107 in memphis, it feels like 10 100 degrees in d.c.. that will be the story today and tomorrow. temperatures white spread in the triple digits once again.

-- we're feeling like 108 in st. louis, feels like 109 in little rock, ill will feel like 107 in philadelphia. then we get some relief. we're back to the 70s and 80s and chicago, that's gonna feel good. 82 on monday in pittsburgh. but we are still warm in wichita, dallas, little rock temperatures into the triple digits. -- we're gonna see storms this afternoon, some could be severe. we're watching for the chance of a few tornadoes as well. >> i guess we'll have to take. it we can't do much about. thank you so much. soaring inflation, rising interest rates, what to expect from the economy in the coming weeks as whether the and whether the past is prologue. >> the new york stock market yesterday had its biggest gain in history in the dow jones rose 35 points. but today, investors apparently contemplated and look cold light of dawn that the

stratospheric new interest rates could throw the economy into a recession. so today the market fell, and the dow lost over ten points. , an the dow lost over ten points

now to the economy. big news in the next week, the federal reserve expected to raise interest rates again, hoping to tame the highest inflation the u.s. has seen for decades without throwing the labor market into turmoil. the recent rise in prices and interest rates hikes have been compared to those in the 1970s. here's a clip from 1979. >> the administration has decided to fight inflation with record high interest rates. president carter was in california talking about this today. >> interest rates are too high. inflation is too high. we have tried to build into the system protection for

construction workers, and especially housing construction. >> before he left to return to washington, mr. carter's over the last of the country was headed for a deep recession. >> i don't believe so. i think the degree of recession has been less than we had anticipated earlier this year. >> why did the markets do with they have done the last few? days >> i don't know anything about the markets. >> chief economist for moody's -- welcome to you. let's start with good. use gas prices are going down. the national average is below four and a half dollars a gallon. that's after it had been about $5 a gallon a month ago. with energy accounting for a significant portion of inflation, could this indicate the next inflation number is going to be better? >> yes. it will be better. that's a pretty big change in a short period of time. as you know, alex most of the surge in inflation over the

past year has been related to energy, gasoline, home heating and that kind of thing. if the oil and gasoline prices are headed lower, that's gonna take pressure off the overall inflation. that's really good news. -- if you go from $5 a gallon, which was the peak in june, to $4.50 and we stay there, that will say the typical household about $25 a month. so not inconsequential. given what oil prices are today, we'll see even further decline in gas prices over the next few weeks. >> speaking of falling after tua falling to a five decade low in march, first time unemployment claims have increased about 250,000 a week, that's a certain percentage, about 50% or so. what's happening in the job market? >> well, it's slowing, but it's by design. the federal reserve is raging

interest rates to slow growth, so the economy doesn't blow past full employment and exacerbate -- is slowing the economy down. it's gonna be clear in the job market. layoffs, that's what's in unemployment claims measure, we're at record lows earlier this year. the lowest of ever get. this is getting back to something more typical, more normal. if it starts rising above 250, 000, it gets to two 75 or 300, that would be a matter of concern. that would be on the leading edge of a recession. but at 2:50, that would be consistent. that's where we stay, that's where we would stay. -- >> fears of a recession can be self fulfilling right? if consumers and businesses pulled back because they're nervous about the financial futures, that could trigger a downturn. america's are continuing to be

spent heavily but that could quickly change -- >> the recession is a loss of faith? right consumers lose faith that we're gonna hold on to our jobs. people lose faith that they will be able to sell whatever it is they produce. -- we are on edge and recession risks are high. but if we see continued job growth, i think consumers will hang tough. another thing to consider alex is that fortunately, many american households were able to save a lot of extra money during the pandemic. high income households because there are sheltering in place, didn't spend as much. lower income households, because of government support, wasn't spending as much. that gives us a bit of a cushion here. -- >> let's talk the housing

market. there's been a lot of talk about more just applications haven't fallen to a 20-year low. we also have sales of previous occupied's homes, have fallen five straight months now. -- with the expected rise in interest rates, are you expecting a soft landing in the housing market? or worried at all that could be a crash? >> not a crash, but a struggle. back to what the feds are doing, the feds are trying to slow the economy by raising interest rates. the most sensitive interest rates are part of her cami our houses. -- mortgage's have doubled over the past year because of the fed's actions. that raises the cost of buying a home, is just not affordable. we see this big decline in home sales and housing activity. so far, that's kind of what we would expect, but it's not a crash. a crash would be something that

we experience back in the financial cure about a decade ago -- that is not anything we're gonna see here. >> okay, come see me again, appreciate it. right now you've heard of secret service agents calling their loved ones on january 6th, fearful about even surviving that day. there's another detail that might have gotten lost an might make the situation much, much worse. ituation much, muc when you have technology that's easier to control... that can scale across all your clouds... we got that right? [whistling] worse. (woman) oh. oh! hi there.

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top stories for you. crews are battling a fast-moving wildfire in california, not too far from yosemite national park. last night firefighters said the flames burned more than 4000 acres and multiple people had to leave their homes. the oak fire is threatening more than 1000 homes and buildings. stunning video capturing the moment where a small plane crashed in the ocean right there off the coast of huntington beach and southern california. luckily for the pilot it all happened as hundreds of life

guards were having a competition on the beach. look at them go there. several them rushing in to save the pilot who is the only person on board and fortunately not seriously hurt. >> and two children have been diagnosed with monkeypox. one of them is a toddler in california. the other infant who is not a u.s. resident. doctors are not sure how they contracted the disease. the number of monkeypox cases now stands at almost 3000. from there now to breaking news from ukraine, where president zelenskyy met with the u.s. congressional delegation in kyiv. sandusky says he raised the importance of continued u.s. military support to the chair of the armed services committee, adam smith, and was joined by democratic representatives -- analysts melissa slotkin, as well as republican congressman -- joining us now from kyiv -- this delegation comes just after strikes in odessa,

raising questions whether moscow will abide by the crucial green export agreement. the whole world's looking at that. what are you hearing? >> that's right, alex, it's really quite extraordinary. yes the russian signed an agreement to allow about 20 million tons of grain trapped in silos in ukraine to be the black sea port. before the ink had dried, they launched four missiles into the biggest port. two of them hit their targets. it's caucus >> -- cast a lot of doubt on the sincerity of the russians. it's also injected some uncertainty amongst the commercial ships that are due to ferry the green back and forth. alex, to be quite frank, the russians have a very bad track record and saying the opposite, and -- doing one thing and saying the opposite.

we've seen this in the grain as well. it's very disconcerting for the ukrainians that they've done this. i had an opportunity to speak with a member of ukraine's parliament. he said the russians simply cannot be trusted. he said on the one hand, they signed an agreement, and they specifically said in the agreements that they wouldn't target, on the other hand they sent missiles into those parts. let's take a listen to what he had to say. >> how could we have any confidence with russia in this way? how can we believe any ingredients with them. how can they be at the minimum trusted? they do not respect any agreements. it's hard for me to predict anything will be in the next days. ukraine, even after russia has committed genocide against our people, in an order of humanitarian reasons, to save people from starving --

millions of them, we agreed to the deal. we do you mind the corridors by which the ship can't commit to odessa and take the grain. as an answer to all of this, this missile attack against odessa port, just hours after the deal was signed. >> and alex, last year ukrainian grain fed about 400 million of the world's most vulnerable people. so it's really crucial that this gets out in a timely fashion and reaches the developing world who are so dependent on ukrainian grain. >> yeah, but i should say this underscores exactly why peace talks have been utterly futile at this point. how can you go to negotiating table with someone you don't trust to follow through on the word or signature? thank you so much ali for that. let's go to the january six hearings and the committee painting a clear picture of what donald trump did and did not do well his supporters stormed the nation's capital. on thursday the committee

showed how members of the white house reacted to trump's handling of the capitol riot, including that infamous and inflammatory tweet where he called mike pence a coward. >> my reaction to it is that it was a terrible tweet. i disagreed with the sentiment. >> i remember feeling frustrated, disappointed. it felt personal. >> it was essentially him giving the greenlight to these people. >> so the tweet looked to me like the opposite of what we needed in that moment was a de-escalation. so that was the moment that i decided that i was going to resign, that would be my last day at the white house. >> well joining me right now is hugo lowell, congressional reporter for the guardian. let's start with the takeaways from hers thursday's hearings. did anything surprise you? >> i thought it was really clever have the select committee went with wet was doing as opposed to what he

wasn't doing. they built this case that trump did steps towards obstruction of a proceeding, which was that student -- statute -- did trump commit a crime? we see the evidence becoming very clear. he was calling julianna, he was calling senators when he knew the attack was underway, trying to -- when he issued the tweet, it was only after the capitol attack had largely failed. we saw that all the steps that you took were to obstruct the proceedings. >> i think you're right, they're really change the narrative from trump to say that trump did not act, to say that trump chose not to act. there's a big difference of the interpretation of that. let me ask you about the committee that provided the new look at the moment the attack escalated. this is, this time, from the perspective of the secret service detail to mike pence. take a listen to whet a security official had to say

about the mindset of some of those agents during the attack. >> members of the vp detail at this time we are certainly tool [inaudible] there was a lot of yelling. a lot of very personal calls over the radio, so it was disturbing to acho, i don't like talking about it but, but there were calls to say goodbye to family members. >> extraordinary, the committee said the white house security had access to these radio calls in realtime as they were happening. has significant is that detail, hugo? >> i think it's really significant, i mean, we already knew that trump was watching tv and that he could see the capitol attack unfolding. but we also know that the trump white house had inside information as to what was going inside the capitol. it wasn't that he only had the fox news cameras that he was

watching in the private dining room. the trump white house, and the national security council had the chat logs of what was going on in realtime. they knew when the vice president was evacuated, they knew in the capital was being breached, and through those secret service radio chatter, they knew that the detail fought and was in serious danger. when you put all these things together, the fact that he chose not to act, which is, as we're now looking at, it it makes it even more of a door election of duty, and more of an obstruction of official proceedings. >> let's take a listen together to trump supporters on the ground, lots of bleeps, here. and if there's one that slips through, we apologize in advance. it's finding out that pence was going to certify the election against trump's wishes. >> cnn just said that they evacuated all members of congress into safety room. there is no safe place in the united states for any of these

bleep right now. trump just tweeted please support our capitol police. they are on our side. do not harm them. >> be safe, be safe, god bless them, godspeed, and keep going. >> wish we all heard plainly what's happened and what's was at the hearing, but how damning is this for donald trump? >> we always knew that when trump -- trump sent that tweet condemning 20 -- pence it really riled up the crowd. we can see a concerted effort from the rioters to push into the building, to try to break into the tunnel. trump's actions, trump's tweets really had a very significant impact on the rioters that day. you can see it because we have all the parlor videos, of the documentary crews that were following these guys around. it just adds further evidence. we've been talking about what trump was doing. his tweets have such impact.

i think it really adds more evidence to the fact that he was pushing this forward. >> here's something interesting, which is what the hearing focused on, which was trump's mentality on the day after the attack. trump's staff wanted him to address the nation with the speech that they wrote for him. but he refused. >> with this election -- it's now over, congress has certified the results. i want to say it's over, i just want to say congress has certified the result, without saying the election was over, okay? >> now congress is over -- >> i didn't say over. go to the paragraph before. >> so there you heard ivanka in the background coaching her father and what to say. what does this reveal of the state of the white house after the attack? >> i think it basically shows

that trump was unrepentant. this is three days after the attack -- capitol attack. it was january 9th. he refused to acknowledge that a capitol attack had taken place. he refused to acknowledge that police officers lost their lives. he was only trying to further his own base and pretend to them -- he didn't want to mention that the election was over. he was trying to communicate to them tacitly that i didn't lose the election. he didn't want to do. that at the same time not taking responsibility for the capitol attack. everyone knew from the senate minority reader mitch mcconnell, house republican leader kevin mccarthy who both saying, and both telling people in trump's orbit that trump had to apologize. trump had to take responsibility in some way. and he just refused to do so. >> yeah, what's on tap for september for these hearings? >> that's a good question. i think when i speak to committee members, the way they've been describing it to me is, look, these hearings, these last few months have really been about introducing this material for the first time in a coated -- coaching manner to the american

public. now that the public knows what's going on, we can now get into the details, and the evidence. they expect to do an interim report in september, and hold a series of hearings. we could look out for more links from the capitol attack and donald trump, and those rioters. okay >> hugo logo, always good to talk to you. if you couldn't watch thursday's hearing we can re-air them for you at seven eastern on msnbc. the heat is about to get worse, just how about will look at, after several sweltering days? >> phoenix at 114. dallas at 101. philadelphia reaching 96, but feeling like 106 this weekend with humidity. s weeken s weeken withred by progressive, so it was a happy ending... for almost everyone.

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degrees, but stand on that stand too long, and you will feel even warmer than that. you have to run into the water to get some relief. temperatures are reaching into the triple digits in several parts of the country today, the heat returning deadly, with heat related deaths and allentown, pennsylvania, and louisiana. -- joining us from dallas texas, one of the places feeling the brutal brunt. >> alex, it feels like 102 here right now, but that didn't stop people, 2000 people from running a five k here today, the minimum mile is five k. if you can just imagine, the temperature of that payment even higher. luckily there were no inch elise. they took extra precautions. lots of hydration stations. people prepared. in dallas county, temperatures peaked at 109 this week, dallas

county had its first heat related death, a 66-year-old woman, showing just how dangerous this heat can be. that's pushing more -- the agency that creates those regulations, it could take up to seven years or even longer to put in place, so right now a lot of agencies, organizations, are taking things into their own hands and implementing some precautions to make it safer. we spoke with tony hartselle, who's with the texas department of transportation. here's what they're doing. >> we are used to working at 100 degrees. but when it continues for a few days, a few weeks, even a few months, that is when we start to pay attention. and look closely at our workers and our road waste. in this case, some of our workers are coming in earlier, we are going to 4:10 hour days

so they are not out in the heat every day. >> this area has seen 27 days in the triple digits. that is very uncommon. usually just seven for this time of year. entering the hardest part of the year now as well. it poses the threat through infrastructure as well. just to our southeastern crockett, texas, roads are melting, literally all falls al styles fault bleeding is what they're calling it. that's one starts of the part of the asphalt starts to melt under the sun. in dallas, they change the light rail schedule, going at half speed, because that heat could work the railways. -- in about 85% of americans this weekend will be seeing heat in 90s or above, so this is something we're gonna see very widespread. keep that water handy. stay inside during the hottest times of the day and kids behind me playing in the

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january six was a supreme violation of his oath of office and a complete dereliction of his duty to our nation. it is a stain on our history, it is a dishonor to all those who have sacrificed and died in service of our democracy. >> seven retired four star generals agree with that assessment. they co-wrote this guest editorial in the new york times. one of the authors joins me now. retired admiral steve abbott -- his naval career expands 34 years. his last assignment was deputy commander in chief of u.s. european command. let's get into the sir. were you surprised but what you heard from general -- about the actions of the president of the united states, the commander-in-chief? >> i would say that for us

frankly it was not a surprise, but it was terribly concerning. it was, frankly, a continuation of concerns that the seven of us have had since the election and its aftermath, especially since the events of july 6th. we believe that it was a pattern, which indicated that the relationship between the military and civilian authority in our country was under significant pressure. and we were concerned with the results of that might be ultimately. as the january six committee hearings began to reveal additional information, the seven of us felt like it was necessary for us to express an opinion about the potential for these events to in fact put the

country in jeopardy. >> and in fact your opinion has carried a lot of weight sir. general milley has also testified that vice president pence was the one who told acting defense secretary christopher miller to get the guard down there, put the situation down. how would you characterize that exchange based on chain of command? i would point as a second in command supersedes the top and command? >> it's an interesting point. one that is not fully understood. it is that the national command authority goes from the president directly to the secretary of defense and to what we call the combatant commanders of our military forces. it doesn't go through general milley either. vice president pence is not in that chain of command. he's expected to be involved in the discussion of events. it takes a member of that chain

of authority, from the president down to the secretary of defense, to indeed order our troops into action. >> so, let me ask you sir, what would've happened if the acting defense secretary have been a trump loyalist and had refused to follow, or issue order deploying the national guard? is there a moment when someone in the military would have been stepped in? what would that have meant for the country? >> so, one can debate those would if this and i believe it is difficult to provide a conclusive answer to it. i believe that individuals who served in fact are expected to be loyal to their oaths of office. the individual would be required to understand that it was his duty to recommend to the president, in fact action

be taken, if his recommendations were not in fact honored, then he would be duty bound to resign his position. >> retired admiral steve abbott, i'm glad you have not resigned. i appreciate your sage voice and all of. this thank you so much. that is gonna do it for me on this edition of alex witt reports. see you again tomorrow at noon eastern, when nsc coordinator john kirby joins me on the show. meanwhile yasmin vossoughian continues our coverage. meanwhile yasmin vossoughian

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