. >> i want to bring in elise jordan who served in the bush white house state department and is an msnbccal analyst. okay. that's one example. another that eugene robinson writes about today in "the washington post" is this: this is how in march he explained his doubts about evolution. at one time science said man came from apes. did it not? if that is true, why are there still apes? think about it. >> well, you know, we knew herschel walker was going to be entertaining on the campaign trail. i think the extent of it is really proving quite shocking just in how unfit and how little gravitas he has. >> here is somebody who complained about, talked about black fathers abandoning their children, and then we find out he has three children that he pretty much had never talked about and apparently never sees very often. how wore road are republicans about that seat? >> very worried. i've heard from veteran gop political operatives who are just like, whoa, this is not a good one. it's been reported that mcconnell is sweating this race. what could they really do? herschel walker was supported by

. >> jonathan lemire and elise jordan are still with us for the fourth hour of "morning joe." we're going to dive right into the new revelations exposed last night at the public hearing by the january 6th house select committee held in prime time. the panel carefully went through what former president donald trump did and did not do as violent rioters furiously stormed the capitol. committee members shared several damning new details, including trump's own children begging him to stop the insurrection. secret service officers protecting then vice president mike pence preparing to say goodbye to their families and used lethal options to clear a path to safety. and as the violent and deadly riot raged around trump, he sat cloistered in a private dining room in the white house next to the oval office, watching fox news. he did not call for help. instead, he called up republican senators in an effort to delay the electoral count. he continued with his attempts to steal an election he lost. the committee highlighted how former president trump did not try to calm down or stop his su

former aide to the bush white house and state department, elise jordan. and former white house director of communication to president obama, and director of communications for hillary clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, jennifer palmieri. let's start with you, michael. i need to explain something to me. how could it be that the republicans have, i would say, the best environment if you just look at leading economic indicators right now, as they have had since ronald reagan's massive victory 1980. and look at the senate races! they are behind in all the key states, behind in pennsylvania, behind in ohio. they are behind in georgia. in their candidates, talk about a leading indicator. republican candidates are getting wiped out when you look at the money that both sides are raising. what is happening out there? >> i think there are a couple of things that are coming into focus as we get ourselves, really, through the mid point in the primary season. we still, at this point, have a number of primaries left. and on the ballot you have a lot of candidates th

jonathan lemire and elise jordan are still with us for the hour.ry we've been covering all morning. the secret service text messages from around the time of the january 6th attack on the us capitol were deleted despite requests from congress and federal investigators that they be preserved. we'll have the latest on that in just a moment. also ahead, new details on the war in ukraine as the white house says it has intelligence indicang

jonathan lemire and elise jordan are still with us for the hour.have a lot to get to, including the big story we've been covering all morning. the secret service text messages from around the time of the january 6th attack on the us capitol were deleted despite requests from congress and federal investigators that they be preserved. we'll have the latest on that in just a moment. also ahead, new details on the war in ukraine as the white house says it has intelligence indicating russia is taking steps to annex parts of the country. the former president of ukraine about this latest news. >>> and cancelled, chronic delays, scores of lost luggage. can this summer's travel woes get any worst? one small airplane has a possible solution to all of this. >>> we start with the growing controversy over the secret service text messages and the january 6th attack on the capitol. a source tells nbc news the secret service has no new text messages related to the january 6th insurrection to hand over to the house select committee investigating the attack. that re

elise jordan and eddie glaude jr. is still with us.d willie have the day off. it's it refreshing to hear someone put country over party, hearing that from liz cheney? >> at least one or two people, you know, we've seen throughout the january 6th committee. there are a few republicans who are willing to face reality and the hard facts of what we all saw on television unfold in front of our eyes at the u.s. capitol on january 6th. and that's why your news story, jeremy, is interesting. how plenty of right-wing media figures just aren't bothering to adjust to that reality. that these are the facts of what happened. can you talk a little bit about how they're still able to deny what we all saw happen in broad daylight? >> right. what they saw happen in broad daylight. in many cases, what the most die-hard trump loyalists thought was horrifying, and said so at the time. it took all but a few days before they started to realize that wasn't a politically sustainable point of view to be holding and they had to rewrite the history. the rewritin

bush white house and state department, elise jordan. we have eddie glaude jr.

elise jordan and michael steele are still with us. conversation, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle. and white house bureau chief at "politico" and the host of "way too early," jonathan lemire. >> mike barnicle, let's bring you into this rolling conversation we have been having about the "wall street journal"'s lead editorial today. it's talking about donald trump and the midterms and brings up what michael steele brought up last hour, this is starting to possibly look like 2010, 2012, when republicans had a chance to do extremely well and they just kept nominating crack pots for the primaries. they appear to be doing it again. donald trump appears to be, as the "wall street journal" editorial page says, appears to be hurting republicans again. they ask their readers, they ask their conservative readers, they ask republicans, what do you make of the fact that joe biden has the lowest approval ratings in modern american history for a president? yet, he still loses to donald trump. >> yeah, you know, what jeffrey had to say about d

i'm jonathan lemire, elise jordan is still here. we're filling in for joe, mika and willie today.rks the day after the u.s. capitol riot. language that would have called for prosecution of the attackers. we'll show you the new testimony that the january 6 committee just released. this comes as two new trump administration officials testified before a federal grand jury. the highest ranking trump official so far known to have cooperated with the justice department. we'll tell you who they are and why it matters. plus we'll speak with democratic congressman eric swalwell who is suing former president trump. looking to hold him accountable for the capitol insurrection. and it is a big day ahead on wall street. as earning season gets underway, and one major retailers has already cut its forecast blaming inflation. cnbc's andrew ross sorkin will be here to break it down for us. >>> we begin with new developments surrounding the justice department's probe into the january 6 capitol attack. two top aides, the former vice president mike pence testified before a federal grand jury includin

elise jordan, former bush administration official. and jonathan lemire.xactly what cipollone could do last night. he couldn't, in that case, you had cipollone because of executive privilege, because he was the president's lawyer, he couldn't reveal direct communications, but he does everything but going, you know what happened. >> right, right. i mean, it was -- it was actually kind of clever, the way he did it. >> yeah. >> absolutely no doubt as to what he was saying. everybody in the white house wanted them to disperse except the president. and that's -- you know, last night's hearing was stunning because as bad as you think donald trump's behavior was, criminality was on january 6th, it was worse. it was actually worse. and i think maybe we should stop accusing him of inaction because he did act. it wasn't inaction. it was malfeasance. it was criminal activity. what he did was encourage the rioters. what he did was spent his time on the phone, not to the pentagon or the department of homeland security or anybody who could help stop the riot, but on the