congresswoman stefanik of new york. thank you very much for being in "focus." >> thank you. >> harris: i can't let you go. i can't. there is something else that's coming up having to do with the u.s. supreme court. forgive me. we had a ruling come down today which affects your state and also what affects all of us is trying to protect the conservative supreme court justices like justice kavanaugh. the man accused of trying to kill justice kavanaugh pleaded not guilty at a court appearance yesterday. that was just one of the multiple instances of threats following the leaked u.s. supreme court draft opinion on roe v. wade. we're awaiting the actual decision. radical pro-abortion group jane's revenge claims responsibility for the attacks on pro-life groups and threats declaring open season on them allowing -- vowing a riot if the court overturns roe. let's watch. >> they've been distributing flyers declaring there are be rioting if roe is overturned. >> it has no place in our country under any circumstances and the presid

she was replaced by republican congresswoman elise stefanik of new york, who had a far less conservativevoting record but who was willing to be vocally supportive of donald trump, more importantly, the big lie and stolen election and a bunch of other far-right conspiracy theories. house speaker nancy pelosi then appointed cheney to the committee investigating the insurrection, where she was then elevated to vice chair. that was the final straw for her fellow republicans. cheney was ousted from the wyoming republican party. and along with republican adam kinzinger of illinois, the only other republican who sits on the committee, she was formally censured by the rnc for, quote, participating in a democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse. i will refrain from playing the b roll of white legitimate discourse looks like. kinzinger has announced he's not running for reelection. now cheney is facing a primary challenger who was endorsed by donald trump who of course as a personal vendetta against every republican who supported his impeachment. and i

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stefanik: good morning. i'm honored to be here today with my fellow house republican colleagues.oday's historic supreme court decision is a victory for the sanctity of life. it will save countless of children. house republicans are incredibly grateful for the pro-life movements tireless efforts for decades giving the voice to the voiceless and protect our most vulnerable unborn babies. as a new mom, i kn ms. stefanik: good morning. i'm honored to be here today with my fellow house republican colleagues. today's historic supreme court decision is a victory for the sanctity of life. it will save countless of children. house republicans are incredibly grateful for the prolife movements tireless efforts for decades giving the voice to the voiceless and protect our most vulnerable unborn babies. as a new mom, i know there is nothing more extraordinary than the miracle of life. hearing sam's heartbeat for the first time going to cry was the greatest blessing and gift for our family. and i stand unified with my republican colleagues in protecting and promoting the right to life. i'm pro

stefanik: thank you to the whip. nancy pelosi's sham committee is illegitimate and its sole purpose is to punish democrats' political opponents. it will not prevent another january 6 from happening. it is not about finding out why nancy pelosi left the capitol so ill-prepared on that day. and it does absolutely nothing to address the numerous crises americans are suffering from every single day because of joe biden, nancy pelosi's far-left agenda. the truth is house democrats have no agenda for americans and no real solutions to the problems that we face on a daily basis. and they are desperately, shamelessly trying to change the narrative. but the american people are smart. they see this for exactly what it is, a desperate partisan distraction, a circus to focus on -- to move the focus away from the issues that actually impact people's lives. house republicans, we will continue to focus on the issues that matter to the american people and how to solve the numerous crises that joe biden and house democrats' agenda ha

elise stefanik, putting out her statements about how this is a democrat-led witch hunt.likely that this kind of thing could succeed in america now as these hearings are set to begin? and as someone who serves in that building than, say, on january 7th in the immediate aftermath? >> i don't think you are ever going to see another physical coup. you are not going to see a bunch of fat dudes able to just storm the house of representatives. there is always gonna be better security, they are always going to be better prepared. i think there is going to be, potentially, if they are ever try to do that again, there's also going to be pushback from opposition. this is something that people don't understand. there is always a push and pull things. the danger isn't that the fat to do then maga has invaded the capital. it's the brook brothers women and men in suits that are going to the capitals -- the state capitals of the country -- and changing our voting laws. or changing who actually gets to choose who the electors are. or it's the republican lawyers that are making decisions

but stefanik supports trump's elections lies and stefanik defeated cheney for the leadership positionse republican leadership i would have to be willing to perpetuate the big lie, and i simply wasn't comfortable with that. >> how many of your republican colleagues that perpetuate the big lie either with their comments or votes, how many of them do you think actually believe it? >> very few. very few. too many people are putting their own political future and their political fortunes ahead of doing their duty. and so i think that, you know, in some instances there is fear, physical fear about what trump would do or the threats that might come. but in other cases i think it's -- it's a political calculation, which is pretty craven if you think about it. >> what is the danger do you think of elected officials who might know better aqueousing to these demands, to the big lie. >> once you do it on this issue why wouldn't you do it on any other issue? this is not about right and left at all. it's about right and wrong. >> institutions don't hold themselves. in the moments of truth you need

new york congresswoman stefanik is leading the counter programming effort.s in "focus" next. home, and need cash, , ownr call newday usa. i'm tatiana, here to say you can get an average of $60,000 with the newday 100 cash out loan. that's at least 25% more cash than you get at a bank. it lowers your payments by an average of $600 a month, too. with today's soaring home values, the time to turn your equity into cash is right now. >> harris: the january 6 committee kicks off with a prime time hearing tomorrow night. committee members are promising a big reveal of new information. they are going for the drama and even hired a former tv news executive to produce it. the political theater with a lot of critics and the "new york post" op-ed for one. nancy pelosi and the dems january 6 dog and baloney show. another democrat blockbuster doomed to fail. mike emanuel with the news live on capitol hill. >> good morning. a january 6 committee member just told reporters here on capitol hill after months of investigation interviewing more than 1,000 people, reviewing 140,

it was interesting that elise stefanik came out as the person who is going to defend former presidents week as the hearings start, which are a culmination of an almost year's long investigation into the deadly attack, which is going to represent the most comprehensive record that we've seen to date of, you know, the actual event of january 6th in the broader scheme of all of the efforts and schemes that were undertaken by the former president and his allies to overturn the results of the election. you heard liz cheney tell bob costa she thought it was potentially a criminal conspiracy. think that legal argument is going to be the underpinnings of the hearings we hear throughout june. that the president conspired to defraud the american people. but that argument needs to be made in the context of, again, a broader coup that was arranged with various figures like john eastman, trump's attorney, rudy giuliani, another attorney for the former president, mark meadows, and several key players who assisted the former president in his quest to overturn his defeat. >> you know, jonathan lemire

conference chair and judge making a toddler cry at the talent show, elise stefanik.a series of facebook ads late last year, stefanik's campaign claimed that radical democrats' plan to grant amnesty to 11 million illegal immigrants will overthrow our current electorate and create a permanent liberal majority in washington. ooh, and you know what those liberals will do with their powerful majority? beg joe manchin for paid family leave, and then when he doesn't vote for it, say, oh, okay then is there something else we could do for you? what if we fed coal directly to dolphins? so, that's terrible. but here's something i don't get to say a lot: there's good news from eastern europe. 'cuz over the weekend, ukraine won the eurovision song contest. ( cheers and applause ) yeah. "slava ukraine," which of course, means, "suck it, putin," because russia was banned from eurovision. big bummer for russia's top rapper megan the potato. ( laughter ) the winning entry was a song from the ukrainian band, kalush orchestra. let's see the winners in action. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ( cheers

stefanik and mr. banks are right. this was a partisan production put on by the former head of abc news. i don't think we learned anything new. for goodness sake, they had a democrat staffer giving a timeline on video. if a republican staffer were in a committee and put them on video and let them talk for a sustained period of time, can you imagine what the press would say? so i think the country sees it for what it is, a partisan political committee that the american people are focused on a lot of other issues. >> harris: i can't imagine what they would say if it were republicans doing that. they would call it collusion. they would say it was a hand in glove situation. >> yeah. or the fact that there is no cross examination. there is never a committee that meets on capitol hill where there is not an opportunity for cross examination. the majority party get more witnesses but the minority party gets to cross-examine the witnesses or bring in a witness except in this committee. this is worse than what adam schiff did wi

stefanik: good morning. i'm honored to be here today with my fellow house republican colleagues. today's historic supreme court decision is a victory for the sanctity of life. it will save countless of children. house republicans are incredibly grateful for the pro-life movements tireless efforts for decades giving the voice to the voiceless and protect our most vulnerable unborn babies. as a new mom, i know there is nothing more extraordinary than the miracle of life. hearing sam's heartbeat for the first time -- going to cry -- was the greatest blessing and gift for our family. and i stand unified with my republican colleagues in protecting and promoting the right to life. i'm proud to introduce a pro-life leader and our ranking member of energy and commerce, cathy mcmorris rodgers. mrs. rodgers: first of all, i thank god for this day. thank god that his mercy is new each day and he's the giver of life. and i ask for the next 50 years and beyond in our country how are we going to define the greatest human rights issue of our generation. the supreme court decision marks a chance

kevin mccarthy led the 40-minute news con >> steve scalise, elise stefanik and jim banks.

kevin mccarthy led the 40-minute news conference which includes representative steve scalise, elise stefanik, and jim banks.

republican congresswoman elise stefanik, who replace cheney's republican leadership after 20 dared tohe insurrection, she has called the hearings a sham. it has called the illegitimate january six committee of the greatest destruction on earth. if you tuned into newsmax, which actually did place some of the hearing on the screen. as to why there was no primetime hearing on president biden and inflation! anything but the insurrection itself. if you are watching the one america news network during the hearing, instead of seeing the hearing, you would see this guy. scott perry. the republican congressman who refused to testify in his role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election results. he called it all the circus. look, the massive right-wing ecosystem rejected the whole thing. we get it. a separate reality was manufactured in a ten month long investigation with thousands of documents, witnesses and videos backing it all up. that was effectively ignored. this nation is facing a profound democratic crisis. and if one we are not even on the same page, what happens is there, we can't g

elise stefanik says they have their response ready to go. >> we will be setting the record straight andring the facts and also really pointing out how unprecedented and unconstitutional and illegitimate this committee is. >> there's a lot of misstatements in there, mark, but they have booked a lot of media appearances. given how entrenched both sides are in their positions on the january 6th attack, what are the chances these hearings do much to move the needle during the midterm? what are you hearing on both sides? >> yeah, chris, if the needle is going to be moved, it's going to be with the middle of the electorate. it was interesting in our polling, we ended up having 41% of political independents saying that donald trump was mainly or solely responsible for what occurred on january 6th. and so for democrats to be able to make this a majority winning issue for them, they need to make sure that they have a majority of political independents on their side. and i'm pretty convinced, chris, that given all the issues we're talking about, whether it's inflation, gas prices, gun violence in

we're going to a talk about it with elise stefanik, she's coming up.sheet cards that joe biden is walking around with, biden given directions on how to he behave in a meeting with wind power executives yesterday. look at the photo, the camera, zeroed in on a camera shot, the photo shows a cheat sheet for the president, it is telling him you step down and take your seat, you give a brief comment and a then you will ask the president of the afl-cio a question. what is this? what's with this cheat sheet? >> the reason why it's all capped with the you s, remember, when they give him cheat sheets, he tends to read them. they switched it to going to all caps and cold so he doesn't read the you part. a lot of people bagged on donald trump. a lot of times he had notes in his hands. donald trump did his own twitter account. he answered every question. they attacked him for it. now we have a president literally who has 80 people doing his twitter account. he can't do a meeting without it saying number one, breathe. when you're on the bike, pedal. it's really pre

. >> sean: elise stefanik is with us. congressman, let me start with you. jim jordan originally were slated to be on this committee. how come they took you off this committee? >> first of all, sean, what you heard tonight on this committee hearing, the entire point behind this process is to prosecute donald trump for crimes that he did not commit. we all know this is a sham committee process. they want to put donald trump in jail. if they don't get that, they settled to keep his name off the ballot. if i was the ranking member and in that room tonight we would have been asking questions about the bombshell reporting of john solomon -- who by the way has done more to investigate januart committee has come of the breakdown of security, how intelligence was gathered, disseminated. why capitol police officers like the head of the capitol police union told me that the rank and file capitol police officers didn't receive the intelligence that something was going to happen that day and now we know thanks to john solomon and you that chuck schumer's office got that

led by elise stefanik and claudia tenney to put this front and center.ice thomas said you are right. justice breyer in dissent said there has been 275 mass shootings since january and the data showing the gun violence surpassing car crashes as leading cause. he goes on and on about that. in retort, essentially justifiable alito basically says what does that have to do with this? he says does think laws lick new york prevent or deter these atrocities? will a person bent on carrying out mass shooting be stopped if he knows it is illegal to carry a handgun outside the home? and how does the dissent account for the fact that one of the malice shootings took place in buffalo, new york three weeks ago with these restrictive gun policies in place? so that's the debate that we have been having that has happened at the highest court in the land. this is going to be quite interesting. because, in it is a two-page missive from justice brett kavanaugh. list the places that you don't want to see carrying a gun. maybe you want courthouses dollars. maybe you want hospi

the question for someone like elise stefanik, which person is she?rson who you knew way back when, or is she a nativist? does she believe these things? >> she's just a scriber. it's as simple as that. i do think her core beliefs were the moderate, you know, center right beliefs that she espoused back then, but i think when you go back and look at her career, which i did. i interviewed all her friends, what you find is this is just somebody who was just addicted to being on the path to the top. >> yeah. >> and so when she had to change paths to do it, she did, and it didn't matter if she dropped all the people that helped her get there. her original team that was all around her on that first campaign where she was going to be a new face, a new welcoming compassionate face for the party, none of them are with her anymore. and some of them had very hard falling out because, you know, she just, you know, was not going to let anything stop her. and i think that she's going to be on the short list -- if it's trump especially, i think she's going to be on t

take a listen to new york congresswoman elise stefanik who said the entire thing is a sham. >> what makesent from democrats is republicans have consistently condemned violence whereas democrats did not condemn violence threat all of 2020 the desis he creation of our federal burns the burning to the ground of our cities across america. republicans did condemn that just like we condemned the violence on january 6th. >> ashley: banks in were not let in that room. the two republicans who were in there are by the party. what do you think of that. >> this whole thing was such show. and truly from the moment it started, the very minute i started getting alerts on my phone basically from every app. that i had to tune in to this, scrolling through the covering, attack on democracy was how cnn labeled this. and it is insulting to the intelligence of the american people to think that we believe a very clearly partisan, yes, we have two republicans in name only on the board here on this council. but to think that we believe a partisan group of people whose hatred for donald trump is so thick, it is p

trump media and technology group devin nunes is here on the january 6th hearings and also elise stefanik to talk about it as well. we will get into twitter with elon musk with devin nunes and inflation story with the may consumer price index this morning at 8:30 a.m. eastern. don't miss a moment of it. you're watching mornings with maria live on fox business. ♪ ♪ ♪ since i left for college, my dad has gotten back into some of his old hobbies. and now he's taking trulicity, and it looks like he's gotten into some new healthier habits, too. what changes are you making for your type 2 diabetes? maybe it's time to try trulicity. it's proven to help lower a1c. it can help you lose up to 10 pounds. and it's only taken once a week, so it can fit into your busy life. trulicity is for type 2 diabetes. it isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. it's not approved for use in children. don't take trulicity if you're allergic to it, you or your family have medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2. stop trulicity and call your doctor right away if you have an allerg

the targeted republican response will be overseen by kevin mccarthy and resources say stefanik will coordinateests. great to see you, gentlemen. what do you think? are the live hearings holding significance or for show? >> i think there's a line in between. i don't think that the question that are they for show or hold significance is the question that should be asked. yes, many people still care about the fact that many republicans, many of the base republican voters tried to overthrow the government. we had an insurrection. that is a major issue but with inflation, with the fact that we have had these rash of mass shootings in the country, many americans have the attention pointed elsewhere. i'm intrigued to see how the hearings captivate the country. it still matters to many people but it matters how they captivate the attention. >> scott, a former congressman spoke about the relationship with your party. >> you were a republican congressman. >> uh-huh. >> do you still consider yourself a republican? >> i think the party left me sometime ago. i don't. i think that's something that i've had

its audience will respond, if it shows these hearings, the republican party, kevin mccarthy, elise stefanik, all of its leaders are afraid of getting on the wrong side of their voters. they're afraid of getting cross-wise with donald trump. and as much as, you know, there's been ink spilled and voices on various networks that have said trump's grip on the party is weakening, his endorsement doesn't matter as much as it used to, no, he has permeated the party to such an extent that it has completely, almost completely whitewashed the memory of one of the most horrific events to happen in modern times, and that, i think, speaks volumes, it speaks volumes that somewhere close to half the country is willing to just write this off, as you said, as some kind of tourist expedition through the capitol. or they're just willing to say, it doesn't matter in the scheme of things, and i'm just going to worry about something else. >> they said what happened isn't necessarily a thing of past. you've got participants in that movement running for offices, for school boards, working in polls, getting electio

will be all over the air waves in coming days, saying in the words of elise stefanik, they will set thees in the party have repeatedly called an illegitimate january 6th inquiry. and jim jordan claims that the hearings have a since ner aim, insisten that conservatives are here to blame for those indents. great to see you, what do you think the gop response look like today? >> probably similar to what we have seen over the last year and a half, a lot of whitewashing, saying it's a witch-hunt to try to get to president trump. we have tried to -- continues for as long as these hearings go on. >> there is a sense that public opinion is kind of, like, with them, or at least people don't care. i mean, there is a bar for the democrats inch i 3/4 they are going to try to take advantage of the opening. when we look at all the things affecting everyday lives, we're talking about gas prices, food, prices going up, shortage of infant formula. all these things american people are focused on, so when you talk about saving democracy, that's a harder sell, misthat these democrats and republicans on thi

in addition to mccarthy, we expect at least stefanik to be a key player. she oversees messaging for the gop conference and one of the loudest in the impeachment proceedings and expected to be intimately involved how to push back in realtime. what trump wants. daehlie counterprogramming in realtime. the other is, expected to be involved, jim banks, jim jordan. both supposed to be on the january 6th committee before kevin mccarthy decided he wouldn't let anybody from his party be on the panel. now we're here. all waiting to see what this push looks like. trump actually supposed to meet with some of these folks next week and we may know more after that. clear the counterprogram aimed audience of one. that's donald trump. >> right. not only coming from lawmakers but conservative media also. see that as well. these hearings could feature, likely to feature, witnesses with close ties to former vice president mike pence. that obviously could shed a lot of light. starting to hear some of these stories coming out that the secret service was told that pence could be

of republican votes in the house, not including the top three republicans in the house, mccarthy, stefanikut it will still pass because it only needs a simple majority and it will go to president biden's desk for signature and he has already endorsed this legislation, so we expect that to happen as soon as possible. so really huge news. >> big day there on capitol hill. daniella, thank you for covering it. >>> still ahead for you, russia tightening its grip on a key region in eastern ukraine as the european union signals interest in kyiv's request for membership. we'll take you live to kyiv. >>> and the political unrest turning deadly in ecuador, what it means as the daily demonstrations against the government there enter a 12th day. treat it that way. aveeno® daily moisture with prebiotic oat is proven to moisturize dry y skin all day. you'll love our formula for faface, too. aveeno®. i brought in ensure , with thirty grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks! (sighs wearily) here i'll take that! (excited yell) woo-hoo! ensure max protein. with thirty grams o

if you're kevin mccarthy or elisa stefanik, you want to talk about -- i'm sure they'll put on a goodely this will change any dynamics, particularly when the people sticking by donald trump probably won't even see a minute of it. >> is the american public so unchanged by decades, really of the watching courtroom dramas, law and order, and they expect evidence, people to be confessing on the witness stand. that's not what this is. this is really create ago record for history. it's up to the justice department to decide whether people are prosecuted. >> that's exactly right. it's a fact-finding commission, not a prosecution. i think the committee will stitch together a narrative of what happened, but sure, there's also a political motivation here, too. i think many of the members of this committee would like to find a way to convince a broader portion of the american public that the election was real, was credible, that trump played a role in helping to incite the violence that occurred on january 6th, and really hold people accountable for the actions that led to one of the searing mom

it's not even the roger stones of the world, it's formally norm core republicans, elise stefanik who used to be a moderate republican is out there leading the charge. she's taken charge of this idea, the facts that will be visually demonstrated and that we all saw on live tv. what do you make of that? >> it's not surprising. the republicans were saying there's no evidence, show us the evidence. it's all inference and many speculation and then they couldn't back out, it showed the involvement of the -- i believe that the january 6th committee will have evidence that will show the involvement of trump really beyond any kind of. >> i've been reaqianing myself with the absolute thinking little who have now -- who several of their leadership with --. do you think that that bolsters the case with what happened with the crime? >> well, i think it does, of course, but this has -- what the american people have to see is that something seriously gravely wrong happened, what criminal law was violated is not as important as having them understand what the basic facts were. the american people go

out there the most from congress is not just kevin mccarthy -- the republican leader -- but elise stefanikof communications for the house republicans and she took liz cheney's job after liz cheney was booted out of that job because she came out, and said january 6th was wrong and she supported the former-president's impeachment. so there is no question that is a very important aspect of the trump' loyalty test but that is definitely at odds with another important dynamic for republicans, as they want to take over the house in november. and the people who are running in swing districts, they want to focus on issues of the economy, and other sort ever of bread-and-butter issues, not haesly the big low the former president wants to talk about. >> dana bash, ryan nobles, thanks very much. >>> coming up, the price of gas hitting yet another record high here in the united states. is there any relief in sight? stand by. ♪ ♪ (camera shutters) the all-new lx 600. ready for any arena. ♪ ♪ my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... ...the burning, the itching. the stinging. my skin was no longer mine.

and we saw from house leader kevin mccarthy, elise stefanik, steve scalise, the top three republicanstelling their members vote no. here are the ones who went against that. the 14 house republicans who did join with democrats to pass this legislation, and as you mentioned, some familiar names there. liz cheney, adam kinzinger, as well as a host of others who did buck gop leadership in the house to join with the democrats and get this through. as we mentioned, it now goes to president biden's desk, and jake, this was not something that people really had on their bingo card for 2022. they didn't see this gun safety legislation ever having a chance of making it out, so it is significant to see this head to the president's desk. >> i couldn't help butgonzalez, republican from texas who represents uvalde, he voted for this as well. >> up next, what a source is tellen cnn about a new subpoena tied to an investigation into the scheme to put forward fraudulent electors. stay with us. you never know what opportunities life will send your way. but if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthr

elise stefanik is recruiting someone to run in that seat, and he's no longer running for congress. that's the state of the republican party right now. you have to say we're going to do nothing while more and more kids die, and i pose the question to them at that hearing, who are you here for? are you here for the kids, or are you here for their killers? >> and of course we've invited republican lawmakers on this program many times to talk about this issue. i'll extend the invitation, if any of them want to come on to talk about this issue, we're happy to extend the invitation. congressman eric swalwell, thank you very much. we appreciate it. >>> a former wisconsin judge killed in what officials are calling a targeted attack. the suspect had other targets in mind, including senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. you're live in the cnn newsroom. t-mobile has more 5g bars in more places than anyone. another reason t-mobile is the l leader in 5g. i didn't realize my dna could tell me if i had a higher chance for type 2 diabetes. so when my 23andme report said i did, it was a wakeucall

kevin mccarthy, jim jordan, elise stefanik.very involved in this defense, counter programming strategy, you know, aimed at providing cover for former president donald trump. it's interesting, though, because there are some republicans, our sources telling us, some republicans would rather ignore the hearings altogether. it's clear now, though, this counter strategy will be intended for an audience of one and that will be donald trump. >> it will be interesting to see exactly what the committee has. it's been previewing so much and see what is new and what kind of, sort of narrative starts to be woven together here as these hearings kickoff this week. zack, we know you will be following it all. thank you. >>> all right. coming up a founding member of a big-time '80s rock band has died. we have the details on that just ahead. >>> and how often are guns used in self-defense in america? a closer look at good guys with guns next. okay everyone, our mission is to provide complete balanced nutrition for strength and energy. woo hoo! e

hill it will be kevin mccarthy, the house minority leader, leading those efforts along with elise stefanik. also some outside groups like the political action committee and the rnc that could be supporting donald trump and trying to sow doubt in different things about the committee's work. it's important to keep in mind there are some republicans who would rather not talk about january 6th at all. they don't necessarily believe bringing this back out into the public helps their chances of winning the midterms in the fall. >> defend or distract, the decision that some republicans will have to make. ryan nobles with the latest reporting on capitol hill. thank you. >>> cnn's political commentator scott jennings is with us now, former special assistant to george w. bush and a columnist for "usa today." good to see you again. >> hey, victor. >> so let's start here. do you think republicans should watch the hearings? >> well, i think if congress thinks it's important enough to put on television, i think republicans should pay attention to it. whether it has an impact on public opinion, i'm dubio

. >> which trump's team has been unable to prove in court and republican congresswoman elise stefanik says nancy pelosi select committee is a political witch hunt. the committee also found that former president trump never called on the national guard or law enforcement to stop the attack. general mark milley testified that it was instead vice president mike pence who made those calls. millie says meadows later asked him to kill the narrative that pence led the decisions that day. he was very >> very and according to the committee, mister trump responded to chance of hang mike pence by saying maybe our supporters have the right idea. mike pence quote, deserves it. that was allison harris reporting for us. the january 6 committee plans to hold several more hearings through july. >> the next 2 are scheduled for monday and wednesday of next week. there could be criminal charges coming out of all of this. doj officials arrested at least 840 people for their alleged involvement in the capital. right hill riot at least 305 of them have pled guilty to felonies and will likely get time behind

elise stefanik has begun to preview the message, saying it's a partisan witch hunt, it's all politicallaming speaker pelosi for the security failures, and jim jordan and jim banks are going to be planning. most republicans think there's not a need to push back. this is mostly for an audience of one. they think they're better off pivoting to other issues. >> a senior republican told you, we just need to reinforce the narrative that democrats are obsessed with trump and aren't interested in dealing with the problems of the present. most americans are not talking about january 6th. and really they're not. >> you don't meet a democrat in town that don't think this is the most important and crucial work they're going to be doing in this congress. they want to lay out a historical predicate. but on the politics of it, this is their last moment to convince the public of what happened. as to the counterprogramming point, what we're all talking about here, will the programming break through? we're having a question about that. >> the counterprogramming. >> right. this isn't a state of the union

congressman elise stefanik, i believe, actually wrote a letter and said, hey, there's something goingat was back in february. if you told me they were going to shut down the plant from january or february until march, that's a long time. but then april and may, it's still closed down? howard: just finally reopened. >> unbelievable. there were a number of missteps, but the fact that they had warning both in the press and by congressional lawmakers, this is inexcusable. howard: i think this is a completely avoidable crisis. a lot of blame to go around. i think the president bears some and the media bears some because they were out of touch that this was building week of after week after week, and suddenly we all hear about fact that mothers can't get formula. mollie hemingway, kevin corke, thanks for joining us on set. nice to have people on citizen seat belt. >>> after the break, carley shimkus on the johnny depp/amber heard spectacle and why heard says her loss is a setback for the metoo the movement. ♪ ♪ sorted. hot tub, why not? and of course, puppy-friendly. we don't like to say pe

effectively and, you know, propagated by other members of congress, from kevin mccarthy, alease stefanikun a campaign leading up to the january 6th public hearings and again, yesterday, talking with voters, we were hearing the same thing from so many republican voters. 45% of the voters in nancy mace's district voted to oust her. in tom rice's district 49% pick trump aligned forces here. one other note as we're talking about this, brian kemp and brad raffensperger made their ways in winning re-election bids here, but when you're looking at the members of congress, not only is tom rice out of office, you have fred upton that retired, david mckinley lost his primary in west virginia last month, the requirements of kenzinger, senator toomey, burr. there is the reality in congress, among the republican conference, it will be shaped more in the image of donald trump by the time we get through these midterm primaries. >> vaughn hillyard reporting in charleston, south carolina, thank you very much. stay with us, steve kornacki will join us from the big board because supporters of the big lie wo

if they do, mostly they'll have jim jordan and elise stefanik saying things that democrats are communists and pedophiles and you name it. so it is hard to get across to them. but there is a middle ground, there is what we always call the suburban housewife independents who will listen and recoil at what they learn about the president's direct involvement and direction, the fact that on the day of the insurrection, instead of acting to protect the capitol and legislature he was enjoying it, watching it on television and cheering for his team to win. and that was for america to lose. so i think the hearings are going to be very important, comparing it to watergate, this is watergate with capital letters and exclamation points. nixon was wrong. he was a crook. he sent some of his people to break into the democratic headquarters. he didn't send his people to break into the capitol and take over the government and intimidate, threaten and possibly kill congress people and senators. there are no coward bakers around today who would go to the president today and say you must resign. >> congressm

and then there's elise stefanik, she replaced liz cheney in leadership, one of trump's most loyal defendersshe will be charge of messaging. he is meeting with her later today so some of his demands could become more clear. jim banks and jim jordan who were initially supposed to be on the committee, rejected by pelosi, they are also going to play some sort of messaging. most republicans that ryan and i talked to would rather just ignore the committee, they think it's better to pivot to other issues, this he don't think it's worth trying to in some cases defending the indefensible but this is all for an audience of one, donald trump. >> off the hill he's going to get some help as well from the rnc, from matt schlapp, what is this about a potential war room? >> there's different scenarios that they are talking about as a way to provide trump this cover that he's looking for as the committee hearings go on and it will probably mean reaching out to different, you know, sympathetic news rooms and sympathetic media voices, news max, fox, and of course their social media feeds to try to bolster thi

there was no like kevin mccarthy or stefanik were not here.d him specifically on monday how he felt about essentially being the lone fighter here to fend this seat for himself. he told me, quote, they have the make their own choices. i am not going to judge. i know i made the right decision, i know i made the decision to preserve our freedom and prosperity by defending our constitution. i said tom rice was the first of those impeachment republicans to put his name on the. about. there are four others we are looking a in the the next two months. you have jamie herrera butler and dan new house in washington state. peter myer in washington, and in the middle of august, liz cheney puts her name on the ballot. the one other race here of course was nancy mace. she ultimately did win this primary. she didn't vote to impeach him, though she called for his kens censuring. he made peace with trump in the last to you months. i wanted to hear her message to donald trump now. >> my message to him is the same as it is to anyone else, i am willing to work wi

we've had repeated reporting now, as recently as yesterday, republican conference chairwoman elise stefanik following. i, know it's a least a sonic. but quote, we are working very closely with trump and his team, with leader kevin mccarthy, with jim jordan and really all of the house republicans will be pushing back and a rapid response fascism. adding that the areas will be a moment for maga republicans to shine. how much is this going to complicate things for the democrats? cynthia's point is well taken. as trial lawyers, and we expect this to be like a trial presentation, you've got six days. maybe cumulatively 12 hours all in, to prevent months of this. is this counter programming from the gop going to be an effective way of, as these hearings are progress mixing, pushing back in undercutting the message from the democrats? >> the answer is yes. yes but it will be affective by the gop if there are no department of justice indictments. because with the gop is trying to do is make it look like what they wanted to be, which is a partisan food fight. as long as no one is actually having to

but elise stefanik was right. what americans care r about is what is affecting them personally. you know, they vote their wallets, you know, a looming recession because of biden's policies, high gas prices, inflation at grocery stores. people can't put food on the table. they can't fill up their tanks. they see rampant crime in their cities and democrats doing nothing about it.cr they see chaos increasing every day at the border and they're fedd up with this stuff and you know, they have buyer's remorsey which will be expressed at the polls come november. i mean, i think democrats are in for a rude awakening. all greg taro, thank you for being with us. us joining us now, former whiter house chief of staff reince priebus, along with fox newsng contributor joe concha and america first legal founder steven miller isam with us. led so we learned tonight , stephen miller, that in factth this committee knows they had intelligence prior to january the 6th of the strongja potentialnu of violence. also k we alsoth know this committee ws told in no uncertain terms t that the option of the

host: elise stefanik tonight. expected to be a half dozen or maybe seven hearings. we do know there will be a second hearing monday night, but tonight's we know for sure start that it :00 p.m. eastern -- starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern we will have several cameras covering it gavel-to-gavel. ending can watch online at c-span.org -- and you can watch online at c-span.org. the house comes in at 9:00 a.m. eastern today dealing with morgan legislation. it is a serious of red flag laws the house will be voting on today. yesterday, they passed a package of gun restrictions. it was the protecting our kids act that was passed yesterday in the house. that seeks to raise the purchasing age of semiautomatic weapons from 18 to 21, outlaws high-capacity magazines, outlaws bump stocks, regulates the storage of firearms. in addition, the law has a series of other provisions, including cracking down on gun trafficking and straw purchases and subject to ghost gun purchases to background checks and other requirements. that is the protecting our kids act. that passed yesterday. not expect