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republican congressman. >> we will wear that any members of congress had [inaudible] >> mr. gates and mr. brooks -- mr. gates was the first to ask for a pardon. [inaudible] im sorry. >> the only reason i know to ask for a pardon is because you think you have committed a crime. >> the president is getting very agitated and he said, people tell me i should just get rid of both of you and change the leadership, put jeff clarke in, maybe something will finally get done. >> i thought that i...

trump electors. we are going to hear from four witnesses this afternoon, including the secretary of state for georgia, brad raffensperger and his chief operating officer, gabriel sterling, big public figures in the wake of the november election in 2020. the committee says its going to show evidence that former president trump put undue pressure on legislatures to try to put forward alternative slates and electors. for president trump, the strategy did not work, legislatures did not go ...

adamant that he had one and that we were not doing our job. >> the president said, just say the election is corrupt and leave the rest to me and well. republican congressman. >> we will wear that any members of congress had [inaudible] >> mr. gaetz and mr. brooks -- mr. gaetz was the first to ask for a pardon. mr. biggs did, mr. gohmert asked as well. im sorry. >> the only reason i know to ask for a pardon is because you think you have committed a crime. >> the president is getting ver...

china has launched several ballistic missiles into waters around taiwan in response to a us senators divisive visit to the island. and how disposable facemasks are blighting birdlife in 23 countries around the world. the bank of england has predicted that the uk is set to enter a recession this autumn lasting more than a year. the bank says inflation is likely to peak at 13% by december, and today it has announced the largest rise in interest rates for 27 years. the 0.5% hike means tha...

and his latest political stunt. jasmine crockett joins me from later -- legal trouble over its rendition of hamilton. we have a reporter who broke a story. all of that and more, is coming up. -- lets go straight to msnbcs garrett grumble, who is tracking the news details for us. gary good morning. >> good morning katie, three big developments, rising overnight on this big story. new york times is reporting an nbc news, is for one lawyer signed, back in june, saying all classified mater...

republican tried to ambush and hand fraudulent electors to mike pence on january 6th. those stories and reports are coming up. but after a hearing like todays we begin with something more fundamental than a legal breakdown, and more powerful, perhaps, than meticulously going through the evidence, though that also matters. right now we begin with this. what millions of americans saw and heard today from the top republican leader out of arizona in plain, serious, and stern testimony abou...

going to ritual actively declassified, or whatever i took home had the effect of the declassifying them, is absurd, the nonetheless, the statutes, the justice department are asserting in the search warrant, dont even require that they still be classified if they would be damaging to national security. its a problem. >> would isnt arguably a problem, that any former president would handle such sensitive documents the way trump reportedly has. nbc news shedding light on how trumps final ...

happening on the hill, and its something that i still struggle to work through. the emotions of that. >> joining us now is olivia troye, former top aide to vice president mike pence. she attended the hearing today. she is a former colleague of cassidy hutchinson. olivia, i just want to read for the audience the tweet that she was just talking about. it was donald trump tree tweeting at 20 4 pm on the capitol, and that was being televised, he was watching it. he tweeted, mike pence didn...

here, too. further east for eastern england, well, blue sky and sunshine as you can see from our weather watcher picture from stunning kent. but even here, the clouds will increase through the afternoon and there will also be possibly outbreaks of light patchy rain and drizzle from our weather front that is gradually continuing eastwards. it will eventually clear overnight tonight. forthe it will eventually clear overnight tonight. for the rest of the day, still further outbreaks of ra...

of speculation about how it will deal with an estimated $5 billion of debt due to pandemic losses. pressure intensifies on the exam board, pearson, to explain why hundreds of students have still not received their btec results, four days after they were due to be released. the duke and duchess of cambridge say they will permenantly move to adelaide cottage in windsor and send their children to school in nearby ascot from september. good afternoon. criminal barristers in england and wal...