good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we have brand-new information this evening about the january 6th committee accusing former president donald trump of trying to contact a witness during the investigation. nbc news has confirmed reporting that the witness was a member of the white house support staff. at the end of yesterday s hearing liz cheney said that the matter had been referred to the justice department. this afternoon, the committee s chair person was asked about cheney s comments. are we going to hear from this witness? i would doubt it. we re concerned obviously about the witness, and we do not want to put that witness under unnecessary pressure. is there enough evidence that there was an attempt to influence the witness? from my vantage point, it is highly unusual to do that. that s why we, more or less, put that in the hands of the justice department. is this just one missed phone call from the former president? that s all i m aware of. as
that there was an attempt to influence the witness? from my vantage point, it is highly unusual to do that. that s why we more or less, put that in the hands of the justice department. is this just one missed phone call from the former president? that s all i m aware of. as for its future plans, the panel has not ruled out additional hearings later this summer, we will hear more public testimony one week from tomorrow. one committee member says that nest thursday s hearing will focus on what trump was doing when the capital was under attack. specifically about the time period of the 187 minutes within the white house, and what the president was doing. and how he could have played a role in preventing more violence, if he had merely gone to the briefing room and asked people to leave the capitol. it comes as trump ally and former strategist steve bannon is set to go on trial on monday for contempt of congress. he is now ready to cooperate with the january 6th coope
power, and the generic ballot test for november. young people, gen z in particular, and john just did an amazing study with the walton foundation and murmuration on this. upholding measured gen z sentiment. people under 18 as well, which is pretty rare in polling. and look they say, in focus groups, they say in polls, they voted for biden because he wasn t trump. there is not a lot of affinity there for the democratic party, gen z and younger millennials in particle affair that they are being deprived of certain liberties. whether it s reproductive rights, gun violence, voting rights, identity issues. but they don t feel like the democratic party has delivered for them. biden biggest accomplishment you can argue is the infrastructure bill. that is not something that is very salient to a 19 year old who is not gonna see the long tail outcome of that for many years to come. and, so i think when they head into november, this gets to your question, i think young people will still vote alth
party, represents what they want, and what they care about. it s a little bit of both. and this gets to what john was just saying. there seems to be a difference between the approval rating of the president, the party in power, and the generic ballot test for november. young people, gen z in particular, and john just did an amazing study with the walton foundation and murmuration on this. upholding measured gen z sentiment. people under 18 as well, which is pretty rare in polling. and look they say, in focus groups, they say in polls, they voted for biden because he wasn t trump. there is not a lot of affinity there for the democratic party, gen z and younger millennials in particular feel that they are being deprived of certain liberties. whether it s reproductive rights, gun violence, voting rights, identity issues. but they don t feel like the democratic party has delivered for them. biden s biggest accomplishment you can argue is the infrastructure bill. that is not something tha