probe into january 6th is tying the various strings of evidence about what happened that day into a narrative about a coordinated assault on our democracy. after dual hearings this week, by the house select committee investigating the insurrection, we continue to learn more about the shocking efforts of private minute trump supporters to undermine the 2020 election results. under increasing scrutiny is conservative activist ginni thomas, wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, who has signaled that she will testify before the house select committee investigating january 6th. after the committee revealed, it had obtained text messages from that day, between mrs. thomas and former trump lawyer john eastman. who himself is now at the center of the investigation. as further details emerged this week of just how hard he leaned on vice president mike pence to resist certifying the 2020 election, exhausting every option to keep trump in power while requesting a presidential p
about how the president tried to force it to an end. did you hear any part of the phone calls? yeah, i remember hearing the word wind. and i remember he said, you are our wind. new information today on the danger of the vice president faced as a result of the threats to his life, and the president know that that s what he s done. i am betrayed the united states of america. new evidence today showing that people working with the president to enact the scheme. they knew what they were doing was illegal. doctor eastman s emails stated, quote, i ve decided that i should be on the departments list, if that still in the works. and a crucial warning about the enduring threat to the country. donald trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present danger to american democracy. tonight, the member of the investigation who like today s hearings, congressman pete aguilar. plus, nicole wallace, joy reid, chris hayes, lawrence o donnell, ari melber, stephanie r
investigation makes it case, day three, a losing presidential candidate, pressed to force his running mate, the vice president, to throw out the election results, to overthrow the u.s. government. when mr. eastman came in, he said, i m here to request that you reject the electors. new witness testimony today about how the president tried to force it to an end. did you hear any part of the phone calls? yeah, i remember hearing the word wimp. and i remember he said, you are a wimp. new information today on the danger the vice president faced as a result of the threats to his life, and the president knowing that that s what he had done. mike pence has betrayed the united states of america. new evidence today showing that people working with the president to enact the scheme. they knew what they were doing was illegal. doctor eastman s emails stated, quote, i ve decided that i should be on the parted lust, if that is still in the works. and a crucial warning abo
race across all five primary states. donald trump s candidate, dr. oz, leads dave mccormick with over 95% of precincts reporting. pennsylvania state law requires an automatic recount if the margin of victory is within half a percentage point, which it looks like it will be. for the democrats, lieutenant governor john fetterman won his primary by a big margin, despite a last-minute health scare. fetterman, who just suffered a stroke, was having surgery to insert a pacemaker, even as the votes were being cast. and pennsylvania s republican voters rewarded candidates who supported stop the steal. far right republican doug mastriano will face off against josh shapiro for the governor s mansion. if elected, he promises to reset pennsylvania s voter rolls and force everyone in the state to reregister, though it s not clear that s legal. mastriano was not the only republican on a stop the steal ticket. ted budd from north carolina defeated a republican running for senate and urged m
personality mehmet oz, and mccormick. kathy barnette is right now trailing in third place there. we ll have more on the state of the contest, but we ll start with the results of the republican primary race in the pennsylvania governor s contest in which the gop has now doubled down on its pro-insurrection brand by nominating someone who was at the capital on january 6th, someone who faces a subpoena as we speak from the select committee investigating the insurrection and someone who could very well end up under scrutiny for doj for appointing a fake slate of doj electors. that man doug mastriano, he rocked to a primary after a twice-impeached ex-president who endorsed him. pennsylvania s leading far-right figure funding busses to shuttle supporters to the rally on january 6th 2021, that preceded the attack on the capitol. during his run for governor he has bard the news media from attending his campaign events and the qanon conspiracy theory. it is difficult to understate the