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that we now know to ask. question number one, was illegal? if the answer is, yes it was illegal, the next question is, did they know it was illegal? if the answer was yes they knew it was illegal, the next question is, did they try to pull it off anyway? if the answer to that is yes they try to pull it off anyway, my next personal question is always, well when they try to pull it off was it occasionally hilarious? [laughs] whether or not the answer that is yes, then next obvious questi...

on this new day, justice has been delivered. president biden announcing the leader of al qaeda, the worlds most wanted terrorist has been killed in a drone strike. and nancy pelosi is set to visit taiwan amid escalates threats from china. >> and dozens of people are dodd and hundreds more missing in rising water on the way. plus, a january 6 rioter who was turned in by his son handed down the longest insurrection sentence today. his son joins "new day," ahead. ♪ good morning to v...

captured on camera. here it is. to get what is this regarding? >> open up. it was serious, they had weapons , they barged in, they went through the whole place, they tore the house apart, ther is another team coming they said . and they were right, two days later they hit the home of jame okeefe, so why were the fbi coming to the homes of employee at project paradigms, what did they do? where they involved in human smuggling ring, were they bringing fentanyl in from china and killing m...

electors. >> make no mistake that the vice presidents life was in danger. >> the committee is going to reveal the details of the pressure campaign. >> i am telling you, if it is coming we are going to drag him through the streets. >> [inaudible] >> remember the word wimp. he said that you are a win. when is the word i remember. >> it is a different tone tone that i heard him take with the vice president before. >> do you remember whats she said, if i recall. that the key word. ♪ ♪ ...

more than a thousand witness interviews including those with leaders from the proud boys from the dojs letter in part, read this, it is now readily apparent that the interviews the select committee conducted are not just potentially relevant to our overall criminal investigations, but are likely relevant to specific prosecutions that have already commenced. well, the news that we alluded to this afternoon, a spokesman confirmed an earlier new york times scoop to our team on the hill th...

>> reporter: it will all focus on the pressure on mike pence to take that unconstitutional action on january 6, 2021 to overturn the electoral certified votes of the states here on january 6, something of course that he rejected doing. but going to the genesis of how this theory first came about. looking at the trump attorney john eastman who is a prominent supporter of this and directly tie donald trumps words to the violence that occurred on january 6 as words about mike pence into e...

recorded testimony by former pence chief of staff mark short who was with vice president pence an january 6th. was a firsthand witness to trumps pressure campaign in the days leading up to it. were told house investigators will try to make the case that the pressure on pence directly distributed to the insurrection at the capitol and the continuing ongoing threat to the rule of law and democracy in the united states. many aides are promising new information about what the vice presiden...

>> the committee scared new video from mark short saying pence pushed back against trumps pressure campaign. >> was it your impression the vice president had directly conveyed his position on these issues to the president, not just to the world, through a dear colleague letter, but directly to president trump? >> many times. >> and had been consistent in conveying his position to the president? >> very consistent. >> joining us now, nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent garrett ha...

threats against lawmakers, all as the insurrection was about to begin. >> theres no escape, pelosi, schumer, nadler. were coming for you. were coming in like white on rice for pelosi, nadler, schumer, even you, aoc. were coming to take you out. well pull you out by your hairs. how about that, pelosi? might as well make yourself another appointment. when i get done with you, youre going to need a shine up on top of that bald head. >> and thats not just another trump fan recording their ...

being called out showing trash cards it depict ago pregnant man. >> preschoolers a chance to try to indoctrinate them. >> he is at the wall. ing. [cheers] >> a catch. how did he get to that wall? ♪ im hooked on a feeling ♪ im high on believing ♪ that youre in love with me ♪ >> ainsley: will is over here dancing. steve is nodding his head, clapping and hitting his leg. this is one of those songs that gets you in the mood. its a great day. will going to be ninth today. going to b...