president mike pence subpoenaed by the special counsel in his january six investigation. what it could tell us about where jack smith s probe is going. then, the first gop led so-called weaponization hearing to investigate the investigators. what happened in that room and what they hope to accomplish. and president biden back on the trail right in rick scott s backyard as he seems to very conveniently forget what he said about cutting social security. as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening everyone. i m mohyeldin for stephanie ruhle. special counsel investigating donald trump just made his most aggressive move yet. nbc news has learned former vice president mike pence has been subpoenaed by jack smith. is overseeing cases involving the classified documents the long trump took with him to mar-a-lago and january 6th attack on the capital. now this subpoena depends, is related on that investigation, the january 61. not surprisingly sports people fr
on this thursday night. ighthis thursday n good evening everyone. i m ayman mohyeldin for stephanie ruhle. special counsel investigating donald trump just made his most aggressive move yet. nbc news has learned former vice president mike pence has been subpoenaed by jack smith. he is overseeing cases involving the classified documents the long trump took with him to mar-a-lago and january 6th attack on the capital. now this subpoena depends, is related on that investigation, the january 6 one. not surprisingly sports people from both the vice president special counsel, they have declined to comment. but is jerry six committee hearings reveal, pence was at the center of donald trump s plan to hold on to power. in fact here is what trump said ahead of and on the day of the insurrection. i hope mike pence comes through for us. i have to tell you. [applause] i hope that our great vice president, our great vice president comes through for us. he s a great guy. of course if he
gas prices ahead of the election. bill: 150 million barrels that drained the reserve to its lowest level in 40 years. republicans say this is a major security liability. they will do this three weeks out for election. communicate it is not our fault and we ll fix it. the point made earlier, we now have the strategic petroleum reserve at a 40-year low. the fact that we don t have that in reserve our adversaries are watching that. dana: jacqui heinrich is watching it all at the white house today live on the north lawn. good morning. the president s critics worry that draining the country s emergency stockpile could leave the u.s. vulnerable in the event of a major military conflict or natural disaster. like hurricane katrina when president bush released 20 million barrels from the country s reserves to keep the country afloat because a quarter of u.s. oil production was shut down at that time. that is not the case right now. but in the same breath as the white house is
bill: what you are watching is a stunning and yet absurd sight on our southern border. that is el paso, texas, video from overnight. droves of people rushing our southern border. it is just the latest example of the chaos down there prompting a major reversal on behalf of the president and the white house. that s where we start today. i m bill hemmer. dana has the day off. our friend and colleague smitty got the early alarm today. sandra: always good to be with all of you. i m sandra smith and this is america s newsroom. the urgency at the border. the migrant crisis prompting president biden to resume construction of the border wall. the department of homeland security is fast tracking 20 miles of new barrier. dhs chief mayokas said the need for it is acute and immediate. he is waiving they ve seen a quarter million crossings. it has gotten so bad the president is willing to break a key promise that he made to the left in 2020. trump campaigned on build that wall.
let s get started. tonight we begin with breaking developments on the burgeoning efforts to oust kevin mccarthy from his role of speaker of the house. this morning far-right republican matt gaetz vowed to file a so-called motion to vacate. that s a move to event the speaker. he says he s going to do that in the coming days. saying, quote, we need to rebuff the band-aid. i think we need to move on with new leadership that can be trustworthy. according to politico, some house president conservatives predict there is at least a dozen gop members ready to support the motion to vacate against mccarthy. now to progressive democrats have indicated their support as well. shortly after the announcement from gaetz, congresswoman alexdria ocasio-cortez shows she would, quote, absolutely voted for a motion to vacate it. she left the door open in negotiations if mccarthy came to democrats for help. also said it s not up to democrats to save republicans from themselves. just hours ago on t