january six committee in the house, pence has, quote, open to considering the request, according to people familiar with this thinking. the discussions i said to be in the early stages. pence, of, course was subject to the pressure from the campaign inflicted by his former boss. leading up to january six. trump, publicly and privately urged pence to block certification of the electoral college result. he was also a direct target of the mob that stormed the capitol. some of whom chanted, hang mike pence, just to make sure they were clear. this comes after one has already been a pretty bad, week legally speaking for trump. the supreme court denied his last effort to stop house democrats from getting his tax records. and, in appeals court panel seems likely to throughout the special master in the investigation. and, to his handling of classified documents to name a few. joining me now is barbara mcquade, former u.s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst. barb, great to see. so, first, this idea that pence is considering the request, can you just consider it?