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Tommy Vittor. On today's show, the January 6th committee charges Trump's former chief of staff

with criminal contempt of Congress as the ex-presidents allies prepare for the next coup.

Joe Biden and co-president Joe Manchin chat about the future of Build Back Better,

Donald Trump and Bill O'Reilly's road show is having trouble filling seats.

And in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision on the Texas Abortion Band,

we have a special feature on the future of Roe v Wade that includes some moving stories from people

who've already been affected by abortion restrictions. So please stick around to hear that.

But first, before we start, check out the latest offline. I talked to surgeon general Dr. Vivek

Murthy about how to stop doom scrolling, what he calls America's silent epidemic of loneliness,

and the importance of real live human connection to our health.

Did you ask him to prove that he's not related to Ezra Klein in any way?

You know, that's what he was on Ezra's show and that's the only way that I know they're not,

they weren't the same. And Ezra actually made a comment about it at the beginning of the show,

which I thought was helpful to never be able to see it. Let's get to the news. On Monday,

the bipartisan committee investigating the January 6th attack on the Capitol

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