A beautiful shot of Lady Liberty on this Independence Day morning. Good morning, and welcome to

Morning, Joe. It is Monday, July 4th. I'm Jonathan Lemire. Thanks for being with us today.

The January 6 hearings are on a hiatus until later this month, but the committee is not

letting up as members fanned out across the Sunday morning political shows this holiday weekend.

They addressed the possibility of criminal referrals of Donald Trump to the Justice Department

and what to expect from the evidence presented at future hearings. And from sky-high gas prices to canceled and delayed flights,

a look at the chaos for holiday travelers across the country. We've got a lot of news to get to

this morning, but we will start with the January 6th investigation and the possibility that

former President Trump could be referred to the Justice Department for

criminal prosecution. Here's an interview with vice chair of the committee, Congresswoman Liz Cheney.

So the committee will or will not make a criminal referral?

We'll make a decision as a committee about it.

So it's possible there will be a criminal referral, which would be effectively the committee saying that he should be prosecuted,

and this is the evidence that we've... The Justice Department doesn't have to wait for the committee

to make a criminal referral, and there could be more than one criminal referral.

I have greater concern about what it would mean if people weren't held accountable for what's

happened here.

I think it's a much graver constitutional threat if a president can engage in these kinds of

activities and, you know, the majority of the president's party looks away, or we as a country decide, you know,

we're not actually going to take our constitutional obligation seriously.

I think that's a much more serious threat.

NBC News has confirmed that at least one of the messages about possible witness intimidation

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