If it's Monday, new fallout amid the dramatic public hearings into the January 6th insurrection.

As the House Select Committee prepares to lay out the next piece of its case,

former President Trump's involvement in a scheme to install so-called fake electors to overturn the presidential election.

Plus, lawmakers in Washington are closing in on a final deal on gun legislation,

with sources on Capitol Hill telling NBC News the full text of a bill could be released as

early as today.

We'll have the latest coming up.

And Americans across the nation celebrate June 10th as a federal holiday for just the second time,

a day marking the effective end to slavery in the U.S.

What it means amid a fraught moment of racial tensions in America.

That's all ahead. And welcome to meet the press now.

I'm Kristen Welker.

We begin with the January 6th Committee entering its third week of public hearings,

laying out its case that former President Trump was at the center of the insurrection.

Every day bringing new revelations from the committee and new evidence, the country remains

deeply divided along partisan lines. And within the Republican Party, many are still pushing

false claims the 2020 election was stolen from Texas, where Republicans declared President Biden's election

illegitimate to a new campaign ad from a Missouri Republican Senate candidate, which seems to

advocate political violence. We're going to get into all of it in just a moment. But first,

tomorrow we expect to hear from Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger and his top deputy about former

President Trump's pressure campaign to overturn the results of his state's election.

We'll also hear from Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, who also resisted efforts to overturn

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