MTP NOW June 20 — Rep. Bill Pascrell calls for Clarence Thomas resign, Ukraine setbacks, Juneteenth celebrations

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🗓️ 20 June 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) defends his caller Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign. Mike Schmidt, Ali Vitali, Vaughn Hillyard discuss the political fallout from the January 6th committee hearings. Ali Arouzi reports from Ukraine after 3 Americans went missing. Shaq Brewster talks about Juneteenth celebrations.

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0:00.0	If it's Monday, new fallout amid the dramatic public hearings into the January 6th insurrection
0:08.4	as the House Select Committee prepares to lay out the next piece of its case for
0:12.8	more President Trump's involvement in a scheme to install so-called fake electors to
0:17.7	overturn the presidential election.
0:19.9	Plus lawmakers in Washington are closing in on a final deal on gun legislation with
0:24.6	sources on Capitol Hill telling NBC News the full text of a bill could be released as
0:29.4	early as today.
0:30.4	We'll have the latest coming up.
0:32.7	And Americans across the nation celebrate June teeth as a federal holiday for just the
0:37.8	second time.
0:38.8	A day marking the effective end to slavery in the U.S.
0:42.0	That means amid a fraught moment of racial tensions in America, that's all ahead.
0:59.9	And welcome to Meet the Press now.
1:01.4	I'm Kristen Welker.
1:02.9	We begin with the January 6th Committee entering its third week of public hearings, laying out
1:07.6	its case that former President Trump was at the center of the insurrection every day,
1:13.0	bringing new revelations from the committee and new evidence the country remains deeply
1:17.6	divided along partisan lines.
1:19.7	And within the Republican Party, many are still pushing false claims the 2020 election
1:24.2	was stolen from Texas where Republicans declared President Biden's election illegitimate.
1:30.0	To a new campaign ad from a Missouri Republican Senate candidate which seems to advocate political
1:35.0	violence, we're going to get into all of it in just a moment.
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