Episode 227

Joy leads this episode of The ReidOut with new reporting that former Vice President Mike Pence seriously considered not attending the January 6th electoral vote certification. According to new details from sources familiar, it was Pence's son, a marine, who influenced his father's decision to preside despite mounting pressure from former President Trump. Also in this episode, as Russia extends the detention of American journalist Evan Gershkovich, Joy sits down with Masha Gessen of the New Yorker, another journalist the Russian government is seeking to prosecute. Finally, the Texas Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether the state's abortion bans hurt women with complicated pregnancies. One of the plaintiffs in an ongoing lawsuit filed by a group of Texas women who say they were denied abortions despite grave risks to their own lives or their fetuses, joins Joy to discuss. All this and more in this edition of The ReidOut on MSNBC.