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and just went back, fell in line, kevin mccarthy went running to mar-a-lago to make up with trump. i want to just go back to something laura coates said about merrick garland. there were two phrases he used, some people in the analysis did not think that merrick garland was strong enough yesterday. i think merrick garland was speaking the way merrick garland speaks. that's his tone. there are a couple of phrases that he used that stood out to me. he said, as long as it takes, whatever it takes, and then he said at whatever level. i think that was not by accident. >> one more line, he said perpetrators that he would deal with perpetrators who may not have been at the capitol. >> right. >> that's a hint. >> it is suggesting he's going after bigger fish right now. and just be patient, it is going to happen. let's see how long it takes. he's really going after them. he made that clear yesterday. jim sciutto is watching all of this unfold. i remember your coverage a yore ago today, it was really powerful, jim. what goes through your mind as we await the vice president of the united stat
and just went back, fell in line, kevin mccarthy went running to mar-a-lago to make up with trump. i want to just go back to something laura coates said about merrick garland. there were two phrases he used, some people in the analysis did not think that merrick garland was strong enough yesterday. i think merrick garland was speaking the way merrick garland speaks. that's his tone. there are a couple of phrases that he used that stood out to me. he said, as long as it takes, whatever it takes,...
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i've been very public, but i wouldn't hide from anything. >> reporter: no response yet from kevin mccarthy to the committee's request, but in a reminder that others close to trump are cooperating with the committee, we learned that kaylie mcani today did answer questions from the committee investigators. david? >> jonathan karl on this again tonight. jon, thank you. >>> meanwhile, here in new york city tonight, a major setback for britain's bring andrew. a federal judge issuing a blow, refusing to dismiss a lawsuit, claiming the prince sexually assaulted an american woman when she was 17. all of this the continuing fallout from jeffrey epstein. abc's james longman on what happens next now. >> reporter: tonight, a major legal setback for prince andrew. a federal judge in new york has now allowed virginia roberts giuffre to go forward with her civil sex abuse case against him. the judge denying a motion by the prince's lawyers to have it thrown out. their claim was largely based on language in a 2009 settlement between giuffre and convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein, that included a claus
i've been very public, but i wouldn't hide from anything. >> reporter: no response yet from kevin mccarthy to the committee's request, but in a reminder that others close to trump are cooperating with the committee, we learned that kaylie mcani today did answer questions from the committee investigators. david? >> jonathan karl on this again tonight. jon, thank you. >>> meanwhile, here in new york city tonight, a major setback for britain's bring andrew. a federal judge...
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the republican lead er of the house, kevin mccarthy, now rejecting that committee's request to cooperate with the investigation. here's our chief washington correspondent jonathan karl tonight. >> reporter: on capitol hill today, republican leader kevin mccarthy defended his refusal to cooperate with the january 6th investigation. >> it is pure politics of what they're playing. >> reporter: the committee wants to ask mccarthy about his phone call with former president trump while the capitol was under attack. a year ago, he said he was willing to talk about it. >> would you be willing to testify about your conversation with donald trump on january 6th if you were asked by an outside commission? >> sure. nxt question. >> reporter: but today, mccarthy insisted he has nothing to say. >> my conversation was very short, advising the president of what was happening here. >> reporter: in fact, mccarthy's conversation with trump was much more than that. as i describe in my book "betrayal", mccarthy became angry after trump told him the rioters cared more about the election than he did. "who do y
the republican lead er of the house, kevin mccarthy, now rejecting that committee's request to cooperate with the investigation. here's our chief washington correspondent jonathan karl tonight. >> reporter: on capitol hill today, republican leader kevin mccarthy defended his refusal to cooperate with the january 6th investigation. >> it is pure politics of what they're playing. >> reporter: the committee wants to ask mccarthy about his phone call with former president trump...
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when you have people like kevin mccarthy stand on the house floor and say that president trump at the time was responsible for what took place and then days later reverse himself, i'm delighted that the president biden spoke so powerfully. he talked about it being a dagger at the throat of democracy and it is. you know, i've experienced so many things in my professional and political life. i've been to seneca falls, i've been to omaha beach. i have been to selma. i had the opportunity last night to really talk to two heroes and i encourage your viewers to look to my facebook page where i interviewed michael finone and sergeant ganell. two officers who were there who fought for hours trying to hold back that mob. and their words were so profound. and if anyone doubts for a minute that this was an effort -- wasn't an effort to overtake our country, to throw out the election, and to put donald trump in as an autocrat, all they have to do is listen to those two men. kumasi: congresswoman, thank you so much for taking the time to chat with us this morning. we really appreciate after my car
when you have people like kevin mccarthy stand on the house floor and say that president trump at the time was responsible for what took place and then days later reverse himself, i'm delighted that the president biden spoke so powerfully. he talked about it being a dagger at the throat of democracy and it is. you know, i've experienced so many things in my professional and political life. i've been to seneca falls, i've been to omaha beach. i have been to selma. i had the opportunity last...
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after january 6, even kevin mccarthy was condemning what had happened, mcconnell condemned what it happened. so many republicans spoke out. now, they fear challenges. that is what is going on. they are fearful they may have a primary challenger and not be in the good graces of donald trump. i was wrong. i thought after january 6, donald trump was done. we see politics going on and i think president biden understands that for us to unify the country, we first have to defeat the forces that are not willing to condemn violence. we are not talking about anything that difficult. we are just saying, condemn the people that attacked the u.s. capitol. host: a senior law enforcement official says in the 24 hours leading up to today's anniversary, intelligence analysts are seeing an increase of concerning chatter. have you been warned of that? guest: we have been warned to be more vigilant and i have greater security but we live in a time where there are increasing threats against people in public service and it is sad. our country was founded on the principle that we do not believe in violence to so
after january 6, even kevin mccarthy was condemning what had happened, mcconnell condemned what it happened. so many republicans spoke out. now, they fear challenges. that is what is going on. they are fearful they may have a primary challenger and not be in the good graces of donald trump. i was wrong. i thought after january 6, donald trump was done. we see politics going on and i think president biden understands that for us to unify the country, we first have to defeat the forces that are...
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given where the house is right now, can you actually imagine a kevin mccarthy coming in as the new speaker and saying okay, this is what we're going to do? or if, for some reason, nancy pelosi holds on, i mean not to descend into -- it seems like this is not the most capicious time to get the nation to heal itself or am i missing something? >> well, you know, the times you need to heal are the times you are sick, and i do think there's a very broadly shared dissatisfaction with the status quo among members. there is not, at the moment, a broadly shared sense of how to improve things and i think the reason to be talking about ideas like this now is to try to help members see that some of the dissatisfaction they feel could be addressed by reforms of the institution. for some, that would look like reforms of the budget process which i think is really at the heart of what's now wrong in the house. for some, it might be reforms of the committee system, might be ways of thinking about the roles of leadership and other things, but there aren't a lot of members who are very happy with the status
given where the house is right now, can you actually imagine a kevin mccarthy coming in as the new speaker and saying okay, this is what we're going to do? or if, for some reason, nancy pelosi holds on, i mean not to descend into -- it seems like this is not the most capicious time to get the nation to heal itself or am i missing something? >> well, you know, the times you need to heal are the times you are sick, and i do think there's a very broadly shared dissatisfaction with the status...
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given where the house is right now, can you actually imagine a kevin mccarthy coming in as the new speaker saying, ok, this is what we would do? or if for some reason nancy pelosi holds on, it seems to me this is not the most efficient time to get the institution to heal itself, or, missing something? four the times when you need to heal are the times when you are sick. i do -- >> the times when you need to heal are the times when you are sick. at the moment, there is not a broadly-shared sense of how to do this. the reason to be talking about this now is to help members see that some of the dissatisfaction they feel could be addressed by reforms of the institution. for some, that would reform the budget process, which is at the heart of what is wrong in the house. for some, it might be reforms of the committee system, ways thinking about the role of leadership in other things, but there are not a lot of members happy with the status quo, so i do think it is incumbent upon those who do think about congress institutionally to be offering ideas at this point for how things could be changed.
given where the house is right now, can you actually imagine a kevin mccarthy coming in as the new speaker saying, ok, this is what we would do? or if for some reason nancy pelosi holds on, it seems to me this is not the most efficient time to get the institution to heal itself, or, missing something? four the times when you need to heal are the times when you are sick. i do -- >> the times when you need to heal are the times when you are sick. at the moment, there is not a broadly-shared...
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i had the privilege of being selected by kevin mccarthy to serve on the white house commission on combating synthetic opioid trafficking. and we've had great meetings. another one is scheduled for this afternoon, in fact. just a couple of weeks ago i was able to send one of my staffers on a commission trip to mexico and the southern border. so i am troubled about the administration's september recommendations on fentanyl-related substances. a time when we're seeing the highest rates ever, 100,000 folks, man, 2020. it's so disturbing that the administration seems to be favoring weakening penalties for drug traffickers who are flooding every community with potent and deadly fentanyl analogues. and i don't hesitate to say that everybody here on this panel probably knows someone who is maybe part of that 100,000, and our families. mr. chester, is there concern that the mexican drug cartels are going to take advantage of the loophole by producing fentanyl analogues with arbitrarily lower mandatory minimums for trafficking while continuing to take advantage of our lack of proper enforcement at th
i had the privilege of being selected by kevin mccarthy to serve on the white house commission on combating synthetic opioid trafficking. and we've had great meetings. another one is scheduled for this afternoon, in fact. just a couple of weeks ago i was able to send one of my staffers on a commission trip to mexico and the southern border. so i am troubled about the administration's september recommendations on fentanyl-related substances. a time when we're seeing the highest rates ever,...
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i had the privilege of being selected by kevin mccarthy to serve in the white house commission on competent synthetic opioid trafficking. we've had great meetings. another one is scheduled for this afternoon, in fact. just a couple of weeks ago, i was able to send one of my staffers on a commission trip to mexico in the southern border. i am troubled about the administrations september recommendations on funnel related substances. a time when we're seeing the highest rates, ever 100,000 folks in 2020. it's disturbing that the administration seems to be weakening penalties for drug traffickers that are flooding every communities with deadly fentanyl and analogues. i don't hesitate to say, everyone here on this panel probably know somebody who was maybe part of that 100,000 in our families. mr. chester, is there a concern that the mexican drug cartels or large-scale manufacturers of these fentanyl analogues are going to take advantage of the loophole by producing fentanyl in a logs that are arbitrarily lower mandatory minimums for trafficking while continuing to take advantage of our lack of
i had the privilege of being selected by kevin mccarthy to serve in the white house commission on competent synthetic opioid trafficking. we've had great meetings. another one is scheduled for this afternoon, in fact. just a couple of weeks ago, i was able to send one of my staffers on a commission trip to mexico in the southern border. i am troubled about the administrations september recommendations on funnel related substances. a time when we're seeing the highest rates, ever 100,000 folks...
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. >> so then you have kevin mccarthy. rereleased a statement that said he shouldn't have to participate because his conversations with the form er president were not, quote, remotely related to the violence. first of all, should he be the one to gauge what was or was not remotely related to the violence? and you're really thinking that we all believe he was talking to the president as he admitted he did during the insurrection and saying to him, hey, what are you having for lunch there as you watch the insurrection on your television there, you know, in the dining room at the white house. come on. so where does this go? >> it's abundantly clear that kevin mccarthy is not the person to decide whether his messages and conversations with trump are relative to the committee. how does he possibly know what is relevant and what is not when he is not on the committee, but beyond that it's abundantly clear he does have relevant information to the committee's investigation because he did speak to trump as rioters were overrunning
. >> so then you have kevin mccarthy. rereleased a statement that said he shouldn't have to participate because his conversations with the form er president were not, quote, remotely related to the violence. first of all, should he be the one to gauge what was or was not remotely related to the violence? and you're really thinking that we all believe he was talking to the president as he admitted he did during the insurrection and saying to him, hey, what are you having for lunch there as...
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mccarthy who said he's not going to comply voluntarily with the committee's request. take a listen to what he said this week. >> there is nothing that i can provide the january 6th committee for legislation of their moving forward. there is nothing in that realm. it is pure politics of what they're playing. >> reporter: many are not surprised that mccarthy will not cooperate voluntarily because if democrats lose the house in this upcoming midterm election, he has a real chance to take on the gavel as speaker of the house, and of course he needs to win over the trump allies in the house, and if he chooses to cooperate voluntarily, you and i can both imagine that statement that would come from former president trump criticizing the leader but also as the committee weighs to subpoena him, that could prove a big political and legal ramifications in the coming months if they choose to go down that road. of course, they're interested in the republican leader because he spoke to the former president on january 6th, in an expletive-filled phone call. a few weeks later, he put
mccarthy who said he's not going to comply voluntarily with the committee's request. take a listen to what he said this week. >> there is nothing that i can provide the january 6th committee for legislation of their moving forward. there is nothing in that realm. it is pure politics of what they're playing. >> reporter: many are not surprised that mccarthy will not cooperate voluntarily because if democrats lose the house in this upcoming midterm election, he has a real chance to...
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of course mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy are not too thrilled about this because in any swing seat or even tight within two or three points, district or state, this works against republicans. let's not forget, the state that donald trump spoke in last night, arizona, more people voted below the top of the ticket, meaning not for donald trump, than they voted for donald trump. the republicans do not want to have donald trump as their president. they saw him as dangerous and divisive, not all republicans, but there's a sliver out there and that sliver really does matter when it comes to general election. but as far as being the influencer on republican politics, he's still there. look at lindsey graham, if lindsey graham didn't think donald trump was still an influencer, he wouldn't be on that bandwagon. he has no sense of morals whatsoever. >> what about the democrats, valencia? how can they turn the twisted words of donald trump and his lies to their advantage in the midterms? >> you know, it's going to be hard, i'll be honest, it's an uphill battle. because he has a significant ba
of course mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy are not too thrilled about this because in any swing seat or even tight within two or three points, district or state, this works against republicans. let's not forget, the state that donald trump spoke in last night, arizona, more people voted below the top of the ticket, meaning not for donald trump, than they voted for donald trump. the republicans do not want to have donald trump as their president. they saw him as dangerous and divisive, not all...
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remember, house minority leader kevin mccarthy originally wanted jordan himself to serve on the january 6th committee, then speaker of the house nancy pelosi basically said no way and vetoed it. shortly thereafter, republican congresswoman liz cheney of wyoming called jordan, quote, a material witness to its investigation. jordan is mentioned on multiple occasions that he spoke to donald trump on january 6th, though he refuses to discuss when exactly those conversations took place. here is how he responded back in july when asked about them. >> yes or no, did you speak with president trump on january 6th? >> yeah, i speak -- i spoke with the president last week, i speak with the president all the time. i spoke with him on january 6th. i talk with president trump all the time. i don't think that's unusual. i would expect members of congress to talk with the president of the united states when they're trying to get done the things they told the voters in their district to do. i'm actually kind of amazed sometimes people keep asking this question. of course i talk to the president all the
remember, house minority leader kevin mccarthy originally wanted jordan himself to serve on the january 6th committee, then speaker of the house nancy pelosi basically said no way and vetoed it. shortly thereafter, republican congresswoman liz cheney of wyoming called jordan, quote, a material witness to its investigation. jordan is mentioned on multiple occasions that he spoke to donald trump on january 6th, though he refuses to discuss when exactly those conversations took place. here is how...
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and you see it with hannity and ingraham and with kevin mccarthy. one of the themes that's coming out it seems to me in the committee's investigation is everyone during those three hours, everyone across the board, had hair on fire about how horrible it was and how the president had to stop it and he didn't. and this is another example of yet another person who is in that boat. >> no one said this is a good idea and it's going to work. there were zero people saying great strategy. give it a couple more hours. nobody thought that. my sense is that the text messages of the committee has been getting, majrle what they've gotten from mark met yoes, they describe getting reams of production is helping them get their foot in the door and crack open, get a much more detailed picture of the communications of the people who were closest to the white house, closest to the president. that's meaningful information they're getting. i think there is a lot more to come. >> betsy woodruff swan. thank you. i want to turn to one of the members investigating the insur
and you see it with hannity and ingraham and with kevin mccarthy. one of the themes that's coming out it seems to me in the committee's investigation is everyone during those three hours, everyone across the board, had hair on fire about how horrible it was and how the president had to stop it and he didn't. and this is another example of yet another person who is in that boat. >> no one said this is a good idea and it's going to work. there were zero people saying great strategy. give it...
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kevin mccarthy refused to take that offer. and instead, we have the select committee that's getting dramatically more and more information than it would have come out if he accepted the offer that pelosi and made. that said, it would be consistent with his career and worries that on this for him to totally step down the committee and their them to take even more aggressive steps. yeah, it's a great point. in fact, he had deputized a member of republican leadership. the ranking member on the security committee to work out a deal with benny thompson. which they did work out for a bipartisan commission. which he then pulled the rug out from under. they passed it in the house, mcconnell filibustered in the sudden. it would've been a 50/50 split. it would've been done. i think under statutes in a year. so this is all sort of produced by those choices. you know, the other question i have here is just going through the facts there as laid out in the committee, so much of this is already in the public record. i mean, him being at the
kevin mccarthy refused to take that offer. and instead, we have the select committee that's getting dramatically more and more information than it would have come out if he accepted the offer that pelosi and made. that said, it would be consistent with his career and worries that on this for him to totally step down the committee and their them to take even more aggressive steps. yeah, it's a great point. in fact, he had deputized a member of republican leadership. the ranking member on the...
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i'll talk to adam schiff about today's new subpoenas as liz cheney calls out kevin mccarthy for engaging in a cover-up. >>> plus, ted cruz tries to redeem himself with fox conspiracy theories, yet another harbinger in the matt gaetz investigation, and the shocking opinion that the pandemic is not an occupational hazard. when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. the charges filed today against a plotter in the january 6 election are not only the most serious we've seen, they are the strictest actions that took part on that day. today a man named elmer stuart rhodes iii, working class hero, became the first to be arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy in an indictment by the department of justice. he is a leader of a gang called the oathkeepers. first, here's how the law defines seditious conspiracy. if two or more persons conspire to overthrow, put down or destroy by force the government of the united states or levy a war against them or to oppose by force the authority thereof or by force to prevent, hinder or delay the execution of any law
i'll talk to adam schiff about today's new subpoenas as liz cheney calls out kevin mccarthy for engaging in a cover-up. >>> plus, ted cruz tries to redeem himself with fox conspiracy theories, yet another harbinger in the matt gaetz investigation, and the shocking opinion that the pandemic is not an occupational hazard. when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. the charges filed today against a plotter in the january 6 election...
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today's new subpoenas, as liz cheney calls out kevin mccarthy for engaging in -- plus, ted cruz attempts to redeem himself for fox news conspiracy theories. yet, another -- investigation. the supreme court's shopping opinion, the deadly pandemic is not a occupational hansard. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. the charges filed today, against the platter of the january 6th insurrection were not only the most serious we've seen, they're also the most descriptive of actions for all who took part in the events, up to an around that day. seditious conspiracy, that's the charge. today, a man named elmer stewart roads the third, working class hero, became the first to be arrested in charge of the seditious conspiracy, in indictment unsealed with the department justice. he is the founder of the far-right military gang, called the oath keepers. that's a big deal for a number of reasons. first, here is how the law defines seditious conspiracy. i'll quote for you. if two or more persons conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the government of the
today's new subpoenas, as liz cheney calls out kevin mccarthy for engaging in -- plus, ted cruz attempts to redeem himself for fox news conspiracy theories. yet, another -- investigation. the supreme court's shopping opinion, the deadly pandemic is not a occupational hansard. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. the charges filed today, against the platter of the january 6th insurrection were not only the most serious we've seen, they're also the most...
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mccarthy or jim jordan or scott perry? are you planning to issue subpoenas? could that happen this week? how controversial will that be? >> well, the committee has not yet decided what to do about different levels of interference and noncooperation that we have received from various witnesses. so that's something that's going to, you know, require us to show some tactical nimbleness. we don't want to get pulled down into some wild goose chases. on the other hand, everybody has a responsibility to comply with congressional orders when it comes to an investigation, and nobody knows that better than mark meadows or jim jordan, people who in the benghazi investigation or any number of other investigations against democratic presidents insisted upon absolute compliance. but, you know, they don't see the double standard and the hypocrisy of the position they're acting out here. i think america does see it, and it's a rather scandalous thing not to cooperate with a demand for information. and if, god forbid, they were ever to con
mccarthy or jim jordan or scott perry? are you planning to issue subpoenas? could that happen this week? how controversial will that be? >> well, the committee has not yet decided what to do about different levels of interference and noncooperation that we have received from various witnesses. so that's something that's going to, you know, require us to show some tactical nimbleness. we don't want to get pulled down into some wild goose chases. on the other hand, everybody has a...
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and last week, their leaders in the house, republican kevin mccarthy says he will not testify either. which begs the question, are subpoenas on the way? while the committee zeroes in on the peripheral figures around the insurrection, what about donald trump? the man who incited the riot. well, that man is still out stalking the flames of the bigger. listen to what he had to say while endorsing a republican candidate in pennsylvania. >> we won the state. it's something that i contests, and i will continue to contests. we are up a massive amount at 10:00 in the evening. and then all of a sudden, things closed, and it reopened, and voila, look what happened. so we have to be a lot sharper the next time when it comes to counting the votes. sometimes, the vote counter it is more important than the candidate. and we can't let that ever happen again. we have to get tougher and smarter. >> the dictator that trump appears to be quoting the, is, i could do not, joseph. who once reportedly said, i considered completely unimportant when the party will vote, or how, but what is extraordinarily imp
and last week, their leaders in the house, republican kevin mccarthy says he will not testify either. which begs the question, are subpoenas on the way? while the committee zeroes in on the peripheral figures around the insurrection, what about donald trump? the man who incited the riot. well, that man is still out stalking the flames of the bigger. listen to what he had to say while endorsing a republican candidate in pennsylvania. >> we won the state. it's something that i contests, and...
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mccarthy. but that poll is fascinating. the problem as an american is the 33% who want him to run a lot of those are republican primary runners. i think something interesting's happened. mike round stood up to him and the sun came out the next day. my personal view, chris, is i don't think he's going to run. we're this close to losing democracy because he lost to joe biden. imagine if he thinks he might not win the nomination. i think the interesting thing is you may see more republicans -- for anyone thinking of running for president in 2024, for most of them this is it. i think more people are going to take shots at this guy. but yeah, i think at the end of the day, we're going to see who comes out of the primaries and a lot of them are like youngkin, they were basically romney 2.0. i think they want to reward republicans who don't all throw in with the trump charade. i think that's the question is who comes out of these and in particular, there's going to be the maga candidate who emerges. a
mccarthy. but that poll is fascinating. the problem as an american is the 33% who want him to run a lot of those are republican primary runners. i think something interesting's happened. mike round stood up to him and the sun came out the next day. my personal view, chris, is i don't think he's going to run. we're this close to losing democracy because he lost to joe biden. imagine if he thinks he might not win the nomination. i think the interesting thing is you may see more republicans -- for...
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mccarthy. >> yes. >> that poll is fascinating, and the problem as an american, is probably that 33% wanted to run, a lot of those are republican primary voters. i think a lot of things have happened the last couple of weeks, -- ron desantis. my personal view, chris, is i don't think he's gonna run. because, we're literally this close to losing democracy, because he lost to joe biden. imagine if he thinks he might know in the domination. i think the interesting thing is, you may see more republicans -- for anyone thinking of running a president in 24, for most of them, this is your one shot. this is it. so i think you're gonna see more people take shots at this guy, a lot of that probably happens at the end of 22 or 23. at the end of the day, we're gonna see you comes out of these primaries. and if a lot of them are like glenn youngkin, whatever's positions, our tv ads he ran were basically on mid awning tomorrow point oh. i think voters kind of want to reward politicians don't all throw in with the trump charade. i think that's gonna be a question about who comes out of these, i thi
mccarthy. >> yes. >> that poll is fascinating, and the problem as an american, is probably that 33% wanted to run, a lot of those are republican primary voters. i think a lot of things have happened the last couple of weeks, -- ron desantis. my personal view, chris, is i don't think he's gonna run. because, we're literally this close to losing democracy, because he lost to joe biden. imagine if he thinks he might know in the domination. i think the interesting thing is, you may see...
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house minority leader kevin mccarthy struck a notably hard line against trump after the insurrection, again, in the light of the moment in which people's moral faculties were functioning, the two men, trump, mccarthy, reportedly got caught in a screaming match over the phone while the insurrection was happening where mccarthy demanded trump call off the rioters and trump apparently said, of the people violently beating the cops on the steps, quote, well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election than you are. mccarthy even publicly floated the idea of censuring trump and argued the then-president was responsible for the attack on the capitol, something that is obviously true but nonetheless surprising to hear from a prominent republican. >> the president bears responsibility for wednesday's attack on congress by mob rioters. he should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. these facts require immediate action by president trump. accept his share of responsibility, quell the brewing unrest, and ensure president-elect biden is able to succ
house minority leader kevin mccarthy struck a notably hard line against trump after the insurrection, again, in the light of the moment in which people's moral faculties were functioning, the two men, trump, mccarthy, reportedly got caught in a screaming match over the phone while the insurrection was happening where mccarthy demanded trump call off the rioters and trump apparently said, of the people violently beating the cops on the steps, quote, well, kevin, i guess these people are more...
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i mean, kevin mccarthy, he made his one small stand on the night of january 6th. and ever since then, has bent over backwards in service to trump. he's made that his sort of his cause. and he's tied his entire political being to donald trump at this point. so he understands he can't piss off trump. he's going to play this as closely to donald trump as possible. and that, you know, part of that is not, you know, i don't want to say celebrate january 6th, but recognizing the threat it was and recognizing the trauma and damage it did to capitol hill as a community. >> all right. matt fuller, as always, thanks a lot, man. >> appreciate it. >>> earlier today, attorney general merrick garland gave an update on the investigations into january 6th that seems to address critics who say doj isn't doing enough. what he said about those charges yet to come after this. for people living with h-i-v, keep being you. and ask your doctor about biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete, one-pill, once-a-day treatment used for h-i-v in certain adults. it's not a cure, but with one small pill
i mean, kevin mccarthy, he made his one small stand on the night of january 6th. and ever since then, has bent over backwards in service to trump. he's made that his sort of his cause. and he's tied his entire political being to donald trump at this point. so he understands he can't piss off trump. he's going to play this as closely to donald trump as possible. and that, you know, part of that is not, you know, i don't want to say celebrate january 6th, but recognizing the threat it was and...
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kevin mccarthy, he made his one small stand on the night of january 6th. ever since then he's bent over backwards and service to trump. he's made that his cause. he's tied his entire political being to donald trump, at this point. he understands that he can't piss off trump. he's going to play this as closely to donald trump as possible. part of that is not -- i don't want to say -- recognizing the threat that was. recognizing the threat and the trauma that it did to capitol hill. >> all right, matt fuller, as always, thanks. >> appreciate it. >> earlier today, attorney general merrick garland gave an update on the investigation on january 6th. seeming to address critics -- when he said about those charges, yet to come, after this. on the eve of the anniversary january 6th, the worst attack on american democracy arguably since the civil war. the top law enforcement officer of the united states delivered the speech marking this moment. attorney general, merrick garland noted the progress made over the past year by nearly 150 prosecutors around the country i
kevin mccarthy, he made his one small stand on the night of january 6th. ever since then he's bent over backwards and service to trump. he's made that his cause. he's tied his entire political being to donald trump, at this point. he understands that he can't piss off trump. he's going to play this as closely to donald trump as possible. part of that is not -- i don't want to say -- recognizing the threat that was. recognizing the threat and the trauma that it did to capitol hill. >> all...
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kevin mccarthy strikes me as a similar figure. he's gone from, i think, saying the president bears responsibility to going -- go ahead. >> i mean kevin mccarthy is ted cruz but just not as smart. he's the dumber version of ted cruz. still empty shell of a human being. just a craven as a politician but not as smart. he'll do anything to become speaker of the house. he'll align with qanon, crazies, matt gaetz who is pretty close to hopefully being indicted of being a pedophile. this is the type of person he is. he'll do it because he wants the title of speaker of the house. he's the dumber version of ted cruz in the house. >> what is your judgment of mike pence in all this who looks like the committee will ask to speak to voluntarily this month? >> i think mike, former vice president pence needs to understand he's not going to be president. he's not going to win a primary because donald trump will never support him. he should go and follow up on the integrity he showed on january 6th. i was on the floor on january 6th. i waited till
kevin mccarthy strikes me as a similar figure. he's gone from, i think, saying the president bears responsibility to going -- go ahead. >> i mean kevin mccarthy is ted cruz but just not as smart. he's the dumber version of ted cruz. still empty shell of a human being. just a craven as a politician but not as smart. he'll do anything to become speaker of the house. he'll align with qanon, crazies, matt gaetz who is pretty close to hopefully being indicted of being a pedophile. this is the...
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minority leader kevin mccarthy has been calling house speaker nancy pelosi a "lame duck speaker" as democrats try to push back how the speaker can deliver for members and possibly herself are on their way out. >> we are still fighting to make sure we retain the majority, she has a lot of respect across the caucus and the president and i don't think anyone is saying we, whether we know or not what she's going to do next term that that impacts her ability to deliver. >> and he also acknowledged democrats have to address two big issues here, covid and inflation and if they can do that successfully in the next three months he thinks they have a chance at winning the midterms. we shall see. sandra. >> sandra: we shall see. thank you. >> john: for more, ari fleischer, former press secretary and fox news contributor, brenda lawrence, the district was heavily redrawn by an independent commission, be careful what you wish for, might come true. she was climbing in the ranks of the democratic party so for her to say she's retiring is a surprise. >> that is true, members look at the new lines and say i d
minority leader kevin mccarthy has been calling house speaker nancy pelosi a "lame duck speaker" as democrats try to push back how the speaker can deliver for members and possibly herself are on their way out. >> we are still fighting to make sure we retain the majority, she has a lot of respect across the caucus and the president and i don't think anyone is saying we, whether we know or not what she's going to do next term that that impacts her ability to deliver. >> and...
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i focus on building the house with all the money kevin mccarthy is raising he is doing. right now republicans are well-poised even if they don't have a great year a year-by-year in move. >> bill: brad a getting a chuckle. can you stop the bleeding, brad? look, first of all the 2010 analogy i don't think it works quite as well. first let's take the retirements. a lot of retirements we've seen are out of state seats, seats we'll nominate a democrat and they will win anyone. in 2010 we had 9 1/2% unemployment going into election day. we've seen the unemployment rate drop three years faster than predicted. four points down when biden took office. created 6 1/2 million jobs. the situation is completely different. we have a record to run on. dccc is raising record amounts of money and the republicans have nothing to run on. they didn't vote for the american rescue plan that put the economy on supercharge that created jobs and raised wages and put shots in arms and checks in banks. most of them voted against the infrastructure bill. democrats will break ground on infrastructure
i focus on building the house with all the money kevin mccarthy is raising he is doing. right now republicans are well-poised even if they don't have a great year a year-by-year in move. >> bill: brad a getting a chuckle. can you stop the bleeding, brad? look, first of all the 2010 analogy i don't think it works quite as well. first let's take the retirements. a lot of retirements we've seen are out of state seats, seats we'll nominate a democrat and they will win anyone. in 2010 we had 9...
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>> i think kevin mccarthy is doing a great job in the house. as they feel comfortal they'll get more house seats and they'll help us get the vote out. i think we'll take back the house and senate and when we do we have to govern. we have to say we will reduce taxes, reduce regulation, stop having government run our lives. secure our border. there are so many things we have to do. you just can't imagine biden has been president for a year and look at what has gone on. it is horrible for families across the country. >> dana: let me ask you this. you said it's when the republicans take over in the senate. the states you are looking at. there was open seat -- reelection in georgia that warnock will try to handle. you have arizona. what are the other states on your list to pick up for the republicans? >> herschel walker has also beaten warnock in the polls. we have a primary there. the republican is ahead in nevada. if you look at generic valley we'll beat kelly in arizona. we will have two individuals get into the race and i think we'll win new ham
>> i think kevin mccarthy is doing a great job in the house. as they feel comfortal they'll get more house seats and they'll help us get the vote out. i think we'll take back the house and senate and when we do we have to govern. we have to say we will reduce taxes, reduce regulation, stop having government run our lives. secure our border. there are so many things we have to do. you just can't imagine biden has been president for a year and look at what has gone on. it is horrible for...
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know if you can get an answer on that beyond these emails but maybe this is one of these things that kevin mccarthy talked about over the weekend with maria when he talked about taking control of these committees in the house come november and opening up investigations on the border and education and calling parents who are concerned about their kids in the classroom domestic terrorists. >> these parents were upset, are upset. they have every right to show up at these meetings and to protest at these meetings and any effort to chill them, to make them scared that maybe the f.b.i. is going to show up at their house really reminds me of what happened with the tea party activitys and what happened with the irs and asked for their records, their financial records, digging into what was going on. another effort clearly to chill their speech, their concerns about what is going on in the country. so this is a bad, bad look. let these parents speak out. if you feel so strongly your policies are correct and that there is no reason for them to be outraged, then let that play out in the american proc
know if you can get an answer on that beyond these emails but maybe this is one of these things that kevin mccarthy talked about over the weekend with maria when he talked about taking control of these committees in the house come november and opening up investigations on the border and education and calling parents who are concerned about their kids in the classroom domestic terrorists. >> these parents were upset, are upset. they have every right to show up at these meetings and to...
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. >> dana: kevin mccarthy has put out a statement about what republicans are for. they are looking at some very key issues that they will say this is what we would stand for when it comes to education and parents being in charge of their children's education. on immigration, on taxes and the economy and on crime which is something that didn't even come up yesterday, bill. >> bill: i would say he set republicans up to try to answer that and we'll see how well they do over the next 12 months. >> dana: they will have to answer for sure. new audio of what is believed to be the suspected -- texas hostage taker. we have jen psaki coming up. what he says about the jewish community next and we'll have that for you as well. bill. >> bill: the u.s. supreme court is now refuting this claim about an ongoing mass dispute between justices gorsuch and sotomayor. what is really happening behind closed doors? we'll check in on that coming up. >> dana: the suspected killer of a ucla grad student arrested less than 24 hours after police identified him. >> we've become so used to seei
. >> dana: kevin mccarthy has put out a statement about what republicans are for. they are looking at some very key issues that they will say this is what we would stand for when it comes to education and parents being in charge of their children's education. on immigration, on taxes and the economy and on crime which is something that didn't even come up yesterday, bill. >> bill: i would say he set republicans up to try to answer that and we'll see how well they do over the next 12...
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here to talk about that house minority leader kevin mccarthy. good morning to you and thank you for coming back. the quote from the president on wednesday was i think it easily could be illegitimate. jen psaki came on yesterday and said he was not suggesting that. how did you hear it? >> well, every day we hear something from the president and the next day we hear the correction. so i'm not quite sure what the president is talking about. this makes no sense because if anyone read the bill of what they want to do, hr1 and others want to have a speech czar, taxpayer money pay for campaigns. in the very first bill they put forward schumer would have gotten $40 million of taxpayer money for his campaign. they want to politicize the federal election committee instead of being equal number of republicans or democrats they want to weight it toward the democratic side. i don't know if they are doing this because they know what is going to happen that they'll lose the majority. they have 28 democrats today already announced retirements. in 290 days and 1
here to talk about that house minority leader kevin mccarthy. good morning to you and thank you for coming back. the quote from the president on wednesday was i think it easily could be illegitimate. jen psaki came on yesterday and said he was not suggesting that. how did you hear it? >> well, every day we hear something from the president and the next day we hear the correction. so i'm not quite sure what the president is talking about. this makes no sense because if anyone read the bill...
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kevin mccarthy, for example, telling people that he talked to donald trump. so they want to hear from those folks and whether or not they are -- they do it voluntarily. if they throw them a subpoena, that's going to be something that this country has never seen before. >> eugene, tarini, renee, thank you all so much. >>> next, anti-vaccine protesters march in washington. a report from the ground and a conversation with dr. uche blackstock about where the u.s. stands with vaccines, mandates, and the omicron variant. >>> and later, how gen z is channeling their fear and their passion to save america. the author of the book "fight" joins me. e book "fit"gh joins me (burke) you get a whole lot of something with farmers policy perks. [echoing] get a quote today. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ (vo) verizon is going ultra! and so is manny! event planning with our best business unlimited plan ever! with 5g ultra wideband now in many more cities and up to 10 times the speed at no extra cost, the downloads are flying fast! verizon is going ultra, s
kevin mccarthy, for example, telling people that he talked to donald trump. so they want to hear from those folks and whether or not they are -- they do it voluntarily. if they throw them a subpoena, that's going to be something that this country has never seen before. >> eugene, tarini, renee, thank you all so much. >>> next, anti-vaccine protesters march in washington. a report from the ground and a conversation with dr. uche blackstock about where the u.s. stands with...
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um, you know, you have house republican leader kevin mccarthy said today that if the gop wins back the house later-this year, he will seek to kick you and two of your democratic colleagues out, adam schiff and ilhan omar, off your committees in retaliation for democrats kicking two fringe republicans off their committees -- marjorie taylor greene, spreading hateful conspiracy theories, qanon theories, and paul gosar for posting a video depicting the ail kiloling of alexandria cortz in anime. what do you make of what mccarthy said? >> he spends a lot of thinking about and talking about me and mr. schiff and i will say this. we are thinking and talking about helping people and focussing on winning midterms. he is targeting me, targeting schiff, and targeting ms. omar because we are effective. not for any other reason and this is the trumpization of politics, right? he is doing it purely for retaliation purposes and he is not even offering a fig leaf as to yes, sir doing it. it is just because we are calling him out for the ku klux klan elements that he has in his caucus, who he won't cal
um, you know, you have house republican leader kevin mccarthy said today that if the gop wins back the house later-this year, he will seek to kick you and two of your democratic colleagues out, adam schiff and ilhan omar, off your committees in retaliation for democrats kicking two fringe republicans off their committees -- marjorie taylor greene, spreading hateful conspiracy theories, qanon theories, and paul gosar for posting a video depicting the ail kiloling of alexandria cortz in anime....
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you know, you have house republican leader kevin mccarthy said today that if the gop wins back the house later this year, he'll seek to kick you and two of your democratic colleagues off your committees in retaliation for democrats kicking two fringe republicans off their committees, marjorie taylor greene and others and paul cosar for posting a video of killing alexandria ocasio-cortez in anime. >> he spends a lot of time thinking about and talking about me and mr. schiff. i'll say this. we are thinking about and doing what we can to help people and focussed on winning the midterms. he's targeting me and mr. schiff and ms. omar was we're effective. this is the trumpization of politics, that he's doing it purely for retaliation purposes and he's not offering a fig leaf as to why he's doing. we are calling him for the clu clux can elements in his caucus. he's projecting on to us what he can't do with his own colleagues. >> congressman swalwell, i appreciate your time. thank you. >>> up next, will chicago schools be closed for yet another day, tomorrow? the latest showdown and we hear from
you know, you have house republican leader kevin mccarthy said today that if the gop wins back the house later this year, he'll seek to kick you and two of your democratic colleagues off your committees in retaliation for democrats kicking two fringe republicans off their committees, marjorie taylor greene and others and paul cosar for posting a video of killing alexandria ocasio-cortez in anime. >> he spends a lot of time thinking about and talking about me and mr. schiff. i'll say this....
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and then, this is where kevin mccarthy comes in. in doing nothing to make an appropriate statement for 187 minutes, reportedly, he told mccarthy when mccarthy begged him in that period, anderson. he said well it looks like the rioters are more upset than you are, kevin. words to that effect. so, that could establish the grounds for criminal referral the committee has been talking about that against the president. and then, afterwards, as well. continued efforts. and mccarthy voted against certifying the legitimate -- uh -- electors chosen by the american people. so, there's plenty for the committee to learn from him. whether he cooperates is another question. >> yeah. i mean, gloria, i mean, do you see, under any circumstances, him cooperating? >> uh, no, i don't. you know, mccarthy has now led the charge against this committee because nancy pelosi did not put, for kbexample, jim jordan on the committee who has now been asked to testify, as we know. so he is going to call it partisan. he is going to say, you know, i ever already tol
and then, this is where kevin mccarthy comes in. in doing nothing to make an appropriate statement for 187 minutes, reportedly, he told mccarthy when mccarthy begged him in that period, anderson. he said well it looks like the rioters are more upset than you are, kevin. words to that effect. so, that could establish the grounds for criminal referral the committee has been talking about that against the president. and then, afterwards, as well. continued efforts. and mccarthy voted against...
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and of course, there's house republican leader kevin mccarthy last night after we left you, he said no to a committee request to talk to the panel. which now sets the stage, and just think about it, for a newly established house committee to subpoena a member of the house leadership with the possibility of seeking contempt charges against him for not following the very rules of the body that he helps lead. it's the upside down. in his answer to the committee, he accused it of, quote, not conducting a legitimate investigation, which is pretty rich coming from a guy who once said this. >> would you be willing to testify about your conversation with donald trump on january 6th if you were asked by an outside commission? >> sure. next question. >> okay, so by sure, he really meant sure until they actually ask me. here's how he tried to explain it away, saying one thing and doing another. >> the creation of an outside commission from the start, you also opposed the select committee. you also -- >> ask the question, and i'll verify it. >> appreciate it. you said sure you would be willing to
and of course, there's house republican leader kevin mccarthy last night after we left you, he said no to a committee request to talk to the panel. which now sets the stage, and just think about it, for a newly established house committee to subpoena a member of the house leadership with the possibility of seeking contempt charges against him for not following the very rules of the body that he helps lead. it's the upside down. in his answer to the committee, he accused it of, quote, not...
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so, here it is cnn's manu raju asking house republican leader kevin mccarthy about his flip-flop over whether or not he would cooperate with january 6th committ committee which wants to question him. here it is. >> down to the creation of an outside commission from the start, you also opposed the select committee. >> well that is not true. >> well, you also -- >> >> i appreciate that. >> you said sure you would be willing to testify about your conversations. >> what was the date of that? >> it was in may of last year. >> okay. >> and you are now saying you won't agree to voluntarily cooperate. so why should the public now conclude that you are trying to hide something here and hide the facts from getting out? >> great question. i hope everything gets corrected at cnn. >> i hope everything gets kregted at cnn, he said yesterday. well, we are happy to oblige and keeping 'em honest, we did go through this one of the reasons the committee wants to talk to the congressman is they want to know the president's state of mind at the time. they want to talk to people who were talking to the for
so, here it is cnn's manu raju asking house republican leader kevin mccarthy about his flip-flop over whether or not he would cooperate with january 6th committ committee which wants to question him. here it is. >> down to the creation of an outside commission from the start, you also opposed the select committee. >> well that is not true. >> well, you also -- >> >> i appreciate that. >> you said sure you would be willing to testify about your conversations....
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we discussed this about kevin mccarthy, rudy giuliani, but they have to go on the record and ask these people. i think it'll be interesting to see if they subpoena her down the road. but this letter lays out -- it gives you a glimpse behind the curtain of how much they know. >> we're also seeing in this letter new text messages or previously unseen text messages from sean hannity and another member of the trump white house. >> so i think what's critical here is i am told these are not from mark meadows, these text messages. >> okay. >> this is press secretary kayleigh mcenany who went in to testify and is cooperating. it is apparent from this exchange that they have her text messages. and let me read you part of this exchange. it's interesting because here is sean hannity once again giving advice to the white house. >> not just advice but a point by point -- >> 5-point plan what they need to do. this is january 7, the day after january 6. he says, quote, no more stolen election talk. that's point number 1. point number 2, yes, impeachment and 25th amendment are real and many people wil
we discussed this about kevin mccarthy, rudy giuliani, but they have to go on the record and ask these people. i think it'll be interesting to see if they subpoena her down the road. but this letter lays out -- it gives you a glimpse behind the curtain of how much they know. >> we're also seeing in this letter new text messages or previously unseen text messages from sean hannity and another member of the trump white house. >> so i think what's critical here is i am told these are...
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instead house minority leader kevin mccarthy is threatening social media giants days after twitter closed one of congresswoman marjorie taylor greene's accounts for repeatedly spreading covid misinformation. on tuesday mccarthy himself tweeted, quote, twitter, all big tech if you shutdown constitutionally protected speech, not lewd and obscene, you should lose 230 protection. should mean shutting down the business model you rely on today, and i will work to make that happen. mccarthy was referencing section 230, the law that limits tech companies' liability for posted content. in september, he warned without evidence the telecom social media companies complying with the january 6th committee could be breaking the law. with no signs of punishment by mccarthy against his own members, randi kaye shows us how they and colleagues are spreading some risky falsehoods. >> reporter: republican senator ron johnson of wisconsin pushing the false claim on twitter that rinsing with mouthwash can help keep covid-19 away and reduce the viral load in saliva. there is no scientific evidence to support thi
instead house minority leader kevin mccarthy is threatening social media giants days after twitter closed one of congresswoman marjorie taylor greene's accounts for repeatedly spreading covid misinformation. on tuesday mccarthy himself tweeted, quote, twitter, all big tech if you shutdown constitutionally protected speech, not lewd and obscene, you should lose 230 protection. should mean shutting down the business model you rely on today, and i will work to make that happen. mccarthy was...