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the movement of logistics and supplies, he has prepped the battlefield. >> and censuring kyrsten sinema. arizona's democratic party leaders coming together in a unanimous vote siting the senator's voice to protect the filibuster over her constituents' right to vote. congressional democrats reacting. >> if you are a democrat and you can't uphold the fundamental right to vote for all citizens, regardless of race, then there's a problem. >> arizona's party chairwoman will join us and break down what went into that decision. plus, just hours from now, these streets are going to look a lot more crowded, with up to 20,000 people marching against vaccine mandates at our nation's capital. police are warning it could be a target for far-right extremists with groups like the proud boys promoting the protest on social

media. good morning, everybody. it is sunday, january 23rd. we've got a team of reporters and analysts following the latest this morning from washington, d.c. to tampa, to overseas. this morning we are following breaking developments on the escalating crisis in ukraine. the british government now accusing the kremlin of scheming to install a pro-russian leader in kyiv. russia is dismissing the charge as, quote, disinformation, and accusing brittain and nato of escalating tensions. this as president biden met yesterday with senior members of his national security team at camp david. this is a picture of those in-person and virtual meetings. the russia invades ukraine, the consequences will be swift and severe. for the latest. we turn to msnbc raf sanchez in london. raf, what more do we know about these allegations from the british on russia looking to install a friendly government in

ukraine? >> reporter: good morning. yeah, this is very unusual for the british government to publicly release foreign intelligence information the way it did overnight, but the goal here seems to be to show russia that the western powers know about this alleged coup plot and to try to deter them from moving ahead. i want to read to you just a little bit of the statement that was released. it says, we have information that indicates the russian government is looking to install a pro-russian leader in kyiv, as it conditions whether to invade and occupy ukraine. the former ukrainian mpmurayev is being considered as a potential candidate. mpmurayev is a ukrainian politician whose known for pro-russia views. he was a former member of the ukrainian parliament. today he owns a number of television channels in ukraine.

he has laughed off this suggestion that he could be installed as a kind of pro-kremlin stooge in kyiv. as you said, the russian government is calling these allegations disinformation, but this comes as russia continues to amass hundreds of thousands of troops on the ukrainian border. the latest addition, the squad ran of fighting planes deployed to belarus. russia says they are there for a drill, they are not intended to be part of an invasion force. but president biden has been meeting with his national security team at camp david over the weekend, and the president's hope is to present a united front to russia, that the u.s., its nato allies and other partners all stand together against any russian aggression in ukraine. that front, though, is not as united as the president might want it to be. the u.s., and uk, both sending missiles and other weapons to help the ukrainians defend

themselves, but germany is saying it will not send arms to the ukrainians and it believes sending lethal aids will only inflame the situation, make it worse. now, diplomatic efforts are going to continue this week to try to diffuse the situation without bloodshed. right now it is a very tense situation on the ukrainian border. >> thank you for that reporting. josh, talking about diplomatic efforts, we're getting new details about president biden's meeting with his national security team about the growing crisis. what do we know? >> reporter: that's right, the white house responding overnight to the british government that raf was describing about an alleged plot by russia to install a pro-russian leader in kyiv. the national security council saying that kind of plotting is deeply concerning. this, as president biden held a pretty unusual weekend meeting with his national security team at camp david, where the president and the first lady are spending the weekend. we know the national security

adviser, jake sullivan, joins the president. you can see him there at camp david in person with other national security officials joining that session by phone. the white house saying in a description of the president's meeting yesterday that he, again, affirmed that should russia invade ukraine further, the united states will impose swift and severe consequences on russia, along with our allies and partners. now, we know that the white house has been getting questions about whether president biden might again speak or even meet virtually with president putin as they try to calm tensions and avert a real crisis here t. white house is not closing the door to that. they say they are open to the possibility that biden and president putin could connect again at some point, if it is merited. we also know there's a lot of concern about whether or not the united states is going to order its diplomats, some of its

diplomats and their relatives in ukraine to leave given the potential security concerns there. that order has not been given at this point in time, but officials tell us it is something they are considering as they are trying to ensure u.s. officials are protected if they're in ukraine. >> thank you so much for that. we are joining by retired kernel, senior adviser at the center for strategic and international studies, and a deputy director at the atlantic counsel's eurasia center. as someone who has managed programs in russia, what do you make of these allegations from the british that russia is trying to install a leader in ukraine and does putin see ukraine's current government as a threat to his own? >> good morning. it tells us that moscow does not understand kyiv at all. the gentleman that they are accusing of putting in power is not popular, and no one would ever accept him as a legitimate leader. so it shows how out to lunch moscow is. ukraine has changed massively

since 2014. everyone in kyiv is laughing at this idea. is this really the best they can do? it shows that moscow does not understand ukraine at all. and, no, they think that zelensky, the president of ukraine, is not legitimate. president putin has said this over and over again in written statements and a variety of media appearances as well. >> is that because he sees democrat leanings as a threat to his own authoritarianism? >> that's part of it, but he rejects ukrainian identity and the state. he says it's fake. he says that russia's historic lands sit on ukraine. there's been a number of statements that came out of moscow and he says zelensky is not a legitimate leader. so it looks like he's made a case for war within russia. he's trying to convince the russian people that this is a fake country. but there's more to it than that. without ukraine, russia is not an empire.

but it's a bit more complicated than that. putin pants influence, he wants a bare yen between russia and the west. he doesn't want ukraine to become a vibrant democracy, and there's also a lot as well. >> we know estonia, lithuania said they would weekend u.s.-made equipment, missiles to ukraine. how could this help ukraine defend itself? >> well, the united states and nato are sending easy-to-use weapons packages to ukraine, things that they can pick up and employ rapidly, javelin missiles, for example, and i expect there might be some anti-aircraft missiles, plus

ammunition. the united states has not been specific about what's going over there. but these are things that can be moved right out to the front lines and employed without long training requirements and large logistics requirements. >> and, colonel, the u.n. secretary general says he wouldn't call the situation today a cold war, but he's warning that the world is far less prepared to deal with such turmoil. speaking to the ap, he said the current world is much more chaotic, much less predictable and there are no credible instruments to deal with crisis. what does that mean for the chances of a diplomatic resolution? >> frankly, i'm not sure what he means because nato and the united states are working to try to diffuse the crisis. biden has met with putin and talked with him extensively. there are diplomatic notes going back and forth. we have to remember that, as bad as things are in ukraine, and

the cold war was worse, there were millions of troops facing each other over the border, and given the choice it's much better to have the confrontation further to the east than where it was in the cold war. >> melinda, i've got to ask your opinion because i've been hearing two schools of thought. one is people who are sounding the alarm saying we're on the brink of war and we should expect an escalation, not seen since the likes of world war ii. but on the other hand, we have folks who say we're not quite there yet. what's your read on the situation? >> we're not there yet. if putin wants to go in with a major land invasion, he needs at least 200,000 troops. right now he has between 120,000 and 140,000. and my military guys say that 300,000 is a better number. and the russians are not moving the logistical units let that will pressage war. they're not moving military hospitals and fuel.

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sinema and fellow democrats back home reaching a fever pitch as members voted to censure her.

julie circuit is on capitol hill following this. walk us through what this means. is it largely symbolic? >> reporter: it doesn't carry much weight but it's a clear sign that kyrsten sinema's party is unlikely to put the resources behind her to re-elect here in 2024, the same resources that led to her victory in 2018. the arizona democratic party largely responsible for sending sinema to the senate because at the time there were two republican senators, the seats from arizona held for decades by republicans. and sinema positioned herself between as an independent voice, before that she was largely involved in the green party. she was really a progressive when she was in the arizona local politics there, sending her to the senate, she obviously had a more bipartisan tune the last couple of years. that's exactly how she's been legislating. but the arizona democratic party said in a statement after the

censure, while we take no pleasure in this announcement, the adp executive board has decided to formally censure senator sinema. one of the states that passed the most restrictive voting measures this past year, the so-called audit commissioned by the republicans there also happening, after the 2020 election. now her office, meanwhile, telling nbc, quote, during three terms in the u.s. house, and now in the senate, she has always promised that she would be an independent voice for the state, not for any political party. obviously sinema's move this week coming with senator joe manchin in a 50/50 split senate, blocking the carveout needed to pass voting rights legislation that she supports on a majority basis with democrats, only now interestingly, yesterday, during the democratic party meeting, the senator did stress that the party needs to unite and not be

distracted as they have senator kelly on the ballot to ensure they keep control of the senate. >> thank you. we are joined by arizona democratic party chair who released the statement following the executive board's decision to censure senator sinema. good morning. good to see you. thanks for being up early for us. >> here we are. thank you for having us. >> so sinema's statement points to her independent voice for the state, not for either political party. but did her unwillingness for a carveout surprise you based on her tenure so far in the senate, and also, is this the past step or could more serious measures like a no confidence vote be taken? >> you know, last fall our committee members passed a resolution that outlined the potential action to be taken by the arizona party, democratic party, regarding senator sinema if she chose to protect the filibuster and obstruct voting rights.

and we know she has run as an independent, but when it comes to voting rights it is so imperative that we act on federal legislation. what we're seeing here in arizona and across the country are these unprecedented attacks on access to democracy. so we don't see it as a divisive issue, we don't see it as a democrat or republican issue. we see it as protecting democracy. that's why we had to take action yesterday. >> and more on that note, you go into this in your statement about why you feel strongly about the decision, saying on the heels of their sham audit, arizona republicans are already trying to push restrictive legislation to eliminate our popular and long-standing vote by mail system, jail election workers, but cyber ninjas in charge of our elections. this is not just about arizona. last year republicans in 19 states passed 33 different laws that will make it harder for people to vote. so do you agree with democrats

who call her vote a slap in the face, and should the blame go with senators sinema and manchin, or republicans who refuse to back voting rights legislation? >> republicans need to be held accountable as well. so we are in arizona, we held our own senator accountable, and we took this action because, frankly, our most committed democrats have raised their voices, not only this year, but all last year, making sure that there will be action taken on voting rights. so absolutely, republicans need to be held accountable, and there needs to be action from our federal -- from our senate to make sure that our democracy does not collapse. we know that when we make it harder for people to vote, the people who do have more accessibility will then be the ones in power and we need to

ensure that everybody has access to the ballot box. >> you have talked about the fact that the next priority needs to be unity. do you worry that this will look like too much in-fighting within the party and do you worry this could turn off moderates and independents in arizona? >> i'm very confident that what we have delivered as democrats we can go back and talk about how we have provided relief as democrats. and we're mindful that senator sinema played a role on that and on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. so our job will be to ensure that we are connecting with voters, we are organizing on a daily basis so that people know who delivered those wins and that we have victories in november, in november 2022. >> we will have to leave it there. thank you for your time this morning. and still to come, we're going to bring you a bit of positive pandemic news, as some states see a steep drop in cases. but tensions are still running

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five nypd officers have been shot in the line of duty this month alone. some good news in the big sur area of california. firefighters say they've made major progress fighting a wildfire there. hundreds of people had to evacuate friday night. they haven't been able to go back. it burned more than 1,000 ache skprs fire officials say it is very unusual to have such a big fire in this area the end of january. and the director of the austrailian open is denying reports that djokovic is planning to sue tennis australia over his deportation earlier this month because of his vaccination status. the tournament director says he hopes to have djokovic back in the event next year, even though he could face a three-year ban from the country. there is some good news this morning in the fight against covid-19. we could use that. cases are finally falling in the u.s., after skyrocketing for nearly two months due to that highly infectious omicron variant. the drop doesn't mean americans are out of the woods yet.

some states in the west, south, great plains, they are still seeing spikes and deaths are going up, with more than 2,000 announced most days. nbc's sam brock takes a closer look at what's happening across the nation. >> reporter: the marathon battle against omicron may finally be showing signs of a let-up, like in new york city where cases have plummeted more than 60% in two weeks and just notched a positivity rate below 10%. >> it is a very good day to say we're starting to see the downward trend in infections. >> reporter: there's a coast-to-coast contrast that's emerging, new york, new jersey and massachusetts are seeing a significant infection drop-off, while the west is still getting hammered. oregon just broke its daily record, with idaho and california struggling severely. so what can reeling states learn about an omicron wave that took three to four weeks to peak in places like new york and miami? >> is it reasonable to expect that life cycle to play out

elsewhere in the u.s., too? >> i think we'll start to still see those trends. i think the one thing that will be very different in one area versus another is the rate of full vaccination and boosting. >> reporter: the president's efforts to protect more americans with vaccines just hit another hurdle. a federal court in texas blocking a mandate for some 3.5 million federal workers, who the biden administration is expected to appeal. >> 98% of federal workers are vaccinated. we are confident in our legal authority. >> reporter: a boost did arrive tonight for the administration. >> i had received two sets of covid tests. >> reporter: he received his free at-home test kit today in dallas. he says it gives him peace of mind after ordering them on tuesday. testing and vaccines in tandem, curbing transmission. even as oklahoma state lawmakers say there's a shortage of beds for patients. >> if you go to our emergency room it's full.

there are people in the hallways. >> reporter: the frustration over medical guidelines hitting a fever pitch this week in virginia when a woman threatened to bring loaded guns to school if her child was forced to wear a mask. >> my children will not come to school on monday with a mask on, all right. that's not happening. and i will bring every single gun loaded and ready to -- i will call every -- >> that's 30 minutes. >> reporter: that threat leading to a criminal charge and an apology. >> our thanks to sam brock for that. coming up, thousands of protesters are expect to do swarm the streets of dc today at a defeat the mandates rally. what feds will be looking out for when it comes to possible extremist activity. extremist activity all year long. and...through the subaru share the love event, we are proud to have donated over two hundred and twenty five million dollars to charity.

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welcome back. you are looking at a live look at our nation's capitol, beautiful sunrise. in just a few hours a large crowd is expected to march against vaccine mandates. so here's a look at the event's website, which reads in part, we are standing up, no to vaccine mandates, no to vaccine passports, no to forcing covid-19 vaccinations on children. the list of speakers includes known anti-vaxxer robert f. kennedy jr., whose organization advocates against vaccines. also speaking today, media personality logan, who recently was dropped by her talent agency, comparing dr. fauci to a

nazi doctor. by the way, the permit for today's march does require attendees to wear masks in crowded outdoor areas. nbc's gary grumbach is on the ground. there's at least one report that feds will be monitoring this for possible extremist activity. >> reporter: in a post-january 6th world, security is top of mind when there's a large gathering of people, especially when their views are controversial. and the views that are going to be expressed today are controversial. thousands will be gathering at the washington monument, making their way toward the lincoln memorial where you'll hear from more than 30 speakers, as you mentioned robert f. kennedy jr., the nephew of president john f. kennedy. he is a noted anti-vaxxer and does not believe in vaccines or the virus itself. you'll also hear from dr. robert malone, one of the researchers, early researchers of the mrna

vaccine. he spent much of this pandemic saying vaccines aren't great and saying that the virus is not real as well. and that's the draw here. these speakers are the draw here for the thousands of people that are going to be coming. and this mandate fight has certainly been seen across the country. we have nine states right now that still have indoor mask mandates, mostly blue states, you'll notice, across the country. but even just the river in virginia, governor youngkin revealed an opt out that parents don't have to have their kids wear masks to school. there is a little bit of irony, if these folks want to get something to eat or drink after the march, in washington, d.c. you have to prove your vaccination status and wear a mask. >> interesting. gary grumbach, we know you'll be on the ground throughout the event.

thank you so much. nbc's ben collins covers disinformation and extremism and dr. peter hotez is at the vaccine development in texas childrens' hospital. this group says they're not against the vaccinated, they're against forcing vaccinated. as we've been talking about, a lot of the speakers are known for peddling conspiracy theories. and how worried should we be about anti-science aggression in the u.s.? >> these are familiar faces of who is among the leadership of this rally. these are people that have gone after me for years, leaders of the anti-vaccine movement, and what's happened about a decade ago, they began finding far right wing extremists and linking up with far right wing groups and this is an evolution or a de-evolution, depending on how you look at it, over the last several years. and so, you know, it started out

going up against autism, claiming that vaccines cause autism. and i have a doctor with autism and wrote a book vaccines did not cause rachel's autism to debunk that. then they became a political movement linked first to the republican tea party, but bringing in extremist elements. you're going to see a rag-tag collection of anti-vaccine activities, health freedom, people claiming health freedom, medical freedom, and some of the far right wing extremists. i think dc security is right to be concerned, there will be some leanings there of the same kind of people that stormed the capitol on january 6th. >> ben, what kind of chatter have you been seeing leading up to this march today? >> yeah, you know, just like you guys were talking about, these extremist forms are into this rally. they have not been into rallies since last january 6th. they think everything is in operation by the feds or something. that's not what's happening here.

they are generally in support of this. if they are not going themselves, they're sending money through fundraising segments. you see people saying, these are our people, this is trustworthy people. a lot of people are saying this is our woodstock for the anti-vaccine movement. the people who have gained notoriety over the last 18 or 24 months because of the pandemic, people who are basically non entities until then, they're coming together really for the first time, kind of their super bowl, to spread these ideas that this covid vaccine is some sort of government plot, at the very worst, or at least it's a way to control people. that's what this is about today and they haven't had this sort of rally at this scale since before the pandemic. >> ben, what you're saying goes against what they're saying and claiming on their website, which is, look, we're not against vaccinations, we just don't want them forced on us. but you're seeing a lot of talk that's completely on the other

end of the spectrum? >> oh, yeah, this is an anti-vax rally. it's a big thing for them to say, trust us, defeat the mandates. if you defeat the vaccines, you don't get to stay on facebook and have facebook groups with 12,000 people organizing buses and selling out hotels. you have to be defeat the mandates. that's the only way to remain in this space on mainstream social media. it is a way to thread the needle here. and it's working out really well. we asked facebook about this and they said this is part of public expression. saying you don't like a policy is totally fine under facebook's guidelines, and that's great. but saying that you don't like vaccines and that there's micro chips in them is not the same thing. but you'll see a lot of that stuff on science today. if you ask people going to the march today, that's what they'll say. >> fascinating. dr. hotez, got to be quick here

with you. we have seen a lot of the president's vaccine mandates struck down by courts, the large employer mandate struck down by the supreme court, most recently in texas a judge ruled against the administration's mandate for federal workers and contractors. but what are the benefits of vaccine requirements, both at places of work and, for example, mask mandates in public, even outdoor places? >> well, it's all about making the workplace safer and that's why osha got involved in this. remember the consequences here. since last summer, summer of 2021, just six, seven months ago, 200,000 unvaccinated americans have needlessly lost their lives because they refused to get vaccinated despite the widespread availability of vaccines. so this anti-vaccine movement, what i call anti-science aggression, it's a killer. it's killing more americans than global terrorism or nuclear proliferation. empty science kills, and 200,000

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for now, at least, the two voting rights bills the democrats were pushing for appear to be completely stalled, so now it's time for plan b. the senate is on recess this week, but a bipartisan group of senators will meet virtually tomorrow to discuss a more modest package of election reforms. according to nbc news, that includes clarifying the electoral count act and ways to protect election officials from threats and intimidation. republicans mitt romney and susan collins and democrats joe manchin and kyrsten sinema are

part of this bipartisan group. of course it was the refusal of manchin and sinema to agree on a filibuster carveout that stopped the democratic party's original plan for voting rights legislation. the question is, are these limited reforms enough? michigan congresswoman debbie dingell is joining us this morning. thank you for being with us. >> good morning. good to see you on a cold, snowy morning from michigan. >> beautiful. good to see you as well. got to ask you, would you support these limited reforms, even if that's all that can get done this year? >> you know, i think that's too theoretical a question for the moment. the fact of the matter is, we know it's not going to be enough. we do need to bring reform to the electoral college and we need to address voter suppression, and i know a lot of people are discouraged, but what we have to do is keep up the fight. i think we'll have to see what

the bipartisan group of senators comes up with. after piece and piece of the john lewis legislation and many different other bills, it's what is the senate willing to do. but, you know, the other thing that i'm very, very, very worried about, and i'm very angry, to legally suppress opportunities to vote, but the other thing that's happening in this country is that people's confidence in their vote is being undermined and that's a real threat to our democracy and it has to be addressed. republican legislature and the relationship of republican state legislature, controlled legislature, said there was no voter fraud in michigan, but people keep coming in here and saying there was. does my vote count?

>> congresswoman, to that point, the president in his marathon press conference this week did question whether the midterms could be legitimate given the lack of voting rights legislation and that was later walked back by press secretary jan psakpsaki. where do you stand in that? not what you want to see, would those results be trusted? >> nobody can undermine that we have courts, and i don't care. a fair american court, that are working hard in cities, towns and villages across the country to protect the outcome of that vote, and democracy is at its strongest when the most people participate in it. and when they vote, they should know the vote is being calculated, the count is accurate and honest and i do believe that is was being emanated across the country and everybody has to stop this undermining of confidence

because there is no evidence. after a lot of drama that there has been fraud or that the outcomes aren't real. >> no evidence of voter fraud, but evidence so many states are enacting these laws that could disenfranchise many voters. >> that i am worried about. and doing it in many ways. people are focused on, the american vote and people of color, but in my state they're trying to make it harder for senior citizens to vote, that have been on absentee ballot lists for a long time, and now the legislation introduced i don't think it's going to pass, would say the vote's not valid until somehow they got into the -- they are i.d.'d. there are taking away drop boxes and harder to return that mail-in vote. we've got to worry about that, but in the end, we've got to turn out the number of votes, people who vote need to know that their vote is counted and matter, and everybody in this country's got to fight the vote

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the nfl playoffs yesterday, four star quarterbacks are taking center stage today. nbc's sam brock again with the unluck assignment being at raymond james stadium in tampa florida. rams and bucs facing off this afternoon. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. look, the appetizer to the entree was not bad yesterday. saw two games came down to last-second field goals. as you said earlier, this is the first time since 2010 that the top ranked seeds for each conference got bounced in the divisional round. here we are and the question is really going to circle around tom brady today with the rams squaring off against the bucs. should the bucs win, everyone is going to be asking, how does a 44-year-old quarterback again defy father time and get to a conference championship? should he lose, the question's then becomes will this be tom brady's last season with the tampa bay bucs, how much longer can this go on for? the first half of the day's

game. then the night cap. patrick mahomes and the chiefs going um against josh allen and the bills. arguably the two most talented quarterbacks in the nfl right now. throw justin herbert into that conversation as well. last year the chiefs bounced bills from the playoffs. no doubt, bills looking for revenge. should patrick mahomes get to the super bowl again this year it would be the third straight year, the first time that's happened in 2016, 2017 and 2018, when some guy named brady with the patriots accomplished the same feat as well. so eight hours of incredible football are in store for us right now, and the tampa bay bucs are super excited to gear up for what's in store. >> look, somebody needs to get you breakfast. a lot of food and drink references. but, sam, why do we keep wondering whether this is going to be tom brady's final super bowl when we know he'll be playing until he's, like, 80? >> reporter: such a good point. he's benjamin button.

he goes backwards in age. i'm sure he'll be here for years to come. yes, one more year left on his contract. 44 years old. said he would play until 45. here's the thing, though. the tampa bay bucs were able to somehow bring back all these star players again to run it back. a couple either injured or no longer on the team. brady is not working with the same roster next year should he come back he has right now and questionable whether or not they'll be able to keep these pieces together to win yet another super bowl. it is so difficult to do, but if anybody can, tom can. i can guarantee you, as soon as either this game is over or they win a super bowl, whatever it may be, the questions will start right away. is brady coming back next season, or is this it? >> adding dram mau to the events today. sam brock, thanks for your reporting. thank you for watching "msnbc reports." ite i'll be back next sunday.

"velshi" starts right now. good morning. it is sunday, january the 23rd. i'm ali velshi. there is an elephant in the room we have to address. by elephant i mean a big, eagle maniacal republican. it's early. you may still be in bed wondering which republican we're talking about. a fair question. start with the obvious one. on this program yesterday we spoke about the bombshell report from politico about the existence of an unsigned draft executive action that was mixed into the documents sent by the national archives to the january 6th committee that would have allowed the military to seize voting machines around the country right after the 2020 election. and that is just the latest revelation involving the loser former president, his associates and their efforts to overturn the legitimate results of the last presidential race, but the

uncomfortable truth is that donald trump, the shameless man at the center of all this remains by far the most popular and the most powerful individual in today's republican party. even though out of office more than a year. not currently running for office, he can still attract and rile up a large crowd as he did at a rally in florence, arizona last week. over at the nation's capitol, most ingratiating supporters in congress elevated to positions of leadership. this last week, colorado republican boebert, never publicly apologized for making up insane islamophobic lies about her colleague elected to serve as the new communications chair of the ultraconservative house freedom caucus. that same caucus now headed by pennsylvania representative scott perry, discussed on the show, is one of the congressional members that the january 6th select committee has