good morning. 10:00 a.m. eastern. 7:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. new this morning, in a consequential move that could reshape the battlefield, germany now say it is will send tanks to ukraine. the biden administration is set to do the same. president biden expected to make

remarks later today. we'll look at what this means for russia's invasion. overnight reports of tornado ripping through parts of texas and louisiana as the severe weather moves to the northeast leaving behind a trail of destruction. and new questions about the security of our nation's secrets after a classified documents were discovered at former vice president mike pence's private home in indiana. in monterey park, california, the community now mourning the 11 innocent lives lost at the ballroom dance studio. vice president harris is now expected to meet with grieving family this is afternoon. a suspect in another shooting in half-moon bay is set to appear in court today. we'll ask california congressman about what can be done to stop gun violence. we begin with major developments in the war in

ukraine. in about two hours, president biden is expected to deliver remarks on ukraine as nbc news was the first to report the administration is preparing to send tanks to ukraine. according to three u.s. officials. and just this morning, germany announcing it will provide leopard 2 tanks to ukraine and allow other western countries to send their german-made tanks as well. the developments come after weeks of negotiations and as we approach the one-year mark of russia's invasion next month. ukrainian forces are facing a difficult fight in the east. just this morning the ukrainian military confirmed the withdrawal from soledar. joining us is raf sanchez. also with us is admiral james stravi. so raf, how soon could these tanks be on the battlefield? >> that is the question

ukrainian officials from the president zelenskyy on down are canning. we heard from the president a couple minutes ago. he said he was grateful for this announcement from germany that they are sending these tanks. but the key question is how quickly will they be on the battlefield alongside those american abrams and those british challenger tanks. ukrainian hope is they will get here in time to head off what they fear is going to be a renewed offensive by vladimir putin's forces, potentially in the next couple weeks. the reality is it is probably going to take a little longer than that. the first tanks we expect to see on the battlefield are likely to be those leopard 2s. they are here in europe already. they are used by countries some of which neighbor ukraine, including poland. the german chancellor said he's happy for ukrainian tank crews to begin training on those leopard 2s immediately. how long it will take for the m 1 depends on what president biden announces in the coming

hours. is the u.s. going to send the existing stock or are they going to order tanks from the manufacturers on ukraine's behalf. if that's the case, it's likely to take longer. this is a good news day. they have been pleading for tanks for weeks and they are relieved to see this dead lock has come to an end. >> you also spoke with the head of the u.n. refugee agency. what did he have to tell you. >> this is the mite commissioner for refugees. this is the man who was responsible for coordinating the response. they are outside the country and the millions of people displaced inside it he expressed real anger at the toll this war is

taking in a way that's unusual to hear. take a listen to our conversation. >> every time is as painful and as frustrating and as horrible as the first time. >> it never gets easier to talk to the people who live there. >> it never gets easier. you never get to understand the logic of war because war is fundamentally stupid. . >> reporter: the u.n. will begin a major fundraising drive on behalf of ukrainian refugees next month. the commissioner will be meeting with president zelenskyy this week. he told us one of his real priorities right now as we near the one year mark of this war is

to keep the world focused on the fate of ukrainian refugees. >> thank you so much. so so hutch to talk with you about. >> tanks are a crucial element of modern combat on the battlefield. and i'll tell you three things here. one is there's a political diplomatic impact. believe me the kremlin is watching this and it's a bad day in moscow because it shows the alliance can work through what turned out to be a pretty minor disagreement. start flowing additional capability to ukrainians. there's a real moral piece to this.

secondlien opt the battlefield itself, the tank because it's fast and mobile and has a very high powered canon associated with it. it carries dozens of rounds of ammunition. it's an independent fire ha sheen. it can be used defensively as you heard us say about a possible spring offensive. we have seen this in world war ii. it's unstoppable. down to crimea. this is a big day in kyiv, a bad dau in moscow. >> those tanks, you know this better than anyone. they are so fast. are they vulnerable as far as their protection from missiles?

or are they the top of the line on that as well. >> these are absolutely the top of of the line. nothing on a battlefield is unvulnerable. if i have to be on a battlefield and admirals never want to be in the middle of land battles, but if i had to be this one, i had to be in an abrams tank. not only can they move fast, making them a hard target, 45 miles an hour, they carried the very best of any kind of fighting vehicle and they are designed in a way if they take a blast will go outside the ammunition compartments. that was a failure of the russian tanks at the beginning of the war. so yes, abrams aren't meaningful and powerful, but i'll close with this. the leopard tanks that the germans have and many of the german allies, many of our nato allies, those leopards are very, very good.

put those together, throw this a few british challenger tanks and you have a powerful force on that battlefield come spring. >> how much training will have ukrainian forces have to undergo before they operate these tanks or the uk tanks? >> it will be weeks of training, maybe a month or so. but it's not six months or a year of training. the ukrainians already know how to operate the tanks. driving a tank. they know how to drive tanks. they know how to employ tanks. it's a matter of under the pressure of war when you're defending your families and your cities, you learn things pretty fast. i think this will go very quickly. i believe there will be a significant nato supplied tank force on the battlefield well in

time for the spring offensive. >> so tis is really an important page turning event in this invasion of ukraine? >> it is indeed. there's one more system that we need to think about if we're going to look ahead in this problem. and that is combat aircraft. over time, the ukrainianss are going to need the ability to have more advanced jets just like they need the ability to have more advanced tanks. i think that's a conversation that's going to start to open up. the polls have the mig 29 fighters. those could be supplied to the ukrainians. you might see this drama replay, but let's for the moment feel like we have made a positive step with tanks. we need to be thinking about combat aircraft as well. >> admiral, i can't thank you

enough for being with us. always so important to have your voice. an earthquake rocked the los angeles area overnight. the u.s. geological survey says the magnitude 42 quake struck ten miles off the coast of malibu beach at 2:00 a.m. local time. three aftershocks immediately followed. they checked on roads and apartment buildings and power lines. so far, no damage or injuries were reported. over 73 million americans now are under some kind of winter weather alert, and there are flight delays and major airports more than 200 flights have already been cancelled in chicago so far. as the storm system is stretching from eastern kansas to northern maine. at least 14 reported tornadoes touching down in texas and louisiana causing catastrophic damage and leaving long trails of debris.

in houston, a car flipped on its side on a front lawn. walls of the house ripped open with a kitchen now visible from the street. joining us from indianapolis is maggie vespa. what's it like where you are? >> reporter: you can say the latest round of severe weather is making its way think thrust the midwest in realtime. snow just started following in indianapolis in the last few hours. it's gone from snow and rain to heavy snow to kind of now this mixesture. it's definitely sticking and making for treacherous conditions on the roads. that being said, as you said in the intro, that's nothing compared to what people are dealing with. the video out of texas, the video out of louisiana is absolutely stunning. a reported 14 tornadoes touching down in 24 hours across those two states. we're hearing of three people hospitalized in louisiana. other injuries in texas, homes ripped open, cars, semis flipped on their sides.

the stories on the ground absolutely jaw dropping. here's part of one. take a listen. >> uh-uh saw sideways rain. my brain went, crap. everybody get in the hallway. the back window of the house blew out. we started seeing stuff flying past the house. >> reporter: as we said, the severe weather now making its way east across the country. winter weather warnings, wind warnings popping up. really up and down especially the eastern sea board and even in parts of northern new england expecting 16 inches potentially of snow. also the first measurable snowfalls in new york and d.c. so major cities expecting measurable snow from this system. we also have a live shot of the snowfall in chicago. that's kind of been tapering on and off throughout the morning just like it has been here in indianapolis. but as you said, enough to cancel flights. more than 200 flights cancelled

just this morning in chicago area airports. more than half of those coming out of mid-way. we're expecting as we know that ripple effect to spread throughout the country. it's been a story of the season. so definitely if you are planning on traveling today, sign up for those alerts and check your flight. this system continues barrelling its way east. >> maggie vepa, thank you so much. still ahead as the nation reels from two mass shootings, a new secret service report reveals what's behind almost 200 recent mass attacks in the u.s. how the data could help prevent the next tragedy. plus could the discovery of classified documents at mike pence's home impact the investigations into president biden and former president trump? you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." re watchin diaz-balart reports.

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17 past the hour. now to the growing controversy surround the handling of classified information. the director of national intelligence is expected to face questions about this issue when she appears before the senate intelligence committee behind closed doors for a prescheduled hearing. it comes as classified documents were found at former vice president mike pence's indiana home last week. that's according to letters from pence's counsel obtained by nbc news. the revelations come as special counsels are investigating president biden and former president trump's handling of classified documents following the discovery of material at

their homes and other locations. it's raising questions about how classified materials are handled overall. >> you have trump, pence, biden. the only thing i think you'll find at my house is chick-fil-a bags on the flo. the bottom line, i don't know how this happened. with feed to get to the pot of it. >> with us now to talk about this is justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, washington correspondent yamiche alcindor, and paul charleston, former u.s. attorney. away more do we know about the situation with mike pence's house? >> the vice president's lawyer said that a small number of documents with classification markings were found inside four boxes that had been packed inadvertently after pence left the vice presidency. he ordered this search out of an abundance of caution after the biden revelations and pence said he was confident he retained no

classified information. apparently that was wrong. as soon as they found the materials, they turned them over to the national archives. and then the justice department requested immediate access bypassing standard procedure and pence agreed to grant them that access. it's not clear what the justice department is doing here, whether they are conducting any kind of review. the attorney general declined to comment when he was asked whether a special counsel would be appointed. but it seems clear that there's a systemic problem here with a lack of accounting for classified documents, particularly during transitions. and lawmakers, as you saw there, are baffled because when they see classified documents, they have to go to a special room and then they leave the documents there. it's not like that the at the white house or the vice president's office. there are a lot of classified documents floating around. clearly, there's not a perfect system for accounting for them and making sure they get back to where they are supposed to be.

>> we still don't know a lot about this find. we don't know the level of classification of the documents. >> that's an important underlying fact. it would be one thing if they were marked secret or confidence shl. it would be another if they were top secret sensitive information as were many of the documents found at trump's residence. as is at least one document we reported in biden's possession. those are documents that are very secret and are supposed to be viewed in special facilities. that could cause grave damage to national security. we don't know in this case. >> reaction from the white house? >> the white house is saying they are going to continue being transparent and this underscores that president biden is doing all he can to make sure he's

cooperating with the doj. when you talk about the politics of this. it's very interesting. our friends at "meet the press" had a good headline that sums it up. the pence document revelation is good for president biden, but it's great for former president trump. because you have on the biden side you have this question of whether or not you can compare him to vice president pence. these are two people making sure they wanted to have their homes checked. they were trying to be up as up front as possible. they were cooperating with federal investigators wanting to give back the documents, and wanting to make sure they are open and honest about what they have. but then you have donald trump, who was in this long back and forth with the doj and national archives and had to have his home searched by the fbi. the politics are clear. there's two different cases, but former president trump has a masters class in muddying the waters and trying to make sure that he can extract as much political benefit as possible

from any situation. so you have now republicans saying it's harder for people like president biden and even vice president pence, whoed a times has been very critical of former president trump, it's harder for them to be critical because they have their own issues. >> so what's the likelihood we'll see a special counsel appointed to this case? >> that's a great question, jose. i think the likelihood of yet another special counsel is low. if we continue to add special counsels every time a revelation such as this one occurs, it's going to look like the department of justice is providing concierge service. the best route is to handle this investigation on its own, or perhaps to use the special counsel that has been appointed to deal with booid president biden's issues. it is by all similar to what's occurred with president biden

pence. that's a similar situation. it would be easy to a add that additional work under hur's plate. that seems a more reasonable approach than getting a new special counsel. >> paul, i'm wondering how you reacted when you heard this latest find. away did you think? >> i thought about the prosecutors who were involved in the trump case. if you think of this as a two-step process, the special counsel appointed to look into the trump investigation, the trump issues, it's going to look at just the facts and the law that make the determination as to whether or not former president trump should be prosecuted. but then the decision ges on to merrick garland. he has to try to find a way if he thinks a prosecution is appropriate to distinguish between all that has happened with president biden and vice president pence. that's a difficult task. lawyers, people who are fluent

with the facts, we understand what happened. that's something we can spend some time on and will understand the distinction. but the general public may not. the burden for herself risk garland, if he decides to duoforward with any prosecution, is going to have to tell the public in an easy to understand way why it is these are distinguishable facts. >> and it seems as though there maybe a dimps between how state secrets, classified documents are kept, stored and actually seen between the legislative and the executive branch. >> by the nature of the job, the members of congress work in the capitol, which is an open building where the public is wandering around. so they have to go to a special room to look at classified documents. then they leave them there. whereas in the white house, many parts of the white house qualify

as a skiff. the oval office does. presumably the vice president's does. so they can have classified documents in their office and retain them for a period of time. the president is able to take them to the residence. that means there's certainly a more widespread proliferation in the executive branch, but there's supposed to be a system for making sure they get back to a secure space when the prince thes are done looking at them. that's clearly broken down here. and when we're talking about a transition when people are moving out of the white house, the system clearly is broken in that respect. >> thank you all for being with us this morning. up next, new details into what may have led up to the mass shooting at half moon bay, california. we'll speak with congressman correa. plus we're keeping an eye on memphis.

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30 past the hour. we are just moments away from a news conference on the death of 29-year-old tyree nichols, who died after a traffic stop with police. the u.s. attorney is expected to give an update on the investigation. you see the podium. we're going to bring you those remarks live as soon as they begin. meanwhile in california, communities are still searching for answers after a horrific string of shootings. vice president harris will head to her home state to honor the 11 people killed in a shooting a at the ballroom dance studio in monterey park. the community gathered for a vigil on twuz night. a similar scene in half-moon bay. the families gathered to pray and remember then seven people killed this two shootings in two different agricultural centers. for the first time this afternoon, the suspected gunman will appear in court.

let's head right back to tennessee. we understand that the news conference with the latest upis beginning. >> with me today is the first assistant united states attorney and the acting special agent in charge of the fbi memphis field office. last week we announced that the united states had opened a federal civil rights investigation into the circumstances leading to the tragic death of tyree nichols. earlier this week, i had the privilege of meeting with nichols' mother, father, grandmother, and aunt. i had the privilege of hearing from them about tyree, a young man who enjoyed skateboarding,

starbucks and sunsets. i would like to share with the community what i told mr. nichols' family. what i said was that the department of justice cares deeply about potential violations of constitutional rights here in memphis and throughout america. i i said we have opened a criminal civil rights investigation. i told them this federal civil rights investigation will be thorough, it will be methodical and it will continue until we gather all the relevant facts. as with any other federal investigation, we will go where those facts take us. i delivered that message to them, and i want this community to hear that message as well. as i told mr. nichols' family, our federal investigation may take some time. these things often do. but we will be diligent and we

will make decisions based on the facts and the law. my office is working hand in hand with the civil rights division in washington as well as the fbi and other law enforcement partners. our team includes very experienced federal prosecutors from our office here in memphis. it includes very experienced fbi agents that from the fbi memphis field office, and it includes a very experienced attorney from the civil rights division. we have been in constant, very constructive communication with the shelby county district attorney as well as state and local law enforcement agencies about this case. i'm thankful for that and i expect that will continue. finally, i know there's significant public interest in the release of the video that was shown to mr. nichols' family. the state and local authorities

have responsibility for determining when to release video from this incident to the public. what i will say on behalf of the federal authorities is we want people to, press their right to be heard. i want to close by saying i care deeply about this city. to be as place where justice is done. the united states is committed to following the law guided by principles of justice. thank you for your time this morning. >> why was -- >> not answering one question, but with a thorough statement.

i want to go to david henderson a a civil rights attorney, former prosecutor. i thank you for being with us. just thinking of what we just heard from this department of justice spokesperson. what are your take aways from this news conference? >> first, thank you for having me. whatever we're going to see on the video when it gets released is so terrible the authorities know to get out in front of it by reassuring they are working on the case. otherwise, we didn't hear many details. overall, the concern is going to be that the laws in tennessee are limited in terms of what these officers can be charged with. it looks like probably voluntary manslaughter which is 3 to 15 years, which is not adequate in light of what happened. so federal authorities have the potential to save the day here, but we heard little detail. >> so what about this video that

clearly you're saying is probably so terrible that they are getting in front of this. what's the process for that video to be made public? >> every state has different laws about the guidelines they follow with releasing videos. historically, they wouldn't show them to the public at all, but there's been so much activism to they realize they have to share these with the public to make sure they are aware of what's going on. miens about the video and what it contains are based on what we know happened and it's hard to think of this as a police misconduct case. this is really a mob violence case. it just so happens with the mob here happens to be police officers. but since they beat a man to death, you can only imagine what that's going to look like. >> thank you so much for being with us this morning. appreciate your time. i want to go back now to

california. we have been covering these latest mass shootings. the situation just continues to be of such pain and such suffering for so many. i want to go back to jacob ward. let's talk about the case. it was two attacks at two agricultural centers. what's the latest on that investigation? >> reporter: jose, at this hour, it's all about picking up the pieces here as we stand here in front of the county courthouse. we are trying to piece together how victim's families are going to be supported. as you know, the victims in this case were a mix of hispanic and asian farm workers. and we are told by advocates

that there are many whose legal status in terms of their documentation may make it difficult to reach out from any sort of help. the kind of victim services may not be able to reach them in the same way you'd want. mexican consulate officials are offering to help move the bodies back to mexico where that's appropriate. but it lays bear how vulnerable this marginalized population is. in this kind of circumstance, how hard it is for them to get the bare minimum support you'd need so we'll be following the ways in which they are trying to get the help they need here in a beautiful but very demanding agricultural environment. >> what do we know about the suspect? what can can we expect from his court appearance today? >> we know that at 1:30 p.m.

local time, he's due to appear here at the county courthouse. we brought across from the jail just a block from here. and already he according to to our local affiliate has been speaking to investigators and describing the shooting. he also seems to have described it in a note left to his wife in the front seat of his car. that car from which he was grabbed and tackled in the sheriffs substation yesterday. in that note, he describes the shootings to his wife in a matter of fact way and asks her to take care of their adult son living in china. so the facts do not seem to be very much in dispute, but all of that begins at 1:30 p.m. pacific time. >> i want to go back to erin mclaughlin in monterey park, california. erin, what's the situation there now like this morning? >> reporter: this is a community

in mourning. last night hundreds of mourners gathered at the city hall to remember the 11 lives lost and the senseless lunar new year's attack reflecting the diversity of this community. prayers were read out in different languages, a message was read from president biden letting this community know that the nation is mourning with them, speaking to members who were there, community members. they were talking about the senseless nature of this attack and how it's shedding the spotlight on mental health within the community. take a listen. >> i think the last two days, three days have just been so difficult for us because you don't expect something like this in a community that is noun to be pretty docile. >> the asian community isn't

huge on mental health. that should be addressed. being able to seek help, knowing how to -- having resources to be able to do so. >> reporter: we're also learning more about some of the victims, some of the 11 men and women that lost their lives that night. the family of 68-year-old valentine put out a statement saying we wish we could let him know we'll miss him for the rest of our days on this earth. we hope he danced to his heart's content until the very end and hope that he's now dancing innen heaven, as is the hope of this entire community. >> indeed it is. i see that memorial growing behind you. the entrance to that beautiful dance hall there. erin, are police any closer to being able to determine a motive

behind this? >> reporter: at this point, multiple sources have told nbc news that they believe they can now rule out the possibility that this was a hate crime, the possibility this was terror related. they believe this was a personal attack having searched the 72-year-old suspect's home. they found a rifle, as well as hundreds of rounds of ammunition. nbc news has spoken to acquaintances of the suspect. those acquaintances are acquaintances because they were telling us that he was a loaner. he didn't have close friends or family. he was an angry individual. this terms of establishing a personal tie to the tans hall where he unleashed horrific attacks, it's believed according to the mayor that he met his ex-wife at this dance hall decades ago. >> then the question is why he would go to another dance hall and thank god that gentleman was

there to take the weapon from him. jacob ward, erin mclaughlin, thank you. as the nation processes these latest shootings, secret service just revealed new findings on mass attacks in public spaces. the report analyzes 173 attacks that each injured three or more people from 2016 to 2020. nearly three quarters of the attacks in the report involved a gun and almost a third of them there was evidence of attackers taking steps to repair. julia ainsley is reporting on the story. what else came out of the report? >> it was interesting. first of all, let's look at the numbers. they looked at all attacks between 2016 and 2020 and they counted 13 that injured three or more people. in 2023 we're looking at more attacks than days so far. important to put into context

just what we're looking at in terms of gun violence just this year. it also looked at mote i have. that's something that always comes up immediately after tragedies. we're trying to make sense of it. they said a quarter of all the attackers were motivated by either conspiracy theory or some kind of hateful ideology. whether that be antigovernment, anti-semitism or racism. remember this would have included the shooting against latinos in the el paso community and the jewish community the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. they are looking at all of these. that was a motivator. but actually the number one motivator is personal grievances. i asked dr. lenah, who heads the national threat assessment center at secret service, what can we do to look out for people with personal grievances? here's what she had to say. >> by far, grievances were the top motive for these attacks.

these attackers were retaliating for some sort of perceived wrongs that may have been related to personal issues, domestic situations with partners, as well as workplace issues. but if you look at the top three 75% of attacks were carried out, mostly grievances, but also ideologically motivated attacks in which attackers were conducted attacks based on gender, race or nick group. >> she says the goal of this research, which used to just be for the secret service to better protect leaders like presidents, is now to share with as many community members to try to spot red flags before people carry out these attacks. >> julia ainsley, thank you so much. joining us now is congressman correa from california.

it's always a pleasure to see you. thank you for your time. i'm just thinking these two attacks in california, how do you process this? >> every day i think about this. there's so many violent incidents in our society. and it's not only about farm workers and dance halls. it can happen anywhere. this is something we live with on an everyday basis. first thing that hits me is the mental health issue aspect. the emotional grievance, the personal grievance. the other issue is how easy these individuals can get ahold of weapons that they can turn into very deadly weapons that they can kill many people at the same time. let's focus on these two issues. mental health and access to weapons, so easy in our society. >> so how do we focus on these two issues actually make a dent? >> first of all, when it comes

to mental health, make sure people know when you have somebody that you can detect as having issues at work. you see them aftered up reported to somebody. i don't want to make everybody here a person who goes out of their way to tell another individual, but let's have reason to believe that something is going on with your colleague. and not everybody should own a weapon. certain things that you have been convicted of, you have issues, you should be able to say stop you cannot automatically buy a weapon. if we can pass these laws, it would save one life, that's important. >> indeed. and i want to take you to another issue that you have been very vocal on. you have been very critical of title 42 calling it unjust and

un-american. as millions flee their home countries to seek asylum, what do you see as the state of our immigration policy as a country? >> we have a situation here that we have had an immigration challenge for more than 35 years and we have done zero about it. the asylum laws, we need to change them. we need to look at them to make sure they reflect what's going on around the world. you're right, jose. millions of people around the world are fleeing their countries. but i'll give you an example where we can make a difference. the ukrainians that came to this country a few months ago, i went to mexico to visit those refugees from ukraine. we waived title 42 for them. we said to them, have your relatives come to the border. we process you. now we're in a situation where the refugees that they can apply for asylum from europe and come into the u.s. and you literally

haven't seen anything about them in the news. that's the right way to process refugees. we can learn some lessons on how to do this in a safe and orderly manner. >> congressman, i thank you very much for being with us. appreciate your time. up next, new drama surrounding house speaker kevin mccarthy and his efforts to block the democrats from powerful committees. we'll talk about that next. . you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports."

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ask your doctor about jardiance. 53 past the hour. right now on capitol hill, leaders are holding a news conference after a closed-door caucus meeting with vice president harris. this comes as speaker mccarthy moves to block adam schiff and eric swalwell for serving on the intelligence committee and ilhan omar from serving on the foreign affairs committee. mccarthy was asked why he booted them from the intel committee while embattled new york congressman george santos is allowed to serve on committees. >> this has nothing to do with santos. santos is not on the intel committee. you know what, those voters elected schiff, even though he lied, those voters elected swalwell even though he lied to the american public. i'll respect their voters too.

but they will not serve on a place that has national security ramifications. >> and joining us now is ali vitali. are seeing the establishment of a new precedent here where parties kick opposition lawmakers off committees once they take power. >> reporter: it's important, mccarthy is drawing the distinction that schiff and swalwell will be to serve on other committees, just not these committees. they did release a statement overnight saying pretty much what you would expect here, part of it is saying that mccarthy himself struck in these lawmakers words a corrupt bargain in his desperate and nearly failed attempt to win the speakership. it required political vengeance against the three of us. i imagine that's what we're going to hear from them in a few

moments. but this is something that we always expected in large part because there is a chunk of mccarthy's conference that wanted to see this happen. it wasn't necessarily a central focus of the speakership negotiations, but nevertheless, it's something that we long anticipated mccarthy to do. it's important to remember, too, when you talk about the establishing of a precedent on this, why this is different than what happened in the last congress around marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar losing their committee assignments. that was because of anti-semitic and racist remarks on the part of marjorie taylor greene and threats of violence on the part of paul gosar. >> ali vitali on capitol hill. thank you so much. and that wraps up the hour for me. i'm "jose diaz-balart reports." you can reach me on instagram and twitter at jdbalart. please follow the show online at jdbalartmsnbc. thank you for the privilege of your time.

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