we will do it at our own -- pretty much what john boehner did with paul ryan in the past when we hade things that weren't really in the mainstream. steny rejected it. they wanted the full vote in the house. of course, that's what we had. from my perspective, i would have preferred we did this in house rather than having a full vote on the house floor. it's never happened like this before. and so it broke precedent. i hope that it doesn't continue to see that happen. republicans ought to decide which republicans serve and democrats the same. for that reason, i think a lot of my colleagues likely voted no on the resolution because, in fact, it was precedent and perhaps would have preferred, like i would have, that we actually would have dealt with it in-house, as kevin mccarthy offered to do 24 hours before. >> i think -- i wasn't in the conversation but i think that mccarthy offered to take her off one committee but not both of her committees and i think he wanted to put her on a different committee and that's why hoyer rejected it, but i wasn't part of the conversation. maybe there a

yesterday john boehner made some news. he suggested that i do something that was anatomically impossible. to which my response was who is john boehner? and you know what? there are a whole lot of voices in washington that want to just erase the last four years. want to go back to the world before where we had government of the lobbyists, by the lobbyists and for the lobbyists. where the republicans' compelling message was republicans, we waste less. and they look at donald trump and they look at the millions and millions of people inspired who went to battle fighting alongside president trump and they are terrified. and they want him to go away. let me tell you this right now, donald trump ain't going anywhere. [cheering and applause] and the republican party is not the party just of the country clubs. the republican party is the party of steelworkers and construction workers and pipeline workers and taxi cab drives and cops and firefighters and waiters and waitresses and the men and women with calluses on their hands who

i've heard -- i've heard john boehner on many occasions vent on senator cruz because senator cruz attemptedticularly during the 2013 government shutdown. boehner said he thought the junior senator from texas was lucifer in the flesh and the most miserable s.o.b. and someone called lucifer for comment and i heard he was very upset about baron's remarks and further i would tell you that, you know, i would have never called the junior senator from texas miserable after he made that miserable s.o.b. comment so boehner has been known to make those comments. i understand why he was angry and frustrated because he would -- basically the senator would work with members at that time of what soon came to be the freedom caucus to help impede boehner's agenda in the house and it was really very irritating, not just to him but to a lot of us who are actually trying to run the country. >> charlie didn't former congressman great to have you with us. thank you. >> thanks, erica. >> our breaking news coverage continues. candidate joe biden promised justice for jamal khashoggi's death so will president biden

to which my response was, who is john boehner?bombing the middle east, have you seen liz cheney's poll numbers? >> what's true in florida is true for conservatives across the nation. we cannot, we will not go back to the days of the failed republican establishment of yesteryear. >> so we're making up the civil war and then they attack other republicans in succession. this is where they are. i really believe the question has been answered about why the party is going. and you saw saw it, the good, the bad, and the ugly. >> brace yourself, i think i'm with cruz on this one. to the extent that he is saying this is not a civil war within the republican party, i think the civil war is over. i think there's already been surrender. liz cheney and mitt romney and even mitch mcconnell, they just don't have the juice. the enthusiasm for the base is all playing itself out in orlando. and that's the concentration that then will drive primary voters. so to the extent he's saying we're trying to gin up a civil war, he might be right. >> except

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john boehner liked sahil kapur, nbc news political analyst, john boehner liked to say a leader without followers is simply a man taking a walk does senator mcconnell have any sway here? what's his role? >> reporter: shep, senator mcconnell has a lot of sway over this caucus which he has led for 14 years he doesn't appear interested in using it on this issue it's a bit of a different situation from the first impeachment trial of trump last year where he kind of coached republicans to vote to acquit him, basically predicted that the whole project was dead on arrival. he has not done that this time he appears to be willing to stand back, listen to the arguments on both ends himself and let members vote how they please the sources i'm talking to on the republican side say mcconnell is critical to any hope for getting 17 republicans for conviction the fact he hasn't come out means a lot of republicans won't feel the political cover to take that extraordinary ste to convict a president of their own party. >> i'm sorry if democrats cannot get a conviction, sawhill, are they arguing for the co

you worked for john boehner and paul ryan, quote/unquote, establishment republicans. didn't this all start on their watch, the birtherism, the conspiracies? they would argue that they're the symptoms of the broken party, not the cause of it. >> i think it would go back farther. one of the reasons that donald trump was able to overtake the republican party was that so many republican voters hate the republican party. for 20 years, it has been currency to mislead them and attack basically our own leadership. whether you're talking about talk radio, blogs, certain cable channels. when we were in the speaker's office, that was currency to attack us and basically say, you're just not fighting hard enough. that's the ethos right now. ted cruz told us if we thought a little harder we could pass obama care. if voters see that you're not delivering, they're going to hate you. one of the challenges, being a republican establishment leader is that your base dislikes you so much and they've been fed so many lies for so long. i wish when we were there we pushed back on ted cruz wh

we have too many politicians in washington now, just like when john boehner was congressman. he covered parts of six counties. same way with jim jordan. they are always hollering, illegals, illegals. look at jordan's area, how many illegals are working on those farms? nothing ever said. same way with trump. i used to live in west palm beach and i used to see him every day, he and his buddy. he never had anybody work for him that wasn't illegals. i was stay it is still the same. guest: there was a push by the trump administration before he left office to exclude undocumented immigrants from reapportionment counts. that was a change to long-standing policy at the census. it was a post by a number of longtime census officials and former officials. essentially the clock ran out on that push by the time the trump administration left office. this was one casualty of the delay of the census counts. now that they are going to be released under the biden administration, it is not going to be -- there is not going to be any exclusion of illegal aliens from the reapportionment counts. t

interesting things that came out over the last few days is something former speaker of the house john boehner said he said he's not afraid that donald trump might win in 2024 he's afraid he might lose in other words he loses starts to call foul again and we see jamming the 6 all over again that is a clear threat i think after what we saw on january the 6th and i think one thing worth mentioning in all of this is that 5 people died on january the 6th and the families of those 5 people may not have got the answers that they want and as allan was saying trump's legal woes away from over there's a criminal investigation going on in georgia into that long hour long phone call to the republican secretary of state asking to find a specific number of votes so trump could end up in court for many months if not years to come and here's another thing to bear in mind as these people who were part of the answer action go through the court system over the next few months i have no doubt that their lawyers are going to argue that they were doing what the president told them i think we're going to hear that

compromised too much and french voices who refuse to accept the humanity to our country -- from john boehner to white nationalists to manipulative madman named donald trump that will always be those who stand against immigrants. >> laura: do you understand now? first of all, completely blurs the distinction between illegal and legal immigrants. you have to understand what he's saying. belief in strong border enforcement, belief in the rule of law, belief that americans, not a legal immigrants, should be the number one priority of our government dead you are no different from a kkk grand wizard. anything to avoid that top issue for most americans. opening schools. because when pelosi is pressed on that issue, she is her usual rambling mass. >> the point to make on this is where there is a high incident of covid, most of those schools are virtual or hybrid anyway. and the vaccination might not make it actual anyway. there has to be a judgment made from the community as to how they go forward. >> laura: is she trying to conjure up the answer with the hand motions? i'll give you a translation of

but what that led to with the republican caucus was john boehner, speaker at the time, he was in powerays getting stymied and having to negotiate with the house freedom caucus. hardline members who came in on that wave and did not espouse traditional conservative principles and language and behavior. and that could be the case again. it's too early to tell. mccarthy is grappling with this in realtime, in highly public fashion, but seems where the party is headed. even though members privately say what marjorie taylor greene is saying with qanon and other statements they don't agree with, they're terrified of angering her supporters, trump supporters in many ways, they may let the party be pulled in that direction. not just dangerous for the country but for the republican party. >> aoc shared a personal moment on instagram live, part of extended comments, her experience on 01/06, as a result had what was perceived a real moment of personal power, matched today by several members of congress. i want to play for you congresswoman jackie speier of california, who of course survived multipl

john boehner when he was speaker in the house back in 2012, he removed three republicans fromfr communities, he didn't think they were being team players bear this is a little bit different, having the entire house brand-new. here is jim mcgovern, the chair of the house rules committee. >> a member of this house is calling for assassinations, that is a new president. if that's the standard, to remove people from committees, i'm fine with that.li >> republicans try to return the favor. they introduce to remove committee member ilhan omar of her appointments. they will do out of order. >> like it says on the bottle, if you have a spec on your eye can we not criticize someone with a spec of your eye if you've got one in yours. >> steny hoyer try to get a deal about greene and put out a statement criticizing the house of representatives, they will vote tomorrow to bounce greene from her committee. takes a simple majority. from a republican conference leaving late this afternoon, some republicans applauded and gave greene a standing ovation. a bit of breaking news, the house republican conferenc

the latter under obama was demanded by the tea party and though speaker john boehner acquiesced, he was pushed out. the republican party could not get together and to defeat and purge trump. they lost their clout. marco rubio and ted cruz wanted to court some space, not alienate it. a few leaders condemned trump, but it was all too little too late. u.s. political parties have become dangerously weak. once upon a time, they picked the presidential candidates to present to the public. now primary voters, often more radical than party leaders have usurped that key function. once the parties firmly control campaign funds. today thanks to supreme court rulings, outside groups have much more cash than they used to. so the odds are against the republican party disciplining its most radical elements. some hope that electoral losses might force those actions. remember while 2020 was a bad year for trump, it wasn't such a bad year for other republicans. the party narrowly lost control of congress, but it did well in state houses across the country, sometimes with the help of voter suppression and

distraction or embarrassment and that is certainly what we have, oftentimes i saw paul ryan and john boehnerically sat those members down and oftentimes those members resigned on their own. if they didn't, sometimes those resignations were forced. that's how you deal with this. i said last summer, fred, that this woman greene should have been given the same kind of treatment that steve king had, that is that they basically os t ostracized him, that is we're going to defeat him and defeat this woman in the primary in 2022 in the georgia primary. that's how they should treat her and that would send a message to the people in northwest georgia to send an alternative. steve king was defended after senator mccarthy said enough. iowa sent a replacement, which was much more mainstream. >> julian, how potentially might this approach with congresswoman greene backfire on republicans? >> well, obviously republicans are scared that if they do this, if they engage in some kind of primary tactic, it will blow back against them, because not only her supporters, but the people who have been loyal to the fo

he's a former top aide to house speakers tom ryan and john boehner and you worked for kevin mccarthy as well. so i've got to ask, given how rare it is to hear a leader in the senate speak about an issue in the house in this way, what's your read this morning? >> yeah, it is really rare. typically there's an understood rule that senate leaders take care of their own conference, don't mess with what's going on in the house. so there's one of two things going on. either kevin mccarthy asked for mitch mcconnell to back him up a little or mitch mcconnell is just really concerned about the direction that the party is heading, and feels like in the absence of anybody else saying something, he needs to speak in defense of liz cheney and make clear that conspiracy theories aren't welcome here because he's worried about the long-term political implications of a party that welcomes conspiracy theorists. >> the trouble, of course, is those conspiracy theories and lies are not confined by any means to marjorie taylor greene. the most popular man in the republican party, donald trump, has been a c

to david jolly's point, john boehner wanted the tea party despite a lot of the hatred and some of thespiracy theories they were pushing. and you have conspiracy theories about jewish space lasers and john f. kennedy jr. being killed in a mysterious way. you see this ready -- this appeal to violence with memes and other things that are on this facebook page. that's as important if not more important than her nutty ideas. >> you know, and, alex, that is what strikes me. there are all of these write-ups about the end of bircherism. it was going to inspire extreme radicalism on the right which were they could devolve into conspiracy theories. when you walk through that district, how pervasive is the kind of thinking that we're seeing among marjorie green? i suspect it's more pervasive than we would like to think? >> i think it's probably a multistep process, right? just from talking to the number of folks in this sphere that i have, fox news is often the entry, the gateway drug, and there's social media and social media feeds that spin up some of the lunatic theories of the far right frin

but to win a majority with the fuel like this, leading to the meetings, and john boehner getting his party to break and then they proceeded to wreck havoc on his caucus. >> with me now is deb by wasserman-schultz. he co-authored a bill to remove congresswoman green from her two assignments. talk to me about whether or not you have any concern about the precedent being set by democrats here for one party removing a member from the other party, the opposing party, from their positions. >> the concern that i have is that kevin mccarthy has chosen to embrace qanon, rather than the opportunity to remove her from her committees themselves and make sure that we don't have a member who has an ability to wreck havoc on the ability to get things done. and the ball was in his court and he decided to toss it asde. the house has to act because we cannot allow someone in our midst to have that kind of power. >> republicans are arguing that they will use this against democrats when they have the power again. i'm not comparing the two of them, but that is what republicans are doing. >> this is revol

has been minority leader in the house of representatives, he ousted steve king two years ago, john boehner, and he was speak of the house back in 2012, he rs from committees, he basically didn't think they were being team players. but this is a little bit different, having the entire house do it. that is brand-new. here is jim mcgovern, the chair of the house rules committee. >> a member of this house is calling for assassinations. that's a new precedent. and as i said, you know, if that's the standard, that we move people from committees, i'm fine with that. >> republicans tried to return the favor. they introduced an amendment to strip democratic minnesota representative ilhan omar of her committee assignments. democrats ruled that amendment out of order. >> just like it says in the bible, if you have a speck in your eye, don't criticize someone for the speck in his eye if you have a log in yours. >> now, steny hoyer, the house majority leader come in kevin mccarthy, they tried to get a deal about green, and mccarthy put out a statement tog democrats, the house of representatives will vo

back in 2016, when asked his opinions of ted cruz, the former republican speaker of the house john boehner made a face, and i quote him here, lucifer in the flesh, i have democratic and republican friends. i get along with everyone but i have never worked for a more miserable son of a bitch in my life. when he ran for president in 2016, only six sitting republican senators endorsed cruz, while 30 endorsed his rival, donald trump. ted cruz is just genuinely disliked by a lot of his colleagues. and part of the reason he loves sanctimoniously dunking on everyone else, from telling chris christie to go back to the beach, which is a good one this current context after christie called chris a hypocrite. he blasted california saying quote california is unable to perform even basic functions of civilization like having reliable electricity, for attacking the mayor of texas for taking a private plane to cabo saying this is not the time to relax. all the kind of glib dunking that would never come back to cruz in a situation like this, of course. i am joined by "new york times" op-ed columnist michel

the hardest day i had in congress was the day john boehner asked me to meet with the parents of the childrenh grieving parents more than i can count, but never that many at one time, and never when the victims are that young. it was the hardest thing i did those eight years. one of the hardest things i've ever done in my life. that room was so full of grief and anguish. and when other republicans were not interested in meeting with the students from parkland, florida, after the school shooting, i did meet with them. because i needed to hear the pain. we need to hear the pain. waiting to experience the pain as best we can come alongside them. i knew we would probably not agree on the solution, but i owed them a chance to tell me how this had impacted their lives. they deserved to be heard. i spent six years prosecuting firearms cases, trying to keep guns out of the hands of people who weren't supposed to have them, and in ten years prosecuting murder cases. i do not need a house democrat lecturing me on gun violence. the question is, how do we stop it? there are currently laws on the books as

john boehner comes to mind. yes, some of these other top names that are also being touted as candidates. and roger marshall joins me right now. senator, i'll put it to you flat then. are you worried about the tone coming out of cpac right now where going after mitch mcconnell, going after liz cheney. there's a reason why they're not there. the powers that be don't want them there. >> well, neil, first of all, president reagan said something like thou shall not speak ill of your fellow republicans. i might remind everybody of that. but at the same time, we're republicans -- >> neil: senator, they're not doing that. that rule for ronald reagan is long gone, right? >> i think regardless, i think we're allowed to disagree with each other. i believe in this concept of sharpening the irons. the next two years, you'll see the radical wing of the liberal party unite republicans. we disagree on some things but we certainly disagree with the democratic policy. policy killing jobs, open borders, taking away freedoms and th

you were the press secretary for paul ryan, john boehner, a veteran republican strategist. do you look at this and say shame on the republicans that are just trying to pretend that the riot never happen snd. >> taking off my dominion hat for a moment and speaking as someone who worked there for years, i hope we never forget. i hope we never move on until we have a reckoning with the truth. >> right. and there is still so much we don't know about how it happened. michael, thank you so much. >> absolutely. >> media companies that propagated the big lie are reacting in different ways to the sector of these defamation suits. you heard steele suggesting that mike lindell might be next. before rudy's radio show on thursday, wabc aired a lengthy legal disclaimer attempting to distance the company from whatever rudy says. just take a listen to this. >> the views, assumptions and opinions expressed by former u.s. attorney, former attorney to the president of the united states and new york city mayor rudy giuliani, his guests and callers on his am are strictly their own and do not re

result of him poisoning the minds of people with the lies and the fraud former speaker of the house john boehner declared that quo invasion of our capitol by a mob incited by lies from some entrusted with power is this grace to all who sacrifice to build our republic this was echoed by former top official after former trial official here is what former nascar devices john bolton h r n mcmaster former white house communications director alyssa farah and former chief of stack mick mulvaney said let me just ask you do you think president trump has blood on his hands. i think he does look i agree with bill barr i think he did incite this mob with the clear intention of having them disrupt the electoral college certification and delay it to give him more time i don't think there's any question about it there are many reasons for this assault on the capitol but for most among them was the president's exhortations was the president sustained this information we've seen a president stoking fears amidst these crises in 1st and foremost i want to say that what happened at the capitol was unacceptable un-a

. >> senator, you could have taken that bill that passed the senate, that john boehner when he was speaker refused to bring up and you could have introduced that bill, which is a compromise legislation that was hammered out between democrats and republicans. but you're not. you guys are doing a different approach. you're offering this very progressive legislation. what do you say to someone who says that this bill that you introduced today seems more designed for a campaign ad to win votes, of latino voters and others, than serious legislation that has a chance of getting 60 votes? >> well, jake, i would just say, look, after being in congress between the house and senate for nearly three decades, it would be a bad strategy for me to start negotiating on a previously negotiated, you know, piece of legislation. times have changed. we have different dynamics. and this bill actually has -- you know, i've talked to some of my republican colleagues in the senate. they would like to see the farmer worker provisions taken care of. others come from a large meat packing or poultry plants. they want

and remember what happened to him in 2015 after john boehner stepped down.tes to help him. since then, kevin mccarthy tried to co-opt the freedom caucus. if he punishes marjorie taylor greene, he will likely lose their votes again going forward. but the flip side of that is by not condemning marjorie taylor greene, i think he makes it harder for his caucus to get back into the majority. because members in the swing districts are going to be tagged with marjorie taylor greene. remember, republicans also, you know, will hit democrats for being tied to the squad and aoc. well, now they're going to try to attack republican members making it harder to get the majority. kevin mccarthy is really in a bit of a pickle here. i think he's kind of twisted up. >> we wait to see what happens, whether or not they strip her of her committee assignments, the democrats do have the simple majority which is all they need. to be continued, gentlemen. thank you both very much for talking that through with me. we'll talk about it tomorrow, i'm sure. >>> still ahead here, democrats

the interesting statements made over this past few days was from the former speaker of the house john boehner a republican who said he's not afraid that donald trump will win in 2024 he's afraid he'll lose in other words we could see the same thing again if he starts to claim the election was rigged and could incite violence once again so you know this is just again just showing you how fractured the republican party is becoming over this one humongous figure who who still is over 70000000 supporters in this country so close eyes on the former president now that he's been acquitted what his plans might be what his promises to his followers are but clearly he is planning to keep wrong going and to in his words make america great again. so in. this process has been counterproductive or it's backfired in some ways for those that wanted to disqualify donald trump from running future office they wanted to prevent that scenario from happening this result has given the former president a new lease of life perhaps. you know you could argue that i think that's a solid argument to make but i think the

it was in his second term and we, over in the house, of course, it ended up getting stuck in john boehner's freezer next to the frozen peas or something, never got out of there. now i think third time is the charm, to pass major legislation. why is this different? i just pointed out the difference with the lead in administration. secondly, there have been republicans interested in doing this and bob knows that. but they've been gut-punched by the previous administration every time they tried to do it. and the third reason is, something that's been point you had out, we've now seen a year of our immigrant community on the front line, they're the ones driving the buses. they're the ones holding people's grandparents' hands when they take their last breath in the hospital rooms and in the schools on the front line and working in convenience stores. if people weren't grateful for immigrant community before they better be now. i combine that plus the obvious economic need for this coming from a state where we have the biggest somali population, growing hispanic population, the biggest liberian p

ali vitali there brendan buck, the former top adviser to former house speakers paul ryan and john boehner, is this the weekend that the former president makes it clear he is still the face and the front person of the party for as long as he wants to be >> i think it is there were a lot of people who i think thought that after he lost or specifically after january 6th, that people would move on from him, and that is clearly not happening, and i don't think it's going to happen for a long time obviouslypeople there love donald trump but if you want evidence that this is still his party, look at all those other people who, you know, potentially want to be president someday -- ted cruz, josh hawley. they're all emulating donald trump. they're all playing that same type of politics they know that republican base voters still love donald trump, still want what he is selling. and if they have a future after him, they need to be seen as a trump republican too so it's still his party for as long as he wants it. and i have a hunch that he doesn't have any interest in going away. >> is the party as

that's why i get back to this, i remember when john boehner would call somebody into the office who was an embarrassment or a distraction and he would say, it's true. and he would say, see that letter on the desk, that's your resignation letter. why don't you sign it. that's what leadership would do. and that's what needed to happen here. now it's going to be a spectacle on the floor today. precedents will be set, and a lot of screaming about process and precedent. but hey, that's where we are. if you don't want to enforce standards, it comes to this. >> tim alberta noted overnight, with boehner, there was a huge uproar when 17 republicans suggested they want to boot boehner from the leadership. now 61 wanted to boot liz cheney. i know she won by a leftandslid but 61 is still a lot of votes. kevin mccarthy, just speaking about qanon, this conspiracy group that has put out hateful ideas, hateful ideas that we saw contribute to the siege of the u.s. capitol. just listen to what kevin mccarthy said about qanon overnight? and i want to remind people what he said about it before. so listen.

>> well, john boehner used to say, as you might remember, a leader without followers is a man taking a walk. so, i think that, perhaps, that when mitch mcconnell saw that none of his republicans were following him, he decided that he would back off and would move back to where the conference is, which is, you know, not in support, not supporting donald trump's removal from office or, frankly, his impeachment. i don't think mitch mcconnell is going to do anything to surprise us here. he has now voted to call the impeachment unconstitutional, and i just don't expect that anything will change from there. >> another test of that, of course, coming today as they spend the day debating the constitutionality of this trial. punch bowl news' jake sherman, thanks for kicking us off on this historic day. appreciate it. >>> still ahead here, georgia's secretary of state launches a new investigation into former president trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in that state. >>> plus, the latest on the pandemic as the first sitting member of congress passes away from covid. we're go

you know, he had the opportunity to lead, to be the house speaker back when john boehner resigned, but it then and he's blowing it now. he is just trying to have it both ways, and that's the problem. he thinks that he can downplay the qanon, which he is now, as nancy pelosi said, you know, the congressman "q" from california. and he's also trying to show support for liz cheney. as you said, we're going to move to that next. but you can't have it both ways. and he's trying to appease everyone, and that's not what a leader does. >> so, on the liz cheney question, i mean, it is clear that that was an overwhelming vote. that was not a close vote to keep liz cheney in her position. and having covered her, i mean, she is not someone -- i think she's demonstrated, people have seen how she -- first of all, she took that vote and then she's gone out there and defended herself on it. what is the breadth of the support within the republican conference for her tell you about her position and about the difference between what republicans are willing to say in public and what they're willing to say

in response to the announcement, a former top aide to speakers john boehner and paul ryan tweeted, congress is no place for a sensible republican anymore. ohio republican senator rob portman joins me now. thank you so much for joining me. i know you heard my interview with brian deese, the president's top economic adviser. i talked to him about the letter that you and nine other republicans sent this morning. what do you think about that? what is your reaction to what he said? >> first, thank you for the interview. it is the first time i've heard the administration say they actually want to make good on the promises made in the inaugural address with regard to covid-19 so you made progress. thank you. i mean, seriously, it is extraordinary to me that you have a great speech, which i said at the time, at the inaugural talking about the need to heal and work together as a country, republican and democrat alike, and a pledge to do more outreach to republicans. and then the next day landing on our desks a $1.9 trillion covid-19 package when only a month ago we passed a $900 billion covid-19 pac

garrett haake on capitol hill, brendan buck, former senior adviser to house speakers paul ryan and john boehner, and former maryland democratic congresswoman debra everets and former senator claire mccaskill. peter first to you. let's start with the covid relief package. the white house releasing a statement after that monday meaning with republicans saying the president is open to reconciliation, but the republicans are in the conversation. so where do we stand? are democrats on the progressive side getting nervous he'll compromise too much, or are all saying he'll go big even if it means going it alone? >>. >> reporter: when everybody was said and done last night, it was clear president biden, this white house wasn't really giving much ground here. they say that the meeting was substantive and productive but at the end of the day he said they had to meet this moment. the decision is whether to go big and go it alone or scale back this american rescue plan with some republican support. white house officials are skeptical there's any scenario under which they would get ten republicans. that's w

speaker john boehner, paul ryan, too. they forced people to resign. it is quite bad. marjorie taylor greene will make it much more difficult for republicans in swing and moderate districts to survive. it will be harder for republicans to win a majority in 2022 with her around. she should be removed from the committees and kicked out of the republican conference. that's how they should deal with this. everybody knows it. i think kevin mccarthy is concerned if he does reprimand and remove her and republicans capture the skbmajority, he wou have a hard time winning the sweeker race, some would not support it. >> it is incredible. manu reports that greene told the gop in the closed door meeting her social media statements don't reflect who she is. and obviously there are plenty of them willing to buy that. yet that's absurd, right? they're consistent, her comments. the clintons are behind somehow murdering jfk jr., that the plane didn't go into the pentagon, that she, like the statement about hanging president obama, 9/11 didn't happen, it goes on and on. this is consiste

the former speaker of the house john boehner declared the invasion of our capital by a mob incited by lies by some entrusted with power are a sacrifice to all who struggled to build our republic. this was echoed by former trump officials after former trump official. here's what former national security license john bolton and hr mcmaster, former white house communications director sarah and former chief of staff nick mulvaney said . >> let me ask you, do you think president trump has blood on his hands ? >> i think he does. i agree with bill barr. he did incite this mob with the clear intention of having them disrupt the electoral college certification and daily give him more time. there are many reasons for this assault on the capital but foremost among them was the president's exhortations, the presidents sustained this information. we seen the president stoking fears amidst these crisis s. >> first and foremost i want to say what happened at the capital was unacceptable, un-american, undemocratic. >> i think everybody recognizes what happened on wednesday is different. you can go d

former speaker of the house john boehner declared quote the invasion of our capitol by mob incited byedn would construct with power incited by lies from some entrusted with power is a disgrace to all sacrificed to build a republic. h.r. mcmaster former communications director karen former chief of staff mick mulvaney said, >> let me ask you do you think president trump's was on his hands? >> i think he does. look i agree with bill barr. i think he did incite this mob with the clear intention of having an electoral college certification to give him more time. i don't think there's any question about it. therees are many reasons for ths assault on the capitol but foremost among them was the president expectations to stay in disinformation. we have seenp' a presence stoking. >> i want to say what happened at the capitol was unacceptable, un-american, undemocratic. >> i think everybody recognizes that what happened on wednesday is different. if you go down the long litany of things that people complained about with donald trump, his policies, his differences and stylistic differences but we

the former speaker of the house john boehner declared the invasion of our capital by a mob inflated by lies from those entrusted with power is a disgrace to all those who sacrifice to build our republic. this was echoed by former official after former trump official . here's what former national security had john bolton and hr mcmaster and former chief of staff mick mulvaney said. >> let me ask you, do you think president trump has blood on his hands ? >> i think he does. i agree with bill barr. i think he did incite this model with the clear intention of having them disrupt the electoral college certification and delay it to give him more time. i don't think there's any question about it. >> there are many reasons for this assault on the capital but foremost among them were president trump's exhortations and sustained disinformation.we've seen the president stoking fears in this crisis. >> first and foremost i want to say what happened at the capital was unacceptable, un-american, undemocratic. >> i think everybody recognizes what happened on wednesday is different . you can go to all

but a big crisis, got zero votes in the house of representatives after trying to negotiate with john boehnertually pried off three republican votes under the rules they were using to pass the bill. snow, "spectre". not sure he can replace those with any others. and so i'm just, i see the snap enormous as 1 600 billion and 1.9 trillion. i assume both sides will be prepared top compromise somewhat. the republicans would have to keep 10 members of their caucus on board for whatever they added to the $600 billion. president biden would have to keep his progressive wing on board as he went down from 1.9 trillion. and i wish i could be positive. but i think it's a very tough situation to believe we will have a bipartisan compromise. >> kasie hunt, jump in. . >> so, josh, steve brings up 2009. there are clearly a lot of lessons being learned from that stimulus package and the experience of trying to pass the affordable care act. democrats really do need to make a choice. do they want to try to get republicans on board only to potentially see no one go along with them, or do they want to use this st