you are using rnc cash to pay for your fraud legal offense.estrictions on being able to get this abortion pill by mail. this is something of course is a medical abortion is what it is referred to. now women can get them in the mail. this comes at a time when we are seeing the supreme court fight play out over the new abortion restrictions in several states including mainly texas. so what are the pros and cons of what the fda has done here? . >> well, i'll say as a pro-life person, i don't have an issue with making it easier. it's legal. and that's the law of the land. i think it should remain legal. but i think it should be safe. it's legal. i don't think you add unnecessary barriers to both providers and patients to get it. that's what i am concerned about the safety of do it yourself abortions. and the fda is requiring patient consent and a physician's prescription, which lets me know there are some risks involved. and the idea that you could have an abortion without being seen by a physician. >> in person. >> in person. you could do telemed

. >> ben: an rnc memo calling out president biden's broken promises claims.ood morning and merry christmas to benjamin and griff. great to be with you guys this morning. griff: now, governor, thanks for joining us, is president biden possibly headed for a lump of coal on christmas with broken promises? what say you? >> well, he certainly has given most americans a lump of coal. i think if biden were santa claus, people wouldn't be leaving out cookies and milk. they would probably be leaving out soured eggs and rotten things here you go you deserve it the rnc put out six page memo outlining many of the broken promises with joe biden. the fact is the only promise he has really kept this year, he has united america. he said he would do it. unfortunately for him. he has united america to believe that his presidency has been an abject failure. we have seen that on a number of things. that's what this memo that the rnc released really outline. things like the border crisis. it's a mess. it still is. it's not gotten that much better. the supply chain. he said he wou

so, danny, did the rnc act appropriately here?egal fees? >> should? beats me. but the rnc knows where its bread is buttered. they know they still need donald trump. they're heavily invested in donald trump, and perhaps this is the psychological principle of sunk costs. they've already put so much into him and put so much faith in him and so much belief that he could deliver them from whatever, that they're continuing to back him. in fact, you can read between the lines of that statement. that's basically what they're saying. they're saying, this is our guy. he's been our guy for a while. he's going to be our guy, i guess, going forward because we don't have anything else that we can think of. >> so, glenn, we know that the january 6th committee has issued a subpoena to phil waldron, who circulated that now famous powerpoint before the riot. that powerpoint detailing how to overturn election results. glenn, what is this guy going to be able to provide to the committee in terms of details of the planning before january 6th? >> well,

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and of course you all met chris, who is the committeeman for the rnc. and julian is here too. i saw her earlier. thank you for being here. and state rep mr. notter, too. who is the minority whip. sorry. you don't even identify as such. good, thank you. the wreck of candidates in -- work of candidates in new hampshire that carry the flag of freedom so strongly and earnestly are why we're here today. and this movement that we have of two million activists across the country that are standing up and that are actively advocating to take our freedoms back and to restore the current, the correct role of the federal government with each of us. now, biden's plan is not that, and it's a clear contrast to what we as conservatives so eagerly want for our families and businesses. the vision that has been laid out by the administration is one that is focused on more taxes, more spending, and a social engineering plan that puts us completely out of touch with the majority of americans. unfortunately, this agenda is supported by the two senators that hail from new hampshire, and particular s

we had the nh gop working, we had the rnc working, and we coordinated an effort along with the house republican committee to put together a huge win, which is pointing towards 2022 as a very, very good year for republicans. but i tell everyone, do not get complacent. run like you are one vote behind, and that is what we are going to continue to do. [applause] as far as what the parrot dig foundation is doing and narrative action, it is a phenomenal grassroots effort. it is something that we have been doing here in new hampshire. as you know, in the last election in 2020, we did not, i'm sorry to say, win at the top of the ticket. however, at the state level we flipped the house, the senate, the executive council, and we cupped governor sununu -- kept governor sununu in the corner office. what does that mean? that means we pass to the most republican budget in the history of new hampshire last june. we cut business profits tax. we cut business enterprise taxes. we cut the rooms and meals tax. we are phasing out the interest and dividends tax. we are taking that from 5% to zero. we've

there are two things you think about when you look at what the rnc is doing here.as a de facto even though he's no longer in office. there is so much news happening in trump's world. there could be even more money that the rnc decides to put forth if they seem to be comfortable with that position. something we'll watch closely until next disclosure comes out. >> the senate parliament ruled the house pass bill are ineligible in the build back better bill, what options does it leave for democrats? >> third time was not the charm for democrats. they try and try again to get some sort of provision. they don't have a lot of options here when it comes to bbb, activists were upset with the parliamentary ruling? there is very little where republicans and democrats are in agreement right now on immigration. >> anna, let's get your sense of all the developments yesterday. the president conceding build back better bill act is not going to happen until 2022 or some doubts whether it will happen at all. give us a sense of that and vote rights legislation. >> the punch bowl news

another, so we've got some things to unpack here, and here with me now for a reaction to do just that, rnc chair ronna mcdaniel, along with former advisoro stephen miller. stephen, i just have to say, we are looking at this, it is almost like it's an alternate reality, you know, jesse left us with the singing nurses in the white house, that completely bizarre dynamics, and now we have this claimed that the supply chain crisis was fixed by father joe biden, when in fact it's because we stopped ordering things that would have to be shipped from someplace other than the united states, and we shop locally. is this something we can expect to see happening over and over and over again on every issue for the next three freaking years? >> well, first of all, merry christmas. i just wish for more of our fellow citizens this holiday season, it would be a muchel merrier christmas. unfortunately, this has been an absolutely brutal year for the american people. the biden administration is at war with reality. that is their problem. the reality is our supply chains are crippled and broken. i like many a

on involvement in primaries, the rnc has stayed out of primaries. that is not new. there are other groups like the senate leadership fund that have from time to time intervened. my attitude depends on one thing -- are we about to get an unelectable candidate? i don't know how long you have been around, i'm going to mention four names and ask a question. [laughter] sen. mcconnell: christine o'donnell, sharon angle, todd akin, and richard murdoch. what do they all have in common? they are not senators. my point is -- look. i don't care how you describe yourself, whether you consider yourself a trump candidate for this candidate or that candidate , there are ways to evaluate elect ability. -- electability. the only way i can see groups involving is if you are on the verge of nominating someone who is unelectable. that has not happened yet. >> [inaudible] sen. mcconnell: i don't know. the primary season lies ahead in the spring. it makes a difference who winds -- wins. we won one seat in georgia, we would not be talking about reckless tax and spending. the whole approac

bureau of atf were dispatched to investigate reports of a pipe bomb, with a timer found outside the rnc headquarters and suspicious packages that the supreme court near the democratic national headquarters, all offices close to the capitol. one official darnell harvin said the bomb squads were responding to the suspicious package near the rnc building. the two flashed back to their tabletop exercise on december 30th how analysts had imagined a scenario in which improvised explosive devices could be used to distract officers from the capitol. is this really happening? it's clear your warnings before the i vent and the reaction on the day of it, that this was not an intelligence failure w. that stipulated, unless you disagree, how did everything else fall apart? >> well, i agree with you, that it wasn't wasn't intelligence failure. there is a nuance here that is important for your viewers to understand. the intelligence was there. it was sound. it was shared. the issue when it comes from intelligence, there is an operational consideration that needs to be accounted for. we thought thousan

rnc chair ronna mcdaniel joins me now.his covid plan for testing after his comments caught fire but the white house is the president on vacation and delaware of course will not be signing the contract for this 500 million at-home test until late next week. honestly that means they're not going to get in people's hands for several weeks. what you make of all of this? >> the biden administration has been caught flat-footed but let's not forget what joe biden ran on pretty ran on stopping the virus, getting rid of covid. this was the number one issue in his campaign for president and now he is saying we thought the federal government's fault it's at the state issue it is such a fillet in the testing failure. this is something a biden a ministration should have seen it for the have known we have people traveling and so many people cannot get tests. i know i've been to cvs many times we had family in town. everyone is looking for these tests in the biden administration failed yet again. >> you look back on the events i need thi

historically if you go to 2010 election when i was at the rnc our magic number for obama was 46. we would take back the house. in 2010 we won 63 races and joe biden's numbers are much lower right now than obama's were. what worries me is some democrats, too, this escalating rhetoric. if that results in any kind of violence where people get hurt and get hurt again whether we're talking about kill shots comparisons to nazis, all the things we've seen from various republican members putting out videos, democrats as well. or with what donald trump may say or what his supporters may do on january 6th, that is something that is not just bad for the country potentially but also very politically risky for republicans. >> benjamin: going into the mid-terms how does the administration sell their viewpoint particularly when the past year was so bad in terms of polls for the family and country? waint to read you the polls now. fox business poll says this year they said that only 19% said this was a good year for the country. 31% said it was a good year for the family. 70% it was a bad year f

don't forget, there were bombs planted in councilmember allen's office at the dnc and the rnc most what was the end? time to leave. in the beginning, from the middle and to the end of this story, there is explicit reporter: you have a named -- have not named former president trump? >> asked president trump, let's be clear. i believe the office of attorney general for the district of columbia and i will tell you my great colleagues on my democratic ag side of the aisle have sued the president over 153 times during his tenure. look, i like baseball and statistics. when you win 80% of your cases against a president of the united states, do you know what that means? that means you called out lawless behavior. we are not afraid to sue. presidents or former presidents. i'm curious -- reporter: i'm curious about the neighborhood thing here. i know you were fighting, it was beyond what happened here. what do you have to say about that? >> i sometimes get asked about why do neighbors care so much about a building where we don't have a full vote? congressman norton does the most he will find with

and don't forget, there were bombs planted in councilmember allen's ward at the dnc and at the rnc. and what was the end? time to leave. i think from the beginning and to the middle and end of this story, there is explicit evidence of conspiracy, yes. >> you have not named former president trump in this lawsuit. >> correct. this suit is focused on the individuals and entities that organized, planned and participated in the mop activity on january 6. as took president from -- asta president trump, let's be clear. the office of attorney general for the district of columbia and my colleagues on the democratic ag side of the aisle have sued the president over 150 three times during his tenure. now, look, i like baseball and statistics. when you win 80% of your case is that you file against the president of the united states, do you know what that means? that means you have called out lawless behavior, so we are not afraid to sue presidents or former presidents. our investigation and our work continues. >> sam. >> i am curious about the neighborhood thing here. so i know you are fighting

pti the rnc points out this is yet another humiliating failure all caught on tape. >> i won't shut down the economy. i will shut down the virus. i am going to shut down the virus. >> i will shut down the virus. i will take care of this. i will end this and have a plan. i will shut down the virus. i will shut down the virus. i am going to shut down the virus. what i would say is i'm going to shut down the virus.ok >> i'm going to shut down the virus. look, there is no federal solution. this gets solved on a state level. >> pete: not paging well at all. biden doesn't remember or care. while covid-19 rages, look at him frolicking at the beach with his wife dr. first lady jill biden. his new dog and his n95 surgical mask. back in washington biden's chief of staff ron klain attempting to clean up the mess. >> the federal government is expanding testing. we are setting up federally funded testing centers across the country and efforts to help hospitals. what the president was emphasizing yesterday with s.a conservative republican governor for arkansas who opposes our federal vaccine requireme

hispanics to justify getting soft on immigration, the justify inane progressive project like the new rncde coalition and criminal justice reform. last year in wisconsin, you saw a shift right among hispanic voters partly due to blm riots, they aren't fond of those. this year, a blm supporter named darrell brooks drove a car into wisconsin christmas parade killing six and injuring more than 60. where is the g.o.p.'s unequivocal law and order vision? where is their vision that isn't a a moderate version of the democratic white form with the possibility of more foreign wars? we have not seen it yet. >> tucker: if we did really real polling, what do you think we should do about law and order? that should be the republican platform online order. thank you for your incisive analysis on that. you are watching colleges and universities across the country shut down. wait a second, everybody there is vaccinated. why are they shutting down again? one major school district has announced it's going back to virtual learning. something very strange is going on. we'll explain it next. lain next. want to

let's ask rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel.untry what does the polling say. >> it's not popular. he is under water. his negatives are very, very high. let's look at why. he said one, you have to be max masked or vaxxed now that's changed. he said i'm not going to enforce vaccine mandates. that changed. he said he was going to shut down the virus and he went on tv and said we are going to have a winter of death and despair. this is a president who has not fulfilled any of his promises. he has muddled his messaging. have a testing crisis right now four country, first and foremost he made a promise to the american people. he shut down the virus. more people have died on his watch than they did in 2020 when we didn't have a vaccine. that's why joe biden is under water with the american people. brian: here he is promising to keep schools open. >> last year, we thought the only way to keep your children safe was to close your -- close our schools. today we know more and we have more resources to keep those schools open. covid-19 is s

last month the rnc brought in $10.7 million compared to the dnc's $9 million. >> did you catch this?n't? praising the veep, writing kamala harris is the most powerful vice president since richard nixon. is harris casting a record number of tie-breaking vote since taking office, she cast 15, for vice president mike pence casting six tie-breaking votes during his first year, harris is in charge of solving the border crosses, election form, share the national space council, improving access to high-speed internet and serving as ambassador to small businesses. they are talking about casting tie-breaking votes. the headline caught some people's attention. >> if you're going by the metric of the tie-breaking votes that is the numbers based argument i think there is an argument to be made but to your point do you feel in watching what has happened in the last 11 months the kamala harris is the most powerful vice president of your and my lifetime? last time i checked we were not around for richard nixon's time. >> least valuable player i would put her in that category. the salon article says

but as you mentioned, what did the rnc know, chris christie know. a lot of people were exposed to this at this superspreader event. a lot of people could have spoken out more publicly after telling the white house and doing nothing. there are going to be a lot of questions about who knew what when and accountability. >> dr. reiner, if you can, talk about the science here. again, the fact that there was a positive test. we >> tony: exactly what kind. but then the negative tax with this antigen test. what should have happened then? . >> right. so what we know is the white house for months was usings, as one of their primary tests, the abbott i.d. now rapid molecular, very sensitive test with about a 15-minute response time. but what the book says is that as the president was about to liftoff from the white house, that test came back. it would take about 15 minutes to result. that test came back positive. that test should have been -- now it's possible that maybe they had tested him with an antigen test. regardless of which test came back positive, the

. >> reporter: the rnc chairwoman says while president biden is confident going into next year she says it will be a red wave based on the numbers they have seen. todd: thank you very much. carley: we are live on the ground in mayfield, kentucky on the update for search for 100 people who are still missing. todd: joe concha, sean duffy coming up. don't go anywhere. for people who could use a lift new neutrogena® rapid firming. a triple-lift serum with pure collagen. 92% saw visibly firmer skin in just 4 weeks. neutrogena® for people with skin. we've been waiting all year to come together. it worked! happy holidays from lexus. get 1.9% apr financing on the 2022 es 350. ♪♪ xfinity rewards are our way of thanking you get 1.9% apr financing on the 2022 es 350. just for being with us. enjoy rewards like sing family fun nights! rent sing for $1, then belt out all your favorite tunes from the movie with sing karaoke. plus, see sing 2 in theaters with buy-one-get-one free fandango tickets. join over a million members by signing up for free on the xfinity app. our thanks. your rewards. todd: in

he goes to the rnc calm he goes to cia, all of those would be for someone aiming to lead the free world perhaps a distraction. and yet inevitably or it seems inevitably fates all of this in some way or another prepares him to go to the world stage and focus on foreign policy. but it any point along the way you might've said he is done. that is the end of george bush. it is because he is a gentleman first. and so those distractions, they would be distractions to someone else but not to george w. bush. he was around, he was focused we happened with the republican national convention in detroit when he was tapped by reagan to be his running mate, spice president. that came as a shock to the political establishment. even the people who were in detroit at the convention because it was gerald ford was going to become the vice president and all this kind of stuff. i think it was fate that gave him the breath of experiences he had. they came together at exactly the right time. think how dangerous the world was when russia was looking to reemerge not as the soviet union, but something else. the

appearances he seems uneven, sometimes alarmingly incoherent right to bring intimate talk about it, rnckesperson great to have you both back. >> great to be with you. >> the first lady was asked about this about questions that people have about his ability t cognitive situation in she said it's ridiculous freight suggested offensive to ask abou that that he is doing just fine. >> listen, i think we have to hold joe biden accountable. i think is coherent, i think he is present i think what's incoherent are his policies. was problematic are his policies . let's talk about the policies hurting the american people. it's the open borders, it's the only these things are the problem. joe biden is the president, he is there, he is present. here in for this office, he's i the oval office and we have to hold him accountable for his actions. everything else is a distraction . we need to hold him accountable for the things that he's doing, his foreign policy and the situation is putting americans impaired. >> it seems like a number of americans feel that way about him today you mention, the bbb as

reince priebus former rnc chair and trump white house chief of staff says the president will be a drags own party in 2022. >> when you become weak, your friends in places like montana and west virginia and arizona and other states like that start suddenly look around and say you know what? i don't think i want to go down with this ship. that's what is going on with joe biden. everything around him is imploding and it is all because of weakness across the board. >> harris: power panel now. david avella chairman of gopac and leslie marshall. they say it's a news cycle. there is a lot of time. is there? >> harris, we're at a point now where democratic candidates will ask the president and vice president to come campaign against them. their approval rating is so low that there is no way they can help lift democratic candidates to victory. and the bigger problem for them is where this economy sits. as one who watched republicans not have an answer for replacing obamacare, that's where you see this administration now. their policies aren't going to make the economy better. they don't have th

schlichter, townhall.com senior columnist and harmeet dhillon, ceo of the center for american liberty and rncl committee woman for california. you guys, let's begin with what the media said about kyle rittenhouse. >> in wisconsin you're rittenhouse, a white teenager who crossed state lines with an air 15 style rifle. >> he crossed state lines with an error 15, threw himself in the middle of all this started shooting people. >> lisa: kurt, there's this little thing about how he actually did not cross state lines with an air 15. >> i love how they are stunned about all of this. that americans actually cross state lines, although he didn't. at that americans actually have ar-15s, which they do, i shot one myself this week, and how they are stunned -- stunned i say -- that an american might defend himself against, for example, a convicted child rapist. just a hair, as the jury said. >> lisa: they really slandered this poor kid. it was just disgusting, what they did to him. >> absolutely, and that was just one of the many lies that the media told repeatedly, then they never went back and corrected

alex vogel former deputy council for the rnc and laura fink, ceo and founder of rebel communicationscome to both of you. laura, i'll begin with you. the numbers i just mentioned. it's not a great year for a president to wrap up his first year in office. >> i'll say this. he is at 41 percent. ist is not a great way to end the year. it matches donald trump's average polling numbers but i would like to make an analogy since we are oef about to enter one of the biggest sports weeks of the year. americans are feeling right now like college athletes a month into training camp. we're sore, we're not seeing any gains and we're really, really angry at the coach. when that changes and we move forward and we start to see the gains in 2022, that could all change. yeah, he is at his low and we'll see biden working hard to get out of that. a lot ofist is a feeling. unemployment is low, paychecks are up and if we make it through and as we make it through the omicron virus the poll numbers will creep up in the new year is my bet. >> alicia: also there is mid-terms. >> exactly. look, i think a team a

our experts, "new york times" columnist michelle goldberg, and michael steele, former chair of the rnc. welcome to both of you. michael, there is a legal part of this which is a kind of sequel to bannon. remember, steve bannon talked tough. it went to the doj. they had the ultimate call. we'll see some version of that potentially play out here. i want to direct your attention here to door number 2, which is the fact that we're emerging from this investigative process, what do you think it means that meadows was involved with the details i mentioned and more in the report and that we'll get to? >> i think it speaks volumes about the degree to which he is exposed here legally, certainly politically with trump and why you see some of the backtracking that has occurred in the last week where the man even comes out and denounces his own book as fake news. you just can't wrap your head around that level of crazy. but the reality still remains that legally the former chief of staff finds himself highly exposed here, largely because of his own doing. not just what he said in the book, but more

both the rnc and dnc raised a lot of money let's put that out there, $140 million plus the first 11 monthsak to them are encouraged by the way things have been going lately. the party raised 1.6 million more than the democrats last month. >> the republican base of donor s and supporters grassroots all the way up to major donors are enthusiastic about our prospect and want to give even with this economy being as it is , they want to donate and give into the rnc because they want to win. connell: when republicans talk about winning not just the house , to your earlier point it's taking these key senate races, we're watching pennsylvania, watching georgia, arizona, nevada, some of these other states on the map. we're picking the right candidate. that might make all the difference. >> i think recruitment is important, you don't have to have the greatest candidates in the world but good enough candidates who aren't going to lose your races. you don't need to have all the money in the world but you need a sufficient war chest to be on tv. it's diminishing returns at a certain point but the third

>> it's as one rnc staffer described it a hostage situation? right? i feel like the republican party handed over themselves to trump starting back in the 2015 primary election, and that stronghold has only tightened to the point where now they're paying his bills, even though apparently he has millions and millions of dollars at his disposal? rev, it just shows that trump is in full control of this party and that the party is ready and willing to do whatever it takes to stay on his good side, to make sure that they can tap into his base, they can tap into his donors all for the sake of, what? trying to win more elections where he'll continue to tell them what to do or continue to ruin systems and institutions in this country? so it makes so nence and it reiterates again and again how deeply entangled they are in trump's hold. >> despite lies about voter fraud and a stolen election, a recent a.p. review of every potential case of voter fraud in six battleground states revealed just 475 cases, not nearly enough to make a difference in the election. one

the fundraising numbers, dnc, rnc, 10.7 million to 9.1 for the democrats. 147.3 million to 146.5.he money right now. >> well, look, we have said from the beginning, we never have as much money as they do. we just got to have enough money. i'm proud of the work we are doing. we are almost $50 million ahead of where we were at this same point just two years ago. we are running almost at parody, which is unheard of with the democrats. again, they always have more money, bret. they burn it in the streets it seems like. we just have enough to make sure that we can support great candidates which we have a record number of candidates already filed for office, republicans even in a redistricting year and get out that winning message which is all about the economy, rising costs, it's about the crime wave that's taken over in this country and it's about the frankly the mess at the border. >> you know, when you see 23 democrats retiring or deciding not to run for re-election. in different races. what does that tell you? >> well, it tells me that they see what's coming, especially it's not ju

for example, my experience of unseated as an rnc delegate, when it becomes something i can communicateal for them, makes it tangible, makes them think, that's somebody i know and her life was impacted in this way, suddenly they are more likely to take action. that is the greatest challenge we have right now, because the lack of citizenship we engage in. john touches on that crisis so well, because what we know righy is also down. the way we engage in society and what we think our responsibility is in american public life, this all opens the door and as jen just said to authoritarianism, to us welcoming ideas that are rasher, bolder and have nothing to do with american foundation and valvalues. this is something we all need to take seriously. and not just democracy is in the streets. it takes each one of us taking an active goal, everyday life, whether you're a political person or not, you need to communicate to your neighbor how important the moment is for each and every policy challenge we're faced with. >> from your lips to the voters' ears. well said. let me take a quick break. i wa

lindell accused the rnc of calling state attorneys general and pressuring them not to sign the complainto said he was flying to five different states to get attorneys general to sign the document holiday travel is stressful enough as it is. imagine being in a boarding area with this guy, who is definitely going to stand up when group one is called no matter what group he's sitting in. [ laughter ] plus, you know he carries his ticket in some weird ziploc travel pouch he forgot how to open "it's tricky because you got to pull it while you squeeze it." [ laughter ] there are two things happening on parallel tracks right now in american politics. on the one hand, republicans like lindell are still spreading the big lie that the election was stolen, and making it easier to overturn future results they don't like and on the other hand, several major investigations of key trump allies who tried to steal the last election are getting more serious for example, the congressional committee investigating the january 6th insurrection has subpoenaed five more trump allies, including disgraced right w

you've also got the rnc paying for donald trump's legal bills for tax crimes in new york, alleged tax crimes in new york. congressman, this is a bizarre story. "the daily beast" said you've been threatened with kidnapping by a russian politician because you said this is how we should be dealing -- he said this is how we should be dealing with these bastards, talking about you because you said russian escalation toward ukraine could lead to a harsh military response towards the u.s. and ukraine should be provided with weapons by the united states saying that that might mean war fair or russians might die. their response is you should be kidnapped. what are your thoughts and are you getting protection for yourself now that you're getting threatened by the russians. there are things that have happened that believe they are dangerous. >> they're not going to do anything. attacking a member of congress is akin to war unless you're an insurrectionists, that's a different story. my statement is very clear and it's because i support democracy. ukraine is a democratic institution. it's being b

the rnc. major donors. i mean, you work for a congressman or senator, they don't go out the door without being staffed up. this was not just a sort of impromptu event. it was long in the planning. and people paid for it and they tried to overthrow the government of the united states. >> bakari, the committee has asked to speak to two republican members of congress. congressman scott perry of pennsylvania declined the committee's request. congressman jim jordan of ohio has not yet responded. do you think the committee would be willing to subpoena fellow members of congress? >> yes. i think they have to. if they're going to ultimately get the answers. one thing this committee can't do, you have already walked this far. you can't turn back now and short change the american public. so, yes, they have to drag these members in and let's not forget what we're talking about here. people died at this attempted coup. people died in the storming of the capitol. law enforcement was assaulted. i mean, this wasn't just s

it could have been the two pipe bombs that didn't explode at the dnc orb rnc. we don't know what would have happened if there had been some kind of pre text that the white house could have blamed on the left how they would have responded or how the national guard would have responded. >> kyle, you wrote a piece i thought was interesting and relates to some of the revelations this week, which have been quite a few, mostly thanks to the meadows' document about what this committee, the jan 6th committee learned from impeachment. the hearings in contrast will be free of the on the screen bickering, delay tactics that marked the 2019 hearing. there is a real unity of purpose here to this committee. it's bipartisan, but people are united in what they are trying to achieve. so far it's been impressive in terms of what they have been able to get done. >> it's true. i say in the piece that you know one of the maybe the most weighty decision of all that can influence the outcome here is the fact that gop leader mccarthy decided not to the participate. he was anger speake

former rnc chairman, michael steele is here. michael has launch add exploratory committee as he considers a run for governor of maryland. also joining us, msnbc political analyst, claire mccaskill and bart gelman, staff writer at the atlantic. bart, yesterday, i didn't want to embarrass you today, but i'll go ahead and do it. i said the sort of genre of journalism has a new standard bearer in you and this reporting. i wonder if we can put this piece of reporting in the frame of the election. so much of what you warned about and you quote people for that piece, all of it and more has come to pass. tell me about this moment now and what the future portends. >> the movement now is that we are in a place where republican operatives and conservatives and trump allies are analyzing everything that went wrong in the coup attempt last time. everything that thwarted trump. whether it was georgia, the secretary of state saying no, we will not find 12,000 more votes for trump than actually exist or whether it was court cases or legislature

they bonded first in the 2012 rnc at the time that she was working for herman cain.e was working for king ridge. they linked from steve bannon. and they worked on the quote on quote, special products desk. they reported directly to him. any special products included somewhere between mischief making and dirty tricks. including embedding with bernie sanders and spurring the anti hillary clinton -- in 2016. so they have had this long association with high figures on the. right including amy kramer. dustin stockton met her in the tea party world and she went on to the women for america first, which is, you know, the main organization that got the permit for the ellipse rally. so they have a long history of republicans. >> so one of the things, here there's the ellipse rally and there's no question with that we know who organized it. we know the members of congressman were involved. we saw john eastman, the president the united states spoke. there we saw the trump crew in the tenth. they were involved in that ellipse rally. they were some of the chief organizers, right?

news correspondent, of the wall street journal, institute of politics and public service and former rnc had bernie sanders way in, calling for a vote on the floor of the senate on the "build back better" act. let mr. manchin explain to the people west virginia why he does not have the guts to stand up to powerful special interests. >> big that is big news. •-middle-dot manchin set i'm happy to have a vote now we know how he would vote. does not mean they cannot deconstruct and reconstruct "build back better" next year but in fact that's probably what will happen i would guess. what has become clear and perfectly clear today senator manchin's problem is a comic thanks it is inflationary by definition and be he thanks there's too much budget gimmickry. there's got to figure how to make that second problem with her going to reconstruct this that will be the effort now. >> this is a big blow to the administration but how big politically? they tied these two bills together. they did have eight went on infrastructure but they're going to have a loss here as written. >> if you track the approv

unvaccinated will die, statistically, disproportionately republicans, it is beyond cynical to see the rncsaying biden has failed to get covid under control. what's it going to take to snap out of this stupid and self-defeating partisan staupor. we have already lost more americans than died in the civil war and still we can't seem to face facts. vaccines work, masks work, mandates work. and america is not going to get fully back to work until we finally recognize that pandemics don't care about partisan politics. and that's your "reality check." >> it is so simple, right? it is so simple. and i know in your new digital "reality check," you are explaining why americans are finding themselves on two sides of the extremes. . >> that's right. i tried to dig into the question of the psychology of extremism. what researchers are finding are commonalities between folks on the far right and far left. it's a fascinating conversation with jonathan hite who says this tribalism, teamism, is making us structurally stupid as a nation. go check it out. >>> yeah. that is fascinating. i can't wait to see t

joining me is the ceo and chief investment officer at rnc capital management it's good to see you firstf all, i don't think you're describing this rally in flattering terms so when you say poised to benefit with these stocks, explain what you mean by that. >> i think what you're saying is that this is just a market that people want to be in again, they're afraid of missing out. they don't have a lot of alternatives and they want to be in this market and they're getting pickier, though, with what they want to have they are a little concerned. we saw that recently with the 3.5% pullback when we had a little speed bump in the road. but they want to get back in so i think what they're looking for is becoming more discerning, things are starting to tilt a little more towards value. i think when you look at companies like enbridge, it gives you -- it's the largest mid-stream energy company in the country, primarily focused on pipelines. but they're way ahead of the game with renewable energy sitting at about a 15 pe, you get 6.9%, basically 7% while you wait and that's just a good place to ri

a former chairman of the rnc, willing to reach across the aisle to work with democrats. some republicans now in the party who don't -- don't want to cross the aisle, work with the democrats. they don't really want to do much of anything. i mean, they got some in the house. their primary goal is to get rid of john boehner as speaker. i don't know. i thought i was a conservative. i think i was a third highest reagan supporter. but i believed in getting things done and working with democrats. >> what's your answer when someone says the senate is broken, how do you fix it? >> well, the senate may not be broken, but it's badly bent. and it's just going to take some strong leadership in both parties. i mean, you got to get things done. >> seven years ago. those were his observations about the state of congress, this town, and partisanship. as we wait for the ceremony at the world war ii memorial to get underway, i'm joined by three men who knew senator bob dole well in different strategists. mike murphy, a man who wrote the book on dole's '96 campaign. bob woodward who may or

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