but this is also caldwell talking about members of congress on january 6th. >> every single [ bleep ]: a source with inside knowledge of how the oath keepers operate told cnn about a dozen members were in federal law enforcement but kept off the official membership data base. would it be a surprise if someone from the enforcement would be a member? >> unfortunately not. for years oath keepers have been targeting military and law enforcement personnel, especially at the federal level with messaging recruitments. >> reporter: prosecutors say days before the attack caldwell discussed with another extremist, bringing weapons across the potomac via boat. we could have our quick response team with the heavy weapons standing by, load them and ferry them across the river to our waiting arms. federal agents say he also sent messages to accused oath keepers crowell and watkins, in this one to crowell he says i will probably do pre-strike on the 5th, maybe can do some night hunting. and then mentions when his oath keeper friends from north carolina will show up. >> we want trump! >> reporter: in

but this is also caldwell talking about members of congress on january 6th. >> every single [ bleep ] there is a traitor. every single one. >> reporter: a source with inside knowledge of how the oath keepers operate told cnn about a dozen members were in federal law enforcement but purposely kept off the group's official membership database. >> would it be a surprise that someone who was in federal law enforcement was a member of the oath keepers? >> unfortunately not, right? for years oath keepers have been targeting, you know, military and law enforcement personnel, especially at the federal level with their messaging recruitments. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say just days before the attack, caldwell discussed with another extremist bringing weapons across the potomac via boat. we could have our quick response team with the heavy weapons standing by, load them and ferry them across the river to our waiting arms. federal agents say he also sent messages to accused oath keepers crowell and watkins. in this one to crowell he says, i will probably do pre-strike on the 5th. maybe ca

but this is also caldwell talking about members of congress on january 6th. >> every single [ bleep ]there is a traitor! every single one! >> reporter: a source with inside knowledge of how the oath keepers operate told cnn about a dozen members in federal law enforcement but purposely kept off the group's official membership data base. would it be a surprise that someone who was in federal law enforcement was a member of the oath keepers? >> unfortunately not. right? for years oath keepers have been targeting, you know, military and law enforcement personnel, especially at the federal level, with their messaging recruitments. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say just days before the attack caldwell discussed with another extremist bringing weapons across the potomac via boat. "we could have our quick response team with the heavy weapons standing by, load them and ferry them across the river to our waiting arms." federal agents say he also sent messages to accused oath keepers crowell and watkins. in this one to crowell he says, "i will probably do prestrike on the 5th, maybe can do s

seal them in. >> reporter: an accused leader of the group that day, caldwell, denies any involvementin court papers, his lawyer says he worked for the fbi and has held a top security clearance since 1979. but this is also caldwell talking about members of congress on january 6th. >> every single [ bleep ] in there is a traitor. every single one. >> reporter: a source with inside knowledge of how the oath keepers operate told cnn about a dozen members were in federal law enforcement. but purposely kept off the group's official membership database. would it be a surprise that someone in federal law enforcement was a member of the oath keepers? >> unfortunately not. for years oath keepers have been targeting military and law enforcement personnel, especially at the federal level with their messaging recruitments. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say just days before the attack, caldwell discussed with another extremist bringing weapons across the potomac by a boat. we could have a quick response team with the heavy weapons standing by. load them and ferry them across the river to our wa

. >> reporter: an accused leader of the group caldwell denies any involvement with the oath keepers. claims the fbi has shown no evidence of him inside of the capitol. in court papers he said he worked for the fbi and held a top security clearance since 1979. but this is also caldwell talking about members of congress on january 6th. >> every single [ bleep ] in there is a traitor. every single one. >> reporter: a source with inside knowledge of how the oath keeper operate told cnn about a dozen members were in federal law enforcement. but purposely kept off the groups' official member data base. >> would it be surprised that a member of law enforcement is a member of the oath keepers? >> unfortunately not. for years oath keepers have been targeting military and law enforcement personnel, especially at the federal level with their messaging recruitment. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say just days before at tack, caldwell discussed with another extremist bringing weapons across the potomac via boat. we could have our quick response team with the heavy weapons standing by. load them

. >> i had people ask if this book was inspired by christopher caldwell's book last year and the answer no. i thought his book age of entitlement is great, the best book i read last year. when i opened it up and read it, i was on the right track with this volume but before i read caldwell's book. he makes an argument in his book about the 60s and america since, about the baby boomers. there wasn't a lot of essential difference between the liberals of the 1960s and conservatives of the 1980s that they were both about liberating the individual culturally and economically but they were both about tearing down things that stood in the way of the individual so there's something boomers, not backlash against the boomers but boomer is about the way he governed and i don't talk much about that but if you pick up caldwell's book -- >> even if you just look at it in the 1970s a boomer candidate was torpedoed by asset amnesty and abortion and ronald reagan was a candidate who liberalized abortion in california and passed amnesty in his presidency without the promised enforcement so in a sense the

caldwell allegedly explained bringing weapons by boat would help them get around d.c.'t gun laws and said, i will buy the fuel. maybe scooting on the river a bit and pretending to fish. then if it all went fo expletive, our guy load ourselves whips and blue ridge weps and ferries them across. all of this as a judge has now released this woman from custody. >> i've been in the other room. listen to me. >> reporter: rachel powell directed fellow rioters. they presented evidence to keep powell behind bars showcasing photos of firearms paraphernalia inside her home and smashed cell phones and go bags, arguing she is a flight risk. inside those go bags, prosecutors say powell put throwing knives and survival gear like tape, lighters and tarps. the washington, d.c., judge who released her said that since two proud boys members, including an alleged leader had been released, the judge could not fairly keep powell, a pennsylvania mother of eight, locked up. conspiracy charges have now been unsealed against five people associated with the far right group the proud boys. prosecut

. >> reporter: and accused leader of the group that day, caldwell denies any involvement with the oathnce of him inside the capitol. in the court papers, it says he worked for the fbi and has held a top clearance since 1979. but this is caldwell talking about members of congress on january 6th. >> every single [ bleep ] in there is a traitor. every single one. >> reporter: a source told cnn about a dozen members were in federal law enforcement, but purposely kept off the group's official database. would it be a surprise someone in federal law enforcement was a member of the oath keepers? >> unfortunately not. for years, oath keepers have been targeting military and law enforcement personnel at the federal level. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say just days before the attack caldwell discussed with another extremist bringing weapons across the potomac by a boat. we could have our quick response team with the heavy weapons standing by. load them and ferry them across the river to our waiting arms. federal agents said he also sent messages to accused oath keepers krull and watkins. sayi

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joining us tonight is kt mcfarland, david webb and sam dewey, plus kristin tate, gianno caldwell and tom homan. more on that story, also more revelations, more details coming out of government documents into -- it explains how the fbi under the obama administration abused that powerful secret fisa court to go after the trump campaign. that court is meant to be used for terrorists and not for politics. disturbing new details on the paper-thin, flimsy excuse that the fbi used to justify secretly spying on carter page. also tonight the white house revealing for the first time the hunter biden still has not divested his stake in a powerful chinese investment company backed by the communist chinese government even though his lawyer and the president promised he would do so. and a powerful judge delivering a new reckoning for the new york governor, andrew cuomo. it could spell big trouble for governor cuomo and worsen the scandal the governor created and tried to cover up. thousands of covid-19 deaths in nursing homes after after governor cuomo ordered those covid patients back into senior

leigh ann caldwell on capitol hill, shaq brewster in milwaukee ahead of the president's visit there.er, i think a lot of people want -- this is like our second first day of school, i guess, if you will, for the joe biden white house here. >> right. >> do they accept this notion that, hey, today is sort of inauguration part two, now that trump truly is in the background? >> chuck, i think it is being framed as sort of a relaunch, right, of the biden presidency but if you ask jen psaki, they say they weren't distracted by impeachment over the last week but the allies and lawmakers on the hill clearly were with their eyes focused on the last president, not the present one and the present crisis at hand. that's what i think this administration, this president is, as you noted with the timeline over the course of this week, really trying to put his stamp on really trying to drive home the urgency of this. again, seizing the spotlight here with those domestic first domestic business trips, the stop in wisconsin today, the stop in michigan, a little bit later. it's not just on that topic, y

and joining us now is nbc news correspondent leigh ann caldwell. i'm sure your computer was just overwhelmed as you're uncovering the voter-rama on the senate floor. hopefully, we have more hill folks with us this morning. they normally get up a lot later. let's talk about what happened yesterday, because i mean, that speech from marjorie taylor greene, i'm not sure we ever imagined we'd see something like that on the floor of the house of representatives, where she has to insist that, yes, she knows that 9/11 was real, yes, she knows that all of those kids tragically died in these school shootings. what happens now to her, now that democrats have stripped these committee chairs, but there clearly is still significant support for her from republicans? >> yeah. it's a real question on what marjorie taylor greene, what sort of role she's going to have in congress. she just tweeted about seven hours ago, thank you to the real republicans who had her back. she will remember them. and she's going to hold a press conference later this morning. who knows

joining us tonight is kt mcfarland, david webb and sam dewey, plus kristin tate, gianno caldwell and homan. more on that story, also more revelations, more details coming out of government documents into -- it explains how the fbi under the obama administration abused that powerful secret fisa court to go after the trump campaign. that court is meant to be used for terrorists and not for politics. disturbing new details on the paper-thin, flimsy excuse that the fbi used to justify secretly spying on carter page. also tonight the white house revealing for the first time the hunter biden still has not divested his stake in a powerful chinese investment company backed by the communist chinese government even though his lawyer and the president promised he would do so. and a powerful judge delivering a new reckoning for the new york governor, andrew cuomo. it could spell big trouble for governor cuomo and worsen the scandal the governor created and tried to cover up. thousands of covid-19 deaths in nursing homes after after governor cuomo ordered those covid patients back into senior fac

let me move to leigh ann caldwell.ant to shift gears away from the covid debate, and more of what's going on between mcconnell and mccarthy. and i guess it's this. did mitch mcconnell throw a wrench into kevin mccarthy's plans for this week? or did he provide him cover for what kevin mccarthy would like to do this week? >> reporter: that's an interesting take, chuck. i'm not totally sure. what we know is it is a dramatic contrast between what mitch mcconnell has said about the dynamics of the republican party and what kevin mccarthy has said as well. i think that mcconnell is trying to, of course, win back the majority in 2022 and he's worried about the path that house republicans continue to go down understanding that that is a threat to the senate majority for republicans moving forward. but i don't even know that all senate republicans are on the same page as mcconnell. i spoke to senator rick scott of florida who is the new chairman of the republican campaign committee, and i asked him about marjorie taylor greene

helen and tony caldwell. welcome to you both.y night my cousin dan just pinged it into my inbox via whatsapp and i was reading it and pinged it into my inbox via whatsapp and i was reading itand it pinged it into my inbox via whatsapp and i was reading it and it wasjust unbelievable to read it and think, "gosh, dad wrote this when he was 18 to his uncle fred!" and as you are reading it, you are thinking he must have only left home a week before he wrote it. he was younger than our children are now and the words in the postcard are just so gorgeous. you can just keep the postcard are just so gorgeous. you canjust keep reading them the postcard are just so gorgeous. you can just keep reading them and read so much into it. but he says things like, "i�*ve only been here a week, you don�*t get much time to yourself, do you?" but i like it all right. yourself, do you?" but i like it all riuht. �* , ., ., , right. an understatement. tony the thin . right. an understatement. tony the thin wasi right. an understatement. tony the thing was

. >> i've had people ask me whether or not this book was inspired by christopher caldwell's book lastar and the answer is no, i thought his book age of entitlement was great and the best book i read last year and in fact when i opened it up and read it i started to feel like i was on the right track with this volume but the bulk of this book was written before i read caldwell's book but he makes an argument in his book about the 60s in america which is many ways about the baby boomers and there wasn't really a lot of essential difference between the liberals of the 1960s and conservatives of the 1980s that they were both about liberating the individual in one sense culturally and economically but they were always about tearing down things that stood in the way of the individual and there is something boomer -ish and not just a backlash but boomer -ish about reagan and the way he governed and i don't talk much about that in my book but if you pick up caldwell's book you've got a chapter on it. >> even if you just look at it in the 1970s a boomer candidate was torpedoed by being asked f

caldwell: i come to the floor today to support the nomination of pete buttigieg to be secretary of transportation. we all know the nominee as mayor pete, a man who basically came onto the national stage as a midwest mayor who had lots of enthusiasm for making investments in america's future. so today we're considering his nomination to be secretary of transportation at a time when we need a lot of work done on transportation. and in my opinion, he's a young, energetic mayor who is going to help us usher in a new era of transportation. that means there's going to be a lot of bipartisan dialogue about how we get there, but this job should not be underestimated in the importance that the transportation secretary and the investments for the future need. that is, our transportation system serves as a backbone of our economy and when it's not doing well, the consequential impacts of that affect our economy. it affects how our business compete in a global economy. it affects ho you people get to and from work, and it affects their home life as well. so it's a big job that we have, and i know that this m

caldwell says we still need to be cautious, as multiple variants are circulating the bay area. but he says he's hopeful. as more people get vaccinated, he believes the numbers will continue to go down. in san francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. >> the governor updated the state's vaccination effort today. he toured this pop-up site in englewood. the governor says the state is bringing the vaccine to minority communities where fewer people have access to cars and public transit. the problem is having enough vaccines. >> we're now moving, turning the proverbial page in the direction we all were hoping for, waiting for. we still have some challenges. march, april with scarcity of vaccine, but we move into may, june and july, we're in a completely different place. >> meantime the governor says the state is dedicating $4.6 billion for learning loss kids suffered through distance learning. >> is it more after school, more summer school? are we going to extend the school year which is likely for some districts. are we going to do more for peer support, more for wellness, mental health? >>

. >> i have people ask me whether or not this book was inspired by vista for caldwell's book last year. and the answer is no, i thought his book agent entitlement was great, probably the best book i read last leader and in fact wheni opened up and ready , i started to feel like i was on the right track with this one but both of this book was written before i read caldwell's book. but he makes an argument in his book about the 60s and america sense which is in many ways aboutthe baby boomers . that there wasn't really a lot of essential difference between the liberals of the 1960s and conservatives of the 1980s. that they were both about liberating the individual. in one sense culturally and another sense economically but they were both about tearing down things that stood in the way of the individual so there is something boomer-ish, not backlash against the boomers but boomer-ish about reagan and the way he governed. and i don't talk much about that in my book but if you pick up caldwell'sbook, is got a little chapter . >> even if you just look at it in the 1970s, a boomer candidate w

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>> giano caldwell to react. ♪♪ >> donald trump gave the chinese government an opening to create a falsere is protesting for democracy and violent insurrection us trying to overthrow it. russia has also seized on this attack against our government, they are using donald trump's incitement of an insurrection to declare that democracy is over. >> democrats like congressman joaquin castor arguing trump's inside with of the capital right alleged in the statement damage the credibility of the united states that is impeaching the former president restoring it? giano caldwell joins me, earlier in the show, how is the impeachment itself helping or hurting our credibility in the world? >> we know it is political. covid-19 situation is out of control, so many states shutdown and trying to get vaccinated, an economy that needs to rebound and democrats of chosen what they believe the priorities are and that is to impeach a former president, not just impeach him but invite him as well. this is disingenuous on so many levels the things they say they wants to do in terms of uniting this country. these

caldwell and his uncle have passed the caldwell's children were thrilled to get that postcard and todaughters calling it surreal. that is it for us here on fox news at night, thank you for joining us, good night from washington. i am shannon bream. with the dra. alexa, ask buick to start my encore gx. ♪ ♪ four filets. you know this dinner's for their... kids. thanks for watching them. where's the pizza? the buick encore gx. current eligible non-gm owners get nearly $4,300 purchase allowance on 2020 buick encore gx models. plaque psoriasis, the burning, itching. the pain. with tremfya®, adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis can uncover clearer skin and improve symptoms at 16 weeks. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. tremfya®. emerge tremfyant™. janssen can help you explore cost support options. and in an emergency, they need a network that puts them first. tremfya®. emerge tremfyant™. that connects th

the justice department saying it's charging daniel caldwell of texas who was allegedly caught on videoofficers with chemical sp spray. according to prosecutors, hours after the riot suspect caldwell talked about what happened on the video published on the social right publication parler. >> about 20 minutes after, they started shooting and some girl got hit in the neck. then the fights started and they drug their guys and somebody grabbed her and they took off. we kept staying there and they sprayed us with pepper spray and we're like, dude, do it again and we'll spray you back. they did and we sprayed back and that's when they shot the big cannon with rubber bullets. >> we appreciate you. >> thanks. >> ohio congressman tim ryan joins us right now. he chairs the subcommittee that oversees the capitol police. congressman, good to see you. >> thanks. >> you're investigating the events of that day. roughly 300 arrested or facing charges. are you satisfied that those responsible are being adequately held accountable? >> i am. i think law enforcement is doing a great job. this takes some ti

joining me now is leann caldwell, who was on capitol hill. also with us david jolly of florida and former u.s. attorney joyce vance. everybody, welcome. leann, majorie taylor greene yesterday sounding like she was contrite, sort of, on the house floor, distancing herself from those conspiracy theories. today she sounded like her old self. >> yeah. well, she started her press conference talking about policy. her deeply conservative policy beliefs. but then it took a turn. there's a couple things that stood out to me. it's clear that majorie taylor greene will continue to be a troll. she will troll the left. she's going to troll the media. and even her republican colleagues who she thinks is not sufficiently conservative enough. she said that when she is no longer -- or she will have a lot of free time because she doesn't have committee work do which takes up a lot of lawmakers time around here that she will continue to espouse her conservative beliefs and she says push her party to the right. the other thing that stood out to me is that it was

to do that, we turn to lee anne caldwell on capitol hill. kelly o'donnell covering the white house. let's start with that massive covid relief bill. the house set to vote on it tomorrow. the minimum wage measure still up in the air. we just heard the speaker there say that, quote, we must pass a minimum wage bill. bring us up to speed on where all of that is and what do we know about the senate parliamentarian's decision about the plan and if she decides the measure can't be included in the bill, that minimum wage measure? >> sure, craig. at this point, minimum wage is part of the bill. what everyone is waiting on is this decision from the senate parliamentarian who is like the senate referee. her decision on if minimum wage can be part of the covid relief has everything to do with the rules of the senate and if that provision fits within those budgetary rules. everyone is kind of in this standstill at this point, waiting to hear what the decision is. what i heard from pelosi, she said that the minimal wage is long overdo. it needs to be passed. it needs to be included. because ther

leigh ann caldwell on capitol hill for us this morning. thank you for getting us started. >>> and former pennsylvania congressman ryan costello. has kevin mccarthy allowed the republican party to be painted as the stereotype that democrats are trying to create? >> i don't see it that way. every member has the right to speak their voice. i don't agree with a great deal of what representative greene has said. but at the same point in time i think the democrats are trying to capitalize on this. i don't think it's going to work. i don't think many members of the republican party really know even what qanon is, other than some wild conspiracy theory that changes, you know, every other week with what they think in the past and i think democrats are trying to latch onto that. i worry institutionally about removing someone from a committee as a majority party, from a minority party. this is not going to be good long term for the united states congress. it simply is not. i think it's the wrong move by democrats. and i am not defending representativ

thomas edward caldwell donovan ray croll and jessica marie watkins 3 militia members were also charged for their role in the attack they just cus trapping us inside the underground tunnels the indictment called social media chatter with caldwell quote all members are in the tunnel under capital seal them in turn on gas all legislators are down in the tunnels 3 floors down do like we had to do when i was in the corps and start tearing out floors go from top to bottom and quote never did any of us imagine that we are colleagues would face mortal peril by a mob riled up by the president of the united states the leader of the free world but we did it all because donald trump could not accept the election defeat trump chose himself above the people above our institutions above our democracy above all of you. you know we've heard from a spouse for years now this is america 1st policy but his true north star isn't america's well being it's not country 1st like our dear departed colleague john mccain no he is directive is trumped 1st no matter the cost no matter the threat to our democracy but

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joining us now, nbc news correspondent leigh ann caldwell. leigh ann was with us on that day, on january 6th, evacuated from the cannon office building. and leigh ann, it was a very difficult day for me, i'm sure for you, for all of our colleagues, as we covered this. and the reality is, in some ways, that was the point of the presentation, to underscore to senators who were in, arguably, some of the most danger on january 6th, specifically targeted by these rioters, to show them just how close they came to something that could have been so much worse and tried to underscore that they need to do something. they are the only ones that have the power to do something to hold president trump accountable for this. just reflect a little bit on what you saw yesterday and how you think it's going to play going forward, as senators try to make these decisions. >> absolutely, kasie. these senators were forced to relive that moment, whether they wanted to or not in a wholesome way that they probably never would have done, and no one has done up to this

i've had people ask me whether or not this book was inspired by christopher caldwell's book last yearhe answer is no, i thought his book age and entitlement was great prey the best book i read last year. in fact when i opened it up and read it i started to feel like i was on the right track but the bulk of this was written before i read coldwell's book. but he makes an argument and his book about the 60s in america which is about the baby boomers there's not really a lot of essential difference between the liberals of the 1960s and the conservatives of the 1980s. they're both about liberating the individual in one sense culturally in one sense economically. they were both about tearing down things that stood in the way of these individuals. so there is something boomer rush, backlash against the boomers but boomer -ish about reagan and the way he governed. and i don't talk much about that in my book, but if you pick up caldwell's book you got a full chapter audit. >> even if you just look at it in 1970s a boomer candidate was torpedoed by amnesty and abortion. ronald reagan was who ha

>> leigh ann caldwell live on the hill. thank you. >>> elsewhere on the hill right now, senators are moving closer to confirming the rest of president biden's cabinet. right now miguel cardona is sitting down with senators for his confirmation hearing and the energy committee is about to hold a vote to advance jennifer granholm's nomination to the full senate for final confirmation. in about 20 minutes from now you have isabelle guzman joe biden's pick to head the small business administration facing senators in her own confirmation. it is a busy morning on capitol hill. all of that even before we get to what is set to happen in just about ten minutes from now, the start of the congressional tribute ceremony for fallen capitol hill police officer brian sicknick. >>> also ahead, we have new nbc news reporting on what hundreds of democratic hill staffers did to try to persuade senators to convict former president trump. >>> plus new comments just out this morning from president biden, his most substantial yet, about his prede

let me bring in leah caldwell on colin, kristen welker outside the white house. leigh ann, let me start with you, what is your sense on how to minimum wage ruling plays out in the days ahead and what some democrats think should be the path forward. >> reporter: there is what happens in the short term and what happens in the long term. let's talk about the immediate future. house speaker nancy pelosi said despite the parliamentarian ruling in the senate she's going to include the minimum wage in the house bill when they vote on it today and that's to ensure that progressives vote for it because there was some threats from progressives that they wouldn't if she took it out regardless of what the senate parliamentarian did. so now let's move over to the senate where there is a lot of frustrated democrats, but in reality it actually makes the passage of the covid bill much easier. the minimum wage was the most difficult component of it where not all 50 democrats were even on board. so this makes biden's top priority right now much more easy to pass. but democrats who

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let's get right into it with nbc's monica alba in west palm beach florida, leigh ann caldwell op capitol hill, steve kornacki at the big board. leigh ann, this is coming in in literally the last two and a half minutes, i think. tell us more about these impeachment i don't want to call them rules but perhaps signals that we are getting closer to what this trial is going to look like. >> reporter: that's right, hallie. we're 26, 27 hours away from the start of a trial and they really cut it up to the deadline where senate leaders are nearing an agreement on what this trial would look like. there were so many questions up until now, including on that issue of witnesses. so what the rules state as it states now is that witnesses would only be called after the senate votes to agree to hear witnesses at some point in the trial. so that's a clear indication that we might not see witnesses. the timeline also suggests that each side gets 16 hours to make their case. that means with the trial essentially starting in the middle of the week, it could go into a second week. so that means that it's ve

good morning, i'm hallie jackson in wash along with our nbc news team, leigh ann caldwell, peter alexanderthe white house starting us off. let's talk about, leigh ann, some of the votes that relate to neera tanden. why were the votes postponed and why is this an important position to the biden agenda right now? >> reporter: the homeland security committee who was supposed to vote out her nomination out of the committee today suddenly postponed her vote. we are told by a committee aide our colleague frank thorp was told that the reason is because committee members need more time to process and consider her nomination. well, that's a real bad sign and it shows that perhaps she did not have the votes to make it out of committee. the person i'm looking at in this evenly divided committee among republicans and democrats is senator kyrsten sinema. i reached out to her office and have not yet received a response. hallie, it was -- when neera tanden was nominated it was the liberals who was not happy with it, but now it seems like it's the moderates who could very well sink her nomination. of cour

nbc's leigh ann caldwell is at her post on capitol hill.iden, he is adding to democrats' to do list. give us a sense of what is in the bill and how it's being received so far. >> reporter: sure, jeff. this is a pretty big, bold and progressive piece of legislation that's gone a lot further in many ways than previous immigration attempts in the past. what this legislation does is it provides a path to citizenship for the 11 million or so undocumented immigrants in eight years, which is pretty much a quicker time line. it also has a faster track for daka recipients, tps holders and farmworkers. it changes government language by using the word alien to non-citizen. it increases diversity visas from 55,000 to 80,000. this is a lot that is on the progressive, liberal wish list. nancy pelosi was asked about it at a press conference. listen to what she had to say about it. >> i salute the president for putting forth the legislation that he did. there are others who want to do piecemeal. that may be a good approach, too. that's up to the congress t

. >> joining us now, capitol hill important leigh ann caldwell. always great to have you. why don't we start there with ron johnson who was promoting conspiracy theories about an event that threatened his life and the lives of everybody else in that room. for the most part this hearing actually featured republicans and democrats asking probing questions aimed at actually youtd lining a time line and a set of facts. johnson of course was the exception. >> reporter: that's right. well, senator johnson has been going down these conspiracy theory rabbit holes for quite some time. he was obsessed with hunter biden over the past year or two. and so this is not that shocking for senator johnson who i don't know how to take him seriously as a senator anymore, to ask him serious probing questions as a reporter. he is up for re-election in 2022 in a state that biden won in 2020. and talking to democratic sources, this is a top get for democrats in the midterm elections because they think he is so out of step with a blue leaning state. but there is also a constituency that absolutely

caldwell, who authorities believe holds a leadership role in the oath keepers denies being part of theproof he was in the capitol on january 6th. >> as early as today, the justice department is expected to ask most of the federal prosecutors appointed by the former president to resign. it appears two of them will remain on the job. delaware u.s. attorney david weiss is overseeing the tax probe of hunter biden and john s durham was appointed by bill barr to look into the origins of the russia investigation. president biden's attorney general nominee merrick garland is still awaiting confirmation until after the impeachment trial. >>> investigators are looking into how a hacker or hackers tried to poison the water supply in one florida city. now federal officials are look s ing into this as well. we have all the details for you next. >>> but first -- >> thank you. a new cnn original series examines the legacy of abraham lincoln's struggles to save the union and free the slaves. "lincoln: divided we stand" premieres sunday night at 10:00 on cnn. >> lincoln freed the slaves. >> it's more c

leigh ann caldwell at the capital. you. >> thank you. >> the democrats won the senate, and one month, one insurrection later they are finally taking their precious gavels. members love to chair things. this happened after minority leader chuck schumer and mcconnell agreed on how to run a 50/50 senate. allowing democrats to pass the resolution and take control of the majority upper chamber. now the question becomes can the democrats advance the president's agenda with their razor thin majority? i'm joined by senator tim kaine, democrat from virginia. i guess first, it finally happened. today was the day. you guys now have control. congratulations. >> thank you, chris. we feel very, very good about it. you control the agenda, so it's 50/50, but once you're the majority, you can -- hearings what happens. you can determine what bills get marked up in committee. you can determine what bills get attention on the floor, and that is a very, very good thing. >> so let's talk about that. there have been a number of committee --

let me bring in nbc's leigh ann caldwell from capitol hill. seem like it is still the party of donald trump. look at the acquittal from the impeachment trial over the weekend, the local backlash to the senators who did on the republican side vote to convict, you've got recent polling a bunch of it showing that gop voters largely still favor donald trump and even senator mcconnell in that new interview, leigh ann, is saying he thinks trump could potentially still be a constructive part of the political process ahead of 2022. what are you hearing from your sources behind the scenes on where this goes? >> reporter: so, hallie, the impeachment trial and the former president's acquittal many republicans were hoping that that was going to end the drama starring donald trump, but we all know the former president and he has other ideas. he likes to be the center of attention and he made it very clear that he plans to be that, leading into the 2022 midterm elections, which is why this has real life consequences in the republican party. what this divisi

joining us now, nbc news correspondent leigh ann caldwell. leigh ann, great to see you. thanks for being up with us. let's talk through where we think things stand with republicans, because you and i were going back and forth last night about whether it is realistic to consider or to believe that, perhaps, there's a group of them who are willing to vote to convict president trump in a way that may surprise us. what do we know, and how do you think what we heard yesterday affected that calculus? >> so, kasie, there is a few groups of senators that i'm watching. one is, of course, the ones that you just mentioned who say that they've already had their minds made up. then the ones who voted that this was constitutional, the six republicans who said the trial within itself was constitutional. those are the most likely to vote to convict. but then there's this other group who have remained quite silent throughout this, not wanting to give their opinion, and they don't have a lot to lose, including some of the ones who have already announced that they're not running for re-ele

jackson in washington along with our nbc news team, peter alexander at the white house, leigh ann caldwell on capitol hill, nbc news business correspondent jo ling kent has the new jobs numbers, and austan gooslbee served as chairman of the white house council of economic advisers under president obama. and just to map out, right, what we're watching during our hour, because it is going to be a pretty packed one. you've got that meeting with house democratic leaders and committee chairs, along with president biden, to talk about the next steps on covid relief. in an hour from now, congresswoman marjorie taylor greene holds that news conference. also at 11:00 eastern, we're going to hear from members of the white house covid response team, who will probably have a whole lot more to say on johnson & johnson requesting emergency use authorization of its vaccine -- just a single dose. later that hour, president biden delivers remarks on the economy and covid relief. and then as soon as tonight, you've got the house maybe moving forward on that fast-track covid relief deal. so, that's the backd

fire, ems, law enforcement, first responders in the national guard, come whenever they are caldwell risking infection and illness. grocery store workers in countless small businesses feed, assist, and consult communities. caregivers, many of whom have never taken a day off, provide 24/7 attention to children with special needs and the most at risk populations. the salvation army, red cross, ymca,'s food banks, pantries, and hundreds of charitable organizations pivoted on a dime to feed, shelter, and assist those in need. the individual efforts, the ones we don't hear a lot about, carry just as big an impact and are no less noteworthy. neighbors banding together to collect furniture, pots, pans, and bedding, to hope a local pastor move a woman into a apartment after she ended up with nowhere to go. a young woman from western massachusetts who refused to quit, completed her ten-year journey from custodian to nurse practitioner at bay state medical center, in the middle of the pandemic, so she could do more to take care of the sick. a restaurant owner in quincy opened his doors to feed needy f

joining me now nbc news capitol hill correspondent leigh ann caldwell. leigh ann, when we talk about 9/11-style commission, having covered that, that was a lengthy, very detailed endeavor as to what went wrong, what conspiracies might have been involved, what warnings were overlooked, how to make changes, change the structure of our government in terms of the intelligence agencies created the director of national intelligence, the new homeland security large department encompassing a lot that had been in other departments before that. so we don't even know what they're considering in the resolution. they have to pass the legislation to even create this commission. >> reporter: that's right, andrea. and how all-encompassing the 9/11 commission, this seems to be what nancy pelosi is thinking about for this january 6th as well. we are told by a source, senior democratic aide, that they are going to move quickly, that they could have this legislation setting up this commission as early as this week. as far as speaker pelosi is concerned, she doesn't see much

>> reporter: including thomas caldwell. >> this was a real military- style operation that was severals in the planning. >> reporter: prosecutors will try to prove conspiracy charges. members of congress, they havege their own marching orders, and sources tell cbs news that documents from federal law enforcement are now in the hands of congressional committees looking into the attack on january 6. norah. >> o'donnell: sodsik ing to learn more. jeff pegues, thank you. president biden delivered a strong message to world leaders today, declaring that america's trans-atlantic alliance is back in business. he appeared by video link, delivering his first major international address since taking office. here's cbs' nancy cordes. >> america is back. >> reporter: in his first, virtual, foreign address, president biden made this vow to european partners: >> an attack on one is an attack on all. >> reporter: he said the trump era had strained the trans-atlantic alliance. >> many countries owe us a tremendous amount of money. >> reporter: and he promised to begin mending fences.es is determino pos

joining us tonight is kt mcfarland, david webb and sam dewey, plus kristin tate, gianno caldwell and story, also more revelations, more details coming out of

thomas caldwell has said he has never been part of that group. he has been working. number one, he has high security clearance with the government. host: let's go to diana, who is calling from milwaukee, wisconsin, on the democratic line. diana, good morning. caller: good, jesse. i was thinking about kevin mccarthy. he was really scared in his office. i equate that to i know he was upset, but what do you expect? they did the same thing to pence. they left pence hanging out by himself. i think that is wrong. what raskin was trying to explain to them is you do not leave the door open for another president to come in and do the same thing, and these people -- the mob, the protesters, insurgents -- they remind me of the civil war, like you had the north against the south. they seemed like relics of the civil war, except they drive f-150's instead of covered wagons. host: connecticut senater richard blumenthal came out and talked to reporters after friday's proceeding, and we want to bring you his reaction to what he heard on the senate floor. [video clip] >> i think toda