what stephen nexus from the international republican institute, he says, the recent meetings between us and russian diplomats did nothing to deescalate the crisis. the intelligence is very clear that sand the tours have been sent to eastern ukraine to offer a pretext for an invasion. this is a textbook, a russian boy, it's been practised over the years. and if the assessment is true and i have no doubt to believe that it's not, then this means that russia is making concrete preparations for an invasion of ukraine. i think it can be resolved, but it can only be resolved if the u. s. and its european allies have unity of strategy and unity of purpose and remain steadfast in their positions. hopefully, if there is unity, ha, unity of strength. there's an old russian and ukranian saying, which says this could say states nice local my jail, which means not words but deeds. i think what the kremlin needs to hear and see now our deeds actions from the west and not just words. meanwhile, russia security service says it shut down the ransomware crime group known as our evil falling request of

it's brigand, steven nicks, his regional director for eurasia, the international republican institute. he joins us live from washington, d. c. steven said these for bella. russians have been charged with aircraft piracy . how significant business and why is the u. s. taking the step? now, do you think? well, it's very significant. there's 2 salient points here. first is principle. the 2nd is timing. from the principal standpoint, this is exactly what the west needs to do to stand up to the authoritarian regime in baylor bruce. although these 4 individuals have been charged in us district court and you were the real perpetrator, here is alexander lucas shanker. these 4 individuals are acting on his orders. so this is an important message that the west is sending, that they're not going to tolerate, ah, air piracy, which is a legal term used to denote hi jackie. it's intolerable, and the west need to take stutter top. stand on this. the 2nd is, jaime. i think the timing is important because this comes at the same time that they loosen, and russian military units are engaged in joint exe

steven next is regional director for eurasia, the international republican institute. he joins us now live from washington. d. c . good to have you with us. so what do you make of these white house claims that russia is planning to create a pretext for invasion? well, the intelligence is very clear that summer tours have been sent to eastern ukraine law to offer a pretext for an invasion. this is a textbook rush employee. it's been practiced over the years. and if the assessment is true, and i have no doubt to believe that it's not, then this means that russia is making concrete preparations for an invasion of ukraine. at russia says it's the u. s. and its allies throat fault here by refusing to take me to a membership for ukraine off the table. how realistic all rushes demands of the demands be made by mister lab rav are typical of his demands. a, he's a very practice person in disinformation and plays fast and loose with the truth. i don't put any credence or any credibility into these accusations on the russian side. how concerned then should the international commu

but stephen nixon's on the international republican institute, he says this is a significant step by the u. s. there's 2 salient points here versus principal. the 2nd is timing. from the principal standpoint. this is exactly what the west needs to do. the stand up to the authoritarian regime in bay loose. although these 4 individuals have been charged in us district court in new york, the real perpetrator here is alexander lucas shanker. these 4 individuals are acting on his orders. so this is an important message that the west descending, that they're not going to tolerate, ah, air piracy, which is a legal term used to denote hi jackie. it's intolerable. and the west need to take stuff. stand on this. the 2nd is, jaime. i think the timing is important because this comes at the same time that bail rosen and russian military units are engaged in joint exercises on ukraine's northern order to further to stabilize the situation and intimidate him. it's conceivable. if these individuals ever set foot outside of bail roost into any of the e u countries, they could be held, arrested and th

the last 70 years, the last 30 years have been the national endowment for democracy, the international republicane. our parties have been standing for the strengthening of democratic institutions in europe, and around the world. and now suddenly, people are seeing individuals like tucker carlson from fox news going to hungary, part of the eastern bloc, looking for ideas of how to implement a liberal democratic institution and practices in the united states. they're looking at everything you've just laid out in the previous segments, millions of americans believing in a big lie that joe biden was not elected in 2020. and they're completely taken aback by what congressman allred and you were talking about earlier, at the state and local government level, we're seeing the subversion of democracy. people saw an incredible strength in the kind of local and state commitments of the u.s. federal system toward democracies. they felt that even if there might be problems at the national level, you saw people committed in their communities to upholding the democratic institutions. it was what we were export

defending democracy at the state and local level where republicans are taking it aim. >> doesn't that start with citizens understanding and internalizing few problems, one is republicans are saying this is a power grab, they're actually saying the opposite of what ari is saying. the democrats are trying to federalize and grab power in elections. there's a mantra that we have to keep our elections safe, even though they are demonstrably safe. the majority of americans polled continue to say they don't have trouble voting so they don't sort of get what this is. they're not feeling this existentially. >> i think that's right. although they will soon. i mean, as ari has explained well, this relentless campaign is underway. we saw polls from 2020, people were satisfied with their access to the ballot. that's before 19 states that passed 33 laws that made it harder for americans to vote. americans aren't yet fully prepared for this situation, this antidemocracy dynamic, but in the coming months as they prepare to participate in early voting, and prepare to try and register to vote, those hurdles will get in their way and they'll feel it in a

dies but i'm afraid what has happened is many people not all but many people in the republican party have internalizedp approach to politics and it can now survive independent of him. >> thank you both and thanks to the pup whose ever that is. i have three. i understand. thank you both. i appreciate it. >>> stocks are down. after a huge rally. right? job numbers are good. inflation concerns are high. how are we supposed to make sense of the economy? i'll ask a former treasury secretary larry summers, next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> vo: my car is my after-work decompression zone. ♪ music ♪ >> vo: so when my windshield broke... i found the experts at safelite autoglass. they have exclusive technology and service i can trust. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ on fanduel sportsbook, new customers can bet 30-to-1 odds on any team in the playoffs. so you can make every catch feel like the catch of a lifetime. bet 30-to-1 odds on any team to win their playoff game. bet $5 to win $150. only on fanduel, america's number one sportsbook. my name is douglas. i'm a writer/director and i'm still working. in the k

i'm afraid what's happened is many people -- not all but many people in the republican party have internalized politics, and it can now survive independent of him. >> yeah. thank you, both. and thanks to the pup, whosever that is. i have three of them. i understand. thank you both. i appreciate it. stocks are down. after a huge rally, right? job numbers are good, inflation concerns are high. how are we supposed to make sense of the economy? i am going to ask a former-treasury secretary, larry sommers, next. you're never responsible for unauthorized purchases on your discover card. does sinus congestion and pressure make breathing feel impossible especially at night? try vicks sinex. unlike most sinus treatments, it provides instant relief that lasts up to 12 hours. its powerful decongestant targets congestion at the source, with a dual action formula that relieves nasal congestion and soothes sinus pressure by reducing swelling in the sinuses. for instant relief that lasts up to 12 hours, try vicks sinex. from vicks - trusted relief for over 125 years. [sfx: voice relief] staying up half the n

internal democratic caucus? >> yeah, absolutely. republicans were never going to support this. they've been steadfastly against any changes to the filibuster. obviously, they're in the minority. the filibuster is to their benefit. it allows, since democrats only have 50 senators plus one, to stop things they don't want to have happen. so i think when you ask that question, it's a fair question, because democrats have really been kind of training their fire against their own instead of kind of reframing the debate to say, look at what republicans are doing. they are clearly -- you know, don't want voting rights to move forward, legislation to move forward. and so that's something that democrats have really struggled with in terms of how they are kind of pointing the finger at each other, instead of kind of, you know, formally pointing the finger at republicans. >> and ana, the house january 6th committee, meanwhile, subpoenaed four trump allies, including giuliani. what does this tell us about where things stand with the investigation? >> yeah, they are clearly moving ahead aggr

intern. a position he's been offered by several republican lawmakers. perhaps in the case of congressman matt gates, he's hoping rittenhouse can help him find a few good defense lawyers of his own. at least, what should we had to the list? >> for the gop, -- >> how much time do we have? >> that's right. we have so many, i think really the covid antics. not taking covid seriously, and you see so many lawmakers who, this still -- their finds go up and up in the halls of congress, and the message that sends to americans, to have this chorus of doubt about whether you should still get vaccinated, whether it's necessary. it's harmed the health and well-being of our entire country. >> i have to find out how they collected these funds, you made me think of something. we need to find out if these fines are being paid. >> i would have to go with low and bourbon -- lauren boebert. not only is she spreading islamophobia with her account of what did not happen, but the fact that she's actually lying and making up a story from scratch, and then trying to fund-raise

so in a myment, republican mike waltz and jennifer wexton on their efforts to hold the internationalntable for human rights atrocities. first, rich edson. >> there's warnings from across the u.s. government to american athletes travels to beijing for next month's winter games, a bipartisan group from the house intelligence committee wrote the u.s. olympic and paraolympic government offering to give athletes free access to social media sites in olympic village. they say -- >> this week citizen lab, a cyber security watch dog, claims an app for olympic attendees had devastating security flaws and includes features that allow users to report politically sensitive content. the international olympic committee says the my 22 app is designed to reduce covid-19 spread and that users can disable tracking. all of this follows the ioc's decision to host the olympics in a country the u.s.a. cueses of genocide for their campaign against uighurs and the odd case of peng suai. she emerged to deny the claims, so it's said that she did so under did your rest. jennifer wexton and mike waltz have lobbi

republican party. and that what we could see is with president trot now endorsing so many controversial candidates. we could see races where you could see an internal struggle and fight among the republican based that could actually weaken many republicans heading into general elections against democracy. a, for example, not only are we talking about social walker, we're also talking about a number of other controversial candidates in missouri and kansas for example. where are many dom or where many republicans are deeply concerned about. some of these candidates that donald trump has already endorsed in the state of alaska, of president former president trump has already endorsed somewhat to run against incumbent republican senator lisa moore. koski, remember lisa mer, koski actually won a race up there as a right, a candidate when she did not make it on the ballot as a republican. and so you're going to see a lot of races where you're seeing republicans against republican and again, many believe that could waken up already given that. now many believe that this is a race that is set up for republicans to actually take control of both the house an

internally. today, of course. it's about donald trump and division between the democrats and republicans. so there's a lot of similarities in the circumstances. kissinger's approach and you mentioned it early on. when we talked about thoughtful conceptual time, there's always to start with the concept and the concept depends on the balance of power. so the first requirement he would have is to establish an equilibrium in the balance of power. try to stabilize the balance of power. and in that sense, i think he would look to whoever who are the friends the united states that we can support since we can no longer lead and dominate the order. we've got other things to deal with in china russia climate change etc. so let's get behind. a balance of power that that is supported by regional powers that are status quo powers, so that would be you know, the arab gulf states the sunny arab gulf states egypt, jordan and israel. and and the overall approach would be as i said earlier to contain and deter iran. and to forge that kind of alliance, which is already basically there in a tacit way. and an

how he reshaped the republican party during his tenure as president, liz cheney has seen herself as a frequent criticism. she lost her place of house leadership, that decision internally in the party is affecting congress as well. interparty divisions and divisions in between democrats and republicans. host: i will play a bit from liz cheney yesterday talking about this anniversary, particularly her perspective. then we will come back to you. [video clip] >> democrats are planning a vigil. the former president is planning a news conference. are you concerned about the country being at risk of political violence this week and the years ahead? >> if what he has been saying since he left office is any indication, former president trump is likely again this week to make the same false claims about the election that he knows to be false and the same false claims about the election he knows caused violence on january 6. i think it is indeed very concerning, given what we know happened in the lead up and what the committee is finding out about the events of that day. if it is -- it is not surprising. he knows these claims caused violence. we see people who were in the capito

there is some harping by the republicans, but from my london perch they look too internally divided andlt a pretty -- the ball is in vladimir putin's court. we will have to see how biden and the allies handle what will be a rough surf. kailey: how do you think china is watching us all of this plays out? peter: watching very carefully. i am sure they are spending time sizing up the u.s., the german response, the british response and what it might mean in the ancient theater. in some ways they are in the catbird seat with this because they watched vladimir putin do all of the dirty work with respect to trying to divide the western alliance. they are able to sit back and got his back, presumably. i think they are in a position, they probably do not want vladimir putin to do this in the middle of the olympics, although he has a record of doing stuff around the olympics, as he has done before. in general they are watching this play out. they are at a position where they get to play the honest, or trying to play the honest broker. lisa: peter trubowitz of the london school of economics on the

having fights inside the republican party probably helps democrats wins on the whole. certainly anytime you have internalinning a general election. so i think '22 and '24 are most consequential elections since 1860. i want democrats to win these. only way to help the republican party redeem itself, you have to burn the current party to the ground and rebuild. there's no fixing what we have now. >> stuart, when you see donald trump saying i'm never going to endorse that jerk again, when voters see him endorse a candidate this year in these congressional races, they can be wondering when is he going to call him a jerk and retract the endorsement. >> yeah. and what is going to happen, rounds and thune are going to win. not going to beat incumbent. how many incumbent senators have lost primaries? count them on one hand. donald trump is -- this is just all who he is. no one is advising donald trump, there's no strategy here. same as when he was president, just emotion. >> stuart stevens, thank you very much for joining us again tonight. always appreciate it. >> thank you, lawrence. >> tonight's last word is n

republican convention days later. by 1965 any civil rights act had been passed. king began broadening his focus. >> pivoting to internationalerty as well as racism. what he calls the three evils. >> 1967, stanford university. >> our image has been tarnished as a result of the war in vietnam and i think the people who are protesting it, will in the long run proved to be the most patriotic citizens. >> 1968, dr. king visited the old santa rita jail just months before his assassination. >> when you go to jail for a righteous cause, you can accept the inconveniences of jail. >> 4000 people, white and bla jammed the street to hear memorials to dr. king and strong criticism of white racists. julian: through the abc 7 archives. that is all for the news at 4:00. kristen: thanks for joining us. kristen: thanks for joining us. remember, monday night footbal kristen: thanks for joining us. remember, monday night footbal (sound of rain) ♪ ♪ ♪ (phone ringing) ♪ ♪ ♪ (phone ringing) ♪ ♪ ♪ every home should be a haven. ikea. - hi mommy! - hi honey! oh i missed you! you just want to video call the kids. ok. ♪ hush little baby...♪ ♪...don't

international threat. >> and throw in the fact that elected leaders of the republican party or former elected leaders are not pushing this back but actually seem to be embracing these groups. cynthia, thanks for coming on. >>> up next, why democrats are doing better than expected in redistricting. why it still probably won't be enough to save the house. you're watching "meet the press daily." is. ♪ my name is monique, i'm 41, and i'm a federal contract investigator. as a single parent, i would run from football games to work and trying to balance it all. so, what do you see when you look at yourself? i see a person that's caring. sometimes i care too much, and that's when i had to learn to put myself first, because i would care about everyone all the time but i'm just as important as they are. botox® cosmetic is fda approved to temporarily make frown line, crow's feet and forehead lines look better. the effects of botox® cosmetic may spread hours to weeks after injection, causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away as difficulty swallowing, speaking, breathing, eye problems, or muscle weakness

what republicans think but every republican i ever talk to, people fully vaxed, whatever, you can be for the vac seen and still think a digital health passport for internalel is like soviets. why aren't the leader of your party saying that? >> this is something we should be shouting from the rooftops. it's not enough for the republicans to say we're talking about the house or senate. we should be talking about taking back america. radical dedication to liberty, radical empowerment to the people. let's talk about defunding. we fund the department of justice that targets people like scott smith who you had on your show 15 minutes ago, after they went after him for protecting his daughter. why are we funding the department homeland security that refuses to secure the border? why are we funding anthony fauci? why are we funding to the tune of $8 billion the cdc to put out their ridiculous guidelines on masks and $3 billion to the f.d.a. to tell us it will be 55 years for a request. why are we funding that? it makes absolutely no sense. >> tucker: can i answer the question? i can answer the question. it's not that kevin mccarthy and the rest of the guys don't

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international level. here at home, president biden is taking a tougher tone against republicans. week we heard him blame donald trump directly for the attack on the u.s. capitol a year ago. pres. biden: for the first time in our history, a president had not just lost an election, he tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power. he refused to accept the results of an election, created and sprayed a web of lies because his bruised ego matters more to him that our democracy or our constitution. he can't except he lost. he's not just the former president -- can't accept he lost. he's not just the former president, he's a defeated president. alix: wendy schiller, brown university professor of political science and director of the taubman center for american policy joins us now. tough tone from president biden last week. tough agenda ndc and internationally as well. does his tough rhetoric and his lean to the left in that respect make his job easier or harder to execute on his agenda? wendy: among democrats, and certainly trying to get his approval rating among the party base, this

internally, giuliani oversaw the eafort -- overstaw saw the effort. oversaw the effort. republican caller, your top news story, good morning. caller: yes. my top thing is like the russian tensions. ok, for four years when trump was president, they said that he was including with the russians. and then when it -- colluding with the russians. when it comes to biden's first year in office. i wooch tv and i have actually seen biden mess up several different times when he's talking, sounds to me like he has alzheimer's. voting rights, this is the reason why we are having problems with this voting thing is because it's not -- we are in the state of missouri you have to show your i.d. to vote. i'm a registered voter. my son's a registered voter. we send our i.d. we take our i.d. and actually vote. that's the way that people are supposed to vote. host: ok. got it. kathy, ohio, democratic caller. good morning. caller: good morning. i just like to say i think everybody should do their patriotic duty, sacrifice, and get their covid shot. more people have died from covid than world war ii. tha

international olympic committee need to get their acts together. heir putting a tremendous amount of pressure on these young athletes. arthel: a i want to listen right now to representatives michael wallet, republicanhalt tax taxpayer funds to the international olympic committee. let's take a listen are. >> we don't think the taxpayers, american taxpayers, should be subsidizing the ioc as a 501c4 which means it's a social welfare organization to then turn its back on these types of atrocities and put our athletes in a position of threatening their safety but also having to choose between competing or turning a back on their values. >> yeah. and it's exceedingly clear that they have moved away from their original, original mission of sports and, you know, companionship and also of human rights. arthel: so they agree with you that, basically, the ioc should not be doing business with china. and you mentioned the pressure that this puts on the athletes. tell us more about that. >> well, first, i'd like to commend those two politicians for bringing the legislation about. and i'd like to tell the young lady that this is not new, current situation for the international olympic committee in terms of bring

big tests for joe biden, if it's, if the republicans in, you know, domestically, but vladimir putin and i would also seize, using, paying and the international system. you know, rit largest testing joe biden. so this is a very big test, but it's not the only test, there's a lot of doubt in the solvency of america's engagement in the world today. and i think that vladimir putin has this obsession with trying to show that america is in strategic contraction right now. and that we cannot really deliver on some of the promises and imply promises we have around the world. so yes, it's a defining challenge for this president, but it's by far not the only one. thinking of those challenges and closer to home, and he's in all growth stage by and pledge to end what he called the civil war. do you think that promise remains unfulfilled? it's absolutely unfulfilled. look, i, you know, i, i am one who hopes that president biden were to succeed. that, that what we saw on january 6, the year ago, the toxicity and the tension in american politics at a rapid, on a day when some americans attacked the u. s. capital would, would be neutralized and that you cou

the republicans held the white house from 1921 till 1933 and throughout these years. they initiated and reached other international agreements aimed at keeping the peace. the united states also sent observers to the league of nations and cooperated with it on several issues. so in light of their record, it's inaccurate to call these republicans lodge and others isolationists. there were isolationists in government, but they were still in a minority. wilson had felt nothing, but bitterness toward republicans since 1918. so he had nothing good to say about the conference. larger plotted it and in his praise took another swipe at wilson's internationalism. the naval conference had succeeded lodge said precisely because of its limited scope and that he declared was a great lesson for all the nations. scope more than anything else is what separates lodges vision of us foreign policy from wilsons. wilson ford heart and soul into getting the world of militarism imperialism and blind nationalism that tough guy rara the greatest mindset. person's innovation, and it was huge. was to bring the world's government into a world

republican convention days later. by 1965, many civil rights act had been passed. dr. kim begin browed -- dr. king began broadening his focus. >> international issues, poverty, and racism. what he calls the three issue -- three evils of the world. >> stanford university. >> my image has been terribly tarnished as a result of this war in vietnam and i think the people who are protesting it will in the long run proved to be the best friends and the most patriotic citizens of this country. >> january 14, 1968, he visited pleasanton months before his assassination. >> you know, when you go to jail for a righteous cause, you can accept the inconveniences of jail. >> 4000 people, white and >>> tonight, tracking that deadly winter storm moving up the east coast. snow, ice, freezing rain, and severe storms from georgia to maine. white outconditions. more than two feet of snow in some areas. hundreds of car accidents on the highways. tornadoes touching down in florida. including a confirmed ef-2. strong winds gusting up to 40 miles an hour. and a new cold blast on the way. wind chills down to 40 below zero. ginger zee tracking it all. >>> america's m

republicans for? he would say don't judge me against the all mighty, judge me against the alternatives. that's what the president's midterms message is going to be. you know where democrats stand. the fight internallyudge us on what we'll do verses what republicans will do. >> we greatly appreciate your insights and you are being with us today. thanks all of you for getting up way too early with us this morning. stay tuned for "morning joe" starts right now. tuned for "mo" starts right now >>> look, i didn't overpromised. one of the things i had not been able to do so far is get my republican friends to get in the game of making things better in this country. >> president biden marking one year in office with a marathon, two-hour solo news conference. headlines on several front. >> he kept ongoing and going and going. >> he says we are not going back to lockdown and conceded his administration waited too long to ramp up testings. he gave a nod to the feds to higher interest rates saying he respects the central banks' independence. the president laid much of the blame on republicans saying they are more obstructionists now than during the obama administration. when asked about voting rights which se

internally. today, of course. it's about donald trump and division between the democrats and republicans. so there's a lot of similarities in the circumstances. kissinger's approach and you mentioned it early on. when we talked about thoughtful conceptual time, there's always to start with the concept and the concept depends on the balance of power. so the first requirement he would have is to establish an equilibrium in the balance of power. try to stabilize the balance of power. and in that sense, i think he would look to whoever who are the friends the united states that we can support since we can no longer lead and dominate the order. we've got other things to deal with in china russia climate change etc. so let's get behind. a balance of power that that is supported by regional powers that are status quo powers, so that would be you know, the arab gulf states the sunny arab gulf states egypt, jordan and israel. and and the overall approach would be as i said earlier to contain and deter iran. and to forge that kind of alliance, which is already basically there in a tacit way. and an

republican party on this issue. there's plenty of people both on the left and the right who just don't believe the u.s. should be involved in these kind of, you know, on the internationalerhaps directly affecting the united states. >> you're exactly right. and that schism within each party, particularly with the republican party, isn't new, but it has been much more profound since former president trump was the head of the party because that's what he ran on. he ran on america first. he ran on protectionism. he ran on -- against the last before him republican president, george w. bush, and the iraq war and sending u.s. troops into battle and into arenas all over the world. what is very different is the kind of thing that you just showed, that people like tucker carlson and what used to be the fringe of the gop in the house in particular used to say, which is what difference does it make. what's the difference between russia and ukraine, and the answer that mike turner gave was, oh, the difference is ukraine is a democracy and russia is authoritarian and that's what america is supposed to stand up for. that is where this divide within the republican party has gone in a

democrats to win, because having these food fights in the republican party probably, on the, whole helps democrats win. it certainly -- anytime you have internaly, it's not good for winning an election. so, i think 22 and 24 are the most consequential election since 1860. i want democrats to win, because it's the only way that you're gonna help the republican party redeem itself. you have to burn the current republican party to the ground and rebuild. there's no fixing what we have now. >> stuart, when you see donald trump saying, i'm never going to endorse that trump again, when voters see him endorsed a candidate this year, they can be sitting wondering, when is he going to call them a jerk and retract that endorsement. >> yeah. what's going to happen -- they're going to win. you're not going to beat an incumbent. how many incumbent senators of oscar primaries, you can count on one hand. i think -- this is all -- this is who we is. nobody is advising donald trump, there's no strategy. it's the same as when he was president. >> stuart stevens. thank you very much for joining us again, always appreciated. >> thank you. >> tonight's last word i

but i think the real risk is ultimately less internal violence, which i think is actually quite likely, if things go badly with the republican extremist regime, but the real concern is the development of a right wing as i say dictatorship, a hard autocracy in the country that would take some time to consolidate and might be a drip, drip, drip process that could take a decade or more to consolidate. >> so you paint this picture in very stark terms both in your op-ed and tonight on this show. question, do you believe the both sides american media is taking this threat seriously enough? >> i think it's been a sea change just in the last few weeks actually. in part because of the publication of some key books on the risk of civil war, but i think there's also a recognition that those 2022 elections are approaching and there is a real chance republicans are going to basically win a majority in both the house and the senate, and at that point they will have captured essentially the dynamic of the political conversation in the country. so there is a very small window now to protect the key mechanisms of democracy in the united stat

and now republican lawmakers calling out executives from the international olympic committee's officialnt on china's abuses. congresswoman kathy mcmorris rodgers joins us with an exclusive interview. you have some breaking news on how you and other members of congress plan to hold these top executives of these top sponsors accountable for doing business there. >> that's right. i have written a letter and in the letter we are calling, we are appealing to these american companies to, companies that depend upon american consumers to defend human rights. in this letter we asked the question, where is the red line? if it's not human rights, if it's not slave labor, silencing and disappearing citizens, genocide, where is that red line, or is it really about their bottom line? we are calling upon them to defend human values and our integrity and to take action to stand up to the communist, the chinese communist party. questions about what their financial interests are, questions about supply chains as well as their relationship with the chinese communist party. >> yeah. and congresswoman, we h

they, this is common practice, my republican democrats, usually in the inner cities, drop the guns and find out who the, who, the bosses. but this cross international lines. and i really feel like there was not much accountability of the conversations between mexico and the united states and net. do you remember ever any closure on the situation before? and like i said, there was no accountability. but doesn't that mean at the republican dropped the ball on asking for considering it was all under the obama administration? well, i feel like republicans in dc drop the ball all the time on a whole host of issues. scott, a little, get me started on that. but i do think it is one of those things where somebody clearly had an idea that they wanted to pursue was the absolute failure. and again, in the private sector, there's always consequences for failure yet. and the government, we just continue on the people just continue on and they fail upwards. that's one of the things we say in d. c all the time that people just continue to fail upwards. and until we start to add that accountability, we'll see more of this. no, i don't think it was. it's not someth

international law, harsh condemnation, i think everybody in this country could unite behind that, but when you start talking about americans on the frontline, that scares some democrats and some republicans. host: what does the unrest in kazakhstan due to this? guest: it was not summing putin was planning on. i think he may be removing his troops relatively soon. it is a terrible shame that the cause of people do not have the democracy that they deserve. this government has no legitimacy. and while the dictator of many decades is theoretically gone, his regime remains. and was not able to kill enough demonstrators without russian help, enough demonstrators to achieve their thuggish purpose of remaining in power without making any concessions to the people. so i think that it is certainly a tragedy for democracy that we are not seeing the government of kazakhstan forced to make at least some concessions to their own people. host: kelly is the first democratic caller. caller: congressman, i wish senator mccain was here. he was on top of all of this years and years ago. it is just unbelievable to me that we have allowed russia to penetrate as much as they already have. but my concern, great

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internal, political, and moral struggle, which pence went through. >> and, as we see in paul's, nothing has made pence more unpopular with republicans, than doing what he was legally required to do. robert costa, don trump was asking pence, nothing less than to commit a televised federal crime, for donald trump, and for mike pence's own benefit to retain the vice presidency. mike pence, of course, refused to do that. in washington, apparently that can be portrayed his heroism. refusing to commit a federal crime on tv. >> i'm not here to declare heroes or villains. but, we see at the end of the day, in this story, donald trump was trying to use mike pence to weaponize ally. lie about the election. this took pence to the brink on january 5th, in the oval office. when trump didn't get what he wanted, he called abandoning giuliani and said, let's issue a statement and say pence agrees with us, even though he didn't. that happened on the night of january 5th. and that will continue on january 6th. it's so revealing. pence doesn't even go to the white house on sixth. he works from home, then goes to the capital, avoiding the oval office. he once again, he