he knows. >> and kevin mccarthy, also, knows. and by the way, kevin mccarthy, critiquing president biden for, in his words, giving putin a pass at the summit, is so brazenly hypocritical that it almost makes you impressed by his complete lack of shame. i mean, we have seen a president give vladimir putin a pass at a summit, in front of cameras, on live television. it was the guy who is now wasting away in mar-a-lagoville, to quote jim acosta. let's, just for reference, look at the tape. the former president with putin in helsinki after being asked about the assessment by america's own intelligence professionals, including his hand-picked director of national intelligence, dan coats. did russia interfere in the 2016 election? >> my people came to me. dan coats came to me and some others. they said they think it's russia. i have president putin. he just said it's not russia. i will say this. i don't see any reason why it would be. >> that was in 2018 and, at the time, congressman mccarthy was a functioning adult with a working set

she's somebody who you can't imagine kevin mccarthy nominating and adding to the committee. but she's obviously got strong feelings about the big lie. she wants there to be transpatiency. would you like to see someone like her or adam kinzinger nominated by speaker pelosi? maybe even both of them. >> i'd like to see people like that on the committee. i don't know who speaker pelosi will choose. i think she's going to choose very wisely as she always does. but the main point of having someone like an adam kinzinger or liz cheney is that they want to know the truth. one very interesting statistic is that 60% to 70% of republicans believe that the election was stolen, that antifa was behind january 6th and donald trump had nothing to do with it. of course, 60% to 70% of americans as a whole believe just the opposite. so we need people who can kind of start with these foundational facts and then build from there and try to work to preventing a january 6th from happening again. >> is that something you'd be interested in doing, is being on this committee yourself? >> i don't know

he was tasked specifically by kevin mccarthy, he was in touch with his office, he was given a list of concessions. and mccarthy moved to put him under the bus on that deal and call it the pelosi commission. i guess i want to get your take on this and how he was treated by the republican leader, and what that means for rake and file putting their hand up to do negotiations going forward. rep. kinzinger: he's a tough guy, does stuff for the right reasons. he's able to. i think it's an amazing bill. and that is the problem with kevin mccarthy, is it is actually pretty good. there are no sitting members of congress on it. the second you put jim jordan or someone on the left on those committees becomes all about politics. retired members are people who are outside of that. i think the perception is he was thrown under the bus because the edict from mar-a-lago came out, and that changed everything. john had worked really hard and again, probably at the beginning when the details came out, i would guess nancy pelosi wasn't happy about it until kevin said i am not agreeing to it. this is abou

so we'll see what kevin mccarthy does. he will put on reasonable rational members of congress. but it is up to the republican party, and unfortunately, we are seeing the republican party take a very severe right turn and become radicalized as we watch all of these folks on their side with conspiracy theories. hopefully he won't put those people on the committee. >> after several weeks, michael fanone, an officer injured during the capitol riot, he was finally granted a meeting with kevin mccarthy and he asked mccarthy to denounce the house republicans who voted against the gold medal bill. he came away disappointed. take a listen to what he said. >> i asked him specifically for a commitment to denounce that publicly, and he said that he would address it at a personal level with some of those members. but again, i think that as a leader of the house republican, or i'm sorry, as a leader of the house republican party, it's important to hear those denouncements publicly. >> congressman, can you put any logic as to why there i

what i learned about the statements that kevin mccarthy made yesterday, i contacted his office.eduler as kevin has said was provided to me. they still would not give me a phone number. eventually they did take down my contact information, my name, cell phone as well as my email address and i never heard anything through close of business yesterday. this morning i woke up. i sent an email to the scheduler, and i did finally receive a response. i was not given a date or a time to meet with kevin mccarthy. >> what did they say in that response? >> they acknowledged the receipt -- they called it a note and said they would be in touch with me and that was it. >> had you been political before before january 6th? >> no. i've always been pretty apolitical. i think in the -- i would say in the last four years during the previous administration there was a lot of things that got me pretty worked up. most of them having to do with what i saw as the politicization of law enforcement and i became susceptible to a lot of republican pandering regarding support for law enforcement, but you know

but if you're kevin mccarthy right now, what you don't want.d-term being this investigation. they medical you can allocation independent investigation would be more damaging to the gop in mid-terms. kevin mccarthy and many republicans will say this will be a par the at the san witch-hunt. that this whole thing is stacked. it's unfair. trump bash. i think that's how they will play with this. i don't agree but that's how they will play it because they don't have any good answers on what happened that day because of trump's incitement of the insurrection and some members who were complicit. i would be concerned too if i were gop leadership. democrats have total control of the subpoenas. she had a shared responsibility for subpoenas on the independent commission but now democrats will run the show and subpoena whoever they like. i would be anxious. mccarthy has to be careful. i don't think he'll appoint the margaret taylor-greens. that would be terrible. that's the face of the party in such a high-profile setting. >> before i let you go, a vote to

this is kevin mccarthy's closest advisor. a mccarthy is doing what his corporate clients wanting to do? maybe you shouldn't be, once with a guy with pharma in writing on ways to blame the op weight addicts who were dying of sentinel with their own deaths. kevin mccarthy is publicly advertising his services to big tech for years and in 2014 politico for example, mccarthy was described as self-employed ambassador to silicon valley for house republicans in charge of "trying to woo the industry." so he's making good on those promises but the problem is to the tech monopolies are actually a threat to the country. if you care about democracy, you need to break up the monopolies. if you care what the economy seem to think. kevin mccarthy is busy tweeting about juneteenth. maybe he doesn't want you to notice sec commissioner appointed by the commissioner is doing more to break up these monopolies in the republican leader of the house of representatives. a new piece in "vanity fair" magazine, this is a good piece. outlines how jeffrey

and it also remains to be seen how kevin mccarthy himself will deal with this. and appoint members. he would not comment for a second straight day if he does plan to select his own members to this committee and who those members could be. could they be ones who voted to overturn the election. could it be ones who tried to deny joe biden his electoral victory on january 6th or seek to invalidate across a number of battleground states. no doubt about it, this committee which was approved on mostly a partly line vote, it is going to take effect, and the investigation could go deep and it could go into next year. >> manu raju on capitol hill, thanks so much. joining us to discuss, congressman cuellar of texas. the original commission was going to be 50/50 democrats and republicans. but for this select committee, democrats get to appoint eight members, republicans get five. some critics say this is doomed to be a partisan investigation from the start. what do you think -- what do you say to them when they say that? >> certainly i think the opportunity was to go and m

also, jim, kevin mccarthy. >> she's been consistent. she did hold the president responsible in the days after january 6th. he changed his tune, cheney did not. shots by kevin mccarthy who pushed her out or helped push her out from gop leadership. how else did she take aim? >> they is very critical the way she went to mara lag yoe and in the aftermath of inciting the january 6th insurrection and made clear in kevin mccarthy's view, the republican party was with donald trump. and she, liz cheney, steered clear of criticizing mccarthy until the push to oust her from the number one position. because her speaking out with donald trump and criticizing the lie that he won the election. and now she is unsparing in her criticism of mccarthy and that trip down to mara largo. >> there was no question who was responsible then. but then, of course, kevin mccarthy decided to go to mara l largo at the end of january. . that is a real moment it became clear we were not going to be able to move forward and focus on substance and policy. mar-a-lago. when

take a look. >> should kevin mccarthy be willing to testify before that commission?aed. >> it does seem to me, congressman, necessary that a lot of your colleagues are subjects in some ways or have crucial information for this inquiry. it's not about some thing that happened out there. >> i agree, chris. i mean, i agree with liz cheney. clearly minority leader mccarthy has probative evidence to share with the committee. i would anticipate that he would be called before the committee and that may extend to others as well. as you said, there are multiple threads of inquiry that really remain in some of which was the subject of the impeachment trial several months ago in terms of conversations that the president had with various individuals both at the department of defense and obviously here on capital hill as well. and i think it's important for this committee to ultimately do a comprehensive investigation into what led to january 6th and make recommendations to the congress so that we can prevent this kind of terrible event from happening in the future. >> final quic

and you could see a scenario kevin mccarthy himself is called to testify before a house special committee, his communications with the president of the united states, and you can see mccarthy refuse to participate. it will be a shadow, an unfortunate moment for democracy but it might be exactly what republicans want politically going into 2022. >> you know, clin, i don't want to be overly rosy but i think the disappointment is misplaced. a majority of republicans think donald trump will be reinstated and we'll talk about the threat that poses to the homeland because there's a new warning from dhs today. i think the fact a bipartisan committee will start sending out subpoenas and if kevin mccarthy refuses to help his own body investigate an attack on his own body with the mission statement of hang mike pence, again, that speaks for itself. i want to point out the big lie is crumbling in the most dramatic way this week. you have the republicans in the michigan state house putting out a report saying there was no fraud here. you have the defamers in court, sydney powell and all the people wh

what the republican congresswoman said about kevin mccarthy, her safety, and why she compares donald trump. be prepared for january 6th-style mob violence as benjamin netanyahu gets close to an exit. >>> and explaining a keynote vote. and it's one of the most contentious decisions the fda has made in years but today they decide on the fate of the controversial alzheimer's drug. >>> good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it's monday, june 7th. this morning brand-new comments from liz kmany after being booted by house republicans from her leadership last month. cheney has called out donald trump by inciting the january 6th insurrection and in terms i've not heard before, she describes how she found out that house minority leader kevin mccarthy went to mar-a-lago to kiss donald trump's ring. listen to this. >> did you know he was going before he was going? >> i didn't. >> what did you -- i mean what was your reaction when you saw the video on the screen? >> i was stunned. i could not imagine any justification for doing that, and i asked him why h

. >> right, but i mean, wasn't this one that kevin mccarthy just rejected? that was going to be bipartisan. that was going to be completely equal. >> the facts that i have didn't indicate that in terms of the make-up nor the make-up of the staff or, frankly, what the boundaries of the investigation were going to be. but you know, listen, at the end of the day, we're going to have the facts about what happened on january 6th. there are a number of prosecutions under way, and a number of, frankly, investigations that are already under way in both house and the senate. so, we're going to get the facts, what the forum may be, certainly they disagree about it, but we're going to end up with the facts. >> i hear your confidence, but these are subcommittees that are not as fulsome as that bipartisan committee that was apparently accepted by both sides until kevin mccarthy said that he didn't want it. obviously, it was bipartisan going into it. and the prosecutions are for the people who went, but they're not looking at exactly what donald trump's role was, exactly

plus -- >> kevin mccarthy refused to take yes for an answer, and now he's got the select committee. >> new questions about exactly who might be on the committee to investigate january 6th, and new details on the exclusive medical treatment that trump got from covid, while thousands of americans died without it. all in starts right now. >> good evening from new york, i'm chris. a's it's now been 67 days, more than two months, since the start of the arizona ballot audit. conspiratorial lunacy that was ordered by the republican-led state senate, actual represented members of that body. after more than two months we slum no information about what, if anything, the audit has actually found. the auditors have centered dated to a secret lab in montana, that may just be a remote cabin in the northwest part of the state, kind of unclear. they have succeeded in essentially wrecking the election infrastructure of the largest county in the state, maricopa county. the county had to announce they will not remove most of their voting equipment because of concerns that the added themself may have com

and -- and meeting kevin mccarthy.ut how they -- they wanted this to be taken seriously. it meant a lot to them, obviously. and i want to play for you, what they had to say. >> meaning -- meaningful discussion. i won't go too much into what was said. we did ask for some commitments to take the special-select committee seriously. i think we, all, want the same thing, ultimately. but how we go about getting it, i guess, is where the -- the hiccup is. >> in a lot of ways, this experience has been incredibly isolating. i'm sure harry experiences some similar feelings. but i mean, i -- i don't think i could go through physically walking these halls, without him. >> do you think that lands with your colleagues? >> you know, it remains to be seen. one thing is clear. that all the republican-talking points about being about law and order are really just phony. they're hypocrites. january 6th was about lawlessness and disorder. more than 140 officers were seriously injured. some died in the aftermath of that violent attack on t

it's not my expectation, given kevin mccarthy's past practice, that he'll do anything other than bendcan expect that donald trump over the next few days will issue recommendations as to who he thinks should be on this committee, and kevin mccarthy will follow those recommendations, hook, line and sinker. that's not going to stop us from uncovering the truth. >> vice president harris, fresh off a visit to el paso, her first trip to the southern border since being tasked by the president to lead efforts on immigration and stem the flow of migrants making the dangerous trek. it comes after months of pressure and criticism from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. the vp emphasizing her focus is on the root causes of immigration, drawing stark contrast to the previous administration's border policies. >> when we have this conversation about what's happening at the border, let's not lose sight of the fact that we're talking about human beings. and so let's recognize with a sense of humanity that these issues must be addressed in a way that is informed by fact and informed by reality. >> j

is kevin mccarthy too weak to prevent that from happening?d i don't see that happening and, again, republicans will have the constant trump problem. we saw how it played in 2018 which was in many ways a referendum on the trump presidency and we saw in 2020 in places like georgia that republicans lost twice in the span of three months. i mean, the demographics are speaking for themselves. that's why republicans are doing everything they can to move heaven and earth to rig the election, to change voting laws and to restrict our voters from being able to participate in the electoral process. the reason they are doing that is because they know that they are losing. >> you mentioned the georgia races. i saw an image recently of the republican senators who lost in georgia going to see donald trump in mar-a-lago, and it was just hilarious because you've lost your seat because of this guy in the united states senate, and yet you're still doing the pilgrimage to go and pay fealty to a loser. you and i can laugh about that. he is a loser and helped the

speaker pelosi gets to pick eight, kevin mccarthy gets a saying in the other five. pelosi aide confirmed nbc news she is quote, seriously considering appointing a republican with one of her unilateral picks. well, back with us tonight, don callaway, democratic strategist, founder of the national voter protector action fund. bill crystal, veteran of the reagan and bush administration's, editor at large over add the blue work. gentlemen, thank you do both and welcome. >> don let's start at 30,000 feet. in your most hopeful world, is there any construct under which the republicans, and we just heard from a few, regret voting no on a bipartisan commission? >> most of them don't regret that. they think they will vote against this. they will say it's all partisan. i do think pelosi is going to appoint one republican from her picks. either liz cheney, adam kinzinger, the two votes for impeachment who haven't backed off at all, who have been willing to follow through and continue to talk -- called donald trump to account, the others have tried to go quite a little bit and g

. >> led by house speaker nancy pelosi, republican leader kevin mccarthy and senate majority leader chuck schumer, lawmakers gathered on the steps of the u.s. capitol a moment of silence in honor of those who died from covid-19. >> ♪ shall we gather at the river with this provided forever flowing by god yes we will gather at the river the beautiful river gather by the river that flows by the will of god the savior king we shall meet together with the glory of the lord yes, we will gather at the river the beautiful, the beautiful river gather at the steps of the rather -- river that flows by the throes of god soon we will reach the shining river soon our pilgrimage will cease soon our happy hearts will quiver with the melody of peace yes, we will gather at the river the beautiful, the beautiful river gather with the saints at the river that flows by the throes of god -- love ♪ ♪ >> please join and help us with senator mccarthy in a moment of silence for the lives that were lost by the covid-19 . >> ♪ god bless america land that i love stand beside her and guide her through the night with t

good to be here. >> kevin mccarthy, the house minority leader, released a statement.o you think that's a description backed up by the events here yesterday? >> it depends what he means by a pass. i didn't see the statement but is it a hall pass? a pass on, you know, not mentioning or raising major issues? i mean, that's obviously not clear. i think kind of part of our problem with the whole relationship is really our own domestic arena and the way we depict interactions. and it says more about our own politics domestically about infighting than it does about the state of play in international relations. i think the important point is what happens after this meeting. because these are the kinds of meetings you routinely have to have with adversaries and allies, with more neutral countries. we have had a long history of meeting with the soviet union and also with russia. president biden, like any other u.s. president, has to meet with president xi of china which is, of course, our major competitor in the international arena right now. president trump met with kim jong-u

what happened in that phone call with kevin mccarthy? there a delay in that? the intelligence here, i mean this was planned out in the open, let's remember. this was not a secret assault. this was planned out in the open. i actually sent my children home a couple of days early after swearing in because i saw what was about to happen. i was concerned about it. so my family went home to colorado. what was the huge disconnect between all of what we knew to be true leading up to it and the complete lack of preparation? our officers deserve better. our democracy deserves better and the american people deserve better, and we're going to get the answers to those. >> i want to switch gears and ask you about legislation that you have sponsored to speed visas for afghans who helped our now decades-long efforts in afghanistan. you said this. this is a moral imperative for our nation. we have to honor our promises to our partners. we're going to debate afghanistan for decades to come and what lessons we learned, but we do know we can do things with

did anything kevin mccarthy say make you feel better about this whole horrific situation? >> no, not really. he just kind of spun his words, and he -- but we did get through to him how we felt. it was very difficult. >> i can imagine. were you able to speak to him directly and put your concerns? did he acknowledge your pain, your requests? >> i'm hoping he did because i -- you know, i did say how i felt, that i was very disapointed, you know, especially with the medal of honor. i mean, how dare they not give all these police officers, you know, their due because they're really, really hurting. and i did meet with one of brian's friends afterwards, and that officer was really, really upset. so i'm really upset for the officers who are not getting what they deserve. >> yes. i can only imagine. sandra, 140 capitol police officers were injured during the insurrection. in the following days along with your partner, brian, two other officers, howard leibengood and jeffrey smith died by suicide. do you believe all three of those officers would be alive today had it not been for t

you would call, well, donald trump, sorry, kevin mccarthy called fox news and tried to get through to trump that way. that is exactly what happened the afternoon of the riot. i know mccarthy has tried to memory hold the riot recently but when he was sheltering in place trying to get the mob to leave the capitol he called fox news. it shows the centrality of fox to trump and the gop. it is still going on today, chris. these lawmakers taking their cues from fox, getting misinformed by fox, and that is why what the network does matters even though it is often times annoying, distracting, confusing >> i often say there is no shame in their game but maybe i'm wrong because you got a message from a fox news vet early morning after january 6th. >> after the riot. >> yes. and how so? >> this is early morning january 7th. nobody can sleep after the insurrection. fox news veteran texted me with four words that show there was shame. there was regret. at least among some staffers. the four words were, what have we done? what have we done? this is a fox news veteran wondering, are we responsible f

>> no, kevin mccarthy called fox news that afternoon. because he needed help. and because donald trump wasn't listening to him directly. so he called fox the same way that you would call the most important person in your life when you needed help, the very most. that's what you would do. you would call. well, donald trump calls fox news. sorry, kevin mccarthy called fox news. and tried to get through to trump, that way. and that's exactly what happened on the afternoon of the riot. i know mccarthy's tried to memory hole the riot recently. but when he was sheltered in place trying to get the mob to heav leave the capitol, he called fox news and it just goes to show the centrality of fox to trump and the gop. it's still going on today, chris. these lawmakers taking their cues from fox, getting misinformed by fox. and that's why, what the network does matters, even though it is, of oftentimes, annoying, distracting, confusing. >> i often say there is no shame in their game but maybe i'm wrong because you got a message from a fox-news vet, early morning after -- >>

kevin mccarthy should be interposing his own body.these false con spear sis, but he could not pedal away fast enough. what do you think? >> what nancy pelosi wants do is for this select committee to be serious and to actually focus on the business at hand, and that is trying to get to the bottom of what happened with the insurrection on january 6th, which, by the way, cnn has a special called "trump's insurrections." trump's words, trump's deeds caused that insurrection. david is right. there were people who were actually doing damage not just to the party. but the things they were saying and doing would be marginalized. the republican party is not marginalizing people. in fact, that's part of the problem they have. kevin mccarthy is stuck between trump and a hard place. he can't disavow them because then he'll piss off trump. we know the biggest fear republicans have is pissing off trump's base. until they try to figure out what real business is and not doing grave damage to their party long term but to the country, we're going to tr

kevin mccarthy gets a say in the other five.ws she's seriously considering appointing a republican with one of her unilateral picks. well, back with us tonight, don calloway, democratic strategist, founder of the national voter protection action fund. bill kristol, author, writer, thinker, editor at large over at the bulwark. gentlemen, welcome to you both. bill kristol let's start at 30,000 feet. is there -- in your most hopeful world, is there any construct under which the republicans -- and we just heard from a few -- regret voting no on a bipartisan commission? >> most of them don't regret that. they think they'll vote against this, and say it's all partisan. i think pelosi is going to appoint one republican, even liz cheney or -- the two republicans who have been willing to follow through and continue to call donald trump to account, the others have tried to go quiet a little bit, not pick more fights with trump, cheney has been fearless, and i think one of them could end up on that select committee. that will be interestin

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so this is is a big gamble, truly, by kevin mccarthy. he wants to be the speaker and thinks he can only do that with trump's support. but what is so interesting is liz cheney is being to be replaced by a congresswoman from he elise stefanik, she by any measure far more liberal than liz cheney. he lease stepan-- stefanik by any measure far less reliably supportive of the trump agenda. so why support stefanik over liz cheney. entirely as you know because of one thing. liz cheney will not lie about the election and she won't lie about the insurrection. and that is it. so we're seeing the entire republican party not only say we're all in with trump, most of the republican party and the leadership in the house. not only saying we are all in with trump, they are saying we are all in with his lie. it's not even about trump and his positions or his policies. it is about his lies, we are doubling down on the lie. >> stephen: now you have said, an this made headlines, that you are not interested in interviewing or having somebody on the show who p

that's the view of the top republicans kevin mccarthy and the number two republican and other republicans echoed it even though same republicans were quiet when donald trump stood beside vladimir putin in 2018. donald trump at the time sided with russia over u.s. intelligence agency's determination that russia interfered in the 2016 election. republicans at the time, many who were silent or defended donald trump but after the summit with putin and biden, kevin mccarthy went after the president saying president biden should have used the summit to stand up for national interest and send a message to the world that the united states will hold russia accountable for its long list of transgressions. unfortunately, president biden gave vladimir putin a pass, part of which didn't say this explicitly but is referring to the fact that joe biden did not stand alongside vladimir putin at a press conference like we saw happen in 2018. did not call out vladimir putin standing next to him on the same stage but the president did not want to do that, give the russian president a platform. one reason the

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and who is on pelosi's veto list, even if kevin mccarthy picks them?guarded in who she may appoint to serve on this select committee that she is basically the author of. and the only thing that we can tell for sure when it comes to this veto power that she has over the republican pick that's she has said that she wants those members to be responsible. and you would have to imagine that means not allowing republican members that have delved into conspiracy theories involving what happened here on january 6th or even those that voted to object to the election results and support former president donald trump's big lie. at this point we are not for sure who is going to be appointed to this committee until it comes from the speaker herself, and it's not expected that she'll name those people until after the vote passes tomorrow. we're not exactly clear how cooperative the house minority leader kevin mccarthy is doeg to be in this process. he refuses to answer any questions about it and said today that he and the house speaker have yet to even speak about t

senate, she could unilaterally create that committee and put members she wants on that committee, kevin mccarthy, house minority leader of california were also get to pick some members but that would be a house only midi in it with move away from this idea i think president biden and a number of house democrats and even publicans wanted which was a bipartisan outside committee, it wouldd bring it in-house and nancy pelosi would have much more control over it because the senate decided not to act on that initial independent committee, this looks like the mostksst likely route for peloso go on mixing your staff friday with the help looking ahead to what had in the week coming in congress both house and senate. we welcome your conversations. 2,027,488,000 for democrats. dependents and others 2,027,488,002. ask about the vote tuesday in the senate on the voting rights bill, procedure bill let me remind viewers of what we are talking about, for the people act is what it's called, a bill that would create, among other things, automatic voter registration and strengthen early and absentee mail voting,

reporter: madam speaker, yesterday, kevin mccarthy dismissed the idea of a select committee as [indiscernible] i talked to some republicans in the house and worried that any committee looking at 1/6 will be looked at as political and, therefore, may not have the same impact. do you worry that a select committee's findings will be dismissed or -- speaker pelosi: no. i don't worry about that at all. i do think it would have been preferable to have an outside commission. there were those that thought the republicans would -- god knows who they would appoint -- say that's worth the risk because i think that has a legitimacy in the public mind. but i had no intention of walking away from our responsibility. and i don't care what, you know -- i hope that kevin will appoint responsible people to the committee. reporter: is there a timeline that you want this committee to have a final report to you? speaker pelosi: yes. reporter: who will this committee report to and what will it look like? speaker pelosi: are the time it takes for them, the time they need to do the investigation of the causes of thi

but what kevin mccarthy seems to be doing is warming himself from the fire that these people set. to use the political momentum that it provides and still provide some distance by not claiming those theories to be his own. it's really a cynical effort to maximize the political benefit of something that was a truly tragic day when democrats and republicans were under attack by a mob. >> so by him staying silent, do you think he is in a way complicit in the damage that all these conspiracy theories in the wake of the insurrection are doing to democracy? >> absolutely. in fact, i hold the republicans in the house, who have been mostly silent, mostly responsible for this. because look, we've got the crazy conspiracy theorists in the house, we know who they are. they're nuts. and they're just railing all the time about this stuff. but then there is a big group of republican members who are just quiet. they never challenge anyone who raises these ideas. they know they're false. but they want to benefit from that energy, the only real energy within the republican party right now is aroun

and kevin mccarthy will follow those recommendations hook, line, and sinker. but that's not going to stop us from uncovering the truth. >> congressman, do you share congressman jeffries' concerns about the future disposition of this commission? or do you have confidence that it will be able to do its job credibly and accurately? >> joshua, one thing i do have confidence in is that the american people, not us in congress, are demanding the truth. the numbers, i think, are over 70%. joining with democrats who say, you must investigate this at the citadel of democracy was attacked, but they are still in shock. there's still ptsd, tragically, not only among the american people in terms of watching what happened, but law enforcement officers who are actually there. my first is to applaud the leadership for not stopping. we all would rather have an independent commission. i was here for the 9/11 commission. we helped put it together, because it had not been organized under the bush administration, but i think that there will be enough ability with the tools that the

>> it will be to the house majority leader, kevin mccarthy.ut a number of things that marjorie taylor greene has done, that put all of our members into grave danger. the death threats go up when she does these things against our members. that's unacceptable. it will specifically say to kevin mccarthy he needs the take issue on this issue. >> who is signing that letter? >> you'll see. we'll get it out and i promise i'll come back and talk to you about it. >> i'll hold you to it. when it comes to this committee, how much appetite do you think the american public has for information on january 6th, versus the politicians who down play the riot? what do you think the american public wants? >> i think the american public wants accountability. i think they have been very clear about that all along. i think they want answers and you see it in a bipartisan way. you see it with the people who worked on the bipartisan committee in putting it together which was voted down because mitch mcconnell is beholden to donald trump and continues to be holden to d

he did talk to kevin mccarthy.ng into mccarthy's office, and trump's reaction was, they must be more upset than you are about the election results. >> donald trump is watching this on television, and i wondered, what is he doing to stop this? i think we know now. he didn't do anything. not doing anything while the capitol was being desecrated, i thought, was unforgivable. >> pastor ken peters says he didn't make it to the capitol till later. >> there were still people all over the stairs and waving flags. i saw people standing and letting their voices be heard. >> people bashing in windows, pushing through doors, fighting with cops. do you believe that did happen? >> i do. i do. >> and was it right, wrong? >> it was horrible. it was terrible. as christians, we stand, but we don't riot. christians are never to be destructive. >> capitol hill police now formed in tactical units were performing rescue missions. congressman jason crow among those trapped in the house gallery was being escorted past rioters spread eagle

then, house minority leader kevin mccarthy talking about the catch on the new infrastructure package,reconciliation. joining the conversation all morning long this morning, dagen mcdowell and james freeman. you are watching "mornings with maria." we'll be back with this fantastic panel when we come right back. we're live on fox business all morning. stay with us. ♪ you packed a record 1.1 trillion transistors into this chip i invested in invesco qqq a fund that invests in the innovators of the nasdaq 100 like you become an agent of innovation with invesco qqq like you up here, success depends on the choices you make. but i know i've got this. and when it comes to controlling his type 2 diabetes, my dad's got this, too. with the right choices, you have it in you to control your a1c and once-weekly trulicity may help. most people taking trulicity reached an a1c under 7%. and it starts lowering blood sugar from the first dose, by helping your body release the insulin it's already making. trulicity is for type 2 diabetes. it isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. it's not approved for use

what was kevin mccarthy communicating to the president? those types of very important communication that is were happening were some of the most critical missing pieces. democrats need to get their hands on that. how long will it take? what type of litigation are we likely to see as, of course, donald fight and his lawyers will fight this. kevin mccarthy will resist it, too. this will not be a quick process. in some ways the democrats benefit from not going the bipartisan route because there was a clear end date. they can be a little bit more flexible. they do have to strat outside strategize how to play it out. >> and, claire, someone said, oh, they have to really find a smoking gun. what, to put next to the other two? they found out trump extorted zelensky. i think it shows the depravity of the republicans in the senate and the house. the reason they didn't want a commission has nothing to do with any sense they weren't scared on that day, any sense donald trump wasn't responsible, both mccarthy and mcconnell have said so. mcconnell sayi

but that wasn't the answer that kevin mccarthy wanted. that would be a purely political instrument. that is not the situation here. here, we tried for the bipartisan commission. they rejected it so far. we still want this done right. but it has to get done. and we'll have to get it done right as a select committee unless they come to their senses and embrace a truly bipartisan commission. >> all right, congressman adam schiff who did serve on that benghazi select committee those many years ago. thanks for making type tonight. >> thank you. >>> that is "all in." the "rachel maddow" show starts right now. good evening. >> thank you, my friend. much appreciated. >> and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. very, very happy to have you here. got a big show for you tonight. we're going to start with my favorite movie. the original version, the black and white version of "the manchurian candidates "came out in 1962. and this is not exactly a spoiler, but the real villain in the story is angela lansberry. not a spoiler. you figured it

i think kevin mccarthy at this point is in denial of reality.nately, the ticket of admission for the republican party and success in the republican primary right now is to deny reality, deny that donald trump had any responsibility for this, as you know, some folks calling it what looked like a day of tourism at the capitol. and so it will be really interesting how kevin mccarthy responds. but i know what he should do. he should cooperate and he should work in the best interests of the american people in getting to the truth. >> yeah, if he fights it or takes the fifth, that's going to be a very, very bad look. congressman castro, thank you for being here. >>> straight ahead, the politics of the infrastructure deal. bipartisanship is on everybody's lips but what does this deal tell us about the chances for the biden agenda in congress? >>> and the toxic nature of tonight's absolute worst will have you slipping under. you see what i did there? "the reidout" continues after this. "the reidout" continues after this mer) ll me some g i don't know. (

the remaining five would be selected and here's the hitch after consultation with kevin mccarthy.cerned that kevin mccarthy will attempt to stack the commission in his five picks with people who were part of the big lie? people who supported the insurrection? maybe some absolute loony tunes like marjorie taylor greene in order to disrupt it? >> kevin ccarthy is capable of anything. he is purely a political animal. there is no ideology there, except self-ambition and advancement so he's capable of anything. at the end of the day the investigation will go forward, no matter who he might choose to put on that commission because we are determined to get to the truth. and to protect the country going forward. so you're absolutely right. he may try to make a circus out of it. they certainly have done that kind of thing in the past. but i think under the speaker's leadership, the house will make sure to do its duty and that we get all the facts before the american people. >> do you think he should be subpoenaed, kevin mccarthy, since he spoke with donald trump on the day of the insurrect

. ♪ >> house republican leader kevin mccarthy talks about his party's legislative agenda.s included border security, infrastructure, and the newly announced "january 6 capitol attack house select committee." this is just under half an hour.

. >> madam speaker yesterday kevin mccarthy dismissed the idea of a select committee as select. i've talked to some democrats who worry that any committee that comes out looking at the january 6 will be looked at as political and therefore may not have the impact. you worry that the select committee findings will be disinterested? >> i do think it would have been preferable to have an outside commission. there were those who thought the republicans would have gotten a point so that's worth the risk because i think that that's has always been missing in the public mind that i have no intentions of walking away from our responsibility and i don't care -- i hope that kevin will appoint responsible people to the committee. >> is there a timeline that you want the committee to have a final report on it who will this committee report to and what does that final report look like? >> the timeline will be as long as it takes for them in the time they need to lead the investigation of the causes of this. there are two tasks. one is about the root causes of it, the white supremacy, the ant

what we do not know is whether subpoenas will be issued for people like minority leader kevin mccarthy who was in conversation with president trump on january 6 or whether trump himself could be subpoenaed as part of this probe. host: this is katherine tully-mcmanus joining us for this discussion. going into the summer, what are the major issues or agenda issues that house democrats want to achieve it before the summer break? guest: infrastructure is looking to dominate the rest of june, much of july, and frankly going into the fall. what was accomplished last week, this culmination of a bipartisan proposal is not yet text. we do not yet have a written agreement. those issues that president joe biden has agreed to an summit republicans -- senate republicans and democrats. there is also the secondary track that resident biden wants to take with that, the social infrastructure, including childcare and things like that that bill is also met existing yet and needs to be put together . agreement on things like topline numbers are where we are at, but we don't yet have agreement between the

reporter: yesterday, kevin mccarthy dismissed the idea of a select committee as political. iffle talked to some republicans and democrats that any committee that comes out looking at one fix will be looked at as political and therefore may not have the same impact. do you worry the committee's will be dismissed? ms. pelosi: i don't worry about it. it would have been been preferable to have an ows commission and there were those that the republicans that it was worth the risk because i think that has a legitimacy in the public mind, but i have no intention of walking away from our responsibility and i don't care -- i hope kevin will appoint responsible people to the committee. reporter: is there a time line thaw want this committee to have a final report? who will this will committee report to? ms. pelosi: the time line will be as long as it takes, the time they need to do the investigation of the causes of this. there are two actually paths. one is about the root causes of it, the whilet supremacy, the anti-semitism, all the rest that was so evident when you see a sweatshir

>> kevin mccarthy is just wrong. president biden was very strong standing up to vladimir putin. he told him that if there was any serious harm, there would be consequences for russia. we're strong human rights and under president biden's leadership america is back and respected once again on the world stage. >> i want to get your response to what we heard from the former director for european and russian affairs who testified during trump's first impeachment. he says russia is coming away with a public relations win while the u.s. has little to show from the summit in terms of tangible improvements to national security. what do you think about that view? >> russia has state-run media so whatever happens, they're going to spin it in favor of vladimir putin. president biden stood up to vladimir putin and made a number of very strong assertions and challenges to vladimir putin and vladimir putin also praised president biden saying that nothing gets past him and that president biden really understands what he's doing. we're going to have to manage this relationship and russia does c