kevin mccarthy, of course kevin mccarthy, trying today to defend the indefensible. turks rnc last week referred to the events of january 6 as legitimate political discourse. i'm wondering what you think of that. >> that's not correct. what the rnc was talking about everybody knows anybody can -- broke in and caused damage. that was not called for and those people we've said from the very beginning should be in jail. what they were talking about is the six rnc members who january 6th has subpoenaed who weren't even here, who were in florida that day. >> so you're supporting that resolution? >> okay, didn't answer that part. that is classic kevin mccarthy, hemming and hawing, distracting and deflecting. whatever happened to the guy who said this one week after the violent attack on the seat of our democracy? >> the president bears responsibility for wednesday's attack on congress by mob rioters. he should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. >> we know exactly what happened to that kevin mccarthy. he spent the ensuing 13 months trying to

i want to start with kevin mccarthy.ending the censure that claims that january 6th was legitimate political discourse. i want you to listen to this again. >> everybody knows anybody can -- broke in and caused damage, that was not called for, and those people, we've said from the very beginning, should be in jail. what they were talking about is the six rnc members who january 6th has subpoenaed who weren't even here, who were in florida that day. >> you were supporting that resolution? >> the resolution is not about the six -- why can't he just say it was political discourse? >> the reason why he's doing that is he's trying to become speaker, so he's kind of playing all these games about, well, if i make these people angry, maybe i won't get it and i need to satisfy the other crowd. you're like a whirling dirvish, no compass to tell you how to be, he wants it so badly he'll twist himself in knots. it's disappointing, i don't know him well but i know him a little bit, i've met him. and it's just -- you know, it's just a

kevin mccarthy took the opposite path.ure that the trump pipeline of cash was intact. and so right from the beginning they have just approached this issue differently. mitch mcconnell today said the obvious, which is that this was an insurrection and had a political intent. it was aimed at disrupting the peaceful transition of power. and in the next breath, mitch mcconnell said, when he was asked a question, do you have confidence in the chairwoman of the republican party, who was the head of the organization that said violence is a legitimate political discourse. he said he. did and meant to obscure the reality that we have a system we are one political party has been a -- we don't live in sweden, where they're 18 different democratic parties. and that this isn't such a big deal. when you have a two party system, it's an enormous deal. it's a threat to the continuation and the. and this includes fascists, proud boys extremists, neo-nazis, people filled and they are all part of a coalition. those parts cannot and do not fi

. >>> house republican leader kevin mccarthy is actively trying to get rid of liz cheney, to kick herress. cheney is one of the two republicans on the committee investigating the january 6 capitol attack and she backed impeachment of donald trump. now mccarthy is endorsing cheney's pro-trump opponent harriet hageman. >> wyoming deserves to have a representative to give the accountability against the biden administration, not the representative that works closer with nancy pelosi, going after republicans and instead of stopping this radical democrats for what they're doing to this country. >> let's bring in now two republicans, jot jennings, and cnn political commentator charlie dent, former congress from pennsylvania. welcome to you both. and congress pan, i want to start with you. because for months it appears that mccarthy was going to resist the urge from the hardliners and the pressure from the hardliners to further punish cheney, kinzinger is leaving, but what do you think about this decision to endorse her primary opponent? >> well, i'm not surprised by this. and i think you hav

manu, what are you hearing today about kevin mccarthy?he still will not talk about what happened january 6 as well as won't talk about what the rnc did, two republicans, adam kinzinger and liz cheney, trying to find what happened on january 6. mcconnell has clear concerns as you played just there. and also other members of the house and senate are dividing about this as well. i just had a chance to catch up with the former vice president mike pence's brother, greg pence. he's a republican from indiana and his brother last week spoke in florida condemning donald trump, essentially saying donald trump was wrong in suggesting the vice president on the day of january 6, 2021 could have overturned the electoral results. pence makes clear he sides with his brother on this issue. >> i'll stand by my brother now and forever, okay? >> it was mostly a peaceful protest. >> reporter: it was a peaceful protest? >> mostly a peaceful protest? >> you don't think it was violence in here? >> there were people admitted to the capitol that shouldn't have bee

i haven't even gotten to the battle between kevin mccarthy and marjorie taylor greene. that's a lot. let me tell you. joining me now is david jolly, a former republican congressman from florida and the national chairman of the serve america movement. kirk bardella an adviser to the dccc and spokesman for the house overnight committee. and, oh, yes, here he is, stephanie miller, host of the tellny miller show on sirius xm. oh, yeah. we got the group in the house tonight. so we're going to start with david. david, the state of the union address is coming up in a little over week. you know how that goes and you know what that means. what do you think the state of the union for the republican party is right now? >> well, look, politically speaking, it is a fairly easy spot. they're in the opposition so they just get to oppose and suggest that the world would be better under their leadership. i think democrats face some real challenges. we saw in virginia that even though democrats worked hard on some of their top priorities, they're on the right side of the history when it

. >>> nbc news catching up with kevin mccarthy. what he's saying about the gop description of the deadly insurrection as political discourse and this afternoon how liz cheney is now responding. >>> plus live this hour set to begin any minute the nfl commissioner facing what we fully expect tough questions about racial discrimination and harassment in the league just a few days before the super bowl and a few days after that explosive lawsuit filed by the former dolphins coach brian flores. we'll hit the highlights when that starts. >>> i'm hallie jackson as we're juggling a lot emily is in new york, shannon is outside the white house and we're also joined by dr. patel msnbc medical contributor. emily, i want to start with you because you've heard from three different northeast state governors in the last few hours announcing the end of certain mask mandates. this is a little bit of what that looked and sounded like. watch. >> given the declining cases and declining hospitalizations, that is why we feel comfortable to lift this in e

kevin mccarthy i continue that theme but focus on a few things.n the general like kevin mccarthy said right there, making sure, from that point, we don't win we lose america but secondly you heard him alluded to it in the sound bite. you need to focus on the specifics of what you will do. you will cut inflation. you will lead investigations into the things the american people's want answers on, afghanistan and the like. you need to have the specifics. you can't go generalities. >> todd: that is one of the things it easily affects like the border situation. go back to what was working in 2016 under the trump administration. democrats know they have a problem on their hands. we talked about this yesterday. the congressional campaign committee is warning members that are running in swing districts that voters think their party is preachy, judgmental, and focused on cultural wars. they need to be more focused on republican attacks. so they advise they are giving democrats running in swing districts, the republicans say anti-cop and the d.c. say no i s

kevin mccarthy, house minority leader kevin mccarthy, was on -- who was he on with?is nuclear forces on high alert today. let's watch that, and i'll ask you about it on the other side. >> when you look at putin, this man is reckless, evil, and dangerous. there's two reasons why he could be doing this. one, because this war is not going well and he's being painted into a corner and he wants to be a stronger hand to try to negotiate a way out. the second one is, he's unstable, that he will literally try to have a nuclear weapon option going forward. at this moment in time, no country in the world should stand with putin. everyone should unite around the basis of what he just claimed to take in the last hours. >> whoa. wait, what? tim, help me understand here, doesn't kevin mccarthy want to be speaker of the house? doesn't kevin mccarthy want all those people to be on his side? everything he said there makes perfect sense and goes against everything that republicans seem to be saying about vladimir putin, including the guy everyone seems to think is going to run for pre

he said kevin mccarthy at one point fancied himself the new generation conservative.thought i knew. sleep probably doesn't come easily to him. i suspect we will see other lawmakers get involved in this race. as you are alluding to, all the members in the conference are going to be forced to pick sides. you have gop leadership getting involved in this case. . >> what is her pathway to a victory if she loses the primary? >> i think if she loses the primary, i think she probably runs for president against trump in 2024. >> great reporting. thank you so much. >> coming up, a new cnn report shows how the opioid crisis has found its way into middle schools. >>> cooper kupp may have won mvp. but if you ask jefferson, his mvp wasn't even on the field. he will join us live to tell us about one of the best stories to come from the game. we're carvrvana, the company who invented car vending machines and buying a car 100% online. now we've created a brand-new way for you to sell your car. whether it's year old or a few years old. we wanna buy your car. go to carvana and enter you

kevin mccarthy does. kevin mccarthy is afraid of the capacity of kooks like marjorie taylor greene and lauren boebert and cawthorn and gaetz to mobilize against him should the republicans retake the house and challenge his speakership. and so what you continue seeing is ridiculous cowardice. i mean, it looked like he was competing in the olympics yesterday, the way he was running so fast down the halls. we finally found something he's good at. running away from the truth. and running away from questions. >> oh, ana. >> don, if i could just add one postscript to ana. in terms of how slavish kevin mccarthy is. any gazpacho that marjorie taylor greene gives to kevin mccarthy, he's going to drink. >> do you know the reference? >> i've got to go. i'll get the reference later. i'll tell you what it means. >> go look up what -- even cha-cha's upset now. [ dog barking ] goodbye. >> thank you both. let's turn to the tension at ukraine's border. the white house has now approved a plan for u.s. troops to help evacua

kevin mccarthy -- here it is. >> you have to make an appointment.t's not good -- >> it was cardio day on capitol hill. kevin mccarthy, abby, sprinting away from these questions metaphorically, sprinting away from mitch mcconnell. this does expose -- mitch mcconnell stepping up to the mike phone. kevin mccarthy running away. >> there is no greater, you know, illustration of the difference between the politics in the house and the politics in the senate. kevin somic kaerbgt is beholden to a republican conference in the house as far right as it's ever been. you have marjorie taylor greene, madison cawthorn and others who he is beholden to who don't want him to give any quarter to any of this talk of insurrection. on the other hand, mitch mcconnell is thinking about his senate majority, about the fact that his members have to run statewide in, you know, in some cases in purple states. they have very different political prerogatives. and that's why you are seeing what you saw on the hill yesterday. >> yeah. madison cawthorn, his defense in court is it wa

house minority leader kevin mccarthy has officially endorsed congresswoman liz cheney's primary challengernwhile, "politico" reports former president trump is lobbying to change how the state runs the election. on thursday legislation was introduced to prevent crossover voting in a primary election. were the law to pass democrats, republicans or independents would no longer be able to switch party affiliate on the day of the state's primary to vote for a candidate in another party. peter baker, here we go trying to change election laws to make it harder for people to express their views and this time doing it in the middle of a political campaign. >> i think it shows basically they understand the broader population who wouldn't necessarily be traditional republican and primary voters might support liz cheney. in fact, they recognize buy buy -- wyoming is not trumpian as they would like it to be so they're trying to limit the people that can show up in the primary. you heard speculation, i don't know if she would consider it, that she would perhaps run as an independent in the fall so as to

kevin mccarthy, unlike mitch mcconnell, finally mitch mcconnell, but kevin mccarthy is still playingo an audience of one. donald trump. he wants to be speaker of the house if republicans when in the fall and everything else falls by the wayside. that is his goal. >> john, you know what's amazing is legitimate political discourse, calling writers discourse is harder to call out actually than the censure, there republicans coming to the defense saying it is a bad idea for the republican party to be censureing them. here are three republicans. >> i think the way in like this is invoke it and frankly not very constructive either. >> i think that we as a party need to recognize that people are worried about the economy, they're worried about the continuing struggles with covid, they're looking ahead and that's what they want us to do. >> anything that my party does that comes across as being stupid is not going to help us. >> so just to be clear, romney, okay, we expect him. but the other senators not so much. you are seeing people that before didn't say anything that are saying, hey, loo

the show that thinks that kevin mccarthy may have a future in olympic speed walking.ll show you that gold medal moment just ahead. >>> i'm jonathan lemire on this wednesday, february 9th. let's start with the news. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is adding his voice to the handful of republicans criticizing the rnc following a censure vote against fellow gop members list chaenz and adam kinzinger. here's what mcconnell had to say yesterday. >> well, let me give you my view of what happened january 6, and we all were here. we saw what happened. it was a violent insurrection with a purpose of trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election. with regard to the suggestion that the rnc should be in the business of picking and choosing republicans who ought to be supported, traditionally, the view of the national party committee is that we support all members of our party, regardless of their positions. on some issues. the issue is whether or not the rnc should be sort of singling out members of our party who may have differen

>> in fact, congresswoman cheney is probably more conservative than the speaker, than kevin mccarthy of this litmus test that republicans are being judged by right now. even considered a rhino simply because you are telling the truth of the 2020 election and want to get to the bottom of what caused and who is behind and who participated in the insurrection of january 6th. >> you know, it's amazing, when you talk about this lit mus tes, i have an example for you that is dumb founding, the houston chronicle called all 143 congressional republican candidates in the primary, every one of them, spoke to them all. only 13 would say president biden legitimately beat donald trump, just to be clear, that is 9%. even if the face of threats against you and your family, you stood up for the truth, stood up for the reality of what happened and against the big lie. why is this so hard, in fact, impossible for 91% of the candidates running in the texas primary? >> i think it's really showing the radicalization of the base of the republican party, of my party, when so many of them, an overwhelming m

kevin mccarthy said january 6th was not legitimate political discourse like the rnc said, but he also didn't blame them for saying it. what's the end game here? >> the end game for republicans is they would sure like to stop talking about january 6th all together and especially like to stop talking about what some privately continue seed was an own goal from the rnc being sloppy with this statement. here's how kevin mccarthy talked about both the idea of legitimate political discourse and what the rnc was trying to say when i caught up with him yesterday. what about the legitimate political discourse characterization from the rnc? >> i think anybody on the 6th that entered this building, that rioted, was not legitimate. i don't think that's what the rnc was talking about. >> the rnc will say what they're trying to say is they believe that the january 6th committee is engaged in overreach, going after folks like the alternate electors set up in several states, some which included rnc members. none of that was in the resolution they voted on and thus creates the problem for them where t

but kevin mccarthy was under immense pressure from his right flank to take some sort of action againstresisting calls to remove her from conference, instead he's now settled on trying to kick her out of congress entirely. of course, this could win him major points with trump world and that is a crucial constituency if he wants to back speaker one day. it is a bit of a risk. he has members in his own conference who don't want to see their leadership involved in this messy interparty warfare. and not to mention if cheney does come back, it would be pretty embarrass for mccarthy and trump. >> really uncomfortable for them. melanie, any indication as to what liz cheney's response is to this? i can't imagine she's overly surprised. >> yeah, well, there is clearly no love lost between the two camps. we haven't heard from liz cheney herself, but a spokesman did tell us of harriet hageman, the opponent, wow, she must be really desperate. >> enough said there, melanie zanona, thank you. >>> new york judge has ruled that former president trump as well as his children ivanka and don jr. must sit

kevin mccarthy the top republican in the house, the rnc, they've been given over to the trump marjorie taylor greene wing of the republican party. mcconnell for his part would like everybody on the republican side to just shut up the next ten months and let the midterm elections be a referendum on joe biden, his approval ratings. they think his opportunities with the lingering covid situation, with questions about rising crime, they just want this to be an up or down question on are you happy with things as they stand right now. when he is asked questions, asked the other day what is the agenda republicans want to implement if returned to power he wouldn't answer the question. he doesn't want to introduce any variables. he doesn't want to provide a viable alternative. he just wants to make it a referendum on biden and this donald trump injecting himself into the primary races mitch mcconnell is overseeing is complicating his life and these efforts by the rnc and kevin mccarthy are further complicating his life because they are making it more of a choice between a sane, rational joe bid

among them, the conference chair, and the minority leader, kevin mccarthy who argued when they were talkingpolitical discourse, they were not talking about the violence and chaos that took place here on capitol hill, but instead talking about rnc members who had been subpoenaed by the committee. he didn't mention who they were but we know some of the group of rnc members subpoenaed by the committee are the same group that tried to hand over a fake set of electors to the congress to try to have those replace the ones duly impaneled by the voters of this country. >> all right. thank you. let's discuss with our panel. congressman dent, let's start with you. a former republican from pennsylvania. we've been waiting and hoping the republican party, those of us who want there to be a strong fact-based republican party, the fever will break and people will realize, january 6th was hideous and that cheney and kinzinger are not doing anything wrong when they're trying to get to the bottom of it. are we getting there with the condemnation we're hearing from mitch mcconnell? >> i'm pleased they're all

gop minority leader kevin south carolina mar key -- mccarthy.essman, thanks have very much for being here. >> thank you, maria. maria: the most pressing issue, of course, just in the last few minutes as we understand president putin has put his nuclear forces on alert. your reaction. >> well, when you look at putin, this man is reckless, evil and dangerous. there's two reasons why he could be doing this. one, because this war is not going well, and he's being painted into a corner, and he wants to be a stronger hand to try to negotiate a way out. the second one is he's unstable, that he literally tried to have a nuclear weapon option going forward. at this moment in time, no country in the world should stand with putin. everyone should unite around the basis of what he just claimed to take in just the last hours. maria: six months ago joe biden gave putin the nord stream 2 the pipeline. we know that energy, oil and gas is what is really going to impact putin and his cronies. what should be done now? if -- >> well, first of all, it wasn't just no

today, we learned that kevin mccarthy is endorsing one of chinese apartments.ould this fighting hurt these candidates with independence in the general election? are they just tired of this? >> absolutely, chris. as a matter of fact, i think the democrats best hope to go against history and keep the congress is to actually have trump candidates win in these moderate districts. you have extremists, and they are not going to do well when they have to appeal to center-right voters who don't want to hear about 2020 and don't want to hear about donald trump. so, these are brutal for a decent principled republicans. i look at those teeny now, i think that's a little bit different. i think she is going to make it out okay. >> rumbles out of time for the segment, but do you see that that is some hope for democrats, frankly? that a lot of these trump acolytes get in and replace the incumbents who are often known names, known quantities? >> absolutely. and it's much like what we saw in 2010, where some of the most aboard republicans did really catch fire for the general e

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kevin mccarthy joining us this morning in washington. break and then china calls vladimir putin the most important olympic just as nancy blows he warns athletes not to anger the ccp and former secretary of state mike pompeo is here on what xi jinping expects a return for his multi billion dollar investment in the olympic games as several corporations are jumping at the chance to help him. ♪you fill up my senses [crickets chirping] [cords squeezing] [packing sounds] [man] let's roll. [owl hooting] [crunching leaves] [man] wait, what's that? hmm.. a hawk feather? that's right baby. ♪ [daughter] his job is important. [father] but this is what matters most. ♪ >> going to bring a burner phone, laptop, ipad because they know there's a high percentage chance china will tap into that and i believe the chinese government told them they have to download some type of app which is very suspicious. i don't think anyone wants to do it. maria: well, that was boston celtics center ns freedom on the program a couple weeks ago sounding the alarm on ccc su

you had kevin mccarthy on this program who superbly laid out with the agenda is in the house.d if they take over the house. has mitch mcconnell laid out the agenda for the united states senate if the republicans take over the senate question where he was asked about it directly by a reporter he said well, we'll be pushing the biden progressive agenda. that's hard. then he says we want to have bipartisanship. we want to meet somewhere in the center with our democrat friends so we can get things done. mitch mcconnell, we'll never advance. he has fossilized. he is a disaster. we need smart, new, revolutionary leadership. that's it! >> sean: you forgot to say i'm done. i'm done. that's it. the great one. that's why we call him the great one. "life liberty & levin." sunday night, number one show. don't miss it. coming up according to a new poll, 66% of you the american people want joe biden to take a cognitive test. that's not the only bad poll number for the president. we'll tell you about it straight ahead. ♪ ♪ learning is hard work. hard work requires character. learning begins

those are the members on the far right who kevin mccarthy has always had a strained relationship.m. it's about him proving to republicans on the right he's their guy and they can safely vote for him for speaker if republicans take back the house. >> the former vice president, mike pence was delivering a speech at stanford defending the republican national convention censure of cheney and kinsinger. he said they misinterpreted and avoided criticizing his boss. if you look at the vice president who described his old boss as wrong, what is mike pence's calculus right now? >> well, peter, mike pence fancies himself some sort of fusion candidate as the field of nominee wanna-bes waits in the wings to see if trump is going to have a health event or get indicted and end up not being the 2024 nominee. and mike pence has stepped out in this no man's land where he is not liz cheney or hogan, duncan or cristi. this idea that he thinks he can on the one hand and on the other hand this and not defend cheney and kinzinger is ridiculous. he has to be on one side or the other on preserving the co

kevin mccarthy doesn't have that luxury. it's like he has to appease the republican party.s going to cause a lot of problems. >> it's going to cause a lot of problems, especially if the republicans take back congress which appears to be what they're on the path of doing, and think about the republican party agenda. the last time they put out a platform was 2016. we get legitimate political discourse but we don't get a platform, we don't get an agenda. >> you just wrote another one. >> it's the truth, you know? so you get into a position where the republicans are in power next year, all these fights are going to come out into the fore if you don't have substantive policy to rally behind. >> they do have substantive policy, theoretically, if they say we're going to do the opposite of what democrats and biden is doing. which is what every republican in the mitch mcconnell mode is trying to talk about. but many of the republicans who are going to come to congress, remember, they are coming because not only were they endorsed by donald trump, but because they sought out that sta

when asked -- kevin mccarthy, again, try to have it both ways. earlier today he claimed the rnc was not talking about them, the violent rioters in the capitol. but the problem is, none of what anyone was up to that day was legitimate political discourse, even the planning in the flooding that took place off capitol grounds, it was all directed towards the same illegitimate purpose. again, overturning a free and fair election, avoiding american democracy. later on, mccarthy got sick of the question. i'm going to show you an amazing video from this afternoon. i watched a bunch. it goes really fast, and because of that, we're gonna play twice in a row. you will hear the rip as quote mccarthy thinks of the resolution and watch the republican leader run a down the hall. >> you know i have an appointment in my office? why it's not good to do an interview. >> and just like that. it's gone. we are seeing the same kind of avoidance all the way down to fairly anomalous members of the republican caucus. you have republican senator cynthia luminous of wyomin

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>>> a pretty rare move we saw the top republican in the house of representatives, gop leader kevin mccarthy but certain to please former president trump. it's because mccarthy is backing the primary challenger going up against liz cheney in wyoming. harriet hagman was also endorsed by former president trump. mccarthy calling the candidate who will, quote, focus on the needs of her constituents. it's a little bit of a do as i say, not as i do moment for mccarthy. he previously encouraged members not to get involved in primary incumbents. stefanik is one of those who joined him in what is an unusual move. i want to bring in our deputy political editor bridget bowman. it's great to have you on. how significant is it that you have mccarthy making this move against liz cheney? wyoming? >> reporter: it's really significant, but this could have an impact on fund-raising. both mccarthy and stefanik are prolific. mccarthy through his arms, pulled in $72 million last year. stefanik raised around $10 million through her fund-raising arms as well, and hagman could use the help when it comes to fund-rai

you heard kevin mccarthy. this is one of his key deputies, elise stefanik. she said what the rnc did, great. >> the rnc has any right to take any action. you're ultimately held accountable to voters in your district. voters you represent. and we'll hear the feedback and the views of voters quickly here this year. >> intellectual inconsistency there. the republican national committee, she says voters in your district. yes, voters in your district should decide. the national committee getting involved here. senator mitt romney, to suggest a violent attack is legitimate political discourse is so far from accurate. lindsey graham. >> i think all of us want to talk about forward, not backward. john thune, if we want to win the election in november, there are other things to discuss. susan collins, they were not engaged in political discourse. >> stop trying to whitewash it. house republicans are more trumpy. >> i think you have to distinguish between the two camps in that graphic you just showed. there are some republicans who are saying, no, no, no, don't talk a

susan, let me start with you and get from your sense the motivation of stefanik and kevin mccarthy toorse hageman. >> that's easy. it's just donald trump. donald trump doesn't want liz cheney to win the primary or win a re-election, and he is basically calling in everyone possible to prevent that from happening. what's interesting, though, is i think this is a tactic that's not going to work out well, yasmin, because he's also calling the governor, asking for -- to change the primary rules. in other words, to rig the system against liz cheney, and i think having a lot of washington people come in, like kevin mccarthy, like club for growth, that actually does not sit well with people in their home districts. they want to have their own fight, so be it, but don't have those washington outsiders come in and try and mess around with their state rights and their elections. >> yeah, i actually wonder how much a mccarthy and/or stefanik endorsement actually moves the needle. we know, obviously, a former president, a donald trump, obviously endorsement can move the needle but does mccarthy an

kevin mccarthy's future depends a lot on donald trump. he is not assumed control of his own future as mitch mcconnell is. we see the running away clip which is kind of funny, just for the fast pace that they were all walking at, but it is a much harder tightrope that he is walking. he is always walking. because, he can't risk alienating donald trump and having those statements being called whatever the old crow version would be for mccarthy. he cannot risk that. so, we are seeing people go out on the ledge as far as they are able to. given how safe they are with their position. i mean, the rnc has clearly put all of the lawmakers in a bad spot. even marjorie taylor greene said the way to remove liz cheney, and adam kinzinger, is to vote them out of office. this is, probably speaking, even the republicans that are doing some version of defense, like halle said, this is what our grassroots members believe, so it is an accurate representation of what they believe. even the ones who are more on the defensive side, all of them i think would be

the top two republican leaders in congress, mitch mcconnell and house gop leader kevin mccarthy, they're publicly at odds over the republican national committee's recent resolution to formally censure liz cheney and adam kinzinger for serving on the house select committee. >> mcconnell rebuked that censure and its attempt to characterize january 6th as, quote, legitimate political discourse. >> we're all -- we're here. we saw what happened. it was a violent insurrection for the purpose of trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election. >> cnn capitol hill reporter melanie zanona is following the story. one thing has been constant, and that is mcconnell's response to what happened on january 6th, calling it an insurrection, personally saying he was offended by it. what the difference is, how other republicans have responded. what are we hearing from mccarthy today? >> reporter: well, there is a growing chorus of republicans who have been criticizing the rnc, but kevin mccarthy is not one of them. he tried to dodge reporters' questions yesterday in

house speaker kevin mccarthy throws his support behind a liz cheney supporter. could his support back fire. >>> and trying to turn the list away from covid. the easing restrictions getting longer. but not everyone agrees it's time to drop mask mandates. >>> plus, americans may be getting hit with risky rising prices and sky high inflation. but that's not stopping them from reaching into their wallets. why many aren't just spending. they're splurging. >>> bayuenos diaz, welcome to t morning. >> good morning, everyone. russia is now uncoiling and poised to strike. that is how defense secretary lloyd austin described the dire situation between russia and ukraine just a short time ago. secretary austin echoing president joe biden's comment that he is convinced that russian president vladimir putin has made up his mind to attack ukraine. biden says the attack is expected in the coming days. but he says the door is still open for diplomacy. >> we heard vice president kamala harris addressing the crisis in ukraine during a speech at the munich security conference just

kevin mccarthy has not done so. the specific answer to your question though, wolf, is take a look at abc's survey a month ago. seven in ten republicans believe joe biden's election was illegitimate. i would say it's those rnc members closer to their constituency than mcconnell and others who have broken ranks. >> that's disturbing. gloria, i want to get your take on a disturbing account that joyce beatty tweeted. she writes this. today, while heading to the house floor for votes, i respectfully asked my colleague, representative rogers, to put on a mask while boarding the train. he then poked my back, demanding i get on the train. when i asked him not to touch me, he responded, quote, kiss my ass. rogers has now apologized, but what does it say that this kind of interaction is taking place in the halls of congress? >> what it says is that you cannot expect the country to behave in a civilized manner when you, the office holders, do something like that. he did apologize and good for him for doing it very quickly, but

. >> coming up gop leader kevin mccarthy on china, the democrats and the upcoming midterm elections. plus wisconsin represent of mike gallagher and his investigation who in the united statess covered up the origins of covid-19 while getting paid by china? then, the threat here at home. judging pigs strategize with vladimir putin's joe biden gives into a run for the secretary of state under the trump administration, mike pompeo on the foreign press that are heating up. plus the truckers get railroaded. go fund me force a backcheck fat the first trying to seize the truckers $10 million and vaccine protest fundraising. say it will give the money to other charities. coming up texas senator ted cruz on a big tactic, big censorship. then a democrat they're buying a life of the upcoming supreme court nomination the president's poll numbers keep on dropping. now with less than half believing he is mentally fit. all of that right now on sunday morning futures. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ first this morning the beijing olympics are underway. after house speaker nancy pelosi or u.s. olympians not to anger the ruth

. >> time for tonight's last word, now please note who is sitting behind kevin mccarthy in this video> the president bears responsibility for wednesday's attack on congress by mob rioters. he should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. these facts require immediate action from president trump. except his share of responsibility, quell the unrest, and ensure president elect biden is able to successfully begin his term. >> kevin mccarthy, and the gun toting lauren boebert gets tonight's last word. the 11th hour starts now. >> definitely six of the biden administration and we begin with breaking news. the new york times is that with brand-new reporting on with the national archives found inside of those boxes that the former president took to florida after leaving office. the times says that the archives were possible i've classified information was among the wreckage found at mar-a-lago and the discoveries after. prompted the national archives to reach out to the justice

government cancels the lease he would no longer be able to sell it. >>> house minority leader kevin mccarthy officially endorsed congresswoman liz cheney's primary challenger, the latest move in the republican leader's quest to unseat her. mccarthy is backing attorney harriet hag ayman in a primary against cheney. she was also enforced by former president trump. the endorsement was reported by the federalist which reports this, the minority leader throwing his support behind leg ayman will allow other members to openly support cheney's primary challenger with the blessing of leadership. the response offered by a spokesperson for congresswoman cheney was short and sweet. quote, wow, she must really be desperate. meanwhile, "politico" reports that the former president and his allies are privately lobbying wyoming lawmakers to change how they run the state's elections to ensure cheney's loss. on thursday trump endorsed wyoming legislation that would prevent crossover voting in a primary election. were the laws to pass democrats, republicans or independents would no longer be able to switch part

kevin mccarthy once told members to stay out of primary fights. now he's jumping in endorsing liz cheney's challenger. >>> and a new inside look how mitch mcconnell is trying to influence his party to shake off the control of donald trump. i'm lindsey reiser. we have a team of reporters and analysts following the latest from washington, d.c., to munich to ukraine. moments ago vice president kamala harris speaking at the munich security conference and making clear russia will face consequences, should they invade ukraine. >> let me be clear. i can say with absolute certainty if russia further invades ukraine, the united states together with our allies and partners will impose significant and unprecedented economic cost. >> president biden saying yesterday he is now convinced that russian president putin will, has chosen war over diplomacy. biden says u.s. intelligence indicates the russian also attack in the coming days but despite this, he's still imploring putin for diplomacy and return to the negotiating table. more war games are under way. russ

joining me now, kevin mccarthy joining me now.eader mccarthy, great to have you with us today. >> thanks for having me. >> martha: what is your reaction to nancy pelosi saying i fear for your safety american athletes. just don't say anything against the chinese authority of the government while you're there. >> to me, it's disgusting. she doesn't say that to american athletes or anybody protesting in the streets. think of what nancy pelosi has done. she first protected china from any investigations to the origin of covid. more than 5.7 million people in the world have died and more than 900,000 americans. now she's protecting china from any american showing any objection in china itself. we had more than eight months that we have requested a bill to move the olympics from china. she would not bring that up until today. we have watched in history, 1936 and others where very bad people would use olympics for propaganda. we're watching that happen today. why wouldn't the leader inside congress, the speaker stand up against china know

kevin mccarthy, we appreciate your time.e back, just hours ago, breaking, usa swimming has just issued a brand-new policy for transgender athletes. we have a live report on this, and governor glenn youngkin rescinding virginia's school mask mandates. students, they are still being suspended if they don't wear the mask. did they miss the message or they don't care with the governors has? straight ahead. ♪ ♪ itis under control? hide our skin? not us. because dupixent targets a root cause of eczema, it helps heal your skin from within keeping you one step ahead of it. and for kids ages 6 and up that means clearer skin, and noticeably less itch. hide my skin? not me. by helping to control eczema with dupixent, you can change how their skin looks and feels. and that's the kind of change you notice. hide my skin? not me. don't use if you're allergic to dupixent. serious allergic reactions can occur that can be severe. tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems such as eye pain or vision changes, including blurred vision,

house minority leader kevin mccarthy, though, defended it. to anybody who broke in and caused damage. hard to know, since they didn't specify that it was omitting those people. >> certainly didn't. >> but instead was directed at the subpoenas of six rnc members who were not at the capitol on the day of the riot. >> utah senator mitt romney says to suggest that a violent attack on the seat of democracy is legitimate applying discourse is so far from accurate. trump ally senator kevin kramer lashes out at the rnc and he says this. i think they're out of their league, quite honestly. more than 140 republican and conservative leaders also signed a statement condemning the rnc's censure. they wrote this. there can be no justifying the horrific attack that day, and we condemn the committee for excusing the actions of men and women who battered police officers, ransacked our nation's capitol. >>> joe walsh is a former republican congressman from illinois who signed that statement. scott jennings is a former special assistant to george w. bush. scott

and you know, the minority leader kevin mccarthy has tried to stay away from that conversation. he doesn't want to shine a light on the divisions that exist within the republican party, and especially within his conference. he really wants to make sure that they stay on course, and focus on the divisions within the democratic party, because they are right on the cusp of potentially taking back the majority, so this definitely serves as a distraction, but you will be hearing an opposite take from house republicans, i'm sure in the coming days, who want to make sure that kinzinger and cheney are no longer part of their conference. >> we want to ask you one more thing. you have been doing some reporting about democrats, and how they may or may not want president biden's help on the campaign trail, as we head into the midterms. give us a few quick take-away. >> that is exactly what something like kevin mccarthy would want to focus on instead and point fingers at, but essentially the long story short of it is president biden's poll numbers are lagging, and the economy isn't reboundin