it also raises questions about alabama congressman mo brooks. who gave a famously incendiary speech at the january 6th rally just before the attack on the capitol started. congressman mo brooks later admitted he was wearing body armor under his flannel shirt and wind breaker that day. body armor. despite the fact he also claimed that his speech that day was -- when he was talking about the need to fight, that was just metaphorical thinking. he had no idea, no inkling there would be an actual fight. no inkling that the crowd was actually riled up enough to go do anything dangerous that day. he says he had no clue of that. he just also felt the need to wear body armor while he spoke to them, and you know, who among us can't relate to that? who among us has not slipped into full kevlar plates and a helmet while go to the local league of women voters meeting. heading down to the rotary meeting to calmly discuss the discussions of the darx don't forget your kevlar. but it's interesting about congressman brooks. congressman mo brooks this weekend spok

records of several members of congress, including marjorie taylor greene, mo brooks, matt gaets, jim jordan, andy biggs, paul gosar, madison cawthorn, jody hice. we have congresswoman loria with us. thank you for being with us and taking the time. >> thank you. >> do you believe this is a comparable request, phone records of serve members of congress let alone a former president. i don't know if it's exactly unprecedented, but it does feel like a big deal.

some republican lawmakers -- including mo brooks of alabama, lauren boebert of colorado, and paul gosar of arizona -- have been accused of taking active roles in promoting the deadly capitol insurrection. meanwhile, prominent lawyer john pierce, who's defending some of the most high-profile capitol rioters, has failed to appear in court in recent days amid

some republican lawmakers -- including mo brooks of alabama, lauren boebert of colorado, and paul gosar of arizona -- have been accused of taking active roles in promoting the deadly capitol insurrection. meanwhile, prominent lawyer john pierce, who's defending some of the most high-profile capitol rioters, has failed to appear in court in recent days amid reports he's been hospitalized with covid-19. an associate said pierce was on a ventilator and unresponsive. pierce mocked the use of face masks during the pandemic and pledged he would never get vaccinated. and in mexico, relatives of people who've been disappeared led a protest monday outside the presidential palace in mexico city, marking the international day of the victims of enforced disappearances. they're accusing the xican government of failing to act to find their loved ones. this is arely ramirez, whose brother and uncle were disappeared in november 2020.

>> the last thing before we go, that was mo brooks, republican alabama congressman, trumper, big liethusiast. that was him whipping up the crowd on 1/6. he later admitted he was wearing body armor that day appearing before all those nice people and tourists who were interested and exploring the wonders of our capitol building. staying on insurrection brand, brooks put out a statement about that would be bomber and terrorist who shut down most of capitol hill this morning. after all the boilerplate language about how happy he was everybody was safe, brooks was sympathetic in the statement, quote, i understand citizenry anger directed at dictatorial socialism and its threat to liberty, freedom, and the very fabric of american society. the way to stop socialism's march is for patriotic americans to fight back in the 2022 and 2024 elections. i strongly encourage patriotic americans to do exactly that. more so now than ever before. bluntly stated, america's future is at risk. that's pretty much everything you need to know about mo brooks, educated by the way at duke university and the uni

most mo brooks way possible. representing himself. what could possibly go wrong? also writing about himself in a third person rarely a good sign and offering what he calls verified brooks facts and his reply to the la swsuit saying hs 67, never smoked, drank alcohol or taken illegal drugs with has nothing to do with anything. oh, but there is more. verified brooks facts number seven. he's always been faithful to his wife, all of his children are married, none of them are divorced, none have been arrested. they have college degrees and jobs and he has ten grandchildren with another on the way. verified brooks facts. all of which may be true but, you know, whatever. i'm not judging. that may be true. god bless him. none of that has anything to do with what happened on january 6th. nothing at all. you know what happened on january 6th? not black lives matter or antifa trump supporters stormed the capitol hunting lawmakers in the hallways forcing them to run for it. that's when these blood thirsty trump supporters wh

mo brooks is relying on the police out there.ry to play it both directs the devil will ultimately come and it will play out in a way that is out of mo brooks control. >> he will be an interesting witness when he gets called to testify before the january 6th committee. let me ask you what you're seeing digitally right now. this was a month that qanon and qanon like people there was an idea that former president trump would be back in office and there was resonance, friday the 13th came and went, it didn't happen. you would think these misses by these grifters, if you will on social media would give them less influence, are you seeing that or not? >> no, what changed is the social media platforms. telegram is where you go to get an understanding of what is going for domestic extremism on the far right. the hardest thing that i have seen is on some of the far right the open support of the taliban. one of the craziest phenomenons that i have seen. >> what's the rational? >> it is that they are god faring, god believing, conservative,

and mo brooks is defending himself in the most mo-brooks way possible. representing himself. what could possibly go wrong? also, writing about himself in the third person, rarely a good sign. and offering what he calls verified brooks facts in his reply to the lawsuit. stating that he is 67 years old, has never smoked tobacco, does not consume alcohol, and has never experimented with or taken illegal drugs, which has nothing to do with anything. oh, but there's more. verified brooks facts number seven. he's always been faithful to his wife. all of his children are married. none of them are divorced. none have been arrested. they have college degrees and jobs. and he has ten grandchildren with another on the way. verified brooks facts. look. all of which, may be true. but, you know, whatever. i'm not judging. it -- that may be true. god bless him. but none of that has anything to do with what happened on january 6th. nothing, at all. you know what happened on january 6th? that's when blood-thirsty trump supporters, not tourists, not peaceful patriots, not black lives matter or

the donald held a rally last night also in alabama and in congressman mo brooks's district before a raucous crowd of the party faithful but faithful more to the ideas that trump has promulgated rather than to the man himself and i'll talk more about what happened when he encouraged his supporters to get vaccinated later in the show but right now just listen to what happen when trumpist mo brooks tried to tell the crowd to move on maybe from the last election. >> folks, put that behind you. put that behind you. yes! look forward! look forward! look forward! beat them in 2022. beat them in 2024! >> the very definition of a hard sell. the consequence of pushing the big lie which brooks was doing in that very speech not second earlier but 20920 election was stolen in trump when it common straebl was not. these lies aren't just ludicrous, aren't just evidence of trump's inability to accept defeat or the republicans' desire to justify their new voter suppression laws, they are dangerous. they incite violence and not just on january the 6th. the justice department has charged a trump supporter who

mo brooks you recall spoke at the trump rally on january 6th.of supporters to, quote, start taking down names and kicking ass. look, this is a member of congress running for the senate. without knowing the facts, i don't know the details, but my sympathies are with people who might have been motivated to possibly say they have a bomb to blow up where he works the heart of the capitol -- again? >> now i think the thing that is particularly alarming and mo brooks might be right about this, there may be a constituency for sympathizing with domestic terror itselves or potential domestic terrorists. that's incredibly alarming. >> if that's not a screaming warning about a sickness in our politics where a politician already implicated for incitement, given what he said go and kick ass on capitol hill, to see this and his first impulse is to put out a statement saying he doesn't know all the details but he wants to sympathize with what he believes might be their impulse? that is -- we have crossed a line when politicians see political gain in praising p

what the department of justice said this week is mo brooks, even though you are a federal employee as a member of congress, when you stood out there and said things like it's time for american patriots to start kicking ass and taking names, that was not within the scope of your employment. that was at best a campaign activity and at worst inciting an insurrection and neither of those are within the scope of your employment. well, the exact same thing can be said about donald trump. so when this issue comes before the court for his conduct, i would have to think that the decision is going to be exactly the same. >> but i can't help but think about this conversation that i had yesterday, which is about intent and proving intent and what the president's intent was when it comes to january 6th, what he wanted his followers and supporters to do as they marched on the capitol. that's a difficult road to take for prosecutors. >> i think that's right. and looking solely at his public statements, i think they offer some insight into what he intended, but i also think it offered some wiggle roo

paul gosar, mo brooks and andy biggs.hey helped him organize the, quote, stop the steal rally. these are facts that are known. my question would be since there's public information that these people had some association with what happened, is it the general belief of those who are charged to investigate this, that in fact all you need to do is find the proof of it? that, in fact, there were members of congress -- i think that's what the american people want to know. in your view, were members of congress conspiring with the people who attacked our capitol? >> over 500 individuals have been charged so far by the department of justice. we're going to continue to do everything we can to find out who was responsible for this, whether there was coordination and to chase every lead that we possibly can. we know that the department of justice has a role to play and we have a role to play and so we want to make sure we analyze and review everything that happens that day, and clearly communication with the president is a portion o

had to say about how happy, was everyone was safe, brooks was sympathetic in the statement, quote -- that's pretty much everything you need to know about moby the, way at duke university and the university of alabama law. school it is also why brooks has a cameo in the following video by the republican accountability project. >> we are in a battle for the soul of the republican party and i intend to win it. matt gates and other trump loyalists are fighting for a republican party that promotes law is, violence, and promotes conspiracy theories. and now they want to exile republicans like liz cheney and adam kinzinger for standing up to president who caused an insurrection on the united states capitol. to save the soul of the republican party, we must stand up for those who act with integrity and against the ones that lie. for >> mo brooks and his esteemed colleagues to take us off the air tonight, and that will do it for our broadcast. on a thursday evening, along with our thanks for being here with us, on behalf of all of our colleagues at these networks of nbc news, goodnight. tonight on all in -- >> you know, we are not going to sit by

. >> you've also had new reporting this week about congressman mo brooks and how he's seeking immunityally on january 6th at that march that then became an insurrection. tell us about -- tell us about your reporting. >> well, one, i think one of the most startling things is mo brooks is representing himself, which we know is not advised among those in the legal community. >> i know enough from "law and order" that that did not go well. >> he said he spoke at that rally in his capacity as a congressman and, therefore, should be protected from a lawsuit because of that. but the reality is that rally was a campaign event, according to the justice department, and his responsibilities as a congressman did not involve him inciting an insurrection by encouraging people to believe that the 2020 election was not real and reliable. >> gene, you say you were speaking to voters in ohio. what is your sense right now at this moment for the american electorate as covid suddenly races to the forefront again. it's become the dominant story. we're seeing the mask mandate change, debate about schools, ob

and speaking of which, while police were still assessing the scene, alabama republican congressman mo brooksjanuary 6th, he posted a statement saying although this terrorist's motivation is not yet publicly known, i understand citizens' anger. if a sitting member of congress says he understands the frustration of terrorists, are law enforcement officials worried even more -- about more of this kind of, again, maga-adjacent terrorism? >> no, exactly. this is exactly what these officials have been warning about because since january 6th, jake, we've seen, you know, online, again, stoked by not only mo brooks but people like donald trump still stoking this kind of anger. there's people like this gentleman who appears to not be completely well and others who might be prone to carry out some kind of act because of this constant stoking. there's an official who talked to our geneva sands this afternoon who said this incident reminds him exactly of what they've been talking about. he said thousands of people exactly like this gentleman are out there. >> can you imagine if it had been an islamist te

and then we have civil cases going on where this week, doj decided that at least in the case of mo brooks acting within the scope of his federal duties so rather than the federal government stepping in to replace brooks, he actually has to move forward in the civil suit where representative smallwell has made civil charges that involve january 6th. of course, this all could feed into the federal criminal investigation being conducted by the u.s. attorney's office in the district of columbia. evidence could be developed in any of these three separate investigations that will ultimately help the justice department do the most important thing it has to do here which is hold the people who are most culpable for events on january 6th accountable for that conduct. >> ryan, the investigation is on track to be the doj's largest ever. what can you tell us about the overall time line and the trends you're seeing across capitol riot cases because for us we dip into one and we step out and you look at them in the totality, what are you seeing? >> this is something that will be with us for a very, ver

do things differin. >>> republican congressman mo brooks saying he is immune from prosecution in a civil attack. in a court filing brooks said he thought he was acting as a member of congress when he spoke at the elipse rally for trump on january 6 because it was about to certify the vote for presidency. he should note his defense has been rejected by the department of justice and here is a quick reminder of what brooks said that day. >> today is the day american patriots start taking down names and kicking ask. >> i want to bring in phil andonian who has sued brooks, rudy giuliani and former president donald trump. we talked about several steps in the process. you were arguing he doesn't have immunity. the d.o.j. agreed with that. he's still saying he has immunity. what do you make of that? >> i don't really know what to make of it, to be honest. so, the d.o.j. and the house administration committee both concluded properly that he was acting outside the scope of his employment as a congressman because he was engaged in political activity, and notably the reason they concluded that is be

. >> before i have to let you go, something else i wanted to ask you about was mo brooks. on january 6th that proceeded the insurrection at the capitol. the doj also ruled that he was not, not acting an official capacity when he spoke at that rally. what's the impact of that? >> also a significant impact there, because what the department of justice is saying is that although, yes, when somebody -- when a federal employee does something within the scope of their employment, as a federal employee, we will step into their shoes and we will defend the case and we will be liable, if anybody is liable. what the department has said here is that, no, when mo brooks got up there and did what he did on january 6th and in events leading up to january 6th, he was not acting in the scope of his employment as a congressman. what he was doing was he was basically engaging in a political campaign. and there's some credibility to that, because at that point in time, although president trump was still technically the president, he had been voted out of office and that was going to take pla

two things, hey, mo brooks, you are not helping. you're making things worse, number one. worried about the safety of all americans, you wouldn't make a statement like he made today, which is essentially having it both ways, right? he's saying this is an incident where i worried about police at the capitol but at the same time i understand the justifications. whenever political leaders start to go along with the justifications of people who are participating in extremists, you are more than likely going to get more inspired extremists. so this is particularly damaging to our country. it also just speaks to the nature of what's going on, which is domestic extremists both and international terrorists don't. that's why he made that statement there, he's trying to play to a base and have it both ways. ultimately he's going to be the one that could be potentially a victim there at the capitol some day. >> that's a scary thought, but also why would you want a terrorist to vote for you? that's a question for another segment. clint watts, thank you so much for being here tonight,

, and they went out of their way in issuing the opinion that was pending, which was about mo brooks, and it said, it's not within the job of any federal employee to create an insurrection. and so that means that donald trump too will not be protected. and the decision about allowing all the former department of justice officials to testify and not to be barred from doing so because of any executive privilege claims means that he too would not have any executive privilege claims allowed. so yes, he has no way out of it. he could be arrested. there is an occasion on which the sergeant at arms had to arrest someone who had been subpoenaed and jail him. there is apparently a jail in the basement of the congress. and that's where that person was kept until he testified or until they agreed to let him go. >> jill, we also learned this week that congress is going to be able to get their hands on trump's taxes. what is it they're going to be looking for and what can they potentially learn? >> they can learn a lot in terms of what the department did under his administration to actually audit

. >> and one of the first responses we got in the public here is congressman mo brooks, the republicanlped incite the violence that day in that -- in that rally on january 6th. decrying acts of terror. but then, expressing an understanding for what might lead somebody to such a -- a -- a moment on the brink. it -- it was truly outrageous. >> it was. he essentially offered measured sympathy for the bomb suspect. and jamie raskin, a maryland democrat, who i spoke to said it's that type of language that is so dangerous and said could send all the wrong messages to bad actors out there who are looking to cause harm or might commit politically-motivated attacks. he, of course, is on the january 6th select committee which is looking into some of the security failures as well as the root causes of this type of domestic terrorism and political violence and hoping to put out a report that will outline steps to hopefully prevent it from happening ever, again. >> you also have some reporting on the republicans divided in the house over how to respond in the -- in a political realm to the terroris

mo brooks is also running up against the legal system.k about his efforts and his bizarre defense of his conduct on january 6th. >> yeah. based on reports it seems like mo brooks, the congressman, is defending and representing himself at this point. he was kind of dodging this lawsuit as much as he could trying to make sure he wane served. he obviously was in court. he was asking the department of justice at one point, nicolle, to defend him, saying he was a congressman, that he was not acting outside of his duties, that he was not at a campaign-style event. they have declined to defend him. they said were you outside of your duties of government employee because of what happened at the ellipse saying that was essentially a campaign event. i think most people would probably agree with the finding there. and the evidence they're going to lean in, the things he said on that day one, quote, that today is the day american patriots start taking down names and kicking -- i don't want to curse on your air. and things like in our report it decemb

. >>> meanwhile, alabama congressman mo brooks is under fire from both sides of the aisle after releasing a statement that appeared to be sympathetic to the man arrested during yesterday's incident. he said, in part, although this terrorist's motivation is not yet publicly known, i understand citizenry anger directed at districtoral socialism and its threat to liberty, freedom, and the very fabric of american society. >>> now to the latest on the pandemic more states are seeing their hospitals overrun by the delta variant. officials in alabama say that icu beds there are completely full and two regions in georgia are reporting 100% capacity. but georgia governor has just signed an order from preventing local officials from imposing any restrictions on businesses texas had ordered a similar ban on mask mandates for schools >> reporter: most of the school districts across the texas region had been fighting that mandate from governor greg abbott they got support from the texas supreme court, which now says they may institute mask mandates in their schools, public schools, private schools, wh

people like jim jordan and mo brooks. people who are really advancing this whole false narrative about the election and who are extremely disruptive on the legislative agenda. and when you go to the democrats, i don't see that level of extremism. you have people who are ideologically left, sure. but they're not making excuses for violence or they are not making any bones about who they are and how they vote, and they work with their fellow democrats. i think it is laughable to see the democratic party at this point as some sort of hard leftist party, it certainly isn't. have progressives pushed that agenda? absolutely. that is how you keep a party healthy, is by having discussions between centrists, liberals and progressives. on the other hand, when you look at what is the agenda and the dynamic and strategy of the gop right now, it is really catering to this very hard right, energized face. host: about a minute and a half. it seems that simply stating fake news is a common retort to actual, factual data. how can this be

to see someone like mo brooks fan the flames yesterday literally as law enforcement was working to defuse this situation and to yet again deal with a profound threat to the capitol complex is just incredibly dangerous. it's outrageous and it should be condemned of this but of course i doubt that kevin mccarthy will be condemning it anytime soon. this has become the norm as far as many of the members of the house republican congress are concerned. >> and i wonder, look, i mean, republicans have been brutal critics of the current president and the decision to withdraw from afghanistan, even though they were very muted, when the last president had the exact same position, actually cut the deal to leave with the taliban. but they're going to make, i would guess, having been in that party, they're going to make this about threats to the homeland from afghanistan and the taliban. how do you stand for that intellectual dishonesty when we have an existing threat to the homeland from domestic violent extremists like this gentleman yesterday who they seem to feel bad for? >> i agree, nicolle, i thi

. >> reporter: as many are continuing to defend their own narrative, congressman mo brooks defendinghreats of antifa, no threats but from socialists and blm in particular. it is all part of an ongoing attempt to rewrite the history of what transpired that day when top leaders expressed shock and stated just where the responsibility lay. >> the president bears responsibility for wednesday's attack on do you think by mob rioters. >> reporter: and in the immediate aftermath, many republicans showed outrage. >> we condemn this violence. >> and the president's immediate action deserves congressional action which is why i think a fact finding commission and a censure resolution would be prudent. >> reporter: but now many of those same republicans are trying to shift blame. >> why wasn't there is a proper security presence that day. frankly only the speaker can answer that question. so let's see if the democrats bring that up. >> we think it is too important that those two questions, why were we ill prepared. >> reporter: the january 6 committee is making it clear, subpoenas are coming and

you need to look at congressman mo brooks in d.c. what did he say?r is coming from. that's not a helpful statement nor was a statement of congresswoman lauren bolba, these people are not helping, they are inciting and there are rallies coming up in alabama with president trump. >> let's look at one of these rallies, frank, let me put up this for context here. they are preparing for what's being dubbed, police concerned of september 18th pro-insurrection rally at the capitol, law enforcement officials fear such an event with thousands of people could devolve quickly into violence. i will strongly advocate for people's rights to speak and gather and say controversial things or things many people may find hateful. they can criticize the government or police and etc. there is a clear line if they are organizing violently overthrow the government. how concern do you think law enforcement should be when we see and referening to be a pro -- antijoe biden and police or whatever seems to get right to that line. >> yeah, these groups rallied and they referred

people like congressman mo brooks of alabama.e of georgia and congresswoman. some of donald trump's staunches allies here could be subject of this investigation going forward, at least those conversations that they had with donald trump and any of his allies on that day. now, at the same time, the former president himself could also be targeted here as well. we are learning that the committee is interested in seeing what records involve the former president as well as his daughter ivanka, his son donald trump jr. as well as eric trump and his daughter-in-law, laura trump and kimberly who is donald trump jr.'s girlfriend and senior advise tore the trump campaign. jake, this investigation has been happening behind the scenes. these letters are coming out just now. but as you can see all the ground work being laid for an extensive investigation that can run up to the midterms next year. >> okay. thank you very much. appreciate it. >>> coming up, we're waiting to hear from u.s. saecretary of state for more on the end of the longest u

stage of their investigation, including subpoenas for some of their republican colleagues, including mo brooksority leader kevin mccarthy. what would you expect to happen if these members are called to testify? >> i think they are going to try to evade such subpoenas because they don't want to be in the position of disclosing what they consider are private conversations with the white house and with president trump, former president trump, about what happened on january 6th, and what kind of candid conversations they were -- mccarthy was telling trump in terms of, hey, you should top these people, given that mccarthy's message and other republicans have pivoted back to, well, this is speaker pelosi's fault. why didn't she handle the security properly? if they are making that argument, then why aren't they talking about senate minority leader mitch mcconnell who was the majority leader then should have been eying the store as well then. >> yeah. i think just given the way that some like jim jordan have had a difficult time answering questions regarding his conversations with donald trump on jan

meanwhile, alabama republican congressmember mo brooks voiced support for roseberry. brooks said in a statement -- "i understand citizenry anger directed at dictatorial socialism." his statement drew condemnation from several lawmakers, including virginia congressmember don beyer, who tweeted -- "it is astonishing that this needs to be said but no one who serves in congress should be expressing public sympathy with the views of a terrorist who threatened to blow up the u.s. capitol." roseberry said he had enough explosives to blow 2.5 blocks around him and that other vehicles had explosives in them. none of that was true. the texas house of representatives reached a quorum thursday for the first time since democrats fled the state last month to block a voter suppression bill. earlier this week, the texas supreme cot rulethe absent democratic lawmakers could be arrested and forced to return to the capitol in austin. the republican-led house is set to consider the voting bill during its special session. the returning democrats vowed to continue their fight from the hous

at the rally, mo brooks admitted he changed into body armour bracing for a dangerous day.our bags and watch what you say and get home fast. it is hard to hide a plot when they have your phone. as dr. dre emphasized on that same song channelling the government, we got your phone taft, what are you going to do? all we need right now is a word or two to make it stick then you are through. it tends to apply when ever the government gets into your phone which maybe crucial for accountability for some of the biggest thugs america's ever seen doing crimes in broad daylight attacking police and democracy itself. we turn to adam schiff, when we are back in 60 segds. seconds. seconds. next day and two-day shipping nationwide, seconds. seconds. seconds. seconds. and reconds. st seconds. seconds. seconds. it's a whole new world out there. let's not keep it waiting. as someone who resembles someone else... i appreciate that liberty mutual it's a whole new world out there. knows everyone's unique. that's why they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. [ nautica

mo brooks defended his opposition by tweeting this. people act, it undermines america's republic and turns our election results into what we see in north korea. venezuela and any other. he was joined by adam kinsinger and liz cheney. republican who is have been praised for their objection to the big lie. it could neutralize or block many of the voting laws inspired by orange java's big lie. that sounds great for democracy. sadly, the bill faces dim prospect in the senate thanks to joe manchin. voting rights activist of the poor people's campaign met with speaker nancy pelosi to urge immediate action. >> we're hurting. we're scared. we seen january 6th. i'm scared to death of the political insurrection i'm seeing in states. >> this is not for show. my life, my children's live and texas residents lives are at stake. we have elected officials that are fighting to suppress my vote. >> we're being punished people people participated within this democracy. >> joining me now is the man you just saw, bishop william barber. i want to give you a

companies to preserve the records of several members of congress, including marjorie taylor greene, mo brooksm jordan, andy biggs, paul gosar, madison cawthorn, jody hice. we have congresswoman loria with us. thank you for being with us and taking the time. >> thank you. >> do you believe this is a comparable request, phone records of serve members of congress let alone a former president. i don't know if it's exactly unprecedented, but it does feel like a big deal. >> rachel, this committee is tasked with fully discovering and understanding facts of everything that happened on january 6th and everything that led up to january 6th, which obviously we know is an unprecedented attack on our democracy and our institution of government. so the committee is using these preservation requests to ensure that telecommunication companies preserve these records. this is a preliminary step, and there is a lengthy list of people who are involved, and i won't comment specifically on names but i would say we're taking a broad look, we're casting a wide net to make sure we understand all of the facts about w

and we should note here that the republican representative mo brooks issued a statement pretty much supportings violence that was threatened by this bomber, somebody who had been sflofld helping to instigate the insurrection. what i would also like to see kevin mccarthy do, which is equally unlikely, is to denounce his own member for, in effect, giving into violence. that's where we are now in those politics. you know, to segue to the infrastructure plan, one would hope that these nine democrats who have said they're not going to support anything involving that larger ambitious infrastructure package, the $3.5 trillion one, unless and until they get first the bipartisan package, it would be very nice if they made a statement that really was against this kind of insurrection and said we're going to support legislation that improves america. pelosi's putting them on the spot by packaging these things together and saying you wanted to vote on your package? we're going to put it together with the other one and we'll see if they respond. >> john harmon, nancy pelosi has been so good at navigating t

companies to preserve the records of several members of congress, including marjorie taylor greene, mo brooks, matt gaetz, jim jordan, andy biggs, paul gosar, madison cawthorn, jody hice. and, yes, jim jordan. promoting or furthering the aims of the stop-the-steal rally that precede the attack on the capitol that day. it's something to obtain phone records from a former president, from a former president's family, and from serving members of congress. joining us now to help us understand the am big of this question and why it's necessary is a member of the house select committee congressman luria. thank you for being with us and taking the time. >> thank you. >> do you agree that this is a remarkable request? i feel like i've covered a lot. i don't know if it's exactly unprecedent, but it does feel like a big deal. >> rachel, this committee is tasked with fully discovering and understanding facts of everything that happened on january 6th and everything that led up to january 6th, which obviously we know is an unprecedented attack on our democracy and our institution of government. so the com

congressman mo brooks released a statement saying, quote, i understand citizenry angered at dictatorialialism and liberty, freedom, and the very fabric of society. the way to stop socialism is to vote in the 2022 election. do more than ever before. congressman brooks was one of the republican lawmakers who spoke at the trump rally ahead of the january 6th insurrection at the capitol and voted in favor of challenging the 2020 election results. brooks was ridiculed by democrats as well as republican congressman adam kinzinger who tweeted are we going to be the party that stokes domestic terrorism and stokes the truth? i've made my decision. so has mo. now it's up to gop leadership to make theirs. house minority leader mccarthy has yet to make a comment. >>> still ahead, growing number of covid cases nationwide. there's been a huge boost of vaccinations. and we're tracking tropical storm henri as it moves closer to the've. bill karins will have the latest. and congresswoman debbie dingell will be my guest coming up later in the show. we'll be right back with much more. (vo) at t-mobile for

he has endorsed congressman mo brooks for the senate seat, the republican senate primary that will beh up with the congressman who says trump's endorsement may make all the difference in next year's race. >> president trump has proven that in alabama, he's able to motivate people, who volunteer to contribute and to show up to vote. >> this is an outdoor rally obviously and that may be a good thing given the covid situation here in the state of alabama. the state running out of icu beds earlier this week, but most people not concerned and also very eager the hear from the former -- eager to hear from former president who will speak later this evening. jon? >> jon: mark meredith in alabama, mark, thank you. we will be back in a moment. while ted's eyes are on the road, his heart stays home. he's got gloria, and 10 grand-babies, to prove it. but his back made weekend rides tough, so ted called on the card that's even tougher. and the medicare coverage trusted by more doctors. medicare from blue cross blue shield. by your side, no matter what. that's the benefit of blue. learn more at ben

that is the bad news for the mo brooks of the world.independent, non political investigation that is going to go on. lawrence, it's kind of like the milk crate it's tiktok. it's all good for a while, it looks good and all of a sudden it isn't. >> neal katyal, thank you very much for joining us tonight, we really appreciate it. that is tonight's last word, and a programming note, o'connell will make her first tv appearance as new york governor tomorrow morning on morning joe right here on msnbc. the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. 11th hour with brian williams starts now. good evening once again, day 217 of the biden administration, president now facing the most critical week in his eight months in office. just this evening he told the nation he is sticking to the august 31 deadline to pull u.s. forces out of afghanistan. and complete the evacuation of americans and afghan allies, that means he is exactly seven days to get this done. >> we are currently on a pace to finish by august 31st, the sooner we can finish the better. ea

in this case he is not as bad as mo brooks with who should have said nothing rather than put to thisatement saying, generally, speaking i understand citizenry anger directed at socialism. imagine if i will an omar had said she understood their anti-american anger? can you imagine? and it's not just brooks. a majority of trump voters and trump voters are republican voters, by the way, say they think the domestic terrorism we you a on january 6th was patriotic, was a defense of freedom. look at the bottom right. 51%. 55%. astonishing. shocking. shameful. while everyday muslims have been demonized for decades despite condemning terrorism with our every breath, everyday republicans are openly excusing for, apologizing for, praising domestic terror attacks. not only are the double standards glaring, but they are truly dangerous. foreign jihadists have never had mainstream support in america or apologists giving them cover or encouragement inside the corridors of our government. shockingly, our domestic terrorists seem to be able to count on the support of multiple members of congress and

and we have got this interesting take from doj in the civil lawsuit filed against mo brooks and the formerout conduct that is outside of the official function because it's, for instance, electioneering. or one might think fomenting an insurrection might be outside of official scope of responsibilities. so these subpoenas can go forward. the information that -- that -- that the house committee will get is probably pretty limited at the outset. it will let them see which numbers were calling other numbers and they help them devise a strategy for which witnesses they actually wish to call to speak and take testimony from in person. >> just to follow up on -- on -- on what i just said to olivia. in terms -- i mean, we saw during the inauguration, right -- i'm sorry, during the inauguration -- during the second impeachment -- that there was -- you know, the case presented, right, the theory of the case is that if you got people calling the president to say call off the dogs. the obvious logical and tail end of that is they think he controls the dogs, ergo is responsible for them. and that if yo

this is mo brooks, one of the insurrectionist members of congress. saturday at a trump rally. >> let's do it! the arizona recount is coming! the arizona audit is on the way! >> the implication of that is that somehow donald trump is going to be named president after this miracle audit fraud-it happens. just humor me. what are the chances that the arizona result is going to be overturned such that donald trump can be named the winner of the arizona election? >> there is absolutely zero chance that that is going to happen regardless of whatever report the cyber ninjas give us. but the fact that republican leaders know that a lot of people believe that this actually will happen, they are fuelling dangerous behavior. i'm very concerned about what happens when this report comes out. there's no way that anything is going to be overturned, and what is the consequence then? >> that is the issue. it is a national security concern at this point, as goofy as it sounds. cyber ninjas, it is actually now a national security problem. it is terrifying. thank you for

after he said i'm going to walk with you to the capitol, after mo brooks said we'll kick backsides and take names. today is the day that patriots take their country back from other people. i want to know what they were doing. that's going to be important. if the national guard took five or six hours to get to capitol hill, did the president make any calls? if he didn't, why? if he did, of course, then how come the national guard still takes five hours? had the president picked up the phone and made a call, the guard would have been there immediately. this is stuff we can't sweep under the rug that it was seven months ago. some people are trying to do that because it's politically convenient. if anybody is scared of this investigation, i ask you what are you afraid of? either you're afraid of being discovered of having culpability or, you know, what? if you think it wasn't a big deal, you should allow this to go forward. it's essential for the american people for truth that be get to the bottom of this. anybody with parts of that information with inside knowledge can probably expect to

after mo brooks stood up and said we're going to kick back and take names. you know, today is the day that patriots take their country back from other people. i want to know what they were doing because that's going to be important. >> leading off our discussion tonight is daniel goldman, former-assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. he was the lead counsel for the house intelligence committee during the first-impeachment inquiry of donald trump. daniel goldman, let me ask you about -- as -- as evidentiary-smoking guns go, how smoky is this one? and let me just read these department of justice notes, once again. this is the president. president trump saying, just say that the election was corrupt, and leave the rest to me and the r. congressmen. >> it's pretty bad, lawrence. it's pretty, pretty far up there, in terms of the smoking gun. particularly, because we know that the president committed various acts that, if he -- if, with criminal intent, could be -- could amount to a crime. the real question here, that everybody is wondering