nancy pelosi is very critical of newt gingrich area newt gingrich is very critical of nancy pelosi but i have to tell you when iinterviewed newt gingrich for the book , he was criticizing her on policy as a hard liberal but then he started to talk about how much respect he had for her as a politician, as someone who knew how to get and use power for the purposes she had. he said when he looked at nancy pelosi, he saw a fellow pirate and if you're newt gingrich i think the words fellow pirates are intended as high praise indeed. >> over the next several weeks and months congress is going to be dealing with an infrastructure bill with continued response to covid-19, with many significant challenges. if you want to understand how nancy pelosi developed a strategy hto impact and operationalize, you should read madamespeaker , nancy pelosi and the use of power and that will give you the best inside view of her very critical time. what a delight to have you. ladies and gentlemen, may 12 at seven, education and politics with congresswoman rosa delauro, chairman of the house appropriations com

thank you, nancy pelosi. host: the speaker yesterday blocking two members, jim banks and jim jordan, from that committee. i read your statement -- part of her statement a moment ago and then kevin mccarthy pulling all five members that he nominated from the committee. liz cheney is the only remaining republican member. she was appointed by the speaker. here's jim banks of indiana at yesterday's news conference. mr. banks: she knows that we were prepared to fight to get to the truth, to find the facts about what happened on that day, to make sure that january 6 would never happen again. but she doesn't want to go down that path. she knows that we're already asking questions in just the first couple of days that leader mccarthy appointed us to this task. questions that democrats have never asked about why the capitol was vulnerable on that day, when we had intelligence for weeks leading up to january 6 that told us that something dangerous would happen on january 6. she knew we would fight back against their po

what is speaker pelosi hiding? speaker pelosi with the x amount to hide the truth i taking the historic steps of rejecting two of the minority leaders select committee pecks, , destroying ay chance of bipartisanship. this committee is completely partisan from top to bottom. every member was chosen by speaker pelosi, and why? because speaker pelosi wants her narrative and her outcome to prevail and not the truth. the only so-called republicans on the committee are on the committee to grandstand and attacked the former president because of their own personal vendettas here those pelosi republicans are not interested in the truth. they are interested in getting even. today, leader mccarthy, whip scully schooley said all this appear, however we're interest in the truth were going to continue seeking it and following the evidence to matter where it leads. because we all went to the american people to ensure this never ever happens again. thank you. >> thank you, sheriff. as you see on the committee today they don't have

pelosi has created a sham process. unless speaker pelosi reverseses course and seats all five republicans, we will not participate but we think it's too important, that those two questions, why were we ill-prepared, why did they know on december 14, why would they jeopardize the lives of the capitol police? we will run our own investigation. we have law enforcement. we have military. we have doctors. we have people from all walks of life. they want to know the answer, the american people deserve that. they don't deserve politics. they don't deserve destroying the institution. no committee in congress will work if one person is picking all who can serve. this has not happened before. house democrats must answer this question. why are you allowing a lame duck speaker to destroy this institution? this is the people's house. not pelosi's house. we will do our job, though. we have to do our job. we want to do our job. i may object to the people she put on the committee, but i respect her right to do it. just as every leader

pelosi has broken this institution. denying the voice of members who have served in the military, jim banks, a navy veteran who served in afghanistan. chair of the large's caucus in the republican conference and law enforcement, as well as the leader of a standing committee. jim jordan has served on select committees and serves on one now. made it undeniable this panel has lost all legitimacy and credibility. it shows exactly what i warned back at the beginning of january, that pelosi would play politics with this. for more than six months you have a better example of the senate bipartisan. schumer didn't pick who went on with the republicans, they already have the report done by two different committees. two main questions. why was the capitol so ill prepared for that day when they knew on december 14th they had a problem? and what have we done to make sure that never happens again? pelosi has created a sham pro process. unless speaker pelosi reverses course and seats all five republicans, we will not participate. we t

what kind of intelligence did speaker pelosi get? weeks in advance, as leader mccarthy talked about, it gave telltale signals that could have prevented what happened january 6. speaker pelosi said she doesn't want those questions asked so she took an unprecedented step of refusing to allow members to bebe appointed by minority leadr to a select committee. that never before happened in the history of congress so as we see these kind of actions taken by speaker pelosi to cover up the facts that she doesn't want outt there, it's completely debased and legitimacy of this commission because clearly they are not searching for the truth, they are searching to get a narrative out by speaker pelosi has already written and anybody will ask questions like organs that, she just has them removed so they can't bring the questions up. that's not an investigative panel, people know that.l. we've seen other bodies, the senatehe has done for us to geta four, the department ofus justie has been progressing at work and it should be following the facts,

we will have his reaction after we hear from speaker pelosi. ms. pelosi: good morning. it's a good morning, because decision decisions as they are and difficult as they are and sad in some cases, they are liberating and enable us to go forward. as we gather here on the floor of the house right now, we are passing the invest in america act, an opportunity for us to not only build the infrastructure of america, but to build the middle class of america. it does so by putting equity front and center with the necessary focus on communities of color, rural communities and regions with persistent poverty. we are pleased that the president has come together in a bipartisan way with the united states senate -- senators for a bipartisan infrastructure plan. when we finish with this legislation, we look forward to continuing that conversation with them so that we can pass an infrastructure bill as well as a reconciliation bill. that was yesterday -- that's today. yesterday, we saw patriotism on display in the house when it passed legislation to establish a select committee to inve

to do what speaker pelosi wants. how is this not a messaging gift that speaker pelosi is doing exactly what speaker pelosi wants in choosing who can be on the committee. >> to be clear, we gave the republicans every opportunity to have an independent commission, take a clear eyed look. we are in the situation of having a select committee because republicans at every turn rejected the notion of getting to the bottom of what happened january 6th. i think speaker pelosi is ensuring the integrity of the committee by ensuring people that serve on it, republicans or democrats, are committed to the goals and are committed to their country, not to their political party. >> jake sherman of punch bowl news is reporting, and nbc hasn't confirmed that, put a note of caution on it, that minority leader mccarthy is going to pull his picks, not going to submit any republican choices to be on the committee. does it damage the credibility of the work you're intending to do if the other side has said this is too political and we're no

speaker pelosi: you want to talk politics? obviously, the latino community is the future of america. the -- if you actually study the numbers, there was a very strong vote for joe biden in that. the message -- part of our issue in the last election was that we could not go door-to-door. we could not go door-to-door to get out the vote. we will be able to go door-to-door next. regardless of that, we should be paying a great deal of attention, and i'm so proud of our congressional hispanic caucus for the work that they do in the congress to bring the concerns of the community into a priority place in our debate, in our discussion. and their communication is helpful to us to understand more fully what some of the issues are. some of the issues are newer issues to the discussion. the latino community is a young population. it's a young population. and we really have to reach out better to young people as well as the latino people. but i have to go to the floor. i have the king of jordan coming. reporter: should dr. king's "i have

speaker pelosi: thank you. in terms of the capitol police, they saved our lives and we be -- will be forever grateful to them and enabled us to return so we could honor our constitutional responsibility prescribed in the constitution as january 6, not just any day did they have there as the republicans describe it, normal tourist day in the capitol, no. it was a date prescribed in the constitution. they came to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power and how could the capitol police ever suspect that the president of the united states would incite an insurrection. we want to support them and shore up any shortcomings not only personally but physically for the capitol. but let us always salute them for what they have did and in both houses we have voted a gold medal to salute their courage. intelligence has been an important part of this. mr. schiff, did you have something you want to say? mr. schiff: thank you, madam speaker. we know there was intelligence collected prior to the attack and we know there was inte

pelosi is drawing a line here.'s saying by saying, okay, one of these guys is fine,i ibut these other two, we can't have on the committee? >> they were the ones that came out of the gate saying exactly what they were going to make this about. she had to nip this in the bud right away and send a message, this is not what i want from this select committee. i want this to be a serious investigation. i think there are so many republicans across the country that don't believe this is legitimate to begin with. her rejecting folks certainly doesn't help, but she is setting the tone early on about what she wants this to look like. >> the former lead impeachment manager, jamie raskin has already made a point this isn't going to be impeachment 2.0. this is about one person, whether it's pelosi or trump. it's going to be about the causes and the financing and the organization leading up to january 6th. we'll have more on that as we go along. amid growing covid cases, a bipartisan infrastructure deal that could also be in trou

host: that from house speaker nancy pelosi. the full conference available on our website at cspan.org. dorothy in raleigh, north carolina, on the democrats line. caller: good morning, and i hope you give me a chance to finish. i want to make a few comments and i will make a brief. this is about right and wrong. what happened was wrong. when trump and that rally on the six about stop the steal, how was he going to stop the steal? what if they hadn't gotten in there -- do you think he was going in here and start hugging the representatives and shake their hands? no, they wanted to actually harm them. we don't know how much they --how much damage they would offend if they were successful in doing that. republicans don't want it because mccarthy had a call with trump. you don't want nobody to know what their conversation was about. i want to make one more quick comment -- we keep talking about the conspiracy about trump and russia. trump did meet with russian agents. trump in the white house wouldn't let no one from the press in th

pelosi has broken this institution. denying the voice of members who have served in the military, jim banks, a navy veteran, who served in afghanistan. er is law enforcement, as well as a leader of a standing committee. jim jordan has served on select committee and serves on one now. made it undeniable, this panel has lost all legitimacy and credibility and it shows exactly what i warned back at the beginning of january, that pelosi would play politics with this. for more than six months, you have a better example of the senate bipartisan. schumer didn't pick who went on of the republicans, they already have the report done by two different committees. two main questions. why was the capitol so ill prepared for that day, when they knew on december 14th they had a problem? and what have we done to make sure that never happens again? pelosi has created a sham process. unless speaker pelosi reverses course and seats all five republicans, we will not participate. but we think it's too important that those two questions, why

pelosi has created a sham process. unless speaker pelosi reverses course and seats all five republicans, we will not participate. >> okay. my way or the highway. we're taking his ball and going home. let's be clear. mccarthy has never wanted to be part of any investigation into the deadly insurrection because he actually voted against creating a bipartisan independent commission to investigate the riot. it was a commission that had been negotiated by democrats and republicans. they agree and it was one that actually gave mccarthy what he wanted. here is the letter. this is the letter mccarthy actually sent pelosi back in february. she released the letter and in it mccarthy asks for pretty specific things, equal 5-5 ratio, equal subpoena power, no predetermined findings or conclusions and pelosi acre keyests to every request. she said yes, yes, yes, gets everything he asks for and still votes no and doesn't want the commission. he and most of his fellow republicans still voted no so for this special committee, right, th

pelosi has broken this institution. jim banks, a navy veteran who served in afghanistan. chair of the large's caucus in the republican conference and law enforcement, as well as the leader of a standing committee. jim jordan has served on select committees and serves on one now. made it undeniable this panel has lost all legitimacy and credibility. it shows exactly what i warned back at the beginning of january, that pelosi would play politics with this. for more than six months

>> pelosi has already named g.o.p. wyoming representative liz cheney to the committee. >> the rhetoric that we have heard from the minority leader is disingenuous. at every opportunity the minority leader has attempted to prevent the american people from understanding what happened. >> mccarthy contends pelosi is afraid to answer questions about the riot and security preparations from jim jordan, the committee's first hearing is next week with or without the g.o.p. the committee has a quorum, reporters asked pelosi for her response when mccarthy accused her of playing politics. >> mistake him for somebody that would care about us. >> using pelosi's decision to remove jordan and banks against her. they described the move as authoritarian. bret? >> bret: meantime senate democrats today stalled bipartisan infrastructure package still kind of in the works. >> that's right. the g.o.p. claimed the vote was democratic trap forcing the vote on an issue which isn't right and blaming republicans for not going along with democrat

pelosi's an institutionalist. jordan has a conflict of interest. he was one of the ultra right-wing republicans who went and met with trump to plan for the vote on certifying the electoral college. so that's a conflict of interest right there. and of course banks, as soon as he was appointed, had this hysterical statement including things like make no mistake, nancy pelosi created this committee to justify the left os authoritarian agenda. the capitol was breached for the first time since 1814 in the war of 1812 with the brits. that's not pursuing a leftist authoritarian agenda. >> just one point that i was surprised by, paul, when we're talking about intellect. one thing i was surprised by. she said, nancy pelosi said i think either on monday or tuesday that vote, past votes would not be disqualifying as it related to serving on this committee. but then she picked jordan and banks and said no to them. and in her statement today explaining it, she said something about their actions and past statements or something like that, that that was the reaso

we'll go back into house speaker pelosi. talking about that committee. >> darkest days in our country's history. it was an assault on our democracy, assault on our congress, an assault on our constitution, as rioters tried to undo or prevent us from honoring our constitutional responsibility to ratify, to certify the electoral college vote and officially name joe biden president of the united states. in the time since then, six months or more since then, we've tried to have a bipartisan commission. in the house, we passed it, it was -- many scores in terms of makeup, process and timing. and it was bipartisan in terms of the committee and i salute our chairman, benny thompson, and the ranking member. even though it was something that was bipartisan and yielded on many points to the republicans in order to achieve bipartisanship, the leadership of the republican party in the house opposed and went against the bipartisan commission. still, in all, we had the votes. 35 members in the republican side voted with us to send it to t

pelosi has created a sham process.es course, it seems all five republicans will not participate. we think it's too important, that those two questions, why were we ill prepared, why did they know on december 14th, why would they jeopardize the lives of the capital police. we will run our own investigation. we have law enforcement, we hav military, we have doctors, we have people from all walks of life, they want to know the answer and the american people deserve that. they don't deserve politics, they don't deserve destroying the institution. no committee in congress will work if one person is picking all who participate. >> house democrats must answer this question. why are you allowing a lame-duc speaker to destroy this institution? this is the people's house, not pelosi's house. we will do our job though. we have to do our job. we want to do our job. i may object to the people that she put on the committee, but i respect her right to do it. just as every leader has done before. destroy an institution for your own po

nancy pelosi is a demon.ost: this is a story in the washington post that says some of the background on the bipartisan committee, they write, earlier this year, pelosi appointed an independent commission. a panel that investigated the 9/11 attacks is made up of experts not holding public office. over the course of negotiations, democrats acquiesced to the gop's demands, including that the establishing legislation remove references to domestic violent extremism and white supremacy. the democrats rejected republican leaders' demands that that commission investigated scope be broadened. juncker the of january 6 -- beyond january 6, arguing that it is an attempt to up you skate the fact that the riot was spearheaded by trump supporters. that proposal died in the senate, prompting pelosi to push ahead with as -- with the committee containing republicans and democrats. pelosi reported -- appointed liz cheney, adam schiff, jamie raskin, and elaine luria. besides jordan and banks, mccarthy had recommended others. let

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that came came moments after speaker pelosi rejected jim jordan and jim banks. >> speaker pelosi hasthe minority picks for the select committee on january 6th. this represents something that has not happened in the house before for a select committee. it's an egregious abuse of power. pelosi has broken this institution. >> as you said a busy day in news room. it all happened so quickly. walk us through how we got here. >> reporter: well, it really started in the aftermath of the refusal of the senate republicans to allow an outside bipartisan commission to move forward. they blocked that in the senate. there were not ten republicans because of concerns they viewed that that outside commission would have been evenly divided by ten people selected by both sides. not only members of congress to investigate what happened. they said that was too slanted. nancy pelosi took matters in her own hands and said we need to have an investigation into what happened here. she created the select me in the house. eight democrat apoin tees, five republican appointees. it allowed her the ability to vet

pelosi was put in a tough spot.he did, it just so happens to be the outcome i think mccarthy thinks is most advantageous. >> thanks, everybody, second out of 360 just ahead, adam schiff will join to tem us what's next for the house select committee, he's obviously member of the democratic panel. we'll be right back. breyers. 100% grade a milk and cream, and loaded with delicious cookie pieces. better starts with breyers. ♪ it's velveeta shells & cheese versus the other guys. ♪ clearly, velveeta melts creamier. at philadelphia, we know what makes the perfect schmear of cream cheese. you need only the freshest milk and cream. that one! and the world's best, and possibly only, schmelier. philadelphia. schmear perfection.

she was asked to sit on this committee by nancy pelosi.nd after what kevin mccarthy did today, she reiterated that she still intends to be a part of this committee in its search for the truth. take a listen. >> i think that any person who would be third in line to the presidency must demonstrate a commitment to the constitution and a commitment to the rule of law. and minority leader mccarthy has not done that. at every opportunity the minority leader has attempted to prevent the american people from understanding what happened to block this investigation. today, the speaker objected to two republican members. she accepted three others. she objected to two, one of whom may well be a material witness to events that led to that day, that led to january 6th. the other who disqualified himself by his comments in particular over the last 24 hours demonstrating that he is not taking this seriously, he is not dealing with the facts of this investigation but rather viewed it as a political platform. this investigation must go forward. the idea tha

pelosi has broken this institution. >> and for her part speaker pelosi says this shouldn't impact the panel's ability to get the work done. >> we have a bipartisan quorum. we can proceed. >> reporter: now on the other side of the capitol the senate is set to vote soon on whether to begin debate on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. a vote is expected to fail because republicans want to see the final text first, and later this hour we're going to talk about all of this with connecticut senator richard blumenthal hand massachusetts congresswoman katherine clark. as president biden heads to ohio to make another push for his build back better agenda, the white house announced that ukraine's president will visit the white house for a meeting on august 30th. meantime, a new study suggests the one-shot johnson & johnson vaccine may be less effective against the delta variant of the coronavirus and that people who got the shot may need a booster. >>> and we are hearing from the nation's highest ranking military officer about what a new book has to say about his statements and actions around

for 6 with pelosi has played nothing but politics.senate had two bipartisan committees to investigate this and put out two reports. they know on december 14th there was a problem. the people in charge of parking knew more than the individuals who protect the capital police, national guard were in washington dc, them correcting traffic instead of being at the capital. you made that decision? >> i was amazed -- why was that decision made you think? a lot of people think this is very strange? didn't look at just what happened on 9/11 but what led up to it. that -- what built-up when the riots were going on at the national guard were there and nancy pelosi was criticized because they were at the lincoln memorial, was the decision made by the speaker not to have the national guard at the capitol that day? they found the ieds earlier in the day. why was right dear stuck in a bus away from the capitol police officers who needed. they put them in harm's way and why is the speaker so afraid of the tough questions, she's a lame-duck speaker, th

why is nancy pelosi so afraid of the truth coming out.cannot afford to have a speaker like this. >> laura: as mentioned, joe biden, on cnn moments ago and was asked about the january 6 commission. watch. >> i don't care if you think i'm satan reincarnated. the fact is, you can't look at that television and say nothing happened on the six. you can't listen to people who say this was a peaceful march. no, i'm serious. think about it. think of the things being said. >> laura: congressman banks, all emotionalism, no facts. no one said nothing happened. that's a typical biden dodge. of course, all of the lemmings at cnn are just like, oh, thank you, so brilliant. it's ridiculous. >> it is ridiculous. just as ridiculous as the fact that nobody has answer to this day, no democrat has been willing to go where we wanted to go, to ask the questions about why, on january 6, we were so ill-prepared for something bad, for a traffic incident that happened at the capitol, when we knew three weeks prior to january 6, we had intelligence that told us some

pelosi has broken this institution. pelosi has created a sham process.ker pelosi reverses course and seats all five republicans, we will not participate. >> they voted against a bipartisan commission. i feel duty bound to reiterate that. even if kevin mccarthy takes his ball and goes home, the committee is still bipartisan because speaker pelosi named republican liz cheney to the committee. cheney was not having any of mccarthy's lies about who's to blame here. >> at every opportunity, the minority leader has attempted to prevent the american people from understanding what happened, to block this investigation, and the rhetoric around this from the minority leader and from those two members has been disgraceful. this must be an investigation that is focused on facts. the idea that any of this has become politicized is really unworthy of the office that we all hold and unworthy of our republic. >> you personally -- did you personally urge the speaker to take this step? >> i agree with what the speaker has done. >> i'm joined by two excellent reporters who

nancy pelosi can crush you.primary to your left just like she did to aoc,ou right? that is what they are all afraid of. they are afraid of the power of the establishment taking away what little power that they have in congress. >> tucker: do you think they frauds? jimmy dorn, he knows they are frauds.r: that conversation got very intense. that went on for nearly an hour. episodes now streaming on foxnation.com. so you still have to wear your obedience mask on an airplane and the employers and schools are forcing people to take the covid vaccine. but itan turns out if you sneak into this country illegally from another country with fake documents and you have covid, it's not a big deal. that's not a public health crisis. the biden administration is totally happy to have covid positive migrants wandering around america. normal rules are suspended. that's next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tucker: you wouldn't know it if you looked into the fear machine, but there is one part of the country whose covid cases are dramatically risi

speaker pelosi scored a victory here. earlier this month was july 1st, pelosi made her selection for this important committee. some experienced investigators from within her party and some what unusual move to use democratic spots for a prominent and conservative republican liz cheney. pelosi was powered by this subpoena committee after republicans opposed create a similar commission to do the january 6th probe. tonight the story is it is becoming clear she was steps ahead of them. >> i am very proud to be able to announce some members of that committee this morning. so glad it will be bipartisan from the start. all eyes with the republican leader mccarthy which been trying to force any pro-life just to begin with. he named five republican members, choosing several on record trying to overturn the election and oppose any probe of the insurrection. one attacking this new committee he may join calling it a sham to justify the left authoritarian's agenda. he spent january 6th voting against the commission like the rioters wa

pelosi was put in a tough spot. but to do what she did, it just so happens to be the outcome i think mccarthy thinks is most advantageous. >> thanks, everybody, second out of 360 just ahead, adam schiff will join to tem us what's next for the house select committee, the republican leadership is boycotting the investigation. he's obviously member of the democratic panel. we'll be right back. with voltaren arthritis pain gel my husband's got his moves back. an alternative to pain pills voltaren is the first full prescription strength gel for powerful arthritis pain relief... voltaren the joy of movement tums vs. mozzarella stick when heartburn hits, fight back fast with tums chewy bites. fast heartburn relief in every bite. crunchy outside, chewy inside. ♪ tums, tums, tums, tums ♪ tums chewy bites

facebook, schumer, pelosi, biden, the clintons, obama. host: to the events of yesterday in the formation of this committee, why do you oppose it? caller: because they are not going after facebook. because biden and schumer are responsible for facebook. cnn and msnbc are partners with facebook. facebook is worth $800 million and is run by jews. host: ok, we are not going to accept that and we will cut you off there. from georgia on the support line. caller: hey, pedro. is something wrong with your sinuses? host: thank you for asking, i've been fighting an allergy, i hope it hasn't been too distracting. caller: i just didn't one of mistake you for one of the other moderators. i support this 100%. this will be public. the lady was talking about all these other things, they aren't public. it will take a year or two for those findings to come out. this will be a public hearing where people will see. there will be subpoenas all the way up to the president once they prove he got out there and told them to go fight the capitol police and raid to

no need for a commission and nancy pelosi and her democratic colleagues in congress on this. the house in washington and the swamp, their house is much more important than your house or your business or your relative that is a police officer or you who are working in police work. still, january 6th committee, not raising several important questions like for example, where were the reinforcements? y, on six separate occasions, six separate requests from the capitol police chief for additional security, why were they ignored? why were they so unprepared for these massive riots. they knew theirs come to be a march in the capital, this is a huge day at the capital, they knew in advance, they knew the night before, everyone knew thousands of demonstrators were descending on washington, they knew that mike pence was attending the capital in front of a joint session of congress, what happened? who is ultimately in charge of capital security and what role as the commission going to have looking into this? what role did nancy pelosi come of the speaker of the house play? what should h

pelosi has created a sham process. reverses course and seats all five republicans, we will not participate. >> joining us now for more is cnn congressional correspondent lauren fox and cnn capitol hill reporter melanie zanona. listen, lauren, let's be honest, that is some crocodile tears from the podium we just heard. kevin mccarthy opposed a bipartisan commission. he's now accusing nancy pelosi of playing politics. but the real question i think is could this backfire on mccarthy or could it actually, has nancy pelosi fall into a trap set by the republicans? >> depends who you ask. republicans think this is exactly what they were hoping for because they're arguing this proves that this committee was always going to be a partisan side show and they're not serious about getting to the truth. they're only serious about maligning the former president's reputation. democrats are arguing how did you expect us to approve jim jordan and jim banks, especially after that statement that jim banks put out right after he was asked

this is a sham committee that's just politically driven by speaker pelosi. >> well, pelosi says she won't, quote, antics get in the way of the investigation. two sources tell cnn the speaker is now considering republican congressman adam kinzinger for the committee. he, of course, was one of the ten house republicans who voted for former president trump's second impeachment. he's also been very outspoken against trump. so let's discuss all of this. we have a panel full of ladies today, and i want to start with you because you have pelosi out there saying this group is beyond partisan. we just heard kevin mccarthy saying this is partisan. what do you think? does a happy medium exist, or are we just beyond that at this point? >> look. kevin mccarthy wants it to be partisan. he wants to be able to say it's not legitimate and to be able to question the integrity of the results. and what it is is shameful. it is shameful that an event we all saw on tv that has scarred so many of us, that scared so many of us is being used as a political wedge by kevin mccarthy. i mean, what he did was so delib

and this afternoon the members of the select committee were seen huddling in house speaker nancy pelosi'sice. she said that the house committee will move on in without the buy-in of house leader kevin mccarthy. >> we will mo on, and the committee is in the process of hiring staff to that end. it is my responsibility as speaker of the house to make sure that we get to the truth on this, and we will not let their antics stand in the way of that. >> now, mccarthy pulled the five appointees after pelosi rejected two of them, congressman jim jordan and congressman jim banks and both of them voted to overturn the 2020 election, and also the committee that speaker pelosi was nonqualifying, and also word on where they will take the election. and now liz cheney, the sole republican said that jordan was ineligible to serve, because he may be a material witness. for his part, mccartney accused the democrats for playing politics with the investigation. >> this is a sham committee by speaker pelosi. when we wanted to do a commission in janway, she said, no, it is political. >> and look, the democrats

that was a deal breaker for speaker pelosi and that's where it all fell apart. i should note here, 30 house republicans did vote for that -- but now the choice has become for democrats when republicans were not going to give the bipartisan -- democrats are going to be used of running a sham process regardless of what happened. this decision by speaker pelosi according to democrats, this process is about her choosing to keep republicans off the committee that she believes are going to be running interference on behalf of former president trump. specifically jim jordan and jim banks whom she believes were linked to individuals, and or meetings associated to the january 6th attack, chris. >> olivia, i want to play today, cheney seems like an in interesting number here. she's very outspoken, she voted for impeachment, we have reporting that she curse that jim jordan and said you caused this on the day of the insurrection, when they were huddled in some secret location. she's on the committee now and i'm curious, what she does here, let's look at what she says here a

eva: she defended speaker pelosi and subsequently described the panel as "we."she kept saying "we" and i was like, she is in the we with democrats, no longer in the we with republicans. so we'll have to see. leader mccarthy did threaten any republicans that joined, that speaker pelosi selected for this committee, that he would remove them from their committee. it seems like he is not actually moving towards that. maybe he just sort of thinks that will make a bad situation worse for his party. and so we will have to see but i think she's going to be an important voice on this manual. the -- this panel. the few republicans that believe this is legitimate and necessary will look to her for guidance. yamiche: deeply personal and you said it, it is incredible to watch liz cheney say "we" and talk about democrats. i'd like to play part of your interview with former president trump for your book. you questioned him about january 6 and he denied the crowd was violent. >> it was a loving crowd. the capitol police were very friendly. they were hugging and kissing. you don

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