but the democratic voter likes them, that is not the case, but mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy, so if any one kim below, what in our polling is an unprecedented lead for republicans on the generic ballad . it's their leadership and they're on their own conference. generally speaking, democratic voters feel represented republicans don't. so there it, there could, they could get themselves into a situation like they did in georgia on january 5th, which is basically where republicans sat it out many base republicans in central and southern georgia. you know, $200000.00 plus just decided i'm not going to vote because i feel like for once they have to be taught a lesson. but again, in a midterm like this in a 1st term incumbent midterm, it would really have to be, peter would have to be significant. they, it would have to be a significant betrayal. and i haven't seen that yet, although, and i haven't, i haven't exactly seen representation either. yeah, well, you never can underestimate how the republicans can snatch it apart. you, one of the things that we, when i look at the generic po

but mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy, so if any one kim below, what in our polling is an unprecedented lead for republicans on the generic ballad . it's their leadership and they're on their own conference. generally speaking, democratic voters feel represented republicans don't. so there it, there could, they could get themselves into a situation like they did in georgia on january 5th, which is basically where republicans sat it out. many base republicans and central and southern georgia. you know, $200000.00 plus just decided i'm not going to vote because i feel like for once they have to be taught a lesson. but again, in a midterm like this in a 1st term incumbent midterm, it would really have to be, peter would have to be significant. they, it would have to be a significant betrayal. and i haven't seen that yet, although, and i haven't, i haven't exactly seen representation either. yeah, well, you never can underestimate how the republicans can snatch apart you. one of the things that you, me, when i look at the generic poll, when i look at the ok, the fact that job buying isn't p

because of kevin mccarthy's spinelessness as a leader allowing the crack pot wing of his party to hold him hostage and to hold the party hostage. how do you solve a problem like lauren boebert? she's not the only one but how do you solve a problem like that? kicking people off committees could be a double-edged swords. vulnerable democrats telling cnn they don't want to vote on that. they're worried it's an unnecessary distraction as they fight to hold onto the majority. look, a lot of this stuff crosses the line. sometimes losing their committee assignments is warranted, but you could also be playing right into their hands by giving them more attention, which is something that we struggle with every single night on this program. can we put the crazy grifty tweets of lauren boebert up because shaes e's trying to mak money off an appeal to the crack pot wing nut part of her party. do we put that up? does that actually help americans? in some ways i guess you need to know about it, but it's just playing right into her hands because she wants it out there. because she thinks it's cool and

but the democratic voter likes them, that is not the case with mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy. so if anyone, kim, below, what in our polling is an unprecedented lead for republicans on the general ballad . it's their leadership and they're on their own conference. generally speaking, democratic voters feel represented republicans don't. so the, it, there could, they could get themselves into a situation like they did in georgia on january 5th, which is basically where republicans sat it out many base republicans in central and southern georgia. you know, $200000.00 plus just decided i'm not going to vote because i feel like for once they have to be taught a lesson. but again, in a midterm like this in a 1st term incumbent mid term, it would really have to be, peter would have to be significant. they, it would have to be a significant betrayal. and i haven't seen that yet, although, and i haven't, i haven't exactly seen representation either. yeah, well yeah, it never can underestimate how the republicans can snatch, dan, and one of the things that me, when i look at the generic

but the democratic voter likes them, that is not the case, but mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy, so if any one kim below, what in our polling is an unprecedented lead for republicans on the generic ballad . it's their leadership and they're on their own conference. generally speaking, democratic voters feel represented republicans don't. so the, it, there could, they could get themselves into a situation like they did in georgia on january 5th, which is basically where republicans sat it out. many base republicans and central and southern georgia. you know, $200000.00 plus just decided i'm not going to vote because i feel like for once they have to be taught a lesson. but again, in a midterm like this in a 1st term incumbent midterm, it would really have to be, peter would have to be significant. they, it would have to be a significant betrayal. and i haven't seen that yet, although, and i haven't, i haven't exactly seen representation either. yeah, well yeah, it never can underestimate how the republicans can snatch, dan, and one of the things that we, when i look at the generic po

so what happens to kevin mccarthy if republicans win back the house? does donald trump do something to try to sink his chance of getting the speakership? and wouldn't that be quite a turn to mccarthy? mccarthy knows what the truth is, absolutely. and he stood by trump. he didn't challenge him. he defied his own principles such as they are, and, you know, and now he's rewarded with this from donald trump. so i think that's going to be a very interesting dynamic to play. one other thing about mccarthy is trump condemned all these republicans during the course of my interview, pence, mccarthy, barr, you know, his former cabinet secretaries, all of them, but he did praise marjorie taylor greene. and said she was terrific, and she had fought for him and stood for him and then he added, and kevin hasn't treated her properly. kevin hasn't treated her properly. so there is some real bitterness that trump -- surprised me, has toward kevin mccarthy, despite the way mccarthy stood by him. >> you haven't -- we haven't talked, and i don't know what your conversatio

but mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy, so if any one kim below, what in our polling is an unprecedented lead for republicans on the generic ballad . it's their leadership and they're on their own conference. generally speaking, democratic voters feel represented republicans don't. so there it, there could, they could get themselves into a situation like they did in georgia on january 5th, which is basically where republicans sat it out. many base republicans and central and southern georgia. you know, $200000.00 plus just decided i'm not going to vote because i feel like for once they have to be taught a lesson. but again, in a midterm like this in a 1st term incumbent midterm, it would really have to be, peter would have to be significant. they, it would have to be a significant betrayal. and i haven't seen that yet, although, and i haven't, i haven't exactly seen representation either. yeah, well yeah, it never can underestimate how the republicans can snatch, dan, and one of the things that we, when i look at the generic poll, when i look at the, okay, the fact that job buying isn't

bennie thompson said an invitation is on the table for the house republican leader, kevin mccarthy. do you know if he's been formally asked? and what do you expect? >> i'm not going to get into the individuals that we have had interviews with or have asked to come before us. but what i can tell you is anyone, especially a lawmaker who has taken an oath, like i have, to protect and defend our constitution and our democracy, should come forward with any facts or any conversations that could be helpful to aid in our investigation. >> but kevin mccarthy has not -- he's not cooperated with the investigation, has he? he hasn't spoken with your committee, has he? >> he has not. and what i'm saying is it's going to be important for anyone with details of the facts and circumstances of january 5th and january 6th to share them with the committee. people, especially lawmakers, should be willing to do this voluntarily. but as we have seen in -- >> do you think it would behoove kevin mccarthy to -- i don't mean to cut you off. i'm very short on time. do you think it would behoove hum to do it v

we do remember kevin mccarthy was critical in the immediate reaction of the insurrection and not so much anymore. you see that dissipate willing and you see the polling with republican voters that feel people should be prosecuted so we need this information out there for historical purposes, for accuracy, but also for just accountability as well which seems to be diminishing by the day. >> and because they failed that derrick the effort now to roll back voting rights and infiltrate election officials, they failed that day so they are work now to find ways we need to do that again. the levers we tried to do that day. mark meadows saying not surprising. >> obviously it's disappointing but not surprising, and let's be clear about this, sean. this is not about me holding me in contempt. it's not even about make the capitol safar. we see that by some of the selective leaks that are going on right now. this is about donald trump. think tried to weaponized text messages selectively leaked to put out a narrative that quite frankly the president didn't act, and can i tell you this is -- the presi

because of kevin mccarthy's spinelessness as a leader allowing the crack pot wing of his party to hold him hostage and to hold the party hostage. how do you solve a problem like lauren boebert? she's not the only one but how do you solve a problem like that? kicking people off committees could be a double-edged swords. vulnerable democrats telling cnn they don't want to vote on that. they're worried it's an unnecessary distraction as they fight to hold onto the majority. look, a lot of this stuff crosses the line. sometimes losing their committee assignments is warranted, but you could also be playing right into their hands by giving them more attention, which is something that we struggle with every single night on this program. can we put the crazy grifty tweets of lauren boebert up because she's trying to make money off an appeal to the crack pot wing nut part of her party. do we put that up? does that actually help americans? does it inform our viewers and our electorate? in some ways i guess you need to know about it, but it's just playing right into her hands because she wants it

and then, a friend of kevin mccarthy got her into the holocaust museum to try to educate her. i mean, that is where -- she is a member of congress. you know, it's important that they be educated but that's kind of a basic bit of knowledge that somebody should have. >> yeah. >> so, it shouldn't be normalized. it isn't normal. and anybody who suggests that is -- is just -- it's completely inappropriate. >> yeah. kirsten powers, dana bash, thank you very much appreciate it. >>> up next breaking news as a key figure in the former president's attempt to manipulate votes in georgia talks for hours to the january 6th select committee. >>> also, some possible cooperation from another top figure in action expected to tomorrow to hold a third in contempt for refusing to cooperate. ♪ there are beautiful ideas that remain in the dark. but with our new multi-cloud experience, you have the flexibility you need to unveil them to the world. ♪ not only do centrum multigummies taste great. they help support your immune defenses, too. because a healthy life. starts with a healthy immune syst

what do you make of the fact that today may be the worst part of it that kevin mccarthy knowing what i just said to be true, because he said so at first after the insurrection happened, then tried to put jim jordan, who liz cheney has been saying from day one has been giving the side high aye making comments to him that jim jordan has been a part of it, maybe a leader of it, still tried to put him on the committee. here is jim jordan, unable to explain -- well, here he is talking about the january 6 committee on various occasions from october to today. >> are you willing to tell the select committee what you know about events leading up to, during -- >> i've been clear all along. i've got nothing to hide. >> i've got real concerns. i think the country has real concerns about any committee that will take a document, alter that document, totally mislead the american people. i've got real concerns about, you know, working with -- trying to work with any committee like that. >> congressman dean, this is like knowing someone participated in a bank robbery and then trying to get them on th

mccarthy. do you know if he's been formally asked, and what do you expect? >> i'm not going to get into the individuals that we have had interviews with or have asked to come before us. what i can tell you is anyone, especially a lawmaker who has taken an oath to protect and defend our constitution and our democracy, should come forward with any facts or any conversations that could be helpful to aid in our investigation. >> but kevin mccarthy is not cooperating with the investigation, has he? he hasn't spoken with your committee, has he? >> he has not. and but what i'm saying is, it's going to be important for anyone with details of the facts and circumstances of january 5th and january 6th, to share them with the committee. people, especially lawmakers, should be willing to do this voluntarily, but as we have seen -- >> do you think it would behoove kevin mccarthy to do it voluntarily? do you think it would behoove him to do it voluntarily? >> i think anyone committed to upholding our constit

they're clearly setting up for kevin mccarthy. that seems like the one they're really interested. if republicans win the majority. i think, you know, i'm just not sure where this goes. i mean if jordan talked to trump, you know, and he says he acknowledges that publicly, but he says he doesn't want to talk to the committee, are they going to subpoena him? i don't know. this is the big question they face. can they subpoena jordan or perry or mccarthy? are they willing to go that far and then would a court allow them to enforce it. they're clearly setting up for that kind of clash ahead. >> let me ask about that because, garrett, liz cheney has been pretty, i mean, not direct but almost direct about where she thinks this is going. she has spoken in terms that make you think maybe there is something criminal with the president. i mean, what is your sense on the willingness to subpoena a sitting member of congress given, frankly, the gravity of what they are investigating. >> well, look, liz cheney has been quoting from u.s. code. i mean, she clearly thinks there were crimes committed

and then, a friend of kevin mccarthy got her into the holocaust museum to try to educate her. i mean, that is where -- she is a member of congress. you know, it's important that they be educated but that's kind of a basic bit of knowledge that somebody should have. >> yeah. >> so, it shouldn't be normalized. it isn't normal. and anybody who suggests that is -- is just -- it's completely inappropriate. >> yeah. kirsten powers, dana bash, thank you very much appreciate it. >>> up next breaking news as a key figure in the former president's attempt to manipulate votes in georgia talks for hours to the january 6th select committee. >>> also, some possible cooperation from another top figure in action expected to tomorrow to hold a third in contempt for refusing to cooperate. oh yeah, we gotta take off. you downloaded the td ameritrade mobile app? yeah, actually i'm taking one last look at my dashboard before we board... and you have thinkorswim mobile- -so i can finish analyzing the risk on this position. you two are all set. choose the app that fits your investing style. ♪ i us

now, again, kevin mccarthy tried to make that guy part of the investigation into what happened on january 6th and the leadup to it. but in its letter to the congressman the committee points out that jim jordan's involvement of course extends way beyond whatever conversations he had with trump on the 6th, before or after, during. he was a crucial player in planning the coup attempt that led to the insurrection in the first place. "we also must learn about the activities that led to the attack on january 6th. public reporting suggests you may also have information about meetings with white house officials and the then president about strategies for overturning the results of the 2020 election." to be honest, the committee's almost underselling jordan's involvement here. as "the new york times" reports, two days after the a.p. called the election for joe biden jordan huddled with top trump staff at campaign headquarters and "the group settled on a strategy that would become a blueprint for mr. trump's supporters in congress. hammer home the idea the election was tainted, announce legal actio

kevin mccarthy. the two bluegrass state lawmakers spoke at lengthuct the gop leader from california who has broken with mccannal on a range of issues over the last several months but who will be forced to work in tandem with him to governor if republicans take back congress next year. quote, we talked a lot about mccarthy there, comer said. he said mcconnell speaks highly of mccarthy. the cnn piece says with control of both chambers at stake in next year's midterms, the two top republican leaders have increasingly taken sharp divergent stands on different issues reflecting both the different institutions they lead but also how they view the gop's posture, heading into a hugely consequential election season. next up is suzy on a republican line in greensboro, georgia. go ahead. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. i just want to make a comment about the heatedness between the two parties. back some years ago, i heard charles krauthammer, wonderful man, speak. and he made a statement that shook me

what kevin mccarthy said is true, the number of retirements, the political cycle will be so bad so many of those people go i don't want to tough race, probably not going to win, just retire. that is why democrat retirements are stacking up but here is the big thing, generic polling. 4 to 6 points. the voter trends work, normally if democrats are up by four points that is even for republicans. the american electorate turns out, republicans up by four six this will be a bloodbath, republicans can pick up anywhere from 35 to 65 seats. todd: that is a huge prediction and a huge number. wisconsin-based group pushing for the removal of milwaukee prosecutor john chisholm after his office liberal waukesha -- on mobile just days before the tragedy. former prosecutor your self. do you think 2022 will be the year these public defenders masquerading as das really get rained in or is it more of the same? >> you are talking john chisholm in milwaukee, and his progressive policies for a year. bail reform and diversion programs, holding criminals accountable, criminal justice reform and all the things

i mean, mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy, in particular, kevin mccarthy is literally a man without shame. he is just being dragged around by the nose, willy-nilly, by the worst elements of his conference. he has no shame left. >> yeah. >> so, yes, of course, if they take power, they will do whatever they need to. >> no, marc, it's such an important point for another day because we covered with david yesterday the ethics violations and without shame, there's not a single ethics law in washington with any teeth. all of our ethics laws that govern what politicians can do is all based on raising our arm and saying, you wouldn't embarrass the country. that's what you do as a white house staffer. so, without -- >> correct. >> and i think it died the night of the "access hollywood" tape, when they all said, yeah, let's go with trump. but that part of the conversation is to be continued. marc, thank you for spending some time with us talking about your new piece and we'll stay on it with your help. we're really grateful to you. >> good, and i hope to come back and talk about those other th

. >> you know, we haven't heard the name kevin mccarthy, right? i mean, is this something that he would say, you know, i've wanted to be speaker of the house my entire career, and i'm just going to step aside and let this happen? >> well, no, of course, i mean, i think that this would be a drama worthy of shakespeare, kevin mccarthy spends his entire career wanting to be speaker of the house, a sycophantic support of donald trump and when he's ready to grab the gravel, donald trump saying, i think i want that gavel for myself. that would be an extraordinary rebuke and just a painful tragedy for the current minority leader and possible futurer speaker but nevertheless, i think what we've seen in recent years is that what donald trump wants from house republicans, he gets from house republicans so i think that kevin mccarthy has reason to be concerned about this. >> but again, what donald trump wants is not clear. so far, he's just saying it's interesting so he can play this out. here's a question. the idea of trump as speaker, does that backfire on

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it's not kevin mccarthy. it's them. that's where the energy and passion is. let's be blunt. good luck. there might be some exceptions, republicans, don't get me wrong. i'm not saying all republicans are racists but all racists are republicans. >> you caught me off guard with that. liam had to laugh. i don't have time for the next question but can we just play this video? i want to show our viewers what it is and we'll go to break. we found another video of representative boebert suggesting representative omar was a terrorist. well go to break. >> one of my staffers on his first day with me got into an elevator in the capitol and in that elevator we were joined by ilhan omar. >> oh my god. [ laughter ] >> well, it was just us three in there and i looked over and i said well, look at there, it's the jihad squad. i do have to say she doesn't have a backpack. she wasn't dropping it. >> man: what's my safelite story? my truck...is my livelihood. so when my windshield cracked... the experts at safelite autoglass came right to me... with service i could trust. right, girl? >> singe

kevin mccarthy is defending colorado congresswoman lauren boebert after this bigoted jab she took at congresswoman ilhan omar of minnesota. >> i looked to my left and there she is, ilhan omar. i said, well, she doesn't have a backpack. we should be fine. >> mccarthy standing by boebert, even as she doubles down on her hateful comments. here to respond is democratic congresswoman ilhan omar of minnesota. congresswoman, thanks for being here. i want to start with those comments, boebert comparing you to a terrorist suicide bomber. what is it like to hear that kind of blatant bigotry, coming from a fellow member of the house of representatives? >> it's shocking and unacceptable. it's very unbecoming of a congresswoman to use that kind of derogatory, dangerous, inciting language against a colleague. many of us thought post 9/11 that we were on the mend. when i first won, i remember getting phone calls from across the world from heads of states and prime ministers and foreign ministers congratulating me because they thought america was past its sort of post 9/11 islamaphobia. and to see t

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

talking about people that aren't principled, mark meadows and then kevin mccarthy. the former president is upset both by those two, one because of what meadows put in his book and because kevin mccarthy is blamed for all of the damming information coming out of this committee. you suck up to trump and this is what happens? >> i don't know how many times people need to know this or hear this, donald trump doesn't care about anybody but donald trump. he doesn't care about the country. he doesn't care if the capitol is attacked or the republican party. he doesn't care about his vice president and he clearly doesn't care about his own son. he doesn't care about his family. his son don junior was trying to send text messages to him in the midst of the insurrection so don junior had to go to mark meadows. this is a man that's shown himself to be oblivious to norms of political behavior because -- everyone is in service of this big lie that donald trump still won the election that was over a year ago. he lost the election by 7 million votes and still a year later perpetuat

mccarthy has to say. he is in fact indicated publicly that he has nothing to hide. that he would be willing to talk further. and i hope that he lives up to that. we know from other republican members who related the conversation that he had with the president that he had some communication. i'd like to ask kevin about that. >> the committee's fight for the rest of those records takes another step forward tomorrow. the panel will final the response to donald trump's appeal to the supreme court. where he's asking to keep those records secret. house investigators have already asked the court to fast-track the case. also tomorrow, the current white house will be spending some time with one of its countries main adversaries. president biden has agreed to a phone call who requested the conversation the white house as the two men who are now gathering on the ukraine border will now warn that they will respond to any invasion. with that, let's bring in our lead off guest on this wednesday night, sam stein, a vete

. >> well, i think it would be important to listen to what kevin mccarthy has to say. he has, in fact, indicated publicly that he has nothing to hide, that he would be willing to talk further. and i hope that he lives up to that. we know from other republican members who related the conversation he had with the president, that he had some communication. i would like to ask kevin about that. and i expect if he has nothing to hide -- and i'm not suggesting he does -- that he would want to come forward and make sure that we understand all the facts as he knows them. >> congressman zoe lofgren, member of the january 6th committee, thank you so much for your time tonight. i greatly appreciate it. more importantly, have a very happy new year. >>> up next, an unexpected ruling from a federal court that is bringing an enormous settlement deal with one company synonymous with the opioid crisis in this country. it is bringing that to a halt. and bringing hope to the victims of the crisis. we're going to tell you about that next. we're going to tell you about that next. do you st

>> coming up shortly on c-span, house republican leader kevin mccarthy is scheduled to hold a press briefing on the legislative agenda. when that event gets under way we'll have live coverage here on c-span. right now, a discussion from this morning's "washington journal." "washington journal" continues. host: suzanne bonamici joins us. thank you for giving us your time this morning. guest: glad to be with you. mr. mccarthy: good morning. another week. and a few more democrats answer the question about retirement. but this week was a little different. it's not just any other democrat announcing retirement. it was a committee chair. i look in this room, a lot of you have been here for a long time. you know it's different when a committee chair announces retirement. when mr. defazio announced and when you look at the rationale between he and the budget chair, they say the exact same thing i say. they are not going to be in the majority the next time. i can't blame them for announcing retirement. but he is now the 19th democrat to announce retirement. put that in perspective. in the year of 201

republican party continues to slip into further disarray as gop house leader kevin mccarthy appear to lose any and all control of his caucus, which is seemingly being led by its bizarre members who modelled themselves after the twice impeached ex-president. mccarthy tried to step in yesterday to break up a fight between two members. the fight stems in part from mace's condemnation of the racist and anti-muslim remarks from another member of his caucus. a person named lauren bobert who essentially called ileana omar a terrorist. her words about omar have led to omar receiving disgusting, life threatening voice mails, one of which she played for the press last night, demanding that mccarthy do something. we should warn you this voice mail is disturbing. >> we see you muslims [ bleep ] we know what you're up to. don't worry, there is someone who would love the opportunity to take you off the face of the [ bleep ] earth. come get [ bleep ] muslim piece of [ bleep ] jihadist. >> your gop, ladies and gentlemen. we're back with our panel. so, david, there are crazy people that leave nasty me

. >> house republican leader kevin mccarthy held his weekly briefing on capitol hill, discussing his party's legislative agenda. president biden's social spending plan and the national debt. this is just under 20 minutes. mr. mccarthy: good morning. another week. and a few more democrats answer the question about retirement. but this week was a little different. it's not just any other democrat announcing retirement. it was a committee chair. i look in this room, a lot of you have been here for a long time. you know it's different when a committee chair announces retirement. when mr. defazio announced and when you look at the rationale between he and the budget chair, they say the exact same thing i say. they are not going to be in the majority the next time. i can't blame them for announcing retirement. but he is now the 19th democrat to announce retirement. put that in perspective. in the year of 2010 when democrats lost 63 seats, 17 democrats announced retirement. they already surpassed that. i don't know if we are allowed to bet, but i'll bet any of you that number will be higher

. ♪ >> house republican leader kevin mccarthy held his weekly briefing on capitol hill. discussing his party's legislative agenda. president biden's social spending plan, and the national debt. this is just under 20 minutes mr. mccarthy: good morning. another week. and a few more democrats answer the question about retirement. but this week was a little different. it's not just any other democrat announcing retirement. it was a committee chair. i look in this room, a lot of you have been here for a long time. you know it's different when a committee chair announces retirement. when mr. defazio announced and when you look at the rationale between he and the budget chair, they say the exact same thing i say. they are not going to be in the majority the next time. i can't blame them for announcing retirement. but he is now the 19th democrat to announce retirement. put that in perspective. in the year of 2010 when democrats lost 63 seats, 17 democrats announced retirement. they already surpassed that. i don't know if we are allowed to bet, but i'll bet any of you that number

talking about people who are not principled, it is mark meadows and then also kevin mccarthy because as we understand, the former president is upset both by those two, one, because of what meadows put in his book, and the other thing because he's blaming kevin mccarthy for all of the damning information that is coming out of this committee. you suck up to trump, and this is what happens. this is what you get, keith? >> i don't know how many times people need to know this or hear this but donald trump doesn't care about anybody but donald trump. he doesn't care about the country. he doesn't care if the country falls apart. he doesn't care if the capitol is attacked. he doesn't care about the republican party. he doesn't care about his own vice president. and he clearly doesn't even care about his own son, his own family. his own son, don junior, was trying to send text messages to him in the midst of the insurrection, and donald trump wouldn't respond. so don junior had to go to mark meadows. so this is a man who has shown himself to be completely oblivious to all sorts of norms of po

essentially what happened was that when kevin mccarthy went down to mar-a-lago to try and make peace with then former president trump a few weeks after the insurrection on january 6th, he came back to the capitol and as it was told me by multiple people, attempted to drive a wedge into the ten. sort of floating the idea that some of these people may be able to salvage their futures in the republican party but only if they took certain steps to right themselves. not just with the president, but with the rest of the house republican conference, the donor base. with certain elements of the party grass roots that can pull strings of power and money and influence. what's so interesting is that when you look at the paths taken by those ten, there was, as one of them described it to me, almost like a suicide pact when they voted for impeachment and sort of said to each other, look, we're linking arms and jumping off a cliff here. there was a belief in the days that followed they would be sort of bound together in the hstory books. what we've seen in the months since is a sharp divergence. y

the writer -- marjorie taylor greene also says kevin mccarthy -- kevin mccarthy called her out. this is leader mccarthy speaking about the democrats' agenda in the house. [video clip] >> in the last 12 months, what have they been able to do with one party rule? the $5 trillion socialist spending bill is unpopular with the american public, so unpopular -- you do not have to take the republicans' words for it, just look to their own conference. the congresswoman from virginia admitted she even avoided bringing it up when she is back home. leadership said they just need to get out and explain it more, and she says she avoids even talking about it. how's democrats -- house democrats, very exciting action taking place this week, they scheduled the least number of voting days in modern history. you take next year and this year, 202 days, the least amount we have been able to do in the last decade. when republicans were in the majority come i think we were averaging about 250. should we be upset about that or should we be relieved? if they are here less, maybe they can do less damage.

. >> well, i think it would be important to listen to what kevin mccarthy has to say. he has in fact indicated publicly that he has nothing to hide, that he would be willing to talk further. and i hope that he lives up to that. we know from other republican members who related the conversation he had with the president, that he had some communication. i would like to ask kevin about that. and i expect, if he has nothing to hide, i'm not suggesting he does, that he would want to come forward and make sure that we understand all the facts as he knows them. >> congressman zoe lofgren, member of the january 6th committee, thank you so much for your time tonight. i greatly appreciate it. more importantly, have a very happy new year. >>> up next, an unexpected ruling from a federal court that is bringing an enormous settlement deal with one company synonymous with the opioid crisis in this country. it is bringing that to a halt. and bringing home to the victims of the crisis. we'll tell about you that, next. you just sent. ...with a typo. aaaand most of the info is totally o

because from the outset, the moment the kevin mccarthy and the provoking leader appointed me to lead the republican side, jim jordan to serve on the committee, he started asking this question. the trail leads back to nancy pelosi's office. she is in a position of authority over the united states capital. we have the leadership of the united states capitol police union tell us that they weren't prepared for what happened on january 6, they want to quit for, they weren't trained for. even though there was intelligence weeks before january 6th that something like this could happen. we were asking those questions, and that is why pelosi immediately fired us from the committee. >> sean: let me ask you this. last question. ask a question. can you jim jordan, and kevin mccarthy do a real commission and answer those questions so this never happens again, and can we have a commission on the 574 riots in the summer of 2020? i think that would be fair. >> yes. and we are. we are continuing to interview and conducts her own investigation on her own side to secure the capital, prevent something l

watch kevin mccarthy, congresswoman. here is the fix for what ask going on in the country. fire nancy pelosi. watch. >> sad part about it, sean, had joe biden done nothing in office literally gone to sleep, our country would be stronger. we would be energy independent. it wouldn't be china and russia winning. it would be america is winning. our borders would be secure. we wouldn't have rising inflation. this is the problem. one party rule in one year. but the good news is, sean, in less than one year we can fix this country if we fire nancy pelosi. that is why i need everybody to go to fire pelosi.com. elizabeth: what do you say? >> leader mccarthy is 100% right on this. i will add to that, that everything the biden administration has said has been wrong. whether talking about infrastructure package being paid for. it is not. that is $250 billion added to deficit. we're told build back better would cost zero. it will cost $400 billion to the deficit. told every american citizen would be taken out of afghanistan. that never happened. it has been one thing after the other whi

kevin mccarthy nowhere to be found. the leadership void in the gop is really absolutely astounding. >> it is. obviously, kevin mccarthy wants to be the speaker of the house should republicans win, and he knows he has a problem on his right flank. and he's trying not to rile them up. but what's being shown is a lack of leadership, a lack of morality, a lack of a moral compass. it should not be hard. it should not be hard to admonish somebody for making discriminatory, racist statements. >> let me get both of you to respond to this. when you have people that do this wackiness, do you have to respond to the craziness? because doesn't it just pull you down, can't you just let them be krauzy on their own? >> that's a legitimate question. lauren boebert likes to go from offense to offense. she fund-raisies out of it, and we're talking about it. that being said, how do you not respond to an islamicphobic attack? what message does that send to little muslim boys and girls all over this countrisome >> i just don't know. at some

and kevin mccarthy has yet to comment on boebert's remarks. the latest from cnn in an event in september. in it she told the same bigoted joke we heard from the november 20th event where she implied that congresswoman omar could be. and then giving an apology, anyone in the community i've offended but of note did not apologize to omar directly. the two spoke on the phone monday and both admit the covering did not go well. in a conversation monday night, congresswoman omar said she played a phone call with boebert. we want to warn you it's extremely graphic. >> we've seen [ bleep ] we know what you're about to, don't worry there is plenty that would love the opportunity to take you off the face of [ bleep ] earth. come get it [ bleep ] you jihadist. >> that disgusting message went on to say that she will, quote, not live much longer. congresswoman boebert went on to say that anyone that holds accountable silent. joining us co-founder of punchbowl news, jake, let's start there. what are you hearing on the ground about leadership's next steps if

. >> house republicans leader kevin mccarthy cover -- held his weekly briefing on capitol hill discussing his party's legislative agenda, doesn't bidens social spending plan and the national debt. this is just under 20 minutes. mr. mccarthy: good morning. another week. and a few more democrats answer the question about retirement. but this week was a little different. it's not just any other democrat announcing retirement. it was a committee chair. i look in this room, a lot of you have been here for a long time. you know it's different when a committee chair announces retirement. when mr. defazio announced and when you look at the rationale between he and the budget chair, they say the exact same thing i say. they are not going to be in the majority the next time. i can't blame them for announcing retirement. but he is now the 19th democrat to announce retirement. put that in perspective. in the year of 2010 when democrats lost 63 seats, 17 democrats announced retirement. they already surpassed that. i don't know if we are allowed to bet, but i'll bet any of you that number will be highe

this will be something that kevin mccarthy has to experience in a greater facet. i don't want to be the bearer of bad news here, but i think the tenor of politics elsewhere is worse than it is in congress. congress might have -- congress should maybe be preparing for this stuff to get even more vitriolic. this is the place where politics is at right now. the question i often ask voters when i'm at events, do you feel the country is at a cross roads? republicans and democrats feel a sense of urgency, that's something particularly on the republican side is played out through factions and it will be hard for them to navigate as a caucus. >> ammyy in the days after januy 6th, mccarthy and mitch mcconnell blame d trump for the insurrection. take a listen. >> the president bears responsibility for the attack on the capitol by mob rioters. he should have denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. >> president trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. no question about it. >> but, amy, they've taken very different stances sin

kevin mccarthy nowhere to be found and the leadership is absolutely astounding. >> it is. obviously kevin mccarthy wants to be the speaker of the house and he know he has a problem on his right flank and trying not to rile them up. what is being shown is a lack of a moral compass. it should not be hard to admonish somebody for making discriminatory statements. >> let me get both of you to respond to this. when you have people who do this wackiness do you have to respond to the craziness because doesn't it pull you down? can't you let them be crazy on your own? >> that's a very legitimate question because obviously, lauren boebert likes to go from outrage to outrage and offense to offense because it's click bait and she fund raises out of it and gets higher profile out of it and we're talking about it. that being said, how do you not respond to an islam phobic attempt? do you stay quiet? little muslim boys and girls all over this country. >> maybe you can put out a statement. i don't know. i think at some point you have to be above the craziness and let them spin and toil a

marjorie taylor greene represents this party far more than kevin mccarthy. i hope the democrats make this an issue in 2022, make it a referendum on do you want a white nationalist organization -- it's not a political party. it's a fascist movement -- running the house of representatives, or don't you? i really hope democrats make that the 2022 referendum. >> i'm going to ask liam if he thinks the republican party is a white nationalist organization. i'm going to hold you guys over and i'll get your response on the other side. we'll be right back. hey hun hey, get your own vapors relax with vicks vapobath or with vicks vaposhower. take a soothing vicks vapo moment wherever you chose. do you struggle with occasional nerve aches in your hands or feet? try nervivenerve relief from the world's #1 selling nerve care company. nervive contains alpha lipoic acid to relieve occasional nerve aches, weakness and discomfort. try nervivenerve relief. [♪] looking to repair dry, damaged hair without weighing it down? try pantene daily moisture renewal conditioner. its col

critical of kevin mccarthy. >> he's a coward and a liar. he doesn't have the ability to confront the bigoted rhetoric being trafficked by a member. >> thanks for joining us on "inside politics." ana cabrera picks up our coverage right now. >>> hello. i'm ana cabrera in new york. we begin today with new covid restrictions across the country aimed at slowing the spread of coronavirus amid uncertainty about the omicron variant. just this morning new york city mayor bill de blasio announcing all private sector employees in america's largest city be required to have a covid vaccine mandate beginning december 27th. that comes just hours after a new round of strict travel restrictions went into effect facing any traveler flying into the u.s. now, every single traveller who flies into the u.s. must test negative for covid within one day of departure, and this applies to every traveler regardless of vaccination status or citizenship. we're covering everiage. cnn's aviation correspondent put muntean is at dulles international airport and senior medic

>> well, kevin mccarthy's not leading it. he is following from the front. he is theoretically the chair of that conference, or the leader of that conference. but he does not call the tune. marjorie taylor greene, lauren seem to be the ones setting the standard for the republican conference and there's only a few courageous members of that conference who are willing to speak up against them. kevin mccarthy is not one of them. >> congressman, real quick before we have to let you go, the breaking news in your state and your reaction to the prosecutor charging the parents of the school shooting suspect in the dramatic early warning arrest. >> i never pre-judge a criminal case but glad to see the prosecutors going every avenue to hold the parents potentially accountable. all the facts we've seen seem to indicate they created an environment that did not dissuade their young child from being involved this this terrible, terrible incident. of course, in michigan right now, we're hurting. my colleague, alyssa slatkin, in particular, represents families that have los

kevin mccarthy has not publicly called out hate within his ranks. that's the source of this. >> john, i want to ask you about a massachusetts connection to all of this. i want to ask you about the fact that the red sox traded for jackie bradley jr. before the lockout. i just learned that moments ago. we're not going to talk about jackie bradley jr., which i really want to, i'll talk about charlie baker. the two-term wildly popular republican governor in massachusetts, speculation he would run for a third term. he announced yesterday he's not going to do that. he says it is not because he's been attacked by former president donald trump. he's been singled out by the former president, trump supporters have gone after charlie baker. he says it is not that, but you do have to wonder if the rhetoric that we're hearing in congress, from lauren boebert and marjorie taylor greene, supported by the former president, is contributing to very popular people like charlie baker not wanting to be in this game anymore. >> i think you're right. there are a lot of pe