because this is going to be a gop proposal. this is a legislation that is going to be proposed by a brown girl from the gop from the city of miami. and i am going to invite speaker pelosi and the leadership in the democratic party to embrace my bill because there's always dignity. and you know how i know we want dignity? because i asked them. because like i said, that was my audience, so i know exactly what they're thinking. most browns in the united states watch either univision or telemundo or estrella, the most important networks in this country. they have millions and millions of viewers. and i worked for them, for all of them. so what i'm saying is that the gop understands that we need to take care of those people who are here. let me just point something out to you. nancy pelosi, under president trump, she had this proposal that she could give 1.8 million dreamers and tbs and their parents some type of legality. and it's changed for border security. we're not against border security. we don't want the criminals and the co

if pence had gone out there and gotten other big names in the gop to stand on the stage with h him, and if they had unilaterally in unison condemn trump for what happened on january 6th, who knows where we would be, perhaps in the same place. one has to think it would be a little bit better. the fact that he chose to do this at the federalist society, the highly influential group o. repu of the republican party, what does that tell you. you know pence's inner circle, that inner circle which has for years tried to position pence for running in 2024 thought now would be a good time to do it. for some reason now is the time to do it. what do you suppose that is? >> one, it was the perfect opportunity in response to trump's recent statements, right, he was directly attacking mike pence again, and so i think that was part of the calculus into this, and also the fact that mark short, the former vice president's chief of staff and his former counsel, gary jacob did testify and are cooperating with the january 6th committee. so all of that combined, but i would say in addition to that, this was

trump's sway over the gop suddenly looking less certain. "the new york times" reporting on the grip over the gop facing strains. while also noting his ongoing power offer the base, a massive war chest, eclipsing the rnc. there is in fighting among republicans and that is the context to get more extreme in actions like expelling kinzinger and cheney. last night i spoke to the estranged wife of stewart rhodes to discuss her husband's evolution into trump cult follower. >> you envisioned the only keepers as a cigar club of like-minded libertarians. what changed. >> there was a lot in the ron paul movement and he wanted to absorb that and he morphed a little more to the right and a little more to the right and eventually, you know, he's following trump. and anything trump said and does. and i think that was actually his plan all along. >> we're going to get into all this and we're back in just 60 seconds. back in just 60 seconds. wondering what actually goes into y multivitamin? at new chapter, its' innovation, organic ingredients, and fermenta

it is a gop wishcasting. it is obvious admiration for a russian dictator. >> you have a new column out in "the atlantic", which is great in explaining how people should pay attention. you said this isn't a war against ukraine, it is a war of the international order the last 30 years. explain that. >> what putin's really doing is partitioning ukraine in a way to bring it back under the control of the kremlin. what putin is really saying is that he rejects everything that's happened since about 1989. that the peaceful outcome of the cold war, the implosion of the soviet union, it is a peaceful dissolution. the soviet union was torn apart by its own people. not by us, not by nato, not by the united states. and putin is saying i reject all that. in addition, he is saying i reject the international systems rules of compromised negotiation, working through international institutions, refusing to use violence to change borders. he's basically saying i have an army. i'm in charge. i don't like the way things came out

a tale of two trumps: testing 2021 gop primary. asking who republicans would support worry 2020 22 matchup. one featuring donald trump and one featuring donald trump, jr.. if trump senior runs, the primary voters will be about 50% according to -- would support president trump. ron desantis and president trump garnering just over 10% in that polling. other names that got significant numbers, mitt romney, ted cruz, nikki haley. this is linda out of birmingham, alabama. you are next. caller: good morning. how are you? host: i am doing well, linda. your view on mike pence and his role in the republican party today? caller: there was no reason for him to send those electoral accounts back to the states. there was no fraud noted. the big lie was going on then, the big lie was going on now. donald trump lost that election. host: as a republican, did you vote for trump in 2020 -- 2021? caller: no. host: who is the last republican you voted for that you like? caller: george bush. host: who did you vote for in 2016? caller: i voted for hilla

but we begin this hour with a new gop obsession. republican leaders are turning away from their fabricated concerns about our southern border. and now praising anti government forces at our northern border. the party that brands itself as america first now snuggling up to canada's far right. today, canadian police moved in to remove protesters, blocking the entrance to the ambassador bridge, which connects detroit to ontario. truck drivers and demonstrators have blocked the vital trade route, in protest of covid vaccine mandates for truckers. despite those truckers using that route being vaccinated. it is a fight now in its third week unfolding in canada's capital of ottawa, where protesters have created chaos, by blocking roads and blaring their horns. fox news, well, they cannot get enough of it, amplifying these protests that largely make a mountain out of a molehill, hurting supply chains within two countries in the process. all to praise the so-called freedom convoy. >> the canadian truckers convoy is the single most successful

but, no such a who within today's gop. in fact, that increasing visibility of lgbtq+ americans, something the gop wants to censor. like in florida where governor ron desantis has voiced support for the so-called, don't say gave ill. the meeting teachers from discussing sexual orientation and gender identity in primary schools. a political move communities in florida say will come at a devastating cost. >> yesterday, during a presentation, a young person said, about this legislative body, i feel like they want me dead. when older queer people represents themselves, it's because we need people not to go through what we had to go through. not because we are trying to inducted in need them. >> the florida legislature has successfully manufactured something that fear mongers and talking heads can only dream of, and that's a legitimate slippery slope. genuinely ask yourself, who is next year's torrent. >> as part of this the curriculum we are talking about, they are asked to bring in pictures of their family to school, and they

discourse the gop's latest attempt to the gop's latest attempt to reimagine january 6th.e ] i don't know. i think they look good, man. mm, smooth. uh, they are a little tight. like, too tight? might just need to break 'em in a little bit. you don't want 'em too loose. for those who were born to ride there's progressive. with 24/7 roadside assistance. -okay. think i'm gonna wear these home. -excellent choice. i brought in ensure max protein, with thirty grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks! (sighs wearily) here i'll take that! (excited yell) woo-hoo! ensure max protein. with thirty grams of protein, one gram of sugar, and nutrients to support immune health. i didn't know you had dahlias. they're my favorite. they just came in. thank you. i should do a marketing campaign. clover does that. you're like a mind reader. do you like it? here are the receipts from the other store. cool. thanks. nice. secure payments, the tools you need, people who can help, we do that. talk to a clover business consultant today. [music: sung by craig robinson] ♪ i'm a ganiac,

to the gop? one new congressional candidatel from the rio grande valley will tell us how the media has gotten it all wrong. you won't want to miss her . but next , a wealthy d.c. suburb forcing primaryea and secondary school students to participate in an anti-racism audit. what is journalist chris rufod is here. a he has a response and a brand new way parents can fight back and conservatives want a huge aon victory against the v crowd in colorado. but now far left teachers are revolting against it. the stunning details when we return. >> valentine's day is just around the corner and we have the perfect gift for that special someone with a gift to love. naturally, newt pajamagram available exclusively epidemic . she'll love the feeling of wearing next and nothing at all and you'll love the way they look. is she sensuous and best selling soft or seductive? new ruby red naturally new pajamagram future just like her own horn. the the soft caress of naturally new pajamagram will be appealing. you will

gop said that is not going to work. china state media attacking democrat speaker nancy pelosi unusually harsh rhetoric calling speaker pelosi a parasite for pelosi's husband stock trading gains while she is on the job as democrats make a new push against china. media in disarray. cnn head honcho jeff zucker is out after failing to disclose his affair with a staffer. whoopi goldberg suspended from "the view" talking about holocaust was not about race. u.s. cities have turned into a free-for-all for criminals because they do not fear the police after progressives weakened laws and policing. a former kansas mom, arrested as an isis terrorist. she gave a top isis commander, al-baghdadi a plan in 2014 to break into the u.s. via the southern border in order to bomb a college campus. more on the "axios" report that refeels the white house shrugged off cia warnings as chicken little about imminent collapse of afghanistan. this is right in line how then senator biden downplayed afghanistan and vietnam. we have got to the story.

both have been cut off from gop support. we should point out a lot of senior republican leaders would like for these tensions between republicans to stay in the background. they would like for republicans to be talking less in public about the 2020 election and more about the elections that are coming up, the midterms just a few months away in november and of course the presidential race two years from now. they would like to see republicans focusing more on bread and butter issues that helped republicans win that election in virginia for the governor's race, with glenn youngkin just a few months ago but we're seeing increasingly january 6th and the results of the last election still very much on republicans' minds, particularly those named mike pence and president trump as they head towards the next election. lindsey? >> josh, thank you. >>> for more welcome back miles taylor, former department of homeland security chief of staff under trump, now the executive director and co-founder of the renew america movement. good morn

. >> it's clear the gop will not stand up to tucker or trump in a feat of orwellian, calling on the january 6th committee to investigate nancy pelosi for quote doing such a poor job of

are these real cracks in the gop or not? >> don, i think you and i have been talking about it, and i said the cracks were coming. >> you did. >> i think trump in some ways is like the big bad wolf. he huffs and he puffs and he never blows anybody's house down really. he can affect races but you're going to see him lose some other races where he has endorsements. it's going to come. but think about what mcconnell did today. i think mcconnell's been brewing for a long time to basically tell trump to take a hike and to call it a violent insurrection, which of course exactly what it was. was wonderful. and you and i have talked about it mitch, and we don't always agree with what he does. i sometimes can be critical. but i'll tell you at this time, give him an "a" plus for what he said, and the idea that they condemn these two people, right, the rnc, you know the rnc is becoming like a joke. you know, it's not to be taken too seriously, don, and some of these state parties, they've -- these are just trump hangers on. but, you kno

are these real cracks in the gop or not? >> don, i think you and i have been talking about it, and i said the cracks were coming. >> you did. >> i think trump in some ways is like the big bad wolf. he huffs and he puffs and he never blows anybody's house down really. i know he can affect races. but you're going see him lose some other races where he has endorsements. it's going to come. but think about what mcconnell did today. i think mcconnell's been brewing for a long time to basically tell trump to take a hike and to call it a violent insurrection, which of course exactly what it was. was wonderful. and you and i have talked about it mitch, and we don't always agree with what he does. i sometimes can be critical. but i'll tell you at this time, give him an "a" plus for what he said, and the idea that they condemn these two people, right, the rnc, you know the rnc is becoming like a joke. you know, it's not to be taken too seriously, don, and some of these state parties, they've -- these are just trump hangers on. but, yo

right now, yesterday, the gop put out like a cheat sheet of attacks. there are three things where that she opposed donald trump's ridiculous lawsuits, draw, so that every rational person. he supported president obama, which okay, i also like the first black president. and that she defended guantÁnamo bay detainees. he has, she defended them, at the behest of the keto institute, which is one of the libertarian conservative organizations that we have in this country. the republicans have nothing on herself are, so i am not really -- if this is all they got, i'm not worried. >> all to say, in an alternate reality, we would send kellyanne to just launch his sort of defense of judge jackson. that is not of course how the system works. now, she is going to go into prep. you and i know our culture murder boards, they're gonna go through all of the questions that she's gonna face. and she's gonna practice the art of making sure that you just takes note on her paper, and to keep her composure, stay focused. what are the core issues they are prepping her on rig

justices gop members are intensifying their efforts to take back the house and senate. today, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell publicly rejected the republican national committee's resolution that censured liz cheney and adam kinzinger for their work on the january 6th committee. mcconnell also pushed back on the rnc's characterization of the capital riot as, quote, legitimate political discourse. >> we are here, we are here. we saw what happened. it was a violent insurrection with a purpose of trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election from one administration to the next. that is what it was. whether or not the hour and see should be singling out members of our party who may have different views of the majority, that is not the job of the rnc. >> we were here, we saw what happened. but mcconnell's counterpart in the house, minority leader kevin mccarthy, today defended the rnc censure, which was largely backed by allies of donald trump. >> [inaudible] everybody knows [inaudible] caused the damage. that's what we said

gop senator josh hawley has now come out against ukraine's eventual admittance to nato. axios was the first to break the news, saying, hawley is taking out of position increasingly supported by the republican base but historically at odds with the mainstream gop consensus still backed by his senate colleagues. tonight, holley doubled down on fox news. >> listen, if we expand nato it means that the united states will be providing additional security guarantees, that we will be more embroiled in european conflicts. this is not the time for that. we cannot do everything. >> here is what the white house is jen psaki had to say earlier today about hawley's stance. >> do you think it is helpful right now, in the showdown between ukraine and russia [inaudible] -- >> if you are just parroting russian talking points and parroting misinformation, you are not in line with long-standing bipartisan american values. >> joining us, eugene robinson and bill kristol, editor at large of the bulwark. good to see you, gentlemen. i want to read you this tweet from republican congressman adam

o defied the gop's unindyg loyalty to the gop's unindyg loyalty to donald trump we discover exciting new technologies. redefine who we are and how we want to lead our lives. basically, choose what we want our future to look like. so what's yours going to be? one of the worst things about a cold sore is how it can make you feel. but, when used at the first sign, abreva can get you back to being you in just 2 and a half days. be kinder to yourself and tougher on your cold sores. it's still the eat fresh refresh™ so subway's upping their avocado game. we're talking just two great ingredients. perfectly ripe, hand-scooped hass avocados and a touch of sea salt. it's like a double double for your tastebuds. subway keeps refreshing and refreshing and refreshing... >>> all of us in favor of the motion signify by saying aye. >> all opposed say no. >> the ayes happen and the five resolutions are. >> declaring the january 6th attack on the capitol an act of political discourse, despite this, the use of violence to storm the building and attack police officers and the related deaths and life c

what are the gop chances in the senate? do we see the gop taking over the senate after midterms? brendan: i would rather be a republican than a democrat in the senate right now. i think it is going to be a closer race than the house. a lot of seats there defending will clearly be in the republican column so you don't have to worry about too much. the biggest challenge republicans have right now is who the nominee is going to be. you have a bit of a proxy battle taking place between mitch mcconnell and donald trump over who is going to represent republicans in november. there are a lot of candidates who are running who want to be that trump like nominee, and states where potentially that could be problematic. i'm from georgia, and it seems like herschel walker has cleared the field. i don't think he is particularly a good general election canada in a state where republicans should be able to take back that senate seat that was lost just last time, but all politics our national. if there is a big wave, a big night for republicans, which i think a lot of people are respecting, it ma

and the state of the gop. is former president trump as potent a force as some think he is? how the mid terms and endorsements are exposing new fissures in the party. >> and we'll have the latest on the federal hate crimes trial. >>> richard engel is in southeast ukraine, kelly o'donnell is covering white house. kelly, action from the white house seemed to intensify through the weekend. the white house says diplomacy is still open but they're, quote, equally prepared for other scenarios. are you getting a clear idea of what that means? >> reporter: the president just returned from camp david just a few minutes ago, and i was one of the reporters on the south lawn as he arrived. he did not take any of our questions. i wish everybody a happy valentine's day. he's got a full plate ahead of him. at 12:30 today he'll speak with british prime minister boris johnson and that is a part of the ongoing diplomacy with key allies who are a part of nato and the message that these al -- allies have been trying to give is there will be a unified response that will be painful to russia econ

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

and we asked the gop in florida if they know this canvas are. they have denied, or not confirmed that this is a canvassers that works for them. with her saying is that they want to add another layer of protection to avoid confusion, is what they've told us, by pointing out another piece of paper, giving it to voters where they can consent they're actually going to be changing their party affiliation. but obviously, you know, as we have recorded, and as we have heard, the problem is not really that people are not signing piece of paper. the problem is that they are signing a piece of paper, and they don't know that their party affiliation is being changed in that registration form. so, you know, that's kind of how the gop has responded to this. >> fernand, i mean, how is this scheme that we're hearing about, going to affect turnout, in your opinion, for the upcoming primaries? >> oh, it has a massive impact, katie. and as bianca's incredible reporting makes it clear, why are they doing this? well, there is a bunch of political reasons why, by hav

so the gop seems to relish using fear to motivate their base. that seems to be their method. >> as you said, things have gotten better on the l, g and b front. the 2015 supreme court case you were involved in was truly a landmark ruling. looking back seven years later, what did that decision mean not just for you personally but for the country as a whole, for the community that you live in? >> well, i like to illustrate that by just a couple of quick stories, or one quick story. i spoke at a university recently and after i finished, a young woman came up to talk to me. she said, jim, i just want you to know if it weren't for that decision, i would have committed suicide. that decision was an enormous step forward for our nation and so vitally important for our community because it meant we mattered. it meant we exist. >> in the nearly seven years since that 2015 decision was decided, we've seen the supreme court become far more conservative. three trump appointments. it's possible this court could throw out long-standing precedents. we've seen w

will the negative headlines about him stand in the way of gop victories? >>> plus we continue to follow all updates out of the eastern europe. it's the middle of the night in kyiv. these are images of ukrainian civilian volunteers from sunday conducting their weekly combat training through the territorial defense unit. as russian forces continue to mobilize on the border. more information as we get it on this developing situation throughout "american voices." this developing situation this developing situation throughout "american voices. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ what can i du with less asthma? with dupixent i can du more... yardwork... teamwork... long walks.... that's how you du more, with dupixent, which helps prevent asthma attacks. dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. it's an add-on-treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma that can improve lung function for better breathing in as little as two weeks. and can reduce, or even eliminate, oral steroids. and here's something important. dupixent can c

and, of course, that's why the gop is the no tent party. they're not about policy debates or discussing the role of government anymore. they're just about trump. another case -- another case in point, south carolina where republican nancy mace is in the immediate aftermath of the insurrection, congresswoman mace said trump had no future in the party. since then she's tried to make herself trumpier to get herself back into his good graces, but it hasn't worked and now she's facing a tough primary challenge. which led her to post this embarrassing video online a couple of weeks ago. >> hey, everyone. congresswoman nancy mace here. i'm in front of trump tower today. i remember in 2015 when president trump announced his run. i was one of his earliest supporters. i supported him again in 2020 because the policies i believed in. >> the lesson here for congresswoman mace, trump will make you grovel. he will make you beg. but he'll never forgive you. and the rest of us will be wondering if you, much like the party of which you are a member, stand f

gop senator josh hawley has now come out against ukraine's eventual admittance to nato. axios was the first to break the news, saying, halle is taking out of position increasingly supported by the republican base but historically at odds with the mainstream gop consensus still backed by his senate colleagues. tonight, holley doubled down on fox news. >> listen, if we expand nato it means that the united states will be providing additional security guarantees, that we will be more embroiled in european conflicts. this is not the time for that. we cannot do everything. >> here is what the white house is jen psaki had to say earlier today about hawley's stance. >> do you think it is helpful right now, in the showdown between ukraine and russia [inaudible] -- >> if you are just parroting russian talking points and parroting misinformation, you are not in line with long-standing bipartisan american values. >> joining us, eugene robinson and bill kristol, editor at large of the bulwark. good to see you, gentlemen. i want to read you this tweet from republican congressman adam

is it solely about winning the gop? are they giving any thoughts to the consequences to our society? >> well, don, one of the things that's concerning me, legislatures across this country have been now passing laws. i think it was in like 38 states where they're putting some restrictions on teachers' ability to teach history, including some of the profound things that people need to understand about race. you good too far on that, and you're getting towards something like book burns where people should know the truth. they should know the truth. and when you see states doing that, and it's probably not just limited to the republican party. it's that there are people in these states who are responding to a lot of the anger that people have out there. and i think it's -- i read this. i was -- i felt terrible about it, because that's not the way people should understand the history of our country. we have so much good. but it's also important to understand those places where we made terrible mistakes. it's very concerning

. >>> let's go now to capitol hill where a rift is growing within the gop. at the republican national committee's winter meeting, an overwhelming majority of members voted to censure representatives liz cheney and adam kinzinger largely for their work on the house january 6th committee. the measure says the lawmakers are, quote, participating in democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in, these are the keywords, legitimate political discourse. nbc news senior national political reporter sahil kapur is on the hill for us. those last three words are the ones many people are taking issue with. does that include some republicans? is anybody speaking up in reaction to this move? >> reporter: yes, they are, alex. so far the republican reaction to that resolution has been sharply divided, both on the censure of cheney and kinzinger as well as that language you just mentioned that they used to characterize the january 6th attack on the capitol. former president trump himself heaped praise on that censure resolution, calling cheney and kinzinger "horrib

it's not a big fraction split from the larger part of the gop and those adverse to what's happening. we know that adam kinzinger is not running again, but liz cheney is. the gop doesn't want anyone in their factions willing to speak out against the hypocrisy they are embarking upon. she has been a big proponent of the big lie, making sure americans know everything that happened, she's serving on the january 6th committee, because she's committed to the truth, the party is not committed to her. it's really that simple. they're committed to continuing to foster misinformation about the 2020 elections. they want to make sure folks on their team are loyal to donald trump and liz cheney has proven over and over again, that she's not willing to play ball, moving this ball forward about the lies the gop party has been taking and now we see them attacking her, they already removed her from her powerful position in the chambers. so this is just the next step to continue to silence her and make sure she is not reelected in the fall. >> lauren, what does this toll tel you about mccarthy's loyal

do you have any insight as to why there is that difference between house gop and senate gop? does it have something to do with trump? >> of course it does. everything in republican politics right now has something to do with trump and when it comes to retaking their majorities, the two republican leaders have fundamentally different views of how you do it. mitch mcconnell thinks it must be done by looking past trump. he's got members in his conference to prove it. someone like susan collins who tried to distance herself from trump. kevin mccarthy's made the opposite analysis. he thinks the only way they can take the majority is with trump in their corner so he's willing to take the steps necessary to make sure that's how his conference goes forward, but puts him in an awkward position. i've seen multiple reporters trying to pin him down in hallways and stairwells, anywhere we can find him, on something as simple as whether or not this was legitimate political discourse and he can't give a straight answer on it because his aligning support with trump prevents him from doing so

it's not the gop that loses. it's the citizens of new york that lose their voice to be able to pick and decide who their representative is instead of letting representatives pick who they want their constituents to be. >> martha: both sides have had creative lines drown. >> not like this. >> martha: "the new york times" called this a comic redrawing of that district. we'll see what happens. good to see you as always. thanks. >> thank you. >> martha: coming up, david asman and joe concha in a mid-term senate race that is considered a toss-up. more when we come back. veterans. nership n at newday, you can buy a home with no down payment. and they're holding the line on purchase loans with rates in the twos. already own a home and need cash? with the newday100 loan, you can get up to $60,000 or more and lower your payments $615 a month. no bank, no lender, no one knows veterans like newdayusa. (music) who said you have to starve yourself to lose weight? who said you can't do dinner? who said only this is good? and t

ew gop, when ew gop, when the and she can simply focus on right now. that's the planning effect. from fidelity. (music) who said you have to starve yourself to lose weight? who said you can't do dinner? who said only this is good? and this is bad? i'm doing it my way. meet plenity. an fda -cleared clinically proven weight management aid for adults with a bmi of 25-40 when combined with diet and exercise. plenity is not a drug - it's made from naturally derived building blocks and helps you feel fuller and eat less. it is a prescription only treatment and is not for pregnant women or people allergic to its ingredients. talk to your doctor or visit myplenity.com to learn more. (vo) when you are shopping for a new vehicle, how do you know which brand you can trust? with subaru, you get kelley blue book's most trusted brand winner, seven years in a row. in fact, subaru has won most trusted brand for more consecutive years than any other brand. no wonder kelley blue book also picked subaru as their best overall brand. once again. it's easy to love a brand you can trust. it's easy to l

gop nominee. and that has republicans, including his primary rivals, very nervous. has he been exonerated? >> absolutely not. it was deplorable, his behavior. it brought shame and disgrace on our state. >> it's not that he's not electable, but we're going to spend $40 million, $50 million, the republican party is, to try and drag him across the finish line. >> he was unfit for office then, and he's unfit for office now. >> reporter: but greitens is employing a trumpian playbook, defiant and dismissive, calling the allegations made up and full of lies. >> none of that was true? >> none of that was true. >> you know that those were lies, and what's great for us is that here we are, and, again, god is good. that pain will come. that suffering will come. and eventually the truth will reign, and that's what's happening today. >> reporter: a criminal charge against greitens was dropped by a democratic prosecutor in st. louis. and an fbi agent investigating the republican was later indicted for lying abo

too that end i understand many gop officers voice over the vaccine mandate. i strongly oppose efforts to mandate covid-19 vaccines and introduce legislation to prevent for having vaccine mandates. i also request that madam chair we soon had the d.c. director of the u.s. marshals office in for hearing as well. i think some of the evidence that came out would do well for both sides of the aisle to hear. i appreciate you bringing in directors good to have them here pretty thank you madam chair and i yield back the balance of my time. >> i think the ranking member for his statements. i acknowledge that this time the service of our chairman and service art ranking member mr. jordan. thank you for their leadership of this committee. it is now my pleasure to introduce today's witness or witness. that is michael, who is the director of the federal bureau of prisons began his career with the bureau prisons in 1992 as a correctional officer as a federal correctional institute three rivers. he is in essence a committed, dedicated servant to the federal bureau of prisons

the gop is hoping for a red wave. women and candidates of color are leading the republican effort to flip the house in november. look at the numbers there. according to the national republican congressional campaign committee, more than 253 women, 228 people of color have filed to run as republicans across the house map. and it comes as the gop is looking to win more latino voters especially those tired of the president's border crisis. the rnc has opened up multiple hispanic community centers in south texas. >> they have taken they have banked on hispanics going to vote for democrats. when we began to see those numbers not shift the way they were supposed to shift for the democrats we saw an opportunity. >> harris: ronna mcdaniel rnc chairwoman in "focus" now. talk about the strategy and why you think it is working to get such attraction for people in diverse lanes to run as republicans. >> we are seeing so much growth in our party in the hispanic community from people who own small businesses who want school choice,

is trump a ticking time bomb for the gop? >> yes, he's diminishing -- i think he's a diminishing figure, suggesting to pardon those rioter or insurrectionists. this is hurting him. more republicans are saying they're more loyal to the party than to trump. this kind of crazy stuff that he's just floated in recent days i think really harms him. i don't think he'll ever be president again. he may run again, he may get a nomination again but i don't think he'll ever be president again because of this erratic behavior. it's out of bounds and i think he's doing great damage to himself. >> i think the note to some of the folks on my team today was a diminishing asset. i truly -- i think, john -- charlie, i think you're right. john, i have to get your take on what president biden said about mitch mcconnell today at the national prayer breakfast. >> mitch, i don't want to hurt your reputation, but we really are friends. and that is not an epiphany we're having here at the moment. you've always done exactly what you've said, you're a m

only eggland's best. ♪♪ >>> the gop working to present a united front against russia. also appeasing the former president. trump was in florida saturday speaking to c pack. called putin smart. u.s. leaders dumb. it would be easy to say trump is wrong on this one, some republicans are not saying that. including arkansas senator tom cotton. who sits on the senate armed services and intelligence committee. >> why can't you condemn him for the comments? >> if you want to know what donald trump thinks about vladimir putin or any other topic. i encourage you to invite him. i don't speak on behalf of other politicians. >> after echoing kremlin talking points. media invading biden for russias invasion of ukraine. other than putin who ordered it. blaming the white house for supposedly enabling russia attack. even some of the same personalities who previously ridiculed his warnings that an invasion was imminent. joining me now political analysts. "washington post" opinion columnist. and chief strategist. founded country over party. i don't think we can be surprised anymore. they

in response, utah senator and 2012 gop nominee mitt romney who happens to be the uncle of the rnc chair he tweeted, shame falls on parties who would censure persons of confidence who seek truth in vitrvitriol. honor attaches to liz cheney and adam kinzinger. and censuring liz cheney and adam kinzinger because they are trying to find out what happened on january 6th, huh? and house speaker with the mounting pressure he's under to endorse a primary challenge tore cheney, but cheney responded by calling gop leaders, quote, willing hostages to a man who admits he tried to overturn a presidential election. and secretaries he has pardoned defendants some of which have been charged with seditious conspiracy. yet another development, phone records reveal on the morning of january 6th the former president called representative jim jordan and spoke to him for ten minutes. this directly contradict what is jordan told the rules committee which is that he only spoke to the president that day after the attack. that afternoon, jordan took to the house floor to object to the certification of president

also tonight a gop senator making a despicable comment on president biden nomination of a black woman to the black court. we will talk about the black woman on the court. >>> plus he is a daily show correspondent talking to trump supporters. >> what would you call the event of january 6th? >> a wonderful glorious event. people were excited. >> january 6th was the greatest day of my entire life. >> comedian jordan kapler is teaming up with governor john kaisch and they say they know what will heal this country. i will ask them just what that might be. >>> and president biden relaunching the cancer moon shot initiative aiming to cut the race of cancer death in half over the next 25 years. first i want to start with this very important story. react to the explosive lawsuit rocking the nfl former dolphins coach brian flores alleging discrimination and the league calling it meritless but he is getting support from current and former players. >> we're seeing as people who can't lead, i mean i'm speaking african-americans. there was a notion of african- american quarterbacks not being able t

gop's job is not an easy task, it's only become more due to covid. ajthe response to covid to takea number of steps to safeguard the health and safety of inmates, bureau of prison staff and the public. gop prioritized inmates posing significant risk to public, restricted visitors and limited movement on inmates among detention facilities. these are reasonable measures my colleagues on the other side of the aisle want to go further to use covid as a reason to let mark convicted criminals back onto our streets. we embarkth urging to use every tool at his disposal to release as many prisoners as possible. they even passedan legislation n the house for states to release inmates in local jails. think about this, my colleagues across the aisle want to use tax dollars to incentivize for more convicted criminals to be on the street earlier. the consequences have deadly real-world result as we have unfortunately seen. in march of 2021, eric was released from custody after being granted compassionate release based on covid vernal ability. four months later, he

and senator tim scott and picking winners and losers on the climate change interchange agenda on the gop ticket in 2024. and in the russia helped exposed and when the media update their reporting it, remember this. >> in spite of my campaign. >> real evidence of vesting against risk. >> no. >> in my campaign. >> and i say something, this is 60 minutes, we cannot put on thanks that you can know about. maria: oh yes the new york post and turning on journalism and hunter biden and all that and more as we look ahead right here right now on sunday morning futures. maria: first this morning winter is coming apparently, and an estimated 190,000 troops, not surrounding ukraine and russian forces and connecting joint exercises near the border with ukraine and the threat of russian invasion and war in wern europe is intensifying and also tom cotton sitting on the intelligent and in intelligence and judiciary committees any joins me now is conceive and think you so much for being here. tom: thank you and good morning maria. maria: are you expecting an invasion it and if so, question the u.s. is res

the gop on the other hand is unified. they all believe the same thing the message is very clear leader mcconnell came out last week and said the gop is a pro police party and in fact has now basically stopped and blocked the nomination for us attorney in minnesota over the doj situation apparently they did not get the maximum punishment to a guy in minneapolis who said a store on fire during the 2020 riots and inadvertently kill the father five so he has put a block on that nomination so the messaging is the problem and the democrats of president biden truly believes defunding the police is not the way to go than they need to get on the same page do something about their messaging. >> cori bush is pushing two defined the police but we found out recently she paid tens of thousands of dollars for private security to protect her. she feels that people don't need the police but whenever she feels threatened her like she needs extra protection she has the ability to hire people to do that. the rest of america does not have tha

a deeper look at the house gop allegations that dr. fauci did pressure scientists into changing their initial position from efforts against covenant and looks like it did leak from lab to know. dr. fauci then gave them research grant money part also politicians breaking their own master mandate rule. school officials caught barricading students in school gymnasium. threatening children not wearing masks with trespassing. a new judge ruling against the no mask policy in virginia, we have got it. and a push back on weak on crime d.a. in san francisco and los angeles. and look at this, a stunning and dramatic reversal today. the manhattan d.a. now backtracking after a public backlash. he had downgraded felonies into misdemeanors. changing his tune now. and then a senate report the white house abandon over 9000 americans in afghanistan as a taliban took over. but the white house is telling voters it was just 100 -- 150. plus the pentagon investigation into the 2021 terror attack that killed 13 u.s. troops. and gop lawmakers warning the bor

on tuesday and stands a chance of emerging as the gop nominee. >> has he been exonerated? >> absolutely not. it was deplorable and brought shame and disgrace on our state and is really disgusting. >> not that he is not electable, but we are go to spend $50 million to try to drag him across the finish line. >> he was unfit for office then and now and he was not exonerated from that. >> he is defiant and dismissive, calling the allegations made up and full of lies. >> none of that was true, the blackmail allegations. >> reporter: you know those were lies and what is great for us here we are and god is good. that pain will come. the suffering will come. the -->> reporter: a criminal charge was dropped by a democratic prosecutor in st. louis and an fbi agent investigating the republican was indicted for lying about his interview with the accuser. a missouri ethics board found no wrong doing. find his campaign for not contributing contributions but the accuser never retracted the allegations of sexual assault as he taped her hands and allegedly took a picture of her with her pa

what do you make of the gop response and hypocrisy, right? even thinking of governor desantis in florida who said, his guiding principle throughout the pandemic wasn't science, wasn't the lives of floridians, it was freedom. >> yeah. well, i do think that he is playing to a very small segment of the american public. i think most americans realize this was real and dangerous. but i really think democrats need to continue to pound the podium about vaccinations, not just for seniors and not just for adults but also for children, to continue to pound the podium on boosters. we know now that even with omicron, that the deaths and the serious illnesses were really focused on people who refused to accept science, and those republicans own that. their failure to accept science as it relates to vaccines. i mean, that's much stronger ground to stand on than the -- to mask or not mask, because as alex said, it has become so political that you just basically, there -- people are so calcified in their positions about masks, you can't really move the needl