richard haass. and nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard. also with us, the founder of the conservative website, charlie. liz cheney, one of two republicans serving on the committee, went on fox news yesterday to defend the committee s work. here s how she responded to a question about why capitol police weren t better prepared for the attack. it s an entire focus of the investigation. you will see in our report. you ll likely see in upcoming hearings, so it is certainly something we re going to be focused on. but what we aren t going to do, brett, is blame the capitol police, blame those in law enforcement for donald trump s armed mob that he sent to the capitol. kevin mccarthy decided not to participate in the committee, that, somehow, the house of representatives cannot investigate the single worst attack on the capitol since the war in 1812. cheney discussed the committee s interest in interviewing ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas.
by saying, you know, heralding your bona fide when it comes to abortion rights. do you think he s not been as strong an advocate as he should have been during his time in congress? i think women fight harder. when a woman is at the table, the agenda changes. change doesn t come easily, but it will come if you never give up. and women will never give up on the rights for women. congresswoman maloney, let me press you a bit on that. what do you actually mean by the claim that women fight harder? i mean, i m asking the question in the context of a broader kind of criticism of the democratic party is not fighting hard enough in this particular environment. how will you distinguish yourself as someone who will fight aggressively in light of the forces that seem to be trying to undermine our
victory. heather nauert breaking down the exit polls to find out why people voted the way they did. ainsley earhardt looking at the congressional races. good morning kelly. after the victory president obama had a con sill tory tone. he is saying he learned from those who supported him and those that opposed him. because of that he will return to washington more determined and more inspired. they celebrate add victory he reached out to all americans. i believe we can build on the progress we made he will continue to fight for new jobs and new opportunities and security for the middle class. the president gave his agenda changes in tax codes and immigration and working with congress to develop a new fiscal