in just two days, 118 congress will be sworn in with republicans in the majority in the house and kevin mccarthy is vowing to fight to become house speaker until the very end. but the question remains. could a group of heart rate lawmakers keep them from reaching the magical number of 219 votes. also one of the most controversial members of the new congress, new york republican george santos said take his seat lying about everything for his family history to his finances. we ll talk to another new yorker, democratic congressman richie torres, with reprising which insulation to make in a crime for candidates to lie. in the new year brings new concerns about a new variant. new covid variant. according to the cdc. it now presents over 40% new cases. well astronauts prior to what we should do to protect our family and ourselves. we bring with you begin with you with some for some breaking news out of new york city. where three police officers were injured in a machete attack
A third principle is judicial review. Here i would just remind the committee about the supreme courts decision in trump versus mazar. The court said about this committee that in fact it has to conduct the investigation for a legitimate purpose. A Fishing Expedition is not a legitimate purpose. Moreover, the court in the trump case it is not a legitimate purpose for the house or House Committee to be conducting the function of law enforcement. I heard many references here to criminal misbehavior, to whether or not somebody should be thrown in jail. Criticisms of a prosecutor, mr. Weiss. That sounds to me like an attempt to really substitute for the properly legitimate proceedings of the house. Two other safeguards real quickly. One is that these proceedings should be based on principle, not partisanship. I fear that what were hearing today, which can be traced back to 2019, and accusations made against mr. Biden are driven bipartisan animus more than principle. A final safeguard is for
let s geisha hundreds of interviews, the january six committee s work is almost done. on friday the committee release or transcripts for key witnesses including people directly in former president donald trump s inner circle among the release emails from jared kushner showing don trump wanted to trademark the phrase rigged election and the johnny thomas the way. if it supreme court justice clarence thomas told the committee she regrets sending messages to former white house chief of staff mark meadows. saying quote, i would take them all back if i could today. joining me now is joyce vance. former u.s. attorney in alabama. msnbc legal analyst. brendan buck who worked for a two former house speakers. john paul ryan. thank you both for being here. choice, what stands out to you when you look at these transcripts? so yamiche, it s amazing. the volume of information that we now have is just absolutely incredible. i think it gives us some sense of how difficult the task that