sparkly reflective particles above the clouds that reflect away, more sunlight. that would be easier than changing earth s orbit. so i don t have a problem with people thinking about that. i would rather, though, you address the source of the problem rather than after the fact attempt to solve it. because by then it could be too late and your solution might not work. neil degrasse tyson, humoring me, humoring congressman gohmert. thank you for being with us to share this moment. excellent. thank you very much. new day continues right now. he had head cosmic ballet. right? i needed a cold shower. i m brianna keilar alongside john berman. president biden sending the message that america is back but days before their face-to-face summit, vladimir putin is sending a message of his own. plus, a black republican claims he s getting the cold shrouder from the congressional black caucus. we ll ask him why. he says he s blocked from the group.
from 44 states and washington, d.c. face charges in the attack on the capitol. texas congressman gohmert who s being sued for the part in inciting the insurrection at the capitol said on the house floor, quote, they should only crime was supporting donald trump. no word yet on whether gohmert will be using the trump made me do it defense in the lawsuit against him. that is tonight s last word. 2 the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. good evening once again. day 140 of the biden administration. the president just hours away from wheels up on an eight-day overseas trip. first stop, the united kingdom. joe biden is on a mission to shore up damaged alliances and
it to an orderly tourist visit. what runs through his head given what he lived through, what he did that day, what he s saying now as he spews this garbage. there was no insurrection and to call it an insurrection in my opinion is a bold-faced lie. if you didn t know the tv footage was a video from january 6th, you would think it s a normal tourist visit. tourists don t take the capitol by first. and congressman gohmert, lying about the fact that many of these trespassers were armed. there s no evidence as has been said on january 7th, that this was an armed insurrection. armed meaning with firearms. there were no firearms. here are just some of the
pelosi will make a decision if the senate does not move forward because we have to protect the citadel of democracy in this country, which is the united states capitol. let me ask you this. louie gohmert is a colleague of yours. he serves in congress where you serve. you know, retired lieutenant general michael flynn was a very praised and respected u.s. military official at a certain point in his career, before he was fired. you know, what s your reaction to hearing that moment in that room where this individual who was the national security adviser to the united states of america says in response to a whooping crowd, why can t we have a military coup, saying there s no reason we can t, we should. well, it s a sad day that someone who held for a short time a national security position in this country, but he
that s right. you hear the crowd, the wild glee, right? now, to be clear, you probably know this at some level, following it perhaps. there s a military coup in myanmar. it s resulted in a brutal crackdown of protesters as the new york times reports has so far left thousands injured, more than 600 dead. many killed have been young protesters, their lives ended with a single gunshot to the head. after the fact, flynn posted a statement on social media saying in part, quote, let me be very clear. there is no reason whatsoever for any coup in america. i do not and have not at any time called for any action of that sort. he just said it we saw it. we saw you say it, the same way we saw you, louie gohmert, at the event. he said it on video. now he s trying to tell us he did not say what we heard him say. in this effort of his and his fellow travelers to this is part of the dangerous, delusional, almost sad frankly alternate reality that donald trump s foot soldiers are out