Mccarthy is leaning leaning toward removing congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene from the Education Committee. Now greene has endorsed statements calling for the execution of democratic leaders. Shes harassed survivors of school shootings. Shes suggested Mass Shootings were staged hoaxes, and this morning the reporting is that mccarthy is leaning toward removing her from the Education Committee. Well see if it happens. Why . Just leaning . What might be pushing him this way . And what is she refusing to do that might help her keep her committee post. That in just a moment. First, Josh Campbell In Washington where officer Brian Sicknick lies in honor this morning. Josh . Good morning. Were taking you live inside the Capitol Rotunda where the remains of this fallen officer are currently Lying In Honor. There has been a steady stream of people coming to pay their respects. Lawmakers, as well as members of the capitol police. Many of them wearing black bands around their badges to symboliz
To that and how they will defend him. Weve got a lot to get to. Lets go to our colleague lauren fox on capitol hill. Good morning to you, lauren. So at least the optics were of progress in the oval office yesterday. Susan collins leading that meeting with the president. But was there substantive progress . Well, sure. I think republicans felt it was a good meeting, a Good Opportunity to speak directly with the president about what their hopes are for their own covid relief package. But, look, democrats are charging forward with their plan to use that budgetary tactic to go ahead and pass that 1. 9 trillion bill with just democratic votes. They are arguing essentially that republicans are willing, if they are willing, they are allowed to come forward and vote for this process. They are welcome to be a part of it, but they are saying they need to be bold, they need to go bold and you saw that yesterday reflected in the statement from the White House Press secretary after that meeting had
Weve learned that house gop leader Kevin Mccarthy is expected to meet tonight, very soon were told, with congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene, who is under a lot of fire for spreading Conspiracy Theories and extremist social media lies and posts. Among those criticizing her, Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell, who slammed what he called her looney lies saying theyre, quote, a cancer on the party. Meanwhile, both sides have filed pretrial briefings just ahead of former President Trumps upcoming Impeachment Trial next week on the floor of the u. S. Senate. They say trumps blame for the attack on capitol hill is, quote, unmistakable. Trump says the senate has absolutely no authority to try an expresident. Lots going on. Lets given with our coverage on capitol hill. Manu raju is joining us now. Republicans are piling on Marjorie Taylor greene ahead of her meeting thats coming up, were told, fairly soon with the house g op leader. Yes, Senate Republicans are piling on Marjorie Taylor gr
Reports of a shooting in the area, but the police have not released in i other information, and again, police in milwaukee in an incident, and we will keep you up to date with something happening there. And now, mike pence with something he never did in aus, saying that donald trump repeatedly telling a lie that the Vice President could overturn the election. I heard this week that President Trump said that i had the right to overturn the election. President trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election. The presidency belongs to the American People. And the American People alone. And frankly, no more unamerican idea than to suggest that one person could overturn an election. When you are considering the messenger, those are fighting words, and pence in front of a conservative audience implying that trump is unamerican, and release a coherent statement saying that i was right and everyone knows it. And if there were any irregularities, it would have been appropriate to send t
Reports of a shooting in the area, but the police have not released in i other information, and again, police in milwaukee in an incident, and we will keep you up to date with something happening there. And now, mike pence with something he never did in aus, saying that donald trump repeatedly telling a lie that the Vice President could overturn the election. I heard this week that President Trump said that i had the right to overturn the election. President trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election. The presidency belongs to the American People. And the American People alone. And frankly, no more unamerican idea than to suggest that one person could overturn an election. When you are considering the messenger, those are fighting words, and pence in front of a conservative audience implying that trump is unamerican, and release a coherent statement saying that i was right and everyone knows it. And if there were any irregularities, it would have been appropriate to send t