in a real stagnation of governance. it s going to be very hard when we get the debt ceiling conversations and other big-ticket items for this republican congress to have to figure out how to navigate with a democratic president and a democratic senate the pressure on mccarthy s leadership is going to be huge and not having been able to demonstrate that leadership so far in 12 ballots gives you a sense of what the next 18 months are going to look like. robert gibbs, as we talk about january 6th, i wanted to read a list of the number of house members, house republican members who are involved in some way on january 6th as the committee wanted to reach out to, they want theed to subpoena, but could not get them to testify. you re talking about people who were involved in in a lot of the
focus on january 6th. let will be holding a ceremony at the white house awarding the presidential citizens medal to law enforcement officials, election official who is he will say really helped to uphold democracy on january 6th when the capitol was under attack. they include jocelyn benson, the secretary of state of michigan, rusty bowers, who served as house speaker, and so that will be the split screen here. it fits into a broader narrative by this president, who has said that he wanted to run for office. he is in office if he runs for reelection, it will be core to that as well that he believes this moment is a fight for the soul of the nation. so i think you will see him try to keep the focus on january 6th.
0 good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. it s january 6th. the anniversary of an insurrection that almost destroyed our democracy. today the white house and the nation commemorate the civilian and law enforcement heroes and the victims of that terrible day, even as the house chamber is no longer a literal battleground, it is now torn apart by political combat. a divide among republican factions creating a new crisis of government. on this date in 2021, lawmakers were wearing gas masks and taking cover as thousands stormed hallways fuelled by former president trump s false claims that the election was stolen. if the house had not chosen a speaker and had not sworn in its members two years ago or two years from now, the electoral college vote would not be counted. america would not have a new president. this hour, there is some movement according to multiple republican sources with kevin mccarthy giing away more power and picking up some votes. he still does not have the now 217 to
about january 6th. trump incited the insurrection. he tried to stop us from certifying the election results. he did it on social media for several months prior to january 6th. on january 6th, he told them to go to the capitol and fight for your country or you will not have it. i think he s going to he tried to be there when the insurrectionists. the secret service turned him away. he needs to be held accountable. members of the house, i can t wait to see the evidence presented for them. we knew at the time that they were my colleagues in the house. they were involved from the republican party. it s time for accountability. it s time to set the record straight. it s time for cost correction for our country. we have to start moving in the right direction. accountability for trump and other members is going to be key. we don t know if we re going to see accountability from the department of justice. well we are actually going to
could be more here. i want to read your nbc reporting. trump aside, the committees referrals are expected to identify others including trump loyalists. thompson has said the committee is looking at five or six categories of referrals which might include agencies that license lawyers and the house ethics committee as well. who could be some of these loyalists that we are talking about? yasmin, i think you have to look at trump s inner circle and the people who were advising him in the run up to january 6th, trying to sow doubt about the election result, trying to figure out ways to overturn the election and focus on january 6th itself and that pressure campaign of trump s own vice president mike pence and trying to get him to unilaterally overturn the election. those are people who are in his inner circle like mark meadows and john eastman, rudy giuliani. those could be a referrals to