As we come on the air, were live in brussels. But the focus is on his next stop with 48 hours to go before the president sits down face to face with Vladimir Putin. Before he does we did. Keir simmons with a brand new peace. You will only see it on this show. President putin getting testy when being pressed. Will you commit to sending no more troops into ukraiian soviet territory . Wait until you hear what he had to say about that. We have Keir Simmons Live In Moscow with more of his exchew sieve interview. We also have make memoli. Keir, good morning to you and boy this was a ride ranging interview, significant on a number of fronts including this issue that you ask id him about ukraine. Yes, we were trying to understand what his strategy is. His strategy is to attack, negotiate, attack, negotiate. Arrest americans and then try to negotiate a trade. What it appears to be is talking about troops and then i want to talk about nato. He also talks about history and resentment. Bush promis
Were following all those headlines. And this. While democrats are moving forward without republicans to get americans covid relief aid, the white house is ramping up vaccine efforts. The new plan, send Vaccine Doses to community pharmacies. Its an allout push to get ahead of more fastmoving variants. But first, we begin on capitol hill. Lauren fox is tracking the republican rift between trump loyalists, longstanding conservatives. Lauren, where do we stand . You have two politicians fate at stake here. Marjorie taylor greene, but also liz cheneys leadership position. Thats exactly right, jim. Last night, we should note, Kevin Mccarthy, the minority leader in the House Of Representatives sat down for an hourslong meeting with Marjorie Taylor greene to talk about her future. We are told that the minority leader is still undecided about whether or not she will keep her post. But essentially we are learning from that meeting that Marjorie Taylor greene did not apologize for the past statem
Education and Budget Committee assignments that she holds. Moments ago democrats said this about House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy. Why would Kevin Mccarthy continue to associate himself and the republican conference with someone who leader Mitch Mcconnell has characterized as a cancer . The last time i checked, cancers need to be cut out and not allowed to metastasize. And Kevin Mccarthy has the ability to do the right thing he should. But greene will not be the only urgent topic the republicans will need to address when they meet here in a few hours. Wyoming congresswoman liz cheney is on the fence of being ousted for voting to impeach former President Trump in his second impeachment. She has been shoring up support behind the scenes. That includes from Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell. Republicans are facing a critical reckoning. Will they encourage, quoting one gop senator, the coux of their party or those who vote their conscience like liz cheney or try to get away with
This magnitude. We are not out of the fight yet. The continued message is to please stay off the road. Announcer this is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world, this is new day. Its tuesday, february 2nd, 6 00 a. M. Here in new york. And a cancer for the Republican Party, scathing comments from Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell about a fellow member of congress. Honestly, you never hear this kind of talk from mcconnell about another republican member. So why is he saying this only now about congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene . What does it tell us about where that party is going . We have new reporting about a possible showdown between republicans today in just a minute. Meanwhile, a peculiar sight at the white house. Look at this. What would you call this . This is like a political unicorn. I it doesnt compute. A substantive bipartisan meeting inside the white house. President biden with a group of re
Days leading up to the maga invasion at the capital. The basis of the president s second Impeachment Trial starting next week. The genesis of the siege, revealing it wasnt an up rising but a coordinated campaign by the former president and his allies. That was rooted in a lie that was so convincing to some of his most devoted followers it made the assault on the capitol almost inevitable. And a growing list of people and organizations involved in planning, promoting and financing the rallies that precipitated the insurrection. Alex jones, ali alexander, the pilly gee, mike lindell, and people who have been in the Republican Party, and establishment groups like the republican attorneys general association. The heiress to the publix supermarket fortune. Her money paid for the lions share of the 500,000 at the ellipse where the former president spoke. Before they converged on washington, all the forces rallied around a single goal of stopping the socalled steal. And the times reveal, some