accountable for pretty much anything. the country will be angry and frustrated and feel be drayed. you can forget about exposing the border, the bias and corruption. is the fbi politicized? is the doj being weaponized? forget about holding dr. fauci s feet to the fire. i think the time has come for that. they re now reporting to vote for democrat hakim jeffrey it s they don t get their way. needless to say that would be a massive be trail to every person in the country voting for a a republican as one party democratic rule would continue. at the end of the day the american people voted for governance, they voted for oversight, they voted for checks, they voted for balances. they didn t vote for republicans to go to dc and bicker and
if you re a republican or a democrat. they re coming after you. they re chanting hang mike pence. it is extraordinary that we spent that time in the safe room. i thought and said to members, republican and democrat, don t they know these lies have gone too far? and so i was proud that we went back. liz cheney, hakim jeffrey said to us in that safe room, when there was no clarity whatsoever as to what was going on, they said we will go back and do our duty. but in the time since, stephanie, i have to remark to you, that for the most part, it has been very difficult to work with republican members of congress who continue the big lie. i no longer ask do they believe it. i only say now, check their motivation. is their motivation to retain or to gain further power? so we have to reject the big lie. that s why i m delighted with the president. his call upon every one of us, i am reminded of a movie i love
0 it s impossible to deny that. as president biden will discuss this morning january 6th represents an ongoing threat to our democracy. in the year since nearly 20 states have passed laws to restrict voting and in many republican circles trump s big lie about the 2020 election still goes unchallenged. bottom line, january 6 has become a stark testament to the fractured nation we ve become and warning sign for what is coming next. with us throughout the hour, nbc s monica alba, she covers the white house, garrett haake on capitol hill, ellison barber outside the capitol, katie benner covers the justice department for the new york times , phil rucker senior washington correspondent for the washington post, eugene daniels co-author of the politico playbook and peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the new york times. monica, let s start with the president. how is he going to approach this one? he s going to mark, of course, the solemn anniversary, steph, but instead