what specifically is the kremlin considering? the united nations confirms a horrific discovery near kyiv as it steps up its investigation into russia s alleged war crimes inside ukraine. with us this morning, a great group. msnbc contributor mike barnicle. the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan. she is an msnbc political analyst. let s dive right into it this morning. we begin with the major step from the house committee investigating the january 6th attack, issuing subpoenas for five sitting republican lawmakers who have refused to cooperate in the investigation. including the top republican in the house, minority leader kevin mccarthy. congressman biggs of arizona, scott perry of pennsylvania, jim jordan of ohio, and mo brooks of alabama, seen on january 6th firing up the crowd before the attack on the capitol, all being
on the house committee investigating the january 6th attack, bernard kerik, former new york city police commissioner, has turned over a slew of documents to the panel that describe efforts to unearth evidence of election fraud. kerik also provided a, quote, privilege log, describing materials that he declined to provide to the committee, one such withheld document is titled draft letter from potus to seize evidence in the interest of national security for the 2020 elections. this is coming as the panel is asking the supreme court to reject former president trump s request to block white house records from being turned over to investigators. trump claiming executive privilege had objected to the committee s efforts to obtain the documents that included communication between the white house and the doj just days before the attack on the capitol. let s get into this. with me, joyce vance, former u.s. attorney, professor at the university of alabama school of law, and an msnbc legal anal
it is the biggest one-year surge since the early 1980s. the president seemingly confident the worst will soon be over. i think you ll see a change sooner, quicker, more rapidly than it will take than most people think. every other aspect of the economy is racing ahead, it s doing incredibly well. we ve never had this kind of growth in 60 years, but inflation is affecting people s lives. on capitol hill, the house committee investigating the january 6th attack issuing six new subpoenas overnight including two former white house aides who the panel says met with donald trump days before the insurrection. and at this hour, memorial services for former senator bob dole are underway as the senator makes one final trip to his home state of kansas. it comes after two days of somber ceremonies in the nation s capitol honoring the iconic republican including tributes from tom hanks and president biden who called dole
you can watch it happen if you re so inclined. the launch is scheduled to begin at 1:20 a.m. tonight. nasa says their live stream starts at half hour past midnight. okay. that does it for us now. we ll see you tomorrow, way too early is up next. the man accused of driving his suv into a crowd at a wisconsin christmas parade makes his first court appearance. and a sixth victim, an 8-year-old boy has died in the aftermath of the crash. now, the question is are more charges coming? plus, the house committee investigating the january 6th attack, the question is what kind of questions are gleaned from this? and based on goods, dollar tree is raising items from its namesake dollar, now it s $1.25.
scared, speak to go glenn youngkin. natasha alford, thank you so much. told the house committee investigating the january 6th attack postponed its requests for dozens of pages of records from the trump white house. we don t know what is in those rec records, but we do know donald trump has tried to play the executive privilege card on more than 40 other documents, and we re also expecting to hear about a subpoena for a conservative attorney, john eastman, he s the one who drafted that memo outlining multiple ways to overturn the fair election results. cnn s ryan nobles is on capitol hill. why is the committee postponing this request? the big reason is because it is so many documents that the national archives needs to go through, and each one of these documents individually could be a lengthy court battle, so they want to be very specific in the information they re requesting because the former president has already issued this request to