you ll have some disruption for a member or two. that could have been overcome. i m just concerned it may have spoiled the way this committee will be treated. it s important we have this committee. we should have had the bipartisan investigation without the congress having to do this in this manner. shame on republicans for not going along with that. i just think in this case, it may have been better to leave well enough alone. lauren, was it a surprise, do you think, that house speaker pelosi would reject some of these choices who voted to reject the 2020 election results. their strategy seems to be blaming her for the violence on january 6th. reporter: she always had the option of rejecting these choices but yesterday she said how people voted on whether or not to certify the results of the election was not going to be a factor in whether or not she decided they should serve on the committee.
initially, that struck me as potentially her setting the table that these members would get through. i think one of the factors that played into this, according to democratic sources i ve been talking to today is the fact that jim banks, right after being named as the top republican on this committee sent out a pretty fiery statement saying the only reason this had been created was to malign conservatives. i think that struck a lot of rank and file democrats as inappropriate. there s also the relationship between jim jordan and former president trump donald trump. democrats have argued that perhaps jim jordan should testify before the select committee. there were factors independent of whether or not someone voted to certify the election or not that really weighed in on the speaker s decision making properties here. jeff, democrats want to set the record straight on january 6th, but if republicans refuse to cooperate, won t a large part of the country reject the results of the invest
forward. the idea anybody would be playing politics with an attack on the united states capitol, i m dedicated to make you are sure this investigation holds those accountable who did this and ensures it never happens again. the american people deserve that and that is what we re going to do. reporter: so much has shifted today. one thing hasn t. next week we are going to have that first hearing of the select committee where they will hear from capitol hill police officers and plmetropolitan pole officers about what they encountered as the mob was storming the capitol on january 6th. that is not going to change according to sources cnn is talking to tonight. jim. all right. lauren fox, thanks and standby. we ll be back to you in a moment. now to president biden and his reaction to the new turmoil surrounding the january 6th investigation. jeff is back with us in cincinnati, ohio at the site of cnn s exclusive town hall. as we stand by for the town hall
. we re following two major stories here in the situation room. right now we re less than two hours from the start of the town hall with president biden. back here in washington, represent liz cheney blasted kevin mccarthy calling his rhetoric on the january 6th investigation disgraceful. he pulled three of his picks off the committee after house speaker nancy pelosi rejected two others. take a listen. the rhetoric around this has been disgraceful. this must be an investigation focussed on facts. the idea this has become politicized is unworthy of the office we hold and unworthy of our republic. we cannot allow those voice who is are attempting to prevent the american people from getting the truth to prevail and we will jo representative ro khanna.
political purposes. it is unacceptable. it is totally unacceptable. it should be condemned. any of these attacks on dr. fauci are way outside the bounds. you and he are trying to do good work for the american people and dr. francis, we appreciate your time this evening. thank you so much. thank you, jim. coming up, we re about 90 minutes away from the start of cnn s exclusive town hall with president biden. also, i ll ask one of the progressive leaders in congress about the political mess surrounding the house committee investigation of the january 6th insurrection. machine plap