muggy, caucus, lauren boebert, paul gosar types, neither of those are particular thrilled with him. that s why we ve seen him again act in certain ways that have been mushy when it comes to actually calling things as they are. i do think he is looking towards november midterms,, all signs are pointing towards and he s doing everything he can to protect a future speakership and maintain that power. joyce, despite what mccarthy said months ago, it s really no surprise that he s not playing along now. does the committee s request reveal anything about what their strategy is? the committee s request is really detailed, stephanie. it provides a lot of background for why they want to listen to what mccarthy has to say, if
think they re going to stay at this point. joyce, let s talk about how hannity didn t talk about this. any reason for him to not cooperate? the committee has made clear that they don t really care about the show. they don t care about his political opinions. they want to know who knew what and when they knew. it is hard to draw the line. i will just play media lawyer for a moment and say that there are legitimate first amendment concerns when a member of the press is subpoenaed for testimony. in this situation, i think that the discussion that congress is drawing is less the hannity is a fact witness and more that he was going to huts with this day job and his night job. he was on television. whether that was as a newscaster or as a talk show host, he himself had waited in the past that he wasn t really a reporter as much as he was a talk show guy. but there is a second had that
wages are going up. there are so many things that are obviously positive, but that inflation thing has got a lot of people worried. it s highlands ever been in 40 years, and that is a lot of people in the pocketbook. they go to the stores, right now, and they re seeing empty shelves, because of supply chain issues, it s created this our mood. whether it s his fault or not, he will be held responsible. that s how it always works. now, the positive possibility for the president is that some of this begins to change in the next few months. if there is some pollack back of inflation, with omicron wave receding, and they get their handle on testing, in some of these other issues on the virus, you can see a scenario where things get better by and things are looking out for democrats. right, now they re not feeling it. the public is feeling quite down about things, very frustrated about where things are going. they re taking it out on the. presser things are dark in cold, on this january
subpoena. which is uncharted territory. and lawmakers are being cautious and careful so as to not unnecessarily start a fight in order to get this information that they do really need. and that is what they will say privately if they do want to get a full comprehensive picture of the former presidents mind set in the days leading up to and on january 6th and after january six. these are three guys who were in close touch with the white house, or conduits. back and forth down pennsylvania avenue. as lawmakers and this political coup, as jamie raskin referred to it as, we re trying to come up to ways to overturn the results of the 2020 election. joyce, let s remember, hillary clinton testified about benghazi for 11 hours voluntarily. and all these big tough guys, they are hiding under their desk. we don t know what they re hiding. but what does the committee, what can the committee do to pull these boys out from under
0 practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of that day. republican leaders of the house and senate get tonight s last words. the 11th hour starts right now. do good evening, i am stephanie ruhle, day 358 of the biden administration. the day the lawmakers investigating the capitol riots set their sights on what may be their most significant target yet. late today, the january six committee at the top house republican and close trump ally, kevin mccarthy, for a voluntary interview. the house committee six-page letter to mccarthy asked for details about his communications with trump during and after the right. the lawmakers also want to know about mccarthy s contact with white house chief of staff, mark meadows, in the days that led up to january six. he s made significant public statements about what occurred on january six and we d like to hear from him. full he gave a statement on the floor about president trump bearing some responsibility for what occurred. i