world. it is friday, october 14th. i m christine romans. we begin this morning with the january 6th house committee escalating its showdown with donald trump. our institutions only hold when men and women of good faith make them hold. committee vice chair liz cheney closing down the hearing calling for them to subpoena the former president. trump is not expected to comply. jamie raskin tells cnn s jake tapper, if he s innocent, he should. but even if he thinks that it was a righteous manifestation of pro trump sentiment, then he should come forward if he really wants to be the musi linnie of a mass right wing populus movement. he should come forward and explain that. cnn s jessica schneider has more from the hearing. we are obligated to seek answers directly from the man who set this all in motion. an extraordinary move. those in favor will say aye. aye. reporter: unanimously voting to subpoena former president donald trump for testimony and documents in the
tonight, quote, breaking news. federal judge rules and voters favors. voters in arizona will not face intimidation at the drop box. that is a win for democracy. and that is a win for us. now it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good, evening lawrence. we have zoe lofgren joining us later in the hour. because the about exactly what was going on over there. on january 6th we will see what she can tell us about how that went. and we are also going to be joined by senator michael bennet, running for reelection in colorado. we will see how comfortable he s feeling tonight. the secret service piece of january 6th is the biggest mystery i think there is. so, i m eager to hear that interview. and michael bennet, always a good talker. have a good show, lawrence. thanks, alex. thank you. we have two important confessions tonight. two historic confessions. historic confessions about the trumpian madness that consumes millions of people in this country. one o
poisoning. cleaned out the bank account. are you trying to accuse me of something? have a brother determined to find a killer. how dare anybody do that to my little brother? it wasn t supposed to happen like this. a toxic mystery and an emotional trial. is the jury being out long a bad thing or a good thing? it was a mystery from day one. from that time, right around the end of the hockey season. it made sense of what was happening to matthew podolak, met the hockey amateur, met the hunter, the fish are, the athlete. it would make sense from the very first day that matthew podolak woke up with the pain in his back. and after what happened in the hospital a couple of months later, nothing made sense after that. [noise] the, god knows there were accusations. well yes, plenty of those. and a brother, mark, from whom the stories, the mystery became a kind of obsession. it s had quite an effect on me over the past seven years. the story of what happened to matt
mitchell reports, house republican leader kevin mccarthy 24 hours from the biggest moment of his political career and still no closer to securing the votes he needs to become the next speaker of the house. also this hour, i will speak to dr. zeke emanuel about a tough holiday flu season along with new concerns about a new strain of covid-19 in the u.s. and we will have a live report from rome as catholics travel to the vatican to pope emeritus benedict during the three days he will lie in state ahead of thursday s funeral mass. good day, i m andrea in mitchell. happy new year, everyone. well, the pressure is on republican leader in this in you year, kevin mccarthy has to win over the hard line house conservatives that he needs to become the next speaker of the house. tomorrow the new congress returns to washington with the speaker vote as the top item on the agenda. but at this hour no one knows how long it s going to take for republicans to secure the majority vote
now. we are rocking it. they re throwing grenades, shooting people with paint balls but we re in here. be safe, be safe. god bless and godspeed and keep going. get it, jess. do your [ bleep ]. this is what we [ bleep ] lived up for. everything we trained for. we begin tonight on the start of hispanic heritage month, when americans are supposed to celebrate the culture and contributions of americans with ancestors from mexico, the caribbean, and central and south america. it was president lint lyndon johnson who created hispanic heritage week after appealing the most xenophobic anti-immigration law. today, while many americans are honoring those hispanic contributions, last night, florida governor ron desantis had a different idea. proudly taking credit for sending two plane loads of latino migrants to martha s vineyard in massachusetts. roughly 50 venezuelan and colombian migrants, many fleeing venezuela s maduro regime, said they had gun from san francisco, texas, wher