19 past the hour. now to capitol hill and the latest on the house january 6th committee s investigation. a source familiar with the matter tells nbc news, hope hicks, a key member of donald trump s inner circle, sat down with an interview with the committee yesterday. the committee declined to comment or provide details. hicks did not immediately respond to a request for comment. this comes as two people briefed on the matter tell the new york times that federal prosecutors investigating trump s handling of classified information have ratcheted up their pressure on key witnesses in hopes of getting their testimony. with us now to talk about this, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles and joyce vance, former u.s. attorney. she s also an msnbc legal analyst. ryan, just how important is hope
be joined live by one of the very few people on earth who can relate to what liz cheney is going through tonight. congressman adam kinzinger isn t the only other republican on the house january 6th committee. he knows what it is like to face an angry trump fueled republican base. and we have a lot to ask him tonight. coming up, the judge who authorized the search of mar-a-lago sets a court today to decide whether we will get to see why the government wanted that search warrant in the very first place. one note before we go to break, we sure did have a case of the technical remnants at the top of the show. but this is the first one. so, we will work it out. and now, i think we ve gotten it all under control. we hope the rest of the night will be smooth sailing, america, but this is live tv. and it has its charms. we ll be back.
fact that she s a quitter. she quit the governorship, which i forgot because so many insane things happened in our followup since then. that was supposed to be the most insane thing for the next 20 years. but then came donald trump. and so, you know, this governor who simply quit the middle of the job is now saying, you know what, give me a two-year term as a member of the house. i can make it across that finish line. maybe i won t quit that because it s only two years. quitters versus losers, don t want to be either one in today s republican party. lawrence o donnell, thank you for staying up. honor. my friend, let s do many more of these. in just a minute, we ll be joined by one of the very few people can relate to what cheney is going through. adam kinzinger, the only other republican on the house january 6th committee. we have a lot to ask him tonight. we have a lot to ask him tonight.
that is a factor in all of this. he says he does not believe, given the level of resistance, that putin would meet here in ukraine, he does not believe 150,000 russian troops would be enough to hold a large part of this country or to hold even kyiv. and he said that that is definitely a factor in all of this. he s also pointing to february 20th as a key date to look at. that is the day that the russian military exercises taking place in belarus are set to end. they will be looking very closely here in kyiv to see what the russian forces do next. okay. that is two weeks from today. so we ll keep an eye on that as well, with your help, erin mclaughlin, thank you very much. let s go now to capitol hill where a rift is growing within the gop. at the republican national committee s winter meeting, an overwhelming majority of members voted to censure representatives liz cheney and adam kinzinger largely for their work on the house january 6th committee. the measure says the lawmakers