Weekly News Conference said to happen later this hour. We will bring it to you live. And the enemy within, secretary lloyd austin orders every branch of the military to stand down over the next two months, after an investigation of homegrown extremism within its ranks goes on. We are live with that development coming up. Im Hallie Jackson In Washington Along With Garrett Haik and former Virginia Republican congresswoman barra comstock. Garrett, let me start with you. We are expecting to see some stuff go down in the house today. You have new reporting from your team and your sources pulling back the curtain on what went on behind the scenes in that gop meeting. Reporter a fivehour meeting, House Republicans are trying to figure out who they will be in the postdonald trump era. The solution they came to for now is try to make the tent as big as possible. Room for both Liz Cheney On One Side and Marjorie Taylor green on The Other Side. Neither member will be punished or chastened in anyw
House Impeachment Managers say that former President Trump will have to testify under oath including crossexamination by democrats before or during his Impeachment Trial next week. If he declines to testify they say we reserve and any and rights to establish at trial that your refusal to testify infers a strong adverse influence about your action or inaction on january 6th, 2021. They want an answer by 5 00 p. M. On friday. Also congresswoman greene took to the house floor and delivered what could be best described as some extraordinary remarks. Things we have never quite heard before. Take a listen. If it werent for the Facebook Post and comments that i liked in 2018, i would not be standing here today and you could not point a finger and accuse me of anything wrong. Later in 2018 when i started finding misinformation, lies, things not true in these qanon posts i stopped believing it. School shootings are absolutely real. I also want to tale you that 9 11 absolutely happened. Things w
Honor, ra a reminder of the insurrection that caused his death on the 6th of january. The United States senators whose lives and staffers lives he died protecting is being asked to show bravery, as well. House Impeachment Managers and the ex president s legal team today presented their briefs in next weeks Impeachment Trial and the insurrection at the heart of that trial is not ancient history. They will be weighing decisions with the seat of American Democracy and their workplace still showing the scars from an attack unlike any weve seen in our lives. The managers case is straightforward. They plan to use video of the president s rally leading up to this and comments by his violent supporters to show he instigated the attack and plan to rebut the notion a president cannot be tried after leaving office. As for the defense, well, their brief begins with a mistake, a pretty sloppy one at the top of page one as you see there, the lawyers misspelled United States. Those are the expresiden
Days leading up to the maga invasion at the capital. The basis of the president s second Impeachment Trial starting next week. The genesis of the siege, revealing it wasnt an up rising but a coordinated campaign by the former president and his allies. That was rooted in a lie that was so convincing to some of his most devoted followers it made the assault on the capitol almost inevitable. And a growing list of people and organizations involved in planning, promoting and financing the rallies that precipitated the insurrection. Alex jones, ali alexander, the pilly gee, mike lindell, and people who have been in the Republican Party, and establishment groups like the republican attorneys general association. The heiress to the publix supermarket fortune. Her money paid for the lions share of the 500,000 at the ellipse where the former president spoke. Before they converged on washington, all the forces rallied around a single goal of stopping the socalled steal. And the times reveal, some
To do more. Social media silence the right when they dont like. Nations prepare to Honor Fallen Nypd officer robert mora who died in a ambush last week. These wakeup call for so Many Political leaders who have been soft on crime. Tom brady is officially retired. Not a single mention of new england. He doesnt mention the patriots once . Yeah, it hurts. Brian we start with a fox news alert. This happened overnight. An offduty nypd officer coming under fire, what officials describe as an attempted robbery on his way to work. Another officer shot as new yorks finest prepare to say goodbye to a brother in blue. When these two individuals shot at a passenger driving a car, he didnt shoot at a Police Officer. They shot at a civilian. And then to find out that they shot at Police Officers sent a message. They had no regard of who they were trying to kill. Steve they were trying to car jack them. This as two virginia Police Officers shot yesterday. The accused killer taken into custody. His mot