Charlie pleased to be here, thank you. Melissa do you feel ready . Charlie i hope so [laughter] melissa lets get to it. The two brothers filing a defamation lawsuit against smolletts highprofile attorneys, the brothers were initially arrested as suspects in the alleged attack in january but were later released. They are claiming that Jussie Smollett paid them a sum of money to stage an attack to benefit himself. They add that the actor directed every aspect of the incident. Smollett maintains the attack was not staged. Heres an attorney for the brothers reading their statemen statement. These lies are destroying our character and our reputation in our personal and professional lives. Those who know us personally know that we dont have hate for anyone that is not who we are. We will no longer sit back and allow these lies to continue. Melissa mike tobins live in chicago with the latest. Mike . Its important that this lawsuit does not name Jussie Smollett as a defendant, rather, he names
Negosi, your loved ones died the day it was a sad day but they are looking down on you know. They died as they lived, fighting to protect innocent people. We will always remember them. We will always profoundly be grateful to have with us two of the surviving florence officers who were shot that october evening. Brian hart and travis scott. Brian and travis, your continued Service Honors the legacy of your great friends. Thank you for being with us. Please stand. [applause] please stand. Thank you very much. Thank you for being here. The ambushes and attacks on our police must end and they must end right now. We believe that criminals who Murder Police officers should immediately, with trial, get the Death Penalty but quickly. The trial should go fast. Its got to be fair but its got to go fast. [applause] and thats happening. Fair but fast, right . Fair but fast. In the year before i took office, the number of officers killed in ambushes rose to the highest level in nearly 30 years. In
Left unchecked. In a fiery dissent, republicans argue impeachment is part of a larger effort to delegitimize the president. Impeachment is likely to head to the senate next. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer who is set to speak any minute now has requested testimony from a number of current and former Administration Officials including john bolton and mick mulvaney. He says their testimony is necessary to help shore up support among republicans. The four witnesses weve asked for, the documents weve asked for are directly dispositive on what the actual facts were. Now, the house came up with a whole lot but there are some of my republican colleagues who say the charges are serious but im not sure theres enough evidence. Thats why these people should come. But a number of Senate Republicans have muld not calling any witnesses at all and Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell is saying he wants to get a senate trial over as quickly as possible. Joining me from capitol hill, nbc news correspon
should just resign now? he should go back to being a private citizen. there is new revelations every day, as you know. there was research file that the democratic party published in august that outlined all of these issues. i think that was the basis of the new york times article. so a lot of these things have been known for quite a while. so the timing of all of this is a mystery to me. i have not been in politics. i am reacting to what i m seeping. i think he should resign. appreciate your time. thank you so much. thank you. we fixed our audio problems. walk us through what you found. santos worked at this investment firm in 2020 and 2021. it was called harbor city capital. he served as the regional director for the new york office.
to move forward? do you think congressman santos should just resign now? he should go back to being a private citizen. there is new revelations every day, as you know. there was research file that the democratic party published in august that outlined all of these issues. i think that was the basis of the new york times article. so a lot of these things have been known for quite a while. so the timing of all of this is a mystery to me. i have not been in politics. i m just reacting to what i m seeing. i think he should resign. congressman williams, i appreciate your time. thank you so much. thank you. we fixed our audio problems. walk us through what you found. santos worked at this investment firm in 2020 and 2021. it was called harbor city capital. he served as the regional director for the new york office. and the s.e.c. basically shut this place down in 2021 right around the time that santos