the leaks drip feeding the same british press that harry says his family used against him and his wife meghan. every single time i tried to do it privately, there have been planting of stories against me and my wife. reporter: harry claims he and meghan try to do their best in their royal roles but the palace didn t defend them against negative press. we were told for the last six years we can t put a statement out to protect you but you do it for other members of the family, there becomes a point when s silence is the betrayal. reporter: at the core is his frustration of being treated as a spare heir and alleges racism towards his wife in the press. i went into this incredibly naive. i had no idea the british press was so bigoted. reporter: bucking ham and kensington palaces refusing to engage. once closed inner workings of the royal family, opened up by one of their rogue members
challenge the nature of the commander in chief and national guard. these are indicators. so civics 101 i think we need to reinforce what our men and women got in high school and college and reinforce the nature of how we understand the constitution. and i think we need to war game how we might see events unfold in the next election. you mentioned that when we spoke last, the idea of war gaming and domestic threat in a way that military often does for external threats. you of course senior adviser for a political action committee that works to get afghanistan and iraq war vets elected. you re premiering a new ad relevant to this. i ll play it. imagine donald trump losing again, but this time commanding rogue members of the u.s.
something over kevin mccarthy and that is her vote for speaker although i don t know how the rest of the caucus i don t think they d be very pleased with her because the speaker is voted by the majority of the house. it does seem likely the republicans will get the majority as things stand now. that could change. then kevin mccarthy would be in line to be the next speaker, a position he has wanted for a very long time. he needs desperately to bring unity to his caucus in order for that to happen. yes, so some of these rogue members, members who have lost their committees like marjorie taylor greene because she can t behave herself, she needs to get he needs to get those people either in line or he needs to capitulate to them. i m not sure the latter is ever going to work. maya, starting tomorrow the january 6th commission has a long list of witnesses. it expects them to show up for depositions, about the capitol hill riot.
majority as things stand now. that could change. and then kevin mccarthy would be in line to be speaker, a position he s wanted for a very long time. he needs desperately to bring unity to his caucus in order for that to happen. so yeah, some of these rogue members, members who have lost their committees, like marjorie taylor greene because she can t behave herself, he needs to get those people in line or capitulate to them, which i m not sure is going to work. maya, the january 6th committee will start depositions. so far mark meadows and steve bannon have simply refused to cooperate. have you expecting the select committee to make any progress in these coming weeks?
for meetings with the u.n. general assembly. he hints a prisoner exchange may be possible. translator: so i believe that it would not be misplaced to ask that the u.s. government should make a humanitarian gesture. reporter: one family reunited, while two others hold out hope. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. disturbing details revealed in yesterday s washington post. it uncovers a shocking story of rogue members of one u.s. army platoon randomly targeting and killing afghan civilians for sport. according to military documents and interviews, the newspaper reported five members of the unit staged killings in kandahar province while seven others have been charged with crimes related to the case. apparently what started as a mock war game waged against one afghan man led to the unprovoked murder of at least three other people over several months.