On air. Moments ago we just saw the Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell on the senate floor, the first public appearance with cameras since the recent freezing episode in front of reporters. Also right now, a Sentencing Hearing is Underwayer To T underway for the chairman of the proud boys, Enrique Tarrio, the last of the five to be sentenced for their convicted role in the january 6 attack on the capitol. Prosecutors are pushing for 33 years in prison for tarrio because he was convicted on Seditious Conspiracy charges. Defense attorneys are making their best arguments against that. Also a major show of force coming up on the lead. Secretaries from three branches of the milt calling on senator Tommy Tuberville to stop his hold on all Military Nominations because he objects to the pentagons abortion travel care policy. And in Washington Post oped, they call tubervilles actions, dangerous to national security. That from the secretaries of the navy and the air force and the army, all t
them later tonight. we begin right now with the news in the new book by former congresswoman liz cheney. as you ve just heard, she is out on book tour. but she is saying some pretty newsworthy and important things. a little context upfront. you know liz cheney, but that s because she s a politician who emerge from the hard right flank of the was bush cheney era. she rose to the republican party leadership in the house where she added some gravitas. she was the highest ranking woman at one point in the gop. today, when you think about her, former speaker mccarthy lost his post because of maga insurgents. cheney lost her entire job and political career, as far as congress is concerned, all because she s stood up against trump s coup. when it occurred in the days after, she was clear on the floor of the house and in the impeachment process that we cannot sit by and allow coups and attacks on democracy in this country. that was the baseline. that was it. that proved to be too muc
times before, including when he was in office. in 2018, president trump admitted it would likely be an issue the courts would have to decide. democrats also think it s a nonstarter. tim kaine tweeting birth right citizenship was added to the constitution in 1868 to overturn the dread scott division, which denies citizenship for african american descent, and he says trump wants to roll the u.s. back, hell no. and ron desantis said trump talked about doing this in 15, 18, 19, and 2020, why didn t he. the former president is going to be in iowa later this afternoon, doing a studio interview for a radio station and it s possible he ll talk about the plans but he has been very active on where else but social media attacking his republican competition, just as he s ready to barnstorm the hawkeye state. sandra. sandra: mark, thank you. john. john: sandra, dawson s creek star james van der beek is
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