material witness who can speak to trump s mind-set, not only during the insurrection, but in the weeks that followed as he pushed false claims that the election was stolen. now mccarthy says he will not cooperate despite saying that he has nothing to hide. the gop congresswoman liz cheney, the committee s vice chairwoman, will not rule out sending mccarthy, her colleague, a subpoena. we know that leader mccarthy was pleading with the president to tell people to go home when police officers and others were being beaten here at the capitol. so, you know, i wish that he were a brave and honorable man. he s clearly trying to cover up what happened. he has an obligation to come forward, and we ll get to the truth. he s clearly trying to cover up what happened. cnn s john harwood starts us off this morning in washington. reporter: there is a major development overnight in the select house committee investigating the january 6 capitol insurrection. the committee requested vo
11 women in uniform working in baseball this upcoming season. seems awesome. i love her attitude and wish her best of luck, except when she plays the red sox. andy scholes, thank you very much. new day continues, right now. welcome to viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is thursday, january 13th. i m john berman with brianna keilar, and this morning the top republican in the house is joining the growing number of trump loyalists defying the january 6th select committee. the panel says it wants inferring from house minority leader kevin mccarthy, but he is refusing to cooperate claiming the investigation is illegitimate. he calls it an abuse of power. now, you can bet the committee knew what mccarthy would say. you can bet they didn t really expect him to show up, but the real news might be not in what they re asking of mccarthy, but what they re telling him, and what they re telling us about what they have in this investigation and where they r
Yankees low-class affiliate, tampa tarpons when the season begins. the first female manager in modern baseball league history. despite the progress made, balkovec is aware how have reacted to her barrier-breaking journey. i don t understand the negativity. like, if you know my story, and you have a pulse, i think it s pretty hard not to get behind what s going on here, and i just, you know, if you know yourself and you know where you came from, i just it doesn t really matter. so that s i just that s how i deal with the negativity or anything i hear coming my way. it s hey ilarious to me because it s the american dream. ten years ago struggling to get a job in baseball her sister suggested she change her name from rachel to ray on her resume. did that, actually got calls but changed her name back to rachel realizing she didn t want to work for someone who didn t want to hire women and great to see progress made.
The negativity or anything i hear coming my way. it s hilarious to me because it s the american dream. ten years ago when balkovec was struggle you to get a job in baseball, her sister suggested she change her name from rachel to ray on her resume. she did that, and actually got some calls. she changed her name back to rachel because she realized she didn t want to work for someone who didn t want to hire women, and balcovec said great to see progress being made now. 11 women going to be in uniform. she put it so well. anyone with a pulse realizes this is a good thing and long overdue. congrats to her. absolutely. thanks, andy. nice to see you. thanks. like a plot from a film, a letter from an american g.i. is delivered to his family 76 years after it was mailed in germany. written by 22-year-old army sergeant john gonsalvez dated 1945, it was addressed to his mom and opened 76 years later by
The New York Yankees hired Rachel Balkovec to manage the Single-A Tampa Tarpons next season, making her the first woman to manage a minor-league affiliate, acco