implications from the top house republican. plus, senator elizabeth warren on the new strategy for democrats to plus voting rights. and what looks like seriously encouraging data on the omicron surge. when all in starts right now. surge. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. the committee investigating the january 6th insurrection is asking that the top republican in the house, kevin mccarthy come and give them testimony before them. this is the man poised to become speaker of the house, should republicans take back control the midterm elections later this year, which is certainly a strong possibility. but before that happens, they want to hear about what s mccarthy knows about the insurrection. in a letter to mccarthy, released this afternoon, the committee writes that the, quote, requested voluntary cooperation on a range of critical topics. including your conversation with president trump before, during and after the violent january 6th attack. in many ways, kevin m
in the wake of the other insurrection, the slow motion one that did not culminate on january 6, but rather commenced with it. to date, 19 states have passed voting restrictions. all of them disguised as election integrity measures. despite the fact that trump s ag, bill barr, found no evidence of fraud. even worthy of investigating and his lawyer, rudy giuliani, struck out in every legal challenge. that did not slow gop efforts or shame gop leaders. all of this creates the backdrop for today s speech. president biden and vice president harris traveling to georgia. the battle was kicked off with a passage of a sweeping voter suppression bill there in april. that bill so objectionable that at the time, major league baseball moved the league s all-star game out of georgia to colorado. since then, at least 12 bills have passed. the president s speech today is about urgent action needed right now, but it s steeped in civil rights history and and acknowledgment of past battles over
you know, sending out press releases from mar-a-lago. it is sad because the republican party will exist. but it is lost in a lot of people s minds any credibility and it is going to take a while to get it back. the new revelations also shed light on why the committee is so interested in hearing from former vice president mike pence. here is committee member adam schiff on why that is so important. he would have, i think, very undoubtedly relevant testimony for us about that pressure campaign. no one would be in a better position really to speak to it than he would. all of the efforts to get him to violate his constitutional duty, to count the votes and instead reject votes without basis, as the chair has indicated we intend to extend that invitation fairly soon. joining me political national correspondent betsy woodruff swan, and reporter for the washington post carol evening will. carol, talk to us on what they hope to get from vice president pence? i think i will
hi there, everyone, it is 4:00 in new york as we begin our special coverage, insurrection in america, on the one year anniversary of the insurrection astack on the united states capitol. one year from what we saw on air right here a year ago. insurrectionists swarm the halls of capitol, the senate chamber, even the offices of our congressional leaders. with the police officers who were trying to hold the line outside the capitol completely overwhelmed. many of them coming under violent assault in what s been described ads medieval hand-to-hand combat. at least five officers would lose their lives after confronting the trump mob that day. the first minutes of our broadcast on january 6th 2021 marked the end of that 187-minute period of inaction by the expresident, donald trump, who was described this morning by his former white house press secretary stephanie grisham as gleefully watching on tv ignoring calls to end the violence refusing all along to act. it wasn t until
pouring through thousands of documents it now has its hands on and pursuing avenues tied to the money that flowed into and out of the group that organized the groups that would serve as opening acts for violence during the insurrection. liz cheney tweeting, quote, the committee already met with 300 witnesses. we hear from four more key figures in the investigation today. we are conducting multiple depositions and interviews every week. nbc news learn the four witnesses complainy referenced includes john eastman, author the memo designed to pressure mike pence to throw out the results of the election. as well as chris krebs chofs fired after declaring the election was the most secure in american history. liz cheney adds, quote, we have received exceptionally interesting and important documents from a number of witnesses, including mark meadows, he has turned over many texts from his private cell phone from january 6th. complainy adds, quote, do not be misled, trump is trying t