We begin this hour with a cross Roads Moment for Senate Republicans, Donald Trump demands a No Vote on the question of creating a bipartisan January 6th commission. Right now the mother of a dead Capitol Hill Police officer is on Capitol Hill trying to change republicans minds, asking them to defy the former president and choose truth and accountability. Do you think you can change Minds Today . I hope so, i hope so, brian had a Work Ethic like second to none and he was just there for our country and for these guys. And he just was doing his job. And he got caught up in it, and its very sad. This is why im here today. Usually im staying in the background. I couldnt stay quiet anymore. There is power to a mothers grief, but Gladys Sicknick is unlikely to sway enough votes because Mitch Mcconnell is always methodical and rarely emotional. He is no fan of Donald Trump but he wants to be Majority Leader again and he believes keeping trump happy is his best path back to power. So mcconnell
Former president says poison, President Biden is selling his big and, yes, expensive Agenda Today in Southeast Virginia, an Elementary School and a Community College. The president stops back In Washington unveiling new discussions on infrastructure and the global Coronavirus Catastrophe hits a crescendo in india, get this, 400,000 new cases reported just saturday, a Record Day of death on sunday. 20 Million total infections in india is an approaching and most unwelcome milestone. Tomorrow, a u. S. Travel Ban Targeting India kicks in, more on the president s travels and the Coronavirus Crisis ahead, first, a Monday Morning escalation in a very high level republican feud, a statement this morning from Donald Trump putting a new twist on his constant lie, this, 9 34 a. M. Eastern, the fraudulent president ial election of 2020 will be, from this day forth, known as the Big Lie. 53 minutes later this tweet from congresswoman liz they knee. The number 3 in the House Republican leadership, t
Plus, republicans facing a major test and its not clear how the party passes this one, rising tensions over the big lie, its get on board or get out. Is there a future for those vocal members who dont back up the false claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent . We dig in, but first i want to go to cnns Natasha Chen in elizabeth city, North Carolina right now, what is the message there today, natasha . Reporter ana, this is a really difficult moment inside this church right now because they are grieving, of course, and celebrating Andrew Browns life. But they are also having to deal with the fact that they dont know a lot about how he actually died. And there is a search for transparency here thats been going on for about 12 days, and right now, at the podium, we are hearing from sandra white, shes an aunt of Andrew Brown jr. , just talking about how she knew him, saying that he was such a wonderful person, shes standing up there with other children, children of graernd brown, many
And wolf, as was just said, this is not necessarily popular to say the least with the republican base. But Liz Cheney is determined from people around her to keep standing up to Donald Trump, wolf. Youre doing a lot of reporting on this, jamie. Why is she speaking out like this when she knows it isnt necessarily going to help her politically . You know, before she was in congress, she worked in the state department. And she worked all over the world. And this notion of the importance of democracy, the constitution, iS Paramount to her. She also said, let me read you another quote from her today. She said, quote, the constitution is our shield. The peaceful transfer of power must be defended. I have worked in many countries around the world where they dont have a peaceful transfer of power. We must be clear on this and move forward on substance, Policy Ideas to win back the voters who left us in 2020. This is not going to be The End of this, wolf. We are going to see her continue in the
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