live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. breaking right now, an unprecedented move republicans trying to expel three democratic lawmakers in tennessee for protesting gun violence on the state house floor after the nashville shootings. hundreds packing the state house to protest one of the democrats being targeted calls today s vote, quote, morally insane. and court dates are on a collision course with campaign events in 2024 as attorneys for former president donald trump try to delay his trial until the primaries. the new reporting on what s happening with cases targeting trump in both georgia and d.c., and why atlanta officials are closely watching the manhattan case as it unfolds and the horrific reporting out of baltimore, a years in the making report that accuses the catholic archdiocese of turning a blind eye to hundreds of cases of child sex abuse by priests and others in the words of the attorney general, church leaders were more concerned with avoiding scandal
I will thank you for that and go to you, tim. one of the democrats who is at risk of expulsion was on morning joe today. i want to play just a little bit of what he said. the speaker who called these children insurrectionists, who called parents who are mourning and grieving insurrectionists. the speaker cameron sexton who is comparing the events of january 6th where over five people were killed, at least five people were killed, where dozens of police officers and law enforcement officers were beaten by people with pepper spray and batons, and that type of environment he s comparing peaceful protesters of mostly children and teenagers who are saying tennessee state lawm lawmlawmaker it s time for you to do something. tim, what is going on here that s a big question to answer, chris. look, it s the latest example of just how extreme, how authoritarian, you know, my former party has gotten. you know, that they would move like this. just for comparison, after the
Worshipping at the altar of former president trump because, of course, former president trump still has a lot of significance and power in the republican party. but liz cheney, i think, really underscored what s at stake for republicans. she said very clearly, i have had so many political differences on policy with these democrats. but she said the republicans have a big question to answer, and that is do you love your country or your party more and will you hold on to this republic if we can hold on to it? so i think what you hear with adam kinzinger and liz cheney is this real question to republicans about whether they feel they can separate from former president trump when it comes to really saving our american democracy. because let s remember that this threat isn t going away, nicolle. i m sorry if i m going too long. but this threat isn t gone. the general idea of what general mark milley and esper and what they feared about our country, american nazis taking over, that can still
Happens. it s important for the intelligence community to be able to look at this stuff and if there s a target. the big question has always been you re watching someone in yemen and they call someone in new jersey. now it s become a big both legal and cultural issue. in many cases the cia doesn t want to hand it to the fbi. they don t want a burn a source. this is going to be one of the biggest problems for the u.s. as to how we bridge the gap. how do we rectify privacy and stopping terrorist attacks? it s going to be a big question to answer. it s a fair thought. and here s another hot topic today. let s talk about the u.s. and russia. president-elect trump is embracing putin as many people consider the fact that he s insulting hillary clinton and the democratic party. nina, i ll bring you in. is he playing into putin s hands with that rhetoric? he s been playing into putin s hands for over a year. it s not more than he has done already. but it s you know what it is? people h
I think is it golden gate questions. primary voters as one of the two commentators just said they vote with their heart. but even they have to be asked a question. do you give someone who you acknowledge as bomb thrower a nuclear weapon? do you make him commander-in-chief? we worry about the i rainians having nuclear weapons imagine newt gingrich having them. a man whose temperament who is tuned to the primary voters. but we are talking about picking a president and the republicans who want to defeat this president have to confront the question themselves do you want newt in the white house? that is a big question to answer. republicans have voted him in as speaker and third in line or second in line. is it a knew week office where uniquely place the power of the military in the hands of an elected official, the