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
right to exist. how is that supportive of jews? sorry. i am an american jew who opposes the bds movement. but ilhan omar s statements have consistently been about recognizing the humanity and suffering of both jews and palestinians. and the vast majority of members of congress in both parties are entirely comfortable with except she s making anti-semitic troepz. premised on bigotry against that s a different issue. talk about what s going on in palestine. it s the heart of the issue. chairman engel said he s not going to request for her to be removed from his committee. that s where that stands as of tonight. thanks to all of you and thanks to all of you for watching. our coverage continues. in cance. there are some days when i have my, my downs and then i have to rely on my mom to come pick me up from work. we need to be connected on a regular basis. sometimes i get hundreds of texts from her and i m like stop. i owe everything to her. she s my world.