revealing new evidence that the former white house chief of staff, mark meadows, was warned about the threat of violence in the days and weeks leading up to the attack. also, growing criticism after florida governor ron desantis signed a bill into law stripping disney of its ability to self-govern its orlando-area theme parks. we re going to bring a live report in a moment. first, a growing political firestorm on capitol hill. house gop leader kevin mccarthy addressing for the first time those leaked audio recordings of his private conversations about donald trump in the days following january 6th. let s go right to it and get more from capitol hill. welcome to you. what s the reaction to these tapes overall? reporter: yeah, alex, house minority leader kevin mccarthy initially denied reports of what he s saying in these newly released audio clips from the new york times. and he said that in a statement, but that was hours before these
new fallout today to florida governor ron desantis signing a bill into law stripping disney of its special self-governing status. a status allowing disney to collect its own taxes, provide its own services, and receive exemption from certain taxes and local regulations. it comes after governor desantis clashed with disney for its public opposition to florida s controversial new education law limiting discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity in public school grades k through three. the governor addressing that before signing the new bill. we signed the bill, and then and incredibly they say we are going to work to repeal parents rights in florida. i m thinking to myself, you re a corporation based in burbank, california, and you re going to marshal your economic might to attack the parents of my state? we view that as a provocation, and we re going to fight back