and analyze what occurred on yz january 6th, the danger is that history will repeat itself. nbc has reached out to general flynn and piatt for comment. the two did not respond to messages from politico. army spokesman mike brady said m in a statement that the service s actions on january 6th have been well documented and reported on, and general flynn and lieutenant general piatt have been open, honest, and thorough in their sworn testimony with congress and d.o.d. investigators. this all comes as general flynn s brother, remember him, trump ally mike flynn, just received a brief postponement on his deposition before the 1/6 select committee. it was supposed to be hitoday.so that s according to a committee aide. the committee subpoenaed michael flynn last month as it examines trump s allies roles in the al 2020 insurrection. the numerous and growing ro questions still swirling about what happened at the pentagon ih where we start this hour with some of our favorite reporters and frien
subpoena next week, nbc news is also reporting that melissa fara, the former trump white house directors strategic of communication resigned in december of 2020, has been voluntarily speaking with the republicans on the select committee for a few months now. the day after the attack on the capitol, far told politico, she quit the trump white house because she quote, saw where this was heading the president and certain advisers around him are directly responsible. and the committee has granted a postponement of the under oath testimony of jeffrey clark that was scheduled for tomorrow. because jeffrey clark has lost his lawyer. the washington post reported that jeffrey clark s lawyer, robert driscoll, quote, had dropped his reference imitation of the former justice official. because of the change, the committee granted clark a brief
better shut up. reporter: protesters drowning out a hearing on the health care bill. the committee will be in recess until we get our reporter: enforcing its brief postponement as police removed the protesters, many of which were wheelchair bound. [ shouting ] this is not the last chance, this is the best chance. reporter: just six days before the september 30th deadline to pass a bill, gop leaders face clear public backlash, just 20% of americans supporting the proposal if a new cbs poll in a new cbs poll. only 46% of republicans backing it. and they are still short of the vote votes. senate leadership has lost two of the 52 republican senators john mccain of arizona and rand paul of kentucky. senator ted cruz still has significant problems with the current version, putting the bill right on the edge of failure. this all as lisa miami hurricur
over. for starters, wolf, isn t it interesting an illustration of how upside down the world has become that a president at the podium today was speaking so warmly of our enemies like iran and past days about russia and speaking so harshly about people across the aisle? in his own country? that s really where our politics has come to. it s very, very unfortunate. i think what candy is saying, what dana is saying we re very likely to have a shutdown early next week or maybe a brief postponement. but i must tell you from my perspective a shutdown may be a good thing. that it could be shock therapy when we need it. because the real issue is not the shutdown. the real issue is whether we can get things resolved before the debt ceiling. i think if we have some shock therapy that wall street is going to come in like gang bus terse and put pressure on to get a resolution. there s going to be real pressure because you could have a financial meltdown if we have a debt ceiling breach. and there s
i think what candy is saying, what dana is saying we re very likely to have a shutdown early next week or maybe a brief postponement. but i must tell you from my perspective a shutdown may be a good thing. that it could be shock therapy when we need it. because the real issue is not the shutdown. the real issue is whether we can get things resolved before the debt ceiling. i think if we have some shock therapy that wall street is going to come in like gang bus busters and put pressure on the get a resolution. there s going to be real pressure because you could have a financial meltdown if we have a debt ceiling breach. and there s going to be a lot of pressure from back home. at that point i think that maybe john boehner and the president taking a lead, i think he has the opportunity to negotiate as he said he is willing to over the shutdown questions fiscal issues relating to shutdown, i think that negotiation is possible. they ve got to do something to avert a shutdown. as you re