near the breaking point. and also, those opposed to the voting rights from the vice president who she says oppose the history books. and up to the capitol hill where there is outright kevin mccarthy who says he is not going to voluntary turn over any records of what happened on insurrection day, and refuses to talk about the details of what he talked about with the then president of the united states donald trump. that is defiance up there on capitol hill and more. yes, and it is not coming as surprise at all. kevin mccarthy has been casting dispersions on this committee since it was formed. he defiantly pulled all of the members he appointed to the committee when nancy pelosi did not agree to two of his picks. so it is a very adversarial way opposing the formation of the commission, and he got the entire republican caucus to vote against it and it died in the senate, and now with the house select committee, at every turn, he has found a way to get in the way of the inv
take a listen. would you be willing to testify about your conversation with donald trump on january 6th if you were asked by an outside commission sure. next question. you would? change now. another story we re following this morning, tennis star novak djokovic officially the number one seed in the australian open men s singles draw, will he get to play? questions about whether he broke the rules everyone else has to follow. and president biden set to speak next hour to announce a new federal plan to deploy military medical teams to hospitals that are grappling with the omicron surge. let s get right to our top story this hour, house minority leader kevin mccarthy refusing to cooperate with the january 6th committee. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider is following the story from washington. jessica, what more are you learning? bianna and jim, mccarthy doubling down now on his refusal to talk. he released that statement last night condemning the investig
you are fresh from being named a permanent host on the five. judge jeanine: you and i will be together for a long time. greg: i pity her fellow panelists. wait, that s me. i picked the bad time to quit xanax. we welcome a first timer, rod blagojevich. he has a mind of a brilliant politician and the hair of a lego figure. he is sexy. now to the actual news. education secretary miguel cardona facing calls to resign as a national school board claims he solicited a letter comparing protesting. laura: domestic terrorist. you can tell that the letter came from secretary of education because oval spelling mistakes. thanks, judge. if you remember the letter which supported which they apologize for a call for federal action to address hostilities towards school boards as possible domestic terrorism and suggested using the patriot act against parents. that s patriotism. arresting a soccer mom for raising her voice at a public meeting. basically it s turned concerned parents e
president biden will meet with democrats on capitol hill this afternoon trying to get moderates on board with blowing up the senate rule book, the nuclear option. it would clear a path for democrats to federalize u.s. elections. bill: the president s big speech on that topic is being slammed by republicans. a few democrats chiming in, too. minority leader mitch mcconnell went to the floor of the senate with a stem winder of a speech and let it fly. this president said we should see each other not as adversaries but as neighbors. yesterday he called millions of americans his domestic enemies. the president s rant rant yesterday was incoherent, incorrect, and beneath his office. i did not recognize the man at the podium yesterday. dana: senator tom cotton had a memorable floor speech of his own. we ll talk to him in a moment. let s go to jackie heinrich at the white house as they wake to the number of 33% approval. good morning. senate democrats getting their first me
senate tradition. more on this on america reports. sandra: to another alert, increasing covid cases, lack of testing and the highest inflation in four decades is sending president biden s poll numbers into a tailspin. hello, welcome, everyone. sandra smith. thursday. john: we like to call it friday eve around here, i m john roberts in washington. sandra, good to be with you again. a brand-new poll showing only 33% of americans approve of the job that biden is doing, and a whopping 53% disapprove of the president s performance so far. sandra: all of this as the poll tracking website, 538.com, shows joe biden underwater on covid the first time since he was elected president. trying to get a handle on the testing debacle, as americans wait on the 500 million free a the home tests. administration promised would go out. now biden says even more tests are on the way. today i m directing my team to procure additional 500 million more tests to distribute for free. that make