Who she said were not adequate picks for the select committee. As a result, Kevin Mccarthy said he wasnt going to seat a single one of his picks. The select committee is ultimately not going to have bipartisan support from Mccarthy And Pelosi instead. Here is what mccarthy was threatening. We think its too important that those two questions why were we ill prepared. Why did they know on december 14th. Why would they jeopardize the lives of the Capitol Police . We will write our own investigation. Reporter House Speaker Nancy pelosi already asked Liz Cheney, a republican member who was a former member of Gop Leadership a couple of months ago to serve with her democratic members on this committee. There is one republican and she said today that she was standing by the Speakers Decision not the seat Jim Banks and Jim Jordan. I think that any person who would be third in line to the presidency must demonstrate a commitment to the constitution and a commitment to the rule of Law And Minorit
About trump . Lets go outfront. Good evening, im erin burnett. The Special Committee to investigate the January 6th insurrection as Kevin Mccarthy pulled all five republicans he named from the panel as President Biden is about to speak to the nation on cnn. Tonights exclusive Town Hall comes at a pivotal moment in bidens presidency. Hes facing head winds and crucial issues, the most pressing is the pandemic and also the economy. Infrastructure, Voting Rights, police reform, immigration. A daunting list. Especially when washington has descended into an all out partisan war, well have more on that in a moment but first, Kaitlan Collins is outfront live in cincinnati, ohio where bidens Town Hall will take place shortly. The stakes are high for the president tonight. What is his message to The American people . Reporter well, erin, it a critical Junction Tour for his presidency. Hes going to come here tonight and talk about what he believes hes accomplished in the first six months but look
Exclusive Town Hall Last Night. This is simple basic proposition. If youre vaccinated youre not going to be hospitalized. Youre not going to be in the i. C. U. Unit and youre not going to die. So its gigantically important that you act like we all act like americans care about our fellow americans. Were not in the position where we think that any virus, including the delta virus, which is much more transmissible and more deadly in terms of nonvaccinated people. The various shots that people are getting now cover that. Youre okay. Youre not going to get covid if you have these vaccinations. For the most part thats the case. Lets go to John Harwood at the White House. Good morning. Lets get to the Mask Conversation in a moment. It was so notable Last Night at that Town Hall to hear the president imploring the unvaccinated to get vaccinated. Reporter poppy, you really heard in that Town Hall with don lemon Last Night the frustration of the president that millions and millions of americans
Welcome to a busy news room. Top of the hour. Listen, the hope of landing on a universally accepted set of facts over what led to the deadly Capitol Insurrection was diminished earlier but today its out the window. House Minority Leader Kevin Mccarthy has pulled all five and says republicans will conduct their own investigation into the attack. That came came moments after Speaker Pelosi rejected Jim Jordan and jim banks. Speaker pelosi has denied the minority picks for the select committee on January 6th. This represents something that has not happened In The House before for a select committee. Its an egregious abuse of power. Pelosi has broken this institution. As you said a busy day in news room. It all happened so quickly. Walk us through how we got here. Reporter well, it really started in the aftermath of the refusal of the senate republicans to allow an outside bipartisan commission to move forward. They blocked that in the senate. There were not ten republicans because of conc
of arizona significantly slower going. dear senator sinema five members of sinema s unpaid veterans advisory council resigning and one house democrat pulling from saturday night live. because i didn t come to congress to make friends. reporter: to make a not so subtle point. sinema s private opposition to tax rate increases on corporations and individuals setting off a scramble to pay for the bill. the bill will be fully paid for and the matter is in the hands of our chairs of the finance committee and the ways and means committee. reporter: white house officials now talking with congressional tax writers hoping to ease sinema s concerns. the position is well known. reporter: that position well known as it is is part of the reason white house officials were once again on capitol hill today the president s top advisers meeting with senators manchin and sinema and also the chairs of the tax writing committees trying to figure out a way to get this deal togethe