Better sense of what they can do to help. i want to bring in now nbc capitol hill correspondent lee ann caldwell. mccarthy pretty clear. that s right. this is the second week in a row that he s been asked about some of these elements in the republican party that are more supportive of vladimir putin and more critical of ukrainian president zelenskyy. last week i asked mccarthy if he agrees with vice president mike pence when mike pence said there is no room in the republican party for putin apologists. mccarthy last week said he does agree with mike pence and then he also said that putin is the person that is a thug. so this is a consistent position for mccarthy anyway. but there is no doubt that there is this element of the republican party who still is apologizing or making excuses or
Colonial pipeline s ceo joseph blount jr. just finished testifying before the homeland security and government affairs committee after the justice department announced it recovered more than half of the ransom that the pipeline paid russian hackers to get back online. here s what he just said about his decision to pay the hackers more than $4 million ransom. i believe with all my heart it was the right choice to make, but i want to respect those who see this issue differently. i also now state publicly that we quietly and quickly worked with the law enforcement in this matter from the start, which may have helped lead to the substantial recovery of funds announced by the doj this week. nbc capitol hill correspondent lee ann caldwell is following this hearing on the hill. i think he also said what a tough decision it was to make. yeah. what stood out to you from the hearing? that s exactly it, chris. he apologized. he said that it was one of the
I was there. we all know exactly what happened. i don t think we would learn anything further by having yet another level of investigation and that s why i oppose the january 6th commission. with regard to the future, we re going to arrest, hopefully convict, everybody involved in the insurrection. joining us now, nbc news capitol hill correspondent lee ann caldwell, you have new reporting on the option, house speaker is weighing to investigate the january 6th riot. which one seems plausible at this point? good morning, so let s start with the ones that do have some problems. let s say the creation of the select committee, democrats are worried about the republicans that would be appointed to this committee, firebrands like jim jordan or someone like matt
Welcome back. as we have been talking about this morning, this week will be yet another pivotal week in the impeachment probe. joining me now from rochester, michigan, nbc news correspondent leeann caldwell. i talked to you about seven hours ago or so on the air when this story first broke so happy to have you on with me. can you tell us what you re hearing from the democratic congressman lisa slotkin on what she plans to vote on impeachment and what you re hearing generally about undecided house democrats. so i m in rochester because lisa slotkin one of the moderate districts that the president won is holding a town hall on the eve of this impeachment vote and she is undecided and she hasn t announced how she is going to
From minnesota, who says he is opposed to impeachment. most of the rest of them will likely vote for impeachment. there might be a few stragglers, but there s no assurance that congressman van drew is going to win election or even renomination, as a republican. it is a republican-leaning district. in southern new jersey. i bet a lot of other republicans who have worked their way up through the party, are now angling to that, and probably salivating over the chance to run against him. so he may have a tough time in 2020. i spoke to the new jersey governor phil murphy just yesterday and he is pretty confident the democrats are able to keep hold of that seat there. david mark, thank you so much. appreciate it. still ahead, senate minority leader chuck schumer is trying to lay out plans for an impeachment trial in the senate. nbc news correspondent lee ann caldwell joins us with what she is hearing from top democrats on the hill. plus another check on the forecast. with nbc meteorolo