take action on supplemental national security legislation that finally meet those challenges head on. that was minority leader mitch mcconnell publicly supporting the senate bipartisan border deal yesterday, but just hours later the republican leader would change his message in a private meeting of his senate colleagues and the fate of the bill now very much in doubt. meanwhile, the gop led house is moving forward with its efforts to impeach the homeland security secretary. we ll go through the partisan politics playing out on capitol hill. plus, donald trump is dismissing nikki haley and issuing a challenge straight to president joe biden. we ll explain that just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, february 6th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day us. and we begin this morning on capitol hill. and in a striking turn of events senate republicans now appear poised to block the bipartisan border bill they themselves asked for an
a lot to get to this morning, including another state removing donald trump from the 2024 republican presidential primary ballot. we will have expert legal and political analysis all not big decision from maine secretary of state. plus we will show you nikki haley attempt at cleaning up her highly criticized answer on the cause of the civil war. , also ahead, the latest from gaza. israeli forces continue to strike refugee camps where it believes hamas terrorists are hiding. this comes as the biden administration is putting more pressure on israel to protect civilians inside gaza. plus we ll take a look at the stories that dominated 2023, from two wars overseas to chaos on capitol hill, as well as the former presidents many legal battles as he enters a presidential election. a lot to go through. witness for all of it, nbc news national affairs analyst john heilemann, president of the national action network and host of msnbc s politicsnation the reverend al sharpton, washingto
prices. it s such an important reminder, though, some of the folks who own these gas stations, they re small business owners. and their competitor has the price advertised right there. we go to the lowest price. i do it. christine romans, thank you so much. new day continues right now. good morning to our viewers in the united states and all around the world, i m john berman in highland park, illinois. brianna keilar in new york this morning. i am standing right on the parade route. 25 miles north of chicago, where yesterday at 10:15 a.m. a gunman opened fire in the middle of a fourth of july parade, killing six people. injuring 25 more. there you can hear the gunshots ringing out there in rapid s succession, in the middle of this, what was supposed to be joyous moments. in fact, you can still see behind me, this moment frozen in chair. beach chairs still litter the streets here for blocks and blocks. i see a towel, a frisbee, a beach ball, all left behind. it g
8.6%. americans, you, we, are feeling this nearly everywhere, nearly everything is more expensive, including the cost of gas which remains at historic highs. the biden administration taking new steps to lower those gas prices. this morning presidentiesident calling on energy companies to do more. also this morning, the january 6th committee is teasing ahead to its next hearing, tomorrow, they released a portion of a taped deposition with a former white house lawyer. now the committee is saying that thursday s hearing will focus on president trump s effort to pressure then vice president mike pence to block the certification of the election. we will have much more on that, in just a moment. let s begin this morning with cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz. arlette, president biden is making strong demands from oil companies, this morning, as he tries to do something about the soaring gas prices. reporter: yeah, president biden is trying to ramp up the pressure on
It s trump s own people who are tanking his chances at a 2024 run. quote, one thing has become painfully clear many donald trump staff members think he should never again be within ten miles of the white house. the public is watching bona fide republicans ask bona fide republicans who worked for trump to describe just how erratic and criminal his presidency was. joining me now is conservative and senior columnist for the daily beast matt lewis to talk about this interesting column you wrote here. you quote saying the call is coming from inside the house. what you thought is interesting, matt, you re making a case that it is making a dent. why do you think so? well, first, i think we have to give democrats a credit here, there s such a temptation in the hearings who want to hog the spotlight and have speeches. you could imagine that democrats might be trying to score political points immediately worried about the midterms. instead, i think they ve let