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good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is thursday january 13th and i m brianna keilar with john berman. this morning the top republican in the house is the late et in trump s orbit to stonewall the january 6th committee. the panel seeking information from kevin mccarthy. not surprisingly, perhaps, he is refusing to cooperate calling the probe illegitimate. quite the about-face since mccarthy said this last may. 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? even with that, i doubt the committee ever really believed mccarthy would answer anything. what i do think is significant, if you really look at this letter sent by committee chair bennie thompson, the committee meticulously lays out a road map for what they are investigating and what they have found. what was trump doing during the hours of the insurrection? what di ....
particular industry. and they won t back down. a top u.s. diplomat warns the drum beat of war is sounding loud from russia. what will vladimir putin do next? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper starting with the politics lead. for the first time in the january 6th investigation, the u.s. justice department is using the rare charge of seditious conspiracy related to the insurrection at the capitol. prosecutors indicted 11 defendants on this charge including the leader of the oathkeepers, the violence prone far right extremist group. prosecutors say that the defendants opposed by force the execution of the laws governing the transfer of presidential power. video from january 6th shows a group in oathkeepers insignia, many wearing helmets, moving in a single file tactical formation through the crowd. and according to the indictment the defendants conspired beginning in november, 2020. they recruited members and affiliates, organized training and paramilitary combat ta ....
thank you so much for sharing part of your new year s day with us. i m boris sanchez. coming up, from the capitol insurrection to election night upsets, it has been a whirlwind year in politics and we re going to break down for you the top ten political stories of the year. plus, one-on-one with outgoing atlanta mayor alicia k keys bottoms. she talks about her decision to not run for re-election and talks about her city and the pandemic. let s get a check of your top stories. good morning, and happy new year. thank you for joining us. i m ryan nobles. 2022 begins with more disruptions and a grim warning. things will likely get worse as the omicron variant spreads across the u.s. the nation broke records twice this week for the seven-day average of new daily covid-19 cases, which remained at an all-time high of roughly 356,000 new daily infections thursday. meanwhile, the faa says staffing shortages caused by covid-19 infections could lead to even more flight cance ....
out that people on the ship had covid is because the first destination we were supposed to go to, it took we sat there for a couple of hours, and then we found out they wouldn t let us on the destination because of so many people on the ship having covid. and they just let everybody go about their business. we re also seeing more major flight disruptions as airlines deal with staffing shortages caused by covid. cnn s nadia romero is at hartsfield-jackson airport in atlanta, one of the busiest airports in the world on one of the busiest travel days of the year. thousands of flights have been canceled today. walk us through what s going on. reporter: you have all of that coming together. you have the fact that it s a sunday, people normally travel on sunday. you see higher numbers. it s the day after christmas, people have to get back to work tomorrow, and you have the omicron variant. you have all of these things all coming together, and that equals more than a tho ....
to then president, he bears responsibilities for his words and actions, no ifs, ands and buts. i asked if him personally today, does he hold responsibility, does he feel bad. he told me he does have responsibility for what happened and hi w needs to acknowledge that. but here is what mccarthy was saying publicly. reporter: did you tell house represents that t president tru told you he agreed that he boar some responsibility for january 6th as chairman thompson s letter indicates. i m notps sure what call youe talking about. of course he doesn t. now we know he wasn t telling the truth. what else was he not telling the truth about? he also denied the new york times reporting that he was going to ask trump to resign after the insurrection. oh, if only there were audio tapes. now it s cleanup on aisle mccarthy. he said he spoke with trump twice on friday, and a person close to mccarthy says he apologized for the recordings. the conversation here is what they ....