now, while it s not a subpoena, it s a necessary step given mccarthy s extensive communications with trump including a phone call while the siege was underway. in fact, mccarthy discussed that call with cbs news in realtime during the attack and he made clear that trump had to call off the mob. i had spoken to the president. i asked him to talk to the nation to stop this. i was very clear with the president when i called him. this has to stop and he has to go to the american public and tell them to stop this. leader mccarthy, the president of the united states has a briefing room steps from the oval office. it is the cameras are hot 24/7, as you know. why hasn t he walked down and said that now? i conveyed to the president what i think is best to do and i m hopeful the president will do it. wow. wow. and yet, the former president allowed that attack to proceed for 187 minutes. it is hard to fathom now but mccarthy even considered asking trump to resign the presidency
leader of the house republicans kevin mccarthy. they have asked him for an interview that would be testimony, a big deal, as well as cooperation to provide information. and they also are signaling as they have in some of these dra other letters. the information they have already gathered. this new information has the committee asking about a very heated conversation with trump that took place during this insurrection. where according to this committee, this is their characterization on their screen, kevin mccarthy was urging trump to get help to the capitol. that s bad for donald trump if it speaks to the culpability he had and what he knew in realtime. it also notes that trump privately admitted to mccarthy, some degree of responsibility for this insurrection. that s a big deal as more detail its spill out. . and the request to meet with kevin mccarthy on february 3rd and 4th. now this is a bit unusual in interesting ways. mccarthy is the third lawmaker that this committee h
Favorite javier film, welcome. visit us @aribelber on any app you like to use. we re new on tiktok. boy, do we have a big list here around the beat offices. now the reidout with joy reid is up next. hi, joy. i was literally going to go on my phone and look up to see if javier was until the film where they said i drink your milk shake. i drink it up. was he in that? no. there will be blood. there will be blood. all i ll say is that also has very intense performances. it does. it does. i won t die on the hill of saying he was in that film and javier is great. you re lucky to have interviewed him. cheers. good evening, everyone. we begin the reidout with big news from the select committee. they have officially requested cooperation from house minority leader kevin mccarthy in their investigation of january 6th.