the one for donald trump to respond to the doj s target letter just a short time from now. we re all waiting to see if he in fact will respond today, according to the deadline. we re also learning one of his advisers abruptly left grand jury testimony today when he was asked about their interactions while trump was still in office. all that is ahead. but first, the politics and gnarlization of misinformation. that s a mouthful. it was also on full display in congress as republicans gave a platform to a noted conspiracy theorist as he s being called now. robert f. kennedy jr. he s also a democratic presidential hopeful and candidate. he testified during a hearing that was focused on the federal government and censorship. but then after going under oath, well, the train, it fell off the tracks promptly. cnn s fact checker senior reporter daniel is here. kennedy said today that he has never voiced opposition over using vaccines. listen to this moment. i have never been antivax
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
republicans who are refusing to take action on an issue they clapriority. and asked the question whether they re smart enough to get away with it, which i actually, you know, started thinking over the past couple days. you ve got all of these republicans who are following this guy from louisiana, who just sort of stumbled into the speakership and doesn t seem to be that effective. this guy is now putting around the republican s political neck an open border for the next eight months and all that that brings, the collapse of ukraine, to former soviet kgb agent s invasion, and the refusal to fund israel in its time of need. so you have all of these republicans in the house, a lot of them who want to do the right thing but they re blindly following this young, inexperienced speaker who is blindly following there you go. a guy with 91 counts against him. that s the important point right there. yes, it s speaker johnson voicing this, but he is a vessel for what donald
Charged, from being arraigned. this is on no one s bingo card until the last several years. but the fact of e matter is, there is now an even me a focus on fundraising, and what it means for the people who are voting. they re not fickle in the same respect maybe. they are looking at very different things. and they re focusing on him being a kind of champion for those who support him. definitely. i think that we re talking about it in the last segment. i think a lot of the things that happen in politics follow the money. whether it is people saying irresponsible things, follow the money. and then the politicians, in my book, filthy rich politicians, will find a way to take some of the money and put it in their personal pocket as well. that s the other side. money helps you win elections and take power. but more and more, you know, first of all, it s rich people running for office. the average member of congress is 12 times richer than the average american household.
from dallas, texas. we have a couple of things going on here. obviously health concerns over the people in richmond, california, near that refinery fire plus the financial hit we re all going to take if gas prices spike make above $4 a gallon. it has been going on for several weeks now. you blinked and it seems like you missed it. over the course of the last month or so gas prices have gone up about 30 cents, the national average now $3.66 a gallon, up about 30 cents and in the last month. the fire in richmond is just one of the problems. obviously there is a great deal of global issues and concerns that go into gas prices but what we have seen over the last few months is a disruption in service and flow of gas at refineries across the country from the midwest down to oklahoma where we have seen problems with pipelines and other issues and the infrastructure and this fire in california this week highlighted even bigger problem where now because of this fire many analysts ar