jumped from 1% positivity rate to 13%. just astronomical numbers in a short period of time. and he sent a letter to congressional offices this week, basically saying you ve got to do more up here, pleading with members to take extra precautions, working from home and avoiding in person meetings if possible, boosting up the mask wearing, saying ditch the cloth masks, so many senate republicans blatantly in defiance of those recommendations. and proudly, i think, in many cases defying the recommendations. sunlen serfaty, thank you very much. new day continues right now. good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is wednesday, january 5th. i m brianna keilar with john berman. and he s live, thank you for being here. so are you? yes, i am. together! here in washington for a special coverage. so it was one year ago today. republican lawmakers, a coup hungry president and right wing media were busy selling lies to the american public. lie
neighbors after that tornado tragedy. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening a political act of loyalty and defiance is facing its reckoning tonight over getting to the bottom of one of this country s darkest days the house of representatives voting this evening on the question of whether former donald trump chief of staff mark meadows should be referred to the justice department for a charge of contempt of congress. meadows has flatly said he won t testify about the january 6th attack, frustrating efforts by a special house committee to understand what was transpiring in the white house as rioters were seizing the capitol. but text messages meadows did hand over to the committee appear to show the depth of his involvement in the effort to overturn the election, then to stop the deadly attack. garrett haake has details. reporter: tonight, the house voting to hold mark meadows in contempt of congress, a mostly party-line vote expected to refe
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