attacked? i would have to go, i spoke with him that day after, i think after. i don t know if i spoke with him in the morning or not, i just don t know. i would have to go back i mean, i don t know, i don t know when those conversations happened. but what i know is i spoke with him all the time. okay, what jordan says tonight that he will review the committee s letter. meanwhile, a federal judge has denied michael flynn s request for a temporary restraining order to block subpoenas from the january six committee for him. on another note a member of the extremist groups the proud boys pleaded guilty to a felony conspiracy charge stemming from the insurrection, he has agreed to cooperate with the government. with that let s bring in our lead off guest on this wednesday night white house correspondent for the pbs news hour and the moderator of washington week also on pbs, carol leonnig pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter with the washington post coauthor with philip
impolite way of proposing itself on all kinds of situations. the reality is that it is a 50/50 senate and the democrats need joe manchin s vote, there are no republicans that are going to cross over and vote for build back better, there just aren t, they have no interest in that. either they get manchin s vote on this bill, or they take a different approach. it might not be all that, perhaps legislatively, certainly politically, to have republicans to have democrats go on record in the committee, the child tax credit, universal pre-k, all these very popular provisions of build back better. there are some republicans who will find it uncomfortable to vote for them if they come up one after the other, one five
with republicans, you made the point that he said that there are things about build back better he can support, why not at this point start to break it up, get what you can get done, and run on that? i think that s with the biden administration and chuck schumer should do. he wants the parts of the bill to go through the committee, and [inaudible] this has been presented as a take all package in the senate. let s have hearings on the tax, let s have hearings on pre-k, four, support for family leave and so forth. there are some good things about the bill, there are things that are problematic about the bill. the way we do legislation, till pretty recently in the united states, we have hearings, we have testimonies we have amendments debated. the bill comes to the floor which could be amended, and debated. i think they may end up in something like this, some of it
pressed the president on the basic idea that there are lot of americans who are standing in line right before christmas and wondering why is it taking so long, why is it taking so long to ramp up testing? the president told me, two days, ago that the president is not able to see this coming, and that omicron moves faster than the white house. they have said that they were doing everything to ramp up, but there are going to be critics, especially everyday americans who are frustrated and scared of the presidents telling people not to panic, but i think the more people get sick and the more people know people who are getting sick, it just sort of feels like this is a pandemic that is closing in on all americans. carol, let me ask you about the january six committee asking for an interview with jim jordan, of course we played that recording of when he didn t seem really sure about wind during the momentous day, january six, he had spoken to the president, various times he said various t
the president has talked a lot about over the last several days. in coordination, of course in conjunction, in conversations with the vice president and it led to the decision to extend until may. on capitol hill, january six committee wants information from yet another house lawmaker, today the panel invited ohio republican and trump supporter jim jordan to voluntarily appear for an interview. he is now the second house member to receive such a letter after trump allies scott perry of pennsylvania who rejected the panels request. the committee s letter to jordan cites a number of topics for discussion including this quote, we understand that you have at least one and possibly multiple communications with the president on january six. we would like to discuss each just communication with you in detail, and quote. back in july congressman jordan was asked about his conversations with trump on the day of the capitol riot. on january six, did you speak with him before, during or after