January 6th Siege on the capitol, which has taken an ugly but perhaps unhe have itable turn to warfare. The select committee will proceed without any of Kevin Mccarthys picks. At a press conference, Speaker Pelosi was clear her preventing them from sitting on the committee was not negotiable. If that means it proceeds with only her picks, seven democrats and republican, Liz Cheney, so be it. We are there to seek the truth. This is deadly serious. This is about our constitution and country, assault on the capitol, mischaracterized. Calling the House Investigation a politically driven sham. Doesnt matter today what she does with that committee, it is not going to change the outcome of what seems like a predetermined, already written report. At the same time she played politics with this for six months, the senate acted. The Architect Of The Capitol has 10 million. One point that democrats with Liz Cheney want to be sure isnt lost here is it didnt have to be this way. Here is Congresswoma
Welcome to thursday. It is mtp daily. Kasie hunt in for chuck todd. We begin with the latest revelations involving the former president s conduct in final weeks in office, what it says about the future of the republican party. Former President Trump is meeting today with House Minority Leader Kevin Mccarthy, a meeting which will likely at least be in part about marshalling republicans to defend trump as the house select committee investigates the January 6th riot. That comes as excerpts from a Book Talk about the most alarming things around the president as he tried to overthrow election results. New excerpts published last hour with new details about Trumps Response or lack thereof during the January 6th insurrection as aides urged him to intervene. At one point, The Books authors say he stayed in the dining room, watching television. Nbc news obtained additional excerpts from The Book which reveal stunning levels of alarm among top military commanders leading to the January 6th siege
Make. This bipartisan breakthrough is a great deal for the american people. This is a bluecollar blueprint to rebuild america. Theyre also trying to navigate opposition from republicans and some democrats. While many moderate democrats are raising concerns about the infrastructure plans price tag, those on the left insist it must be passed with a much larger Spending Bill. Some say theyre ready to make that happen without republican votes. The priorities that we as democrats have campaigned on around childcare and the care economy, around Health Care and medicare expansion, around bold climate action, these are all critical priorities for us and so we need to make sure that the Reconciliation Package has 50 votes in the senate. When you dont get things that are important to the american people, would things just stop and there are times that you have to stand up and say this has to get done. And meanwhile, Nbc News Reporting Negotiations in congress on Police Reform Legislation teeteri
Weisselberg, is seen surrendering to authorities very early in the 6 00 hour after being indicted by the Manhattan District attorney and the new York Attorney general. Remember, they had merged their investigations and their grand juries. The criminal charges expected to stem from an alleged scheme to compensate weisselberg and possibly others off the books by the Trump Organization. Your basic Tax Evasion Case. We are expecting those charges against weisselberg and the Trump Organization to be unsealed shortly. Weisselberg will be arraigned in court and already has said he intends to plead not guilty. A Trump Representative tells Nbc News they expect proceedings will get under way in the next hour or so. Now, Donald Trump himself has not been accused of any wrongdoing in these cases yet. Legal experts sees it as a first step for prosecutors to try to compel weisselberg to cooperate with what they believe should be a broader investigation into Trumps Business dealings, the idea this is
Establish a select committee tomorrow. Welcome to tuesday. It is meet The Press daily. Im chuck todd. Wie got updates on the situation in South Florida as Rows Cue efforts super their sex day. Officials have briefed the public. The Death Toll remains at 11. More than 200 people are assisting in the Search And Rescue efforts. Heres governor ron desantis. People ask what is their hope or whats going to happen. The way i look at it as an old navy guy, when somebodys missing in actions in the military, youre missing until youre found And we dont stop the search. So i think thats whats happening. Those first responders are breaking their backs trying to find anybody they can And they are going to continue to do that. Look, thats unfortunately the way you have to think about it. This is the search mission. People need closure no matter what And how long it takes. As this tragedy unfolds, the produce announced that President Biden will travel to surf side. Two new warnings about the structura