Ch change. The types of things youre looking for change. Is austin the right person to handle rooting out extremism for the military . He absolutely is. Secretary austin is someone who because of that experience and because he came up through the ranks and served as an officer, first africanamerican secretary of defense, he does have a unique understanding of the challenges that we face here. I think theres some very specific things that he needs to do and i think he understands that. I think he understands that he needs to be more intrusive. We need to be more intrusive into the lives of our service members. I think he understands we need to be absolutely sure we are using the uniform code of military to prosecute people on active duty who engage in these activities. And i think he gets we need to fully understand the full nature of the problem. s important to point out the vast people in the military are not interested in this. They want to do the right thing. Secretary austin gets t
Representative Marjorie Taylor greene and the thirdranking house republican, liz cheney, who voted to impeach former president trump. Stand by for new information on that. And the republican infighting continues. Meanwhile, the Biden Administration is trying to stay focused on covid relief. The president meeting with fellow democrats today, urging them to go big and stick together as they move ahead on his nearly 2 trillion package without at least for now republican support. In just a moment ill talk with senator Bernie Sanders. Hes the new chairman of the Senate Budget committee. He was in that meeting with the president earlier today. But first lets go up to capitol hill. Our Congressional Correspondent ryan nobles is joining us. Ryan, were standing by to learn the outcome of this really critical meeting of House Republicans. What are you learning so far . Reporter well, wolf, the one thing we know for sure is that that meeting is still ongoing. More than two hours it has been as re
Flew new im john king In Washington. Youre watching sad, solemn, sobering images there, officer Brian Sicknick on his way to his final Resting Place at Arlington National cemetery after lying in honor in the capitol rotunda. It is another wednesday of reelection here in the United States of america lying in the rotunda of the building where officer sicknick was killed four weeks ago today defending the building, defending his government against an insurrection by a trumpinspired mob that attacked the United States Capitol Building. Officer Brian Sicknick will be buried at a private ceremony at Arlington National cemetery. His colleagues also part of this ceremony. You see the hearse leaving the capitol grounds. The fencing still there added after the insurrection at the United States Capitol Building again four weeks ago today on january 6th. Its a short drive across the Potomac River to Arlington National cemetery where officer sicknick will be buried as he deserves as an american her
That question is actually more difficult than you might think. They embraced the ones about the election. Not to mention, of course, the many deranged Conspiracy Theories pushed by President Trump about ted cruzs dead, muslims and much, much more. Marjorie Taylor Greene is not the only Republican Office holder who has been pushing but the only one republicans are contemplating admonishing. Senator thune, i regret to inform you when it comes to embracing Conspiracy Theories and dangerous lies in general, House Republicans have already made their decision. Ryan nobles is on capitol hill. Lets start with congresswoman liz cheney. What are you learning about how this meeting might go . Might she have enough support to hold on to her Leadership Position . Reporter right now that is an open question. It is very difficult to find a republican in the House Of Representatives who is willing to predict the outcome of what is expected to be a very tense meeting behind closed doors. On one hand, y
Telling his party to stick together, underscoring the agency, the cdc is out with a new forecast projecting that the United States will see as many as 534,000 covid19 deaths by the end of this month. Also this hour, exclusive interview with the new Homeland Security secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, first immigrant to head the agency at a critical time for our country. First, straight to capitol hill where theres Breaking News. Manu raju is joining us. This key meeting thats under way could shape the future of the Republican Party. Update us on the very latest. Reporter Libehind Closed Dos this meeting is taking place, efforts by a number of members in the republican conference to impeach donald trump, including the number three republican, liz cheney, who voted to impeach donald trump on the charge of inciting that dead ly january 6h riot that occurred here on capitol hill. She addressed her conference as she has faced a backlash and push to oust her from the leadership spot. She made it