Publically of deciding what it wants to be. Who its leaders are and what it wants to stand for. The house moved to remove Marjorie Taylor green from both of the committees she served in. The education and Budget Committee. Despite near unanimous opposition from her party. Vote was 230199, it came amid mounting outrage among the crazy Conspiracy Theories she has spoken. 11 represent are cans moved over the aisle to remove her. Which sends her in to a legislative exile. Green apologized for none of out. They expressed regret for her comments and said she quote stumbled in to qanon after doubting media reports. The problem is i was allowed to believe thing thes that were not true. You see, School Shootings were true. And 9 11 happened. You i never said the things that im being accused of today during my campaign. I never have said any of the things since being elected to congress. Shall we stay divided like this . Will we allow the media that is just as guilty as qanon of presenting truth
Endorsed and repeated. 11 republicans chose to cross the aisle to join the democrats. Here they are in Ejecting Greene from those committees which essentially sends her into a kind of legislative exile. In remarks on the house floor this afternoon, greene apologized for none of it. She expressed regret for her comments and said she, quote, stumbled into qanon after doubting media reports. The problem with that is, though, i was allowed to believe things that werent true. You see, School Shootings are absolutely real, 9 11 absolutely happened. I never once said any of the things that i am being accused of today during my campaign, i never said any of these things since i have been elected for congress. These were words of the past. Shall we stay divided like this . Will we allow the media that is just as guilty as qanon of presenting truth and lies to divide us . Here for the record the briefest reminder of some of greenes Greatest Hits that led to todays vote. Any americans are like bl
This. Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy made the claim overnight he doesnt even know what the Conspiracy Group qanon is. He might want to check the tape from january 6th. Some of them invaded his office. Or do a oneminute google search. Meanwhile, liz cheney got an earful from her gop colleagues but she survived an attempt to remove her from leadership because she dared to vote former President Trump for inciting that deadly insurrection. The final vote was 14561. And it was conducted in a Secret Ballot, meaning the republicans who stood behind her can remain anonymous. Joining me now is republican congressman Adam Kinzinger, an outspoken supporter of liz cheney. Outspoken in the suggestion that Marjorie Taylor greene should lose her Committee Posts. Congressman kinzinger, thanks for being with us. You had a heck of a night last night. How would you describe what happened . So, i want to put this up front. I dont reveal details from conference because but what ill tell you last night wa
it s 6:00 a.m. on the west coast, 9:00 a.m. on the east coast. mike barnicle and jonathan lemire are still here. where did dr. oz come from? oprah. oprah literally brought him, you know, all of his fame. she lifted him up, she really, she really she s the one who brought dr. oz are you saying oprah winfrey. she s to blame for that? she created him. she s been very quiet during this campaign. i haven t heard from her during the campaign. didn t she get dr. phil, too? yeah. dr. phil and dr. oz. all the doctors. dr. oz should, you know, he owes everything to her. yeah, wow. quite a way to we ve got a lot to get to this morning, including the latest and didn t he get called in front of congress for all of his phony yes, actually claire mccaskill actually grilled him during that time he was being remember the weight loss pill. the weight loss pill that didn t work, to say the least. and a lot of other and then you would gro
condition as he recovers from covid. dr. anthony fauci is standing by live. we will discuss. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight with the guilty verdict in steve bannon s criminal contempt trial. the former top trump adviser convicted on two counts of contempt of congress for defying the january 6th committee s subpoena. cnn s senior crime and justice reporter, katelyn polantz is joining us from just outside the federal courthouse here in washington. katelyn, give us the latest. reporter: well, wolf, steve bannon was convicted today, even though he had vowed this was going to be the misdemeanor from hell for the select committee. it was not that. by the end of the day, we had two criminal convictions of steve bannon. now, these were both misdemeanor charges, but congress writes the law, and when they wrote this law, they said that it would be punishable by a minimum