returns. yes, we can do both and we will. i hope you all have a great weekend. take care, stay safe. there you have it, house minority leader kevin mccarthy there talking at first at least initially about his refusal to comply with the requests of the january 6th committee and then the leader there veering into some other territory towards the end. nbc news leeanne caldwell back with me . the minority comments there, what do they signal to you about what january 6th committee members are going to face with regard to that investigation going forward? reporter: hey, craig, well, leader mccarthy was asked specifically about that speech he gave on the house floor a year ago today, where he said the former president bears responsibility for january 6th and what happened on that day. and when he was asked about that, he completely dodged, didn t address it, said the
will have to shape differently the posture of this than what they are now. and republicans to be totally candid with you will have to move away from process questions into more substan is astantive . and let me ask you this, would you walk into a scif with your cellphone? no, that was that was not good. you can highlight what you have some procedural grievances here and the democrats can attack you for putting on a stunt, that is fine. democrats sat on the house floor a couple years ago, that was a stunt. but you cannot take a cellphone into scif. there are like three doors that you have to get flew, you have to put it in the cubbyhole, sign your name. that was not good. and i will say to you many republicans that weren t there shook their head when it happened and some republicans that were there i think regret having done that because that becomes the story and not the procedural grievances.