Country this morning. And Congresswoman Liz Cheney quadrupling down with her fight with fellow republicans, slamming her colleagues for siding with trump instead of the truth. Nbcs Leigh Ann Caldwell is on Capitol Hill with us. Get us Up To speed. Where are things with Liz Cheney this morning . Steph, Liz Cheney is unlikely to held on to her seat as conference chair. Shes lost a tremendous amount of support among her colleagues and lost confidence among republican leadership as well. Liz cheney knows shes lost this battle. Shes not trying to keep her seat at all. Shes not calling her members. Shes not whipping them or cajole them to vote for her when theres an expected vote as early as next week on her position. But she is determined to fight for the soul of the republican party. She wrote in an Opinion Piece in the Washington Post a scathing statement saying the republicans have a choice to make. She wrote, in part the republican party is at a Turning Point and republicans must decide
Suppression. Here in washington, on capitol hill, Gop Leadership moving fast to boot Liz Cheney from their ranks. A move meant to cement the party firmly behind former President Donald Trump and his lies about the 2020 election. Cheneys warning to her party this morning. Her next steps and what other republican women are asking now. Good morning. Im Hallie Jackson in washington along with Sam Brock in Florida And Jane timm outside the texas state capital. Sam, let me start with you. With the ink barely dry on the Governors Signature in florida on the new Voting Law, you have at least one lawsuit and i think two that have been filed. Reporter multiple lawsuits, thats correct. Good morning. 8 47 is when the governor here in florida signed Senate Bill 90, a controversial Voting Law. We asked when it was going to be signed and where. Then this morning, we reached out to the media line. Minutes before it was signed, they could not confirm anything happening. Just forget about floridas sunsh
Break from republican leaders who have succumbed to Donald Trump. She is aware that leaders are planning to purge her because of her personality and says that history is watching. And on coronavirus, officials expressing optimism that we are turning the corner with nearly 150 Million americans receiving the vaccine. But hesitancy at Home And Death in india makes officials fear the alarming news to come. And farm topics, dealing with china, potential of new talks with iran, future of afghanistan and the most critical topic here in ukraine, russian aggression after four years of Donald Trump. First of all, Vladimir Putin said he would with draw. He has not. He has left troops, tanks and artillery on the border, a continuing threat to ukraine. What is your message . I am here with a message for the ukrainian people and partners. A big part of that message is our commitment to ukraines independence, its territorial integrity, sovereignty. We stand with them including any aggression from ru
Number of jobless claims since the start of the pandemic. Republicans are waking up to this warning from one of their own. The gop is at a turning point. History is watching us. Congresswoman Liz Cheneys Cautionary Tale as her colleagues try to push her out of republican leadership. First, we are following two big fights on Voting Rights. Floridas governor put his signature on a bill that would make it harder for a lot of folks in florida to vote. We are watching right now to see whether the governor is going to take questions from reporters this hour after keeping most of them out when he actually signed that bill. In texas, any moment now, lawmakers could pass a new Voting Rights bill. Protesters and even the Business Community are speaking out against that one. In a few moments, i will talk to two Business Leaders who put their names on a letter condemning the legislation. We start at the statehouse in austin, where protests are starting to pick up over the latest Voting Legislation
Welcome to thursday. It is meet the Press Daily and im chuck todd. None of this we say lightly. Today appears to be the day you can mark in your calendars as the day that represents the republican partys complete and total surrender to Donald Trump. Whether its the Paeshts Revolt against Liz Cheney in washington or new Voting Restrictions theyre celebrating in florida and texas or bizarre audit thats playing out of president ial results in the state of arizona, the republican party surrendered to a lie, as it surrenders to trump. Lets not mince words, it means the american democracy is in really big trouble, more so today than it was yesterday. The number three house republican lists cheney as the number three republican being ousted from leadership for the sin of speaking out against her Partys Embrace of the former president s Outlie Lie that somehow the election was stolen from him. And its not just why shes being ousted thats so alarming, theres also the way the Mob Rule republican