i m isa soares in london. he s the third member to be asked for voluntary cooperation by the committee. mccarthy has led the charge against the committee. holding a title in congress doesn t make you exempt. the refusal from the house minority leader kevin mccarthy puts pressure on the committee to subpoena him. novack djokovic is incolude in the australian open draw. but no decision on if he should stay or go. living in the united states hits the highest level in four decades, could it cost president biden politically? announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. morning, everyone. welcome to the show, it is thursday, january 13th and one of the top republicans in washington says he will not cooperate with the house committee investigating the u.s. capitol riots. house minority leader kevin mccarthy called the probe illegitimate and an abuse of power. in an interview with cnn vice chair liz cheney we know that kevin mccarthy was plea
material witness who can speak to trump s mind-set, not only during the insurrection, but in the weeks that followed as he pushed false claims that the election was stolen. now mccarthy says he will not cooperate despite saying that he has nothing to hide. the gop congresswoman liz cheney, the committee s vice chairwoman, will not rule out sending mccarthy, her colleague, a subpoena. we know that leader mccarthy was pleading with the president to tell people to go home when police officers and others were being beaten here at the capitol. so, you know, i wish that he were a brave and honorable man. he s clearly trying to cover up what happened. he has an obligation to come forward, and we ll get to the truth. he s clearly trying to cover up what happened. cnn s john harwood starts us off this morning in washington. reporter: there is a major development overnight in the select house committee investigating the january 6 capitol insurrection. the committee requested vo
good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is thursday january 13th and i m brianna keilar with john berman. this morning the top republican in the house is the late et in trump s orbit to stonewall the january 6th committee. the panel seeking information from kevin mccarthy. not surprisingly, perhaps, he is refusing to cooperate calling the probe illegitimate. quite the about-face since mccarthy said this last may. would you be willing to testify about your conversation with donald trump on january 6th, if you were asked by an outside commission? sure. next question? even with that, i doubt the committee ever really believed mccarthy would answer anything. what i do think is significant, if you really look at this letter sent by committee chair bennie thompson, the committee meticulously lays out a road map for what they are investigating and what they have found. what was trump doing during the hours of the insurrection? what did trum
11 women in uniform working in baseball this upcoming season. seems awesome. i love her attitude and wish her best of luck, except when she plays the red sox. andy scholes, thank you very much. new day continues, right now. welcome to viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is thursday, january 13th. i m john berman with brianna keilar, and this morning the top republican in the house is joining the growing number of trump loyalists defying the january 6th select committee. the panel says it wants inferring from house minority leader kevin mccarthy, but he is refusing to cooperate claiming the investigation is illegitimate. he calls it an abuse of power. now, you can bet the committee knew what mccarthy would say. you can bet they didn t really expect him to show up, but the real news might be not in what they re asking of mccarthy, but what they re telling him, and what they re telling us about what they have in this investigation and where they r
mccarthy and perhaps not surprisingly he is refusing to cooperate. he says the probe is an abuse of power and he calls it illegitimate. a jarring 180 from this comment that mccarthy made last may. would you be willing to testify about your conversation with donald trump on january 6th if you were asked by an outside commission sure. next question. so even with that, i doubt the committee ever really believed mccarthy would answer anything. what is significant, though, is if you really look at this letter sent by the committee chair bennie thompson, the committee meticulously lays out this road map for what they re investigating and really what they found already. what was trump doing during the hours of the insurrection, what did trump do after to shape or maybe change the story. this letter cites an interview that mccarthy gave to cbs during the insurrection where mccarthy admitted to speaking with trump, asking trump to tell the rioters to stop. in a cnn exclusive