on this thursday night. good evening, once again, i met chris jansen in for stephanie ruhle. we begin tonight with that explosive new audio of house republican leader, kevin mccarthy recorded in the days after january 6th. and the promise of even more audio to come. this all has to do with how the two top republicans in congress privately pushed to punish trump for the capital insurrection. but then, eventually backed off. the revelations are in a new book called this will not pass. trump, biden and the battle for america s future. by the new york times reporters alexander burns and jonathan martin. nbc news has obtained a copy of that book which says that after the right on january 10th, 2021, house republican leader kevin mccarthy head held a phone call with other republican members, including liz cheney, and discuss asking trump to step down. quote, he envisioned telling trump of an impeachment resolution. i think this will pass, and it would be my recommendation you shoul
the right on january 10th, 2021, house republican leader kevin mccarthy head held a phone call with other republican members, including liz cheney, and discuss asking trump to step down. quote, he envisioned telling trump of an impeachment resolution. i think this will pass, and it would be my recommendation you should resign. i ve had it with this guy, mccarthy said it near the end of the call. today, mccarthy was quick to deny it all. posting on twitter quote, the new york times reporting on me is totally false and wrong. nbc news asked mccarthy s office if leader mccarthy said he would push trump to resign. a spokesman said quote no, he did not. but tonight, there are tapes. the bucks authors have just sheared this recording of that january 10th phone call with kevin mccarthy, with directly contradicts that denial. less, you on the phone? yes, i m here. thanks, kevin. i guess there s a question. when we re talking about the 25th amendment resolution yeah. and you
campaign kickstart president biden s fiery state of the union. and now his administration officials are fanning out across the country to deliver his message. family business, little thoroughly. the trump family takeover of the republican national committee becomes official this morning as he faces a deadline in days to come up with half a billion to cover legal losses do you know where that tire went? something you might ask about your kid s lego set, not a conversation, however you expect between a pilot and air traffic control i m kate baldwin with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn news central it s on and pop in this morning, president biden and the white we d house officials kick off coast to coast off as they take last night s fiery state of the union message directly to be where can people president biden visits battleground? pennsylvania today and over the next 18 days, white house officials will fan out across 22 different states as reviews of biden spee
with real questions and answers. not scripted. peter: no big kickoff rally today. so far all we have got is this very short teaser ad. courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it every single time. peter: as usual, white house officials say they don t want to weigh in on elections because of the hatch act. but they are happy to speak about ron desantis florida. lawmakers, republicans in florida, have attacked diversity. they have an attacked inclusion efforts. they have limited the teaching of black history. and they have launched attacks on the lgbtq youth, immigrants, educators and women s reproductive freedom that s what you have seen from lawmakers in florida. desantis is not clearing the feecialtiond the primary field of other trump challengers. glenn youngkin, rumored to be considering a run. his top staffer says glenn youngkin is focused on virginia. anyone who anonymously says otherwise probably isn t as close to the governor as they wan
here on fox and friends. brian: right. steve: meanwhile. brian: if we oversleep. steve: that s right. today is the 20th day of january. that means 11 more days of january, 11 more days of dry january. ainsley: yeah, that s right. i m proud have you you ve actually done it. i ve done damp january. steve: damp january. ainsley: i had an event with a bunch of my friends in the mountains last weekend and i said for that, it s a big trek, i really want to have. steve: just a drink. ainsley: some wine with them 11 more days. you know how many americans are participating. take a guess. ainsley: 50%. steve: five 0%. ainsley: 40%. steve: 35% of us legal adults skipped alcohol for the entirety of january 2022, up 14% from two years earlier, three years earlier so you have to figure even more have skipped it for 2023. brian: i want to support the bar industry i will not fall into that trap. a team of nine former u.s. and canadian service members will be out h