speaker nancy pelosi announcing the formation of a select committee to investigate. this morning with great solemnity and sadness i m announcing that the house will be establishing a select committee on the january 6 insurrection. again, january 6th was one of the darkest days in our nation s history. i ve said it now three times. it is imperative that we establish the truth of that day and ensure that an attack of that kind cannot happen and that we root out the causes of it all. speaker pelosi s announcement follows months now of public and brazen obstruction by senate republicans including voting against the establishment of an independent bipartisan commission. last month only six gop senators voted alongside all of the democrats in favor of it falling short of the 60-vote threshold. the select committee follows months of white washing of the horrors of january 6 by republicans including calling it a peaceful protest and likening the insurrectionists to everyday touri
Bizarre play at the end of the quarter. He bats it away. Toronto gets it, makes a three and love casually walks around. Love didn t play the rest of the game after that. Left the court before the final buzzer sounded as well. The cavs lose that one, 11296. Love s former teammate lebron james says he ll be back soon. He posted this video on instagram rehabbing his injured ankle. Lebron has been out more than a month. The meantime, though, one of lebron s rookie cards now shattered the record for the most valuable basketball card ever sold. The auto graph upper deck card went for $5. 2 million in a private auction. New day continues right now. I m john berman alongside brianna keeler on this new day. Is it time for vaccinated people to drop the masks outdoors? president biden set to announce some muchanticipated new rules today for fully vaccinated americans. Census shake up. A suspect charged in the capitol riot arguing to be released from jail over the spelling of the b word. And a hig
proceedings will lack drama with impeachment managers saying the former president of the united states incited rioters to ran sack the capitol. cnn s joe johns starts us off this morning on capitol hill. christine and laura, some members of the united states senate say they are reserving judgment until all of the evi evidence. for whatever reason, they said they were reluctant to convict donald trump in this trial that is expected to begin on tuesday. they are well aware of all of the support the former president has out in the country even though some of the latest polling suggests quite the opposite. an abc news poll says 56% of respondents believes the former president should be convicted and barred from holding office while only 43% say he should not be. but it s not up to the resp respondent s polling, it s up to the senate. if you believe he committed a crime, he can be prosecuted like any other citizen. impeachment is a political process. we ve never impeached a pr
a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. new polling on both sides of the political aisle shows almost three-quarters of americans saying this country is divided and headed in the wrong direction. 70% say americans can t solve issues and differences will continue to grow. topping the issues are jobs and the economy and the coronavirus. encouraging words from dr. fauci suggesting infections from the omicron variant are expected to peak in the coming weeks. it s by no north koreans exempt from making people sick and putting them into the hospital, particularly those who are not vaccinated. however, what we would hope is as we get into the next weeks to month or so, we ll see throughout the entire country the level of infection get to below what i call that area of control. meanwhile russia is denying a new report from the british government. as tensions remain high, secretary of state antony blinken says u.s. i
blinking red. the hour, date, and location of concern was the same. 1:00 p.m., the u.s. capitol, january 6th. the post goes into detail about the nature of and the specificity of many of the threats posted openly, on line, for everyone to see n the days, weeks, and months, before the mob of donald trump supporters descended on the u.s. capitol. quote, please be in d.c. armed on january 6th read an online post highlighted in an fbi memo shared with capitol police and law enforcement. quite, you might have to kill the palace guards. are you okay with that? read one comment. another said, quote, drop a handful. the rest will flee. another warning that the post calls one of the most striking flares, quote, trump supporters were discussing on line how to sneak guns into washington to, quote, overrun police and arrest members of congress in january. that s according to internal bureau documents obtained by the washington post. the stipulatester offered specifics. those planning v