a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. developing at this hour, some new reaction to the rnc censuring congresswoman liz cheney and congressman adam kinzinger for their role in the house probe of january 6th. that resolution receiving some major backlash for referring to attack as, quote, legitimate political discourse. fellow 1/6 committee member jaime raskin just telling me what struck him the most about that move. they re licensing political violence in america. they re essentially embracing insurrection and coup as a mode of taking power in the country, and one thing that was particularly alarming to me about it was that it wasn t even clear that donald trump was the one pushing them to do this. they ve so internalized the command structure of the new republican party under donald trump as a cult leader that they just do his will without even being told. it comes as former vp mike pence delivered his ha
immediate responses. like, you know what? there is no and i am always apologizing. like, i m sorry it took me 30 seconds to call you back or 30 minutes. and or a day. yes. so, i my standard is sorry for the delay. i was busy. but sometimes, you just like, i don t want to be available. i will get i will get around to it. is that so wrong? and also, maybe we shouldn t have to apologize because it doesn t have to be right away. if you don t text me back and you often don t i won t be offended. have a good night. i will see you later. this is don lemon tonight. and we do start with breaking news tonight. of course, breaking news because we are in a crazy time. congressman bennie thompson, who chairs the committee investigating what happened on january 6th, saying they had what he calls a significant discussion today about whether to subpoena lawmakers who refuse to voluntarily cooperate. the committee has requested voluntary cooperation from kevin mcca
moving rather slowly. if you talked behind the scenes to people around the committee they say, look, we re getting what we need. for every high-profile steve bannon who doesn t want to show up, for every mark meadows who want to make a point to donald trump and not show up to testify, we have reams, thousands and thousands of documents, from meadows in some cases, print documents and e-mails but also from other people around the president, press seconds, advisers. mike pence s team is cooperating by and large. this committee will have what it needs to tell the story of january 6th. and the oath keepers, the head of the oath keeper s lawyer said a couple of days he was that he was going to plead the fifth and say nothing. ended up he was talking to them for six hours. that s the things about them, once you get them talking you can t stop them, especially yellies with an ipad. with the committee there s revelations every day. they seem to be focusing in as far as we can tel
ukraine border. this is really building off your reporting last week with our other cnn colleagues that the pentagon expected to announce the troop deployment this morning. we will bring that to you live as it happens. joining us now is lieutenant general mark hartling. general, great to have you on. just your reaction to this news, specifically regarding its timing, the day after we heard from russian president vladimir putin after a month long silence from him. yeah, i think it is a very good call. this is something that occurs frequently within europe. it is something when i was the commander in europe and 2011 and 2012 we set this type of rotational scheduling up. and it has been going on for the last eight or nine years where units flow back to europe to reinforce for exercises, for engagements with other countries, and, you know, from what i tell what i can tell in the news reports already, these forces are going to the eastern european countries of poland and rom
willie, when he saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark, yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life. and watching these people, the great people of this town, i couldn t imagine a better fate than a long and lustrous winter. willie, i know you feel the same. powerful words to open the program this morning. yeah. lifted straight from bill murray. looks like an intense concert for 6:00 a.m. is that smashmouth getting after it? what is that? is this the movie? no. this is a live picture from punxsuitawney, mika. i don t know if it sees the shadow if it is more spring or less spring. i did research this morning, and it only made it worse. i don t understand. if it s clear, he sees the shadow and goes back to the den for six more why would you go to the den? it s a beautiful day. start spring early. it s the opposite. i m more confused than ever. it s a great movie. let s listen for a second at the punxsutawney trio. gobbler s k