That was so controversial they forced a secret vote on whether to keep her in power, a vote cheney ultimately won by a lot. Meanwhile congresswoman greene who built her public reputation as a supporter of anti semitic Conspiracy Theories and straight up Political Violence she got the opposite treatment. Republicans publicly rallying around her after she reportedly apologized for some of her past statements. Democrats are not so forgiving. They are going to force a vote on the House Floor Today that could strip greene of her committee assignments. I want to start with Garrett Haake on capitol hill. What are we going to see with this vote today . Reporter some of that will depend on how congresswoman greene chooses to handle herself going forward. Ill be curious to see if the apology she made Behind Closed Doors to republicans is the kind of thing she might repeat on the house floor in public. We do expect this vote to go forward this afternoon stripping her of committee assignments. Dem
Weekly News Conference said to happen later this hour. We will bring it to you live. And the enemy within, secretary lloyd austin orders every branch of the military to stand down over the next two months, after an investigation of homegrown extremism within its ranks goes on. We are live with that development coming up. Im Hallie Jackson In Washington Along With Garrett Haik and former Virginia Republican congresswoman barra comstock. Garrett, let me start with you. We are expecting to see some stuff go down in the house today. You have new reporting from your team and your sources pulling back the curtain on what went on behind the scenes in that gop meeting. Reporter a fivehour meeting, House Republicans are trying to figure out who they will be in the postdonald trump era. The solution they came to for now is try to make the tent as big as possible. Room for both Liz Cheney On One Side and Marjorie Taylor green on The Other Side. Neither member will be punished or chastened in anyw
House Impeachment Managers say that former President Trump will have to testify under oath including crossexamination by democrats before or during his Impeachment Trial next week. If he declines to testify they say we reserve and any and rights to establish at trial that your refusal to testify infers a strong adverse influence about your action or inaction on january 6th, 2021. They want an answer by 5 00 p. M. On friday. Also congresswoman greene took to the house floor and delivered what could be best described as some extraordinary remarks. Things we have never quite heard before. Take a listen. If it werent for the Facebook Post and comments that i liked in 2018, i would not be standing here today and you could not point a finger and accuse me of anything wrong. Later in 2018 when i started finding misinformation, lies, things not true in these qanon posts i stopped believing it. School shootings are absolutely real. I also want to tale you that 9 11 absolutely happened. Things w
Our federal policies and institutions. All this matters to Foreign Policy because when we host the summit of democracies early in my administration, to rally the nations of the world, to defend democracy globally, to push back the authoritarianisms advance, well be much more credible partner because of these efforts to shore up our own foundations. Theres no longer a bright line between foreign and domestic policy. Every action we take and our conduct abroad, we must take with american Working Families in mind. Advancing a Foreign Policy for the middle class demands urgent focus on our economic renewal. And thats why i immediately put forth the American Rescue plan to pull us out of this economic crisis. Thats why signing an executive order, strengthening our buy american policies last week. It is also why i work with congress to make farreaching investments in research and development of transformational technolo technologies. They can create jobs, maintain americas Competitive Edge g
Security and who we are as a country. Trey we understand why people want to come to this country, to escape persecution, to taste freedom and liberty, to no hard work and education and a level playing field, can combine forces to transform lives. Escaping a country rife with conflict is one thing. Picking a new home is another. And america is picked more than all the countries combined because we are a country that embraces justice, we reward fairness, and we are a nation of laws. In fact, if you look at the oath new citizens take criminal law is mentioned different times. Six times. In one paragraph. Six times, these new citizens swear allegiance to this thing we call law. Is irate we can break this thing we call law and bring allegiance to this thing we call the law. It is ironic to say the least that you would reward people who do not follow the law by administering an oath to follow the law. President obama used is that he wanted a country where everybody plays by the same rules. W