accounting on what happened on january 6th so that we can make sure that that insurrection, that type of insurrection over our government can never happen again. and so i was pleased to hear that mitch mcconnell, who you know, sometimes reluctantly but often will side on the right of democracy and accountability said so as well. for me, i think it s all about making sure that this never happens again. those of us who face history and do nothing about it are doomed to repeat it. well, look, mitch mcconnell he s on the record saying we need to know, america needs to know. as you know, the committee released a text message from republican congressman jim jordan to former trump chief of staff mark meadows. the text questioned the electoral votes and argument what vice president pence should have done. jordan s office said the text was a forward. does it make any difference if it s a forward? because isn t it still validating and promoting the ideas in that text? and this, by the way, fro
including during an interview on thursday. take a listen to what he said. we re watching the investigation. it s occurring over in the house, reading about it like everyone else, and it will be interesting to see what facts they find. it was a horrendous event, and i think that what they re seeking to find out is something the public needs to know. reporter: now not only is this a departure from mcconnell s vote against the creation of a bipartisan commission over the summer to investigate the january 6th attack, but also it s a difference from his republican counterpart in the house from leader mccare thi who keeps this investigation at an arm s distance calling it a witch hunt. now we have a major leader in the senate entertaining this and perhaps wanting to know more of what happened on january 6th. very interesting, thank you very much for that. joining me now alabama
someone who s in power, in office right now and someone who s just on the outside really complaining at the referees all day, which is really what donald trump is at this point. he s just a spectator. mcconnell is in the game. i think trump needs to be very mindful of how he goes after mitch mcconnell. the plot thickens, and we will keep a watch on it with both you guys, elise and kurt. thank you so much. it is more bad news for donald trump, wikileaks founder julian assange getting much closer to being extradited to the u.s. our national security analyst will explain why he says trump better hope assange never sets foot on u.s. soil. firefighter maggie gronewald knows how to handle dry weather. .and dry, cracked skin. new gold bond advanced healing ointment. restore healthy skin, with no sticky feeling. gold bond. champion your skin.
to, do you think republican lawmakers are scared of the fallout? well, they should be. i mean, clearly the committee is getting the receipts here, and i think this explains why so many republicans, particularly in the house, were so adamantly opposed to the formation and creation of the january 6th committee in the first place, why they tried to tank the idea of actually having a bipartisan evenly democrat, republican panel because they re not just witnesses to this horrendous event. some of them clearly are actual participants in it and helped with the planning, helped with the cover-up of it. they have a lot of skin in this game. i think it s very interesting that mcconnell did that. it s no coincidence that this comes on the heels of donald trump for weeks now pillaring mitch mcconnell every chance he gets, and this is kind of a brushback pitch for mitch going you can go after me. just remember i have power too, and i can make things very difficult for you if you want to play this
committee finishing out a week filled with key subpoenas including from roger stone. one of the bigger headlines is what senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is now saying about the select committee. julie tsirkin is joining us from capitol hill. what is mitch mcconnell saying about this probe into the capitol riot? reporter: alex, it s interesting na mcconnell is saying anything at all. one of the things i learned very quickly in covering the capitol is that the republican leader is extremely careful in the questions that he chooses to answer and very often just ignores us when we ask him questions he s frankly not interested in entertaining. on tuesday when mcconnell was asked specifically if he s had any communication with mark meadows on january 6th, he said no, but he said himself he offered this information up willingly, he said it would be interesting for the public to know all of the players that were involved on that day shining a light of legitimacy on this investigation.