growing problem of baby formula supplies. i will talk about president biden and what he wants to do to ease the crisis and why so far invoking the defense production act is not one of those things. we will start with the republican pushback on capitol hill. the january 6th committee delivered a stack of subpoenas to some republicans, including the top ranking house member. and joining me here, good to see all of you on this friday morning. ali, what information are they looking from these lawmakers? what they are looking for is a whole range of things. we had seen letters from the january 6th committee to these individuals and those letters were detailed in the case, for example, of scott perry, talking about the roles he may have played in trying to install jeffrey talk, a trump ally, to move forward with the debunked fraud claims. and another was talking about ways into looking to bolster ways to ask for a presidential pardon, if you need a pardon because you knew somet
parents stressed. in ukraine, another setback for russia s troops. reports they are withdrawing from the second largest city car key, amid the first war crimes trial of a russian soldier. the 21-year-old is accused of killing an unarmed 62-year-old ukrainian civilian. i will speaking to retired general david petraeus and ukraine s ambassador to the u.s. first, morgan chesky in louisiana and julia ainsley and nyu law school professor alyssa murray. morgan, what s happen agent the court? is this an injunction that was putting title 42 on hold? what s going to happen? andrea, all eyes on the courthouse in lafayette today. this is where a district judge is expected or could potentially issue a ruling on the future of title 42. we know oral arguments began about an hour ago. right now, we are hearing from the plaintiff side. this is a side represented by deputy solicitor generals. they began this lawsuit that more than 20 other states have led. they are saying in part that the
well, i haven t seen it either. they haven t given me the subpoena, which is amazing because the press has had information and knowledge of this for 24 hours now. i still have yet to see the subpoena, it has not been given to me. i did write a letter in january when they asked me to come voluntarily. i said there are all kinds of concerns i have with this committee. if they do not comply, the committee could recommend contempt charges as they have done in the past but so far no one on the committee has yet suggested they will go that route. it is fraught. and house republicans have threatened to launch their own control into democrats should they gain control of the house next year. we don t know who in the senate the committee is interested in hearing from. joining me is capitol hill correspondent ali vitale. any news on the next steps? reporter: that s where it goes next, especially if and when these lawmakers say they re not going to comply with these requests. there
insurrection. all we are demanding of vice president pence is an afternoon at 1:00, we are in he let the legislatures of the states look into this, so that we get to the bottom of it, and americans will find out whether they have control of the government or not. we no longer live in a self governing republic if we cannot get the answer to this question. this is bigger than president trump. it is a very essence of our republican former government and it has to be done. and anybody that is not willing to stand up and do it does not deserve to be in the office. all right, so, that is what eastman was saying publicly. but more notably is the work that he summoned was doing behind the scenes. he altered the now infamous coup memo, where he actually urged then vice president mike pence pence to literally throw at the results from seven states that joe biden had one before he, quote, gavels president trump as reelected. in order for that scheme to have work, trump and eastman n
nationwide by nbc s count, cases are up 58% over the last two weeks and it s adding urgency to a covid summit happening virtually right now. president biden s message this morning, don t grow numb to this unimaginable loss. our heart goes out to all of those who are struggling, asking themselves, how do i go on without him? how do i go on without her? today we are at a new stage in fighting this pandemic, facing an evolving set of challenges. we have to double down on our efforts to get shots in peoples arms, country by country, community by community. we are focusing on eastern europe. president zelenskyy said joining nato would have saved his country. part of putin s justification for invading was to prevent nato expansion, and now finland s leader says they want to join nato without delay, and how russia is reacting this morning. plus, the spotlight is on the supreme court. where the justices are meeting today in private for the first time since the draft opinion leak