Telling his party to stick together, underscoring the agency, the cdc is out with a new forecast projecting that the United States will see as many as 534,000 covid19 deaths by the end of this month. Also this hour, exclusive interview with the new Homeland Security secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, first immigrant to head the agency at a critical time for our country. First, straight to capitol hill where theres Breaking News. Manu raju is joining us. This key meeting thats under way could shape the future of the Republican Party. Update us on the very latest. Reporter Libehind Closed Dos this meeting is taking place, efforts by a number of members in the republican conference to impeach donald trump, including the number three republican, liz cheney, who voted to impeach donald trump on the charge of inciting that dead ly january 6h riot that occurred here on capitol hill. She addressed her conference as she has faced a backlash and push to oust her from the leadership spot. She made it very clear she would not apologize for her vote. She spoke for about eight minutes long Behind Closed Doors, talked about her decision to impeach the president , former president , talked about how it was a vote of conscience. Some members came to her defense. Others spoke out against her and said that her vote did not represent the conference and it is time to move on. Its still an Open Question whether or not there will be a vote in the House Republican conference tonight. It could happen at any minute, the vote to decide whether or not she would stay in that leadership position. Now, at the same time, another messy issue theyre trying to deal with internally. What to do about Marjorie Taylor greene, the controversial Conspiracy Theory freshman from georgia, who has come under withering criticism from both republicans and democrats as her views have come to light over the last several days, questions about whether to strip her from her two Key Committee assignments. In a clear indication, House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy, who has met Behind Closed Doors with Marjorie Taylor greene but has not said anything public ly broke the silence about the revelation of her comments moments ago and suggested that House Republicans would not take action themselves. He said in a statement, i understand that marjories comments have caused deep wounds to many and, as a result, i offered Majority Leader hoyer a path to lower the temperature and address those concerns. Instead of coming together to do that, the democrats are using to raise the temperature by taking the unprecedented step to further their partisan power grab regarding the Committee Assignments of the other party. Now, the question had been whether or not the republicans would move on their own. Some republicans believe that they should, because they dont believe she represents the future or the face of the Republican Party. Especially in the light of things that she has said, suggesting that the Parkland Massacre in florida, that high school, that occurred in the high school there, was a staged event. Some republicans, including senator kevin cramer of north dakota made clear that is not what the republicans should be saying and they should be taking action against her. Is she a good face for the Republican Party . She is not. She is very extreme, to say the least. The antisemitism, ive never seen anything quite like it. Antisemitism, School Shootings werent real. She runs the gamut, the idea that forest fires were started by jewish lasers. Its so profound, so far out there, it makes me wonder how she did get elected. Were still waiting for an ultimate resolution about what House Republicans decide to do with Marjorie Taylor greene and a resolution about what they will do with liz cheney. Going in, wolf, a number of these republicans are still adamant, one way or another, in their positions, dug in, one way or the other, and defending some of the actions they took. One of the ten republican congressmen who voted to impeach donald trump told me i asked him, do you regret your vote in any way . And he said hell, no. Wolf is this. When Kevin Mccarthy, the minority leader, says that he offered the Majority Leader, hoyer, a path to lower the temperature and address these concerns, what is he talking about . What did he offer the democrats . Reporter well, they were talking about a variety of options. One of the options that he discussed with hoyer was to remove her from one of her two Committee Assignments. She sits on the House Budget Committee and the House Education Committee. In particular, she has gotten criticism for sitting on the House Education Committee while talking about these wild conspiracies about these School Shootings being staged events. Mccarthy pitched to hoyer was to remove her simply from that Budget Committee position. Hoyer did not believe that was the way to go and indicated that democrats were prepared to move forward themselves. So this afternoon, the House Rules Committee moved forward with a rule that would set the stage for a floor debate tomorrow, to strip her from the Committee Assignments. All they need is a simple majority in the house to do that. Democrats are in the majority. So they have the power to act on their own to remove Marjorie Taylor greene tomorrow from her positions. Expect that to happen. What youre seeing on the republican side by mccarthys statement, vast majority of the members are going to oppose moving forward, to strip her from the Committee Assignments. Theyre making a procedural argument, arguing its not the right of democrats to strip a member of their Committee Assignments about things they did before they were members of congress. Theyre warning about the precedent that would set and suggesting that republicans could act, respond in kind if they become the Majority Party after 2022. So, wolf, youre seeing a partisan split on this issue. Some republicans will vote to kick off Marjorie Taylor greene from those committees but largely it will be democrats moving forward. Manu, thats interesting. Thank you very much. Dont go too far away i know youre working your sources to get more information for us. As soon as you do, well have you back. I want to discuss this with jamie gangel, dana bash and former Ohio Governor john kasich. Jamie, as the republican conference is meeting, as we heard from manu, Behind Closed Doors, take us inside the gop. Youre well plugged in. What are you hearing . Whats going on . I understand there is such a bitter, bitter divide. To put it simply, the Republican Party, this is no longer a reckoning, wolf. The Republican Party is at war with each other. Its just starting to think that at the same moment Marjorie Taylor greene is being, in effect, embraced by Kevin Mccarthy and liz cheney, number three in the leadership, is being yelled at by members in that conference. What weve learned is she made an eightminute speech, that it was calm, yet firm in defense of the constitution, that she said she would not apologize for her vote. And then after that, were hearing that there are members who asked very pointed questions, some who got angry. Shes also been defended by member adam kinzinger, who was also one of the ten to vote for impeachment. But i think, wolf, what were seeing today is just a shocking moment, where the party is the future of the party is really at stake. One last thing. Liz cheney has said she would like a vote on whether to stay in the leadership. I think that is a sign of her confidence that the vote will go her way. Wolf . Dana, youre well plugged in up on capitol hill as well. What are you hearing from House Republicans, from your sources . I imagine this is not what many of them would like to be dealing with right now. No. And, you know, we heard from jamie and from jeff zeleny, manu and others reporting on the people who are angry at liz cheney, and the fact that shes defending herself and obviously feels very good. She has been working the phones, talking to every member of the conference, and she feels confident that she could get a show of support and that that would help her with a vote. But what were not hearing about is the anger that does exist against Marjorie Taylor greene, and the fact that that is the big issue before and that is really dividing the republican conference right now. And mccarthy, the republican leader, just put out a lengthy statement saying that he feels good about a conversation he had with her, and that she recognizes that she cant act like this now that shes a member of congress and she said Different Things before she was there. And then he went after democrats, because democrats who are in control of the house, are going to move to remove her in a big vote tomorrow. So let me just put this in english. What the House Republican leader right now is suggesting is that hes not dealing with something in a person who is, and all of her statements is a cancer on the gop. Hes going to let the democrats do it for him. That is remarkable. And im sure our friend, john kasich, who walked those halls and served in the republican conference is not all too pleased about that and what it means for the go approximate. Lets ask governor kasich. What do you think . Its insane, okay . She should be taken off the committees. And good for liz cheney. You know, good for her. I just listened to this. First of all, this is not i disagree with jamie on one point this is not the Republican Party. These are House Republicans who are stuck in this room, yelling and screaming at each other of the ive been in those conferences. It was over things like taxes, spendings and budgets, things like that, not about something that is so ridiculous. And it shows a total lack of leadership. Frankly, probably ought to make liz cheney the head of the Republican Party in the house because mccarthy is saying he cant make a decision . And then he attack the democrats . Come on. This is like childs play. Stand up and be a leader. This woman, she put out antisemitic comments. She denied what the pain that was inflicted on the families of those kids who were shot and killed in those horrible attacks. What about them . I mean, to say that liz cheney should be disciplined that she thought that the president s actions led to impeachment . And they want to take her out . I mean, it makes me wonder about well, first of all, i dont know what i would do if i were in the house and were a republican. Im not sure i would go to these conferences. Im not sure i would stay and declare myself a house veo think about something else. Some of them will say, oh, well, he went for biden so therefore hes not a republican anyway. Let me ask you something, wolf. I was the chairman of the committee that balanced the federal budget. I was the one that was able to do reform inside the federal government. I did so many things down there that were conservative. And now these guys are off on some i dont even know where they are. Theyre on some Crazy Tangent here. Thats the point. They are the Republican Party now, governor. They are the House Republicans are very much representative of a very large chunk of the gop. And until they, you know unless they do something to say these views are not okay and, yes, theyre speaking out, but take action about it, then talking about conservative fiscal responsibility and all those things, you know, it gets drowned out. Dont you think . Dana, i agree with that, dana. Here is the thing. The senate republicans, Mitch Mcconnell couldnt put out a stronger statement. And hes saying that this lady is should be disciplined, should lose her committees in the least, and should be isolated. So hes a pretty big spokesperson. This gets back to whats going on inside the party. Is it a trump party, not a trump party . If it stays a trump party in the long term, it will not be successful. It will begin to die. Frankly, its dying already, because a lot of people have left the party. There is a chance for them to get back on their feet. If they cant even make a simple decision about this lady and they cant decide to support liz cheney and her vote of consciousness, what does that tell you about those people . Disgraceful. Jamie, let me get your thoughts. Its hypothetical, obviously. Wit would the conversation be different if this congresswoman from georgia, if she were to actually do the right thing and show some remorse, apologize for her very harmful comments that she made, awful comments, the Conspiracy Theories, saying this was before she joined the u. S. House of representatives, saying she made a mistake, i profusely apologize. Shes not apologizing for anything. If she were to do so, it would be a bit different, right . Yes. Absolutely. Absolutely. But if you take a look at her twitter feed this morning, she doubled down. She said no apologies, no going back. I want to say i like when dana defends me on the house. The house, no question, governor kasich, is a rauckus place, as you know better than anyone. Yeah. On the other hand, to danas point, this does represent a large section of the Republican Party. Yeah. And Kevin Mccarthy has chosen, after january 6th, to go down to maralago, to embrace donald trump again and to bring us to this day where liz cheney is getting yelled at and Marjorie Taylor greene is getting a hall pass. And i just want to remind our viewers what liz cheney did. She not only voted to impeach trump, together with nine other House Republicans, but she also said this in explaining her vote. Governor kasich, ill get you to respond, then dana. She said this, ill read her words precisely. The president of the United States summoned this mob, ensembled this mob and then lit the flame. There has never been such a betrayal to the oath of the president. Remember, she is the daughter of dick cheney who served this country as Vice President under george w. Bush. Maybe people dont know thats his daughter. Im not going to continue to disagree with these ladies. This has a profound impact on the party. My wife would say why didnt you agree with them . Ind what theyre saying. But what im saying, its not all over in terms of what the party stands for. This kind of debate, its whats driven suburban voters away, and all this politics of fear, in the long run, it will not work. And whats happening now just sets them back in terms of being able to get on their feet, which im not sure they can get on their feet. I dont know if they know how to stand. Well take a quick break. Dana, button this up for us. What we will see, if there will be a vote tomorrow, is every republican member is going to have to be on the record to support Marjorie Taylor greene being on these committees or not. If mccarthy dealt with this on his own, he would save them those votes and ads in every single one of the Swing Districts by democrats against them if they dont vote against Marjorie Taylor greene being on those committees. 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