in it, she makes no mention of the intraparty criticism she's getting. she does, however, attack the media. as for her party, it's up for grabs. perspective now from commentator and former special adviser to president obama, van jones. also former republican national committee chief of staff, mike shields. mike, as a republican, i'm curious. why do you think mitch mcconnell felt the need to be so forceful in rebuking the legitimate political discourse notion and do you agree with him? >> well, look, i think that this was a resolution passed at the rnc that's not binding. it doesn't carry the weight of law. they passed four other resolutions that day. when it was passed in the room, none of the reporters in the room thought that they were talking about the violent part of january 6th. but afterwards, a reporter said, hey, we could make this connection, and now here we are on day five, mitch mcconnell is asked about it, we're talking about it. it's not the position of the republican party. the rnc has said many, many times including today, including yesterday that they condemn the violence. okay. that there is a difference between the rioters and the