part of his economic agenda. plus, the january 6th committee threatening action after a key trump figure turns a deposition into a circus. and then you got aaron rodgers playing defense in a rambling and fact-challenged explanation about why he misled the public about his vaccine status. more on that ahead. but i do want to start with some breaking news just in to msnbc. a federal appeals court has issued a stay, freezing the president's plan to require u.s. companies with more than 100 employees to require covid vaccines or weekly testing. the mandate was set to go into effect in the beginning of january. joined now by msnbc legal analyst maya wiley for more on this. it's great to see you. this is shocking stuff that just came in just a couple minutes ago, getting these documents but the judge cites, quote, grave statutory and constitutional issues that the rule -- with that rule. that doesn't sound good,