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everybody. i'm lindsey riser in for katy tur in new york city. the big news today, the potentially historic battle surrounding house republican leadership and the growing resistance to kevin mccarthy, as he scrambles to find and secure the 218 votes he needs to become the next speaker. despite that, we learned over the weekend that mccarthy has already moved into the speaker suite in the capitol, if he secures the votes, no problem, but if he doesn't, he'll have to move out and that is seeming like more of a possibility by the day. before sunday, the number of republicans openly oppo...

that in just a moment. but first, let's talk about the sedition trial that's happening today after a break for the holiday weekend, the day, federal prosecutors in washington, d. c., resumed prosecuting a case against five members of the oath keepers on charges of seditious conspiracy, or trying to overthrow the government. last week -- zeroed in on the group's founder, stewart rhodes. but today's -- former afghanistan veteran. her name is jessica watkins. -- introduced evidence that watkins discussed cutting off pool cues to serve as antifa smasher is. -- she sought to recruit and t...

on charge of seditious conspiracy trying to overthrow the government. last week, the group focused on the founder stewart rhodes. but today focused on afghanistan veteran, jessica watkins. and she cut off pool cues to serve as antifa smashers january 6th. if they're convicted of seditious conspiracy, watkins and her fellow defendants each face up to 20 years behind bars. now, there's been a lot of legal wrangling on the radar lately, but this trial is incredibly important because it is yet another example of individual accountability. in this case, accountability for a small group th...

on the political front, our correspondents have the latest on tomorrow's two big primaries for prominent republicans on opposing sides of the trump divide. january 6th vice chair liz cheney and former vice presidential nominee sarah palin. we begin with the fallout from the fbi's search of former president trump's home in mar-a-lago. joining me, nbc justice and intelligence correspondent ken delanian. ken, the latest on the investigation, the increased security, the concern about threats to the fbi and to law enforcement, the criticism of merrick garland, all of it. >> the most distu...

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