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saying just within the last hour, a vote won't happen until after the midterms. so what is the holdup. new reaction coming in. and developing news for the white house, with officials tally confirming president biden will meet with the families of britty griner and paul whelan, the two dedaned in russia. a lot to get to on this thursday afternoon. i'm hallie jackson. glad to be with you in washington. we start with the new developments in the january 6th investigations, plural. the capitol hill correspondent ali vitali, ryan riley and former u.s. attorney and nbc legal analyst before ...

Did cot um in court that nbc news -- did come up in court that nbc news had surfaced last night that showed packer what was underneath that sweatshirt and earlier in the day when he was with that sister, closer to donald trump's speech, wearing an ss shirt, that was directly supportive of the nazis, so there are two layers of pro-nazi materials that he was wearing that day. and presumably walked into the capitol with that underneath, underneath that camp auschwitz outer sweatshirt that he wore. >> 75 days, yes? >> that's right. yes, and actually steven ayers, the justice department, just recom...

>> if donald trump picks somebody to head the fbi with a sterling reputation who continues the investigation, why doesn't the president have the right to have somebody who has his full confidence? >> the president has lost the right to choose who is in charge of this. his own attorney general lied to the senate about his meetings with russia. the president fired the man who is overseeing this investigation when it heated up. the united states senate and the house of representatives should get together immediately and appoint a special prosecutor. i don't care what party you are in. this has go...

Prosecutor, and get a reputable person in to do that and continue this investigation. >> but i mean, that's -- it's up to -- i mean, the deputy attorney general could appoint a special prosecutor. but they clearly feel that there's not a need to. there are multiple investigations going on. >> well, it's clear the justice -- to the extent the justice department represents donald trump it's clear they don't think there needs to be any investigation not only into the trump campaign in russia but into what russia is doing to democracies around the world. the president hasn't even acknowledged what...