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>> committee chair bennie thompson wants to know what mccarthy talked about with trump and trump's staffers as the riot was unfolding. there is a lot we don't know, but here is what we do know, mccarthy said himself that he spoke with trump on the phone during the riot and as nbc news reported last year, it did not go well. the sources telling us mccarthy was shaken up by what happened and the republican leader telling trump himself on the phone, who the f do you think you're talking to? well, things are changed. now mccarthy is slamming the committee's probe saying their probe is an abuse of ...

Caught up with him in the basement in the capitol he was doing everything he could to avoid answering any questions about that resolution. he -- my colleague rachel scott caught him as he was coming off the floor at one point, and he instructed her to call his office for an appointment. kevin mccarthy hasn't actually done a network interview since january 6th, 2021. that's when he did several phone interviews with the three broadcast networks, and to abc news he said that he begged donald trump to get out, to give a speech to the country, to call off the rioters, to get the trump supporters to...

Protesters. the actual resolution made no such distinction. now mccarthy's claim that liz cheney won't run for office? a spokesperson for cheney said this. quote, as everyone knows, truth has never been his strong suit. over in the senate, fallout from gop leader mitch mcconnell calling january 6th a, quote, violent insurrection and rebuking the rnc for taking action against members of congress. florida republican marco rubio today reacted to mcconnell, claiming that january 6th was not an insurrection because it had no chance of succeeding. take a listen. >> why aren't you calling january 6th...

Off the rioters, to get the trump supporters to leave the capitol. now mccarthy -- look, don, i believe, actually, that kevin mccarthy looks at this situation on the substance, almost identically to the way mitch mcconnell does. he has called january 6th what it was at the time. i don't think that he embraces if idea that this was legitimate political discourse. i think if he did he'd be out there embracing the resolution. instead he's running away from it because he fears that he can't get on the wrong side of donald trump, and he can't get -- more importantly, perhaps, he can't get, for kevi...

Trying to use an unlawful ability to go after americans who they think disagree with them. >> beneath this, kevin is clearly running scared. petrified he might be more deeply implicated in the events of the day. mccarthy's phone records are also subject to the preservation request that the committee issued on monday to more than 30 social media and telecom companies. that means there's a chance that his data will be the target of a potential subpoena. that explains mccarthy's panic when he is issued an unprecedented threat to the companies on tuesday, vowing to destroy them if they comply with...