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Remove them from the republican party. it's against that backdrop that some criticism is still coming. senator mitt romney from utah criticized the rnc's resolution saying shame falls on a party that would censure persons of conscience who seek truth in the face of vitriol. mitt romney is the uncle of rnc chairwoman rona mcdaniel, who spearheaded this effort on behalf of former president trump. there's also senator lisa murkowski of alaska, who's facing re-election in the red state later on this year, spoke out. you see this on the screen here. she said what happened was an effort to overturn ...

And you know, why doesn't he go deal with that instead of dishing out this ugliness. >> let's play what he said earlier. it is wholly outrageous where he's comparing this potential nomination with that of affirmative action, the rising of a black woman to the supreme court bench. take a listen to this. >> the irony is that the supreme court is at the very same time hearing cases about this sort of affirmative racial discrimination and while adding someone who is the beneficiary of this sort of quote, the majority of the court may be saying writ large it's unconstitutional. we'll see how that i...

Speaking this morning that he had. let's play what he had to say. >> the build back better has been presented over what, the last seven, eight, nine months. the bill will no longer exist. should there be parts of it and we want to talk about different things, the president said there might be certain parts and this and that. my biggest concern and my biggest opposition, it did not go through the process. it should have at least the opportunity to have input. it should have gone through the committee. >> have you talked to president biden in build back better in any way forward in a smaller bil...

Figliuzzi, former assistant director for counter intelligence at the fbi. welcome my friend, you know what happened this week. we had white house press secretary jen psaki providing that update on the investigation. let's play for viewers what she said. >> our homeland security adviser is in close touch with law enforcement authorities at a federal and local level, and we're assessing what we think the origin, the reasoning, the motivation behind it is. it's important for law enforcement authorities and others to make an assessment before we make any determinations about next steps. >> so what...

Senators are getting a briefing on thursday. they are working on a sanctions bill. >> that's right. senators are currently discussing two buckets of sanctions that would apply here. one set of immediate sanctions because some senators believe russia has already taken provocative actions that deserve to be punished. those could be against individuals who conducted cyber attacks who participated in the troop buildup. and a much more aggressive set of sanctions this would be triggered if russia invades. if russia moves troops across the border. that's being called the mother of all sanctions. one...