More than a month after the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol, new plans for a 9-11-style commission

to examine the insurrection. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says this is the next step after

Trump's acquittal. The question is, what exactly will the commission uncover? Plus, nearly all of the Republican senators who voted to convict former President Trump in his second impeachment trial

are now facing backlash and potential censure votes in their home states.

The question is, what does this say about the state of the Republican Party?

Also this morning, a brutal blast of winter weather

across the south. More than 4 million people in Texas went to bed last night without heat

after storms knocked out their power. The question is, how much longer will the frigid temperatures

last? It's way too early for this.

Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that is tired of winter and really ready for pitchers and catchers to report to spring training. I'm Jonathan Lemire on this Tuesday, February 16th.

Casey Hunt has a well-deserved day off.

We'll start with the news.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is doubling down on calls for the creation of a September 11th-style commission

to investigate last month's deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol.

In a letter to House Democrats yesterday, Pelosi said Congress will establish an independent

commission to investigate and report on the attack as well as interference in election

proceedings. Pelosi also said the House will appropriate additional funds to boost security at the Capitol.

Multiple congressional committees are already in the process of scheduling hearings to investigate the riot.

But as the Washington Post points out, quote,

supporters of the Commission say such an initiative will have broader authority than those committees to pursue testimony from those in Trump's orbit,

voices that were not part of the just-concluded impeachment inquiry.

The commission will not be under the constraints of those committee investigations as it

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