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"Till the top of the hour. Two Democrats are asking the House ethics committee to investigate newly elected New York Republican congressman George Santos, who's admitted to lying about his background and faces campaign finance questions. Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports. Santos must be subjected to that same vetting, especially as someone who's lied about his entire record. That is why I've sent a letter now to the Speaker of the House demanding that Santos not be given access to this information or any committees where he would have access to this information before we can figure out who is he and where did his loyalties lie? Fellow New York lawmakers Richie Torres and Dan Goldman are asking for the probe saying Santos has failed to uphold the integrity expected of House members. Some democratic leaders say Santos should be kicked out of the house after being sworn in last week, but so far GOP leaders like Steve scalise have refused to take action. This is something that's being handled internally. Obviously, there were concerns about what we had heard. Democratic caucus shared Pete Aguilar, notes Santos helped give the GOP and slim majority and voted to make Kevin McCarthy speaker. Kevin McCarthy owns George Santos. Locke stock and barrel. Saying the only reason Santos was seated last week was so he could vote for McCarthy, Sagar Meghani, Washington. It's day two of the emergency care crisis in New York City is roughly 7000 nurses at two Big Apple hospitals remain on strike over staffing levels in salaries. Correspondent Julie Walker reports. For a second day, nurses walk the picket line at Mount Sinai hospital in Manhattan where 3600 members of the New York State nurses association went on strike after negotiations broke down over staffing levels. Nurse Najib says she regularly attempts to around 9 patients at a time
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"It's 14 minutes till the top of the hour. Two Democrats are asking the House ethics committee to investigate newly elected New York Republican congressman George Santos, who's admitted to lying about his background and faces campaign finance questions. Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports. Santos must be subjected to that same vetting, especially as someone who's lied about his entire record. That is why I've sent a letter now to the Speaker of the House demanding that Santos not be given access to this information or any committees where he would have access to this information before we can figure out who is he and where did his loyalties lie? Fellow New York lawmakers Richie Torres and Dan Goldman are asking for the probe saying Santos has failed to uphold the integrity expected of House members. Some democratic leaders say Santos should be kicked out of the house after being sworn in last week, but so far GOP leaders like Steve scalise have refused to take action. This is something that's being handled internally. Obviously there were concerns about what we had heard. Democratic caucus share Pete Aguilar notes Santos helped give the GOP and slim majority and voted to make Kevin McCarthy speaker. Kevin McCarthy owns George Santos. Locke stock and barrel. Saying the only reason Santos was seated last week was so he could vote for McCarthy, Sagar Meghani, Washington. It's day two of the emergency care crisis in New York City is roughly 7000 nurses at two Big Apple hospitals remain on strike over staffing levels in salaries. Correspondent Julie Walker reports. For a second day, nurses walk the picket line at Mount Sinai hospital in Manhattan where 3600 members of the New York State nurses association went on strike after negotiations broke down over staffing levels. Nurse naji pampa says she regularly attends to around 9
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How White House has responded to Biden documents controversy
"President Biden is facing a political headache following the revelation that potentially classified documents were found in the office space of his former institute. The Justice Department's reviewing a small number of documents with classified markings found in offices, Joe Biden used between leaving the vice presidency and running for The White House. The president had ripped predecessor Donald Trump as irresponsible for keeping classified documents at his Florida club. When you're a woman at a glass house, don't be throwing stones, right? But Nebraska Republican Don bacon acknowledges it's unclear if the Biden and Trump situations are the same. Democrat Pete Aguilar says they're not. Trump spent months trying to keep the documents from the government. Biden's lawyers immediately turn them over. That is exactly the way that you should handle this. But House intelligence committee ranking member Mike Turner says the president potentially violated national security laws. He's asking the nation's intelligence chief for a damage assessment.
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GOP requests intel 'damage assessment' of Biden documents
"President Biden is facing a political headache following the revelation that potentially classified documents were found in the office space of his former institute. The Justice Department's reviewing a small number of documents with classified markings found in offices, Joe Biden used between leaving the vice presidency and running for The White House. The president had ripped predecessor Donald Trump as irresponsible for keeping classified documents at his Florida club. When you're a woman at a glass house, don't be throwing stones, right? But Nebraska Republican Don bacon acknowledges it's unclear if the Biden and Trump situations are the same. Democrat Pete Aguilar says they're not. Trump spent months trying to keep the documents from the government. Biden's lawyers immediately turn them over. That is exactly the way that you should handle this. But House intelligence committee ranking member Mike Turner says the president potentially violated national security laws. He's asking the nation's intelligence chief for a damage assessment. Sagar Meghani, Washington.
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"The Senate passed a bill forcing a labor agreement between national freight railroads and their unions averting a major rail strike. That Bill now awaits President Biden's signature after the House passed it on Wednesday. Joining us live as CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of face the nation on CBS, Margaret Brennan. Margaret well a strike has been averted here that issue of paid sick leave is still unresolved. Is there anything President Biden or Congress can do about that at this point? Well, there is a separate parallel bill an argument over that. So it's not completely dead. But the crisis that was seen here with the potential strike hitting just before the holidays at a moment when inflation is high. Really led to this sort of panicked action. So the big Bill averting the strike seems to be headed very swiftly to the president's desk. In fact, he had said he wanted that settled by this weekend. So that's the sort of headline of it. That paid sick leave has been the main point of disagreement between the railroads and the unions. And I know Bernie Sanders and other senators have said they are still going to continue working on it. So do you see any significant blowback for Democrats typically, they get strong support from the unions. That's right, which is why it was such a unique and sort of uncomfortable position, frankly, for the president really have to force this in his view. Something he had to do because of the timing and the calendar and the moment we are in. But that's where we are. The approved bill passed like 80 to 15. So it's going through. But the talks have stalled. There's an attempt, of course, to say we can continue negotiating, give us more time. I mean, there are ways through this. But it is an uncomfortable position for The White House to have been put in to have to go to Congress to force workers back to stay on the job. What do you have coming up on Sunday? A lot. We have a number of things that we are chasing. We have a good lineup so far. We have incoming house. What likely I should say incoming house Republican chair by Turner for the intelligence committee, congressman Pete Aguilar, highest ranking Hispanic in Congress now in the new democratic leadership. He will be joining us for his first interview since his election to that position. And we'll talk to him about what that means in terms of his priorities. And former attorney general Eric holder will also be joining us to talk about a number of legal issues facing the Justice Department. All right, Margaret, have
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Next generation: Hakeem Jeffries set to lead House Democrats
"House Democrats are said to move seamlessly from one history making leader to another today in a show of unity after midterm election losses. Democrats are expected to make Hakeem Jeffries the first black American to lead a major political party in Congress. He would replace Nancy Pelosi as top house Democrat as the party ushers in a new generation of leadership, Pelosi and her top lieutenants are all in their mid 80s. The 52 year old Jefferies, 59 year old Catherine Clark and Pete Aguilar, who is 43, would become the new top trio, as Democrats show rare unity for a party that lost the midterms. Republicans meantime are struggling to unite around leader Kevin McCarthy before taking house control in January, Sagar Meghani, Washington.
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"Home estimate. 5 11 now on double DT TOP, senators are back on the floor of this evening and Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer says the lame duck session will be a busy one. There's a lot we must do before the end of the calendar year. Many of these things will require Republican cooperation to get done. Joining us live from Capitol Hill, WTO's Mitchell Miller, niche, what is the first thing Congress needs to get done in the coming weeks? Well, Hillary and Sean, the most immediate priority is funding the government and avoiding a government shutdown. Sound familiar. The deadline lawmakers will be staring down comes up on December 16th just over three weeks from now. Congress is going to have to either pass an omnibus spending bill that would last through the next year or another short term spending measure. They also have a lot of other things to do. They have to pass the defense authorization bill, which they've actually managed to do now for more than 60 years in a row. And they're taking up several other issues, including funding for Ukraine, legislation to protect same sex and interracial marriage, and the electoral accountability act or electoral count act, which is designed to prevent any future claims that the vice president can somehow unilaterally void the results of the presidential election by failing to help Congress to certify the Electoral College results, as we saw on January 6th. Which we also have the big leadership votes coming up for House Democrats and Republicans. That's right. First up are the Democrats this week who are expected on Wednesday to make New York congressman Hakeem Jeffries the next democratic leader replacing House speaker Nancy Pelosi is the party's standard bearer. Massachusetts congresswoman Catherine Clark in California congressman Pete Aguilar are expected to become number two and three respectively and there's been relatively little drama among the Democrats while there is some on the Republican side, as you know, top Republican Kevin McCarthy still trying to shore up support among conservatives so he can get elected in a floor vote as House speaker in January that could still provoke a floor fight for speaker, which is historically very rare here. Mitch former president Trump is getting criticized for meeting with a white supremacist and Mar-a-Lago last week. What are lawmakers saying and have we heard from Kevin McCarthy on this yet? Well, we've heard from Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer who addressed the issue on the floor of this afternoon. He's condemning mister Trump's meeting with Nick Fuentes, who joined him with rapper Kanye West. For a former president to sit down and have dinner with a high profile anti semite is disgusting and dangerous. Now we have into your question heard from Kevin McCarthy yet. Some Republicans have been critical of the former president's meeting, although we haven't heard from a lot, the former president, by the way, has claimed he doesn't know Fuentes, even though he's an active supporter of mister Trump. Kentucky congressman James comer, who is expected to become chair of the House oversight committee, told NBC's meet the press over the weekend that the former president needs to have in his words better judgment over who he dines with. Meanwhile, as that plays out, the house is back on Tuesday joining the Senate for this mad dash toward the end of the 117th Congress. And you got a busy month ahead, Mitch, thanks. You bet. That's WTO Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller. It is 5 14
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"Your Saturday morning. Three health Democrats stepping forward now as they look to gain top posts to lead their party. This comes a day after House speaker Nancy Pelosi as we've just been talking about, along with other longtime leaders, saying they will step aside. Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller. On this Saturday morning. Speaker Pelosi is praising the lawmaker, saying a new day is dawning. New York congressman Hakeem Jeffries if he succeeds Pelosi would be the first black democratic leader. He's been a fierce defender of Democrats legislative initiatives. Battles were won that are extraordinary, but that doesn't mean that we're off the battlefield. We have to continue to fight for lower cost for better paying jobs. And there will be plenty of battles to come as Republicans prepare to take over the house next year. Other Democrats seeking leadership are Massachusetts congresswoman Katherine Clark, who hopes to become the minority whip and California congressman Pete Aguilar, who's seeking to succeed Jeffries as chair of the democratic caucus. On Capitol Hill, Mitchell Miller, WTO B news. To the world of entertainment of sorts, this Saturday morning for you. It was just earlier this week, many fans of Taylor Swift were disappointed when they could not take advantage of the ticket pre sale ahead of her massive stadium tour and now ticketmaster's bad week just got a little worse as we hear from CBS correspondent Jim crisilla Saturday morning. She was Justice Department, launched an antitrust investigation into the parent company of ticketmaster earlier this year. According to The New York Times, ticketmaster has been under fire for botching ticket presales for pop star Taylor Swift's upcoming 20 city U.S. tour. And on social media this week, the pop star herself said, it was excruciating, she thought to watch fans struggle to order tickets after she had been assured that ticketmaster could handle a heavy demand. Stay tuned. Saturday morning, number 19, the weekends here, everybody. Yay, three 38
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"Game at bed MTL. This is WTO P news. At two 41, good morning, the congressman, who many expect to succeed Nancy Pelosi as House democratic leader, has announced officially his intention this week to run for that post. Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller, Saturday morning. 52 year old New York congressman Hakeem Jeffries would be the first black leader of either party in Congress. He tells colleagues in a letter, it's important to reflect the interests of rural urban and suburban constituents, and he's been a strong advocate of working families. Democrats are going to continue to focus on kitchen table, pocketbook, bread, and butter issues. Also, Massachusetts congresswoman Catherine Clark, as she'll seek to become the party whip and California's Pete Aguilar hopes to become the next head of the democratic caucus, which has been led by Jeffries. There will be in the minority in the next Congress since Republicans now have a slim House majority. On Capitol Hill, Mitchell Miller WT, open news. Get the top news of the day straight to your inbox. Sign up for WTO ps breaking news email alerts. Go to WTO dot com slash alerts. They round up the snacks and sodas, you know we're going to the movies this morning, the saga of convicted Hollywood mega mogul Harvey Weinstein is a powerful one that ignited you'll remember the me too movement and it's still being prosecuted. Will you give me just one chance to talk to you? Are you sure that this isn't just young women who want to sleep with a movie producer to try to get ahead? This is bigger than Weinstein. This is about the system protecting abusers. And all the legendary stories of abuse and power are the subjects of a brand new movie called she said. This morning, Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday, thanks a look at the movie that traces the harrowing experiences of women who fell into his orbit. This is one of those cases where a movie's been sort of ripped from the headlines so that the audience is so familiar with the facts of the case that you wonder where does the suspense come from? Where does the narrative tension come from? And the director Maria Schrader and the two lead actresses Carey Mulligan plays Meghan two E and Zoe Kazan plays Jody Cantor, the two reporters who told the story, the brilliance of this film is how it makes we think of as a series of facts and a story that sort of unfolded in a really powerful, but maybe to some people still abstract way. It just gives it such emotional immediacy. I just think it brings the stakes of this story to such vivid, vivid life. And it's not just through the reporters chasing down the story, but it's in the women who have the courage to come forward. There are former mayor max employees played by Samantha Morton and just a shattering performance. And Jennifer Ellie, and then also the real life Ashley Judd plays herself coming to grips with having to go public or deciding to go public with her personal story. I mean, I choked up several times throughout the movie. So in other words, it's gripping, not because of suspense or not knowing how it turns out, but just the emotional power and the moral power of these women coming forward. And do you think this is one of those movies that's considered important? I do Hillary because it memorializes a turning point. I mean, as we heard in that introduction, this is that rare article or group of articles that sparked a movement. And we're still in it. It changed the world. So I think part of the job of pop culture and movies is to take note of that and to dramatize it in an exciting and gripping way, but also just a way that does right by history. And I think this movie does both. It's superbly entertaining, and I think will last. And
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"Justice Department, just appointed a super radical left special counsel, better referred to as a special prosecutor. He called the Justice Department appalling and another attempt to weaponize the Justice Department. Meanwhile, closing arguments were presented today in the seditious conspiracy trial of members of the oath keepers. A federal jury was told that the man discussed using violence to overthrow the results of the 2020 election, and when rioters started storming the capitol they sought opportunity to do it. Assistant U.S. attorney Catherine rakosi told jurors that Rhodes own words show he was preparing to lead a rebellion to keep Democrat Joe Biden out of The White House. She said roads and his co defendants repeatedly called for a violent overthrow of the government, road the Toure sought to downplay the violent rhetoric as venting and insisted there was no agreement or conspiracy. Nor can hall, Washington. Three House Democrats are stepping forward today as they look to gain top posts to lead their party. This comes a day after House speaker Nancy Pelosi and other longtime leaders stepped aside. Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller has more. Speaker Pelosi is praising the lawmaker, saying a new day is dawning. New York congressman Hakeem Jeffries, if he succeeds Pelosi would be the first black democratic leader. He's been a fierce defender of Democrats legislative initiatives. Battles were won that are extraordinary, but that doesn't mean that we're off the battlefield. We have to continue to fight for lower cost for better paying jobs. And there will be plenty of battles to come as Republicans prepare to take over the house next year. Other Democrats seeking leadership are Massachusetts congresswoman Catherine Clark, who hopes to become the minority whip, and California congressman Pete Aguilar, who's seeking to succeed Jeffries as chair of the democratic caucus. On Capitol Hill, Mitchell Miller, WTO be news. Coming up here on WTO after traffic and weather, the latest on ticketmaster, more trouble for them following this disastrous week of trying to sell tickets to Taylor Swift's upcoming tour. It's ten 37. Are you ready for your palm reading my dear? Yeah
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Jeffries makes historic bid to lead House Dems after Pelosi
"A day after Nancy Pelosi said she's stepping aside as House democratic leader the party could create more history 15 years after Pelosi became the house's first female speaker Money everyone New York's Hakeem Jeffries could make his own history as the first black leader of either party in Congress Jeffrey says he's running for a House democratic leader after Pelosi said it's time to pass the mantle For me the hours come for a new generation Top deputies steny Hoyer and Jim Clyburn are also stepping aside with Catherine Clark and Pete Aguilar moving quickly to replace that after long working with Jefferies as lower rung leaders and now seeking a smooth transition as Democrats shift to the House minority Sagar Meghani Washington
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"Today's top news traffic and weather. The WTO producer's desk. His wired by IBW local 26, where electrical contractors come to grow. Good afternoon, I'm Gigi Barnett. And I'm more clueless, like our producer. The top stories we're following for you today, three Democrats are stepping forward, seeking the top posts in the U.S. House. This comes one day after House speaker Nancy Pelosi and other longtime leaders stepped aside. WTO's Mitchell Miller has today on the hill. Speaker Pelosi is praising the lawmaker, saying a new day is dawning. New York congressman Hakeem Jeffries, if he succeeds Pelosi would be the first black democratic leader. He's been a fierce defender of Democrats legislative initiatives. Battles were won that are extraordinary, but that doesn't mean that we're off the battlefield. We have to continue to fight for lower costs for better paying jobs. And there will be plenty of battles to come as Republicans prepare to take over the house next year. Other Democrats seeking leadership, our Massachusetts congresswoman Kathleen Clark, who hopes to become the minority whip and California congressman Pete Aguilar, who's seeking to succeed Jeffreys as chair of the democratic caucus. On Capitol Hill, Mitchell Miller WTO be news. There is a delay in the effort to build toll lanes on the beltway and I two 70 in Maryland. State transportation officials will hold off until spring on seeking a 50 year contract for that project by extending the deadline for the company who submit their plans, the state now puts the project in the hands of governor elect Wes Moore, who has been critical of the decision to build those toll lanes. He says the lanes would be too expensive for most drivers. One person has died and another has is in the hospital after a car plunged into the Potomac river last night. First responders were called the George Washington Parkway near the 14th street bridge, a little after 9 30. The passenger died at the scene, the driver was rushed to the hospital with non life threatening injuries. Traffic expert Dave dildine says this is not the first time a water rescue has happened on the Potomac. Person actually being chased by police drove right into the water here in April 2019. A couple more went into the water in January 21 and then it happened again right here in October later
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Pelosi to step aside from Dem leadership, remain in Congress
"House speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will step aside from democratic leadership but key per seat in the new Congress In 2007 now my privilege To present the gavel of the United States House of Representatives to the first woman speaker in our history the general lady from California Nancy Pelosi 15 years later For what purpose does the gentlewoman from California seek recognition As we gather here we stand on sacred ground the chamber of the United States House of Representatives The heart of American democracy For nearly 20 years Pelosi has been in democratic leadership in that chamber My Friends no matter what title you all my colleagues have bestowed upon me speaker leader whip there is no greater official honor for me than to stand on this floor and to speak for the people of San Francisco And she will keep doing that But as a rank and file member I will not seek reelection to democratic leadership in the next Congress One where Republicans will be in the majority For me the hours come for a new generation Pelosi is 82 as is number three House Democrat Jim Clyburn top deputy steny Hoyer is 83 and not long after Pelosi's speech said he too will stay in Congress but step down from leadership Clyburn has said he wants to keep a leadership spot but also looks forward to helping the new generation specifically noting the trio of Hakeem Jeffries Catherine Clark and Pete Aguilar For Pelosi it's all a moment of reflection When I first came to the floor at 6 years old never would I have thought that someday I would go from home maker to House speaker In President Biden's words the most consequential speaker in American history Sagar Meghani Washington
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"Is our producer. The top stories we're following for you today. President Biden intends to run for reelection in 2024 in an exclusive interview with MSNBC yesterday. He said he treats himself as a candidate from that moment on, although he has not made a formal decision. University of Virginia center for politics director Larry sapote expects President Biden to run again as long as he's healthy. That's a determination that he has to first make along with his family and staff. And then the Democratic Party and one assumes that he would be the nominee again. I'm not sure any senior Democrat would even challenge him. The president would be 82 if he's reelected in 86 if he finishes a second term. Former president Trump is the leading Republican candidate in certain polls, but he has not said whether or not he'll run. A federal appeals court has issued a stay temporarily blocking President Biden's plan to cancel billions of dollars in federal student loan debt. That throws the program into limbo just days after people started applying for loan forgiveness. The court issued this day while it considers a motion from 6 Republican led states to block the program. Washington Post reporter Danielle Douglas Gabriel. A lot of it has to do with the fact that the Department of Education had said that they were not discharged any debt before October 23rd, which is this Sunday. With that kind of pressing timeline before us, the court made the decision to hold off on any kind of debt cancellation until it's able to hear both sides in this appeal. This is perhaps the strongest lawsuit that we've seen. There are about 7 of them that have been filed to block this policy. This many legal experts had thought had the best chance, and people were a little surprised to see a dismissed, but not quite a surprise to see the appeal get this far. It's not clear what the decision means for the 22 million borrowers who've already applied for the debt relief. The January 6th committee has subpoenaed former president Donald Trump to testify on November 14th under oath about the capitol riot. More from CBS News congressional correspondent Scott mcfarlane. Panel member Pete Aguilar said they're open to questioning Trump in a live hearing. We're going to be prepared if the former president decides to come. And if he puts a restrictions on it for live testimony, we're going to be prepared for that eventuality. We will be prepared in any scenario. The committee wants information about Trump's dealings with key players who've all pleaded the 5th, plus all his communications by phone, text, or the
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"Is our producer. The top stories we're following for you today, a federal appeals court has issued a stay temporarily blocking President Biden's plan to cancel billions of dollars in federal student loan debt. That throws the program into limbo just days after people start applying for loan forgiveness. The court issued this day while it considers a motion from 6 Republican led states to block the program. Washington Post reporter, Danielle Douglas Gabriel. A lot of it has to do with the fact that the Department of Education had said that they were not discharged any debt before October 23rd, which is this Sunday. With that kind of pressing timeline before us, the court made the decision to hold off on any kind of debt cancellation until it's able to hear both sides in this appeal. This is perhaps the strongest lawsuit that we've seen. There are about 7 of them that have been filed to block this policy. This many legal experts had thought had the best chance, and people were a little surprised to see a dismissed, but not quite as surprised to see the appeal get this far. It's not clear what the decision means for the 22 million borrowers who have already applied for the debt relief. The January 6th committee has subpoenaed former president Trump to testify on November 14th under oath about the capital riot. He was sent the panel's letter yesterday, which requests that he hand over documents by November 4th, more from CBS News congressional correspondent Scott mcfarlane. Cattle member Pete Aguilar said they're open to questioning Trump in a live hearing. We're going to be prepared if the former president decides to come. And if he puts restrictions on it for live testimony, we're going to be prepared for that eventuality. We will be prepared in any scenario. The committee wants information about Trump's dealings with key players who've all pleaded the 5th, plus all his communications by phone, text, or the private messaging app signal on January 6th. And Trump attorney tells CBS News the committee's public announcement of the subpoena was unprecedented and inappropriate, raising questions about whether Donald Trump intends to cooperate. President Biden declined to say whether he believes Donald Trump should comply with the subpoena. He was asked about it during an interview with MSNBC. Look, there are nothing automatic about democracy. Remember when you're an undergraduate school, they talk about every generation has to protect democracy. What really does. And I think we're at one of those inflection points in history. Where we've reached a point where there has been such a division that you have what I call the mega maga Republicans who are think that it's all right to threaten violence. I think that's not an appropriate talk about how they are concerned about security, but yet you saw what happened on January 6th, the whole world saw it. The president says he supports how the House committee has handled its investigation into the capitol riot. Hundreds of thousands of people in central and western Ukraine woke up today to power outages and periodic bursts of gunfire as Ukrainian air defenses tried to shoot down drones and incoming missiles. Russia has intensified its strikes on power stations, water supply systems, and other key infrastructure across the country, the latest phase of the war as it nears the 8 month Mark. 18 cruise missiles were shot down, but it's not clear how many were launched. These missile strikes took place in a half dozen regions of the country, the extent of the damage is not yet been determined, air raid sirens started early in the morning, and this was just in key, but by mid morning, these air raids sirens were going off all across the country, a power plant was struck. That's WTO national security correspondent JJ green, who joined us from Latvia to describe the chaos in Ukraine. Western nations are making new accusations against Russia and Iran in the war against Ukraine. 8 months into Russia's war in Ukraine, Secretary of State Anthony blinken says when it comes to diplomacy to end the war. It depends entirely on whether Russia gets to a place where it's actually interested in stopping the aggression that it started. And we have seen no evidence of that in this moment. On the contrary, we see Russia doubling and tripling down on its aggression. This is the U.S. accuses Russia of using Iranian drones to attack civilians and power plants in Ukraine and Japan's prime minister warns that Russia using nuclear weapons would be seen as an act of hostility against humanity. Tom fody, CBS News, Washington. Coming up on WTO P after traffic and weather, a man found shot to death at a district heights gas station. It's 1136. The following is a paid commercial message. This is bishop Michael burbidge of the Catholic diocese of Arlington. These days, it can be challenging to look on the bright side. We see high prices scarcity of items, weather forecasts that could predict a deluge or a drought. But sacred scripture reminds us that the earth is full of the goodness of the lord, beginning with the precious gift of life itself. There is truth, beauty, and goodness in the world all around us. 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"Things considered from NPR news. I'm Sasha Pfeiffer in Cambridge, Massachusetts. And I'm married Louise Kelly in Washington. To the vote today to subpoena a president. The house January 6th committee wants to question former president Trump over his role in the capital insurrection. Those in favor will say I those poses no. In the opinion of the chair the eyes have it. The vote was unanimous and it came at the very end of today's hearing in which the panel presented a constellation of evidence some old some new all of it aimed at showing that Trump was fully aware he had lost the election yet continued to discredit the results and direct an armed mob to the capitol. Joining me now is one of the committee members, democratic congressman Pete Aguilar of California, congressman welcome. Thanks for having me, Mary Louise. The subpoena. President former president Trump has weighed in weighing in about the timing, asking in a post on his platform truth social asking, why did the committee wait till the very end, the very final moments of their last meeting because he wrote the committee is a total bust. He went on to say a laughingstock all over the world in quote. Congressman, I guess that might get a little bit of a tip as to how likely he is to cooperate with the subpoena. What do you expecting? Well, I don't know if we can take anything from the president's tweets based on based on past history. But I will say that we put a lot of thought behind this. I think the former president's answer would probably be the same whether we did this earlier in the year or we did this today. The facts are very clear that we have done over a thousand interviews. We pledge to the American public that we were going to get to the bottom of what happened. In order to do that, we feel that we need to hear directly from him because all roads have pointed to Donald Trump. And as I mentioned, the vote was unanimous, but our capital hill team is reporting that y'all did debate it intensely. What were the pros and cons? Whenever the 9 of us get together and have conversations about where the committee is going, there's always discussion. Because all of us feel strongly about protecting democracy. But there are rarely any disagreements among the 9 of us on where we go and there was not disagreements with this decision. We feel that it's in the best interest of the committee. We feel that it meets the moment and does exactly what we pledge to do. Over issues of separation of power. The history history has shown that past former presidents have provided testimony to Congress. Some have been subpoenaed, some have been subpoenaed by Congress. A couple of presidents, a subpoena, former presidents, have been subpoenaed by Congress and come before us. Many presidents, I think the list is 7 who have provided testimony in some way to Congress. So this is not unprecedented at all. In fact, it would be unprecedented. If we didn't do our job and if we didn't seek to turn over every rock to find out what happened on that violent insurrection, or if we gave the former president a pass to not share his side of the story. What's your number one question for? Well, we're not going to get into. We'll see how that goes. But clearly, the committee has been very clear. Why didn't he do anything? Why didn't he do anything to try to help those of us who were here at the capitol? The record has shown that he knew there was going to be violence. Yet for a 187 minutes, he was in The White House and not lifting a finger while law enforcement was getting pummeled on each side of the capitol. That's one of the many questions we have. So questions about timing, questions about state of mind, which I know is what you focused your statements on today while we shall see how that all plays out. And we appreciate your joining us today. Thank you, congressman. Thanks Mary, Louise. Is California representative Pete Aguilar, Democrat serving on that house January 6th panel. $965 million. That's how much the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to pay to the families of those killed at sandy hook elementary. A jury in Connecticut announced the verdict yesterday. In the defamation trial over the lies, Jones spread about the shooting. But there's a lot that has to happen between the verdict and the family's actually receiving any money. Here to talk about that is NPR's Becky Sullivan hi Becky. Hello. This is an enormous amount of money, but will the families really get this much? Well, that is the big question. Well, first off, Alex Jones could end up owing even more money in the form of attorney's fees or other punitive damages with this case. There's a couple other cases as well. But the amount here also could go down, James is legal team has said that they'll appeal the amounts. And just to give you a sense, the highest total for any one family was a $240 million to the relatives of a first grade teacher who was killed. So Jones lawyers are likely going to argue that that is excessive, and it is possible that the trial judge or an appeals court could agree. I asked such in panda about this, he's a law professor at the university of Connecticut. And he said this one is just really hard to predict. This is an extraordinary case. It's hard to find points of comparisons, not just with respect to that large damage amounts, but because of the underlying conduct found by the jury to be so morally blameworthy. So egregious, it's hard to know exactly what happens next. Becky in terms of whatever assets, Jones might have, it could be given to the families what is his financial situation? Yeah, this is also very much an open question. On one hand, by a lot of measures, Jones does have a lot of money. And the verdict, by the way, is against both Jones and his company free speech systems, which includes both InfoWars and also his very lucrative sales business. He sells stuff like alternative medicines and survival gear. And a few months ago, in a related case, a business forensic expert testified that Jones and this company free speech systems could be worth as much as $270 million. The experts said that InfoWars was at one point bringing in $50 million in revenue or more every year. But earlier this year, when it looks like these defamation judgments were probably going to happen, Jones's company free speech systems filed for bankruptcy. It claims that it had a huge debt to another Alex Jones company, one that hasn't been named in the family lawsuits. Lawyers for the families say that this whole thing is essentially a fraudulent scheme to siphon off the assets of free speech systems in order to insulate it from having to pay off these huge defamation judgments. A bankruptcy court is working to sort all of that out now. Meanwhile, InfoWars appears to still be bringing in thousands and thousands of dollars every day. And these lawyers are going to want to figure out how can we get some of that money. So how might this all play out from here? Well, it's worth noting that Jones himself just in the last day has openly mocked the idea that he will ever pay this amount of money a $1 billion, he has vowed to appeal. He is asking his viewers for money to help fund this legal effort. So, you know, in terms of how my play out, I put the question to Nick koff, he is a bankruptcy attorney based in Los Angeles. He said it's unlikely that Alex Jones has a $1 billion sitting in a bank account ready to pay out. Instead, maybe the families could get paid out over time. But Alex Jones ability to pay out over time, of course, depends on continuing this lucrative business broadcasting conspiracy theories. If Alex Jones decides that continuing to make podcasts is just going to enrich the people that he's harmed, then Alex Jones might very well just go off the airwaves and that might just count as a win. And just to know here, Sasha, there is still one more damage as trial definition trial for one more family, tentatively scheduled for later this year
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"Knowledge about whether or not she had additional information as to what went on on January 6th. The panel wanted to talk to Thomas about her conversations with then president Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows, and conservative lawyer, John eastman. Here's California Democrat Pete Aguilar, who sits on the panel. We'd like to hear from Jenny Thomas. Her discussions and coordination and text messages to Mark Meadows as well as a specific lead to John eastman. The two were lead figures in the former president's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, Aguilar said like other witnesses before her, Thomas testimony, may be shared with the public. Like many individuals who come before us, will hear the testimony. We'll continue the investigation. We'll continue having conversations. And when it's relevant, we'll present it to the public. Today, Thomas attorney said she reached the deal to testify to quote clear up misconceptions about her activities. He said she condemned the January 6th violence. During her more than four hour visit to the O'Neill House office building near the capitol where she testified, Thomas, declined to respond to reporters questions. Claude rice, NPR news, Washington. Our time now is 5 18. Thanks for listening to all things considered on member funded 90.1 W ABE. I'm Jim burris. Two weeks ago, Iranian police officers killed a woman, being detained over an alleged Haji Haji violation. It sparked massive protests all across the country. Their burning symbols of the Islamic Republic, their burning symbols of state violence against women. With the he job, incident means for Iran's regime coming up in about 15 minutes here on WAB. Support for WAB comes from AEG
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Jan. 6 panel probes Trump's 187 minutes as Capitol attacked
"The House committee investigating the capitol riot tonight holds what maybe it's final hearing Detailing Donald Trump's actions as the insurrection unfolded Previous hearings have detailed pleas from in and out of The White House where the president to call off his supporters but he did not for more than three hours In prime time tonight Pete Aguilar and Liz Cheney say the panel will lay out what the president was or was not doing During those 187 minutes Minute by minute What Jamie Raskin had other panel members say will give the most compelling evidence yet of Trump's dereliction of duty It profound moment of reckoning for America a person familiar with the lineup says two former White House aides who resigned immediately after the riot are expected to testify tonight Sagar Meghani Washington
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"Situations. Partly cloudy skies, 88° in the city, about a 30% chance for storms this afternoon and the evening overnight lows in the mid 70s, a better chance for storms tomorrow, especially in the afternoon, tomorrow's high 91. It's four O 6. This is all things considered from NPR news I want a summers. And I'm Ari Shapiro. Tomorrow night, the curtain is set to fall on the January 6th committee's series of summer hearings. The House select committee has offered polished presentations and videos as well as testimony full of bombshells, giving the public an inside view of what led up to the capital attack. To talk about where it goes from here, we're joined by NPR congressional correspondent Claudia grisales who has followed the committee closely since it was created more than a year ago. Hey Claudia. Hey, Ari. The schedule has kept changing all summer. So to start, is this really the last hearing? Right. They're expecting this to be the last hearing for several weeks at least, at least they're expecting that for now. For example, chairman Benny Thompson recently joked with the reporters that they could schedule their August vacations, but he also told us if they get new compelling evidence, they could hold another emergency hearing as we saw last month with ex Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony, also members are reluctant to call with their heading into now this committee's last chapter, one member California Democrat Pete Aguilar simply called it the next chapter. There's questions that we want to get to the bottom of and significant progress that we've made within the hearings to date. And it's been a pleasure to work with these members and I look forward to caring forward and doing more work
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What to expect during the House Jan. 6 committee's public hearings
"The house panel investigating last year's capitol riot is ready to go public with its findings starting with a prime time hearing tonight Pete Aguilar says the committee's interviewed more than a thousand people who reviewed more than 140,000 documents We're ready to tell the story Fellow member Elaine luria says it's a chilling story about a conspiracy to corrupt the entire government The hair on the back of your neck should stand up The panels promising new and explosive information over a series of hearings though it's unclear what that will entail Republicans like Elise Stefanik are dismissing the entire probe as illegitimate It is a smear campaign Against Donald Trump and his backers house GOP leader Kevin McCarthy calls it a diversion What I wish they would really have a prime
WTOP
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"Are obviously not communicating with the suspects so we can't get that from him or working items that we have seized as I talked about documents papers phones The house will pursue contempt charges against former DoJ lawyer Jeffrey Jeffrey Clark Those in favors that I those of poses say no And opinion of the chairs the eyes have it Clark has refused to testify on the insurrection CBS News brief I'm Monica rix All of that now from WD's Mitchell Miller on Capitol Hill Jeffrey Clark sought to help former president Trump to amplify unproven allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 election according to an earlier Senate Judiciary Committee report and the select committee wants to know more about his dealings with the president California congressman Pete Aguilar The fact that his two superiors have already spoken publicly he shouldn't have anything to hide Clark appeared before the panel last month but declined to answer questions related to the former president The house will now vote on the referral and ultimately the Justice Department will determine whether he'll face a possible indictment Former senior White House adviser Steve Bannon was indicted earlier this year On Capitol Hill Mitchell Miller WTO news Time now one 33 it is here health officials confirming this morning the first case this week of the omicron variant for COVID in a vaccinated traveler apparently who returned to California after a trip to South Africa San Francisco mayor London breed announced detection of the first case We have discovered our first case not only here in San Francisco but the entire country Doctor grant colfax San Francisco's director of health says people should be concerned but not panic The person recently traveled to South Africa and developed symptoms upon their return The person was vaccinated and so far has suffered only mild symptoms colfax says.
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah: Ears Edition
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"This is my jam. Now relax relax. You don't need a maximum that's the opposite of Yeah and finally. Let's get into some technology. News talk viral the recipes to random songs and even today meals took trend is starting to get a little out of control. You may have seen these images on your social media feeds in the last few days. Bathrooms damage toilets broken. Even keyboards in urinals it's part of a new viral challenge onto talk. It is called the devious licks challenge and apparently encourages people to vandalize their schools. School say the vandalism is costing them thousands of dollars a year. Tick-tock says it's pulling videos with the devious hashtag but students are going way outside the box and they're creating similar hashtags to get around it folks. Educators are begging parents. You must check your kids social media activity. You might not expecting your kids. Many of them are involved in this viral movement to still teachers purses clogged toilets. Defaced the firearms. It's just ridiculous. Okay all right. I'm gonna talk about this story number one. Are we sure. We don't wanna beats our kids. I'm not saying it's right. I'm not saying it's right but are we sure we wanna take it off the table because the real name of this trend should be. How far can i push this before. My parents my ass challenge. We'll be destroying your shit. Also it's just disrespectful. It's also dumb. You're going to destroy the toilets in your school. You realize those are your toilets right. I guess now you're going to be doing the foster poop in my backpack challenge and you know in the. Us government said that. You can't trust tic talk because it's a chinese plot. I i didn't believe it but now i'm starting to see it man because china china's figured it out you don't need to fight this country. No you just need to convince americans that they'll go viral and they'll destroy themselves the tide pod challenge. It's the devious challenge ma. It's the destroying electrical grid challenge. We did it. Oh and by the way. I get why they say talk with your kids and make sure they're not part of this trend but i feel like that could also backfire in a major way. Honey i just wanted to make sure that you're not destroying your school like all those other. Cool kids on tick-tock. Yeah i wasn't going to but that sounds awesome. Thanks mom you're the best all. Let's move on now to our top story. This week is the united nations general assembly. Which is happening in new york the annual gathering that honestly could just be zoom but all the big names have shown up president biden gave. A speech brazil's marcenaro gave a speech and vets gave a speech and filmed a music video from inside un headquarters. Completely real old people. Were probably watching this. Like what the hell is a bts and young people were watching it like what the hell is the un but it makes sense bt to show up at the un out of all the countries they probably have the most powerful army and obviously there's a lot of global issues on the agenda climate change afghanistan finding out who the father of xs baby is. The rep community needs to know. It's devastating them but there's also a brand new international disputes. That's causing a lot of drama. France is furious with us because of a surprise snub on a sixty five billion dollar. Diesel submarine contract. Originally france and australia had shaken hands on the deal but just last week. Australia change course and went with the us and uk on a new contract for nuclear subs. France was so offended by the faux pas macron pulled the french ambassadors to the. Us in australia francis. Foreign minister is calling the administration's decision unacceptable behavior between allies and partners and a stabbed in the back of france which have been trying to sell australia. It's less powerful subs. An angry france also cancelled a gala in dc. Tonight celebrating the anniversary of a naval battle. that france helped the colonies win in the revolutionary war. Okay look as i mean canceling party. That's no big deal. But you've got to be pretty angry to cancel a gala party with like fencing napkins. But yeah basically australia had promised to buy submarines from france right but then they decided to ditch fronts and announced that they were instead going to buy their submarines from the uk and america and this whole story shocked me. Because when i first heard about it i was like i didn't even know franson australia. Knew each other but now it turns out that fronts is really embarrassed and the pissed off so pissed off that they recalled their ambassador to the us which doesn't sound that crazy until you realize that in two hundred fifty years. They've never done that before. Yeah frontal was so mad that they've even recalled timothy shalom as name now on. We have to call him timmy. Brown it's just not as sexy. It really isn't it might as well call me by your name. That's the movie. See what i did there and you know guys. France is making such a big deal about this deal that i'm starting to think that they needed this contract to pay the rent or something and while is upset with the uk and australia. You can tell that. They're especially mad at joe's of robinet biden because they came at him with the ultimate insult so the language out of paris right now is the harshest yet over the new security deal. Australia's struck with the us and britain. Well on saturday. The foreign minister didn't hide his contempt. Kuku was laura's me is the behavior of the americans said this is your this unilateral brutal unpredictable decision. Looks a lot like what mr trump used to do. Xian oh boy no tell me you didn't. You did not just throw out the t-word at joe biden. Because you know what's going to happen next right joe biden's about a hit you with the clapback. Get him joe well. He fell asleep but when he wakes up all boy. You better lookouts now. Don't forget the only reason australia wants these subs in the first place is because china is becoming more and more aggressive in the region so when china so this deal they also weren't happy china's accusing the us of stoking arms race chinese state media warning australia that it's now an adversary and to prepare for the worst be sensationalist chinese state media newspaper the global times that had a front page article and in that article. It said that australia was really mocking itself out as an adversary of china and by making this move it also made itself vulnerable as a potential nuclear target in the event of open conflict. God damn china. No wonder australia's nervous. You guys just jumped straight to nuclear war. Isn't the gao something you can cancel. I honestly i think this whole situation could have been avoided. These are submarines supposed to be secret. Knows what's happening like why you even telling people about them in the first place. If i was australia i wouldn't spend billions of dollars on submarines. It's been billions of dollars on the people to help with what happened with covert and then i would tell china that i bought the submarines. Because how are they going to know. It's all underwater. Got a bunch of them concede him. Yeah that's what they. Yeah but we bought a ton took vin. You can see where spent the money all right when we come back. Do say sloan goes on the street and messes with new yorkers. Don't go away. It's crazy how much we have to pay for outdated impersonal healthcare and even crazier that we all just accept it..
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah: Ears Edition
"pete aguilar" Discussed on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah: Ears Edition
"Has they finally got their uniforms like they. God like Yeah no they got like. I didn't even know space for slim thing. I thought it was one of those things. Like trump was space floors and then it would just go but apparently thing now and they got the uniforms. But i don't know if you've seen them you should actually google. It's just like normal. Uniforms and the panel just baggy. But it's not like you know like i wanted like they should konya to. Do you know what. I mean like he. He looks like he makes alien clothes like if aliens invaded earth. It'd be like your guys must die all this guy. What's fashion my man coming to you from the most important place on her daily sir. Here's the district tonight submarine warfare. Kobe takes the goal and representative pete. Accurate this is the daily show with trevor shot. Everybody welcome to the show. I'm trevor noah and today is tuesday september twenty first. Let's kick things off with the corona virus pandemic the only thing that's gone on longer than someone explaining bitcoin to you. In fact it's gone on so long. It just broke a one hundred year old record. Covert nineteen is now. The deadliest pandemic in our nation's history that grim distinction was made official by johns hopkins university on monday. The us surpassed six hundred. Seventy five thousand kovin related deaths which is more than the estimated fatalities from one thousand nine hundred eighteenth spanish flu pandemic but at that time the. Us population was about one hundred and three million less than a third of today's three hundred thirty million covet number one pandemic about time. We did it baby. You know. I don't know what's worse. That covert has killed more americans than any other pandemic or that. This won't change anything because let's be honest. The people who are scared of covert will already scared back when like ten people died and everyone else still going to be like. I heard more people die from shark attacks now just to be clear. The spanish flu killed a higher percentage of the population right so technically it is still more deadly but then again. I don't think we can trust the numbers from one hundred years ago like nobody knew if you died because of the flu or just because it was one thousand nine hundred eighteen population size aside america shouldn't be surpassing one thousand nine hundred thousand numbers. Can we agree on that. They shouldn't even be getting close to those numbers. I mean think of the modern advantages that we have made of every advantage that we have since. Then right we've got 'em vaccines we've got better mosques. I mean back in one thousand nine hundred. Eighteen doctors were euthanizing women. Because they didn't know how to handle the bleeding coming out of their lady. Parts in one thousand nine hundred. Didn't have iphones to track the disease. They would probably yelling palm pilots and although the covert pandemic continues to rage around the us one states with things all going normal is california which now has the lowest covert rates in the country and within california. Few places are doing better than san francisco. Yeah what they do is they. Fill all the empty syringes on the ground with pfizer. And they just wait for people to step on them. It's very effective. So now the mayor of san francisco is celebrating the success by ending the city's moscow rules the only catches. She's only ending them for herself. San francisco mayor london breed is under fire after video has come to light. The chose her mask list dancing and singing during a live indoor performance by the nineties. Rb group tony tony tony. That is breed there on the left and her critics are seizing on this saying that. She violated her own health departments masking order which came out in august and applies to the vaccinated like the mayor and the unvaccinated when confronted about this mayor breed was.
Up First
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"All right. The fencing is back up around the perimeter of the us capital much because a far right rally is planned for tomorrow in washington d. to support people who were charged for the roles in the january six insurrection. It's the first large scale security tests for capital police. Since january tack by supporters of former president trump. the deadly siege was security failure on a number of levels but much has changed since then. Npr congressional reporter. Cloudy gra solace is with us. Good morning claudia. Good morning well. What are you hearing from. The capitol police. Do they feel ready. They sound ready. We're hearing newfound confidence. This includes capital police chief. Tom manger who took over earlier the summer. He briefed congressional leaders this week and promised more transparency and intelligence sharing which was a failure on january six. Several members of congress have also expressed confidence in the agency's new levels of communication insecurity efforts west virginia republican shelley moore capito sits on the senate rules committee which oversees capitol police. Well i think you know the sergeant at arms the capitol. Police are in charge of security. I think they've learned a lot of lessons. We've heard a lot of testimony. And i'm sure they have everything under control. I'm full faith in them. California democrat pete aguilar sits on the house select committee investigating the january six attack and says lawmakers and others will be watching tomorrow closely. We trust that they are very mindful that the public is going to be paying attention and ensure that we protect the capital and while the top fbi officials said. There's no evidence that violence is expected. Tomorrow and congress's non in session. Capitol police now have fencing in place and they say the national guard will be on standby those kind of details that have members at ease if we look back over the past couple of months. Republicans are very divided over. What happened on january six. Are they divided over. What's happening this weekend. While we're not hearing a lot from republican members in the house especially that they have interest in attending tomorrow's rally so there is a difference there that said the house committee that is investigating january. Six is paying very close attention to this. This includes two republicans on that panel. Adam kinsey nerve illinois and liz cheney of wyoming their caucus is the most of the republican caucuses boycotting these efforts of this panel but kissing. Her says saturday's demonstration is reminder of the important mission. This committee has ahead of its work. So let's take a listen to what he said. You have a right to d- out there so long as it stays peaceful but we really need to begin to push back against this kind of i call it. Fettuccine fetish icing overthrowing the government kissing her over. The last eight months is said. There's been a concerted effort to downplay january. Six and this is among again some of his own colleagues in his party. So he says this just re energizes. The mission share the truth of what led up to that day. But we should note. House minority leader. Kevin mccarthy recently told political that no. Gop members are expected to attend. Do you think what happens tomorrow. Is going to affect the congressional investigation into the insurrection. I hear from members yes. It raises the importance of what they are doing. And the need to get it right. For example zinger says no matter how many people show up tomorrow represents a fraction of the people who think the january six was justified. An augie dealer emphasize that their work will show that january. Six is not a day to be celebrated but rather to draw lessons from so it never happens again. Npr's.
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House set to pass massive virus relief package
"President Biden is on the verge of his biggest legislative win yet as the house nears passage of a massive virus relief package it's one point nine trillion dollars aimed at helping Americans get vaccinated back to school and work and get back on their feet financially the boldest action taken on behalf of the American people since the Great Depression California Democrat Pete Aguilar says it's what the nation needs right now but the plan has had zero G. O. P. support with number two house Republican Steve Scalise saying the focus should be on helping those who need it not just sending everybody a check all across America the president estimates eighty five percent of Americans will get direct payments of up to fourteen hundred dollars Sager mag ani Washington