santos, who is facing ten federal charges under that indictment, probably should not have a seat in congress. there is no question about that. but the reality is, republicans, with this move, get to keep him around and a critical vote we know mccarthy is only working with a five seat margin. susan, let s turn to abortion, it could continues to be the focus of political conflict throughout the country. hundreds turned out to protest the abortion rights, for abortion rights, at the nebraska capital on just yesterday. state lawmakers approved a 12-week ban on abortion with some exceptions and restrictions for gender affirming care. for those under the age of 19. six people were arrested, some opponents say that they were caught off guard by the bill. they said state republicans slipped in the abortion restriction measures, into the
member of the 117th congress, having delivered some of the greatest historic legislation in this nation s history, in coordination with the biden harris administration, democrats are the ones who are correcting peoples problems as it relates to roads, bridges, public transit, education, safer communities, health care. these are the things that are top of mind of people, and it s also at the top of mind for democrats, we re going to go into every community and champion that measures, loud and proud. let me ask you this, and then we wish you re nephew and mother happy birthday to. thank. you let me ask you this, south carolina republican, tim scott, filed paperwork yesterday to run for president. in 2024. the official campaign slated for monday at scott college, alma mater in his own town. of charleston. now, scott is expected to set his campaign on his personal story. leading up to becoming the lone black republican to the u.s.
americans, as they re getting into and able tovote, are incredible about to and to evade a and as coming to votingage, very focused gunrefo of investigating hunter sort pr that the government is being weaponized against conservatives on twitter. is there it seems to me that we can t even have a conversation about getting gun reform while this congress is in place. this majority is in place. is that accurate? we do have to just talk to the american people. they are our bosses. and we really, as lincoln said, public sentiment is everything. with it, you can accomplish almost anything. without it, practically nothing. but there is support in the public. yeah. overwhelming. to get this done. we just have to make sure that members of congress hear from their constituents. now, the other side is very,
it is unique in the congress because you are the only woman who has been speaker of the house. there you are. there is your portrait with your lovely husband paul. how is he doing? thank you for asking. he s doing well. he has a couple more months to really be back to normal. but it s so sad because he s as apolitical as they come. and everybody loves paul. they re after me, and he gets hurt. so that is an issue, the political violence that we see and the extremism we ve seen overtake the republican party. but there s also a sort of religious extremism that s place in the courts. you are the first speaker of the house, and you now live in a country that has taken women s abortion rights back to 1972. how do you reconcile the sort of advancements that you represent and this retrograde movement in our country? it s very big because in the history of our country, our
have the authority to overturn electoral votes. of course, pence has notably refused to answer any of that under oath. he can remain silent on things specifically related to his role in congress that day when, as a reminder, a violent mob outset wad calling for him to be hanged and even brought a noose. although in a sign of his ongoing deference to trump, he has indicated he s willing to take his fight to avoid testifying all the way to the supreme court. in an interview tonight, pence remained predictably gelatinous. look, let me be clear. i have nothing to hide. i have a constitution to uphold. i upheld the constitution on january 6th. i believe we did our duty that day under the constitution of the united states, and in this matter, i thought it was important that we stand on that constitutional principle again, but we re currently speaking to our attorneys about the proper