about this? the votes fell largely along about this? the votes fell largely along party - about this? the votes fell largely along party lines, | about this? the votes felll largely along party lines, it is a republican controlled capital there and what house speaker cameron sexton who is a republican alleges is not only did they disrupt proceedings but he also compares their behaviour to insurrection. of course that immediately brings to mind the events here in washington, dc onjanuary six. democrats have been very quick to say that this is an entirely different incident but all of this has attracted the attention of the white house. we heard earlier today from the white house press secretary even before these expulsions saying that this would be undemocratic. we can also take a listen to what she had to say. a listen to what she had to sa . . . a listen to what she had to sa , ., , a listen to what she had to sa . .. ., , ., , say. the fact that this vote is happening say. the fa
the past year tried to put the spotlight on the need for voting rights while also saying that he knows that more work needs to be done. today he used that phrase that he started using in the state of the union when he said we need to finish the job, pointing to a host of issues. i think voting rights is one of those issues that we would like to see action on. it is just unclear if there really is a reliable path with the current makeup of the house and the senate and the filibuster in place. there s no question about that, arlette. but at the same time the president made it very clear in his remarks that he sees a connection between the civil rights movement of the 1960s and what he describes as the battle for the soul of america and the preservation of american democracy. i think he made that direct connection during his remarks about an hour ago, a little less than an hour ago when he was saying that the mission that was started then continues today.
joyce, there is only a couple of weeks left for the ethics committee to consider this. what s your expectation? so i think we have to be realistic here, that this something that the committee n expects to see action on. it s interesting, since we expected that in the next congress, we will see sort of the inverse of this, with republicans trying to investigate things connected with the biden administration, and perhaps we will see on democrats set a standard that suggests that people should comply with lawful subpoenas. even when they see seem to be in some ways difficult to comply with or designed maybe not to get to the heart of important governmental and legislative matters. something that is interesting here, katy, is the fifth congressman, the one who is missing, that s alabama s mo brooks. he will not be returning to the next congress. and although that means he s not part of the ethics referral
is the is sixth so-called document dump on part of twitter to reveal cozy ties between the social media giant and the fbi, and and not so much the old days. some of these are fairly recent days. alexandria hoff on what has some regulators now concerned. reporter: well, neil, first of all, or your math is correct, this is the sixth document dump. and in it independent journalist matt taibbi called what he called a surprisingly high number of requests by the fbi for twitter to take action on. he wrote to the beginnings of this relationship, quote: the fbi s social media-focused task force created in the wake of the 2016 election swelled to 80 agents and corresponded with twitter to identify alleged foreign influence and election tampering of all kinds. here taibbi shares an example of fbi compiling a list of accounts that may warrant additional action. according to taibbi, many of the accounts flagged by the fbi had very few followers.
continued to be briefed on this developing situation, and have likely more statements to come. i will be surprised if we hear from him in the coming days. and. weeks about how he plans to try to take action on. this one of the areas where there has been some bipartisan momentum in the past, but we will see if there can be more. of course, president biden back when he was in the senate did work on this issue specifically. i would like to do more, we are told. there is an area of common ground here. one that would like to see. thank you for the comprehensive report. now, to the latest in the saga. a former president trump and the appointed of the special counsel. as donald trump remains defiant. the next guest says is not going away, and is willing to spring the loyalty of his hard-core base like a cudgel against party elevators who are considering abandoning him. senior executive at bloomberg joins me now, the author of the book trump nation. the art of being the. donald that wa