Republicans are mired in a fight with one another that has set us on the path towards a devastating Government Shutdown that is now just six days away. A small group of House Republican extremists are continuing to hold up any sort of meaningful action on the matter with their refusal to even consider a short term funding bill, known as a continuing resolution. That is a measure that could realistically be brought to the floor of congress over the next few days before the funding runs out next saturday at midnight. Instead, republican holdouts want to consider each appropriations bill separately. A more time consuming an extensive process that would definitely take more than a week. Ahead of a call with republicans yesterday afternoon, Speaker Mccarthy expressed a bit of hope, telling reporters what he thinks when it gets down to crunch, time the holdouts will, quote hopefully move off. A few hours later, however the louisiana congressman this man here and ally who wasnt struggled in t
on. here we go with mask mandates and president biden is facing criticism for pushing the mask mandate. never put our kid back in masks. a man seen beating a woman in the subway for over two minutes. incarceration movement. we will never see alex murdaugh on the street again, never worry about that. his lawyers say they have evidence of jury tampering. duty calls, larry did everything. army helicopter pilot army taylor awarded medal of honor for his service in the vietnam war. brian: we begin with this, today is deadline for david weiss to submit updated version of diversion agreement that would settle a gun charge and keep the president s son out of jail. the house oversight committee issue six new subpoenas over claim that the agency tipped secret service and biden team in 2020 ahead of the tax probe interview. steve: committee chairman james comer is asking for document from homeland securityland security secretary alejandro mayorkas and testimony from
more now on that coast guard yacht rescue. the yacht was headed from china to san francisco during the race around the world when stormy weather swept away the vessel s communication and steering equipment. now the coast guard is coming to the aid of the crew. four of which have injuries. moments ago i spoke to an agency official about exactly what that means. once the coast guard helicopter makes its way to the vessel, it will lower a rescue swimmer just as my rescue lowers to shore would. he is an emt trained person. he will do medical evaluation, check the injuries, treat the injuries as much as he can, and make a decision on what he needs to do at that point. and that official says the coast guard should reach the yacht in about an hour. the republican presidential candidates phobinging on wisconsin today with the primary coming up on tuesday. some analysts say a victory by mitt romney in wisconsin can all but seal his nomination. rival rick santorum says not so fas
i m t.j. holmes. take a look, we got a new advisory and some new information to tell you about. tropical storm lee. in the gulf of mexico. yes, indeed, it is getting stronger. we ll have the very latest from our meteorologist alexandria steele standing by. keeping an eye on politics as well. a major tea party rally in just a few hours and the headliner is not in the presidential race. at least not yet. sarah palin. what will she say? will she say she s getting in? we ll take you there live. also, another apology from another comedian for something he said on stage that people are calling insensitive and racial remarks. you will hear for yourself. start with this tropical storm, tropical storm lee, that s already got states of emergency in place in several places including louisiana, mississippi, some cities as well, new orleans, yes, under the gun right now. they re preparing for possible flooding and we re talking about some 20 inches of rain expected in some spots. list