good evening. speaker of the house kevin mccarthy weighed in late this evening on his decision to give tucker carlson first dibs on footage from january 6th, footage that carlson used to portray the attack as something it was not. several senators criticized his decision. documents revealing that carlson s contempt for the former president for his viewers and for the facts. we ll have more on that shortly. first, though, some of what the speaker just said. the one thing i always want to make sure is this capitol is protected and secured. i want to make sure the officers here have everything they need to provide that. my whole role for january 6th is just to bring transparency. people can make their own decision. mccarthy held this press conference today following a congressional budget office report on the debt. what did he say about the january 6th security footage? how much concern are you hearing from members of the house? members of the senate have spoken out but does
footage, which so far tucker carlson has used to sway the capitol attack of something it was not. his remarks come on a day in which several republican senators criticized his decision and hard on the heels of last night s document dump in dominion voting systems cased against fox. documents revealing that carlson s attempt for the former president for his viewers and for the facts. more on that, shortly. first, some of what the speaker just said. one thing that i always want to make sure is that this capitol, it is protected and secured. i want to make sure that the officers here have everything that they need to provide that. my whole role for a january 6th is just being transparent. people can make their own decision with that. that is not all he said on the subject. our manu raju found out when he press the speaker, he joins us now. so mccarthy held a press conference today following a congressional budget office report on the debt. what did he say about the january s
here. now, the hard work begins. i may not know all of you, some of you are new, but i hope one thing is clear after this week: i never give up. pete: that s the truth. it happened just after midnight last night after 15 rounds of voting, the house elects california republican kevin mccarthy as the speaker of the house. emily: mccarthy taking the gavel in a late night session as the gop looks to get to work. will: alexandria hoff is live in washington with more. good morning, alexandria. reporter: good morning. it took 14 failed votes flipping more than a dozen holdouts and a final tally taking place just after midnight but speaker mccarthy has the gavel and we have the 118th congress sworn in early this morning. that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter so help you god. i do. congratulations, you are now mcellroy members members of the 118th congress. reporter: it is conclusion of drama-filled four days of vo
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we spoke this morning with david sanger of the new york times who said trump was significantly more interested in the nuclear weapons efforts of north korea and iran than other countries. to be clear, we don t know from this report which country this is talking about. do you expect that this was information about the military, though, of an american adversary? well, we simply don t know exceptional interest in the nuclear capabilities or aspirations of north korea and iran, we all did for national security purposes. but we don t know whether it was a friend or a foe, and the issue is not just about the content of the report, but what it may reveal about our sources and methods and capabilities to find out and learn about another country s military capabilities. so that is a particular concern as well, which why i think it is all the more important that the intelligence community quickly conduct its risk assessment of what may or may not have been released at mar-a-lag