operate, a rules package. he s facing a major test from some in his party who are not happy with what he gave away. the latest from capitol hill in moments. president biden at the border not far from where migrants crossing into our country have been forced to sleep out in the streets. it s his first visit to the border since taking office as president. he s facing pressure from all sides to address an issue that congress has failed to deal with for two decades. i want him to do something about it finally for sure. i want to not just empty promises, i want him to actually do something. . is there any chance that lawmakers can find common ground to fix this growing humanitarian crisis. echoes of january 6th in brazil. more than 400 people have been arrested after supporters of former president jair bolsonaro stormed that country s congress. how bolsonaro who is in florida is reacting. and more extreme weather out west. tens of millions of people bracing for heavy rain
and more extreme weather out west. tens of millions of people bracing for heavy rain and more catastrophic flooding. it s on top of the storms that have already swept through the state leaving 100,000 people without power. more on that ahead. we start with the house getting back to business this afternoon and republicans looking at a big agenda now that they are in charge. ryan nobles is on capitol hill outside a steering committee meeting. also with me, jake sherman, brendan buck and steve israel of new york. he s now director of the cornell constitute of politics and global affairs.
rules packages typically get no attention in congress, but here we are. so why is this being mentioned and what s in this package? reporter: it is a lot different this time around, jose, in part because in order to win over the right wing of the republican party and the house of representatives, kevin mccarthy was forced to make a lot of concessions, many of which are going to be part of this rules package that s voted on later today. the most obvious example being this provision that would allow any member of congress to call for a vote to remove the speaker of the house and obviously with something that was mccarthy initially was not in favor of but then was kind of worn down by these consecutives and it s going to be adopted as part of the rules package tonight. a lot of other concessions that mccarthy made are being worked out in the steering committee meetings which is happening just down the hall from where i am right now. this is where they re going to feel out some of the key
case. listen, there s a sense against republicans that they need to make a point. i think the leadership is arguing that this is not the time to make a point. if they don t get this rules package passed, mccarthy s speakership is in doubt and they can t begin the work of the house of representatives. i think they re going to pass this. this is going to be one of the big reoccurring themes in the house republican majority whether moderates are going to take a stand on issues whether they don t agree with conservatives on, abortion, immigration policy, the debt ceiling. all of this is going to be the subject of hot debate in republican circles for the next two years. i m just wondering, this is something that you, of course, dealt with in your past. with republicans angling to vote on bills that will tighten abortion restrictions, potential defense spending cuts, as well as slashes to social programs. how do you think that these
issues are going to be dealt with both in the conference and throughout our country in this new era? yeah, jake makes a good point about moderates wanting to stand up for themselves and rarely doing so. i think you re going to see this congress start off with aggressive action. one of the things i m concerned about is not necessarily what s in this rules package, i am concerned about that. it s some of the promises that kevin mccarthy had to make that go beyond what s in the rules. things that have to do with cutting spending, the debt limit, these are things that he s not just necessarily promising. he seems to be promising he s talking about huge dramatic cuts to spending. he s talking about a way that they re going to address the debt limit where i don t think they have the votes to do that in the house let alone get through the senate and through the white house. so i m just wondering, what happens at that point? and i don t want some of these deals are a little ambiguous. th