republicans and democrats are arguing over a host of what we call add-ones to the ndaa. this happens every year because the ndaa is the last train out of the station. a journalism bill would allow journalistic institutions to force social media companies to reconsider how they pay for news. that s one reform proposed by senator manchin. there s a host of policies lawmakers are trying to get into the ndaa, the vaccine measure is one of several. we should mention the debate over the mandates as the whit house anticipates covid cases rising after the holidays in the coming weeks. give us an update. you mentioned kevin mccarthy on his bid for speaker. where do things stand? we re less than a month out. there are still a bunch of public noes. was a good week for kevin mccarthy, he got a bunch of rule changes that the right