tonight with the context, ron christie former adviser to george w bush and ayesha hazarika journalist and former labour adviser. welcome to the programme. it s the first day of the new us congress and it s already one full of drama. the new us congress and it s after the swearing in of the new members, the new house of representatives is stuck at the very first hurdle, choosing a new speaker of the house. we ve already had rounds of votes. the latest kevin mccarthy received. short of the 218 majority. this is the scene live in the house now another round of voting is under way. nothing can go ahead until a new speaker is elected, so this could go on for hours or perhaps even days until someone is chosen. we ll go live to our correspondent will grant on capitol hill for us in a moment. but first, let s rewind back to the days and weeks before the midterm elections. all the polls pointed to a resounding republican victory in the house, a red wave that would have meant today w
it just broke the other day. but the washington post is reporting that the former president asked one of his lawyers to tell the national archives earlier this year that he returned everything that they have requested. that lawyer s name is alex can. he refused, because he wasn t so sure that it was true. more to come on this a little bit later in the broadcast. plus, 39 days until the midterms. can you believe? it the former guy who is not on the ballot anywhere is attacking, this is the story, what do you think about this? one attacking senate majority leader mitch mcconnell mcconnell. claiming that he has a quote, death. which slamming his wife with a racial slur. not even spelling her name correctly. see, that shout-out. there you go. that is racism. like casual remark about a death wish not even two years after a blood thirsty mob attacked the united capital, hunting for lawmakers in the halls. well there is no other way to put. it it is despicable. it is disgusting. eve
stories. but the washington post is reporting that the former president asked one of his lawyers to tell the national archives earlier this year that he had returned everything that they had requested. that lawyers name is alex cannon, refused, because he wasn t so sure that it was true. more to come on this, a little bit later on in the broadcast. plus, 39 days until the midterms, can you believe it? and the former guy who is not on the ballot anywhere is attacking, this is the story, what do you think about this one? attacking senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, claiming that he has a, quote, death wish slamming his wife in a racial slur, not even spelling his name correctly. you see that, xiao xiao. there you go, that is racism. the casual mark about a death wish, not even two years after a blood thirsty mob attacked the united states capitol, hunting for lawmakers in the halls. well, there is no other way to put it, all right? it s despicable. it s disgusting. every s
the legal process, the department of justice, local election officials, and a relentless pressure campaign to what he called, an attempt to stop steal. now the fact that nothing had been stolen, details, details it seems. i ll leave you all to decide whether this hearing so far has threaded a needle, or move drone needle. but were seven hearings in, we re learning tonight that january six committees upcoming eight hearing, will now turn to the number one 87. that s 187 minutes where the president of united states was radio silence. i mean crickets. well at least publicly. but what exactly what he s doing for over three hours? i mean after the capitol have been breached, and while he was being attack, officers were valiantly felt to protect members of congress, everyone inside that capital. as witnesses describe the mortal combat, almost medieval like combat, just what was the commander in chief, the one who swore to do this i donald john trump do solemnly swear, reserve,
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