second hour of a man. the obvious and flailing republican smear campaign against president biden. one gop senator this week, admitted that he didn t care about the facts of his case. then, tough talk on the debt limit deal. fighting got an important win by signing the legislation. but the real question, what at what cost to the american people? a culture of losing, that is how one of the front runners for the gop presidential nomination described his party s electoral performance. but there s no sign republicans want to change their strategy. i m phil ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. all right, this hour, we begin with a sad and at this point, quite honestly, an honest reality. republicans will do almost anything to hurt president biden s reelection chances. no surprise there. no matter how desperate merit-less or in saying their actions might be, just this week, senator chuck grassley had this to say about and unconfirmed years old allegation that joe biden accepted a bri
live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s six in the morning in singapore and 6pm in washington, where the congressional committee investigating the storming of the capitol building last year has voted unanimously to subpoena the former president, donald trump. the vote came at the end of a session in which the committee presented taped evidence from two of donald trump s closest supporters steve bannon and roger stone who were openly talking about stealing the election before the vote had even been counted. our north america editor, sarah smith, has this report. as a violent mob stormed the capitol trying to stop congress confirming confirming thejoe biden as president, elected members were rushed to safety. were rushed to safety, shown here on this previously unseen footage. at the same time, according to witnesses, donald trump was watching the violence on tv from inside the white house and refusing to tell his supporters to back down. the
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being able to vote, unless they want to go into the military. he s somebody who believes because of this business credo that he has some sort of chance it in hell. but he doesn t. i look at this clown car and i don t know what they really think they have a shot. but i think vivek is the most delusional of the group. row timmy, in order to qualify to participate in the first rnc debate every presidential hopeful will have to sign a pledge to support the nominee. kristie has already said he will not support trump if he s the nominee. pence may have to pledge support to the man who almost got him attacked and killed on january 6th. what do you think has trump backed them into a corner? because he says he s not gonna sign it, at least as of now. yeah, i think he runs the republican party. he s going to make them do whatever he says. that is his memo from the beginning. we re gonna see the debate happen. he s gonna get on bait he s gonna call them names, he s gonna make fun of them.