the speaker s gavel was tough, wait until he finds out what is ahead as he tries to rule the gop caucus and get things done. it s positive, not negative. it s not weakening kevin mccarthy, it s providing a speaker with the tools he needs for republicans to go to the mat for the american people. for us as democrats, it is a blessing for us that they can t govern. all of those things that we were afraid of as the american people injuring, i don t see a lot of the harm being able to come to the people simply because their caucus is not together. in a few minutes, i will be talking to minnesota congresswoman ilhan omar. mccarthy threatened to strip representative omar of her committee assignments in his effort to gain power. we re going to ask her whether she has gotten word if that will happen. we are going to start with that breaking news out of brazil for you. supporters of jair bolsonaro stormed congress. the supreme court and the presidential palace in the nation s cap
in an address to the nation, peru s president, dina boluarte, has said her administration will stand firm against anti government protesters. she spoke after hours of clashes in the capital, lima. thousands of demonstrators called on her to step down and agree to fresh elections. more than 50 people have been killed in unrest since ms boluarte assumed the presidency from pedro castillo last month. he was impeached by congress after he tried to dissolve it. azadeh moshiri reports. it s pure anger on the streets of peru. dozens have died following weeks of protests. but despite the danger, peruvians are determined. for days, thousands of protesters from rural parts of the country have descended upon its capital, lima. what they want is president dina boluarte out. translation: we want the usurper dina boluarte to step down - and call for new elections.
these protests will continue. the south of the country is rioting. we came to lima from all the southern regions. more people are dying in clashes with police. the un has accused them of using disproportionate force. it s infuriated peruvians. in the southern town of macusani, an entire police station is reported to have been set on fire. it all came to a head last month when the former president pedro castillo was arrested for trying to dissolve congress. he is being investigated on charges of rebellion and conspiracy accusations he denies. his supporters want him released. as for mrs boluarte, she has a warning for protesters. translation: these are not peaceful protests. the violent acts that occur in december and january will not go unpunished. she s calling for peaceful
faces them today. the other news coming into us is from brazil. this is in relation to the storming of congress by supporters of the ousted president, the federal police in brazil saying they have launched an operation, the faced first phase of an operation with the objective of an operation with the objective of identifying people who participated, financed, operated events that occurred around the federal supreme court of brazil and the congress of brazil, which led to an invasion of the buildings by a group that in the words of the federal police, promoted violence and generalised damage against the buildings and other aspects, objects and furniture of those institutions, this all relates of course to the protests against the election of the current president lula da silva,