his new reporting. so, ryan, this is significant. obviously. why these five lawmakers specifically? why are they being subpoenaed? reporter: well, first of all, victor and alisyn, before we get to that, i do want to tell you that the house minority leader, kevin mccarthy, just walked by us here on his way into the house chamber and was asked about this new subpoena for the first time and told reporters that he simply hadn t seen it yet so he didn t have anything to respond to. that s the first response that we have had from any of these republican lawmakers that have been subpoenaed by the committee. but to answer your question, alisyn, about why these particular lawmakers, well, the chairman of the committee, benny o bennie thompson has talk about this for several weeks. what it comes down is they believe they have information that is relevant to these members about their conduct leading up to january 6th and on the day itself and they want to give these members an opportu
designed to prevent or limit a woman s access to reproductive healthcare, that those laws have to come before my department of justice for a review and approval and until we determine that they are constitutional, they will not take effect. there s no federal preclearance for these laws, but she was applauded anyway. the question really is, have democrats overpromised and now are losing credibility here where they say, give us the levers of power and we will take care of voting rights, of gun safety, of a woman s right to choose? well, i mean, i think there s an argument to be made that, you know, along the lines, you know, over many years, that there s more the democrats could have done to protect women s rights in this area, and so i think that that s a fair criticism. it s also true that if you believe in the right to choose, regardless of whether you re a republican or whether you re a democrat or whether you re an independent or even whether you
right now. chris: jason, how do you see it, the house action this week to impeach the president? net plus or minus for democrats looking towards november? looks like it will cabinet minus, chris. not just where the polls stand today, direction they have been moving and they have been moving in trump s favor. pelosi and democrats thought they would peel off some republicans in this process. they have not been able to do that. so it is seen as highly partisan exercise. also, i think the democrats overpromised. they were, they said bombshells were coming, bribery, extortion, collusion, articles themselves seem to be pretty weak tea and i think that is a problem they have going forward. they didn t deliver what they said was coming. chris: let s switch subjects. it is easy to over look there was another democratic debate this week in california. democratic presidential debate and the big target was mayor pete buttigieg who now leads in
chris: jason, how do you see it, the house action this week to impeach the president? net plus or minus for democrats looking towards november? looks like it will cabinet minus, chris. not just where the polls stand today, direction they have been moving and they have been moving in trump s favor. pelosi and democrats thought they would peel off some republicans in this process. they have not been able to do that. so it is seen as highly partisan exercise. also, i think the democrats overpromised. they were, they said bombshells were coming, bribery, extortion, collusion, articles themselves seem to be pretty weak tea and i think that is a problem they have going forward. they didn t deliver what they said was coming. chris: let s switch subjects. it is easy to over look there was another democratic debate this week in california. democratic presidential debate and the big target was mayor pete buttigieg who now leads in
chris: jason, how do you see it, the house action this week to impeach the president? net plus or minus for democrats looking towards november? looks like it will cabinet minus, chris. not just where the polls stand today, direction they have been moving and they have been moving in trump s favor. pelosi and democrats thought they would peel off some republicans in this process. they have not been able to do that. so it is seen as highly partisan exercise. also, i think the democrats overpromised. they were, they said bombshells were coming, bribery, extortion, collusion, articles themselves seem to be pretty weak tea and i think that is a problem they have going forward. they didn t deliver what they said was coming. chris: let s switch subjects. it is easy to over look there was another democratic debate this week in california. democratic presidential debate and the big target was mayor pete buttigieg who now leads in