house to capitol hill with the collision of two historic and deeply connected events. the first, the ongoing crisis over the house speakership still unfolding in the house at this moment, which just voted to adjourn until 10:00 pm tonight after 13 votes took pl. and the speaker was still not elected pickett is something that has not happened in american politics in 164 years. since before the civil war. the second event, the anniversary of the january 6 insurrection. the worst attack on the united its capital in centuries. the commemoration today took place at the white house where pres. joe biden awarded the country second highest civilian honor, the presidential citizens will to 14 people who were instrumental in making sure that american democracy survived the coup attempt by the ex-president and his republican allies. it is group that includes first responders, officers, as well as election workers like ruby freeman and shane mossberg we have a chance to speak to two of t
about, as they re reviewing these proposals that kevin mccarthy s accepting for how the house should be run. donna, i think that luke s reporting is so on the nose. and i think as we stand back and take it in, isn t it clear to you that that s the point? that we can t fund our military, that we can t pass bills, that we don t function? well, i mean, this is a group of, i guess you can call them lawmakers. they re members of congress, who really don t want to get anything done. and i think that these proposed changes to committees and committee assignments and even how somebody gets on a committee, basically evading their steering and policy committee, and making changes on the rules committee, which is effectively a leadership committee that allows bills to, you know, operate under rules that get to the floor, so they can pass them. and so, you know, this group of members who are allied with the
before. the rules committee controls the floor, it becomes much more powerful than it was in the 1920s when it was the power center of congress. and rules get to the floor, republican have to pass these on their mac on, democrats will not be helping, that means five no votes they cannot bring the bill to the floor. this is going to be, and not even to mention the goal, the oversight at this republican majority is going to conduct will be explosive, controversial , heated picked these two years are just going to be very, very crazy and heated, and wild to watch pickett is going to be last week may be taking it down a notch, but spread over two years. not to mention debt limit, government funding, and argument on ukraine at some point. all of this stuff is going to be very explosive pics mac did kevin mccarthy do anything to commemorate the capitol pebble officers and law enforcement officials who saved his life to go years ago today?
getting as much control as possible to sort of pare back a lot of what they had seen, as a sector of the day, reckless spending and whatnot pics cannot all right, not jackie and david are sticking around with us. if, we will let you go pickett we learn anything else, wave your arms and we will get the camera back on you. it appears we have coming up, capitol pebble officer awarded one of our nation s highest honors for protecting the united states of america. we will also be joined by michigan election official dustin benson honored as well today at the white house, michigan secretary of state stood for two years with those speaking to overturn the election and now. +2 years after writer stormed the us capitol, the congressional committee investigating the insurrection does not exist anymore picked the work product will live on forever through the justice
department, or in the public s mind and understanding what happened. some of the members paid a political price and one of them former congresswoman said it was worth it in order to protect and conserve our democracy. she will be our guest on the two year anniversary of the capitol insurrection, a big two hours of news ahead for us when the white house continues after a quick break, don t go anywhere. anywhere. i think i changed my mind about these glasses. yeah, it happens. that s why visionworks gives you 100 days to change your mind. it s simple. anything else i can help you with? like what? visionworks. see the difference.