White house is underscoring this troubling statistic. 2. 5 million women have been driven from the workforce since the pandemic hit. On the medical side of this whole thing we now have news on Johnson Johnsons oneshot vaccine. Its moving closer to authorization for Emergency Use so that is a step in the right direction. Also that i had Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene once again defending her controversial rhetoric one day after her colleagues voted to remove her from her committee assignments. Going forward ive been freed. I do. I feel freed because you know whats happening on these committees . You see, we have a basically a tragically controlled government right now, the democrat. How does her party move forward now that trump is out of office . Her response. It doesnt. And i want to tell you, republican voters, support him still. The party is his. It doesnt belong to anybody else. Lets start there with our cnn Congressional Correspondent jessica dean who had quite an
Today in the broader house regarding Marjorie Taylor greene . Democrats have the majority. We have at least one republican saying theyre vote to remove. So it seems Fait Accompli for her. Reporter this is something hardly ever done. The house taking action to strip a member of an opposing partys Committee Assignments. That is something that could create a precedent that future majorities could certainly replicate. But the democrats say they have to move forward now because of the dangerous views that Marjorie Taylor greene has expressed over her last couple of years, whether it is about the massacres at the Parkland High School in florida, or if it is about the promoting the qanon conspiracy theory. They say there is no room on congressional committees for her and it is time for the house to act. And that is exactly what they will do this afternoon. A simple majority will vote to remove her from the House Budget Committee and the house education committee. Now this came after the repub
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This comes hours after the House Manager requested his testimony. Jamie raskin, quote you have attempted to put critical facts at issue, notwithstanding the clear and overwhelming evidence of your constitutional offense. If you decline this invitation, we reserve any and all rights, including your refusal to testify has a strong adverse inference of action and inaction on january 6th. This comes as the clash between liars and those seeking to hold them accountable opens another phase. Fox news, phelps specifically three anchors, have been slapped with another lawsuit. And in a matter of minutes, a debate is getting under way, to determine whether the gop has any appetite to separate itself from the Conspiracy Theorist in its ranks, or the other corner, whether it wants to descend into the darkest corners of american political life and forever stain the gop with qanon Conspiracy Theories. Thats the choice. Marjorie Taylor Greene has targeted harassment for young School Shooting survivor
Flew new im john king In Washington. Youre watching sad, solemn, sobering images there, officer Brian Sicknick on his way to his final Resting Place at Arlington National cemetery after lying in honor in the capitol rotunda. It is another wednesday of reelection here in the United States of america lying in the rotunda of the building where officer sicknick was killed four weeks ago today defending the building, defending his government against an insurrection by a trumpinspired mob that attacked the United States Capitol Building. Officer Brian Sicknick will be buried at a private ceremony at Arlington National cemetery. His colleagues also part of this ceremony. You see the hearse leaving the capitol grounds. The fencing still there added after the insurrection at the United States Capitol Building again four weeks ago today on january 6th. Its a short drive across the Potomac River to Arlington National cemetery where officer sicknick will be buried as he deserves as an american her