straightforward. here is some of how republicans tried to stop this on the way. the american people don t want the government shut down, and they don t want obamacare. coming together to stop obamacare is the essence of pragmatism because it is self-evident this isn t working. their bipartisan bill fails to enact any bipartisan accountability for big pharma. this is a classic example of the government breaking your legs, then calling itself a hero for giing you a crutch. is it, though? i mean, we love allegory around here. we showed you movie clips tonight. but i m not sure lowering the price of subscription drugs while saving taxpayer money is like breaking your legs. you decide. i can t tell you everyone loves every part of obamacare. there are endless debates over these national health care policies in our country, and good people of good faith can
it s donald trump who, when it mattered the most, was saying, no, china is doing a great job, and president xi is my friend. we should be grateful that they re so transparent. absolutely. he is sort of the political gift that keeps on giing for the democratic party. because he was so wrong about so many things, and there s always a tweet, there s always a statement, there s always video of him taking positions that the republican party now cannot possibly defend. this is a great example. so if he wants to sort of fight, if they want to fight on the battleground of donald trump s reaction to and handling of the pandemic, especially initially, be my guest. i mean, they re not going to get very far with that. yeah. and by the way sorry.
movement according to multiple republican sources with kevin mccarthy giing away more power and picking up some votes. he still does not have the now 217 to close the deal with one member having to fly home. nbc s senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake joins me now. as the house gavels in, it seems kevin mccarthy has made progress towards reaching the votes he needs. what concessions is he making to his opposition? how close could they get on this next vote? reporter: progress. but i think this next vote will probably look like deja vu all over again. there s no indication the progress made behind closed doors is sufficient to change any votes just yet. the republicans emerged from this conference call meeting they had this morning largely singing from the same hymnal. they are making progress on an agreement to give some of the speaker s power back to the conference, to allow for broader
0 good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. it s january 6th. the anniversary of an insurrection that almost destroyed our democracy. today the white house and the nation commemorate the civilian and law enforcement heroes and the victims of that terrible day, even as the house chamber is no longer a literal battleground, it is now torn apart by political combat. a divide among republican factions creating a new crisis of government. on this date in 2021, lawmakers were wearing gas masks and taking cover as thousands stormed hallways fuelled by former president trump s false claims that the election was stolen. if the house had not chosen a speaker and had not sworn in its members two years ago or two years from now, the electoral college vote would not be counted. america would not have a new president. this hour, there is some movement according to multiple republican sources with kevin mccarthy giing away more power and picking up some votes. he still does not have the now 217 to
the country. the independence and transparency and expertise of the justice department can go a long way toward assessing what happened in uvalde with respect to law enforcement response and to giing guidance for the future. that s what we are here for today. the justice department is undertaking a critical incident review of the law enforce money response that day at the request of the uvalde mayor. the review will be comprehensive. it will be transparent. it will be independent. we will be assessing what happened that day. we will be doing site visits at the school. we will be conducting interviews of an extremely wide variety of stakeholders, witnesses, families, law enforcement, government officials, school officials. we will be reviewing the resources that were made available after the in the