first to those remarks we just got from the police chief a short time ago we are going to play them out here. we will go ahead and get started. good morning. my name is chief bill scott with san francisco police department. at approximately 2:27 this morning san francisco police officers were dispatched to the residence of speaker nancy pelosi regarding an a priority well being check. when if officers arrived on scene, they encountered an adult male and mr. pelosi s husband, paul. our officers observed mrd pelosi and the suspect both holding a hammer. the suspect pulled the hammer away from mr. pelosi an violently assaulted him with it. our officers immediately tackled the suspect difficulties armed him took him into custody requested emergency backup and rendered medical aid. the suspect has been identified as 42-year-old david ded purrageous dyna david depeppi. this is an active investigation currently being led by the san francisco police department special investigati
majority in the house. so, it s understandable that and almost justified that mccarthy is not wanting to ruffle any feathers before this important vote on january 3rd. all right. nbc news capitol hill correspondent allie raffa thank you so much. thank you for getting up way too early with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. and there it is, the u.s. capitol. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, december 29th. and we re going to get right to the news. prosecutors are turning up the heat on congressman-elect george santos, after the revelations he lied about his resume. we re going to have more on the investigation by a fellow republican district attorney. plus, the very latest on the weather emergency in buffalo, new york. first, the snow, and now concerns about flooding and questions about the response to the deadly blizzard. and we re following the latest on the southwest airlines meltdown. more cancellations and delays
welcome to the lead i m jake tapper. we begin with continuing drama on capitol hill. day two for the chaotic and his tor historic fight for the speaker of the house. i ve never seen this. the house has adjourned until 8:00 p.m. after mccarthy failed on his attempt not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, but six, six attempts to win a majority of votes in the house to become speaker. a source says republicans believe there may be a path forward between the promccarthy and anti mccarthy republicans to negotiate, to choose a house speaker. let s go to manu raju on capitol hill. i am hearing as you are hearing from members of congress, you re hearing from them off the record i guess and hearing from them on camera, who are saying yeah, they think there actually might be a way forward. some are saying that too, on the record chip roy being one of them. others are suggesting there is not. there is still very little room for error for kevin mccarthy but mccarthy just le
economy while railing against the republicans. watch. when it comes to doing something about inflation, republicans said no. i don t want to hear from republicans. they blew up the definite it is. 10 million jobs have been created since i was been president. guess what? gas prices are down $1.30 a gallon. republicans hammering red hot inflation at the roll-out of their commitment to america agenda, which they say they will carry out should ney take back the house. can i afford to fill up my tank? can i afford the food, the milk? whether you go to the grocery store, whether you re bucketing for the home heating bills that are sky rocketing this winter. far left policies have left to record spending. republicans are trying to restrict abortion. it s a fair statement when you look at the republicans commitment to america plan. they don t lay out a precise remedy to solve inflation. so you know, it s topic number 1. wouldn t you think they would have one? yes. but the
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