ok. in theaters april 5th. rated pg. good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. yet another norfolk southern train derails this morning just as the ceo faces members of congress who have a lot of tough questions but don t always get clear answers. a full month after the train crash that got many residents sick, will the railroad keep its word to be in east palestine, ohio, into the future, and what are lawmakers willing to do to make sure he keeps his word? plus, president biden about to lay down a critical marker ahead of the 2024 presidential race unveiling his budget just about 90 minutes from now, how it will frame the critical economic and political fight with republicans going forward. and more misery in california as a series of unrelenting storms escalates the danger and the disaster. at least a dozen people have been killed. now a new storm could dump another 8 inches of rain risking flooding in areas that are already buried under 16
insurrectionists across the capitol while being called the most violent, racist names. i am jonathan capehart. this is the sunday show. this sunday, after four days and 15 rounds of voting, kevin mccarthy is finally speaker of the house. but, what comes next for the new speaker depends on what he had to give away to win the gavel. it was chaos and drama friday when mccarthy thought he had the vote in the bag on the 14th round, only to be thwarted by congressman matt gaetz, a never kevin who voted present instead of four mccarthy, which is strange, because gaetz had already crowed that mccarthy had already agreed to every concession that gaetz had asked for. i am excited and encouraged, i am grateful that speaker doesn t give mccarthy receptive to each and every change we have demanded. and shawn, without the stage right now where i am running out of stuff to ask for. stuff like allowing one member to call for the removal of the speaker and giving seats on the rules comm
inflation reduction act into law. we ll talk about the impact it will have on families with congressman gregory meeks. we begin this very busy hour with the results of last night s critical primary races. liz cheney, once the third most powerful republican in congress, lost her primary bid last night to her trump-backed challenger by a whopping 37%. here s some of what she said about her political future in an interview with today. are you thinking about running for president? that s a decision i ll make in the coming month. i m not going to make any announcements this morning, but it s something i m thinking about and will make a decision in the coming months. a different story for another trump critic in alaska. senator murkowski finished first in her primary bid, allowing her to advance to the general race. but she won t be the only republican on the ballot. the candidate endorsed by donald trump will advance to the november midterms. here to start us off is
capehart a brand-new hour of the sunday show starts now. president biden is in the air right now, heading to the u.s. next mexico border. he ll be meeting with local officials, managing the historic number of migrants seeking refuge in the united states. then the president will travel to mexico city for the north american leader summit. we will continue to cover the presidents trip to the border throughout the day on msnbc. now, on to our top story after the 15th round interparty fight over the speakers gavel. the republican house majority under the leadership of kevin mccarthy is the undisputed chaos caucus. and in a twist on conventional wisdom, the democrats want derided as being divided and in a disarray, stood united and for. and they did so around one person.
the republican party is, they re turning into this extreme maga party. these are election deniers that are winning. the woman who beat cheney has said she believes that joe biden is a human trafficker. crazy stuff. if these folks are successful in winning in november, we ll have to come one a new name, maybe the insane in the membrane caucus. but in all seriousness, i think there s a split screen moment you have here. on the one hand, republicans having this interparty fight over the future of the party with donald trump lurking in the background. you ve got senate republicans fist bumping, i can t get that video out of my head, of ted cruz fist bumping his buddies after they tried to take down the pact act which would have benefited veterans. if you go down pennsylvania avenue, the white house really stepping up. you saw just yesterday president