relatively easy time passing its rules package, its first order of business, but the rules package includes provisions like the motion to vacate, which makes it easier to remove the speaker, kevin mccarthy. it also gets rid of pandemic era changes like proxy voting, it imposes rules and limiting spending and blocking tax increases. house republicans also passed a pair of disingenuous and deceitful antiabortion bills that were designed to push propaganda rather than addressing real concerns about women s reproductive rights. their decision to pass these bills during the first week of that new term, and despite the overall unpopularity of their antiabortion positions, demonstrates how they seriously are about governing in general. republicans made it clear months ago that they intend to use their tenure to investigate democrats. the rules package includes a provision that allows the house to create a new subcommittee to investigate the origins of covid and to scrutinize the wor
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were crowding in obstructing offenses. as a demanded action for congress and voting legislation. among those re-listed were jesse jackson junior, and the cofounder of the progressive group indivisible. a friend of the show. as you can see, other people there to, all waiting in line to be cuffed. the co-chair of the poor peoples campaign, the reference william barber was also arrested again. poor peoples campaign are ramping up the number of rallies in march just to call attention to for demands that they want lawmakers to address. and the filibuster, pass all provisions of the for the people act, fully restore the 1965 voting rights act and raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. they are not the only ones trying to spur change in washington. today more than 100 state legislators from 129 states travel to d.c. to stand in solidarity with the texas democratic lawmakers who fled their state, to block that restrictive voter bill. they plan to hold a rally outside the capital tomorr
three buildings to collapse. they re work to go put out hot spots. investigators claim working on a gas line for the explosion. jesse jackson junior in a halfway house in baltimore, released from federal prison yesterday. in 2013 jackson sentenced to two-and-a-half years after pleading guilty to misusing campaign funds. he served 17 months behind bars. now he is serving the rest of his sentence at a halfway house. i made mistakes and i m prayerful and hopeful that we are a country of second chances, that the american people and people of the city of chicago will consider me for a second chance. after he is released, jackson must serve three years probation, complete community service. his wife was sentenced to a year in prison for filing a false federal tax return serves her sentence when jackson is released. still ahead on the rundown, a man s fight to receive life-saving treatment in
month after jackson completes his. here s some incredible video to show you. intense flooding forcing people to evacuate a tourist bus that was sitting on a highway in brazil. oh whoa. okay. moments after they evacuated, you can see a huge sinkhole swallow the oh my gosh. swallow the entire bus and it gets swept away by a raging river underneath. no one was inside the bus and no injuries. i have never seen anything like that we ve had all sorts of sinkholes, not that big in l.a. and i ve never seen anything like that. i think the scientific term for that would be swallowed and spit out. i think there s a maybe a few expletives. welcome to the power of the water. the power to swoop it away like it s a shoe. that sin credible video. we delivered on the incredible video promise right there. thank goodness nobody was on board. meanwhile fallout from the