let s hope we can improve. tonight. all right. but first, we ar are now on nighthouse three of the battle for the house speaker and we begin tonight with some good news. i can confirn m major negociate vote been going on all day behind the scenes while these votes were taking place todayhe with kevin mccarthy and many of the republican holdouts. thi and i can report that at this hour, a documented being put together that will go a long way to settling differences. 28 will it get kevin to two hundred and eighteen? we won twe won know until probay sometime tomorrow, maybe monday. if anything, it would justle ofo probably be a couple of votes short, but certainly progress. itht a is realt th tonight at ts hour, no doubt the american people are being patient, butop that patience is wearingle thin the vote totals remain as of now unchanged. three straightotals re days. we have two hundred republicans supporting mccarthy 20 supportin g somebody else. and the past twenty four hours,
as a huge surprise given the well-established history inside trump world of pressuring potential witnesses in key investigations. washington post lays it out like this, quote. evidence across multiple state, federal and congressional investigations points to a similar pattern. trump and his close allies privately shower potential witnesses with flattery and attention extending vague assurances that staying loyal to trump would be better than crossing him. meanwhile, trump publicly blasts those who offer testimony against him in bluntly personal terms offering a clear example to others of the consequences of stepping out of line. the new york times offers another view of this type of carrot and stick witness pressure campaign reporting this, quote, former president trump s political organization and his allies have paid for or promised to finance the legal fees of more than a dozen witnesses called in the congressional investigation into the january 6th attack, raising legal
the police. yes, that s important. parental rightyes, big tech and big government censorship, seection integrity, protections for the first and second amendments and a lot more to mor that document. he signed hi, s name to it. tha thisre is an agenda that republicans support. it includes key investigations, oversights a firm stance against all of biden s reckless policies and by the way,discus he s agreed to every investigation we have discussed up to datese-to-date. now, kevin mccarthy does becomee speaker and he fails to liver p to the promises just one person can initiate his removal. and the agenda seems to be pretty much in cement and itfirs is the america first agenda.t keep now, keep in mind, these aren n the only promises mccarthy made to republican lawmakers. take a look at this. l take ahe led the conference to t substantive reforms that will make our majority more effective. let me list some of them. andrew clydes proposalto to restore public access to th capital law and
as a huge surprise given the well-established history inside trump world of pressuring potential witnesses in key investigations. washington post lays it out like this, quote. evidence across multiple state, federal and congressional investigations points to a similar pattern. trump and his close allies privately shower potential witnesses with flattery and attention extending vague assurances that staying loyal to trump would be better than crossing him. meanwhile, trump publicly blasts those who offer testimony against him in bluntly personal terms offering a clear example to others of the consequences of stepping out of line. the new york times offers another view of this type of carrot and stick witness pressure campaign reporting this, quote, former president trump s political organization and his allies have paid for or promised to finance the legal fees of more than a dozen witnesses called in the congressional investigation into the january 6th attack, raising
threat from islamic extremist israel. two cases aren t making their way through the lower courts. both have oral arguments this week and the supreme court is pushing for them to rule very quickly. we should note justices ginsburg and justice sotomayor are the only two who opposed the allowing travel ban to move forward. shannon: we will keep tabs on it. thank you. tonight we are learning that fbi agent peter strzok, high-ranking member of robert mueller steam was taken out the case because of texting antitrust messages and was behind at least three turning points in key investigations. strzok reportedly help persuade james comey to forgo prosecution of hillary clinton over her use of numerous private email servers for classified material. according to published reports, strzok was one of a dozen fbi officials about the solutions that an unverified anti-trump