today. we ll see how far we debt whether we have a speaker or not. but we want to see a lot of same stuff tomorrow. i think that the official term is groundhog day, congress. while there is that! we will see. kevin mccarthy might, he might be on his way to breaking the hundred year old record of number of votes most since i think like nine is the most that we have for. that he s already broken the record for most humiliated person that is seeking the speakers gavel in modern american political history. yes. so we will see what other records he can shatter and the next couple of hours. thank you alex! have a good show! well at this very moment, kevin mccarthy is negotiating with terrorists, legislative terrorist. that is what former republican house speaker john boehner called destructiveness republicans in the house of representatives when he was speaker. he was referring then to republican congressman jim jordan when he called him a terrorist. a legislati
forces working against him and his allies. concerns are mounting that we could see more than mere spikes of violence as we near the midterm elections. a motley crop of trump acolytes are running on the ticket in states across the country. it includes, and this is by no means a comprehensive list, election deniers, covid vaccine skeptics, a celebrity doctor pedaling quack medical cures and a former football star under fire for allegedly paying for a girlfriend s abortion while advocating for a near total ban on abortion. this is one of the great tricks that i think the sexual revolution pulled on the american populous, this idea, okay, these marriages were fundamental, you know, they were maybe even violent but certainly they were unhappy. and so getting rid of them and making it easier for people to shift spouses like they change their underwear, that s going to make people happy in the long term. 250,000 illegals cross this boarder every month. this is an invasion. i p
committee and other former cabinet members. they are in negotiations to do the same. yet, there are some things that neither the justice department nor the january six committee may ever find out. the washington post reported this week that even more testimony and text messages sent and received by federal employees around the time of the insurrection were deleted. they may be gone forever. this latest news involves the phone records of former acting homeland security secretary, chad wulf, and his acting deputy secretary ken cuccinelli. the situation closely resembles the recent revelations of the secret service may have also deleted and failed to preserve text messages that may be relevant to the january six investigation. including, from the phones of agents who were signed to donald trump on the day of the insurrection. for more on this, i am joined now by his betsy who is a national correspondent for politico. she is also an msnbc contributor. so, betsy, let s start with
back better agenda to efforts to fight climate change, to attempt that filibuster reform, to taxing billionaires. joe manchin is made himself the man standing the democratic agenda yelling, stop. tonight may have just had a major breakthrough. the top democrat in the senate, chuck schumer released a joint statement with senator manchin saying the west virginia democrat will now support, not oppose, but yes, support the democrats big new budget deal. despite objecting to it just two weeks ago. now, we don t have all the details yet. but a one page summary says that the deal will make progress in some pretty big areas, including a 15% minimum tax on corporations, along with other unnamed provisions to make the ultra wealthy pay their fair share of tax. lowering affordable care act premiums for millions of americans, allowing medicare to negotiate the price of prescription drugs, something democrats have been trying to achieve for over a decade. increase clean energy product
democrats big new budget deal. despite objecting to it just two weeks ago. now, we don t have all the details yet. but he one page summary says that the deal will make progress in some pretty big areas, including a 15% minimum tax on corporations, along with other unnamed provisions to make the ultra wealthy pay their fair share of tax. lowering affordable care act premiums for millions of americans, allowing medicare to negotiate the price of prescription drugs, something democrats have been trying to achieve for over a decade. increase clean energy production and, this is a big one, decreasing carbon emissions by 40% over the next eight years. which of course would be huge. it s already been called the biggest climate bill in american history. tonight, senator schumer s office has released the text of the bill. it clarkson at 725 pages. obviously this is not a done deal yet. reactions from other democratic members of congress have range from cautious optimism to outright fr