Greg: yes, yes, yeah, yeah, yeah. I know. I like my haircut. Happy tuesday, everyone. Scientists have discovered what they call a third state of existence. Somewhere between life and death. No kidding. Democrats responded to the second assassination attempt on trump by turning down the rhetoric by comparing the former president to mussolini. In a rare sign of unity, maxine waters has offered to schedule his next tee time. The biden a ministration has promised to beef up security for president trump. Using the same agents that protect kamala from reporters. A neighbor of the accused gunman says the family was weird and kept a live horse in their home. Further proof that the suspect was unstable. [ laughter ] greg: it s okay to boo that one. I felt the same way. An investigation into the immigrant crisis in springfield, ohio reveals that auto accidents have increased four fold. I did not know the haitians were all women. Rfk junior is being investigated for allegedly cutting off the head
deals with that caucus after the small but effective group of republicans showed impact. yanked away mid tirade against congressman gaetz. now, that process was used to take new powers away from leadership and em power mccarthy foes. in a new piece reporting that whatever everyone think of gaetz his critics across the spectrum acknowledge he must be dealt with after the speaker clash, and mccarthy allies don t like it, saying it s not the outcome they preferred but gaetz s stature has been elevated. true on house rules and visibility as well. mccarthy setbacks in this early period, they often played as gaetz s gains. there are a handful of far right holdouts and they warn they will not support him. the more conservative freedom caucus members pledged not to vote for kevin mccarthy. kevin mccarthy celebrating a victory that almost didn t happen. this looks like a bit of a heated conversation. this is incredible. this is an incredible moment. mccarthy is directly enga
a legal case, and it s important to remember the context of all the cliches we hear, donald trump fought this and lost this, the video you see on your television screen is something he spent a long time trying to avoid, but he lost and cooperated with this new york attorney general probe, and here s what he said at the start. anyone in my position not taking the fifth amendment would be a fool, an absolute fool. i respectfully decline to answer the questions under the rights and privileges afforded to every citizen under the united states constitution. this will be my answer to any further questions. as. as to the second part he said, fact check, true. we ll get into. that a.g. james drew these answers into what is a civil probe into his taxes. he infamously attacked others who availed themselves of this same right of pleading the fifth. he went from that to himself pleading the fifth over 400 times across apparently four frustrating hours. i decline to answer the quest
kevin corke live in washington. the young lady to my right was not even born in 1984. i m not surprised by that. talented though she is she is young. i on the other hand was already in college, i believe. [laughter] great to be with you this morning. we anticipated this move by the white house. there are consequences to driving down the spr to its lowest level since 1984. critics argue from a national security perspective this move by the white house is suspect and purely political. yet again, mr. biden is drawing from the pool for yet another summer between 10-15000000 barrels and, of course, there is this from the white house. the president is calling on the department of energy to be ready to move forward with additional significant strategic petroleum reserves sales this wednesday winter, if needed, due to russia or other actions disrupting global markets. there is that. one look at the levels now especially when compared with the beginning of 2022 and you can see why t
thank you so much for being with us on this busy day of news. the beat with ari melber starts right now. thank you so much. welcome to the beat. we are tracking this breaking news as republicans suffer the first open speaker revolt in a century. kevin mccarthy started the new congress a humiliating failure. he lost the vote for speaker today. lost 19 republicans on the first ballot. it s the first time any politician in any party lost a hope floor vote for speaker since 1923. it s rare because of course this is a job where the votes are typically lined up. person who is becoming speaker is above all else supposed to get, count, and keep votes. in the orderly process of this first day of the new house, here s what it sounded like on the floor. the honorable hakeem jeff his of the state of new york has received 212. the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 202. no person having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by surnam