a fiery field hearing taking place just a block away from progress da alvin bragg s office with absolutely harrowing testimony from new york city crime victims and their families. victims like joseph borgen a jewish man who was brazenly beaten by four men in broaddaylight. his attackers were only give an six-month plea deal. he only punched my son once. . perhaps some of the most dramatic moments came when madeline whose son was brutally stabbed to death nine times for significantly lowering the charges against two of her son s alleged attackers. i was totally disrespected. me, my family, my grand children, we were treated like garbage. like garbage. while republicans say the hearing was intended to highlight just how progressive policies are making america less safe, democrats dismissed it as political payback for bragg s indictment of former president donald trump. they insist the big apple is indeed safe. the chairman says this hearing is about violent crime in m
the beer company is still facing some back lags over its partnership with transgender inflew hencer, dylan mulvaney. with bars in several states reporting a decline in both budweiser and bud lite. monday marked the return of two u.s. senators to capitol hill. pennsylvania senator john fetterman who had been hospitalized for clinical depression reported to work in his signature sweatshirt and short. mitch mccanal returned to the sent floor after falling and injuring his head in a washington hotel last month. the senate minority leader who also fractured a rib in the fall thank his colleagues for their well-wishes and joked about the incident. suffice it to say, this wasn t the first time that being hard-headed has served me very well. and the spacex launch scheduled for earlier today has been postponed. the company s star ship space
nancy pelosi is expected to address her own future plans today. late last night, her spokesman tweeted this, quote, speaker pelosi has been overwhelmed by calls from colleagues, friends, supporters. this evening the speaker monitored returns in the three remaining critical states. the speaker plans to address her future plans tomorrow to her colleagues, stay tuned. plus, he ll deliver her weekly press conference later this morning. speculation followed the mid terms. she also have said the violent attack on her husband would have an impact on her decision making. mitch mccanal is the senate leader. she cruised to reelection winning by a vote of 37-10 with one senator voting present.
senator corker has gone back and forth with the president. he s had this on again, off again feud. questions about where mitch mccanal may be in all of this. of course this all boils down to concern that blackburn may be at risk of losing a general election and, as you know, peter, with just that one seat majority in the senate, every single one of these senate races is absolutely critical. especially given what we just witnessed taking place in alabama. republicans anxious for any potential loss. kacie hunt on the hill for us, thank you very much. elsewhere on capitol hill, at that explosive hearing, the director of national intelligence, dan coates, called the national debt a dire national security threat. the failure to address the long-term fiscal situation has increased the national debt to over $20 trillion and growing. this situation is unsustainable. former chairman of the joint
of indiana, highcamp, man chin, doug jones the new senator from alabama, and clare mccaskill of vo. of missouri. four of the five from competitive states in cycle this fall. they are moderate democrats, good vote for them to take. there are going to be five republican no votes. lindsay graham from south carolina, jeff flake of arizona, rand paul of kentucky, mike lee of utah, and mitch mccanal. this is where it gets mcconnell. you say he s not for shutting down the government. mitch mcconnell proper pounded this bill why is he voting no. what happens in the senate if you need on recall the vote, and vote again, say they get a deal, you want to keep this bill alive. and you have to be on the prevailing side of the vote. if this case the nos will prevail. so mcconnell will vote no, this vote has been open, they started at 10:13, we re now at 11:24, a little more than an hour.