Actually, you know what . Im going to ill ask you the first question. Okay and ill ask you a question back there. Go. Incidentally, if you if you dont read and then theyll sort of the long form interviews that he does occasionally in the in the new york times, there worth reading. A great one where he and gail collins said down. And you had a line about the Republican Party is split between reptiles and. Which is a great line even if we dont understand exactly what it means. But what does it mean . Well. Marjorie Taylor Greene is a reptile and Kevin Mccarthy cozying up to marjorie Taylor Greene is the definition of an invertebrate. And. You. The lion, of course is, is is made in the form, a conversation. And so its little sharper than it ought to be because there are, in fact, a lot of terrific republicans who stand up for a set of principles which i broadly share. And those are the republicans who actually won their elections in november or or outperformed in in their elections. But i
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heinrich starts us off tonight. good evening, jacqui. good evening, mike. today in a background call about these documents, the white house counsel s office at one point encouraged reporters to look into the secret deals kevin mccarthy made to be secret speaker of the house. sums up the posture of this administration and the information blackout that we are getting right now. come on, guys. reporters didn t hear from the president s lawyers today. but the white house brought the golden state warriors to the brady briefing room. good afternoon, everybody. and the press secretary. i have been forthcoming from this podium. and, yet, most questions directed at karine jean-pierre went unanswered. reporters repeatedly referred to the white house counsel s office which had made an adviser, not a lawyer, available just an hour earlier. referring reporters to the department of justice and the president s personal attorney. we have within trying to answer questions thor
and he has done it again. it took five tries. everyone has a bad day. cnn this morning starts right now. everyone has a bad day. we hope yours is going well so far. we re going to begin with solomon pena, he was angry he lost the election last fall and claimed that the vote was rigged. now he is in police custody in connection with orchestrating four shootings at homes of local democratic officials in new mexico. no one was injured in any of the shootings that happened in albuquerque. police say that pena was the mastermind and allegedly conspired and paid four others to carry out the attacks. the evidence that we have is not only firearm, but it is also from cell phones and electronic records, surveillance video, and multiple witnesses inside and outside of this conspiracy that have helped us weave together what occurred. on the last shooting, we now have evidence too that pena himself went on this shooting, and actually pulled the trigger on at least one of the fire
With this deal, the two candidates have shunned the commission on president ial debate, proposing three gatherings in the fall. This morning, we would like to get your reaction to the development in campaign 2024, democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. You can also join us with a text with your first name, city and state at 202 7488003. Or on facebook. Com cspan and also in a post on x with the handle cspanwj and welcome to the washington journal this morning. We start with the New York Times reporting, they say the public back and forth began over the debate started wednesday morning after bidens Campaign Chair sent a letter to the commission on president ial debates notifying the group that mr. Biden would not be participating in a free general election debate, scheduled for september 16, october 1 and october 9. Then President Biden later posted this video with his offer to debate the former president and what he would like to see the format loo