but i would say go for it. we re also following dramatic developments on capitol hill after a fiery hearing. the senate judiciary voting for favor for congressman sessions. minnesota senator al franken accused senator sessions of misrepresenting his record on civil rights cases. some of president trump s other nominees also made it through committee even though democrats boycotting those nominees weren t in the room and say they didn t know the vote was even coming. let s get some smr on all of this from our reporters. sara murray is outside the white house on the north lawn. senior congressional reporter manu raju is up on capitol hill. sara, first to you, tell us more. the president was blubt saying if necessary to the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, go for what s called the nuclear
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knowing this is happening. so for his career to unravel so quickly, people are surprised by that and to learn he is over $3 million in campaign coughers and what will happen with that. can he keep it. he has two top d.c. ethics lawyers and he can pay them and he will have legal fees and he s still consulting lawyers several hours a day and has been for about a month now. that money will dissipate it quite quickly but he is free to use it. he will leave office officially at the end of march. jake sherman, senior congressional reporter for commitco. people were arrested after a fight broke out during a committee meeting. chairs and punches being thrown captured on video. the police commissioner and district attorney were there trying to explain why police
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this has been a favorite all week. what s more popular than congress these days, and, well, you know, practically everything with only a 14% approval rating. a recent poll compared congress to some pretty dislikable things, brussel sprouts, but actually i kind of like brussel sprouts. used car salesmen, replacement refs and cockroaches and donald trump all more popular than congress. congress has lots to do if cockroaches are edging them out in popularity. the 113th congress is not starting out on the right foot with the american people, but does this mean that they will be ineffective? joining me now from washington rejoining us is manu raju, senior congressional reporter for politico and the congressional reporter for roll call. manu, 14% approval rating. we ve seen it kind of, if you will, skip at the bottom now throughout the last year. is the 113th going to be more
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good morning. great to see you this morning. thursday, july 28. this is american morning. advice teen out. we know yesterday a little stuffy. she sounded. it she is getting better hopefully at home today. a lot going on. imagine what our lead story is now? it s the debt. the republicans are scrambling to line up house votes to stave off a potential first ever default of u.s. debt. the deadline, you know, this, august 2 now less than five days away. the house is expected to vote on speaker bane are s plan sometime today and it comes after the house speaker laid into the republican rank and file yesterday ordering them to get in line. many of these people he is talking about are tea partiers who insist that his plan is too soft. even if the bill does pass senate democrats are saying they will oppose it and working on their own proposal which has been spearheaded by senate majority leader harry reid. so if both sides failing to reach an agreement, what happens? could t
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