it is sunday, july 9th. i am ali velshi. the field of republican presidential candidates is growing. a date has when lockdown for the first republican primaries and caucuses. yesterday, the republican party of iowa announced that it will hold its first in the nation caucus on january 15th of 2024. momentum will pick up next month when the party holds its first primary debate in milwaukee, august 23rd. there is going to be a problem for the country to receive most or some of the candidates together. at least one dozen republicans should be competing in 2024 but only five of them declared candidates have met the requirements to qualify for the first debate. ron desantis, nikki haley, revak wamah swami, tim scott, and donald trump, the undisputed front runner in the race right now. it s difficult to overstate how unusual this race is turning out to be. the republican party has been impeached twice already. he s running for that position again. he is leading the pack. he has been
But ryan says hes unhappy with the secretive, toplevel process to get the deal, and says hell operate differently as s seaker. House republicans are set to nominate ryan as the chambers new speaker today, and put it to a full vote tomorrow. Meanwhile republican president ial candidates have another chance to sway voters to their cause in the third and final political debate. Abcs lana zak looks at what we can expect from the candidates tonight. The lambs have ecome lions. Kasich ive about had it with these people. Establishment candidate, john kasich roaring against what hes calling a crazy election kasich im done with the being polite and listening to this nonsense. Whi le jeb bush sounding frustrated in recent days, if this election is about how were going to fight to get nothing done,then. I dont want any part of it, and the loudest lion, donald trump, striking a softer tone sot trump please do me a favor, let me win iowa . Recently trump lost his top spot in ioo polls to ben carson
Senator schumer i dont see that they have reporter c. R. s. Senator schumer well, look, the bottom line here is, the n. R. A. Is a powerful opponent. The gun lobby is a powerful all opponent and the best weapon we have on our side is the outrage from the American People. It is growing. If we keep at it. We will win. We dont control the house. We dont control the senate, but we have the people of america on our side and if we continue to have votes and force people to vote, we will win. Let me tell you something today. There are a good number, not all, but a good number of our republican colleagues dreading these two votes. Next. Reporter if you are serious doing something about guns, why are you trying to attach this to a bill that the president has said he is going to veto . Senator schumer our proposals rescind the underlying bill and just have this so the president will sign them should they pass. Reporter will you fight this in the omnibus . Senator schumer in every place where we
Ladies and gentlemen, please and stand for the presentation of the colors by the u. S. Armed forces colorguard, the singing of the national anthem, and the retiring of the colors. Oh say can you see by the dawns early light whats a probably we hailed at whotwilights last gleaming is broad stripes and bright stars fight, overperilous the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air nightroof through the that our flag was still there o, say does that starspangled banner yet wave freethe land of the brave . Ome of the ladies and gentlemen, please stand as the chaplain of the u. S. Senate, barry black, gives the invocation. Let us pray. Eternal god, our refuge and strength. As we begin this unveiling ceremony of the marble bust of Vice President dick cheney, who we think you for his service to you, and country. Remembering the many years he labored in the political arena, we are grateful for your gifts of people who are passionate abo
Might add. So signing the deal and implement and want are obviously two different things. We have given one of our most capable Foreign Service officers, steve small, the day steve mull, the daytoday job of living making sure iran lives up to every single one of the commitments they have made. We will continue to consult closely with our allies as that process goes forward. The iran agreement was considered on its own terms. It wasnt part of some opening the door shift or hope or some, you know, speculation about behavior. It was the right thing to do whether it leads to cooperation or not in other areas because any effort to roll back irans behavior, my friends, is a heckuva lot easier if they dont have a nuclear weapon. We are not making any assumptions about irans future policies because we base our policy on observable facts, actions we can see and verify. The fact is that tehrans policies are a major reason why we work so closely with our partners in the region. Is nowhere, nowher