that enough would vote yes, but are they sure? house democrats are going to make sure that the country does not default. period. full stop. this caucus will remain unified with the president and most importantly with the american people in this fight. house democrats stand poised to help, stand poised to be the adults in the room, and we will ensure that we put this crisis behind us. we have two house lawmakers starting us off today. a republican in mccarthy s inner circle and a democrat who voted no on the deal in the rules committee last night, and that right there is where we begin. joining me now is pennsylvania democratic congresswoman and members of the rules committee, mary guy scanlan, thank you for being with us. you voted no in the rules committee, will you vote yes later tonight? certainly that s the function of the rules committee is to bring the bills to the floor, and it s the republicans job to bring the bill to the floor. this is mccarthy s deal, mc
news. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, bulls eye, the direct hit to retail giant target. it stopped on a downward slide following the pride merchandise controversy. and rescue plan, the demolition is now on pause as the search continues for two people possibly left inside that iowa apartment building after the horrific partial collapse. we ve got a live report on the ground in davenport. also, quote, i expected to die. the powerful words from a rabbi during the pittsburgh tree of life synagogue shooting trial. we ll bring you the latest from that second day of testimony. plus, in just the last few minutes, the house officially took up the fiscal responsibility act, also known as the debt ceiling bill with the first round of votes expected in the next 90 minutes. where things stand on the hill right now. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, and i want to begin ri
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. shaky or sound? first republic bank collapses, a weekend deal to buy it bales out uber wealthy depositors but stirs worries about the strength of the economy. plus the head of the republican national committee delivers a blunt warning to republican candidates coast to coast, ignore the abortion issue at your own expense. and entire lives packed into a single suitcase, cnn captures the desperation on the dock in port sudan. thousands hoping to leave a nation at war with itself. up first for us, first republic goes bust, the company s 84 branches are open but under a new banner, that after regulators seized it and then broke it in an emergency weekend deal to sell it off. jpmorgan chase takes over nearly all of first republic s assets. the government says all depositors are protected and that the 92 billion in first republic deposits are safe. their failure is the
probably better than i could do and he ll still vote against it. very few people have their hair on fire at this point. there are a lot of no votes. that s to be expected on a bill negotiated in divided government between the president and the speaker. the people whose hair is closest to on fire, this is the story we have seen all along since 2010. when republicans are in the majority and a democrat is in the white house, they come to compromises, and they don t believe that anybody should compromise. and that s a difficult thing for a speaker to contend with. jake sherman, thank you very much. ryan nobles, thank you as well. we ll watch for what happens at 8:30 tonight. coming up next, ai scientists warn the tech can end humanity, how exactly, and when? we ll ask a man who won an award on his work in artificial intelligence,. and an exclusive nbc report,
vacation, what did ken buck say and a few others talking about, how serious is that threat, and if it s not serious in this moment, how serious is it going forward? it s impossible to really know, katy, because anyone could do it at any time with no threshold and no reason. the reality is if somebody has a bad day and is upset with mccarthy, they can go to the floor and call for a snap vote on his leadership, which is a difficult dynamic to deal with. i will say, though, most people don t take it terribly seriously. and mccarthy s team, mccarthy s allies believe that they can beat it back if need be, some have suggested democrats would help them. i think that s a tough thing to depend on, but all that said, it s not really dominated conversation up here. even, i will say, ralph norman, one of the loudest voices in the anti-debt limit bill said you guys did a good job negotiating,