Of any honest show of contrition as a member of that party that once claimed to stand for personal responsibility. The vote was 230 to 199 to strip her of her seats on the budget and education and labor committees. 11 republicans joining the democratic majority including illinois congressman adam kinzinger, who was not impressed by what she said at a Republican Party conference last night. Kevin mccarthy would have us believe she gave some serious apology. What did you hear . Yeah, so i dont like to go into a ton of detail from conference how about some . Ill tell you this. Yeah, ill give you some. Which is i didnt hear i didnt hear an apology. So no apology last night, he says. And certainly from what we heard today of her on the floor, none today. She spoke in the chamber and she didnt apologize. Well get to that in just a second. But first, before we go any further on her excuses and finger pointing we just want to pause for a second and just let you listen to her words and views th
Now theres just got to be a will to seek those out. True on school funding, true on state and local aid. Everyones getting tied around in knots what the number is. Get the policy right and whatever that number produces, thats where we should land. Look, i mean, christine, certainly there could be an incorporation of republican ideas, and there are a lot of people arguing for that. But what is unclear, if the votes, if the republican vote it might actually be more than unclear if the republican votes would actually follow those compromises . Also, theres even moderate democrats who might be concerned about sliding in a 15 hour minimum wage and you saw maneuvering last night suggesting they could put the 15 minimum an hour wage to the side not address it now. Could be confrontational. Could be a place of bipartisan agreement right now during the middle of the crisis. Even though progressives, of course, want a 15 minimum wage. Might see small maneuvering starting to satisfy people and mo
White house is underscoring this troubling statistic. 2. 5 million women have been driven from the workforce since the pandemic hit. On the medical side of this whole thing we now have news on Johnson Johnsons oneshot vaccine. Its moving closer to authorization for Emergency Use so that is a step in the right direction. Also that i had Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene once again defending her controversial rhetoric one day after her colleagues voted to remove her from her committee assignments. Going forward ive been freed. I do. I feel freed because you know whats happening on these committees . You see, we have a basically a tragically controlled government right now, the democrat. How does her party move forward now that trump is out of office . Her response. It doesnt. And i want to tell you, republican voters, support him still. The party is his. It doesnt belong to anybody else. Lets start there with our cnn Congressional Correspondent jessica dean who had quite an
Administered this week outnumbers new cases of covid 101. But thats not to say that serious struggles do not remain. Getting schools reopened remains a significant logistical and political challenge. Vaccinations still need to ramp up. The spread is not yet under control, and more as cnns lucy kavanaugh reports. Reporter the fight against covid19 progressing on three fronts today, more shots, more sites and more vaccines heading towards approval. New yorks mega Vaccination Site opening up at Yankee Stadium this morning. I was in and out, two seconds. In maryland, the Back Parking Lot at six flags now a mass vaccination center. The idea eventually is to build an infrastructure that can handle millions of vaccines. Reporter and in northern california, oaklands coliseum and levi stadium now vaccination hubs. American troops joining the fight against covid, the Biden Administration announced it will deploy 1,000 Service Members across the country to help with vaccination efforts. This, as
Mccarthy warns democrats the tide may turn against you in the future. You will regret this. You may regret this a lot sooner than you think. If thats the new standard, if people are held to what they have said prior to even being in this house, if the majority gets to decide who sits on other committees, i hope you keep that standard because we have a long list you can work within your own. Harris sooner than you think, he says. Also in focus this hour claims of hypocrisy against a major book publisher, rnc chairwoman Ronna Mcdaniel reacts. A new battle over whether taxpayers should be on the hook for 650 billion in student loan debt. Steve forbes will weigh in. First lets bring in florida congressman matt gaetz of the House Judiciary Committee to talk about our top story. I understand you did not vote with those 11 republicans to remove Marjorie Taylor greene from her committees, why . It wasnt an attack on Marjorie Taylor greene it was attack on the voerts. She got more votes than i