yet. that is it for me. the lead with jake tapper starts now. kevin mccarthy playing an intense version of let s make a deal. the lead starts right now. promises and concessions as kevin mccarthy s bid to become house speaker comes down to the wire in a group of republican hard liners continue to push their demands. plus, those tragic idaho college murders. how police tracked down a suspected killer through dna evidence, the web, and his hyundai elantra. and air pressure. passengers still trying to get their bags back. how easy is it to get a refund if you were a stranded passenger? the points guy is here with answers. we begin today in our politics lead. time is running out for kevin mccarthy and his dreams of wielding the speaker s gavel, making the possibility of a real floor fight increasingly likely. that s something that has not happened in the united states since 1923. right now, he is in deal making mode. working the phones, trying to win overholdouts, including adw
today after a break for the holiday weekend, the day, federal prosecutors in washington, d.c., resumed prosecuting a case against five members of the oath keepers on charges of seditious conspiracy, or trying to overthrow the government. last week zeroed in on the group s founder, stewart rhodes. but today s former afghanistan veteran. her name is jessica watkins. introduced evidence that watkins discussed cutting off pool cues to serve as antifa smasher is. she sought to recruit and train people to join the oath keepers. if it convicted of seditious conspiracy, watkins and her fellow defendants face up to 20 years behind bars. there s been a lot of wrangling on the radar. but today s trial is important because it s another example of individual accountability. and this, case accountability for a small group that s not tweens flicked significant damage. individual accountability does not on its own get to the root of the problem, especially here let s take, for exampl
that in just a moment. but first, let s talk about the sedition trial that s happening today after a break for the holiday weekend, the day, federal prosecutors in washington, d. c., resumed prosecuting a case against five members of the oath keepers on charges of seditious conspiracy, or trying to overthrow the government. last week zeroed in on the group s founder, stewart rhodes. but today s former afghanistan veteran. her name is jessica watkins. introduced evidence that watkins discussed cutting off pool cues to serve as antifa smasher is. she sought to recruit and train people to join the oath keepers. if it convicted of seditious conspiracy, watkins and her fellow defendants face up to 20 years behind bars. there s been a lot of wrangling on the radar. but today s trial is important because it s another example of individual accountability. and this, case accountability for a small group that s not tweens flicked significant damage. individual accountability do
on charge of seditious conspiracy trying to overthrow the government. last week, the group focused on the founder stewart rhodes. but today focused on afghanistan veteran, jessica watkins. and she cut off pool cues to serve as antifa smashers january 6th. if they re convicted of seditious conspiracy, watkins and her fellow defendants each face up to 20 years behind bars. now, there s been a lot of legal wrangling on the radar lately, but this trial is incredibly important because it is yet another example of individual accountability. in this case, accountability for a small group that sought to inflict significant ghdamage. at the same time, accountability does not get to the root of the problem. let s take the case that happened to d.c. police officer michael fanone on january 6th. i should warn you some of what we re about to show is graphic. if you don t want to see it, now is your chance to turn away. this is the image that made officer fanone famous. it s a snapshot tak
meadows uses the motion to vacate that led to john boehner head for the exit. how do you see this playing out? i don t understand how lowering this threshold will make mccarthy anything other than a caretaker speaker, waiting for the first time matt gaetz and his gang object to something. well, it will certainly weaken him. back in 2015, mark meadows did come to the floor with a motion to vacate. only took one member back then. his group was disorganized. they would not have won that vote. in fact, i remember imploring speaker boehner and his staff who called the question immediately because the freedom caucus, some of whom behind that maneuver, were not, they weren t organized. they were divided. throttle this little insurrection while it s in its bassinet here and boehner didn t want to do that. because he wanted to protect his members who were going to be facing primary challenges, which i thought was ridiculous at the