president s debt ceiling deal with speaker mccarthy facing its first major legislative test inside a crucial house company that has several conservative opponents of the agreement. threats from a group of republican lawmakers on capitol hill put a catastrophic default back in play. there s no new taxes, no new government programs. would i want to cut more? yes. i was able to work at 15% of the budget. i m not sure what else they want to do. i think we have to look at where the victories are. this hour, ron desantis kicking off his first presidential campaign trip in iowa with hopes of making a splash at the caucuses there in 2024. plus, kremlin officials say ukraine is responsible for new drone strikes on residential areas in moscow. vladimir putin s relentless bombardment of kyiv fires up another wave of deadly aerial attacks. today in pittsburgh, the trial gets under way for the gunman charged with the 2018 shooting deaths of 11 worshipers at the tree of life synago
news on special counsel jack smith s criminal investigation into donald trump s alleged mishandling of hundreds of classified documents after he left office. you think of that investigation i want to bet your mind goes straight to the events of august 8th last year. you ll likely think of the fbi s court authorized search of mar-a-lago and of the 100-plus classified documents the fbi found on the premises that day. tonight s news centers on a time about two months before that, june 2nd and why the events of that day may be key to john smith s case. tonight the washington post describes the events that took place on that day as being of importance to investigators in the classified documents case. we ve previously known may 11th of last year trump s attorneys received a subpoena. then we know june 3rd an attorney from the department of justice and three fbi agents met with trump s lawyers at mar-a-lago to collect those documents from trump s team. now, we also already knew a
jeffries. my first vote for speaker of the house was for byron donalds. today i am rising to nominate byron donalds for speaker of the house of representatives. now, here we are and for the first time in history there have been two black americans placed into the nomination for speaker of the house. [applause] john: standoff ratcheting up tensions and raising fears of a longer term rift among republicans as the gop leadership remains on hold. sandra: congressman elect donalds will be joining us in a moment, byron donalds is watching for the final vote cast on the float and then hop in front of the camera and join us live. john: first we go to chad pergram live on capitol hill. chad, looks like groundhog day today. well, right now the one thing we know is that they are not going to elect a speaker of the house on this roll call vote. the first vote of the day, the fourth overall in the past two days and kevin mccarthy has not been able to get an outright majority of
needed to be the speaker for a fourth consecutive time. florida republican byron donalds appear to have received just enough support to prevent kevin mccarthy from getting to 218. so what happens now? the house remaining paralyzed this hour. no committees, no legislation, elected members can t even be sworn in. they don t even know if they are getting paid at this point after they have tried and failed again four times to elect a speaker. it s a level of dysfunction unseen in modern political history. so let s bring in an incredible panel. senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. yamiche alcindor is our washington correspondent. doug high is a republican strategist for the rnc. peter baker is chief white house correspondent for the new york times and an msnbc political analyst. steve kornacki is at the big board. garrett, tell us what s happening this second and what should we make of it? we re watching kevin mccarthy on his way going 0 for 4. byron donalds, the l
police raid on joe biden s house. maybe waiting a while. more details good evening and welcome to tucker carlson. two years pete buttigieg of south bend, indiana. pushing 40. staring down the grim and non productive middle age. then help arrived daughtering form of joe biden. either because of inate dekren decency. he had no relevant experience with transportation of any kind apart from occasionally ride ago bicycle with a helmet. huge promotion from unemployment to white house cabinet. soon, very soon came crushing disappointment like a home buyer, mayor pete learned department of transportation on the verge of collapse. department had a serious diversity shortage. deadly serious. imagine being adrift in open boat in the sea and down to your final tin of equity. you are about to run out of equity. that is where pete buttigieg found himself in january 2021. unfortunately for a nation, mayor pete did not ignore and took swift action. buttigieg located the problem, racist roa