increasing inflation. well, it has the advantage of not only people being able to live longer and better and be able to perform their prescription drugs, but, guess what? it reduces the deficit $158 billion. [ applause ] don t forget that part to tell people. it s not just that you pay less for the drug. it means that the federal government isn t paying for the drugs for medicare. president joe biden in baltimore last night, debunking republican claims about the deficit and calling on democrats to remind americans what his administration has achieved over the past two years. meanwhile, on capitol hill, a hearing dominated by grievance politics, as attorney general merrick garland makes his first appearance before the new congress. he actually had insurrectionists. right. like, the guy with, like what is it, willie, the bird bone hands, like, doing the power to the people signal. the raised fist. that s right. raised fist of a bird. yeah. there it is. the
Capitol hill this afternoon as you see Speaker Mccarthy gavelling in the house of representatives, where you will see the House Speaker fighting to keep his job. Congressman matt gaetz raymond leading the charge to oust him from his role as speaker of the house. The house averted a government shutdown. Gaetz raymond expected to take the flooris expected to take th fl floor. I spoke with folks on capitol hill and i count eight republicans is what matt gaetz has, perhaps more than that. He would need 210 democrats to pass the motion to vacate. You have congressman Hakeem Jeffries saying the caucus should vote to oust Kevin Mccarthy. Pramila jayapal doubling down, we are not voting in any way to save Kevin Mccarthy. The question this hour, does Kevin Mccarthy seem the cat with nine lives . It took 15 votes to get the gavel. Well watch the house floor and update new developments. First, historic legal battle that could have political implication on the 2024 race. The first son has pleaded
josh hawley says they re doing that to catholics. it is unbelievable. it s unbelievable. yeah, that they re doing this, willie. but, again, you had donald trump. not one of them complained when donald trump was pushing his attorney general to arrest his political opponent and their family two weeks before the presidential election. and these are the people that led the insurrection against the united states government from within the legislative branch. and they re the ones that are the most shocked and stunned. like, what a joke. yeah, i think they re probably not shocked and stunned, as we saw by the bad acting. we have to get a workshop. i don t know if rob reiner would volunteer his time, our great directors. they need to help in the performances. it s a bit much.
was under control but it didn t give any more details on that. we know that pope benedict has been in poor health for some time. the last photographs that were seen of him, the last pictures, where earlier this month where he appeared extremely frail. we know pope francis visited him yesterday in the monastery in the vatican, the former monastery in the vatican, the former monastery in the vatican, the former monastery in the vatican where pope benedict, the former pope, now lives. and there was this appeal by pope francis to catholics around the world to pray for benedict. he said people should ask god to sustain benedict in his witness to the church until the end. now benedict became pope in 2005 and then in 2013, about eight years later, just under eight years later, he was the