but at what price? speaker mccarthy in the republican caucus begins a glimpse at the chaos that we can perfect over the next two years. we are talking the democratic congresswoman joyce and sarah jacobs. also democratic congresswoman about the drama that unfolded on the hill and what means of our democracy. plus, president biden he has always been committed to bipartisanship but he is going to have to work around the house of representatives that is essentially held hostage by extremists. some, we ve been supported in the tunnel ship. we will get into all of that with the political panel. and this historic showdown, it culminated on the second anniversary of january six. we are talking to the former chief of the united states capitol police about his frustrations with lawmakers and new details he wants you to know about the attack on the capitol. i am simone sanders townsend, and i have something to say. a house divided itself cannot stand. the american people saw that mant
subpoena, along with a number of other of my former republican colleagues. it is not funny, it is really disgusting but again simone, this portends utter chaos and dysfunction these next couple of years. yes i mean, it is going to be one heck of a two years. you talk about donald trump which i think as everybody knows, he is my least favorite topic but he is a topic. and luka, think it s important people know that republican holdouts appear to ignore donald trump support from mccarthy a few days ago but then last night, mccarthy did give donald trump credit for helping him get the votes to win. what can you tell us about donald trump s effort here over the last couple of days? yes, that was an interesting that you saw between donald trump and kevin mccarthy. donald trump and actually call people for a number of weeks before this vote to try and get them on board with mccarthy. they basically adored him.
getting started. that republican majority is miniscule, with only four votes to spare. speaker mccarthy as the gavel but he gave the far-right the huskies to get in. he offered up concessions like allowing any single member to force a for a vote on whether mccarthy should keep his job. it is called emotional vacation. he also granted key committee assignments to the far-right freedom caucus. we are making it harder for america to pay its bills and a select committee investigating covid-19. the rules package and the bill that we will vote on monday is not for the world to see. and most of the concessions that i just named are reflected in those rules. there are some additional concessions as speaker mccarthy gave that are in public. that is the concern. democrats, they were never going to vote for the rules but there are moderate republicans who are also not fans of the 55-page document. there is a bubble first out there that says, what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and l
all sticking around because we have a lot to talk about. because coming, up speaker mccarthy says the republicans will use the full power of subpoena to get things done. this is someone who refused to comply with the january six committee subpoena the himself. so how exactly does all of that work? we will dig until that. but first, our best year richard the way for today s other top stories. richard? simone, happy new year to do for us and some news for you that we are following here at msnbc newsroom. first, of virginia along elementary school teacher was shot friday allegedly by a six-year-old student. the latest right now, the riverside regional medical center, police last night potter entries life-threatening and according to newport news police chief steve true, quote this was not an accidental shooting. and physicians at the university of cincinnati, medical center are out with an update on the nfl s damar hamlin. saying that hamlin is making continued progress and his recove
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