speaker. rob: the vote fell along party lines with nancy pelosi getting 220 votes. house minority leader kenneth mccarthy with 192 votes. with their new powerhouse democrats approve most of the sweeping rules package that restricts new spending defeating progressive blowback from the like of alexandria ocasio-cortez and new ethics reforms and shakes up several key voting procedures and committees. the new chairs are jerry nadler of the house judiciary committee, adam schiff, chair of the house intel committee, elijah cummings, chair of the house oversight and reform committee, maxine waters, chair of the house financial services committee and it should neil, chair of the house ways and means committee, a veritable who s who on the trump impeachment express which got off to an inauspicious start.
wasting time for articles of impeachment against donald trump. todd pyro joins us live to break it down. despite talk of all of challenge it was nancy pelosi sworn in as speaker of the house. congratulations, madame speaker. [applause] the vote along party lines, nancy pelosi wins 220 votes, house minority leader kevin mccarthy with 192 votes. with their new powerhouse democrats approved most of sweeping new rules package that restricts spending, defeating progressive blowback from the likes of alexandria cardio cortez and it shakes up several voting procedures in committees. as for those committees the new chairs are jerry nadler of the house judiciary committee, adam schiff, chairman about intel committee, elijah cummings, the house oversight and reform committee and maxine waters, chair of the house financial
faith, i cannot concede that. but my assessment is the law currently allows no further viable remedy. stacey abrams became a star for the democratic party amid her historic run to become governor of georgia. she ended her campaign on friday on a pointed note, is now pledging to continue litigation to reform the state s voting procedures. joining me now is stacey abrams, 2018 democratic gubernatorial candidate from georgia. tell me a little about how you came to the conclusion to make that speech with that language, and not concede? so, we spent a great deal of time thinking through what the legal remedies could be, in part because we had already filed four successful lawsuits in the ten-day period between election day and that friday. four successful opportunities to prove that the elections had been mismanaged. and as i thought through what would be next, we considered a contest.
but my assessment is the law currently allows no further viable remedy. stacey abrams became a star for the democratic party amid her historic run to become governor of georgia. she ended her campaign on friday on a pointed note, is now pledging to continue litigation to reform the state s voting procedures. joining me now is stacey abrams, 2018 democratic gubernatorial candidate from georgia. tell me a little about how you came to the conclusion to make that speech with that language, and not concede? so, we spent a great deal of time thinking through what the legal remedies could be, in part because we had already filed four successful lawsuits in the ten-day period between election day and that friday. four successful opportunities to prove that the elections had been mismanaged. and as i thought through what would be next, we considered a contest. once the election was certified, we would challenge the veracity of that decision. but looking at the law, looking at our claims, i
cases as we speak, including ones that would extend the deadlines. our minds are boggled about how many deadlines there are. he used this analogy. he said i feel like captain kirk in the episode where it is starting to multiply. it is getting nasty. part of rick scott s response, he writes bill nelson is confused and doesn t even seem to know how florida works, talking about, you know, asking him to recuse himself from all of this, which he did. where is the civility in this? reporter: yeah. well, there is a lot at stake. people are tired and they re onry. a word about mark walker. this is the fifth or sixth time that he has issued an opinion that has criticized the voting procedures in the state of florida and said that people are being disedisenfranchised.