today inside politics, the gop finds votes to come out on top. republicans pass a crucial bill that assures the u.s. is ready to fight wars, and they did it after putting a deliberate conservative stamp on it. jared kushner under oath, new report ing reveals that prosecutors ask the former president s son-in-law, did donald trump believe his own election lies. and iowa decides in six months. the countdown to the caucuses is on as donald trump decides to play hooky and skip a big summit. his bet, who needs iowa when you have mike tyson. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, kevin mccarthy can keeps the republican family mostly together to win a culture war battle. last hour, the house did its job and cleared a must-pass defense bill. the final vote tally was 219-210. if that seems really tight for a bill that sets military policy, it is. the sennarrow margin is thanks a very heated back and forth over controversial add-ones to the
subpoenaed or asked for interviews by the special counsel. so this appears to be a large part of what the special counsel is working on now. fascinating reporting. you mentioned that the pattern was a remiender. w porting is pennsylvania and new mexico, we already know that jocelyn benson, and rusty bahhers of arizona. we shouldn t be surprised by i any of this. if indeed the special counsel is following through with the mission that attorney general garland assigned when the special counsel was announced, looking into all the efforts related to the fallout of the 2020 election, efforts to overturn it in the lead up to january 6th, these state players are critical. part of our reporting in realtimes was how these state players actually were the guardrails at the end of the day that prevented dlt dth and his allies from being able to overturn a legitimate election.