mccarthy is scrambling to gain the votes he needs to be speaker even after making major concessions this weekend, it still might not be enough. the suspect in the machete attack on three police officers in times square,vestigators dis handwritten diary. what it says. plus this. eight and a half years for the organizer to kidnap and kill me, that s a significant sense. we have gretchen whitmer s reaction to the sentences handed to the man who plotted to kidnap her. hear what she told our own kaitlan collins. let s begin in washington. house republican leader kevin mccarthy will be taking the race for speaker to the floor officially tomorrow in what could be the most dramatic house speaker election. he s made a number of concessions so try to get the number of votes to succeed nancy pelosi. will we see the first floor fight as it s called in 100 years. let s turn to harry inton. what do you think? let s talk math. right now the gop s 2023 majority is 222, seats majori
hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. whatever the results of next tuesday s midterm elections, there is no denying that these midterm elections are taking place with the very real specter of political violence and the prevalence of disinformation as a political weapon, unmatched in modern political times. large swaths of the gop have been swallowed up completely by the disinformation about the integrity of our very election systems, and many on the right have normalized conversations around political violence to the point in which polls show it is accepted by many as a useful tool to achieving the right s political aims. now, this says all sorts of things about the weakness of our democracy right now. more importantly, it says a whole lot of things about the weakness of the gop as a governing party. now, a party interested in governing would be desperate to debate policy and have those debates and win those debates ridded in data and a shared set of facts. there s none
afternoon, i m diaz been vossoughian. , we have a lot of ground to cover in the two hours ahead. we are waiting for a response from the former president. and his legal team. now, that the january six committee has officially subpoenaed donald trump, there is also troubling new information about what was contained in some of those classified documents. taken from mar-a-lago. and then the supreme court now demanding a response from george a prosecutor after senator lindsey graham went all the way to the high court to avoid testifying alone testifying about election interference. a federal court putting a stop to president biden s college debt relief plan. after millions have already applied. but the white house is vowing to fight back. we are also following an alarming rising kids being hospitalized because they are having trouble breathing. and the wake of the uvalde shooting refuses to do anything to stop gun violence, sending out what they call, quote, safety creates, to
we will bring you that speech live. and in florida, grim new details about how many people were killed by a different hurricane, ian of course. and the new number just coming in. some officials now responding to criticism about their initial response to ian. we ve got our team standing by live on the ground. also this hour, we re live in district court in dc with opening statements happening now, in the conspiracy trial of leaders for the oath keepers. why the defense is hanging its case on something former president trump didn t do, and what prosecutors are saying today about what the defendants said were not enough weapons. we will talk about it coming up. and october, not spooked yet. rare good news lately from the market. the dow up 800 points. we will talk about what is behind the rally on wall street later in the show. i m hallie jackson on assignment for a story you will see later on in the month. joining me is gabe guiterrez in san germane puerto rico and shaq bre
Only recognize the history of the tribal lands on which we reside and acknowledge and honor the fact the oholone people established a working partnership with the sfpu c and are productive and flourishing members with the greater bay area communities today. Madam secretary, can you call the first item, please . Item number 3, approval of the minutes of march 12, 2024. Commissioners, are there corrections or additions to the minutes of march 12 . Seeing none, donna, can we open this item to Public Comment . We have remote callers who want to speak to item 3, please raise your hand if you wish to speak . Do we have members of the public present to provide comment on item number 3 . Seeing none, do we have callers with hands raised . Madam secretary, there are mow callers in the queue. Thank you. Public comment is closed. Thank you, Public Comment is closed on item 1. Can i have a motion to approve the minutes of march 12 . Motion to approve. There is a motion and second. Roll call, pleas