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thank you so much for being with us on this busy day of news. the beat with ari melber starts right now. thank you so much. welcome to the beat. we are tracking this breaking news as republicans suffer the first open speaker revolt in a century. kevin mccarthy started the new congress a humiliating failure. he lost the vote for speaker today. lost 19 republicans on the first ballot. it s the first time any politician in any party lost a hope floor vote for speaker since 1923. it s rare because of course this is a job where the votes are typically lined up. person who is becoming speaker is above all else supposed to get, count, and keep votes. in the orderly process of this first day of the new house, here s what it sounded like on the floor. the honorable hakeem jeff his of the state of new york has received 212. the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 202. no person having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by ....
us with more on the white house s main strategy. ashley: biden will stop in florida today, former president obama, the democrats are counting in places like nevada. biden is heading to florida and new mexico on thursday and obama will make apeerances in nevada and arizona, the two will finish the campaign trail in pennsylvania on saturday. it has been noted biden made far fewer campaign appear thinkas than sitting presidents before him. the sitting president has been absent from the trail in the final weeks of the campaign, nobody is more in demand than obama, he is the party s biggest draw. there is unmistakable fear, even he can t prevent what could happen on november 8th. democrats say it is a good strategy for biden to keep a low profile, republicans say americans are fed up with his policies. people are fed up with this madness, far left socialism. taxing and spending, raising prices because of joe biden s actions. ashley: laxalt says his opponent is purposel ....
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years after the feds invested billions to get the island back. the american people who live there are in the dark. we asked why. this is american voices! hello everyone. i m alicia mendes. mental gymnastics, it could be donald trump s favorites for. as we go into the classified documents at his mar-a-lago residents. trump claims that those were declassified. when boxes sean hannity asked about that the classification process let s call it this week. the latter made a claim so bonkers that you re going to have to hear it from trump himself. it doesn t have to be a process as i understand, it there s different people who say different things but as i understand there doesn t have to be. if you re the president of the united states you can be classified just by saying it s the classified. even by thinking about it. because you are sending it to mar-a-lago or to wherever you are sending it. let s just say if you consider these mental gymnastics he didn t quite stick t ....
saying his symptoms are improving. meanwhile, the latest january 6 hearing is still sending shock waves to capitol hill. where donald trump refused to declare the election over or condemn the rioters. we ll take a look at how this could play into november s narratives and beyond. also, nearly one-third of americans are under heat advisories. 210 million people will face scorching temperatures over 90 today. the heat wave expected to last well into the weekend. we start at the white house. dealing with president biden s positive covid diagnosis on two fronts. medical and political. less than two hours ago, the white house physician said the president s symptoms have improved. the white house eager to show this is not a crisis and the president is continuing to keep a busy schedule while getting treatment. they just sent out this picture showing the president speaking by phone with his national security team. this picture also sent out in a tweet this morning showin ....