dons a hazmat suit, face mask before appearing out armed robberies, and now a chilling warning from law enforcement that face masks would be a telltale sign of imminent da danger. we are going to tell cabdrivers to do the same. don t allow anyone that you cannot see in your car. because once they are in there, they are going to rob you, they are going to kill you, they are going to take your life. john: what a difference crime makes to the way that we comport ourselves, america reports roles into a second hour, i am john roberts, good to be with you on this monday. gillian: i am gillian turner in for sandra today, we are coming up this hour, also keeping an eye on the press briefing, and the city of d.c. is pulling it s a controversial crime bill after it bucked its own party over, and does the writing on the wall supporting soft-on-crime policies, and we continue out west. john: the tale of two s dates, and political rivals come 2024, governor newsom and florida gove
that decision reportedly meeting challenges in court. speak to the breaking details in los angeles, marianne. the twitter offices will begin with waiting for news whether they still have a job here twitter will explain how it goes down in a letter appeared in an effort to place twitter on a healthy path, we will go through reducing the global workforce on friday. we recognize that this will impact the number of individuals who made valuable contributions to twitter but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company s success moving forward. very soon after the $44 billion buyout and taking the home as chief twit he began passing the pink slips. with top executives fired with ceo ga and the company s top lel policy executive who led the efforts to ban former president trump. she was let go within hours of elon musk take over. twitter s internal communications putting out the statement saying, twitter so special. after four years i m leaving with the fullest
Capitol hill this afternoon as you see Speaker Mccarthy gavelling in the house of representatives, where you will see the House Speaker fighting to keep his job. Congressman matt gaetz raymond leading the charge to oust him from his role as speaker of the house. The house averted a government shutdown. Gaetz raymond expected to take the flooris expected to take th fl floor. I spoke with folks on capitol hill and i count eight republicans is what matt gaetz has, perhaps more than that. He would need 210 democrats to pass the motion to vacate. You have congressman Hakeem Jeffries saying the caucus should vote to oust Kevin Mccarthy. Pramila jayapal doubling down, we are not voting in any way to save Kevin Mccarthy. The question this hour, does Kevin Mccarthy seem the cat with nine lives . It took 15 votes to get the gavel. Well watch the house floor and update new developments. First, historic legal battle that could have political implication on the 2024 race. The first son has pleaded
as john likes to mention a lot of the lyrics are pilfered. john: like 70% of the song i think, straight out of the bible. gillian: i still love them anyway. there s too this, president biden is facing the call from the republicans to press president xi on covid s origins, the spy balloon and tiktok, now where it s spending a lot of the government s fortune, that is raising some red flags over at the pentagon. john: plus the city council looking to backtrack on controversial changes to its criminal code as president biden suggests democrats need to get tough on crime. what a turnaround. seems they do not get the house, why can jeffrey says that democrats have a record of cracking down on criminals. speak of the d.c. government s response to this right now is to hand out car locks, wheel locks to people who are worried about getting their car stolen. the district needs to be a safe