putin. well, if that would be the case that we join, what my response would be is that you caused this. look at the mirror. back in the u.s., a milestone almost unthinkable just a few years ago. 1 million americans have died of covid. the president ordering flags lowered to half staff in a country changed forever. we are also learning more today about this amazing story involving nerves of steel and an emergency landing soft as a willow. what happened minutes before a passenger had no choice but to take controls. let s begin with finland s decision to pursue nato membership. nic, is there any doubt that nato would rush to approve finland s application? they ve already given them a green light, if you will. nato secretary general today said that they will be warmly welcomed. there s been a lot going on behind the scenes in brussels at nato head quarters. a lot of conversations between different nations. and all of it coming to the same point. if finland joins nato whic
violence immediately, aides said he was watching it on tv from the white house rewinding and replaying his favorite parts of the insurrection. mitch mcconnell who has called trump practically and morally responsible for the events of january 6 issued a simple statement to yesterday s hearing saying this, the entire nation who knows who is responsible for that day. i don t have any immediate observations. meanwhile, the committee referred former members of congress to the house ethics committee for ignoring the panel s subpoenas earlier this year. the lawmakers were minority leader and potential house speaker kevin mccarthy, jim jordan who is expected to be the next chairman of the house judiciary committee, congressman andy bigs of arizona as well as congressman scott perry of pennsylvania. mccarthy has not responded to requests for comment but others were quick to dismiss the referrals. a spokesperson for jordan called
number of border officials are pushing to release will secretary mayorkas as we already learned more than half a million migrant encounters at the southwest border since october. congressman andy bigs house oversight committee and is leading the push to impeach mayorkas and joins us now. congressman, good morning to you. let s get into specifics here. on what grounds are you calling to impeach mayorkas? how would you go about doing this? well, first of all, we will have an investigation to go through and make sure that we are not rushing on anything. but, here s the deal. is he violating title 8. title 8 requires him to have maintain detention over these individuals until they have had their immigration status determined. he has said we re going to release them. in fact, they have lee leased over a million people into the country who are not here legally. he has also committed, we think he has committed perjury, it looks like that. he has told us that the border is operationally
later today he s likely to become the gop nominee for speaker. that is because he only needs a simple majority of his own party. the real test is going to come in january. that s when he needs a majority of the entire house or 218 floor votes. as we first reported on cnn, congressman andy bigs, a trump acolyte is preparing to challenge mccarthy not because he s a serious candidate or a assessor contender but because he wants to represent the anti-mccarthy vote. the hope is they want to show mccarthy how vulnerable he is, how he doesn t have the 218 votes and force him to the negotiating table. so far kevin mccarthy has been really resistant to make any promises or give in to those demands, but this is a numbers game, john. ultimately if they do take the house with a razor thin majority, these members are going to have leverage. those members know that, ken mccarthy knows that, and so i suspect in the next few weeks, you re going to see kevin mccarthy hunkering down, trying to cut deals
investigations is going to be problematic for them, they also very much believe that republicans are going to overreach, and that in ove overreaching that the american public is going to see republicans not focusing on inflation and the economy and issues that matter to them, but instead focusing on these investigations, many of which are borne out of personal or travel grievances. help me with the context. i don t know if we know the answer. there are always tribes within the tribes. nancy pelosi faced a challenge from tim ryan who ran for senate. one of his calling cards i voted against nancy pelosi for speaker. paul ryan faced challenges. john boehner faced challenges. mike pence. so andy bigs, congressman from arizona challenges kevin mccarthy is it different this time or is it that andy bigs wants to establish a brand as a rabble-rouser, as someone who s not establishment, understandable to a degree, or is this different? i think as the numbers game, it seems and i think