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house to capitol hill with the collision of two historic and deeply connected events. the first, the ongoing crisis over the house speakership still unfolding in the house at this moment, which just voted to adjourn until 10:00 pm tonight after 13 votes took pl. and the speaker was still not elected pickett is something that has not happened in american politics in 164 years. since before the civil war. the second event, the anniversary of the january 6 insurrection. the worst attack on the united its capital in centuries. the commemoration today took place at the white house where pres. joe biden awarded the country second highest civilian honor, the presidential citizens will to 14 people who were instrumental in making sure that american democracy survived the coup attempt by the ex-president and his republican allies. it is group that includes first responders, officers, as well as election workers like ruby freeman and shane mossberg we have a chance to speak to tw ....
Knockdown, drag out battle over these issues. i think that jack smith has the better of it. page seven, he lists time after time it goes on to page eight, and into the tip of the iceberg. time after time that donald trump was told that you lost the election and then he acknowledged, privately, that he lost. so smith will bring the evidence, the other side is going to fight, and we really have to fasten our seatbelts. olivia, if i can take slight exception to just one thing that you said, it has not caught up to donald trump yet. he is innocent until presumed guilty, it will not catch up to him until these issues are litigated and a jury in the district of columbia, maybe as soon as the first part of 2024, pronounces him guilty or not. once a defense lawyer, always a defense lawyer, wolf. i hear that very closely. ....
There s also going to be more of these house freedom caucus members put on the rules committee. remember at the end of the day, the framework is not normally ratified until someone does become speaker and the committee then has to formally accept these rules. but, if you put more conservative members on the rules committee, that is effectively cementing some of the concessions that mccarthy is agreeing to, then a motion to vacate. but look, there have been no consensus members, i don t think anyone really wants this job at the end of the day. you know, it is going to be a challenging one going ahead, and dealing with the actual job of legislating and everything could potentially become a drag out battle, as we have seen happen this week. makino, david jolly in the straitjacket is the term that matt gaetz uses, there is so ....
You to sit in that seat. okay. here is a thing. supreme court confirmations are knockout, drag out battle. that is the nature of the job. you are buying to be one of just nine justices, with a lifetime appointment. people who have, essentially, unlimited veto power over the american political system. no one should expect anything less than a contentious process. it is a very difficult and serious job. we live in a democracy. this is how it goes. even by the standards, the hearings for judge ketanji jackson, the first black woman ever nominated to the supreme court and over 200 years in this country s history, has been stomach churning. we knew going in that her race and gender would be an issue for some republicans, but i have to say, i have been taken aback by the way surely races nature of the questioning judge jackson has base. i see races because there is no way to accurately describe it. whether people want to say racially tinge or whatever. ....