i m katy tur. the midterms did not go so well, for the gop, instead of a red wave, it was a trickle, one that could look more like a single drip if the pressure on george santos wins out. stay tuned on him for a moment. why did republicans don t so poorly? candidate quality was surely in play. denying the election was not exactly a winning strategy. and showing some controversy fatigue. all of the trump daum weighed the party down. but one of the biggest reasons republicans massively underperformed was arguably abortion. the overturning of roe v. wade, a gop dream for decades, was more of a nightmare for the general election. the party paid the price. instead of backing away from what was proven to be a wildly unpopular position, house republicans are running right toward it. today, the first two votes, speaker kevin mccarthy will bring to the floor will be on abortion. the first, protecting so-called pregnancy centers, and the second, protecting babies born alive after late
bill: the house can t do a thing without electing a new speaker. can t swear in a new member or staff committees or serve on a check on the biden administration. dana: 90% of republicans support kevin mccarthy for speaker. opting to support jim jordan or andy biggs. bill: the chamber will be deadlocked for days, maybe weeks. some think they could call dana: the house reconvenes in three hours and they ll try again. what happens after that is anyone s guess. are you going to stay in the race? i m not going anywhere. hakeem jeffries can only be speaker of the house if republicans vote for him. moderate republicans might do that. i will try to find ways to hammer out a resolution so we can go ahead and elect a speaker and get down to the business the american people sent us here to do. dana: aishah hosni is covering this for us live on capitol hill. good morning, aishah. good morning, dana and bill. supporters of kevin mccarthy met last night to talk it o
Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder of the failed crypto exchange FTX, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for defrauding customers and investors of his now-bankrupt firm.
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Now that the disgraced crypto mogul faces 25 years behind bars, his opulent Bahamas real estate empire is about to hit the market, signaling the end of an era.