This sunday after senate republicans blocked the establishment of an independent commission to investigate the deadly rampage, to which they themselves were victims, the conclusion is clear. They re still owned by donald trump. This vote has made it official. Donald trump s big lie has now fully enveloped the republican party. Trump s big lie is now the defining principle of what was once the party of lincoln. Shame on the republican party for trying to sweep the horrors of that day under the rug because they re afraid of donald trump. Only six republicans voted with the democrats in a move that has all eyes turning to the filibuster. The legislative procedure that allows the minority party to obstruct virtually any legislation it wants, which means president biden s agenda from infrastructure and jobs to police reform and voting rights hangs in the balance. Joining me now is senator alex padilla of california. Senator padilla, welcome back to the sunday show. Good to see you again, jo
I want to start with the news out of texas. Nbc s ali vitali has been following all of the twists and turns from d. C. Ali i. What is going on? steph, they killed the bill but only for now. By walking off the floor last night, they made it so there weren t enough lawmakers present in order to actually vote on this bill before the midnight deadline but this only bought democrats time. As you said, the governor is stepping in and we heard from lawmakers last night this was one of the last arrows in their quiver as they tried to stop this legislation. Listen. We use all of the tools in our toolbox to fight this bill, and tonight we pulled out that last one. They were prepared to cut us off. They tried to silence us. We were not going to let them do that. We killed that bill. Again, steph, they killed that bill for now. We re going to see the next chapter of this unfolding in very short order because last night governor abbott called for a special session almost immediately after this bill
Inflation feels, the need for accountability from the leftwing media and texas congressman kevin brady will tell us where he stands on the push to oust liz cheney. First, earmarks are back in washington opening the floodgates for pork barrel spending. Lawmakers tallying up billions of requests on top of the trillions in spending, they re already pushing. Hello and welcome to the thursday edition of america report. The controversial spending project will ban after a high profile string of scandals, they inefficiently reinstated them in february, now under new transparency rules. They are requiring two repose the request. So far they ve asked for $6 billion in additional funding for local projects, and some are of the requests, their little out there. Congressman kevin brady joins us with how the spending spree could actually derail president biden s legislative agenda. We begin the hour with hillary vaughn joining us from capitol hill. Earmarks making a come back some house makers are t
We begin with a second straight night of clashes between israeli police and plntd plnts as tensions boil over in jerusalem. The palestinian red crescent says nearly 100 palestinians were injured by stun grenades and rubber bullets fired by police on saturday. Police say they were trying to disperse crowds of people who were throwing stones and fireworks. Well, jerusalem has seen weeks of unrest over the possible eviction of palestinian families from their homes. I want to go straight now to jerusalem. Hadas gold joins me live. Ha hadas, hi. What s the situation right now? reporter: well, robyn, i m standing in frchbtont of damasc gate. This is one of the main entrances into jerusalem, the one most important for muslims as they enter the old city of jerusalem. This was the scene of some of those clashes we saw last night across several locations across east jerusalem including in sheikh jarra which is that neighborhood where you mentioned those palestinian families are facing possible e
The wuhan lab a month before china reported any cut of the cases. This is speetwentynine. I am kayleigh mcenany in here today, may have cost, harris faulkner and emily compagno. Host of no interruption on fox nation, tomi lahren with an episode out today. Everyone check it out. In the virtual center seat, dr. Marc siegel, fox news contributor and professor of medicine at nyu langone medical center. The white house wants a new investigation on the potential links to covid. But not by u. S. Scientists. Instead, they want the world health organization doing this, which has been under fire over its close ties to china. Senator tom cotton says americans need a real investigation into the origins of the deadly pandemic. What matters most to me is that the american people get answered. The chinese responsible down that government is responsible for unleashing a pandemic on the world. The combination of negligence in these labs and the covering it all up. That s why we need answers and a credi