morning, lindsey reiser picks up the coverage right now it s 10:00 a.m. in new york, i m lindsey reiser right now the tensions that have been simmering in tennessee for the last week or even longer are boiling over this morning. protests are gaining steam inside and outside the state house despite the rain against republican efforts to do something that s only been done three times in that state since the civil war expel some of their fellow members specifically these three democrats are under fire for participating in fiery gun reform protests on the house floor last week. today they ll have a chance to defend themselves, but with a republican super majority can they survive the vote. we re live where that high stakes session is getting underway. major escalations in the mounting legal battles faceing former president trump former vice president mike pence saying he will not fight an order to testify in the federal probe. sources say the new york judge in the hush mone
. . temperatures the longest speaker contest in 164 years, but before it ended, the house floor turned into a stage for some stunning political drama, the 14th vote should have been the clincher as mccarthy and his allies thought they had the votes in the bag, but florida congressman matt gaetz waited until the very end of the balloting process to vote present, even though mccarthy needed just one more yes vote to win. mccarthy appeared stunned and walked up the house floor to confront matt gaetz himself. mccarthy walked away dejected. it almost came to blows. armed services committee chairman mike rogers appears to suddenly lunge at gaetz and had to be physically restrained by a fellow republican. this looked like the end of the line for mccarthy. in those final moments, kevin mccarthy found a breakthrough with matt gaetz. republicans quickly changed the vote to adjourn and then held the decisive 15th vote for speaker and gavel in hand, mccarthy administered the oath of of
the goldilocks question. is it too big, too small or just the right size? i ll talk to two of the world s most foremost economists, larry summers and paul krugman. then what is the quad? president biden met with the leaders of japan, india and australia, a new bloc focused on deterring china. will it work? i ll talk to an expert. and the biotech revolution brought us covid-19 vaccines more swift than anyone thought possible. it s given us the ability to edit genes to cure diseases and the innovations on the horizon are even more extraordinary. i will ask walter isackson to describe what s next. but first, here s my take. within hours of being inaugurated, president biden began to roll back donald trump s most egregious migration policies, which biden called a stain on our natural conscience. he outlined an ambitious proposal for comprehensive reform, including a battle for citizenship living and working in america. literally hundreds of other rules, regulations and fees
socioeconomic level in this country to understand its future, its challenges, and its opportunities and why you need to know about india. how important india is to your economic future. christine? thanks, ali. health care reform is president obama s signature achievement, and at the heart of the president s health care reform law is the individual mandate, the requirement that most americans either purchase health insurance or face a financial penalty. the vim mandate is designed to lower costs by spreading them across a larger pool of individuals. but after three days of supreme court arguments this week, it s pretty clear that the individual mandate is in jeopardy. and that could mean an end to the entire health reform law. candy crowley is the cnn s chief political correspondent and anchors state of the union. the supreme court is expected to announce its decision in the summer. if it s overturned is it a fatal blow to his legacy or rally cry to the democrats he can ri