we should be prepared to be back here doing this same thing when that happens. because especially considering some of the things that mccarthy clearly gave away. i mean in the past they ve been able to do it with democratic help, and mccarthy in theory could do that. but it seems like they ve tried to hold his feet to fire here and say, no, what kevin mccarthy can decide to do is not put it on the floor. without getting into the specifics of all the ugly fights that are going to come, i think the point that you just made and others have made is that this is at large a vision of what we re going to see, possibly, going forward for the next two years in a very chaotic congress. and it has huge consequences. huge consequences for nation, but as we just settle on this moment, we are watching the history being made, because i believe on this 15th ballot kevin mccarthy will finally secure enough votes, whether it s through people voting present or switching votes to him to ac
two republicans on the committee. his questions about some of the most damning revelations so far during this hearing. congress and kinzinger said the former president told him cummaquid, just say that the president was corrupt, leave the rest to me and the republican cupboard and. a short time ago i spoke with congress and kinzinger about today s hearing, whether he thinks the former president directed the justice department to break the law. members of congress leading up to generate six? this is about trump s attempted weapon is the justice department, but it ended with the panel revealing the names of republican members of congress, who, witnesses say saw preemptive pardons from president trump, they include congressman mo brooks, matt gates, andy biggs, louis gomer, scott berry, perhaps marjorie taylor, these are sitting members of as a preventative, should they be censured? should they be removed from committees? what do you think? i think that is i guess, a dec
new problems for president biden in polling. his popularity is seeing is a drop in voters as they rank the biggest concerns. and president biden is leaving for a g20 summit in india and what they say he needs to pull off while there. and an american is stuck in a cave thousands of feet below ground, and the measures to rescue him. i m john berman with sara sidner and kate bolduan. this is cnn news central. oomph, problematic poll numbers for president biden, the approval numbers are sinking to 39%, and democrats are on notice as a 2024 race for the white house is heating up. among the voters concerns, age. they are worried about the physical and mental competence along with how well he understands the concerns ofuture generations of americans. another big issue, the economy. 58% say that biden s policies have made economic conditions worse. all right. with me now, cnn political director david chalian and welcome back once again. for you, what stands out? there is a l
embarrassing and a failure of leadership and, you know, an example of treachery. and yes, the stars of it were the people who are most closely associated with the events of last january 6th. yeah. mm-hmm. and so there s nothing about this that should make people feel good. kevin mccarthy, obviously, feels good because he s realized his lifelong ambition. but at what cost? you will see the film, it s going to be called knives out. and we will be subjected to it for the next two years. look, kevin mccarthy, this is a moment of high drama. the fact that he ran up to stop the adjournment. that s an amazing thing. to be able to witness the high drama, and it s no small thing that the camera control is going to be lost. but we got to see this, as ugly as it is, we got to see it. we did. human emotion. politics is history in the present tense and perhaps never as much as tonight in terms of seeing the drama and the arm twisting. emphasis on tense. exactly.
entirely gone from washington now, which i think is going to be an interesting it s going to be interesting to watch how this actually unfolds and how the relationships seem to be, because you know, quite frankly, the events of january 6th in particular in the house of representatives really broke down the trust, we ve talked a lot about trust inside the republican party, but there have been metal detects outside the house of representatives because they re concerned about death threats, et cetera. this is a very different and you talk about these symbolic moments where there s a motion and feeling and they re human moments, right? there s a lot less of that in washington these days. well, i mean, i think a lot of the democrats hold a lot of the people across the aisle responsible for the attack on the capitol, not least of whom is the new speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy, who participated in donald trump s lies and siphoned on to that crazy lawsuit trying to disenfranchise f