oh, he says much worse in a new book. and the authors are here to talk about it. i m jonathan capehart. this is the sunday show. this sunday it is full steam ahead at the capitol, where in less than 48 hours lawmakers will gavel in for first scheduled hearing of the january 6th select committee. capitol hill and metropolitan police officers are expected to give their personal accounts of that harrowing day. but the time and place of the hearing is about all we know. since plans to create a more bipartisan committee crumbled this week. now, republicans are threatening to run their own investigation after speaker pelosi vetoed kevin mccarthy s, quote, ridiculous appointments of trump sycophants jim jordan and jim banks to the slate. it is my responsibility as speaker of the house to make sure we get to the truth on this, and we will not let their antics stand in the way of that. joining me now is mississippi congressman benny thompson, chair of the house homeland secu
two big stories, the cdc saying it s okay to open schools in america. it s a big deal with a teachers unions in major cities saying they don t want to do it. dana: what biden s chief of staff said last night at odds. bill: a huge part of the first covid bill that has about $130 billion in schools in america. you wonder what sort of leverage the unions and white house are working on? dana: at some points the parents will say enough. we also have the issue of three weeks from the capitol hill riots and getting a little bit more information, not enough. but we had the capitol hill police explaining yesterday along with a briefing from the army and the general from the national guard explaining why they were not prepared. bill: the major headline that they knew there could be a problem two days before the riots happened. dana: one of the things they didn t want to do is create a perception that they had had in the summer and that led to a really bad situation. bill: w
including at the end of this hour, the kind of story that everybody in washington is dreaming about this summer. as you know, the town fills up with insurance in the summer. we are going to have a senate candidate joining us at the end of the hour, who began her career as an intern in the senator s office. the senator who she is trying to replace, that senator is going to be leaving the senate and she is going to maybe be the next senator, and that s the dream in washington. to go to senator. as someone who started his career as an intern in washington, i m looking forward to that. you have a great show my friend. it s a great story. thank you. we have breaking news tonight in jack smith s investigation, special prosecutor s investigation of donald trump s possible illegal possession of government documents. the department of justice has made its first discovery delivery of information to the trump team. and that discovery that has been delivered to the trump defense team
more. including at the end of this hour, the kind of story that every intern in washington s dreaming about this summer. as you know, the town fills up with insurance in the summer. we are going to have a senate candidate joining us at the end of the hour, who began her career as an intern in the senator s office. the senator who she is trying to replace, that senator is going to be leaving the senate and she is going to maybe be the next senator, and that s the dream in washington. to go to senator. as someone who started his career as an intern in washington, i m looking forward to that. you have a great show my friend. it s a great story. thank you. we have breaking news tonight in jack smith s investigation, special prosecutor s investigation of donald trump s possible illegal possession of government documents. the department of justice has made its first discovery delivery of information to the trump team. and that discovery that has been delivered to the trump defe
hopes for a deal or fuel new fears that the u.s. could actually default for the first time in its history. ak kwused murderer bryan kohberger face-to-face with the parents of the students he s accused of stabbing to death. shocking new details in the case coming up. we start with the supercharged republican race. south carolina senator tim scott becoming the latest candidate to test the party s appetite for someone who isn t donald trump, officially launching his presidential campaign just a couple hours ago. that puts the official number of major candidates at six, but there s the potential for many more, with ron desantis set to announce in the coming days and others like mike pence and chris christie reportedly ready to jump in, the field could hit double digits within weeks. today belonged to senator scott, the only black republican in the u.s. senate. speaking in his hometown of north charleston and spreading a message he plans to spread early and often, already buyi