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today s republican party exists in is that there s a so-called deep state and that is out to persecute the ex-president, his allies and other conservatives. now having managed to become house speaker by the skin of his teeth, kevin mccarthy is enacting an agenda based entirely off of that warped and delusional world view. one of his first acts, removing congressman adam schiff and eric swalwell from the house intelligence committee. mccarthy denied it had anything to do with the fact that they are critics of a disgraced twice impeached ex-president and his allies. the cardinal sin appears to be i led the impeachment of his master in mar-a-lago, for withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid in ukraine, a nation that was then at war with russia, in order to extort that country and to help donald trump s re-election campaign. you are seeing the fulfillment of kevin mccarthy s corrupt bargain, with marjorie taylor greene, somebody who declared on january 5,
migrants arriving on its shores. charles watson is standing by with more on that, but first, lucas tomlinson live at the white house with a preview of the president s trip. reporter: jon, a short time ago the white house says president biden called new house speaker ken mccarthy to congratulate him on his victory, but the border a growing issue perhaps that s one of the reasons the president s making this trip tomorrow to the southern border. the most extreme republicans continue to demagogue this issue and reject solutions. i m left with only one choice, to act on my own, do as much as i can on my own to try to change the atmosphere. reporter: the president s in delaware today. he has never gone to the border as president or in the eight years he served as vice president, jon. and ahead of this trip to el paso tomorrow, president biden outlining new plans here at the white house late this week to crack down on migrants crossing the border illegally. this new parole pla
days, 30 of them, into the investigation into the attack on january 6th. now, the question is, who has been insnared by all this and what it could ultimately mean for donald trump and really our nation next. we ll talk more about that in just a few moments. but you can t lose the irony here, the idea that we ve been talking a lot about january 6th, about the election-related lies, about the idea of how the u.s. democracy is in peril because there was not this expectation that was met of a peaceful transition of power. and then you ve got this idea of over across the pond, as they say, the fact that, as they say, no king ever dies. once somebody has passed in the monarchy, the next person is able to take up that position immediately. and it s 2:00 a.m. in scotland right now, and you re looking at this unfold, as live pictures are coming in at the scenes of the very public payment of respect. that to the late queen elizabeth whose coffin lies in rest in st. gi giles cathedral
And she came back in his place for a big summit and thats where she reminded shes one sandbag away from the top job. Do you feel prepared for that possibility . As serving as Vice President youve had that job. Yeah joe biden will be fine y so that is not going to come to fruition but let us understandui that every Vice President , every Vice President understands that when they take the oath that the they must be very clear about the responsibility they may have to take over the job of beingay president. Hng im no different. Greg you you are but before she ascending throne kamala has to play the game and butter up hero boss. M our president has been an extraordinary leader who has accomplished things that previous president s hoped andas dreams and promised he would do and did not achieve. And i see how his ability to understand issues and weave through complex issues in a wayi that nsso one else can to make smart and important decision ont behalf of the American People have played out