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another embarrassing vote on the horizon, the speaker may take some solace in the fact that you can count on the support of at least one man, donald trump. here he was yesterday, expressing his gratitude for the disgraced ex president. >> i do want to especially thank president trump. i dont think anybody should doubt his influence. he was with me for the beginning, somebody wrote the -- before he was there and he was all in. he would call me and he would call others. and he really was...

>> all right. andy scholes, thank you very much. great to see you. thanks for joining us. im kasie e hunt. dont go a anywhere. "cnn this s morning" s starts r now. good morning, everyone. were glad youre starting your day with us. here are five things to know. president biden and xi jinping easing tensions a bit after their high-stakes face to face summit. the leaders both greeting to reopening some military communications. and president biden signaling new hope for what could be a...

Democratic prince grassed of alexandrite urquiza cortez. or the republican george central looking rather lowly sitting there all alone. then making friends with fellow republican members lauren boebert and marjorie taylor greene, and nearly forgetting to vote for kevin mccarthy when the clerk called his name. almost like he was going off for something. one of the most iconic moments c-span caught on camera this week was on friday, when a fight almost broke out between matt gates and his fellow r...

Dreamers, then president trump should be able to end birthright citizenship with executive order as well. although there are people like paul ryan who say no, you cant. brian: and the president took him to task. steve: he did. he blew him up. brian: look at the other channels which i have all these channels and i say im only watching one. i should flip them around. steve: animal planet? brian: c-span 2 as well i love the programming and diversity. also a civil war on the republicans. its not a c...

Being a sham. this is a sham whats going on in there right now. >> the remaining senators forged on with committee business, speechifying about the confirmation process. as the 1:30 vote deadline approached, something strange started to happen, flake got up from his seat and left the committee room, bringing two democrats with him, chris coons and amy klobuchar. and flake would proceed to stay in that chamber out of view of cameras for over an hour. dianne feinstein got up to join him and the bu...

And amy klobuchar. and flake would proceed to stay in that chamber out of view of cameras for over an hour. dianne feinstein got up to join him and the business of the community ground to a halt. senators and staffers kept going in and out of the side room where flake was holed up where colleagues on either side of the aisle whispered together as 1:30, the scheduled time for the vote came and went. c-span 2 picked up feinstein on a hot mic talking to chairman chuck grassley about flake, somethin...

>> i ask that they confirm merrick garland now to the supreme court so he can take his seat in time to fully participate in its work for the american people this fall. he is the right man for the job. mark: so antonin scalia unfortunately passes away and want to put their guy in. few years before, they said no, you cant do that. bush cant do that at the end of his term. only obama can do that, you see? it gets worse, chuck schumer, remember his name on all those memos. all those memos. he is the...

>> i ask that they confirm merrick garland now to the supreme court so he can take his seat in time to fully participate in its work for the american people this fall. he is the right man for the job. mark: so antonin scalia unfortunately passes away and want to put their guy in. few years before, they said no, you cant do that. bush cant do that at the end of his term. only obama can do that, you see? it gets worse, chuck schumer, remember his name on all those memos. all those memos. he is the...

Protested the deal because of its large price tag. forcing the senate vote to come after midnight so it forces the government to shut down for a few hours. congress eventually approved it and increasing spending this year and next and suspended the debt dealing until next year or extends funding for c.h.i.p. for additional four years. garrett haake is live on capitol hill. now that this deal has been reached, mitch mcconnell is keeping his promise on immigration. heed is if this is done, hell in...

Accurate beautiful answer. i will give you an example. >> in writing? >> they asked 100 questions or 50 questions or 230 questions. if they get one out of 50, just a little bit off, 5%, 10%, 20%, its the next day its a front page story in every newspaper. >> right. right. so? >> press conferences werent even covered for obama practically. they were on c-span and c-span 2. and there was nothing going on. >> but will you put an end to them. >> just a minute, these press conferences are like the bi...