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of staff at the department of homeland security and tom peck, political sketch writer at the independent. welcome to the programme. its starting to feel a bit like groundhog day on capitol hill. thats because the house is trying again for a third day to elect a speaker of the house. weve now had eight votes. and in all eight, the republican kevin mccarthy has failed to receive enough votes. he hasnt even been able to swing the needle in his favour at all. this is the scene live in the ...

>> which do you think is unravelling faster? the biden white house or the january 6th committee? for over a year, democrats suggested that congressional republicans had led groups of visitors on so-called recon missions on the capitol on january 5th, 2021. remember that? the implication was obvious that republicans, elected officials, were in on the plot. they were insurrectionist themselves, the smear all began just one week after january 6th. >> i was really shocked when i got into t...

No. i have spoken _ given already, havent they? yes and no. i have spoken to _ given already, havent they? yes and no. i have spoken to people - given already, havent they? yes and no. i have spoken to people but - no. i have spoken to people but i dont know how a concession can be given if it isnt given anything in return. if kevin mccarthy did indeed give those concessions, then that should result in new votes for him, he would never give something in return for nothing. you would get somethin...

In some cases, its grown. >> despite ending his term with one of the lowest approval ratings of any modern president and no evidence to back his claims of election fraud, polls show republicans remain overwhelmingly on team trump. >> i think an unfortunate new normality is for millions, possibly tens of millions of americans, dont really have faith in american democracy. because they view the 2020 election as a sham. >> we know who you are. >> accusations and suspicions between right and left in...

>> worse story of the year. the violent invasion of the u.s. capitol by people angry over joe biden winning the last presidential election. >> the idea that 2021 was going to be better, i think probably lasted for about exactly six days. >> the january 6 insurrection was straight up crazy. >> the losing candidate then president trump stoked the fury with the big lie that he had won. >> they rigged an election. they rigged it like theyve never rigged an election before. >> it was really traumatiz...

>> the gop also pushed a slew of efforts to combat virtually nonexistent election fraud, to sharply curb abortion rights, to resist mask or vaccination mandates, and to punish even life-long republicans who balked at riding the trump train. >> if party has completely flipped on things like protectionism and family values and lowering the debt and the deficit. all the things that used to orient the republican party, now dont matter at all. because of one guy. >> many are watching the supreme cour...

Capitol by people angry over joe biden winning the last presidential election. >> the idea that 2021 was going to be better, i think, probably lasted for about exactly six days. >> the january 6th insurrection was straight up crazy. >> the losing candidate, then president donald trump stoked the fury with the big lie that he had won. >> they rigged an election. they rigged it like they had never rigged an election before. >> it was really traumatizing and tragic to see the peoples house overtake...

>> the losing candidate, then president trump, stoked the fury with the big lie that he had won. >> they rigged an election. they rigged it like theyve never rigged an election before. >> it was really traumatizing and tragic to see the peoples house overtaken by american citizens. >> police were beaten, congress ran, people died. hundreds would be arrested. the best response, lawmakers came back within hours and certified joe bidens victory. >> democracy has prevailed. >> the country was still ...

Redistricting plans to favor their party. democrats do it, too, but the gop holds a majority in more states. >> that means all things being equal, they will regain control of the house just on redistricting alone. thats the power they have. >> the gop also pushed a slew of efforts to combat virtually nonexistent election fraud, to sharply curb abortion rights, to resist mask or vaccination mandates, and to punish even life-long republicans who balked at riding the trump train. >> if party has co...

>> that sounded like gunshots. >> run, run! >> worst story of the year, the violence invasion of the u.s. capitol by people angry over joe biden winning the last presidential election. >> the idea that 2021 was going to be better, i think, probably lasted for about exactly six days. >> the january 6th insurrection was straight up crazy. >> the losing candidate, then president donald trump stoked the fury with the big lie that he had won. >> they rigged an election. they rigged it like they had n...