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Good to be with you. Im katy tur. Mitch mcconnell is stepping down as leader of the Republican Party in the senate, a position he has held now for 17 years. What is going to change . Mcconnell has been hugely effective as leader. He single handedly blocked President Obama from filling a Supreme Court seat, refuse to go hold a vote on merrick garland. Coming up with a novel and hugely controversial policy that Supreme Court vacancies cant be filled in election years. A policy he immediately said ...

Online store. Browse our latest collection of cspan products, apparel, books, home decor and accessories. Theres something for every cspan fan and every purchase helps support our nonprofit operation. Shop now for anytime at cspan shop. Org. Now well take you live now to the u. S. Senate. A few judicial nominations on the agenda today, along with President Bidens nomination for chief counsel of the Internal Revenue service. Three vote series are planned and floor negotiations continue on Governm...

Ahead of the federal the head of the federal Aviation Administration Michael Whitaker reiterated to lummox bring a public hearing that their safety is a top priority and agency still reviewing boeings manufacturing procedures after a door plug mishap on board at Alaska Airlines flight. After the incident the faa cup really grounded over 150 planes and ordered inspections. This house transportation subcommittee hearing is about threee hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the...

Plus, rising tensions in the red sea. The u. S. Military firing on houthi vessels targeting commercial ships. Were live in the region. Also ahead, under pressure. The u. S. Supreme court facing even more calls to take up the president ial immunity issue, with donald trump facing several trials this year. And later, decision 2024, the iowa caucus now just two weeks away. But is there any real competition in a gop field dominated by trump . Hey, there. Happy new year. Im steven romo in new york. W...

This evening performance and talkback of meet james for an exciting original play commissioned from playwright mercer kennedy by the museum Khalil Williams who im joined by is the founder of black history maven a longtime collaborate with the museum in our living history projects our diversify Living History Initiative and after the performance, im gonna vacate my seat give it up to mike idris, who is the museums africanamerican interpretive fellow lifelong, philadelphia, and who was really the ...

This strategy has worked well in the past and the is confident it will work again. Our task on this committee is to ensure that it does not thanks to Speaker Mccarthy we have an Excellent Group of thoughtful legislators on this committee. On both sides, well be working handinhand with our teammates on the sandy committee particularly House Foreign Affairs committee who help stage our work through the 2020 china task force. German mccaul leadership produced bipartisan proposals that we must build...

Interest rate is still 3. 6 . Nymex crude is coming back up it is so lower than it was in from tension in the middle east to 88. 33. 2020. There is some dispersion. Some people are struggling and when you get higher yields and a stronger dollar and more there is a big increase in consumer debt. Expensive crude oil, that is difficult for equities. Consumer debt and Credit Card Debt is actually only 1 12th the as a result, we see the selloff. In the middle east, there stock of mortgages. Remains v...

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Announcer taking you live to capitol hill for remarks by former speaker kevin mccarthy. Abraham lincoln said im an optimist because i dont see any other way. Kevin you come to my office youll see the portraits of lincoln and reagan. I firmly believe if reagan gave us advice hed say if you believe your principles bring people greater freedom, you should be happy about it. Ive been happy as a happy conservative but ive always believed ive been so fortunate to be an american. My journey to this off...

Felony counts doing everything he can to get the case against him then out of courts. There are big developments in beth of those stories, and were going to get to all of them this hour. But if theres one person that embodies the dual crysies facing the gop right now, the dual crises of chaos and Lul Criminality it is this guy, congressman George Santos, a Serial Fabulist who remains in the house despite being charged with 13 counts of fraud, Money Lawderring and theft. That staffer admitted to ...