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washington. republicans are not opposed to any substance. >> i think its a political move, and i think its disgusting. it really is an ongoing crisis here at a scale that is almost unimaginable. >> you can see some of the garbage that is still over here. and you can actually see how high the water has come. >> this is what we do not want to see a flood watch. >> with more rain coming, we expect the water to rise even higher. >> youre live in the "cnn newsroom." and we begin this hour...

and both investigations have expanded to former members of the trump administration. former acting chief of staff mick mulvaney, and ex treasury secretary steve mnuchin both testified before the january six committee this week. any day now, the committee could hear from former secretary of state mike pompeo. meanwhile, mike pences former top aides, marc short and greg jacobs, testified before the federal grand jury convened by attorney general merrick garland, making them some of the h...

Lockstep, all major markets are down. But the dow and s p 500 are down 6 10 of a percent. The nasdaq tech stocks which populate the nasdaq are down a lot more. The nasdaq is down 1. 4 . That wraps up this hour for me. Ill see you tomorrow at 11 00 a. M. Eastern with stephanie ruhle, then 3 00 p. M. Thanks for watching. Deadline white house with Nicolle Wallace starts now. Hi, everyone. Its 4 00 in new york. In a single round of media appearances Rudy Giuliani today torched two years of Donald Tr...

It could be veterans who have been exposed to toxic chemicals, craft a bill to address their problems and then sneak in something completely unrelated that they know could never pass on its own and dare republicans to do anything about it because they know they will unleash their allies in the media and maybe a pseudocelebrity to make up false accusations to try to get us to just swallow what shouldnt be there. thats whats happening here. >> now that pseudo celebrity is presumably jon stewart wh...

Tower. >> military veterans took to the steps of the capitol this weekend to express their anger at 25 republican lawmakers who pulled their support for the bill that would have expanded medical coverage for millions of troops exposed to toxins from the so-called burn pits during their time in service. one republican senator defended his decision.>> this is the oldest trick in washington, people take a sympathetic group of americans, children with an illness, victims of crime, or veterans expose...

Senators for blocking a bill that would support veterans that suffer exposure to burn pits. some of those republicans reversing their votes in some cases. later today the senate is expected to vote on that act, the p.a.c.t. act again. republican senator pat toomey blocked the key procedural vote last week. toomey defending his vote and slamming the bills advocate, jon stewart. >> this is the oldest trick in washington. people take a sympathetic group of americans, and it could be children with a...

To come year after year. he wants to shift this over to discretionary spending which gives congress more of a say every year on the spending proposal. this bill would deal with health care for those veterans who have been exposed to the burning waste, those burn pits on those bases. those can lead to respiratory illnesses and provide up to 3.5 million toxic exposed veterans health care. this would cost roughly $280 billion over a decade. pat toomey defended his opposition by contending democrats...

To kill the pact act, which wouldve helped veterans who worked and burn pits. lets watch this, well talk about it real fast on the other side. >> what do you say to those who find it impossible to believe that of all the multi trillions of dollars in their federal budget, this is where you and republicans decided to take a stand? >> people take a sympathetic group of americans, it will be children with an illness, it could be victims of crime, it could be veterans have been exposed to toxic chem...

This is where you and republicans decided to take a stand? >> heres what you need to keep in mind, jake. first of all, this is the oldest trick in washington. people take a sympathetic group of americans and it could be children with an illness, it could be victims of crime, it could be veterans who have been exposed to toxic chemicals, craft a bill to address their problems and then sneak in something completely unrelated that they know could never pass on its own and dare republicans to do any...

In mind, jake. first of all, this is the oldest trick in washington. people take a sympathetic group of americans, and it could be children with an illness, it could be victims of a crime, it could be veterans exposed to toxic chemicals, craft a bill to address their problems and sneak in something unrelated that they know could never be passed on their own and dare republicans to do something about it because they know theyll unleash their allies and a pseudo celebrity to make up false accusati...