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ok. in theaters april 5th. rated pg. good day, im chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. yet another norfolk southern train derails this morning just as the ceo faces members of congress who have a lot of tough questions but dont always get clear answers. a full month after the train crash that got many residents sick, will the railroad keep its word to be in east palestine, ohio, into the future, and what are lawmakers willing to do to make sure he keeps his word...

insurrectionists across the capitol while being called the most violent, racist names. >> i am jonathan capehart. this is the sunday show. this sunday, after four days and 15 rounds of voting, kevin mccarthy is finally speaker of the house. but, what comes next for the new speaker depends on what he had to give away to win the gavel. it was chaos and drama friday when mccarthy thought he had the vote in the bag on the 14th round, only to be thwarted by congressman matt gaetz, a never k...

"inflation reduction act" into law. well talk about the impact it will have on families with congressman gregory meeks. ♪ ♪ we begin this very busy hour with the results of last nights critical primary races. liz cheney, once the third most powerful republican in congress, lost her primary bid last night to her trump-backed challenger by a whopping 37%. heres some of what she said about her political future in an interview with "today." >> are you thinking about running for preside...

Capehart a brand-new hour of the sunday show starts now. >> president biden is in the air right now, heading to the u.s. next mexico border. hell be meeting with local officials, managing the historic number of migrants seeking refuge in the united states. then the president will travel to mexico city for the north american leader summit. we will continue to cover the presidents trip to the border throughout the day on msnbc. now, on to our top story after the 15th round interparty fight over th...

The republican party is, theyre turning into this extreme maga party. these are election deniers that are winning. the woman who beat cheney has said she believes that joe biden is a human trafficker. crazy stuff. if these folks are successful in winning in november, well have to come one a new name, maybe the insane in the membrane caucus. but in all seriousness, i think theres a split screen moment you have here. on the one hand, republicans having this interparty fight over the future of the ...

I put in the pragmatist camp was on camera saying, well, the reality is we cant pass one without the other, basically. the votes are simply not there. part of the reality of the 50/50 senate. i do think the question is going to be, can progressives then swallow whatever sinema and manchin demand of them in this reconciliation conversation? because $6 trillion is a lot of money as sam points out, and frankly, there are a lot of moderates, even in the house, who are incredibly nervous about passin...

Was below the dignity of the office. quite frankly, i thought im not quite sure why you want to get into that fight. these four were calling nancy pelosi racist. it was like an interparty fight. he stepped into it. yeah, i wish he would tweet less on this type of thing and talk about the issues more. there are a lot of good things happening under his presidency if he would stay focused there. i think that would benefit him not only in his governing but also in the upcoming election. >> but is it...

Pushing for more sanctions, more everything when it comes to fighting russia. what does this fight look like if donald trump doesnt change his position where hes doubted the intelligence connecting russia to the election hack. where is this fight headed between this new congress and donald trump? >> its an interparty fight. similar to struggles in 2009 between house and senate democrats in the white house. these things are natural. whether its an independence committee, select committee which ul...

Leader mitch mcconnell has a plan to keep the department of homeland security funded until september but thats not the likely winner in the outcome today. what were likely to see it whats happening in the house and the proposal from john boehner for short-term spending bill for dhs that would fund the department for three weeks and take us into march and we do it all over again, which is why at the white house theyre not saying the president would veto something like that but they are casting al...

Lot more democratic opinion pin than republican pinnochios. >> heres the list. obama, durbin, boner and mcconnell all get four pinnochios for either inflation or deflation of obamacare numbers. >> what i saw throughout the year was if you were a democrat you would say oh, the enrollment and affordable care act is way up. 7 million. it was only 2 million then. 10 million. really not. republicans would say more people have lost insurance than gained it which was not true true either. >> give me th...