Obstruction Rules News Today

thank you so much for letting us into your homes all weeklong during these extraordinary times. were grateful. "the beat with ari melber." its friday, have you heard? >> i hope you have a great week, nicolle. >> you, too. welcome to "the beat." this republican chaos is continuing on this friday night in the house, which just rejected kevin mccarthy for speaker again, the 13th time. thats two more defeats for mccarthy today. >> kevin mccarthy is pretty much stuck at this point. he can...

>> good to see you. appreciate it. welcome, everyone, to "the beat." i am ari melber. answered that question honestly. its all i could do. top story is very important. major news coming out of the justice department which has been under sustained pressure to be more aggressive and the probe into the insurrection. to see why this news is significant, it is worth remembering something right off the top here, how a lot of credible people from legal experts to the house investigators the...

What was the breaking point in the negotiations? >> i think getting together and just finding the ability to how are we all going to work together. its new for us being in the majority but a tight majority. at the end of the day we will be more effective, more efficient, and government will be more accountable. >> accountable is an interesting word, maura. there are republican critics of mccarthy who point to other eras where there were other rules and they say, hey, this doesnt have to be such ...

In the senate. manchin and sinema have not formally embraced it. this becomes a moving train linked to the foundational issue of voting rights. a broader change to obstruction rules could also clear the path for other democratic items. the d.c. narrative have been focused on bidens tough road ahead. theres some reasons for that. its worth remembering last january a similar talk in washington, bidens huge covid spending bill also faced an uphill battle. >> on his second full day in office, presid...

Under obstruction rules, whether or not hes obstructed, you get to advance one base. >> that left fielder doing backup with the perfect arm, too. you know hes disappointed. >> they win. >> oh, my goodness. >> 5-4. >> what a game. >> now theyre up 2-1 now. >> st. louis up 2-1 over boston right now. theyre crying up in boston, rick. >> were you awake to see that? >> part of it. i watched almost -- i watched up to the seventh inning. i cant believe i missed that. >> went to bed in the fifty. fifth ...