members voted against bills they support, same cast from january, who tried to derail the speaker. what point are they trying to make, if any? let s find out. joining us is speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy, from the great state of california. thank you for joining us, mr. speaker. why? why are these members voting with democrats to keep gop bills from coming up for a vote? speaker mccarthy: i m not sure. trey, we missed you serving with us in congress. republicans control the house by five votes, democrats control senate and white house. less than 5% of members voted with democrats to deny us from bringing conservative bills to the floor. if you can t bring floors to the bill, you are turning the house over to democrats. that is why we ve got to come together, we have no choice but to be able to have that conservative voice for the american people. we have been successful from the parents bill of rights, from the investigation, from passing a bill to make us energy inde
girlfriend s abortion. a woman who asked not to be identified out of privacy concerns tells the daily beast that after she and walker conceived a child while they were dating in 2009, he urged her to get an abortion. the woman said she had the procedure and walker reimbursed her for it. she supported these claims with a $575 receipt from the abortion clinic, a get well card from walker and a bank deposit received that included an image of a signed $700 personal check from walker. the daily beast independently corroborated details of the woman s claims, but a close friend who she told at the time and who, according to the woman and the friend who took care of her in the days after the procedure, walker who has likened abortion to murder and called for a total ban on the procedure even in cases of rape and incest and the life of the mother is denying the allegations, calling it a, quote, flat-out lie. nbc news has not independently verified the allegations or seen the docum
he took the lead for the first time tonight around a half hour ago. okay. and the big dynamic here is kathy barnette had been eating into what might have been a clear win for him. david mccormick coming up the middle as the more moderate, traditional republican candidate, ie not election denying. look, this thing is still tight. it s a o1.1 race. bucks county are coming in with a slight edge to oz right now. but this thing is well within recount territory. this isn t going away. what do row think is happening that there is a slight inch for him? i think trump s endorsement is making a difference. oz doing really well in coal country. something to really pay attention to. mccormick s strength is the suburbs in pittsburgh, where he grew up. but right now you see oz just edging ahead. but this isn t going to be over. this is going to be days. this is in recount territory. every ballot counts right now. 851. did you say days? possibly. we thought hours, maybe. hou
The overnight operation into today, removing barricades, dismantling the propalestinian encampment. In New York City, the new images just out, and tonight, authorities now say half the protesters arrested at columbia and elsewhere were not affiliated with schools in the city. Also tonight here, on i95 in the northeast, that fiery crash shutting down the interstate. The tanker truck carrying Gasoline Exploding into flames. How long will it be shut down . Tonight, the deadly plane crash into a neighborhood. Authorities now saying the Pilot Swerving in between homes on his way down. They believe he must have been trying to save lives as the plane was descending. The severe storms and lifethreatening Flash Flooding. A disaster just declared in texas. Well time this out. This evening, the dramatic testimony at Donald Trumps criminal trial, and trump at the end of the day leaving court, telling reporters, he cannot testify. But legal observers saying he certainly can, and for weeks, he said
that doesn t sound like an argument to me. you think the espionage act is trumped by the presidential records act? john: i agree, i don t see that one as a strong argument. there are a number of difficult constitutional questions which you and others have praised. crossing the rubicon of prosecuting a former president, to prosecute the person in the lead in the 2024 election. those are arguments you made in the political sphere. once you get inside the courtroom, i don t see how the presidential record act trumps espionage act. president nixon tried to keep his papers and control them and the supreme court of the united states said congress has a right to take them from the president, has a right to regulate them, the espionage act is very clear about what you can do with