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dont. >> attorney general merrick garland facing the self righteous indignation of ted cruz and other republicans. new reporting tension between the fbi and justice department over the mar-a-lago raid. cpac is back, home of normal conservatives nothing more than a clown show. it does reflect the current state of the republican party. and from performative to alarming, republicans and ron desantiss florida are cracking down on lgbtq people and moving to cancel the entire democratic ...

newly appointed proprieor of that material as the new speaker of the house. thats despite the fact that he pointedly refused a lawful congressional subpoena from the 1/6 select committee last year. now in defending his decision to share 41,000 hours of previously unreleased footage exclusively with far-right insurrection-friendly personality tucker carlson, mccarthy is showing americans he either does not understand or does not care about the potential risk that decision presents. spea...

hi to everyone. it is 4:00 in new york. happy friday. what began at a celebrity golf tournament in 2006, an affair between a porn star and a business mogul, now has the potential to throw the entire country into unchartered territory with donald trump reportedly on the verge of becoming the first ex-president to be criminally indicted. as we reported on this program yesterday, blockbuster reporting in the "new york times" reveals that the manhattan d.a. has invited donald trump to test...

at long last, kevin mccarthy is the new republican speaker of the house. but to say it didnt come easy, would be a massive understatement. mccarthy scratch out a victory in the early morning hours with just barely more than the absolute minimum support he needed. it took him 15 rounds of voting to get to the finish line. including a scuffle on the house floor on the anniversary of the january six insurrection. the contrast between the two parties has never been clearer. while republica...

series of concessions put forward by his opponents. that cut his margin of defeat to a handful of votes. what matters now is who shows up to vote next. senior correspondent congressional correspondent chad pergram has the very latest from capitol hill. good evening, chad. >> bret, mccarthy finally showed movement towards winning the speakership today. it came after a three days of parliamentary paralysis. mccarthy remains a few votes short but he earned the votes of 15 adversaries toda...

Inexplicable. but thing is kevin mccarthy making promises to the most extreme elements of his conference in order to get the title speaker. literally giving away the house. in this case giving away the security of the house to get those votes. and of all the people to give it to, someone who is essentially a right-wing entertainer on fox who has pushed out a false flag conspiracy theories about january 6th, this is who youre going to trust with this footage? but it just goes from bad to worse. t...

To be able to move that forward. >> bret: congressman-elect comer, i know youre anxious to start investigations and oversight. and you all will work together on that. on the other side of the aisle, there was some speculation about all these concessions affecting kevin mccarthys ability to be speaker or his power as speaker. take a listen. >> im desperately concerned though with all of the concessions that mccarthy has made to these hardliners, all with the object of giving him the title speaker...