good evening, everyone i m laura coates and this is cnn tonight. every day seems to be, well, groundhog day in congress. it s funny that is in fact groundhog day the top it off. republicans who held and democrats democrats to kick marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar off companies, now turning around and kicking off ilhan omar off of the house foreign affairs affairs committee. after giving marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar brand-new committee assignments. the congressman george santos, who lied his way into congress, apparently, no penalties, as of yet, today, he called on congress to fight bigotry and antisemitism as well, which laudable but pretty rich coming from a guy who repeatedly claimed to be jewish and then said he meant, plus, we wait for the release of up to 20 more hours of footage related to the police beating that led to the death of tyre nichols, the conversation across the country is now about how policing has to change, but the question really i
come up, in fact, let s play a homage for a second to how often we refer to it. weatherman fill connors s spending the day in punxsutawney, pennsylvania. phil? need. need meyersohn, i did the whistling belly button trick in the talent show. but phil is about to find out, he s not just stuck in punxsutawney will you out the check transit departure today, 100%. he stuck it s groundhog day. in groundhog day. i bring it up because how often do you hear it s groundhog day, it s groundhog day, i happen to love that movie, but i bring this up, particularly, kirsten because, look, we have been here before where there s been an opportunity for members of congress to identify a problem, change it and demonstrate some moral compass or demonstrate connective tissue that says, here is who is not ott to leave