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we need to take some action because there should be no other child that should suffer the way my son and all the other parents here have lost their children. we need to get that bill passed. >> the parents of tyre nichols calling for action as their son is laid to rest. well have much more from yesterdays service and the push to pass police reform. plus president joe biden and house leader kevin mccarthy take the first step to finding common ground on the debt ceiling. and also ahe...

Kevin mccarthy won the support of his conference to be leader again today. mccarthy still faces a rocky road to possibly becoming house speaker similar as how mitch mcconnell will face a challenger to his role as senate majority leader. first, we want to check in on where the vote stands in the house. john, whats the latest? >> the republicans are very, very close to taking the majority in the house. right now they have 216 seats weve called for them. the democrats are at 205. weve actually call...

Person? >> yeah, nicole thomas kennedy acknowledges she is an abolitionist that wants to get rid of police, the prison system, and she has actively said if she takes the job of city attorney, she is not going to prosecute most misdemeanor crimes. she believes the system is oppressive, that its been used to abuse people who are poor, so she is basically arguing for the property defense, so homeless people for example, or anyone who is no income, ends up committing crimes, shes not going to go aft...

Definitely couldnt wear the same pants that i wore the last time i talked him but apparently hes in a time warp in his pants. >> yeah hes got the one pant so we are very used to that pants that he wears. but hey its a remarkable semi predictable result in new mexico tonight but so far stronger than expected showing for the democrat at the end of our hour we will see exactly where the vote stands. and were gonna do it without steve kornacki which means i might have to take my jacket off. im not s...

Has been at odds with president trump. there might be a connection between the prosecutor, mitchell, who asked the questions. and came to those conclusions. that there was a lot of holes in the story that couldnt prosecute dr. fords case. and how flake goes. in what way? >> no. the only thing i was saying that rachel mitchell the sex crimes prosecutor the republicans of the judiciary committee asked to stand in for them and pose the questions to dr. ford and she did. and i thought she did a grea...

Folks, because this moment in american politics is likely going to have serious consequences. regardless of your political persuasion. most immediately, it appears that kavanaugh should have the votes he needs for confirmation. susan collins and jeff flake appear to be satisfied with the fbis work when they spoke publicly earlier today, although neither has announced which way they plan to vote. it feels like theyre looking to get to yes, not no. another key holdout, lisa murkowski, is still app...

Their eye on another issue entirely. tax reform. after the break we will look at where the vote stands. patrick woke up with a sore back. but hes got work to do. so he took aleve this morning. if hed taken tylenol, hed be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. tylenol cant do that. aleve. all day strong. all day long.

The message speaker ryan delivered today and if so what lessons do you draw from this process? >> well i think the speakers currently having a conversation with him to talk about where that vote stands. hes working with the members, you know the president made a sell the tuesday group here and 17 members here, 16 walked out as a yes. i think we have had a group of members that weve continued to have a conversation with, and tried to make frankly at this point not a question of negotiating more, ...

Legislation. is that the message that speaker ryan delivered today, and if so, what message do you draw from this process? >> press secretary spicer: i think the speakers currently have a conversation to talk about where the vote stands, hes working with the members as you know the president made a sell, the state group here, tuesday group, 16 members walked out with a "yes." weve had groups of members we have continued to have a conversation with and tried to -- frankly at this point, not a que...

The health care legislation? is that the message the speaker delivered today and if so, what lessons do you draw off of this process? >> i think the speaker is currently having a conversation with him to talk about where that vote stands. hes working with the members. the president had the tuesday group heerre, 17 were here, 16 walked out with a yes. weve had a group that we continue to have a conversation with and try to make frankly at this point its not a question of negotiating anymore. its ...