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let me be the first to tell you that there is finally a new speaker of the house, and the 118 congress has officially been convened. it took four days, and 15 tries, but in the early hours of this morning, the california congressman, kevin mccarthy, was finally elected the new speaker, putting him third in line for the presidency of the united states. it was a tough road getting there, especially last night, when tensions between republican members themselves, almost reached a breaking point. from the house reconvened at 10 pm last night, republicans appeared hopeful that they had votes to elect mccarthy on the 14th ballot, but when that seem headed for baylor, mccarthy s allied huddled around the florida congressman, matt gates, to get him to vote for mccarthy. instead, gates voted present, which is not good enough to win mccarthy in speakership. after the roll call, mccarthy himself approached gates, the two exchanged words amid a group of other lawmakers. mccarthy wa ....
at 9 am eastern. plus, abortion rights forces, defeating sealing kentucky s fate as a abortion free state. the one who ran the campaign to save it in campuses, is we talk to her later this hour. men, it s not something you usually need to do to prepare for election day, but this year i think a lesson on these grand meaning of gaslighting is in order. that s coming up. velshi starts now. good morning to you, it is sunday, november 6th. i m ali velshi. we are two days away from election day, the first results of the 2022 midterms. this election will determine how the balance of power will shift in congress, and state leadership across the country. which is gonna lay the groundwork, and have crucial implications for the 2024 elections historically in the mid term, the sitting president almost always loses seats in congress. that s a pattern democrats are looking to break but it may be difficult considering their slumber jordy s in both dreamers of congress. republica ....
santos. republican leaders refused to no matter how many times he s bizarre lies are exposed. and forget gas stoves. even more outrageous nothing burger involves a made-up story about a pregnant batman villain. it was in april 2010 that justice john paul stevens, after serving 34 years on the nation s highest court, announced his intention to retire in a letter to then president barack obama. the news, naturally, set washington into a tizzy, of all things. scotus usually do. overnight, every tom dick and harry had suggestions for who obama should name as a replacement. republicans got in on the action as well. even conservative republicans like the then long serving of utah. he proclaimed he had found the perfect candidate, a, quote, consensus nominee, a small seat conservative, a jurist who would bipartisan support. quote, no question. the man was merrick garland. yes, merrick garland. the same merrick garland who, a few years later, in 2016, would be cat ....
emily: current and former students on capitol hill testifying before lawmakers about the growing wave of antisemitism sweeping across american colleges. in recent weeks we ve seen alarming rise in anti-israel c sentiment and antisemitic threats against jewish students. had is outnumbered, i m emily compagno here with co-hosts kayleigh mcenany and harris faulkner, joining us is dr. nicole saphier and former texas land commissioner and partner at michael best llp, george p. bush. antisemitic incidents have drastically jumped since the war between hamas and israel. schools are left struggling to balance first amendment rights and campus safety and students revealing hateful rhetoric and mistreatment they have had to endure. watch. on campus, i now confronted daily with shouts to free palestinian from the river to the sea, it is seeking to deny jewish right to self-determination in israel, call to exterminate all jews with hamas open goal. support for hamas is support ....