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dangerous rhetoric. we re talking, of course, about the elevation of some of the fringiest of the fringe members of the republican caucus, the seats on important congressional committees. when we say it is happening on today of all days, that s because today would have been the late congressman elijah cummings 72nd birthday. he passed away in 2019, the son of sharecroppers, he would go on to become a force of nature in congress, and ultimately the chairman of the powerful house oversight committee. when we re dancing with the angels, the question will be asked, in 2019, what did we do to make sure we kept our democracy in tact? did we stand on the sidelines and say nothing? there are efforts to stop people from voting. that s not right! this is not russia! this is the united states of america! and i will fight until the death to make sure every citizen, whether they re green party, whether they re freedom party, whether they re democrat, whether they re republican, w ....
in this case, it is quite jam packed. we re covering what s gown on in saudi arabia, all of that and vladimir putin going to that neck of woods, iran next week. let s talk about what happened this week with the president s trip, wrapped up now in the royal kingdom. peter doocy in jeddah, saudi arabia, with more. peter. reporter: neil, the president is aboard air force one. we expect him to take off for joint base andrews in maryland any minute. he came to the middle east looking for gulf leaders to boost oil production capacity because he thinks that might help lower gas prices back at home. but he just got some bad news from the saki crown prince saudi crown prince who basically said they can t really increase their oil production capacity much more. finish translator: the kingdom will play its role in this era to increase the level of maximum sustainable production capacity to more than 13 million barrels. beyond that, the king.com will not have any kingdom ....
Key committee assign s as we track the rise in violent rhetoric from some members of the republican caucus alongside the rise in political violence in america, there is also this. in the last hour in albuquerque, new mexico, a former republican candidate for that state s state legislature solomon pena was arraigned on charges relating to a string of shootings at the homes of pena s democratic rivals. as more details about the suspect come into focus, it appears he ticked several of the proverbial boxes we often see in election denying violent rhetoric adhering far right republicans. pena was in the crowd on january 6th, listening to donald trump on the ellipse, though there is no evidence pena actually stormed into the capitol. in his own race in new mexico, he cited election fraud and refused to concede. even though he lost by nearly 50 percentage points, 5-0. he told police investigators he was in favor of, quote, civil ....
Issue like climate action for the white house maintains that the president will get there somehow. democrats have been working on a scaled, scaled back build back better plan of what was originally sought, but it does include climate initiatives and tax increases and here is the president on that. i am not going away. i m going to use every power that i have as president to continue to fulfill my pledge toward dealing with global warming. president biden is respond to go the fact that senator joe manchin is once again slamming the breaks on build back better and he will not support any tax increases needed to fund the climate programs until july s inflation numbers are known. here he is. it takes the taxes to pay for the investment in the clean technology that i m in favor of, but i m not going to do something and overreach that causes more problems. all of those things that are causing inflation, the very inflation that mr. manchin says ....
Catastrophic thing, some new measures need to be taken place. rubber guns, real [ inaudible ] it s urgent that you understand i m not an expert in this field. so whatever other people decide is the best way to go in terms of protecting people s safety on film sets, i m all in favor of. and i want cooperate with that in any way that i can. do you have any further projects in the works at the moment, or is everything on hold? no. that s irrelevant to what we re talking about. do you think production will start up again no, i don t. why vermont, alex? that s no, that s that s private. anything else? okay. just do me a favor my kids are in the car crying. because you guys are following us as a courtesy to you, i came to talk to you. i m not allowed to comment on the investigation. i talk to the cops every day. every day. they know where you are. i m cooperating with them, of course. my point is is that that i m asking we sat down as a courtesy now to ....