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it s time for us to be this sunday, taking on trump. the republican primary field will be expanding this week as florida governor ron desantis and tim scott both jump into the 2024 race. think the party has developed a party of losing. it s time for us to be proud to be americans and proud of our president. can either candidate make the case he s the better alternative than donald trump and unite the party process in the primary battle ahead? i ll talk to republican congressman byron donald of florida who is currently backing donald trump. plus, flirting with disaster. debt ceiling negotiations break down, restart and then stop again. default is not an option. this white house will not acknowledge that they re spending too much. what s really going on inside the talks. is either side negotiating in good faith? and how serious is the june 1st deadline for a catastrophic default? i ll talk to treasury secretary janet yellen. and abortion follow ticks. re ....
of staff at the department of homeland security and tom peck, political sketch writer at the independent. welcome to the programme. it s starting to feel a bit like groundhog day on capitol hill. that s because the house is trying again for a third day to elect a speaker of the house. we ve now had eight votes. and in all eight, the republican kevin mccarthy has failed to receive enough votes. he hasn t even been able to swing the needle in his favour at all. this is the scene live in the house now where a ninth vote is under way. it already appears that he has lost to this vote as well. at least seven republicans have voted for other options. in the last vote, 20 republicans voted for an alternative candidates to mr mccarthy mainly for byron donalds, and there was also a shock vote for donald trump. remember, the speaker of the house doesn t need to be a member of congress. that vote for the former president came from matt gaetz, one of the ring leaders of those refu ....
The way she referred to a fellow member is not the way we expect. a lot of this boils down to some personal and internal issues between members but there is a broader identity crisis happening inside the freedom caucus on whether they want to be a group that just stands up to kevin mccarthy at every turn or if they want to play the inside game. really interesting development, thank you for the report from capitol hill. a new report has found that the strict texas abortion law may have led to nearly 10,000 more births than expected there. coming up, we will speak to a doctor in texas on what they are seeing. police still investigating after a block party ended in deadly gunfire. more than 130 rounds fired. new details on another shooting ahead. ....
as a florida resident, he didn t give an answer about would you have signed the heartbeat bill that florida did that had all of the exceptions that people talk about. the legislature put it in. i signed the bill. i was proud to do it. he won t answer whether he would sign it or not. joining me now is byron donalds of florida. byron introduced desantis at his election night victory in november and he became one of the republicans to endorse donald trump. welcome to meet the press. good to be with you, chuck. before we start with the politics and the political junkie conversation, let s talk about the debt ceiling. you remember the freedom caucus on here. where are you going to be comfortable with a deal that you probably personally won t like, but it s a deal that maybe progressives won t like and the freedom kay was doesn t like, but it can pass? ....
Vote for donald trump. remember, the speaker of the house doesn t need to be a member of congress. that vote for the former president came from matt gaetz, one of the ring leaders of those refusing to vote for kevin mccarthy. and overnight he made it very clear, he will not be changing his mind. he s a desperate guy whose vote share is dropping with every subsequent vote. and i am ready to vote all night, all week, all month and never for that person. that s despite a number of key concessions from kevin mccarthy. according to matt gaetz, congressman mccarthy has offered to reinstate a rule that a single house member could force a vote to oust the speaker. earlier, he had agreed that a motion to vacate would require the support of five members. mr gaetz said mccarthy has also agreed to place members of the far right freedom caucus on key committees like the influential rules committee, which determines how a bill comes to the floor. kevin mccarthy s supporters have expressed their fr ....