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local election workers, in 2020, he was harassed and threatened, as he did his job faithfully. he did not bend. he did not bow. he did not yield to the plim threats and pressure. -- political threats and pressure. he was so trusted by both political parties, that the new democratic governor of pennsylvania, josh shapiro, appointed him as pennsylvania's secretary of state, a republican who ensured the integrity of the elections. that's a high compliment. [ applause ] >> his character and his commitment speak volumes of "we the people." that's what we are also seeing in benson. twice e...

A huge caveat to make, given what we've all just gone through, but if nothing changes here, and this framework agreement holds, then it does sound like, when they come back from this adjournment around 10:00 tonight, that mccarthy should have the votes for speaker by then. this buys them the time that they need to do this final straggler negotiating and hopefully get to where they need to go. >> heather cable, punchbowl news managing editor joining us. what are the next six and a half hours of kevin mccarthy's life look like. what is happening behind closed doors for him and his team? >> yes, ...

Brand-new reporting on the various january 6th investigations. punchbowl news reporting that the house select committee is now extensively cooperating with the doj special counsel jack smith. he's charged with overseeing investigations into former president trump. smith sent the committee a letter asking for all of their materials. a letter that punchbowl news has reviewed. according to punchbowl, starting last weeker the committee started sending the special counsel's team documents and transcripts. i want to bring in heather cable, managing editor for punchbowl. so, heather, what you can tel...

Elector scheme in the efforts by former president trump and his allies to pressure states to overturn their election results, specifically in georgia. what should we read into that? >> you know, i think that's for everyone, the viewers, to decide but if i were looking at it, i would say that's kind of an obvious focus of the special counsel probe. and we know that the special counsel has reached out to some of these same witnesses that were interviewed by the january 6th committee. and will probably be cross-checking what the interviews said in their interviews with any outreach they had. >> p...

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