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york state deputy -- former federal prosecutor caroline as a former u.s. attorney for the southern district of carolina for now they both join me now. there is a lot that is really fascinating about this transcript. tanya, maybe i will start with you on the sketchiness for lack of a more specific legal term with mark meadows. and particularly, the burning stuff and fireplaces. my wife worked in the white house. i know many people through the years worked in the white house. you know, when you work at a foreign embassy that is about to, like, change hands. you've got a burn bag. if you are a spy you have a run, baggy burn documents. don't do it in the white house as a general rule. it does seem like an enormous red flag, or am i over reading things. >> no i think you are spot, on i think sketchy here is a legal term for this conduct. i agree with you, i've been on occasion with my kids, this is been a page turner for me. and this incident or this series of incidents, catch the
office. he wanted to see which way it was going. on that theory he really thought he was going to be carried in. and that either mike pence or a substitute replacement, but they would install for him would either declare him the president for another four years or alternately would kick the whole thing into the house of representatives for a contingent election under the 12th amendment, where they knew they had the edge going in. because they controlled 27 state delegations, and we the democrats only had 22. pennsylvania was tied within its delegation 9 to 9. in the 12th amendment continued election. the members of the house don't vote on the basis of one member, one vote, but rather one state, one vote, which was then a constitutional point that trump was insisting upon. steve bannon talked about it, a bunch of them were congregating around that particular premise for the action. >> yeah, and i will just say
office. he wanted to see which way it was going. on that theory he really thought he was going to be carried in. and that either mike pence or a substitute replacement, but they would install for him would either declare him the president for another four years or alternately would kick the whole thing into the house of representatives for a contingent election under the 12th amendment, where they knew they had the edge going in. because they controlled 27 state delegations, and we the democrats only had 22. pennsylvania was tied within its delegation 9 to 9. in the 12th amendment contingent election, the members of the house don't vote on the basis of one member, one vote, but rather one state, one vote, which was a constitutional point that trump was insisting upon. steve bannon talked about it, a bunch of them were congregating around that particular premise for the action. >> yeah, and i will just say
speaker next year. and he says those bills will be "dead on arrival." house conservatives wish their senate colleagues would have just waited for them to take control so that they had a chance to trim what they are calling all the pork. >> the democrats and even some republicans really just kind of threw up their arms and said you know, we have to get all our goodies in before we are done, so they were not really getting things done, but getting what they wanted before they are done, you had so many people retiring, actually vote for this bill because they won't be held accountable. >> another frustration for conservatives, the lack of funding for border security. >> yeah, what they have done is provided really a band aid to an arterial wound. let's tell the truth to the american people. $800 million for housing illegals, nothing to do with stopping them getting here in the first place. >> and don't forget, anita, the very thing lawmakers were trying
couple of days here. what's most important for you to let them know? >> again, we patient. what we did since last night overnight and into today, we made some great headway. we are not going to stop. our employees have not been home for easter -- easter -- for christmas or christmas eve, they have been working, for the most part on shifts straight through and then sleeping when they went home. so, again, they are working very diligently and we will continue to do this into the weekend where i'm hoping that there isn't a rapid melt where we are facing flooding conditions. >> anita: yeah, yeah, nobody wants to see that, and good point, don't often think of the first responders and workers who are missing christmas eve, christmas, the holidays, to help other. a shout out to them, of course. patrick loosey, superintendent
with house republicans the way i went down last week. talking about a 4,000 page bill crafted behind closed doors, does nothing but pour gasoline on the fire that is inflation. my son turns 16 today, birthday dinner tonight, he's going to want money for his birthday. that does not mean i'm taking out loans from family members and giving him a credit card with federal limits. neither should the government. lack of responsible spending, don't get me started on the border. it's devastating what they are going to do. >> william: water under the bridge, right. the bill has been passed, it will be signed. what can you and other conservatives do in the near term to turn off the tap? is there anything you can do? >> well, yeah, there's nothing we can do in the short-term. we can't do anything until we are in the majority next year and have another continuing resolution or another spending bill before us but it's very
them out of ukraine or go to negotiations, and tell putin up front. he will realize in 1917 it happened with alexander ii when the russian army mutinied. we have not done that, we have to give them everything we've got. a lot of people out there, and the republican side of the house and conservative side of the house don't want to talk about that, but that train has left the station. this war is over 300 days old, we have to come up with an even state. >> anita: earlier today the alert came across the ap wire saying ukraine foreign minister tells the ap his government aims to have a peace summit by february at the u.n. we are also hearing vladimir putin talk about maybe wanting to have some kind of a peace negotiation. i'm sure a peace negotiation by vladimir putin versus zelenskyy looks very different. should the u.s. be pushing that? some sort of a negotiation for
realistic i would argue in these fights, another symbol of how the strategies to these funding negotiations will be. >> right. and one thing that mitch mcconnell knows, that maybe kevin mccarthy knows but he can't even admit it to himself, better to pass the massive spending bill and blame it on democrats than have republicans, so-called conservative republicans who are anything but -- i mean -- i'm sorry, i've just got to say it, their deficit spending under trump was outrageous. but a new republican congress doesn't want to pass a massive omnibus bill and have it on their record. and mitch understands that. i guess some of the republicans will be taking over the house don't. congressional reporter for "axios," alayna treene, thank you so much. greatly appreciate it. john heilemann, let's just finish up talking about kevin mccarthy really quickly.
we stand ready to do more. and, madam deputy speaker, that does bring me to the topic of a windfall tax. now unlike the party opposite, we on this side of the house don't believe that windfall taxes are the simple and easy answer to every problem. but we are pragmatic. and what we want to see are energy companies, who have made extraordinary profits at a time of acutely elevated prices, investing those profits back into british jobs, growth and energy security. but as i have been clear and as i have said repeatedly, if that doesn't happen soon and at significant scale, then no option is off the table. the labour party is forcing a commons vote on the windfall tax issue. ed miliband, labour's shadow climate change secretary, said the government had run out of excuses on the cost of living crisis and urged conservative mps to vote with the opposition. this house can make a difference tonight, and i say this to his mps directly. we have all heard from
a missile hit it— and landed on the ground. it didn't explode, but it landed two metres from my house. _ after that i was under cluster shelling. - i don't care much, but i got my things together and left. - the battles for mariupol and kharkiv may be drawing to a close, but this war is far from over. joe inwood, bbc news, lviv. and a quick reminder we'll be taking your questions in ukraine this thursday at 12:30pm. we'll have guests able to answer all aspects of the war — from whether ukraine really could now win it, nato expansion and what moscow might do next. you can get in touch on twitter using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions and you can e—mail us on yourquestions@bbc.co.uk. volunteer police officers in england and wales are to be allowed to use taser stun guns. the home office says it's to ensure