hashtag long form. hashtag, good to see you. have a good show. okay. hashtag, thank you. always good talking, nicole. i m ari melber and we re reporting live from somewhere, as the saying goes, specifically washington. congress under new management after the bruising fight to elect speaker mccarthy and for all the talk, among gop hard liners about how that clash, remember, they said that would really change things. it would upend the d.c. games, that s what they said. well, tonight for top republicans, i can tell you, it s business as usual. the same playbook the republican party used during the last time that the republicans were in the white house and they had the congress. it s the brinksmanship that can rattle the economy and some conservatives argue actually hurts them too. it drags down the gop in the long run miami talking about another threat to exploit the financial rules and govern by ransom. this story involves some beltway jargon that you ve probably heard b
adjudicated, but it looked like this beating that led to a death. but to your point, we have heard from countless police leaders that they cannot say anything, that they cannot comment, that they have to wait. you re getting at an important point, which is, that s not true. why is that important? it s important because so often police departments close ranks. they often have agreements with their police kbroins that give police officers much more protection from investigation than youer i would get if we re in a similaruation, and that usually means they hold off and say, we can t say anything or even take action, disciplinary action against police officers until there s a full and final investigation. so. to have a police department move so quickly. and definitively, including termination, as well as that public statement, that is a estatement they are saying, they violated their own rules,