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Top 10 compelling reasons why Liz Cheney would make an excellent Speaker of the House, from her unwavering commitment to the Constitution to her bipartisan approach and strong record on national security. Discover why her leadership could shape the future of American politics.
WATCH: Republicans’ star witness abandons them as hearing goes DOWN IN FLAMES 🔥
In her speech nominating Rep. Jim Jordan as House speaker, Rep. Elise Stefanik distorted the facts about U.S. energy production and the reasons for higher gasoline prices and utility bills.
GOP nominee for House speaker Jim Jordan was unable to secure the gavel on the first vote. Jordan could only afford to lose three votes from Republicans during the vote if all Democrats were present. He earned 200 votes, while House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries won 212. Another 20 fellow Republicans voted against Jordan. #CNN #News
Donald Trump posted a video on ‘Truth’ Social over the weekend criticizing Senator Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, former Attorney General Bill Barr, and others in the GOP he denounced as “RINOs,” claiming that “Republicans eat their young.” Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski attempt to make sense of Trump’s latest ‘really strange’ statement.
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Ruth Marcus join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including the fallout of Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s ouster and how it’s reshaping the Republican Party.
All the news and jokes you missed from the week of October 9.
Constitution: No person shall … hold any office … having previously taken an oath… [who] have engaged in insurrection or rebellion … [or] given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.
Republicans took a fake break from fake-impeaching President Joe Biden to nominate Steve Scalise of Louisiana to be their next Speaker, the first U.S. state to allow sales of medical marijuana at regular pharmacies will be Georgia, Google announced that effective immediately entering a password will no longer be their default way to sign in, crazy things are happening in Florida and Michigan, Jimmy has been washing his jeans the wrong way, Sarah Huckabee S. has been accused of spending more than $19,000 on a lectern and cooking the books to cover it up, and we track down soon to be former Congressman George Santos (Nelson Franklin) to talk about him being indicted on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud and falsifying records.
Rep. Steve Scalise is the GOP’s nominee for Speaker of the House, Rep. George Santos faces new federal charges for defrauding campaign donors, and Stephen has incredible news about a new Sasquatch sighting.
Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Kevin McCarthy floating the idea of replacing himself as House Speaker, California banning four food additives and the 20th anniversary of the pumpkin spice latte.
Contrary to claims by some Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, U.S. taxpayers did not indirectly fund the recent Hamas attack on Israel with Iranian money unfrozen as part of a prisoner swap with Iran in August.
New York Attorney General Letitia James’ fraud lawsuit alleges Allen Weisselberg engineered Trump‘s financial statements to meet his demands that they show increases in his net worth despite appraisals that showed the opposite. CBS New York’s Chris Wragge reports.
Bill reacts to the top stories of the week, including Republican infighting and Biden’s border wall.
Former President Donald Trump cited an article in the New York Law Journal as evidence that a civil business fraud case against him is a “hoax.” The author of the article argued that dissolution of Trump’s LLCs is not a remedy included in the law, but he also wrote that “the judge was 100% right in holding that the Trump actions were fraudulent” and that Trump ought to face penalties.
Sunday, October 8th, MSNBC Films presents “Martha’s Vineyard v. DeSantis,” the latest installment of “The Turning Point” documentary series from Executive Producer Trevor Noah. The film tells the story of the migrants flown to the New England island, the community that took them in, and the Florida governor behind it all. Watch “Martha’s Vineyard v. DeSantis” Sunday, October 8th at 10pm ET on MSNBC and streaming on Peacock.
In an interview with a local Alabama radio station, Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville was asked if he believes White nationalists should be allowed in the military. He responded, “I call them Americans.”
Texas resident Amanda Zurawski called out Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn after being denied an abortion nearly resulted in her death.
Fox News abruptly announced Monday that its top-rated primetime host Tucker Carlson is leaving the network. The move comes less than a week after Fox agreed to pay $787.5 million to settle a legal battle with Dominion Voting Systems over accusations that its hosts, including Carlson, aired false claims about the 2020 presidential election. Geoff Bennett discussed Fox’s decision with Brian Stelter.
The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee headed to New York for a hearing honing in on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. He’s the prosecutor who brought criminal charges against former President Trump. The hearing was billed as a look at Bragg’s record on prosecuting crime, but turned into a back and forth between protesters, witnesses and members of Congress. Lisa Desjardins reports.
