Episode Details

Today's headlines: After 15 rounds of voting, Kevin McCarthy is now the new Speaker of the House. President Biden made the first visit of his presidency to the southern border near El Paso yesterday. Swaths of northern and central California remain under extreme flood risk for the second week in a row. Conservative leader Matt Schlapp allegedly fondled a male staff member of Walker’s campaign in October. A 6 year old student shot and wounded his teacher inside a first grade classroom in Newport News, Virginia on Friday. Finally for today, a group of Bolsonaro supporters stormed Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court and presidential palaces in the country’s capital of Brasilia yesterday.

Resources/Articles mentioned this episode:

• NY Times: Republicans Prepare New Rules, but Fixing Congress Isn’t So Easy
• NY Times: Why McCarthy’s Slog to Speaker Could Mean Dysfunction Ahead in the House
• NY Times: Biden Visits Southern Border Amid Fresh Crackdown on Migrants
• LA Times: Extreme flooding risk in coming days as Northern California storms swell rivers
• NBC: Conservative leader Matt Schlapp is accused of fondling a male campaign staffer in Georgia
• PBS: 6-year-old student shoots teacher in Virginia classroom, police say
• Guardian: Brazil protests: Bolsonaro denounces violence as 300 arrested after his supporters storm congress – live

 Host: Sami Sage

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