9 AM ET: McCarthy's convincing task, Mitt Romney's criticism, Musk's Taiwan controversy & more

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🗓️ 14 September 2023

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet with House Republicans to try to convince them that an impeachment inquiry is a good idea. GOP senator Mitt Romney says he won't run again, but he's still taking some shots at his own party. The world is reacting to the Russia and North Korea's relationship getting closer. Authorities are rushing to contain an outbreak of a rare, deadly disease in India. Plus, why Taiwan is hitting back at Elon Musk. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello from CNN I'm Joe Beck with the five things you need to know for Thursday
0:06.2	September 14th. Speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet with House Republican
0:10.8	lawmakers today as he tries to convince some skeptical party members
0:15.2	that launching an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden is a good idea.
0:20.5	The pressure is on for McCarthy and House Republicans to actually provide some evidence that
0:26.0	Biden has done something wrong.
0:28.0	The investigation will focus on quote allegations of abuse of power, obstruction, and corruption by Biden in connection with his son's business
0:36.4	dealings. But lawmakers haven't offered any proof to back up those claims.
0:41.2	CNN's Lauren Fox has more on what could happen in today's
0:44.3	meeting. This is about trying to unify the Republican Party. There are some
0:49.0	Republican members who still are not thinking that this was the best idea to launch this impeachment inquiry.
0:55.3	You also are starting to see from Republicans that they are coalescing around what the next steps
1:01.2	should be.
1:01.8	The three chairman that have been tasked with leading this,
1:05.0	they've been working together for months,
1:06.7	but they still have questions about what witnesses they might want to hear from,
1:10.6	when and if to issue subpoenas.
1:14.0	And some harsh criticism of the Republican Party is coming from an inside source today,
1:19.0	with GOP Senator Mitt Romney coming down hard on his colleagues for their continued support of former
1:25.0	President Donald Trump. In an excerpt from an upcoming biography, published Wednesday in the Atlantic,
1:30.8	Romney said that a quote, very large portion of my party doesn't really
1:35.2	believe in the Constitution. But Romney's tenure as a senator who's willing to speak out
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