Aides to Rep. Connolly attacked with baseball bat in his Virginia office
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🗓️ 16 May 2023
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Aides to Rep. Connolly were attacked with a baseball bat Monday morning.
USA TODAY White House Correspondent Joey Garrison has the latest on debt ceiling talks.
A massive recall has been ordered for air bag inflators.
USA TODAY Justice Department Correspondent Bart Jansen breaks down a report that criticized the FBI and Justice Department's investigations of Russian election interference.
Electric vehicles face a new tax in Texas.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson, and this is five things you need to know Tuesday, the 16th of May, 2023. |
| 0:21.0 | Today, the latest after a congressman's staffers were attacked, plus more debt ceiling talks, |
| 0:27.0 | and a report criticizes the FBI for the investigation into Russian election interference. |
| 0:40.0 | Two staff members of Democratic Congressman Jerry Connolly were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries |
| 0:46.0 | after being assaulted in the congressman's Virginia office yesterday morning. |
| 0:50.0 | An individual with a baseball bat entered his office and asked for the lawmaker before attacking the staffers. |
| 0:56.0 | U.S. Capitol Police said yesterday his motive was unclear, but it's the latest incident of violence against members of Congress, their families or staffs. |
| 1:05.0 | In October, Paul Pelosi, husband of Democratic then-house speaker Nancy Pelosi, was hospitalized and had many surgeries after being attacked with a hammer. |
| 1:15.0 | And in March, a member of Republican Senator Rand Paul's staff was attacked in Washington. |
| 1:21.0 | According to Capitol Police, the number of threats against members of Congress has more than doubled in the past five years. |
| 1:29.0 | Well, another week brings more debt ceiling tensions. |
| 1:33.0 | USA Today White House correspondent Joey Garrison has the latest as the clock keeps ticking toward a potential default. |
| 1:40.0 | Thanks for happening on five, thanks today, Joey. |
| 1:42.0 | Hey, thanks for having me. |
| 1:43.0 | President Joe Biden was scheduled to meet with lawmakers on Friday. That was canceled. |
| 1:49.0 | Why did that meeting not happen? |
| 1:51.0 | Officials on both sides of discussions here both White House staff and those working for the congress members stressed that the meeting was canceled not because of any particular breakdown. |
| 2:03.0 | But really to allow what are staff level discussions, kind of the nitty gritty of all this continue, then they regroup this week. |
| 2:13.0 | And so later today, President Biden will welcome again speaker McCarthy and the other Congressional leaders at the White House. |
| 2:21.0 | And they really are stressing that they don't think that, you know, it's a sign of things being at a worse state right now. |
| 2:27.0 | In fact, Green John Pierre, the White House press secretary went as far as calling recent talks, quote, productive. |
| 2:33.0 | So, you know, I wouldn't really read too much into it. |
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