"It's Extraordinary." -The Reporters' Roundtable May 21
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🗓️ 21 May 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Gaza-Israeli Cease-fire. January 6th Commission Votes. Asian-American Hate Crime Bill Signed. Trumps Legal Problems Get Worse. With Sabrina Siddiqui, White House Reporter at The Wall Street Journal, Political Analyst at CNN, Scott Wong, Senior Staff Writer at The Hill, covering House leadership and Melanie Mason, National Political Correspondent at The LA Times.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friends and neighbors. Welcome back to the Bill Press Pod and welcome to our |
| 0:12.1 | Reporters Roundtable on this Friday, May 21. It's been a busy week, especially here on Capitol |
| 0:18.2 | Hill, with most activities centered around the insurrection of January 6. |
| 0:24.0 | At first, it appeared that leaders of both parties were interested in creating a bipartisan commission to get to the bottom of things. |
| 0:31.2 | Then suddenly, at the last minute, both Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell, bowing to Donald Trump, came out against it. |
| 0:39.1 | McCarthy couldn't stop it in the House. |
| 0:41.2 | 35 Republicans broke with him and voted with Democrats to create the commission, |
| 0:46.1 | but its fate is certainly uncertain in the Senate. |
| 0:50.3 | At the same time, more and more Republicans are dismissing the insurrection as nothing but a regular, normal tourist visit. |
| 0:58.7 | On other fronts, Donald Trump's legal woes increased this week with news that the New York Attorney General has launched a criminal investigation of his finances. |
| 1:08.0 | And after 11 days of rockets and missiles back and forth, Israel and Hamas |
| 1:13.7 | have agreed to a ceasefire, brokered in part by the Biden administration. Oh, so much to talk |
| 1:21.5 | about so little time. So let's get right to today's panel. Sabrina Siddiqui, White House |
| 1:26.7 | reporter for a Wall Street Journal. |
| 1:28.9 | Hello, Sabrina. |
| 1:29.9 | Good morning. |
| 1:31.5 | Melanie Mason, joining us from Los Angeles National Political Correspondent for the L.A. Times. |
| 1:36.8 | Hi, Melanie. |
| 1:37.7 | Hi there. |
| 1:38.7 | And back here in Washington, Scott Wong, senior reporter for the Hill. |
| 1:43.5 | Hello, Scott. Hey, Bill. Well, let's start at the White |
| 1:47.5 | House, Sabrina, the president coming forth before the American people, 6 p.m. Eastern last night, |
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