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Thank you, Bill. It is Monday, November 11th, 2024. Here's this happening today in America.

A secret ballot. Sotomayor staying put, FEMA bigotry, and the first Veterans Day. It's all coming up.

Then Bill's going to be here with your message of the day. But first, the Republicans in the Senate will hold a secret ballot on Wednesday to determine who

their leader will be. Mitch McConnell is leaving his leadership post. He's been in charge of the

Republicans in the Senate since 2007, the longest serving Senate party leader in U.S. history.

But he's out now. So now we've got to vote for a new guy. Seems like it's come down to John

Cornyn from Texas,

John Thune from South Dakota, and the MAGA favorite Rick Scott from Florida. RFK Jr.

tweeted, without Rick Scott, the entire Trump reform agenda is wobbly. There's also

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