“Watch this self-immolation.” The Reporters' Roundtable October 6
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🗓️ 6 October 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Kevin Vacated. Trump Endorses Jordan. Speaker Vote Chaos. Gaetz Hated. Trump in NY Court. How to Cover Trump. New CA Senator. Menedez Holding On. With Melanie Mason, Senior Political Writer at Politico, Arthur Delaney, Political Reporter at Huff Post and Kirk Bado, Editor of The National Journal Hotline.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, good friends. Happy Friday. And it's time for this week's reporter's roundtable on the |
| 0:13.0 | Bill Press pod. Time to catch up on the news of the week from our nation's capital with three |
| 0:18.1 | top political reporters. We've never seen a week like this one before. |
| 0:23.7 | It seems like we end every week like that these days, but it's certainly true of this one. |
| 0:31.2 | For the first time in history, a speaker of the House of Representatives was tossed out of office |
| 0:37.3 | by members of his own party. |
| 0:40.3 | For the first time in history, a former president sat in a courtroom charged with breaking the law |
| 0:46.5 | in what is only the first of several courtroom appearances to come by Donald Trump. |
| 0:52.7 | And for the first time in history, a black lesbian |
| 0:55.9 | woman took her seat as a member of the United States Senate. Quote, we all need a long weekend |
| 1:03.6 | to catch up after this one. But before we do, let's check in with today's panel to try to make |
| 1:09.9 | some sense of it all. Joining us today, Melanie |
| 1:13.1 | Mason, senior political reporter for Politico based in California. Hi, Melanie. Hi, Bill. |
| 1:21.1 | Thanks for getting up early for us. Kirk Beto, editor of the National Journal hotline based here in |
| 1:27.3 | Washington. Hi, Kirk. More, Bill. the National Journal Hotline based here in Washington. |
| 1:27.9 | Hi, Kirk. |
| 1:28.9 | More, Bill. |
| 1:30.1 | And Arthur Delaney, congressional and political reporter for Huff Post and a neighbor on the hill. |
| 1:36.3 | Hello, Arthur. |
| 1:37.3 | Hello, Bill. |
| 1:38.6 | On this vote, the yeas are 216. |
| 1:42.9 | The nays are 210. The resolution is adopted. The office of Speaker of the House |
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