>> very good day from all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news on capitol hill, where eight days long house gop deadlock full of tantrums and theatrical dragged on into the wee hours of this morning. california republican kevin mccarthy finally getting his hands on the house speaker's gavel at 1:13 am eastern time. now putting him second in line to succeed the president of united states. but that came only after four grueling days of voting. his less moderate republican peers put him through the wringer in a rollercoaster of votes for and against him, and on the 15th try, his name finally went up for the speaker's office. >> how about you sign? >> turn, i will take a picture

of that. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> well here is a bit more from nbc's aly tally. >> it's official. >> the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california haven't received a majority of the votes cast is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [applause] >> that was, easy yes? this chamber is not fully open for all americans to visit. >> it is the longest speaker vote in 100 years. the dramatic and twisting political melodrama not seen in the modern era. >> and, now the hard work begins. we will use the power of the purse and the power of the subpoena to get the job done. >> mccarthy allies expected in the clinch the speakership on the 14th ballot, thinking that

they have the votes. >> a speaker has not been elected. >> shock reverberating throughout the chamber. >> as congressman matt gates held firm is the man standing in between mccarthy speakership. mccarthy himself begging for gates vote on the floor. congressman mike rogers, it mccarthy alla, being held back from lunging at gates. members pleading with the colleagues, even calling former president donald trump for backup. chaotic scenes we normally would not have seen if usual house rules have been in place. then, finally, gates assuring a beleaguered mccarthy, before all six holdouts moved as one on ballot number 15. >> dates, present. boebert? a. >> present. >> present. rosendale. >> present. >> present. >> but mccarthy's gavel came at a high cost. days of negotiations brought a long list of concessions from the would-be speaker to the right most flank of his party.

one member cannot trigger a vote to vacate the chair, or oust the speaker. plus, he spots on committees that have huge say overspending decisions, in big sway over what bills make it to the floor for votes. all moves that weaken the speaker and spread power to the republican rank and file. >> this will change this house. let's be very clear. >> lawmakers sworn in well after midnight, ready to finally get to work. >> thanks always so much for that report. new house minority leader akeem jeffries officially became the first black leader of a major party and pass the gavel at the end of his historic speech. >> as john luiz with sometimes remind us, on this floor, we may have come over and different ships, but we are all in the same boat now. we are right, we are black, we are latino, we are asian, we are native american. we are christian, we are jewish,

we are muslim, we are hand, do we are religious, we are, sackler we are gay, we are straight, we are young, we are older. we are women, we are men. we have citizens, we are dreamers. out of many, we are one. that is what makes america a great country. >> republicans not left to make -- pick up the paces after the scrappy fight with lingering questions about the challenges ahead given deep divisions within the gop rinks. >> preferably, you do this in private. the preference and politics is to always suffer indignities and private, not in public. >> it is symbolic, yes. when you have a lower house level legislature, everyone in the world, it looks like -- i have no respect for people that i knew a week ago. we've newfound speck for people we got engaged with negotiations with. i think that is good for policy. >> well joining me now, with katie hill, former democratic

congresswomen of california, kurt bardella, democratic strategist and former gop spokesperson for the house oversight committee, basil smikle, democratic strategist and former executive director of the new york state democratic party, and nbc news congressional correspondent julie tsirkin. welcome, all it is going to be a great panel. i will go to huge really first. after all of what we just saw, particularly analysis report, which so succinctly highlighted all of the points there. what is next? what is on your radar first with this republican led house? >> yes, republican-led house without any rules by which to govern. because they have not pass the rules package yet. that is what they were going to do last night after the speaker vote because of that delay and the kerfuffle we saw with matt gates and the other holdouts. that didn't happen. numbers one home. that is what we are tracking for monday night. s as part of the rules package, are those concessions that mccarthy offered to the holdouts in order to get them to come over and get him to that magic number so that he can finally hold the gavel.

you see some of them on your screen. the most important, as ally highlighted, was of course to force a motion to vacate. but that is not in place just yet. meaning, those holdouts who voted for mccarthy are not necessarily guaranteed that this package will pass. i was talking to a lot of moderate members who are concerned that mccarthy may have given away too much power to be able to govern as speaker successfully over the house. his slim for seat majority made that much more complicated with what these holdouts were able to get from him, including control over powerful rules committee who decides for procedures, spending, including the debt ceiling, which is a huge concern for democrats as well as they hold the majority in the senate. and so a lot of cash to watch, here and one member told me the last night's vote for speaker was actually the easy vote with what is coming ahead. >> okay, which brings me nicely to my question to you, katie, which is, let's take a look at the tweet that you posted thursday as voting was still underway. you wrote, if kevin manages to squeak this out, there's no way

he stay speaker for the whole term. so if you don't think that he laughs -- last the whole term, how long do you give him, and what is the tenure as speaker going to be like? >> i think is ten years going to be very difficult for him, and it's going to be painful for a lot of us to watch. but with that motion to vacate of a single member, i don't see how he can last. i just don't see how it is possible. i think that we are in for a tough road ahead in terms of passing that rules package. i do not think that's going to happen easily. the thing to remember is that all of this power was given to the far right of the caucus, of the republican caucus, but now you are going to have to worry about all of those republican lawmakers who need it in these tough swing districts. they have to be more moderate but they are not going to get reelected. and so when it comes down to, shutting down the government, cuts to medicare and medicaid,

social security, which are the things that the freedom caucus are pushing for, that is not going to fly in these swing districts. >> what about matt gates, kurt, because he said that he changed his vote to present because he quote, run out of things to ask for. does that mean that the man in the party has gotten pretty much everything they want, and if so, what are your expectations for this 118th congress. was the speaker voted debacle, or just a preview of things to come? what does this mean for americans? >> well people have been going around saying, it's not the -- >> go ahead, kurt. >> kevin it's been going around saying that it's not about how you started, it's how you finish, and i'm more of a fan of the start in the way that you want to finish, and the very clear signal that has been sent by kevin mccarthy to his caucus is, you can hold me hostage, and i will give you

every then you want. i will reward the people who go against the overall caucus, and i just don't see it as someone who works in congress for many years, how you can actually successfully govern that way. kevin mccarthy is basically just speaker in name only at this point. the fact that a matt gates or a low-end boebert, or marjorie taylor greene who is on its side, they could at any point in time learn -- change their mind. all of these extremist have license to do whatever they want. if you want to go pallor out with an insurrectionist, that is okay. if you wanted to have dinner with the white nationalists? that is okay. if you want to go speak at a conference that is being thrown by member of a white supremacy group, that is going to be okay. mccarthy leadership have no instrument now to keep their caucus in check. the inmates are literally going to be running the asylum, and i don't think that after what we saw in the midterm elections, politically speaking, moving the caucus and further extreme direction, that is not what the american people are going to want, and they're going to lose power more quickly because of this. >> so basil, one of the concessions that mccarthy made

to those freedom caucus members, and what does that mean for democrats. does the fact that just one member can call for a vote to oust the speaker, does that mean that mccarthy, who clearly wants to live in this job as long as possible given all that he gave up to get it, does it mean that he is going to have to reach across the are for help? can that even happen with maga members pulling him back? >> yeah, that's why keep thinking that this is such a pyrrhic victory for kevin mccarthy. what is the point of making all of these concessions when you can lose the job. a lot easier and a lot quicker than he actually got the job. does he have the opportunity or will he need to go to democrats to get some support? he might need that, but if you think about everything that hakeem jeffries has had so far in his remarks, he is basically said that this is your mass. this is not, hours you clean it up, when equity cleanup for you. the one thing that i do think about since the midterms is can the democrats hold that

coalition together that has been so helpful in the midterms. those independent voters, those disaffected republicans, those young voters. when you look at what's happening on the right, as someone said earlier, as a congressman said earlier, they suffered these indignities in public, not in private, as long as those indignities continue, and as we said before, you create this window of opportunity for members of congress to interact with white supremacists and insurrectionists, all that does is give democrats more opportunity and more fuel to continue on the path that they are on. l to >> you make a very good point, because indeed basil, the democrats are very cohesive, very unified, there was no fluctuates over during this week with the vote, but they don't have exactly ideology that is one in the same among all. let's face it, they're going to be splits there as well. let me ask, you truly, speaker mccarthy giving praise and thanks for his victory to

former president donald trump. take a listen to this. >> i do want to especially think president trump. i don't think anybody should doubt his influence. he was with me from the beginning, somebody wrote the doubt of whether he was there, and he was all in. he would call me and he would call us. he really was, i was talking to him tonight, helping get this final votes. >> so what we saw earlier in the week, julian, is the trump endorsement did not move the needle at all. when he was nominate for speaker, trump himself received only one vote. so what is trump's role? what is the standing in the party after this week? >> that's a great question, alex, i actually asked matt gates that exact same question yesterday when he started to hint that he would perhaps concede that mccarthy would win the gavel. and he made some joke about president trump beating john quincy adams, because john quincy adams got two votes for

speaker in the 18 hundreds, and that was supposed to suggest that trump did better than he did, even the who only got that one vote. and we do have images on the floor of marjorie taylor greene on the phone with donald trump, handing it to some of those holdouts, including rosendale, who ended up voting present and falling in line with all of those holdouts there. it really depends who you ask. it looks like in the beginning of the weekend, even to yesterday's vote that the former president didn't have much sway. but we know that he was on the phone with some of those holdouts. we also know just from watching sean hannity, when interviewed matt gates and lauren boebert last night, that was one of the things that he kept making a point of, that former president trump was able to keep them online. he had all this influence over the party, when in reality, tassels point, they need to stop showing dysfunction in order to have smooth sailing in 24. and since president trump is the only republican candidates so far officially in that race, i bet he wants them to keep it and line and the following months to. and with that motion to vacate, those house freedom caucus

members promised not to abuse, that is something that they will be watching to make sure that these battles do not play out in public anymore, and art resolved in private instead. >> and the new house reconvenes katie on monday, they will be debating and voting on that rules package that then governs the 118th congress. for those that are unfamiliar with the inner workings of congress, how important is this? and what are you going to be watching for during this process? >> yes, it is crucial. it really does establish the way that everything is going to function for the next two years within the congress. i do not think that that vote is going to be easy for anybody because the concessions that were made in order for kevin mccarthy to get the speakership are not consistent with what everybody else once in the rules. so i think it is going to be really interesting to watch. i would be very surprised if it passes on the first go, do you think that this is an area where democrats might be able

to exercise some influence, because if they can joined with more moderate republicans from the swing districts, they can potentially nullify some of the further right asks of the freedom caucus. >> i wanna get your thoughts, kurt, i one particular moment that's getting a lot of attention from last night. that is congressman mike rogers who had to be literally held back after matt gates caused the 14th house speaker vote to fail. what does that say about not only whether the republican party is right, now but where we are as a country. >> well i think that the, feeling that temperament that congressman rodgers put on display, i think it really captures how a lot of members really feel about how matt gates successfully roll kevin mccarthy. here and i think that philly is only going to fester and grow as more and more members find out what the true cost of the speakership was for kevin to attain it. when members get appointed to what committees, what chairman ships were handed out, those

things we still don't know yet at this from a public view standpoint. and i think that, for someone something, someone has to lose something. and so what members the held by kevin and were loyal to him have lost out because kevin had to concede and give something to matt gates and his allies to become speaker? i think that's just going to fester even more so, and at one point that i want to make, the absolute insanity here of having only one member being able to make the motion to vacate. listen, that is a two-way street here. if kevin mccarthy republicans take members like eric swalwell or adam schiff off of their committees, what is to stop them from going to the floor every day saying, well, and i can just say i want to do a motion to vacate and take up all of the four-time. >> yeah, you are right, that is something we could see. let me go back to you basil with something that you are talking about, referencing jeffries. look, he made history this morning, he deliver that speech as the first black lawmaker to lead a party in congress. first, let's take a listen

together to some of what he had to say. here it is. >> we will never compromise our principles. house democrats will always put american values over autocracy, benevolence over bigotry. the constitution over the cold. democracy over demagogues. economic opportunity over extremism. freedom over fascism. >> has this been a good start for jeffries as minority leader? i'm curious what you expect from him. now we've already mentioned the fact that he has his own fractured congress, at least to some degree, but from him as a leader, what do you expect? >> you know, i've known hakeem jeffries since before he was an elected official in brooklyn, and i've watched his career and what you are seeing on display is someone who has been deeply

inspired in my view. he sounds like a preacher, and one of the things that we need right now in this country, we certainly need congress, is a little faith and a little empathy. if you can bring that to his caucus, and remind leaders whether they are progressive or whether they are moderate, that we have to move this country forward, then i think that he will be incredibly successful. a lot of those new members came into the chamber wanting a lot more than they were able to get, but then realizing that it's this incrementalism in d.c. that sort of carries the day. and so if they can be reminded of that, and really sort of unite behind his leadership, even if it's not 100 percent of the time. 60% of the time, it is going to be a lot better than what we are seeing. >> to which i'm going to offer an amen to all of that. all of, you katie, kurt, basil,

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since the january 6th attack on the capitol. president biden hosting a ceremony honoring the heroes from that day, and others who helped counter efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. nbc's monica alba's at the white house with more. monika? >> either alex. there were commemorations of the day on both ends of pennsylvania avenue friday. to mark the somber anniversary. when president biden describing january six as the product of lies about the 2020 election. while warning that the underlying threat to democracy still looms large. >> two years after the capitol

attack, the investigation into january six forges ahead. lawmakers gathering friday on the very steps rioters stormed that day. joining in a moment of silence to remember officers who died or were injured by the pro trump mob. >> we stand here today with our democracy intact because of those officers. >> at the white house, president biden hailed the heroes who sprung into action during and after the assault. a warning them with the presidential citizens medal, won it the nation's highest civilian honor. >> they will remember your names. they will remember your courage, they will remember your bravery. >> they recipients range from metropolitan capitol police officers, including three given posthumously, to local and state officials like georgia election workers ruby friedman and sheamus. >> both of them were just doing their jobs until they were targeted and threatened by the

same predators and peddlers of lies that would fuel the insurrection. >> all while many january 6th riot suspects remain at large, along with whoever planted pipe bombs at the rnc and dnc the night before. a reward for any new information on that has been increased to $500,000. just a few of the loose ends and the sprawling law enforcement operation underway since then. the select committee tasked with investigating the attack finish its work at the end of last year, but the department of justice continues its own criminal probe. when possible charges against former president trump and his allies. >> so now two years, later the fbi and doj will keep investigating. they've been more than 900 arrests and nearly 500 guilty pleas, with plenty more possible, especially for rioters who assaulted officers on january six. alex? >> all right, monica thank you so much for that from the white house. the justice department and fbi

have lit historic sprawling investigation into the capitol riot, making more than 900 arrests, resulting in nearly 500 guilty pleas, and it also led to the most seditious conspiracy convictions in decades. but that is the portion of the roughly 3000 people who could face charges for their conduct that day, including the former president. federal authorities say at least 250 people are still wanted by the fbi on accusations that the assaulted officers. they are still at large. as is the person who planted those pipe bombs. while these investigations have slowed, fellow authorities say that they are not letting up. joining me now, harry lippman, former u.s. attorney and host of the talking feds park. us michael isikoff, chief investigative correspondent for yahoo news, also coauthor of russian roulette. he's currently co offering the book on the trump investigations, which makes you guys the perfect one to talk about this. harry, criticism remains the two years after the capitol attack, a huge number of people involved have been pretty much

left off the hook. they have been left to go off of investigations, living their life as normal, even if online sleuths have identified many of them, but then maybe not. the fbi in the justice department, are they now in a position to justify charges for these two remaining suspects, or the special counsel's investigation into trump and all of those big wigs involved in the election interference plot, is that going to be the focus going forward. >> both. so, look as this is the biggest already, the prosecution of people on the ground, the 900 plus arrest in the history of the department of justice. it is a huge sprawling investigation. it is an office in and of itself. it will never, ever close down as long as there are people that they still can bind and prosecute. like a former not see criminals. these guys are open for business forever. but certainly the focus, the investigative focus, especially with the huge data from the january six committee has turned to the higher officials up to and including trump.

and that is actually a potential casualty that is too strong. but it has been hamstrung perhaps by the whole drama that we saw play out last week, because we now know that one of mccarthy's concessions is to give jim jordan his sort of prize of a subcommittee into the so-called weaponization of the government, and they're going to be hand packing and screaming at every move relative to the investigations of officials going forward. they will ask for info on ongoing investigations of the like. they won't get, it but they will set up all of these vitriolic conflicts with the doj. >> in fact, we are going from kevin mccarthy himself, saying last, night we will use the power of the subpoena. but i found that somewhat ironic given the fact that he did not respond to his old subpoena. and so to your, point we will see the information. so michael, the january six committee member jamie raskin, who told you that not only the footsoldiers, but also the king pence, but they need to be prosecuted. are you seeing a fair balance

and who is facing criminal charges? how can we measure accountability now two years on. >> clearly, the appointment of jack smith and the special counsel was a signal that the justice department, eric garland at the very top, is taking the investigation into donald trump seriously, and that ratcheted up the odds that we may see indictments forthcoming in, over the next 4 to 6 months. with that said, let's be clear. these cases were the king pens, they are not slam dance. when you're talking about trump, obviously a president who never before as a president been prosecuted by the justice department. the statute that is most likely seen that the justice department is focusing, on

obstruction of an official proceeding, there is no established president for using it in a case such as this. this was a law that was passed after the financial crisis. locksley, it was the focus on destroying financial documents. could it be used against trump for inciting the mob that instructed the certification of the election? possibly not. but there is an ongoing legal challenge before the u.s. court of appeals for using the statute in this purpose. and until that is resolved by the supreme court, i think two justices should be a little weary. let's remember, the supreme court has showed no compunction about tossing out criminal convictions, because they concluded the justice department had misused the statutes, in the most sackler example that is by mcdonald, the governor virginia, who was prosecuted and convicted in

federal court under a prosecution overseen by jack smith, who was then the head of the republican section, and what happened, the supreme court said that the justice department had misuse the statue and tossed the entire conviction out. so i think that is going to wait pretty heavily on jack smith's mind when he makes a decision about what statute to use to prosecute donald trump. >> okay, so do you, harry when you get a little granular. here yesterday, the second anniversary of the january six attack, a long term partner of late capitol police officer brian sicknick filed a wrongful death lawsuit, but also to donald trump and his role in instructing them up. they're seeking to -- $10 million in damages. but harry, that will trump's repeatedly claimed that his presidency makes him immune from liability. but could this be one of the losses that it actually forces the position of capability? >> so the courts actually have

already rejected that claim by and large. in two or three importance, is they said, you are not acting as a president here when you are inciting the mob, et cetera. that is not the obstacle for this lawsuit. but i think, going back to your previous question, this is one of the dozens, hundreds of loose ends that will not be tied up and we'll just be a part of the human tragedy of january six, because there are other reasons, essentially causation, under the law that will make this lawsuit difficult. he was judged to have died from natural causes, even though that doesn't really make sense, but there are some difficult procedural issues, here and i think that they won't see justice and this particular one. but there are a series of civil lawsuits that are still pending, including by members of congress that i think will be a part of the overall tab of accountability that donald trump will be pain, either at

large, medium, are not small, but large or medium in the coming months. >> sudden let me ask you, harry if that is the case, doesn't implicate donald trump, do you expect to see him charge with a crime by the doj anytime soon. how quickly, special counsel tracks, mid need to act before prosecution then gets interpreted as conflicting with the 2024 presidential race. >> yeah, so i do think, and i take what mike says in a general everything about january six crimes and their, they referred for different statutes, are complicated. remember, the mar-a-lago case though is out there, it is relatively clean, it has a lot of strong precedent, and they have gone a far-way there. i actually expect that to come first, that could be within the next few months. they answer your other question, it is absolutely right that even with routine pretrial maneuvers, trump could drag things out say for a year, and so we get pretty near by the end of the fall to situation

where it will be in the shadow of the election. but i think keep your eye mar-a-lago first, january six second. >> it's a, michael is republicans are taking for the, house including kevin mccarthy, they are planning to utilize their new powers to go after the fbi for its january six investigation. how is that going to play out? >> well we will see what they got. i just want to piggyback on what harry was saying there about mar-a-lago. i agree that that is the most likely case that doj will bring against trump. but even there, it is not a slam dunk. one of the things that we have expected to see, and terry knows this as well as anybody, that when you go after a big fish, when you go after a high level public official, or a corporate executive, what you expect to see before that our cooperation agreements, and which underlings plead guilty and agreed to testify against

the main target. we have not seen a single cooperation agreement yet in that case. everybody is expecting we are on the verge of some major criminal indictment against trump, and we may be on mar-a-lago. but it's a bit of a reason for caution that we have not seen people cooperating and that is going to ultimately be a big factor as to whether they bring charges. >> that is a very good point that you're making. if the definitely cross that bridge before we get to the other side and pursue anything legally speaking. harry lippman and michael isikoff, it's good to see you both. thank you so much. coming up in the next, our obvious peeking with former trump white house communications director stephanie grisham, and she testified the january six committee and we just got protested money. she is also going to weigh in on the cast chaos on capitol hill this morning. that's coming up at one eastern. and we, time talk about a turnaround. i knew progress report until more hamlin next. >>

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epitome of a quaint seaside village, but i just got pummeled on wednesday and thursday, a combination of rain and wind all happening at high tide. and you can see some of what happened. there is a row of restaurants here that is very popular with the tourists and of locals. all of them have been taken, out some of them structurally unsound. and you can really see how powerful this was when you take a look at the capitol award. this wharf dates back to 1857. as you can see, there is a big chunk taken right out of it. and even as they talk here now about starting to rebuild and how they are going to go about doing, that they come to the realization that this is not over yet. >> one of the things that this particular event is over, but there's also significant weather that is still coming, and so we are also monitoring another weather system that is

a little bit different, but there is significant rainfall. and so we will have to look at that event but is projected for this monday. >> and you can see what we are looking at here, and we're talking about already coming in today and tonight, and we're expecting a first wave of storms that will just be a taste of what we are expected to see later on sunday night and into monday and tuesday. some 16 million people statewide are looking at flood risks, and this is a state of 40 million people. six people have died in storm since new years eve. and they add insult to injury, alex, this rain is coming so fast and so early in the season, that even though we had this historic drought in california, experts are saying that the drought still may not be over. >> you have to play that is hard to see capital like. that when i was reporter, and then the beat south of, there and that used to enjoy coming to visit the coast and all of

its amenities. i hope it recovers quickly. thank you so much for that. let's go now to the remarkable recovery of the buffalo bills tamar hamlin who today is breathing and walking on his own. on friday, his breathing tube was removed just days after going into cardiac arrest after that tackle during monday night's game. nbc's jesse kerch is outside the bills stadium with the team returns to the field tomorrow, jesse. what can you tell us about how damar is doing and the reaction from his teammates? >> obviously a big sigh of relief for so many who had been praying for his recovery, but it's hard to imagine this much progress so quickly. and this will certainly come as an emotional boost for his teammates as the bills prepare for their final game of the regular season right here at home tomorrow against the new england patriots. the shows of support were seen here in the buffalo community, but they are also expected to continue across the country this weekend. >> with prayers still pouring on, this morning damar hamlin has his own message of love.

the bill say that with his breathing tube removed, he facetime teammates from the hospital friday. he said, i love you boys. >> the thing that made me laugh is that he did this to the guys, and right away he flexed. >> man, we got our boy, that's all that matters. we got a boy, and the excitement was beautiful. it was amazing. >> outside the bills stadium, they once also celebrating the news. >> knowing, today he is speaking with the team and the tubes came out, and he is alive, and we still alive again to. >> my heart filled with joy, man it is amazing. i had been distraught this whole week. >> hopeful energy in a crucial moment for the first time since hamels horrific collapse and cardiac arrest on the football field monday night, today's game day for the nfl. the kansas city chiefs in las vegas raiders kick off this afternoon for what one analysts expect will be one of the scariest snaps with every wash.

>> we talked about, it obviously, we want to go out there in play for 3, and it will be a huge driving force the emotion and the love of the game that we play with and for each other and hopefully we can get him back soon. >> more signs of support for hamlin is expected nfl wide this weekend. the teams offering the teams to dress up and decorate and honor of buffaloes number 3. the bills already outlined his number in the 3rd yard line, and then feeling at number 3 hatched aware sunday when histamine patriots for the team's regular season finale. >> when you think it would be like in there on sunday? >> i can't imagine. bringing a kleenex. it is going to be electric. >> we know that the bills, bengals game for monday night that was put on hold because of this horrific situation is not going to be resumed, alex, because of, that those 2 teams will have played fewer games than others in the league.

so depending on how the flash shakeup, we might nfc championship game at unusual site. we're gonna see a wildcard site determined by a coin toss, all the water fans to be watching for as we head into the playoffs, alex? >> yes, but it's so good, all the news about him. thank you so much bringing it to us jessica. a school shooting like no other. the age of the alleged shooter, that is going to leave you aghast in shaking your head. your head. in my ozempic® tri-zone, i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. in studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart attack, or death in adults also with known heart disease. and you may lose weight. adults lost up to 14 pounds. ozempic® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. don't share needles or pens, or reuse needles. don't take ozempic® if you or your family ever had medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2, or if allergic to it. stop ozempic® and get medical help right away if you get a lump or swelling in your neck,

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