27 Jul 2021

USA correspondent Susan Davis

From Nine To Noon, 9:50 am on 27 July 2021

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has rejected two of House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy's nominations to serve on the select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

And Susan looks at how rising crime rates are affecting national politics and the ability to advance long-stalled police reform legislation in wake of death of George Floyd.

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks about the impeachment inquiry of US President Donald Trump at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on December 5, 2019.

Photo: AFP

Susan Davis is a congressional correspondent for NPR and a co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast.

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