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Pelosi backs Jeffries as Simon Marks examines Democrats' leadership debate

LBC's American Week connects the missed Hegseth impeachment vote with sharply different messages about who should lead Democrats in Congress.

Why this story? One of the most watched videos since yesterday, with 26,914 views.

'Something very strange happened' | Simon Marks' American Week'Something very strange happened' | Simon Marks' American Week
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  1. 0:35Thomas Massie introduces impeachment articles against Hegseth, who later calls the effort sabotage.
  2. 3:24Marks reports that a procedural motion derails impeachment with eleven Democrats absent.
  3. 4:17The explanation behind the title arrives: absent Democrats were reportedly attending a nearby cocktail reception.
  4. 6:29Sanders rejects continued Schumer leadership; Pelosi later predicts a conclusive leadership win for Jeffries.
  5. 10:31Footage shows a Tomb Guard sentry reprimanding Hegseth's visiting group over noise.

Nancy Pelosi predicts Hakeem Jeffries will win his leadership contest "very conclusively". Simon Marks then points to an awkward detail: Pelosi was among the Democrats who missed the vote at the centre of the party's recriminations.

That contrast gives LBC's new American Week a thread beyond the cocktail reception that featured in its earlier coverage. As we reported here, absent Democrats helped an effort to advance Pete Hegseth's impeachment fail. Marks now follows the fallout into the argument over Democratic leadership after the midterms.

The segment shows Republican Thomas Massie introducing impeachment articles against the defence secretary, followed by Hegseth's response: "This is not patriotism. This is sabotage." Marks reports that a procedural motion to derail the effort passed while eleven Democrats were absent, reportedly attending a nearby reception.

The responses are direct. Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed says, "You should show up and do your job." Richard Ojeda also condemns the absences. In the Senate leadership debate, Bernie Sanders says he will not support Chuck Schumer continuing as Democratic leader, while Pelosi offers her confident endorsement of Jeffries in the House.

The upload drew about 27,000 views in its opening hours today. For readers catching up, it brings the vote, the absences and the competing leadership messages into one account, rather than treating the failed motion as the end of the story.

Marks closes with a different kind of Washington reprimand: footage of a Tomb Guard sentry ordering silence and respect as Hegseth and his guests visit the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

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Channel views, last 7 days
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2,775,233 (on a normal day: 2,439,979)
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November 14, 2026

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The American Week upload has drawn a substantial audience in its first few hours, rather than over a full day.

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