0 good to be with you. i'm katy tur. let's go right back to capitol hill, where the 13th vote is now starting. james comer of kentucky is now nominating kevin mccarthy once again. >> what really happened in that lab in wuhan, china. those of us who have kids in the public school system could testify that our kids have lost a year of their education because of the forced virtual learning that so many of our schools put our children through during the covid pandemic. congress ran the debt up at least $3 trillion in the name of covid-19. yet as i mentioned earlier, there has not been a single hearing in the oversight committee to deal with potential waste, fraud, or abuse of the covid funds. not a single hearing. and we all know, despite what dr. fauci said, american tax dollars were sent through eco health alliance, to the wuhan lab in china, for gain of function research. but yet dr. fauci hasn't come before congress in the house of representatives. the american people deserve answers on covid-19, and speaker kevin mccarthy has given the republican majority the tools necessary to make that possible. [ applause ] >> the democrats have spent the past six years investigating a president for potential wrong doing. let me say this loud and clear. the republicans will also investigate a president for potential wrong doing in ukraine and russia -- >> just to set the scene here, we are watching the 13th round of voting. the 12th round of voting just ended. there was some major movement for kevin mccarthy. 14 votes flipped for him. 14 of the so-called rebels flipped for him, meaning those that are still standing against him are feeling more and more pressure from the majority of the republican conference to do the same. david shrone of maryland, a democrat who was not there because of a surgery, a pre-scheduled surgery, that surgery appears to be over because he is back in the chamber and that changes the math for kevin mccarthy. without david, he only needed three more of those rebel votes, as steve kornacki has been explaining to me. with david, he needs four more votes. we will watch to see if he gets that. there are i believe seven left who are still voting no for kevin mccarthy. so four of those seven is what kevin mccarthy needs. let's go back into james comer nominating kevin mccarthy. we'll see if anybody gets up to nominate somebody else within the republican conference. will we see lauren boebert again try to nominate kevin hern? let's watch. >> a republican majority under speaker kev, this broken congress will finally be fixed and we will return to regular order, and we will drag those senators kicking and screaming along with us every step of the way. [ cheers and applause ] >> we will return to regular order. we will get the backs of the american taxpayers. this is the people's house. let's get to work. madam clerk, i am proud to nominate kevin mccarthy to be the next speaker of the united states house of representatives and i yield back. [ applause ] >> for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas rise? >> madam clerk, i rise to nominate a great leader, a unifier, not a divider, hakeem jeffries, for speaker of the united states house of representatives. [ applause ] >> the gentlewoman is recognized. >> we are on day four, the 13th vote, and house democrats continue to stand united with hakeem jeffries. with him and for him. because he is a uniter, not a divider, and a positive force of nature. two days ago, during the fourth, fifth, maybe the sixth roll call, a nominator claimed this process should not be considered dysfunction. madam clerk, their process didn't begin this week. they have had months to figure this out. and americans should have profound concerns about what this portends. as we gather here in this chamber, on this solemn day, the second anniversary of january 6th, when members of law enforcement were under siege, when there was an attempted coup, an insurrection that will live in infamy, what we lived through was an assault on our republic and on our democracy from within. on that day, when my colleagues and i were tracked in this gallery, the terrorists who assaulted our police officers could be heard banging on these doors, breaking these windows, and they were here to prevent the certification of a free and fair election. i shudder to think what a republican majority's inability to govern would have meant on that day and what it could mean in the future for those of us who believe in defending our democracy abroad and now more than ever hear at home. on this painful anniversary, thankfully, the honorable hakeem jeffries made sure that we came together to mark the moment, to honor our law enforcement, recognize the lives lost as a result of that day, honor the families and the survivors, and to ensure that we recommit to our republic and our democracy. that is the kind of speaker that our nation needs. [ applause ] >> we are now four days into what should be the 118th congress, and the house of representatives has no committees, no rules, no classified briefings, no members who have taken their oath to serve our country. there are no debates happening on this floor about addressing the challenges we face at home or around the globe. no votes on legislation to tackle the challenges facing the american people. madam clerk, they told the american people they wanted to win the majority to fight inflation. the only thing they're fighting is each other. these four days have tested house republicans' ability to govern and they have failed. with hakeem jeffries as our speaker, congress can continue to deliver common sense bipartisan solutions for the american people. instead, what we have seen unfold before our very eyes is exactly what is in store for the country over the next two years under republican control. and this should be deeply concerning to the american people who expect us to do our jobs, and fulfill even the most fundamental functions of this institution. like voting on the debt ceiling, to fund expenditures we've already made. what if this happens then? what if we default on our debts because of the republican majority's inability to govern? what impact will that have on our economy, or on the global economy? and in less than nine months in september we have a vote to fund the government, to pay for our military, social security, medicare, and other obligations. what happens on september 30th when government funding runs out and they're in charge? with hakeem jeffries as our speaker, we can continue to advance an agenda that puts people over politics. just as we did in the 117th congress with the majority as slim as theirs. madam clerk, as co-chair of the house democratic policy communications committee, and in accordance with the vote of the house democratic caucus, i'm honored to present for election to the office of speaker of the house of representatives for the 118th congress the name of a man of integrity and intellect, who is bold and brilliant, and most importantly, a man who leads with love, the honorable hakeem jeffries, representative from the state of new york. [ applause ] [ applause ] >> the reading clerk will call the roll. >> as you can see, they are going to call roll, which means they will roll right into this 13th round of voting. no other nominations officially other than kevin mccarthy and hakeem jeffries. kevin mccarthy got a lot closer in the last round and he could stand to potentially win this right now. let's go to steve kornacki. steve, break down the math for us. >> yes, so again, the key difference on this round is that the democrat from maryland is present and voting this time. he wasn't before. so that means 432 we expect votes here, meaning the magic number would be 217 for mccarthy to win on this ballot. search holdouts. remember mccarthy finished the last round at 213. if he could win over four of these, that would get him there. there is also some combinations that could potentially win over a few losing two, get some present votes, it gets very complicated but that maybe something that his team is working toward, and tell some of these members, maybe vote present, you don't have to vote for mccarthy, but yes, the key is if he loses four, if four defect and vote for somebody else, then he loses on this round again. biggs coming up. the first name from this holdout list. we're about ten away from biggs and that obviously is one of the toughest ones for them to get. that would be very telling if biggs were to actually vote for mccarthy here. >> let's go back in. we're going to listen for a second and wait for andy biggs, and boebert will come after that, and eli crane has some reporting, probably not someone who might move, it will come pretty quick after that and then a break and then talk about what is going on at the white house. but let's listen for a couple of minutes. >> bentz? mccarthy. bera? jeffries.