welcome back to our special coverage. the house now in the 11th round of voting for the house speaker. wolf? very dramatic. with kevin mccarthy right now on the verge of officially suffering his 11th 11th defeat including five defeats today. the chaos on capitol hill, something that president biden and his white house are paying very close attention to and for good reason. let s go to our chief white house correspondent phil mattingly. what you are hearing from the white house about how this is all unfolding? wolf, there are practical reasons to be paying attention. there are obviously legislative and political reasons to be paying attention. but one thing that so striking is when he contrast the drama on capitol hill in that house chamber with what you re hearing from white house officials here. there s a sense of normalcy to some degree. that is very, very noticeable given how things are playing out on capitol hill. when you talk to advisors, they make very clear they don t wan
i think so many supple kevin kathy aside and say, buddy, it s time to reconsider. yeah, i just want to put a finer point on, that the original sin here to, me not to use overly catholic terms, the problem is is trump and the enabling of, him and what he meant for this country. and the fact that the majority of this house republican caucus, voted for the first ever violent coup and in the country. it voted when they came back in through the chamber with glasses broken, and the blood on the carpet, and a woman who had been shot and killed, and several others who had died, trampled, and cops can cost out on the street. they came back and a vote with the mob for the coup, that is our vin repentant, for is that we ve been apologize for, december been redeemed in any way. it is this in that hounsell this, as they on both sides. marjorie taylor greene, chip roy to his credit did not for that, way is one of the 20 dissenters, i feel duty bound to point that out. that s the thing, that is,
that s the other tension point. at some point where is the rational to be, you know, for kevin mccarthy when being a never never gets you a lot more? when does the random person by the way who never would walk in just wander in and go, you know, i was considering my options? exactly. the carpet in my office is rather shabby. all right. we are going to take a break now. our breaking coverage will continue here. the house is in progress for that 11th vote today as republicans are trying to hammer out a deal. so can they get there at this pivotal moment? we re live on capitol hill. plus, democratic come man roe canna is my guest. he put names out there. could this happen? would it be? i ve always been a take two and call in the morning guy. but my new doctor recommended salonpas. without another pill upsetting my stomach, i get powerful, effective and safe relief. salonpas. it s good medicine. (burke) deep-sea driving, i see.
another night for the history books, with only one thing for sure. the 11th vote was not the charm tonight for kevin mccarthy s bid to become speaker of the house. no nominee having received the majority of the votes cast, a speaker has not been elected. and with that, the 11th rejection done with about three hours shy of the 11th hour in the third day of his failure to become speaker. the call went up to end the proceedings until noon tomorrow. the question is on the motion that the house stands adjourned until noon tomorrow. those in favor say aye those aye! those opposed, no. no!