bitter conflict among house republicans. former minority leader kevin mccarthy is being opposed by landful of lawmakers who are refusing to support him. a number that increased by one on the last balloting for speaking. chad pergram has been following this all day minute by minute. he tells us where things stand tonight from a chaotic capitol hill. good evening, chad. bret, as you say. the most chaos for the beginning of a congress in 100 years. it marked a foreboding start for a g.o.p. majority which promised big things in the midterms. the house voted all afternoon. kevin mccarthy lacks the votes to become speaker. mccarthy and his allies are determined to keep voting and wear down his opponents. are you going to stay in the race, leader mccarthy. yes. i m not going anywhere. look, i have the record for the longest speech ever on the floor. i don t have a problem getting a record for the most votes for speaker, too. there were only five g.o.p. members officially opp
to review documents taken from his home in florida by federal agents last month. a judge came down in favor of the trump team s request today rejecting arguments from prosecutors that the special master was both unnecessary and unwise. correspondent david spunt has tonight s top story. good evening, david. this judge s order out hours ago is a temporary legal victory for the former president and gives him more political opportunities to attack an ongoing grand jury investigation into his handling of sensitive documents. days after asking what is the harm with naming an outside neutral party to review the thousands of documents seized by the fbi, judge aileen cannon cited unprecedented circumstances in ordering the special master, quote: to review the seized property for personal items and documents and potentially privileged material subject to claims of attorney-client and/or executive privilege. the judge s order still allows the intelligence community to continue its r
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nationwide and most notably in this guide book they were telling future members that they were not required to vote for their party s speaker nominee. that was a big give away. now today we are seeing some of that play out. some of these representative elects like anna paulina florida voting against mccarthy three times today. bret? bret: how does this agenda can t start anything until start them. this split really seems like it could be a problem. there is definitely a deep divide now in the g.o.p. conference. and it effects everything. starting off with those committee assignments. those powerful committees that we are expecting to launch investigations into not only hunter biden but afghanistan kabul and also the origins of covid, bret. also, it delays priority legislation. so last week incoming house majority leader steve scalise