hah keep jeffries. cleaver? jeffries. cline? kevin mccarthy. cloud? jim jordan. clyburn? jeffries. clyde? biggs. cohen? hakeem jeffries. cole? mccarthy. collins? as we listen to the roll being called by my count, five republicans have voted against mccarthy for speaker. two voted for jim jordan, one included boebert. and two for andy biggs. garrett haake, by my count that s five and he could only lose four. on this first role call, he said he will keep this going vote after vote until they get worn down or something breaks. is that your take? we never call votes until they are over, but in this case, i now count six, one more since we came on the air. clyde voting for andy biggs, one of the leaders of this rebel group. six republicans so far voting against kevin mccarthy. if the math holds through the remainder of the alphabet, as we have every reason to expect it will, with all democrats voing for hakeem jeffries, we do appear to be in a s
kevin mccarthy keeps making concessions and republican insurgents say not enough and humiliating mccarthy by denying him the gavel. and the 19-year-old who attacked three new york police officers with a machete new years eve wanted to become a taliban martyr. and this from one of donald trump s most trusted aides, we all look like domestic terrorists now. revealing a realtime reaction from senators and others as the mob laid siege of the united states capitol. and who s on first among house republicans, except it isn t funny because of the giant issues the country faces as nancy pelosi and democrats yield to the new and narrow gop majority. today kevin mccarthy s title remains house republican leader. by this time tomorrow his hope is to be the speaker of the house. to wield the gavel, to be second in line to the presidency, but despite years of planning and campaigning for this it very moment, mccarthy is still short votes and even some allies see mccarthy s math pro
Right, youre jen psaki. You had that job. Im reminded many times that youre rachel maddow. Ive been reading your book. Its such an important reminder of history. It scared me a little. It should, maybe. How can this happen . It is so topical at this moment. Thank you for writing it in between Everything Else. You are very, very kind to say so. Much appreciated. And thanks at home for joining us this hour. Ive been happy to have you here. One note before we get started. I know things might look a little different than usual. Thats just because im doing the show from someplace new. I am in los angeles tonight. Im at what is essentially the mid point of this book tour for my new book. Thats why im here. I am not a great traveller. I am not great at this. But i just, before i start the show, i briefly wanted to say thank you to all the book stores and the venues weve been at and all the moderators who have been on stage with me. Thank you in particular to everybody who has come out to one
Thanks for you at home for joining us this hour. And we happy to have you here. I will say just one note before we get started tonight. I know things might look a little different than usual, that is just because i am doing the show tonight from someplace new. I am in los angeles tonight. I am at what is essentially the midpoint of this book tour that im doing for my new book. Thats why im here. I am not a great traveler [laughter] i am not great at this. Just before i start the show tonight, i just want to say thank you to all the bookstores and the venues that weve been at so far, and all the moderators who have been onstage with me. Thanks in particular to everyone who has come up to one of these events and has been, there is been thousands of people so far, which is crazy. But its just been really nice to be out there at so many events and so many different cities to meet people who value this show, who love msnbc. Ive heard a lot of love from my msnbc colleagues. So, its been fant
Of history. It scared me a little. It should, maybe. How can this happen . It is so topical at this moment. Thank you for writing it in between Everything Else. You are very, very kind to er say so. Thank you, my friend. Much appreciated. And thanks at home for joining us this hour. Ive been happy to have you here. One note before we get started. I know things might look a little different than usual. Fe thats just because im doing the show from someplace new. Ro i am in los angeles tonight. Im at what is essentially the mid point of this book tour for my new book. Thats why im here. I am not a great traveller. I am not great at this. But i just, before i start the e show, i briefly wanted to say thank you to all the book stores and the venues weve been at and all the moderators who have been on stage with me. Thank you in particular to everybody who has come out to one of these events. It has been thousands of people so far which is crazy. But its just been really nice to be out there