battle over everything from immigration policy to inflation. before it all happens, republicans will first have to elect a new speaker. kevin mccarthy is having big problems with his bid for the position. minutes ago he said he won t drop out, and even though the house could go to a second vote for the first time in a hundred years. wow. on the senate side, mitch mcconnell is poised to make history. before a very different reason. hello. this is outnumbered. happy new year. i m harris faulkner here with my cohost, and a leg up on you. also joining us today, kennedy, dr. janette nesheiwat, and bill hemmer. watch out! at least 14 members of kevin mccarthy s own political party say they have doubts of whether they are going to support him for speaker. five of those are firm nos at this point. with the g.o.p. holding the slimmest of majorities already in the house, kevin mccarthy can only afford to lose four votes. so he s already upside down right now. if he can t marshal supp
the gavel. this morning, he was not able to bring along a handful of far right lawmakers who oppose his nomination and are demanding more big power concessions from him as the price for going forward. we may have a battle on the floor. but the battle is for the conference and the country. that s fine with me. i don t see how a few people maybe it s 5, maybe it s 20 sit because they want a gravel that they can t earn. that s not what the constituents voted them for. this as house democrats united behind hakeem jeffries, with a new younger ship team holding business cards to play as the republicans dissolve into chaos. why is choosing a speaker important? the house cannot form committees or do work on any legislation until there is a presiding officer. it s been a century since it has taken more than one roll call vote to fill the position. at this hour, we don t know how many votes it will take to elect the next speaker or how long it will drag out and da minute dimi
spectrum this morning, and keeping you up to date with the very latest. and i ll be looking at the big challenges for a new chancellor. with rishi sunak out, will the prime minister try and spend his way out of the cost of living crisis? also this morning, police in the us have charged a man with seven counts of murder, after a gun attack at an independence day parade near chicago. good morning. it is said to be the biggest women s sporting event in european history. the euros begin at old trafford tonight, with england opening the tournament against austria. good morning. to date are going to be windy in the north. also some rain. further south, some cloud to start. sunny breaks will develop and it will feel pleasantly warm. details later in the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, july 6. welcome to breakfast. how did you sleep last night? rather better, i suspect, that the man who lives here. it s been a whirlwind 2a hours for the prime minister, who is fighting for po
Mr. Speaker mr. Speaker, you may agree with this, but we are back here 22 days into this republican manufactured chaos and House Republicans have brought us to the exact same position that we were back then. All of the infighting, all of the disarray, just to end up where we were three weeks ago. These past few weeks we have been left wondering if republicans were truly intent on solving our issues, reopening the house of representatives and rallying around someone to lead this chamber, or has this been about Something Else . Has this been about a focus of House Republicans to find the person who can pass their extreme litmus test to oppose marriage equality, enact a nationwide abortion ban without exceptions, gut Social Security and medicare, and support overturning a free and fair election. Its a fair question. Its a fair question. [ applause ] nowhere nowhere in that Candidate Questionnaire is it about growing the middle class, helping our communities, keeping the cost of Health Car
Voting for speaker. This time louisiana congressman mike johnson is the fourth nominee for republicans. Hello, and welcome. Im sandra smith in new york, a big welcome back to you, john. John good to be back, john roberts in washington, and this is america reports. Remains unclear whether mike johnson will have the support to win the job. Chad pergram, of course, has been watching this for what feels like weeks now, because it has been weeks. Chad, whats the latest . They are getting very close to taking yet another ballot here for Speaker Of The House. What they have been doing the past couple of minutes here is putting into nomination the candidate for this particular round, of course mike johnson, the new one here and pete aguilar, the chair of the Democratic Caucus is again nominating Hakeem Jeffries, the democratic leader. This feels different than some of the other chapters we have been through over the past couple of weeks. I talked to a couple members a few minutes ago, members