i m thinking of the house republicans and the grateful dead if you plant ice you will harvest wind, which is one of those lines that could mean anything, but sometimes what it means to me at least is, yeah, you put stuff in the ground that is not a seed, that is not meant to grow, it s not going to work with the surrounding environment. what are you going to get? and i was watching your coverage and thinking what you said that this is what they want. how do you negotiate with someone for a solution when the actual think they would quote, negotiate for is no solution? is what they re getting. i m glad you went back toest because republicans frankly fewer and fewer used to call me during the trump years. what do you want from us? we said grab them in the bleep wasn t ideal but you re still for him, you re still helping him beat his opponent who s a better choice, who isn t a threat to national security which all republicans are knew believed he was. so the bet was always to
hi there, everyone, here we go again. it s 4:00 in new york. at this hour, the house of representatives is completely and totally paralyzed. it is unable and incapable of swearing in members, forming committees, setting rules for itself, passing legislation even in the case of an emergency, couldn t do any of those things. it s a state of chaos and paralysis that is unprecedent ed in modern american history and it is all because the new republican house majority cannot agree on who should lead it in the 118th congress. house gop leader kevin mccarthy has moved into the speaker s office already, appears to be living by the motto, if at first you don t succeed try, try, try, try, try, try again. he has now lost five votes for the speakership, a sixth vote is underway. it s already clear from the math that mccarthy doesn t have the votes to become speaker of the house of representatives this time either. democrats for their part quietly made history yesterday by choosing the fir
headlines. the new york supreme court has reinstated all employees who were fired after refusing to be vaccinated for covid-19. justices say the workers rights were violated. they are ordering back pay for those employees. a pennsylvania house committee heavily criticizing philadelphia district attorney larry krasner for policies it believes have contributed to rising crime. the panel is not yet saying whether he should be impeached. workers in arizona are continuing to install shipping containers along another section of the southern border to fill gaps not covered by a wall. last week we told you the governor, doug ducey is refusing to comply with the biden administration order to stop such actions. and russian president vladimir putin is urging his government to cut through red tape and produce enough weapons and supplies for the war effort in ukraine. putin s regime is facing military production delays and mounting losses there and with that we are back to our top story
footsie with his far right colleagues. now because mccarthy is quarreling with that same group today does not mean he is resembling a moderate. it does not change the fact that right now in humiliating public fashion, kevin mccarthy is clawing and scraping his way he hopes to the speakership, trying desperately to halt what looks like at this hour, at lee, a runaway train. it s where we begin today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. nbc news senior correspondent, garrett hague, covering the action. and former stpho claire mccaskill is here, and claire and david are both msnbc contributors. ferret, what is happening now? right now we are seeing the third vote get ready to take place here, and this one will have kevin mccarthy introduced by steve scalise and placed in nomination by steve scalise, and for the second time in a row, you have people that could be foes to mccarthy, placing his name in nomination. the last round we saw with jim jordan, and far mor
plan to hire police to deal with crime against republican calls to de-fund the fbi. on labor day, the president will march in pittsburgh s labor day parade. afterwards, a stop in wisconsin. russia received a delivery of drones from issue ran to help fight ukraine. putin s forces launching a new round of shelling today in kharkiv. ukraine continues its counteroffensive in kherson. u.n. inspected will get access to the nuclear power plant in zaporizhzhia, the source of fears of a catastrophic potential radiation accident because of artillery fire in the area. serena triumphs in straight sets during a spectacular first round match at the u.s. open, sparking hopes of a magical run before her planned exit from the professional tour after this final grand slam. we begin this hour with president biden. joining me now are peter alexander, mark murray, former congressman david jolly, donna edwards. peter, take us through what we can expect from president biden in his remarks tod