no path to becoming speaker of the house because a bunch of conservative members of the republican conference have dug in against him. what has changed this morning? why should today be any different after the three failed votes yesterday? a couple things mccarthy is doing like send his allies fanning out across the conference, trying to get some members voting present instead of no. we ll talk about that in a second. keep in mind, the numbers here. mccarthy can only atord four defectors to become speaker. if everybody votes for a earn. he started with 19 tuesday. he finished off with 20. steve kornacki is going to join us to break down the math and tell us what to expect. another thing that s new today, former president trump getting off the fence to push fellow republicans to, i m quoting here, vote for kevin. close the deal. how much will that matter? we ll get into it because right now it is parls in the building behind me. nobody in charge. no end in sight. no work getti
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
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
great to have you here. was it in your opinion the economy ultimately or did boris johnson just lie himself out of office? your thoughts. partly policy. he was elected as a conservative but governed as a liberal. the state increased taxes went up. the net zero agenda was putting out the price of energy. we weren t self-sufficient. and there s policy considerations here. ultimately in the united kingdom tell untruths. you cannot tell lies and get away with it. it started over the parties governing at number 10 downing street when the rest of us were living under draconian lock down. we continue visit our moms, for example. over the sex scandal involving a senior conservative politician and in the end, people just said he s lied to us. that is not good enough. we ve had enough. we saw support just disappear over the course of the last two or three days. trace: to those that say it wasn t as much the scandals or the lying or the appointment of his chief deputy whip, chris pi
Continue to prepare for road Ground Offensive. And former Trump Attorney sydney powell pleads guilty in georgia. What happened in court today and what it means for the case against the former president. And the stalemate in Congress Goes on. It has been over two weeks since the house had a speaker, and republicans are still scrambling to find leadership. What happens now, as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. Good evening, once again, im Stephanie Ruhle live from Msnbc Headquarters at 30 rock center. We begin this evening with President Bidens very clear message to the nation about wars and both israel and ukraine. And why he believes support for both countries right now is essential. This evening, President Biden spoke from the oval office less than 24 hours after returning from tel aviv. He made the case for American Military and moral support, describing both conflicts as battles for survival as well as freedom. Hamas and putin represent different threats, but they