i rise today to nominate the gentleman from california, kevin mccarthy, as speaker of the house. i rise to nominee kevin mccarthy for speaker of the house. i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy. i rise to nominate the gentleman from california. madam speaker, i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy. i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. madam clerk, to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. gaetz. donald john trump. trump. after ten ballots and now into an 11th, there is still no speaker. they even nominated donald trump today. but as usual, he lost. and that is where we begin tonight, on jet another day and night without a speaker of the house. it wasn t lucky enough seven for kevin mccarthy o
thank you for getting up way too early on this friday morning. morning joe starts right now. there s too much political violence. there s too much intimidation. there are more than 300 election deniers on the republican tickets this year for state, federal, and local government. i mean, this is really serious stuff. if a republican nominee for governor in the state of wisconsin wins, here s what he said. he said, if i win, my party will never lose another election in wisconsin. he s either a prophet or he plans on doing something about election law. that was presidential joe biden in california last night. the latest stop in his jam-packed campaign schedule in the final days before the midterms. meanwhile, big name democrats are out on the trail in traditionally blue areas in concerns that gop messaging on crime could flip what were thought to be safe seats. plus, one of donald trump s most loyal supporters calls him out over a huge stash of campaign cash. those comme
debunked conspiracy theories about voting machines. he spreads so much disinformation about the 2020 election, he got this cease and desist letter from dominion, the voting machine company, saying you are knowingly sowing discord in our democracy, all the while soliciting exorbitant amounts of money. he s appeared on steve bannon s show and with the my pillow guy, mike lindell. we did see evidence it was connected to the internet. there is no evidence any voting machines were connected to the internet in the 2020 election, but he s still asking republican poll workers to check. there s a little icon on the bottom right-hand corner. what i m trying to do is see whether or not these machines are indeed connected to the internet. he refused to speak to cnn, but the other leader of the training, sheryl konstantino, did. you re training these people to be undercover spies. that s the words you were using. i m wondering why. well, first of all, if you remember in the el
[ sounds of gunfire ] just terrifying, terrifying. we learned another person died today from wounds suffered in the parade attack. that brings the total number of dead to seven now. and dozens more are injured. we also learned today among the dead are 35 and 37-year-old irina and kevin mccarthy. they are or were aidan s parents. he is a 2-year-old boy. he was found alive after the shooting and was reunited with his grandparents. but now we know that he s an orphan. a gofundme page has been created to raise money to support little aidan. here we are again in america, after uvalde, after buffalo. my god. it goes on and on and on. at least 319 people in the u.s. so far this year, according to the gun violence archive. and it is only july. only hours after that crowd went running for their lives in highland park, so did a crowd of july fourth revelers in philadelphia when shots rang out, injuring two police officers. thankfully they re okay. the democratic mayor of that city is
lows and he shared a compilation of the barrage of threats of violence his office is receiving. we ll describe it as deeply disturbing, but worse than that. here s just a snippet of what they posted. . going to come protest in front of your house this weekend. we know who your family is and we re going to get you. the wrath of the lord god almighty come upon you, your health, your family, your home, your livelihood, and i pray if it be god s will that you suffer. you and liz cheney can both go to hell. we re going to get you. coming to your house, son. going to get you and liz cheney. going to get you two little [ bleep ]. [ laughter ] we re going to get you. so against the backdrop of a campaign by extremists to literally intimidate kinzinger, cheney and all of their fellow january 6th committee members into submission, house republicans are now plotting to do the ex-president s dirty work out in the open with what can only be described as a disinformation campaig