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
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
pottinger and former deputy press secretary sarah matthews t. two were inside the white house on january 6th 20, 21, were among the most high-profile officials to resign in protest in the aftermath of that attack. the new york times is reporting this about their role. mr. pottinger and ms. matthews are expected to help narrate what was unfolding in the west wing during those 187 minutes in a hearing that the committee sees as a capstone to a series of public sessions in which it laid out in detail trump s efforts to remain in office despite his defeat and how they led to the storming of the capitol. ms. matthews is expected to, among other things, speak to the efforts to get mr. trump to issue a statement. people familiar with the planning said by having them testify, the committee is sticking to what is now a tried and true practice of having trump insiders tell us the story of january 6th and explain the ex-president s push to overturn the 2020 election. with help from al
Democrats are making it clear they will not provide the life raft for him. Let republicans deal with their own problems. I mean, let them wallow in their pig sty of incompetence. But the Big Question Hanging Over The Hill right now, if not mccarthy, then who . I want to bring in ali vitali on capitol hill. Also with us, Washington Post national reporter, carol lehning. Former aid to speakers paul ryan and john boehner and msnbc political analyst, brendan buck. Were also joined by former republican congressman from florida, carlos. Ali, ive been away from you for all of a minute so i know either someones walked by you or youre getting texts. Tell us where everything stands right now. Certainly both. As we went off the air with you, congressman chip roy walked by. I asked if he thought any of these other hard liners could have their minds changed. He said well see. The reporting we did just a few minutes ago says a lot of these folk who said their going to vote against mccarthy probably
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