in the faulkner focus. it had analysts the looks of an ordinary tackle. for all the fans that s what we saw. damar hamlin bringing down cincinnati s higgins in the first quarter of last night s highly anticipated last-season game. nobody was thinking of sports when hamlin collapsed on the turf. many players visibly shaken, tears. nine minutes of cpr. hamlin s mother, who was at the game, rushed onto the field. and then she was helped into the ambulance to be with him to go with him to the hospital as they fought for his life. today s back cover of the new york post tears on the field. doctors say the next 12 to 24 hours will be the most critical and crucial for damar hamlin. his recovery could depend on how long he spent in cardiac arrest. the direct blow to the chest. that stuns the heart at exactly the wrong time. we don t know where it s leading but clearly they got him to the hospital in critical condition with his vitals back to normal. good signs. i don t know whe
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
Unfairly. What is wrong with having an overzealous watch Dog Committee . And isnt getting rid of this office the kind of swampy stuff that republicans across America Elected donald trump to get rid of . Theyre bringing anonymous charges and trying them in a public arena. A person targeted by that has to defend themselves after theyve been attacked publicly when they dont have a right to face their accuser. Thats a right that goes right back to jesus himself standing before the high priest. Im going to read it off the screen here, with all that congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the independent ethics watchdog as unfair as it is . So the President Elect appears to be making the argument that you guys have a lot of other things on their plate. Why make this the first move in secret the way it went down last night . I would have been happy to bring that to the floor and let
democrats vote on that independently. I think you would have seen strong support
hello, colonial penn? harris: we begin with this fox news alert. the new congress gaveling in any moment now. it is straight up noon, and that means, because they don t have a speaker of the house yet, everyone goes back to congressman elect or congresswoman-elect. we will watch very closely this hour if the republicans will retain power or let nancy pelosi pick a fill in clerk until they figure out who the speaker will be. the opening session will take off to kill years of an intense
opposition to denounce the mandate. if you re trying to construct a replacement, you can t really create a structure without it. thank you very much for joining us here on this first day congress getting back into session. appreciate it. on day o here of the republicans new majority, do you think they ve already overplayed their hand? we re going to talk about what could be signs of republican fracture. up next, the 115th congress gaveling into session right about an hour from now on capitol hill. we ll bring that to you live right here on msnbc. y car insur. i should take a closer look at geico. geico has a long history of great savings and great service. over seventy-five years. wait. seventy-five years? that is great. speaking of great, check out these hot riffs. you like smash mouth? uh, yeah i have an early day tomorrow so. wait. almost there. goodnight, bruce. gotta tune the a. (humming) take a closer look at geico. great savings.