haven t seen. even when kim jong-un was launching missiles and tensions were reaching near crisis level back in 2017, he launched 23 missiles throughout the entire year. he has already surpassed that considerably in in terms of the number of tests this year and fired seven missiles just in the last two weeks. this is more than he has done since he came to power in 2011. and it raises a question, because north korea is not using these for propaganda. you are not seeing images on north korean state media like we normally would see, 24 years after the launch. that that says to me and analysts i m speaking with, these launches are for scientific knowledge and to prove a point, some believe, that he wants those to know his arsenal is there, capable. and even at a time of global conflict, he has weapons that he feels can, you know, stand on their own. obviously, some people think this is all a cry for attention. i think politics might have less to do with it in that there is a list
. first, we are now on night thre of the battle for the house speaker and we begin tonight with some good news i can confirm that major negotiations have been going on all day behind the scenes well these votes were taking place today. with kevin mccarthy and many of the republican holdouts. i can report that at this hour of document is being put together that will go a long wa to settling differences. will it get kevin to 218? we won t know until probably sometime tomorrow or monday. if anything it would probably b a couple of votes short, but progress is real tonight at thi hour. no doubt you the american peopl are being patient, but the patients is wearing thin. the vote totals remain unchange for three straight days for a 200 publicans supporting mc carthy 20 supporting somebody else in the past 24 hours might kevin mccarthy has made several additional assurances to the holdouts, thi is before these meetings today including eight new one-vote threshold for motion to vacat
let s hope we can improve. tonight. all right. but first, we ar are now on nighthouse three of the battle for the house speaker and we begin tonight with some good news. i can confirn m major negociate vote been going on all day behind the scenes while these votes were taking place todayhe with kevin mccarthy and many of the republican holdouts. thi and i can report that at this hour, a documented being put together that will go a long way to settling differences. 28 will it get kevin to two hundred and eighteen? we won twe won know until probay sometime tomorrow, maybe monday. if anything, it would justle ofo probably be a couple of votes short, but certainly progress. itht a is realt th tonight at ts hour, no doubt the american people are being patient, butop that patience is wearingle thin the vote totals remain as of now unchanged. three straightotals re days. we have two hundred republicans supporting mccarthy 20 supportin g somebody else. and the past twenty four hours,
we re monitoring any developments on that and we ll bring them to you. i m harris falkier and you with in the faulkner focus. mccarthy suggesting votes would continue through the weekend if the stalemate continues. the vote failed again on the 11th round last night. we re so far beyonn anything li this since 1859. and we re in a whole new territory. mccarthy and allies hoping their ne give him a viable path to speakership. they include pretty much all of the demands of the anti-mccarthy members. no word on any defectors budging yet. mccarthy backers aren t happy, to say the least. i m not a member of congress now. i can t get classified briefings. i can t do my job. i can t do what we are supposed to do to fix the border. i can t tell you what is go being on with the cartels. we can t do any of that because 20 people don t like kevin mccarthy. this is an extreme disservice to the american people. harris: former house speaker newt gingrich in focus. let s begin with se
be denied the speaker s gavel. plus a monster storm is pommeling california and it has turned deadly. more rain and flooding and ferocious winds are battering the state. and the man accused of killing four college students is set to appear in an idaho courtroom today. that is what we re watching at this hour. thanks for being here. i m kate bolduan. there are two big stories that we re following at though hour. first the house will convene once again in an hour to try to elect the next speaker of the house. kevin mccarthy has lost rounds of voting and making more concessions to lawmakers to try and turn the tide for him. in the meantime. the house is paralyzed. members could not sworn in, committees cannot be formed or do any business. and now the incoming chairs of the key national security committees foreign affairs armed services and intel, they say this delay is putting the safety and security of the united states at risk. as a republican stalemate grips congress, p