that began way back on tuesday. along the way, we were treated to an important at times chaotic civics lesson including near fisticuffs live and on camera. friday the fourth day of voefting we saw 15 holdouts switch their allegiance during the 12th and 13th rounds of balloting, and then after an adjournment mccarthy thought he had the needed votes and at 11:00 came to a 14th vote yet one vote shy of a majority. for the first time all week he couldn t hide being visibly angry. lauren boebert and matt gaetz voted present while four other anti-mccarthy holdouts remained steadfast. it was dramatic and gripping to watch. a fistfight nearly broke out as mike rogers the chair of the house armed services committee, was physically restrained from matt gaetz who supporters rushed to his side. on enies were heard. mccarthy thought he d whipped the votes necessary. when it seemed they were going to be adjourning for the weekend there was more arm twisting. suddenly mccarthy was smiling a
here s marjorie taylor greene. check out her cell phone. can you zoom in on that, katherine? d.t. it s not e.t. it s d.t. you know who that is. d.t. phone home. it s the former president calling to try and strong arm someone to vote for kevin mccarthy in all of this. how can we not see this? all this great sausage being made? go to smerconish.com and answer this week s poll question, because this is what i m asking. i m asking in this week s poll question should the speaker allow c-span cameras full access to the house chambers for all proceedings? why should this week have to end? up ahead, despite obtaining a ph.d. in criminology, the idaho murder couldn t help but leetch clues behind, cell phone signals and his dna on a knife sheath in the victim s bed. i m going to talk to dna crime