anniversary of the january 6 insurrection. and then a few hours later president biden will honor 12 people at the white house including police officers injured in the capitol attack. we ll take to you both events live. also just a few moments from now, house republicans set to hold a conference call as the standoff over who will be house speaker continues. this, of course, after kevin mccarthy failed to get the votes needed after three days and 11 rounds of votes. mccarthy allies continuing to negotiate with the hardliner holdouts. the situation fluid but mccarthy remains confident this morning. we re going to get it done. let s go straight to correspondent manu raju live there on capitol hill. so, this meeting, just about 15 minutes from now as i understand it, it is about to begin. where do the negotiations stand going into that meeting, manu? reporter: well this is a critical moment for kevin mccarthy because he needs to demonstrate that the deal-cutting going on b
optimistic. he s surrounded by family, so that s a wonderful thing. she sent out the video in a tweet which reads in part with a grateful heart i thank all who sent kind words and prayers for paul. it s a long road but he will be well. our security, our democracy, our planet, our values are on the ballot. we re in something of a unique moment in american history it seems. there s much that is familiar and normal in a midterm election, and at the same time there is so much that is not normal. normal is candidates criss-crossing their states in districts making closing arguments with control of congress for the next two years at stake. normal is big name surrogates campaigning with the interest they bring and the questions about the difference they might make. normal is having economic issues front and center with republicans focusing on high inflation hoping that will work against democrats. democrats pushing back today on new strong job numbers hoping that will give them a
good evening,. alex through the conversation, then you are having with david floofy. i like when i get a laugh. the idea that you just said, we re going to have a speaker and odds are the person will probably be a republican. that s where we are. i want to cover our bases, the fact that that s even a possibility, that it might not be somebody from kevin mccarthy s party tells you where we re at. thank you, my friend. thank you to all of you at home for joining us this hour. they say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. and that appears to be exactly where we are right now. in the middle of insanity. just about an hour ago the house of representatives adjourned for the third day without selecting a speaker of the house today the lower chamber has already held five votes for speaker. and congressman kevin mccarthy fable to since the nominations on all five of those votes, bringing the total number of time
oversee all aspects of justice department. paula reid is following all of this. paula, let s just start with these five additional pages of classified material that were found at the president s home in delaware. what do you know about that. reporter: these were found uncovered at the president s wilmington home. let s take a step back. right now there are approximately 20 known documents of classified markings have been uncovered at two different locations connected to the president. the first is his former office here in d.c. we know ten documents have been uncovered there. and they include top secret information. the rest of the material has been uncovered at his wilmington home and there was one document that they thought consisted of a single page and they realized last week it was six pages consisting of multiple documents. and now, john, i m sure a lot of people asking. well is this it? and i could tell you, we have no idea. because we still know from our sources t
and the humiliation that s come with that here in front of the whole nation. tonight we begin with how we got here, because everyone s been absorbing the days of chaos, headlines about the failure of the republican majority to get its work start in the its new congress. a story that really goes beyond politics and it s reaching people who don t always follow the swearing in or the speaker s race. if you approach this with fresh eyes as many americans have, saying what s going on over there? you may wonder why the big chaotic fight continues with rolling losses for republicans. why is it happening at the finish line of a win for the gop in the midterms? and why is the big fight in washington within one party, not between one of the typically warring factions between parties? there are many factors but three reasons loom large. first a crop of republicans who are more focused on hijacking than running. second, this trump internet industrial complex that puts the content, the tr