people. tip o neill got along with ronald reagan. ted kennedy got along with orrin hatch. joe biden got along with john mccain. nancy pelosi got along with john boehner. ruth bader ginsburg got along with antonin scalia. all we are asking is house republicans to get along with each other. first time in 100 years there is no congress because of ambition or power grabs, dysfunction, and this is not a partisan criticism. understand this. it s embarrassing, it s dysfunctional. it s dangerous, it s stupid. those are words that republicans have used. yep, we still do not have a u.s. house of representatives as the republican deadlock enters a fourth day. we have new reporting about another potential deal in the works that could give kevin mccarthy the gavel, but no speaker, still. i mean, how many votes have there been. no speaker still. i think we re up to about ten now. willie, what great points. ruth bader ginsburg and justice scalia got along. tip o neill and ronald reagan
local election workers, in 2020, he was harassed and threatened, as he did his job faithfully. he did not bend. he did not bow. he did not yield to the plim threats and pressure. political threats and pressure. he was so trusted by both political parties, that the new democratic governor of pennsylvania, josh shapiro, appointed him as pennsylvania s secretary of state, a republican who ensured the integrity of the elections. that s a high compliment. [ applause ] his character and his commitment speak volumes of we the people. that s what we are also seeing in benson. twice elected jocelyn benson, twice elected in michigan to protect the sacred right to vote and have that vote counted fairly. that s what she did in 202. when she oversaw a record number of michiganders turn out to vote in that election. finding an armed mob, an armed mob outside of her home on christmas eve, which she and her son were decorating their christmas tree inside. but she refused to back down
speaker kevin mccarthy said the talks are, in his view, making headway. i think we re making progress. we re all working together to find a solution. the new concessions first reported by cnn include what was once a red line for mccarthy, agreeing to propose a rules change that would allow just one member of the house to call for a vote to oust the sitting speaker. we re learning this morning that the new concessions are not going over well with some gop moderates who mccarthy cannot afford to lose. he needs all those votes. we re following all of the latest developments on capitol hill this morning. let s begin with cnn chief congressional correspondent manu raju. so a lot of talks underway last night. you had a late one. more talk this is morning. where does everything stand? reporter: highly uncertain at the moment. it may happen or collapse. we simply don t know. he still doesn t have the votes to become the speaker of house. last night re reported about the key c
well, the new house judiciary chairman, jim jordan, announcing he s launching an investigation into the doj s actions related to president biden s handling of classified documents. he s demanding the department turn over a variety of information including all communications related to yesterday s appointment of special counsel. it s hard to believe this is what s happening one week ago, but at just about exactly this time there was a complete chaos on the house floor. a lawmaker lunging at another lawmaker, and we still didn t know way back then because last year was a whole year last week a whole year didn t know if kevin mccarthy would actually become speaker. what a difference a week makes, and of course when you think about in washington, d.c. every minute seems to be a new, well, crisis to avert or try to maintain. i want to bring in michael shnell, congressional reporter for the hill. and lia donovan. let me bring you into this conversation because, look, we re talkin
and it s about a young man at 24 years old that was living his dream, that a few hours ago was getting ready to play the biggest game of his nfl career and there was probably nowhere else in the world he wanted to be, and now he fights for his life. we forget that part of living this dream is putting your life at risk. and tonight, you know, we got to see a side of football that is extremely ugly. shock and sadness during monday night football. buffalo bills safety demar hamlin is in critical condition this morning in a cincinnati hospital. he suffered cardiac arrest following a hit during last night s game. we re following the latest on his condition this morning and also the outpouring of support. also this morning, kevin mccarthy has already moved into the speaker s office on capitol hill despite an influential group of republicans who have vowed to vote against him today. we ll tell you why we may see something on the hill today that hasn t happened in 100 years. we re