awards. from rockefeller center, here is your host, al sharpton. good evening. welcome to politics nations 12th annual revvie awards. that s where we celebrate the best and worst of politics in 2022, and give awards to those who deserve it. i m honored to have been bringing in some of the most significant and memorable moments this past year. and what a year and has been. with that, let s bring in our esteemed panel. republican strategist and msnbc coulee political analyst, susan el presidio. danielle moodie, host of the woke a f daily, and democracy podcast. and, host of right here on may msnbc. this year was dominated by the midterm elections. with that in mind, let s get right to our first revvie. the biggest political showdown. i ll share a few of my own nominees to get us started. then, the panel can chime in. the first is the senate showdown in pennsylvania between john fetterman and dr. oz. oz won the republican nomination based on fame, and he got dispensed
we re now about an hour away from the house reconvening and hopes to vote immediately or eventually will make him the next speaker of the house. spending the night trying to twist these arms belonging to the six hard right republicans that you see on the screen. it was so close, that absent members some of them came out of surgery or other medical provide tour procedures making they are way to the chamber. all of this has extra resonance. manu, so, we talked to you in the last hour, it seems to change over the hour, what s the latest. reporter: there s still growing confidence that they will get the vote. the longest speaker s race that we ve seen since the mid-18 hundreds. but, they believe they ve gotten there. the question will ultimately be on which members ultimately flip. you showed the six on your screen, some of those, they will need all members come and vote for a specific candidate, they will need four of those six. but, there are other strategies now being disc
of pakistan s devastating floods. de facto authorities in four russian occupied or partially occupied regions of ukraine have announced plans to hold referendums on joining russia this week as ukraine continues to recapture territory in the north east. proxy administrations in luhansk, donetsk, kherson and zaporizhzhia all say that voting will start this friday. this is what the russian appointed head of the region had to say. translation: i will personally a - eal to translation: i will personally appeal to the translation: i will personally appeal to the president. - translation: i will personally appeal to the president. with l translation: i will personally appeal to the president. with ai appeal to the president. with a request for legal approval of the referendum result as soon as possible and i am sure this procedure will not take much time. it has come from very different areas. french president president macron says the referendum will have no legal consequence,
of staff at the department of homeland security and tom peck, political sketch writer at the independent. welcome to the programme. it s starting to feel a bit like groundhog day on capitol hill. that s because the house is trying again for a third day to elect a speaker of the house. we ve now had eight votes. and in all eight, the republican kevin mccarthy has failed to receive enough votes. he hasn t even been able to swing the needle in his favour at all. this is the scene live in the house now where a ninth vote is under way. it already appears that he has lost to this vote as well. at least seven republicans have voted for other options. in the last vote, 20 republicans voted for an alternative candidates to mr mccarthy mainly for byron donalds, and there was also a shock vote for donald trump. remember, the speaker of the house doesn t need to be a member of congress. that vote for the former president came from matt gaetz, one of the ring leaders of those refusing t
actually do his job. force the laws that are already on the books. some incredible gas lighting. questioning the job of biden s press secretary some of the president s most embarrassing moments. i m not going to get into analysis. that s her job just like a defense attorney. bouncing ball to third. picked by bringman, the astros have a world series no hitter. brian: highly rated world series. they were averaging about 10 million people which is unbelievable because more and more baseball has been almost a regional support. phillies look so strong and unbeatable in game 3 did not get a heat hit in game four yeah i told you they were good pitchers, houston has tied it up two games apiece. the music means one thing. steve: i wake up with this music in my they had. brian: what could it mean? steve: fifive days to electis day. ainsley: every morning until election day we are visiting key states across our country it hear what you, the voters, think before we