he was a great president. i d never run. did she tell you she was no, but she called me, she said she would like to consider it. so letting you know? i said, you should do it. joining me now, nbc news senior national political reporter jonathan alan. jonathan, what do you think haley is choosing to jump in now and how is this expected announcement likely landing at mar- nki haley is announcing now to try to get a jump on the other competition that might be out there, whether you re talking about florida governor ron desantis or former secretary of state mike pompeo, former vice president mike pence, and a whole host of others. this gives her an opportunity to start raising money to start hiring staff, and to make sure that she doesn t wait too long to grab the attention while she can. as far as how it is landing in mar-a-lago, donald trump has a very solid 30% or so of the republican party that will do anything for him, perhaps a little larger than that. so the rest of the
night sleepy, a little bit bewildered by what had taken place not unlike the rest of us really. now with the 118th congress open, new members can finally start hiring staff and begin on the legislative work that they ve promised. guys. pete: i fell asleep and woke up and caught a lot. looked like mccarthy would lose. there were two present votes, gaetz and boebert and four holding out and they didn t have enough and they tied and the republicans called for a motion to adjourn. they re like we re done and don t think we can get mccarthy across the finish line. right here, gaetz gets up from his seat, walks over to mccarthy and cuts some sort of deal or makes the agreement after the 14th ballot and that vote is over and see an almost near