will kevin mccarthy be the speaker of the january 6th, 2024 that s a pretty i don t know if i would bet for him to last a year? i take that that in the opposite. i think i probably would, yes. given the fact that, in an hour, we are going to have the 14th vote, i mean i m not a betting lady but have a good weekend, my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we are now just one hour away from the house of representatives coming back to the session at 10 pm eastern, this evening, to potentially end this now historically an embarrassing of the house. after four days, and 13 failed rounds of voting, republican leader kevin mccarthy has finally managed to move the needle, bringing all but six of his detractors to his side. mccarthy needs just two more opponents if that happens, he could win this thing he s already made some very good progress. we will come back tonight. i believe to finish this once and for all. but if he can t no
they ve got everything that they want it essentially. they are out of moderates who may not want to move forward with this. and as ryan just said, that may play out in the passage of the rules package, so it govern mccarthy becomes speaker, we still got about three or four hours in front of us of work that congress has to do tonight that might not get done. and indeed, they won t have been i mean, there is the swearing in that has to happen. the opportunities for this to get delayed, for congress to still not be seated and functioning in the way that we have sort of gotten used to it functioning our myriad. and i think, as ryan rightfully points out, it s precedent. what we ve seen over the course of the last four days is very much a taste of what may be to come for the months, if not years ahead. all right, that part doesn t in tonight, alex. thanks very much. have yourself a great weekend. we ll see you next week! thanks, ali. good luck tonight. u next wand it is st
about one thing or another. it is gonna be chaotic, to say the least. to say the least ryan, i will just say, we know it, you ve been there for a long time. you are going to be there for a long time. the next year is going to be a long time. we are deeply appreciative of your family, especially your son, jack, for looming you out to us this evening, and many other evenings to come, my friend. good luck, tonight! as you know, jack is a big fan of yours, alex. so, we definitely appreciate this. we want to keep the home fire burning. ryan, good luck! and that does it for us tonight. our coverage of this historic moment in congress continues now with the last word with ali velshi sitting in for lawrence. good evening, ali. what a time to be alive! yeah, i mean, you seem to speculate this my tenth. i m thinking to myself, it s easy for you to say. my work week is just about to start. this is going to make about whether the moderates are expressing dissatisfaction, it s a big dea