republican, but there are concessions, institutionalists and better than the alternatives. i think as this drags on as we go to the next ballot, the next ballot, that becomes more likely, although still pretty unlikely. all right. well, you re going to stay with us here this hour. so, i say good-bye only for a few minutes. but thank you and we ll see you again in just a few moments because we do have more on the breaking news here. moment as way from the house reconvening. and as it appears right now app the 20 republicans who oppose mccarthy are still united. so who exactly are they? when you talk about each person having individual interests, harry enten s going to show you. we re going to break this down. plus, buffalo bills safety damar hamlin on a ventilator in critical condition in. a moment i m going to speak to former nfl player chris pronger who had an incredibly similar injury collapsing on the ice while playing.
it is specific details that matter. and this one in particular is something that could move at least one previously considered immovable vote. so, that development, as i said, we are now just about a half an hour away from the house reconvening after six failed votes to elect kevin mccarthy speaker. republican disarray and division is a stark contrast to what was happening this afternoon in kentucky. this was sort of an incredible thing. this split screen here. president biden and the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell were together touting the bipartisan infrastructure bill as proof of, well, the fact that democrats and republicans can work together when they want to. and biden did not hold back in how he views the chaos on capitol hill. it s embarrassing for the country. to be a congress that can t function, it s just embarrassing for the greatest nation in the
switch to directv and get a $200 reward card. call 1.800.directv right about now senators are heading back to the capital for a second session on this second day of the government shutdown. senate returns to the top of the hour. the house reconvening the at 2:00 eastern.
the fiscal cliff is sucking all the oxygen out of the room. it is possible that the sandy relief bill could be tacked on to any other bill, it is not certain. also, some conservative lawmakers want a smaller bill to go to the recovery, not the one passed by the senate. with the tight economic situation, they may want to scale it back or include spending cuts elsewhere to offset the cost of the aid package. when it was going through the senate, 12 senate republicans voted for passage of the sandy bill. the rest voted against t. now te possible holdup in the house has led governors of new jersey, new york and connecticut, to lean on the lawmakers, writing, so the question to each and every member of the house is, if this storm had struck your constituency and devastated it the way sandy has ours, would you say that the house has done enough? with the house reconvening to