plus we will speak with the new secretary of transportation pete buttigieg live in this show in a bit. but, first, breaking tonight, just moments ago it has been more than 100 years since we have seen this moment on capitol hill. more than nine ballots for speaker of the house and just now after a tenth vote has just wrapped up. we still don t have a house speaker. the growing question now is who will blink first? we re in the third day day of the republican battle over this job. former minority leader kevin mccarthy still does not have enough support to get to the magic number and the top spot. about 20 opponents are refusing to buckle so far as negotiations continue behind the scenes vote after vote. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram has the latest tonight live from capitol hill. good evening, chad. bret, kevin mccarthy expected to move the meter today. it never happened, despite concessions. the house is no closer to electing a speaker than when it started
there on capitol hill one of the reasons they are doing this 11 vote is that they did not have the votes to adjourn at this point. so the vote now starts once again and if that s all true. you are likely to see almost exactly the same vote as we have been seeing for the past 10 ballots on the speaker. let s talk about this and other issues with transportation secretary pete buttigieg. do you feel like weighing in on any of this. you know, i can t really speak to what s going on in the house. can i only speak to the administration. i will tell you we had a great day yesterday. we were announcing the investments one of the biggest pieces of the president s infrastructure vision. the president was in kentucky and ohio with leader mcconnell, demonstrating the bipartisan work that went into that i was in kentucky cut celebrating an investment we are making in the i 95 bridge there help the supply chain. we re going to stay focused. bret: i know you don t want to talk about this. let me
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new levels of urgency around the supply chain. now, obviously these issues didn t emerge overnight which is why not only do we have knees near term steps we have he a been taking and coordinating with the private sector on but the need for a comprehensive infrastructure bill, the president s infrastructure vision which includes $17 billion for our ports bret: i m glad you mentioned that because as transportation secretary, you re concerned about ports and bridges and all kinds of avenues of transportation. why not move the infrastructure bill that has that in it, that the house hasn t voted on? because the other bill is still being negotiated and debated between democrats. well, both of those bills, i m the transportation secretary i m also a new father, and i believe that the president s overall vision of making sure that this is a country where it s affordable to raise a family and making sure that we re supporting americans with healthcare and making sure that we deliver on thes