not simply a democracy at. we re but something that could actually destroy american democracy, another hour of velshi begins right now. hi begins right now. good morning, it is sunday january the 8th. i am ellen kevin mccarthy s new election as the speaker of the house, it was a historic one if not exactly for the best reasons. the first time for a speakership was divot sided on a multiple, ballots are where occurrence in the scope of all american history. mccarthy s bid this year was only the 15th time that has happened, it was 15 ballots but it was only the 15th time that it is happened. there were only four other instances when the volker shut went on for longer, all of which were in the 1800s, which was an era in which political parties were influx and factions were ideologically split over the issue of slavery. take the 16th congress as an example. henry clay was initially elected as the speaker at the start of the term and 1819 but, he opted to step down in the midd
insurrectionists across the capitol while being called the most violent, racist names. i am jonathan capehart. this is the sunday show. this sunday, after four days and 15 rounds of voting, kevin mccarthy is finally speaker of the house. but, what comes next for the new speaker depends on what he had to give away to win the gavel. it was chaos and drama friday when mccarthy thought he had the vote in the bag on the 14th round, only to be thwarted by congressman matt gaetz, a never kevin who voted present instead of four mccarthy, which is strange, because gaetz had already crowed that mccarthy had already agreed to every concession that gaetz had asked for. i am excited and encouraged, i am grateful that speaker doesn t give mccarthy receptive to each and every change we have demanded. and shawn, without the stage right now where i am running out of stuff to ask for. stuff like allowing one member to call for the removal of the speaker and giving seats on the rules comm
show on the go whenever you like, subscribe and listen for free wherever you get your podcast. it is breakfast time for me, but i can watch breakfast and the sunday show with jonathan tape mark and that begins right now. righ now. now the really hard part. after a freezing 15 ballot battle to secure the gavel, house speaker kevin mccarthy must prove he can actually lead. inside this morning from michael steele and howard dean. eyewitness. president biden travels to the u.s. mexico border for the first time today to el paso, texas. a city hit hard by the migrant crisis we ll have a closer look at what is at stake. and capitol police officer harry dunn, the american hero joins me live after receiving the presidential citizens medal for protecting the capitol on january 6th. he was fighting back
conference, and after january 6th. he students of the president was responsible, he then turned into jell-o, and could not stay with that. i have to tell you, as we were sitting, there i had so many texts from friends back home, because so much was on the line. not just the circus of the republican party. obviously, the shining example of the democrats leading for policies for the people, confident in our leadership. so much was on the line, and somebody texted me, a friend from back home texted me the gospel according to mark. for what shall it profit a man that he game the whole world and even lose his soul? that is what we were just witnessed to. he lost his soul as he went for the whole world, and for speaker mccarthy, it is simply a gavel. congresswoman madalline, thank you as always, for coming to the sunday show. thank you for having me. now joining me to continue this conversation is glenn