kevin mccarthy keeps making concessions and republican insurgents say not enough and humiliating mccarthy by denying him the gavel. and the 19-year-old who attacked three new york police officers with a machete new years eve wanted to become a taliban martyr. and this from one of donald trump s most trusted aides, we all look like domestic terrorists now. revealing a realtime reaction from senators and others as the mob laid siege of the united states capitol. and who s on first among house republicans, except it isn t funny because of the giant issues the country faces as nancy pelosi and democrats yield to the new and narrow gop majority. today kevin mccarthy s title remains house republican leader. by this time tomorrow his hope is to be the speaker of the house. to wield the gavel, to be second in line to the presidency, but despite years of planning and campaigning for this it very moment, mccarthy is still short votes and even some allies see mccarthy s math pro
headed to the house floor. and it would establish a new select subcommittee to investigate the weaponization of the federal government with a budget the same size as that of the january six committee. in exchange for all that, kevin mccarthy doesn t care. it s unclear what s been secured. if anything s been secured. multiple members tell nbc news, the deal likely does not assure kevin mccarthy the speakership. instead, it appears the pro kevin faction has set itself on a much smaller goal. peel off just a few the anti kevin holdouts, tissue signs of momentum. toward eventually someday having enough votes to make kevin mccarthy speaker of the house. in other words, my friends, we re not out of the woods yet. the united states of america still does not have a seat at house of representatives. how much longer will this go on. joining us now is democratic
investigate the weaponization of the federal government with a budget the same size as that of the january six committee. in exchange for all that, kevin mccarthy doesn t care. it s unclear what s been secured. if anything s been secured. multiple members tell nbc news, the deal likely does not assure kevin mccarthy the speakership. instead, it appears the pro kevin faction has set itself on a much smaller goal. peel off just a few the anti kevin holdouts, tissue signs of momentum. toward eventually someday having enough votes to make kevin mccarthy speaker of the house. in other words, my friends, we re not out of the woods yet. the united states of america still does not have a seat at house of representatives. how much longer will this go on. joining us now is democratic congressman from michigan dan kildee, who serves on hakeem jeffries leadership team. congressman, thank you for being with us this evening in this historic week of auto know what the history books will write about t
would say, it s deja vu all over again in the house of representatives. another day with no speaker, no members sworn in, none of the people s business being done as kevin mccarthy continues wheeling and dealing in his quest for 218 votes. this morning, mccarthy received a boost in persuading the hard right rebels endorsing him from donald trump. posting republicans should take the victory and mccarthy would do a good job. we expect voting to resume at any moment. the first test of whether the trump endorsement persuades any of the never kevin faction that reached 20 members strong tuesday night by the end of the third roll call vote. joining me now, ali vitali. let s talk about what the possibilities are outside of another speaker vote in the next few minutes. there s talk of adjournment, delay, giving kevin mccarthy more time to pressure his colleagues. what s going on?
time, you know that this is the first time in something like 100 years that that this has happened. and former congressman byron donalds, the latest nominee of the far right never kevin faction that has kept the speakership away from kevin mccarthy vote after vote. a group of 20 republicans opposed and dug in and no signs of letting up any time soon. what is next? maybe more votes and we don t know how many minds have been changed during what has been playing out thanks to the cameras from c-span, watching the house floor. republicans could try to vote to adjourn, press the pause button, try again tonight, tomorrow, and democrats don t want that to happen and potentially a compromised candidate to emerge. and somebody who the mccarthy group can agree on and so-called republican rebels can agree on, et cetera. ali vitali, the question, is when we talk about what has changed and what is different, this is the same story different tune and heading into time