this is, by the way, the first time i ve ever campaign for a democrat. it s the first nationwide vote since an american insurrection. we need to get back to the policies the of the real donald trump. ohio needs an ass kicker, not ask sir. now with 36 states voted for governor. republicans will never lose another election in wisconsin. 35 senate seats up for grabs. you have to know stuff to do this job. all 435 house that s in play. i means that the government is shut down, i ll be calling for a government shutdown. and fear that this free and fair election would be the last. make no mistake, democracy in the ballot for all of us. tonight, special election eve coverage, with nicole wallace, joy reid, chris hayes, alex wagner, lawrence o donnell, ari melber, stephanie ruhle, steve kornacki, the big boy, and the msnbc political insiders. special coverage of the 2022 midterm elections begins now. good evening from msnbc headquarters. i m rachel maddo
administration is responding to it. we begin with matt. edward, day after day, we watch as so many of those migrants cross in to the united states right here in eagle pass, texas. we re seeing something unprecedented. the state of texas is bolstering its border here. these cargo containers were brought in before christmas and now over the past two days, we have watched as the national guard has put razor wire on top of those shipping containers. governor greg abbott s office tells us that its taking unprecedented action to enhance its border safety strategies. that s something that we re witnessing in real time here in eagle pass and also to the northwest in el paso where the national guard installed two miles of fencing along the border there. we have new video of yet another large smuggling bust. texas dps says 18 illegal migrants including a child were being smuggled inside of a tractor trailered. the driver was arrested for human smuggling. texas dps says people from al
poppy and i in new york. kaitlan live on capitol hill for day two. maybe there s a day three. unprecedented speaker election it s happening. see how many days it goes down. the republican leadership drama will again be center stage. kevin mccarthy thus far has failed to win enough votes. how long will the gop power struggle last? that s the question many republicans have. are there any plans for a concession candidate? we re learning now damar hamlin had to be resuscitated twice after suffering a cardiac arrest during monday football. wolf blitzer spoke to buffalo bills teammate. he ll join us in a moment. also, an update on jeremy renner on the road to recovery after a traumatic snow plowing accident. first, we want to talk about the new republican majority in the house marked by party rebellion that has kept kevin mccarthy from achieving his dream of becoming the speaker of the house. no persons having received a majority of the whole number of votes cast by surn
jeffries. my first vote for speaker of the house was for byron donalds. today i am rising to nominate byron donalds for speaker of the house of representatives. now, here we are and for the first time in history there have been two black americans placed into the nomination for speaker of the house. [applause] john: standoff ratcheting up tensions and raising fears of a longer term rift among republicans as the gop leadership remains on hold. sandra: congressman elect donalds will be joining us in a moment, byron donalds is watching for the final vote cast on the float and then hop in front of the camera and join us live. john: first we go to chad pergram live on capitol hill. chad, looks like groundhog day today. well, right now the one thing we know is that they are not going to elect a speaker of the house on this roll call vote. the first vote of the day, the fourth overall in the past two days and kevin mccarthy has not been able to get an outright majority of
needed to be the speaker for a fourth consecutive time. florida republican byron donalds appear to have received just enough support to prevent kevin mccarthy from getting to 218. so what happens now? the house remaining paralyzed this hour. no committees, no legislation, elected members can t even be sworn in. they don t even know if they are getting paid at this point after they have tried and failed again four times to elect a speaker. it s a level of dysfunction unseen in modern political history. so let s bring in an incredible panel. senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. yamiche alcindor is our washington correspondent. doug high is a republican strategist for the rnc. peter baker is chief white house correspondent for the new york times and an msnbc political analyst. steve kornacki is at the big board. garrett, tell us what s happening this second and what should we make of it? we re watching kevin mccarthy on his way going 0 for 4. byron donalds, the l