finally official. kevin mccarthy is the new speaker of the house after 15 hard-fought ballots and some serious late night drama. and a good saturday morning to you, i m katie fang, let s begin today s show getting caught up on how we got here. it started with the 14th vote late last night mccarthy managed to flip more of the hard-line republicans needed to win the speakership. but came up short one matt gates voted present. that led to a tense conversation on the house floor between the two men, and our show of visible frustration from mccarthy. and watch this. republican congressman mike rogers approaches matt gates to see something and a colleague pulls him back by putting a hand on his face. the moment showing how much anger was boiling over on the floor after several days of voting. and then for a moment it looked like republicans are going to
subject to the great weight and power of the justice department or the fbi, that s being done without regard to political considerations and without regard to partisan considerations. thank you so much. appreciate your experience as a former white house counsel. coming up after the late night drama, what s next in the healthcare fight? one of the architects of the affordable care act zeke, emmanuel joining me next on andrea mitchell reports on msnbc. 6- broke into a house owned by three bears. she ate some porridge, broke the baby bear s chair, and stole some jewelry, a flat-screen tv, and a laptop. luckily the geico insurance agency had helped the bears with homeowners insurance. they were able to replace all their items. .including a new chair from crate and barrel. call geico and see how easy it is to switch and save on homeowners insurance. backpack, check. that s the family taking care of business. awesome notebook! check.
drink more water. filtered by brita. and introducing our new advanced filter, now better than ever. did john boehner make a deal? all right. thanks for staying with us. this very busy saturday morning. chris matthews is here to go over last night s late night drama on capitol hill. we have a lot more stories we will be bringing to you this hour, including hillary clinton has been talking up economic populism in recent months. is she ready to discuss gender next. we ll talk about that with one of her long time advisors. was this the week that broke
okay. there may be some strangely dressed people in new york city today. well, usually the case, right? maybe more than usual. this is the first day of the new york comic-con. fans dressed up as their favorite fantasy and science fiction characters. the pop culture convention will have the latest in comics, graphic novels, video games, entertainment and the postal service is getting in on the act with eight batman stamps to celebrate the cape crusader s 75th anniversary. okay. so it s october and baseball playoffs. full swing for that. plenty of late night drama and not good for school kids. one mom in san francisco making it clear she s okay with her kids choosing baseball over schoolwork. and here s the proof. a note posted on twitter says, dear ms. biel, please excuse luke from turning in his homework. we were watching the giants game. seriously? yeah. she continues, he will finish it this weekend. thanks for understanding. and signs it angela carral, luke s mom.