Mitchell reports, House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy 24 hours from the biggest moment of his political career and still no closer to securing the votes he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Also this hour, i will speak to dr. Zeke emanuel about a tough holiday flu season along with new concerns about a new strain of covid19 in the u. S. And we will have a live report from rome as catholics travel to the vatican to Pope Emeritus Benedict during the three days he will lie in state ahead of thursdays funeral mass. Good day, im andrea in mitchell. Happy new year, everyone. Well, the pressure is on republican leader in this in you year, Kevin Mccarthy has to win over the hard line House Conservatives that he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Tomorrow the new Congress Returns to washington with the speaker vote as the top item on the agenda. But at this hour no one knows how long its going to take for republicans to secure the Majority Vote needed to appoint a le
mitchell reports, house republican leader kevin mccarthy 24 hours from the biggest moment of his political career and still no closer to securing the votes he needs to become the next speaker of the house. also this hour, i will speak to dr. zeke emanuel about a tough holiday flu season along with new concerns about a new strain of covid-19 in the u.s. and we will have a live report from rome as catholics travel to the vatican to pope emeritus benedict during the three days he will lie in state ahead of thursday s funeral mass. good day, i m andrea in mitchell. happy new year, everyone. well, the pressure is on republican leader in this in you year, kevin mccarthy has to win over the hard line house conservatives that he needs to become the next speaker of the house. tomorrow the new congress returns to washington with the speaker vote as the top item on the agenda. but at this hour no one knows how long it s going to take for republicans to secure the majority vote
new york. you write she crafted her brand as a model moderate millennial, but now, quote, she speaks maga fluently with a touch of a foreign accent. why did she abandon her old political ideas? is this opportunism? this is about the price of power, andrea. what people are willing to do in order to rise and stay on the course they set for themselves. at one point in her life, she was embraced by the bush and paul ryan part of the party. they groomed her as a future leader. she liked it, and they respected her. she wanted her brand to be a problem solver, a moderate, a bipartisan. then she found in the trump years that that simply had no value in washington. she was squeezed between the right and the left, that her friends wanted her to take a tougher line on trump and fox. plus, she is a squish. as we all saw in the impeachment hearings, she very deliberately made a big turn and found if she