hi there, everyone, here we go again. it s 4:00 in new york. at this hour, the house of representatives is completely and totally paralyzed. it is unable and incapable of swearing in members, forming committees, setting rules for itself, passing legislation even in the case of an emergency, couldn t do any of those things. it s a state of chaos and paralysis that is unprecedent ed in modern american history and it is all because the new republican house majority cannot agree on who should lead it in the 118th congress. house gop leader kevin mccarthy has moved into the speaker s office already, appears to be living by the motto, if at first you don t succeed try, try, try, try, try, try again. he has now lost five votes for the speakership, a sixth vote is underway. it s already clear from the math that mccarthy doesn t have the votes to become speaker of the house of representatives this time either. democrats for their part quietly made history yesterday by choosing the fir
talk about the ramifications of this now 48-hour debacle staged by republicans. i was thinking as you led into that piece with colin, the word unprecedented seem tuesday be used all the time in so many different ways, the unprecedented election of donald trump, the unprecedented insurrection of the capitol, the unprecedented snowstorms, the unprecedented floods, the unprecedented tragic thing that happened on monday night football in cincinnati and the unprecedented melt down of an airline and now this unprecedented situation in washington. i think it s a reflection broadly of the time we re in and whether leaders step up or not then determines whether or not the results are tragic or the results are bad versus whether
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