at long last, kevin mccarthy is the new republican speaker of the house. but to say it didn t come easy, would be a massive understatement. mccarthy scratch out a victory in the early morning hours with just barely more than the absolute minimum support he needed. it took him 15 rounds of voting to get to the finish line. including a scuffle on the house floor on the anniversary of the january six insurrection. the contrast between the two parties has never been clearer. while republicans created new chaos at the capitol, president biden honored the men and women who protected the building and his its occupants from an angry mob just two years ago. and, while gop lawmakers bigger with one another, democratic representatives rallied around their leader, akeem jeffries. while the white house has confirmed that president biden reached out to congratulate mccarthy earlier today, the 118th congress is off to an unforgettable start. we are talking about what comes next, tonight, on
i think what we saw last nights and with some of these hard-liners was, what trump created what he can deliver control. and that is a scary thought, and it is going to be a real problem as kevin mccarthy will need to learn how to coalition build and as former congressman crowley said, there are some areas of bipartisanship that need to happen. but in the year as years past, and when i worked with congressman kinzinger, a lot of members on the democratic side are unwilling to work with election deniers because of that right there. and i think it is going to be a problem. there are areas that will need to be worked on together. china, ukraine. and so it will be interesting to see. but there are areas that need bipartisanship. especially with a small majority. all right, joe crowley and morrow gillespie. thank you for being with. that is, mariano your uncle had gillespie. we are different parties but we always had bipartisan discussions and you continue that tradition. thank you for b