tonight with the context, ron christie former adviser to george w bush and ayesha hazarika journalist and former labour adviser. welcome to the programme. it s the first day of the new us congress and it s already one full of drama. the new us congress and it s after the swearing in of the new members, the new house of representatives is stuck at the very first hurdle, choosing a new speaker of the house. we ve already had rounds of votes. the latest kevin mccarthy received. short of the 218 majority. this is the scene live in the house now another round of voting is under way. nothing can go ahead until a new speaker is elected, so this could go on for hours or perhaps even days until someone is chosen. we ll go live to our correspondent will grant on capitol hill for us in a moment. but first, let s rewind back to the days and weeks before the midterm elections. all the polls pointed to a resounding republican victory in the house, a red wave that would have meant today w
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