president obama campaigning together in pennsylvania to help push fetterman across the finish line. bill: that seat is democrats best hope for a senate pickup as it stands now. it a win there would make it harder for republicans to take control of the senate. dana: both sides are calling in big surrogates. the stakes could not be higher for this election. the most important election in our lifetimes to take shape in this country. biden are waging war on your job, safety, values and freedom. if you help democrats keep the house and get more seats in the senate you can guarantee he will make more progress on the issues you care about. america is the best country in the world and we aren t going to stop fighting for her until we get her back and we make her strong again. bill: we roll now team fox coverage. marc thiessen with analysis. mark meredith in ohio where former president trump holds a valley for j.d. vance. we begin with riched son in the pennsylvania race
good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, you re looking at a live image of the well of the house of representatives, the nation s capital, where they re set to reconvene out there about three and a half hours pm journey, when they do reconvene, they ll be setting about the business of electing a speaker of the house, for the 118th congress, something they have failed to do for the first time in 100 years. today, kevin mccarthy, the house leader of the republican party, long expected to be the next speaker, should republicans take the, house was put up for speaker, and failed to obtain the magical 218 votes threshold he needs to become speaker. he failed once, he felt twice, even three times. that s right, today, three more votes, three more failed votes for kevin mccarthy, which brings the total to six. and that s because he has a very narrow majority in a caucus of about 20, exactly 20, in the last few, votes republicans, who do not want to vote for kevin kathy, the spea
she. it s important to point out that the biden push was very different. a very sharp contrast to donald trump s handling of the situation. in a moment i will talk to congressman jim clyburn, a member of the democratic leadership, about that and the looming debt ceiling showdown with house republicans this week. plus more calls for the removal of serial liar george santos from office. we will look into his mysterious political fortune. in missouri, democratic women fight back against an effort to police what they wear. i spent 1200 dollars on a suit and i can t wear it in the peoples house because someone who doesn t have the range tells me it s inappropriate. and that s not why any of us were elected, mister speaker. none of us. and that is state representative rachel who will join me this hour to talk about her battle to bear arms. we start this hour at the top here with president biden and his allies defending their handling of classified materials as a third disco
which eric. could have been eric greitens, could have been eric schmidt. could have been a little known erik mcelroy, a third eric who happens to be in the same race. in any case, brightest and mitt claimed that they and trump were endorsing them. can t make the stuff up. meanwhile polls are still open in the state of washington where to republican members of congress are facing primary challenges over their votes to impeach donald trump. jamie herrera butler and that new house are still of the ten house republicans who voted to impeach trump after the january 6th attack on the capitol. republican voters in their district are deciding today whether to toss them out for it. congressman herrera butler s primary is also worth keeping an eye on because her trump backed challenger has well documented tied to white when extremists and white nationalist. he told an interviewer quote, i don t think that is anything wrong with there being a white people special interest group. and quo
Donald Trump’s campaign is planning to weaken or depose Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell in a second term. Trump wanted lower interest rates under Powell and wants to control the agency, even at the expense of long-term stability.