new year. i love it, a little van halen, taking me back to my youth. an injury by adam klotz. we lost him. that s melissa. she s going to be showing us how we can jump into the new year and actually get into better shape. literally and figuratively. i m going to jump into perhaps my last cheeseburger. i ve been eating when every day. this would be a baconator, mayo, cheese, even an egg on there. that is so good for your cholesterol. this is how we are starting 2023. the reason he got that is because, in the last hour, we were talking about new year s resolutions and stuff like that and he said he s been traveling so much. he s meeting a lot of cheeseburgers. and he s loving them from all over town. this one is from, i believe, wendy s. how is it? griff: it s delicious. i think in 2023 should decide, if you want a cheeseburger, eat the cheeseburger. nicole: i think steve is going to jump next to griff on the trampolines and i m going to be somewhere else. ste
going to vote for kevin mccarthy on the first ballot tomorrow, and he revealed that, if there s a second ballot, and that seems that is what this faction of dissident republicans is pushing for, they ve got a mystery name that they would not tell you about who that person is, who they think she didn t really say good win, but at least we ll be out there. griff: really, that s the clearest indication we have had yet from congressman good that we are headed for a real interesting day tomorrow. we did press him. he s a little bit of what he said about running against mccarthy and the last hour. take a listen. why will we vote for kevin mccarthy tomorrow? he s part of the problem, he is not part of the solution. there s nothing about kevin mccarthy that indicates he will bring the change that is needed to washington or that is needed to the congress, or that he will bring the fight against the biden-schumer agenda. i suspect 10-15 members will vote against him on the ballot tomorrow,
griff: nicole really hit the nail on the head, which is, it is clear talk into cognizant and good, he said there are 10-15 people who will vote against him. we will see if that happens or not. that would be telling, as well. but the fact that there isn t a list of demands that he s willing to accept, it s just not kevin. nicole: i think it s more personal and therefore they are not putting the needs of the american people to the forefront of what they are doing right now, and playing a tit for tat. that s what our country doesn t need. steve: ultimately, though the republicans worked really hard, there was no red wave, but they did win a majority. however, if the very first thing the republicans do in congress is they cannot elect a speaker, it s going to be an embarrassment for the republican party, and i just look something up, and it was jaw-dropping. from 1945-1995, not a single member of congress voted for anyone other than the party s
leadership clerk, a clerk appointed by democratic leadership, will remain in control. there s also a chance of the business can be postponed but we ll wait to see if that can happen. mccarthy has an advantage going to the vote. a vast majority of republicans say they will back his bid, but they are still holdouts, occluding a few who will say they never support his candidacy. i know griff spoke to one of those congressmen a few minutes ago. so the question is whether the map will be different tomorrow, that a lot can change in 24 hours. maybe mccarthy will buy them some burgers, griff para [laughter] griff: that s a good strategy. by the way, go dawgs. just as the clock struck midnight. nicole: don t have a physical mascot that walks around campus? steve: of course. go dawgs. thank you very much, mark. what s interesting is griff had this guy, bob good, with republicans who said he s not
$28 trillion, that s more than the national debt. think about it, that s the whole united states debt run up during covid. griff: unbelievable. if indeed the republicans ever get their act together and are able to hold these hearings delving into covid, what would be, nicole, your question? would you call randi weingarten up they are? what would you want to really peel back? nicole: i don t even think there s any unanswered questions when it came to randi weingarten. it s very clear that, every step of the way, even though she thinks she was an advocate for children, the government conceded to everyone of her demands, and every time they give you something, she was still advocating to keep school clothes and doing whatever was necessary for the teachers and not necessarily for the children. i get a little bit cautious going into this in 2023 because you ll see a lot of investigations happening. you re going to see them investigate the covid origins but also some of the way covid wa