letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. we re grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. happy monday. hi, noig nicolle. thank you so much. the first vote of this new congress under this new speaker is slated for this hour. it s the rules package for the 118th congress. a rules vote is not typically coveraged but assist last week showed washington is not taking typical for granted under speaker kevin mccarthy, who begins the job in a diminished posture as it took 15 ballots over four days, or five if you count saturday at 12:00 a.m. to even get the votes from his own party. it s a public squabble we all witnessed. no speaker has had to go through anything like that since 1819. as we track the rules vote, we begin with something special i want to show you, if unusual bruising way we got here. a speaker has not been elected. this dramatic day that is not turning out remotely the way kevin mccarthy had hoped. a speaker has not baske
thank you so much for letting us into your homes all weeklong during these extraordinary times. we re grateful. the beat with ari melber. it s friday, have you heard? i hope you have a great week, nicolle. you, too. welcome to the beat. this republican chaos is continuing on this friday night in the house, which just rejected kevin mccarthy for speaker again, the 13th time. that s two more defeats for mccarthy today. kevin mccarthy is pretty much stuck at this point. he can t even stop these votes from taking place and losing over and over again. house republicans now are on the verge of becoming a total clown show if they re not careful. what s it going to take to get over the top? we ll get it done tonight. it looks like he will lose on the 13th ballot. i have a couple members flying back. that s what it s been looking like as the weekend now looms on this friday evening on the east coast. it s clear this is one of the worst weeks for any party leade
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zblrs. fact check, half true. the reforms literally last two years because they re just for one congress. but to be fair, massey suggesting they ll become the kind of norms that are hard to reverse. now, there s also the question tonight of how these powers will really be used. this is a tonight i discussed with a congressman when was just in the mix last week as a potential alternative speaker candidate to mccarthy, byron donalds. this place for the past 50 years has consistently put more power into the hands of the speaker of the house. that s not against kevin mccarthy. that s an indictment of the process. what would improve their lives out of this process this week and these rule proposals? well, one of the big things is about being able to have amendments towards appropriation packages, something that has largely been shout down in this place. now, let s be fair and