in a list that is about the top risks. the founder of that eurasia group. straight ahead, republican mark sanford, former south carolina congressman and governor and presidential candidate, helps us understand what s happening inside the gop following a bitter speaker bottle and what it means for the future of the american democracy. another hour of phil she begins right now. and good morning. it s out of the, january the 7th, ending up in the east, 6 am in the west. i m ali velshi. as the old saying goes, if i don t succeed, try, try 14 more times until you do. that s the attitude kevin mccarthy is bringing with him into the new year as he was finally declared the new speaker of the house after four days and 15 attempts. republicans appeared optimistic as the house reconvened at 10 pm last night for the 14th ballot. things quickly devolved as that vote appeared headed for failure, which led to a lot of scrambling and conversations on the republican side. tensions spilled o
yeah, i mean, i lived in blissful ignorance most of it. i remember standing by a window towards the back of the capital, looking at a crowd accumulating back there, and kind of making light of. it it looks like a low turnout, little to find, out they were all at the white house, at the rally at the time. it wasn t until the senate floor, you have phones, i wasn t following the news. it wasn t until the capitol police came in, interrupted senator land brackets, and you can t leave the chamber. the capital has been breached. even then, i felt like i was in the safest place i could be, the senate chamber, being stored by protesters was on a magical to me uptime. the real waking up moment was when i heard chants of hang mike pence and four more years on the other side of the wall. i had no prior knowledge of how close they were, and that was definitely frightening. i guess, unlike members of congress, or people very familiar with the environment, how familiar were you? what did you thi