bitter conflict among house republicans. former minority leader kevin mccarthy is being opposed by landful of lawmakers who are refusing to support him. a number that increased by one on the last balloting for speaking. chad pergram has been following this all day minute by minute. he tells us where things stand tonight from a chaotic capitol hill. good evening, chad. bret, as you say. the most chaos for the beginning of a congress in 100 years. it marked a foreboding start for a g.o.p. majority which promised big things in the midterms. the house voted all afternoon. kevin mccarthy lacks the votes to become speaker. mccarthy and his allies are determined to keep voting and wear down his opponents. are you going to stay in the race, leader mccarthy. yes. i m not going anywhere. look, i have the record for the longest speech ever on the floor. i don t have a problem getting a record for the most votes for speaker, too. there were only five g.o.p. members officially opp
scene on the football field, buffalo bills safety demar hamlin fighting for his life in critical condition after collapsing during the first quarter of last night s game. and performing cpr right away, and 10 minutes to restore his heart beat on the field, and ambulance taking the nfl start to the hospital where he remains in critical condition, but his vitals are back to normal. tears streaming on the face of his teammates after the injury, and the nfl says that the game will not be played this week. fans outside holding the vigil and praying for his recovery, close friends as hamil as a fighter. we are ta taking it minute-by-minute, hour by hour, they are strong, we have their support, and obviously they are worried, he is very close with his family. dana: dr. marc siegel says it could be a few days until he wakes up. it s a direct blow to the chest that basically stuns the heart at the wrong time, that s what you saw there in that video, but not not a severe blow,
kevin mccarthy wanted to continue with nancy pelosi s precedent and take accountability away from himself while asking for more responsibility. that is the one thing that i know of public on. i said this is my hard line. we have to have accountability in the house of representatives. we can t get to our agenda the reason we were elected on china and big tech and border. tonight we were supposed to vote to rescind funding for the 87,000 irs agents but we can t get to that because we have a group that s pushing for someone who doesn t want the job. talk about jim jordan there, the two sides, republicans from both sides supporting and not supporting kevin mccarthy. this as democrats love this moment politically. hakeem jeffries the nominated democratic leader day one house dems are united and ready to get to work. complete chaos on the other side of the aisle everything we are
in the past week. debunk it, greg. dana: did anyone get bitten. greg: caught by vaccine. jessica: in texas twin girls born on either side of midnight. 5 minutes before 2023 and one came a minute after. the one born after is probably going to be taller though. judge jeanine: deduction in both years. dana: that s it for us. special report is up next. hi, bret. bret: happy new year. shannon bream didn t look evil on that trip. dana: but she was. bret: good evening, welcome to washington. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, the first day of the 118th congress has ended without a speaker of the house. the house has adjourned for the night and all business is on hold right now. all of the representatives elect fresh off winning campaigns cannot even be sworn in as of yet. the chamber cannot proceed with anything until it finishes its first job. electing a speaker. and that task has ignited a
sharks off of western australia in the past week. debunk it, greg. dana: did anyone get bitten. greg: caught by vaccine. jessica: in texas twin girls born on either side of midnight. 5 minutes before 2023 and one came a minute after. the one born after is probably going to be taller though. judge jeanine: deduction in both years. dana: that s it for us. special report is up next. hi, bret. bret: happy new year. shannon bream didn t look evil on that trip. dana: but she was. bret: good evening, welcome to washington. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, the first day of the 118th congress has ended without a speaker of the house. the house has adjourned for the night and all business is on hold right now. all of the representatives elect fresh off winning campaigns cannot even be sworn in as of yet. the chamber cannot proceed with anything until it finishes its first job. electing a speaker.